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755 ILCS 5/6-6

(755 ILCS 5/6-6) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-6)

Sec. 6-6.

Proof of handwriting of a deceased or inaccessible witness or a witness with a disability.

(a)  If a witness to a will or other party who shall testify to have a will admitted (1) is dead, (2) is blind, (3) is mentally or
physically incapable of testifying, (4) cannot be found, (5) is in active
service of the armed forces of the United States or (6) is outside this
State, the court may admit proof of the handwriting of the witness or other party and such
other secondary evidence as is admissible in any court of record to establish
electronic records or written contracts and may admit the will to probate as though it had been
proved by the testimony of the witness or other party. On motion of any interested person
or on its own motion, the court may require that the deposition of any such
witness or other party, who can be found, is mentally and physically capable of testifying
and is not in the active service of the armed forces of the United States
outside of the continental United States, be taken as the best evidence thereof.

(b) As used in this Section, "continental United States" means the States
of the United States and the District of Columbia.

(Source: P.A. 102-167, eff. 7-26-21.)