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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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Disposition of Remains Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Sections 5, 10, 15, and 40 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (755 ILCS 65/5)
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7 | Sec. 5. Right to control disposition; priority. Unless a | ||||||
8 | decedent has left directions in writing for the disposition or | ||||||
9 | designated an agent to direct the disposition of the decedent's | ||||||
10 | remains as provided in Section 65 of the Crematory Regulation | ||||||
11 | Act or in subsection (a) of Section 40 of this Act, the | ||||||
12 | following persons, in the priority listed, have the right to | ||||||
13 | control the disposition, including cremation, of the | ||||||
14 | decedent's remains and are liable for the reasonable costs of | ||||||
15 | the disposition: | ||||||
16 | (1) the person designated in a written instrument that | ||||||
17 | satisfies the provisions of Sections 10 and 15 of this Act;
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(2) any person serving as executor or legal | ||||||
19 | representative of the decedent's estate and acting | ||||||
20 | according to the decedent's written instructions contained | ||||||
21 | in the decedent's will;
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(3) the individual who was the spouse of the decedent | ||||||
23 | at the time of the decedent's death;
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(4) the sole surviving competent adult child of the | ||||||
25 | decedent, or if there is more than one surviving competent | ||||||
26 | adult child of the decedent, the majority of the surviving | ||||||
27 | competent adult children; however, less than one-half of | ||||||
28 | the surviving adult children shall be vested with the | ||||||
29 | rights and duties of this Section if they have used | ||||||
30 | reasonable efforts to notify all other surviving competent | ||||||
31 | adult children of their instructions and are not aware of | ||||||
32 | any opposition to those instructions on the part of more |
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1 | than one-half of all surviving competent adult children;
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(5) the surviving competent parents of the decedent; | ||||||
3 | if one of the surviving competent parents is absent, the | ||||||
4 | remaining competent parent shall be vested with the rights | ||||||
5 | and duties of this Act after reasonable efforts have been | ||||||
6 | unsuccessful in locating the absent surviving competent | ||||||
7 | parent;
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(6) the surviving competent adult person or persons | ||||||
9 | respectively in the next degrees of kindred or, if there is | ||||||
10 | more than one surviving competent adult person of the same | ||||||
11 | degree of kindred, the majority of those persons; less than | ||||||
12 | the majority of surviving competent adult persons of the | ||||||
13 | same degree of kindred shall be vested with the rights and | ||||||
14 | duties of this Act if those persons have used reasonable | ||||||
15 | efforts to notify all other surviving competent adult | ||||||
16 | persons of the same degree of kindred of their instructions | ||||||
17 | and are not aware of any opposition to those instructions | ||||||
18 | on the part of one-half or more of all surviving competent | ||||||
19 | adult persons of the same degree of kindred;
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(7) in the case of indigents or any other individuals | ||||||
21 | whose final disposition is the responsibility of the State | ||||||
22 | or any of its instrumentalities, a public administrator, | ||||||
23 | medical examiner, coroner, State appointed guardian, or | ||||||
24 | any other public official charged with arranging the final | ||||||
25 | disposition of the decedent;
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(8) in the case of individuals who have donated their | ||||||
27 | bodies to science, or whose death occurred in a nursing | ||||||
28 | home or other private institution, who have executed | ||||||
29 | cremation authorization forms under Section 65 of the | ||||||
30 | Crematory Regulation Act and the institution is charged | ||||||
31 | with making arrangements for the final disposition of the | ||||||
32 | decedent, a representative of the institution; or
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(9) any other person or organization that is willing | ||||||
34 | to assume legal and financial responsibility.
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35 | As used in Section, "adult" means any individual who has | ||||||
36 | reached his or her eighteenth birthday.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 94-561, eff. 1-1-06.) | ||||||
2 | (755 ILCS 65/10)
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3 | Sec. 10. Form. The written instrument authorizing the | ||||||
4 | disposition of remains under paragraph (1) of Section 5 of this | ||||||
5 | Act shall be in substantially the following form: | ||||||
6 | "APPOINTMENT OF AGENT TO CONTROL DISPOSITION OF REMAINS | ||||||
7 | I, ................................, being of sound | ||||||
8 | mind, willfully and voluntarily make known my desire that, | ||||||
9 | upon my death, the disposition of my remains shall be | ||||||
10 | controlled by ................... (name of agent first | ||||||
11 | named below ) and, with respect to that subject only, I | ||||||
12 | hereby appoint such person as my agent (attorney-in-fact). | ||||||
13 | All decisions made by my agent with respect to the | ||||||
14 | disposition of my remains, including cremation, shall be | ||||||
15 | binding.
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16 | SPECIAL DIRECTIONS: | ||||||
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Set forth below are any special directions limiting | ||||||
18 | the power granted to my agent: | ||||||
19 | .............................. | ||||||
20 | .............................. | ||||||
21 | .............................. | ||||||
22 | If the disposition of my remains is by cremation, then:
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23 | ( ) I do not wish to allow any of my survivors the option of | ||||||
24 | canceling my cremation and selecting alternative arrangements, | ||||||
25 | regardless of whether my survivors deem a change to be | ||||||
26 | appropriate.
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27 | ( ) I wish to allow only the survivors I have designated below | ||||||
28 | the option of canceling my cremation and selecting alternative |
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1 | arrangements, if they deem a change to be appropriate:
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2 | ......................................................
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3 | ......................................................
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4 | ......................................................
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5 | ASSUMPTION:
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6 | THE AGENT, AND EACH SUCCESSOR AGENT, BY ACCEPTING THIS | ||||||
7 | APPOINTMENT, AGREES TO AND ASSUMES THE OBLIGATIONS | ||||||
8 | PROVIDED HEREIN. AN AGENT MAY SIGN AT ANY TIME, BUT AN | ||||||
9 | AGENT'S AUTHORITY TO ACT IS NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL THE AGENT | ||||||
10 | SIGNS BELOW TO INDICATE THE ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT. ANY | ||||||
11 | NUMBER OF AGENTS MAY SIGN, BUT ONLY THE SIGNATURE OF THE | ||||||
12 | AGENT ACTING AT ANY TIME IS REQUIRED. | ||||||
13 | AGENT:
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14 | Name:
...................................... | ||||||
15 | Address: ................................... | ||||||
16 | Telephone Number:
.......................... | ||||||
17 | Signature Indicating Acceptance of Appointment:
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18 | ................. | ||||||
19 | Signature of Agent:
........................ | ||||||
20 | Date of Signature:
......................... | ||||||
21 | SUCCESSORS:
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22 | If my agent dies, becomes legally disabled, resigns, or | ||||||
23 | refuses to act, I hereby appoint the following persons | ||||||
24 | (each to act alone and successively, in the order named) to | ||||||
25 | serve as my agent (attorney-in-fact) to control the | ||||||
26 | disposition of my remains as authorized by this document:
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27 | 1. First Successor
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28 | Name:
...................................... | ||||||
29 | Address:
................................... | ||||||
30 | Telephone Number:
.......................... |
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1 | Signature Indicating Acceptance of Appointment:
......... | ||||||
2 | Date of Signature:
.................... | ||||||
3 | 2. Second Successor
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4 | Name:
...................................... | ||||||
5 | Address:
................................... | ||||||
6 | Telephone Number:
.......................... | ||||||
7 | Signature Indicating Acceptance of Appointment: ......... | ||||||
8 | Date of Signature:
............. | ||||||
9 | DURATION:
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10 | This appointment becomes effective upon my death.
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11 | PRIOR APPOINTMENTS REVOKED:
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12 | I hereby revoke any prior appointment of any person to | ||||||
13 | control the disposition of my remains.
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14 | RELIANCE:
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15 | I hereby agree that any cemetery organization, | ||||||
16 | business operating a crematory or columbarium or both, | ||||||
17 | funeral director or embalmer, or funeral establishment who | ||||||
18 | receives a copy of this document may act under it. Any | ||||||
19 | modification or revocation of this document is not | ||||||
20 | effective as to any such party until that party receives | ||||||
21 | actual notice of the modification or revocation. No such | ||||||
22 | party shall be liable because of reliance on a copy of this | ||||||
23 | document.
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24 | ASSUMPTION:
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25 | THE AGENT, AND EACH SUCCESSOR AGENT, BY ACCEPTING THIS | ||||||
26 | APPOINTMENT, AGREES TO AND ASSUMES THE OBLIGATIONS | ||||||
27 | PROVIDED HEREIN.
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28 | Signed this ...... day of .............., ........... |
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2 | STATE OF .................. | ||||||
3 | COUNTY OF ................. | ||||||
4 | BEFORE ME, the undersigned, a Notary Public, on this | ||||||
5 | day personally appeared ...................., proved to me | ||||||
6 | on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person | ||||||
7 | whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and | ||||||
8 | acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same for the | ||||||
9 | purposes and consideration therein expressed.
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10 | GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this ..... day | ||||||
11 | of ................, 2........
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12 | ..........................................
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13 | Printed Name:
............................. | ||||||
14 | Notary Public, State of ................... | ||||||
15 | My Commission Expires: | ||||||
16 | ....................".
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17 | (Source: P.A. 94-561, eff. 1-1-06.) | ||||||
18 | (755 ILCS 65/15)
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19 | Sec. 15. Requirements for written instrument under | ||||||
20 | paragraph (1) of Section 5 of this Act . A written instrument is | ||||||
21 | legally sufficient under paragraph (1) of Section 5 if the | ||||||
22 | wording of the instrument complies substantially with Section | ||||||
23 | 10, the instrument is properly completed, the instrument is | ||||||
24 | signed by the decedent and , the agent , and each successor | ||||||
25 | agent, and the signature of the decedent is notarized. The | ||||||
26 | agent may sign at any time, but the agent's authority to act is | ||||||
27 | not effective until the agent signs the instrument. The written |
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1 | instrument may be modified or revoked only by a subsequent | ||||||
2 | written instrument that complies with this Section.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 94-561, eff. 1-1-06.) | ||||||
4 | (755 ILCS 65/40)
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5 | Sec. 40. Directions by decedent. | ||||||
6 | (a) A person may provide written directions for the | ||||||
7 | disposition or designate an agent to direct the disposition , | ||||||
8 | including cremation, of the person's remains in a will, a | ||||||
9 | prepaid funeral or burial contract, a power of attorney that | ||||||
10 | satisfies the provisions of Article IV-Powers of Attorney for | ||||||
11 | Health Care of the Illinois Power of Attorney Act and contains | ||||||
12 | a power to direct the disposition of remains, a cremation | ||||||
13 | authorization form that complies with the Crematory Regulation | ||||||
14 | Act, or in a written instrument that satisfies the provisions | ||||||
15 | of Sections 10 and 15 and that is signed by the person
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16 | notarized. The directions may be modified or revoked only by a | ||||||
17 | subsequent writing signed by the person .
and notarized. The | ||||||
18 | person otherwise entitled to control the disposition of a | ||||||
19 | decedent's remains under this Act shall faithfully carry out | ||||||
20 | the directions of the decedent to the extent that the | ||||||
21 | decedent's estate or the person controlling the disposition are | ||||||
22 | financially able to do so.
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23 | The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 94th General | ||||||
24 | Assembly shall also apply to any written instrument that: (i) | ||||||
25 | satisfies the provision of Article IV-Powers of Attorney for | ||||||
26 | Health Care of the Illinois Power of Attorney Act; (ii) | ||||||
27 | contains a power to direct the disposition of remains; and | ||||||
28 | (iii) was created before the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
29 | Act.
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30 | (b) If the directions are in a will, they shall be carried | ||||||
31 | out immediately without the necessity of probate. If the will | ||||||
32 | is not probated or is declared invalid for testamentary | ||||||
33 | purposes, the directions are valid to the extent to which they | ||||||
34 | have been acted on in good faith.
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35 | (Source: P.A. 94-561, eff. 1-1-06.)
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.
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