093_HB1024

 
                                     LRB093 05553 DRJ 05645 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to estates.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Probate  Act  of  1975  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 1-9 as follows:

 6        (755 ILCS 5/1-9) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 1-9)
 7        Sec. 1-9.  Act to be liberally construed.)  This Act  and
 8    the  rules  now  or  hereafter applicable to this Act thereto
 9    shall be liberally construed to the  end  that  controversies
10    and  the  rights  of  the parties may be speedily and finally
11    determined and the rule that statutes in  derogation  of  the
12    common law shall be strictly construed does not apply.
13    (Source: P.A. 79-328.)