Illinois Compiled Statutes 755 Estates: Article -

• Illinois Disposition of Remains Act. - 755 ILCS 65, Section 1
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Disposition of Remains Act. (Source: P.A. 94-561, eff. 1-1-06.)
• Illinois Disposition of Remains Act. - 755 ILCS 65, Section 5
  Right to control disposition; priority. Unless a decedent has left directions in writing for the disposition or designated an agent to direct the disposition of...
• Illinois Disposition of Remains Act. - 755 ILCS 65, Section 10
  Form. The written instrument authorizing the disposition of remains under paragraph (1) of Section 5 of this Act shall be in substantially the following form:...
• Illinois Disposition of Remains Act. - 755 ILCS 65, Section 15
  Requirements for written instrument under paragraph (1) of Section 5 of this Act. A written instrument is legally sufficient under paragraph (1) of Section 5...
• Illinois Disposition of Remains Act. - 755 ILCS 65, Section 20
  Duties of authorized agent. (a) A person listed in Section 5 has the right, duty, and liability provided by that Section only if there is...
• Illinois Disposition of Remains Act. - 755 ILCS 65, Section 25
  Body parts. In the case of body parts, a representative of the institution that has arranged with a funeral home, cemetery, or crematory authority to...
• Illinois Disposition of Remains Act. - 755 ILCS 65, Section 30
  Prohibition of cremation; written instructions. No person shall be allowed to authorize cremation when a decedent has left written instructions that he or she does...
• Illinois Disposition of Remains Act. - 755 ILCS 65, Section 35
  Misrepresentation; liability. A person who represents that he or she knows the identity of a decedent and, in order to procure the disposition, including cremation,...
• Illinois Disposition of Remains Act. - 755 ILCS 65, Section 40
  Directions by decedent. (a) A person may provide written directions for the disposition or designate an agent to direct the disposition, including cremation, of the...
• Illinois Disposition of Remains Act. - 755 ILCS 65, Section 45
  Liability. There shall be no liability for a cemetery organization, a business operating a crematory or columbarium or both, a funeral director or an embalmer,...
• Illinois Disposition of Remains Act. - 755 ILCS 65, Section 50
  Disputes. Any dispute among any of the persons listed in Section 5 concerning their right to control the disposition, including cremation, of a decedent's remains...
• Illinois Estates: Article -
  Amendatory provisions; text omitted
• Illinois Disposition of Remains Act. - 755 ILCS 65, Section 300
  (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 94-561, eff. 1-1-06; text omitted.)

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