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40 ILCS 5/15-191

(40 ILCS 5/15-191) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-191)

Sec. 15-191.

Payment of benefits to minors.

If any benefits under this Article become payable to a minor, the board
may make payment (1) directly to the minor, (2) to any person who has
legally qualified and is acting as guardian of the minor's person or
property in any jurisdiction, (3) to either parent of the minor or to
any adult person with whom the minor may at the time be living, provided
only that the parent or other person to whom any amount is to be paid shall
have advised the board in writing that such amount
will be held or used for the benefit of the minor, or (4) to the trustee of
any trust created for the sole benefit of the
minor while that minor is living, provided only that the trustee of such trust
to whom any amount is to be paid shall have advised the board in writing that
such amount will be held or used for the benefit of the minor.  The system
shall not be required to determine the validity of the trust or any of the
terms thereof.  The representation of the trustee that the trust meets the
requirements of this Section shall be conclusive as to the system. The
written receipt of the minor, parent, trustee, or other person who receives
such payment shall be an absolute discharge of the system's liability in
respect of the amount so paid.

(Source: P.A. 90-65, eff. 7-7-97; 90-511, eff. 8-22-97.)