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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4961 Introduced 2/7/2024, by Rep. Ann M. Williams SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 755 ILCS 5/11a-15 | from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 11a-15 |
| Amends the Probate Act of 1975. For the appointment of a successor guardian, provides that notice of the time and place of the hearing on a petition for the appointment of a successor guardian shall be given not less than 3 days before the hearing for a successor to a temporary guardian and not less than 14 days before hearing for a successor to a limited or plenary guardian. Provides that the notice shall be by mail or in person to the alleged person with a disability, to the proposed successor guardian, and to those persons whose names and addresses are listed in the petition for adjudication of disability and appointment of a guardian. Provides that the court, upon a finding of good cause, may waive the notice requirement. |
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| | HB4961 | | LRB103 37264 JRC 67385 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Probate Act of 1975 is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 11a-15 as follows:
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| 6 | | (755 ILCS 5/11a-15) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 11a-15) |
| 7 | | Sec. 11a-15. Successor guardian.) Upon the death, |
| 8 | | incapacity, resignation or removal of a guardian of the estate |
| 9 | | or person of a living ward, the court shall appoint a successor |
| 10 | | guardian or terminate the adjudication of disability. The |
| 11 | | powers and duties of the successor guardian shall be the same |
| 12 | | as those of the predecessor guardian unless otherwise |
| 13 | | modified. |
| 14 | | Notice of the time and place of the hearing on a petition |
| 15 | | for the appointment of a successor guardian shall be given not |
| 16 | | less than 3 days before the hearing for a successor to a |
| 17 | | temporary guardian and not less than 14 days before hearing |
| 18 | | for a successor to a limited or plenary guardian. The notice |
| 19 | | shall be by mail or in person to the alleged person with a |
| 20 | | disability, to the proposed successor guardian, and to those |
| 21 | | persons whose names and addresses are listed in the petition |
| 22 | | for adjudication of disability and appointment of a guardian |
| 23 | | under Section 11a-8. The court, upon a finding of good cause, |