Bill Text: IL HB2442 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that the fees incurred by a public guardian for services related to guardianship duties are a first class claim against the estate of a decedent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2442 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2442-Introduced.html
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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 Probate Act of 1975 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 18-10 as follows:
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6 | (755 ILCS 5/18-10) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 18-10)
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7 | Sec. 18-10. Classification of claims against decedent's | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | estate. All
claims against the estate of a decedent are divided | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | into classes in the
manner following:
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10 | 1st: Funeral and burial expenses, expenses of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | administration, fees incurred under subsection (b) of Section | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | 13-3.1, and
statutory custodial claims. For the purposes of | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | this paragraph, funeral and
burial expenses paid by any person, | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | including a surviving spouse, are
funeral and burial expenses; | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | and funeral and burial expenses include
reasonable amounts paid | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | for a burial space, crypt or niche, a marker on the
burial | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | space, care of the burial space, crypt or niche, and interest | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | on
these amounts. Interest on these amounts shall accrue | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | beginning 60 days
after issuance of letters of office to the | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | representative of the decedent's
estate, or if no such letters | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | of office are issued, then beginning 60 days
after those | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | amounts are due, up to the rate of 9% per annum as allowed by
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23 | contract or law.
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1 | 2nd: The surviving spouse's or child's award.
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2 | 3rd: Debts due the United States.
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3 | 4th: Reasonable and necessary medical, hospital, and | ||||||
4 | nursing home expenses for the care of the decedent during the | ||||||
5 | year immediately preceding death; and money due employees of | ||||||
6 | the decedent of not more than $800 for each
claimant for | ||||||
7 | services rendered within 4 months prior to the decedent's
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8 | death.
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9 | 5th: Money and property received or held in trust by | ||||||
10 | decedent which
cannot be identified or traced.
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11 | 6th: Debts due this State and any county, township, city, | ||||||
12 | town, village
or school district located within this State.
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13 | 7th: All other claims.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 100-1079, eff. 8-24-18.)
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