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Irene H. Govern (decedent) died on October 30, 1983,
survived by four adult children: Petitioner, Muriel McNulty,
Virginia Yegen, and Charles L. Govern II (also known as Charles
L. Govern, Jr.). Decedent died testate in, and while a resident
of, the State of Illinois.
Decedent's will provided at paragraph 3 as follows:
3. I give all my personal and household effects,
automobiles and collections, and any insurance policies
thereon, all real estate, bank accounts, stocks and
bonds, and all assets whatsoever and wherever situated
to my son, Charles L. Govern, II. In addition to the
above, I hold a general power of appointment over the
principal and undistributed income of the "Marital
Trust" created by the "Revocable Trust of Charles L.
Govern, and article 5 of the Last Will of my late
husband, Charles L. Govern, both of which are dated
January 9, 1968. I hereby elect to exercise such power
of appointment and in the exercise thereof direct that
all property remaining in said "Marital Trust" at the
time of my death (including any undistributed income)
shall be paid over and distributed to my son, Charles
L. Govern, II.
I have made no provision for my other three
children, Virginia Govern Yegen, Muriel Govern Cardwell
McNulty, or June Govern Hall in this Will, and it is my
intention that they receive no part of my Estate.
If my son, Charles L. Govern, II does not survive
me my entire Estate, including any property over which
I may have power of appointment at my death, I give to
the decedants [sic] of my son, Charles L. Govern, II,
per stirpes.
The revocable trust of Charles L. Govern, Sr. (Revocable
Trust), was established by the trust instrument dated January 9,
1968. Charles L. Govern, Sr., was decedent's husband and died on
May 4, 1968. The Revocable Trust provided for the division of
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