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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Probate Act of 1975 is amended by changing
5Section 16-1 as follows:
 
6    (755 ILCS 5/16-1)  (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 16-1)
7    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 99-93)
8    Sec. 16-1. Citation on behalf of estate.)
9    (a) Upon the filing of a petition therefor by the
10representative or by any other person interested in the estate
11or, in the case of an estate of a ward by any other person, the
12court shall order a citation to issue for the appearance before
13it of any person whom the petitioner believes (1) to have
14concealed, converted or embezzled or to have in his possession
15or control any personal property, books of account, papers or
16evidences of debt or title to lands which belonged to a person
17whose estate is being administered in that court or which
18belongs to his estate or to his representative or (2) to have
19information or knowledge withheld by the respondent from the
20representative and needed by the representative for the
21recovery of any property by suit or otherwise. The petition
22shall contain a request for the relief sought.
23    (b) The citation must be served not less than 10 days

 

 

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1before the return day designated in the citation and must be
2served and returned in the manner provided for summons in civil
3cases. If there is a personal representative who is not the
4respondent, notice of the proceeding shall be given by mail or
5in person to the personal representative not less than 5 days
6before the return day designated in the citation.
7    (c) If the representative is the respondent, the court may
8appoint a special administrator to represent the estate. The
9court may permit the special administrator to prosecute or
10defend an appeal.
11    (d) The court may examine the respondent on oath whether or
12not the petitioner has proved the matters alleged in the
13petition, may hear the evidence offered by any party, may
14determine all questions of title, claims of adverse title and
15the right of property and may enter such orders and judgment as
16the case requires. If the respondent refuses to answer proper
17questions put to him or refuses to obey the court's order to
18deliver any personal property or, if converted, its proceeds or
19value, or books of account, papers or evidences of debt or
20title to lands, the court may commit him to jail until he
21complies with the order of the court or is discharged by due
22course of law and the court may enforce its order against the
23respondent's real and personal property in the manner in which
24judgments for the payment of money are enforced. The court may
25tax the costs of the proceeding against the respondent and
26enter judgment therefor against him.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 89-396, eff. 8-20-95.)
 
2    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 99-93)
3    Sec. 16-1. Citation on behalf of estate.)
4    (a) Upon the filing of a petition therefor by the
5representative or by any other person interested in the estate
6or, in the case of an estate of a ward by any other person, the
7court shall order a citation to issue for the appearance before
8it of any person whom the petitioner believes: (1) to have
9concealed, converted or embezzled or to have or had in his
10possession or control any assets, personal property, books of
11account, papers or evidences of debt or title to lands which
12belonged to a person whose estate is being administered in that
13court or which belongs to his estate or to his representative
14or ; (2) to have information or knowledge withheld by the
15respondent from the representative and needed by the
16representative for the recovery of any property by suit or
17otherwise; or (3) may be liable to the estate of a ward
18pursuant to any civil cause of action. The petition shall
19contain a request for the relief sought.
20    (b) The citation must be served not less than 10 days
21before the return day designated in the citation and must be
22served and returned in the manner provided for summons in civil
23cases. If there is a personal representative who is not the
24respondent, notice of the proceeding shall be given by mail or
25in person to the personal representative not less than 5 days

 

 

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1before the return day designated in the citation.
2    (c) If the representative is the respondent, the court may
3appoint a special administrator to represent the estate. The
4court may permit the special administrator to prosecute or
5defend an appeal.
6    (d) The court may examine the respondent on oath whether or
7not the petitioner has proved the matters alleged in the
8petition, may hear the evidence offered by any party, may
9determine all questions of title, claims of adverse title and
10the right of property and may enter such orders and judgment as
11the case requires. If the respondent refuses to answer proper
12questions put to him or refuses to obey the court's order to
13deliver any personal property or, if converted, its proceeds or
14value, or books of account, papers or evidences of debt or
15title to lands, the court may commit him to jail until he
16complies with the order of the court or is discharged by due
17course of law and the court may enforce its order against the
18respondent's real and personal property in the manner in which
19judgments for the payment of money are enforced. The court may
20tax the costs of the proceeding against the respondent and
21enter judgment therefor against him.
22(Source: P.A. 99-93, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
23    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
24changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
25that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section

 

 

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1represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
2not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
3made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
4Public Act.
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.