Bill Text: IL HB2504 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Probate Act of 1975. In a provision concerning the length of a temporary guardianship, provides that an extension of the guardianship may be granted, if specified conditions are met, for no longer than 90 (instead of 120) days from the date the temporary guardian was originally appointed. Provides that only one extension shall be allowed from the date the temporary guardian was originally appointed.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2504 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB2504-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 11a-4 as follows:
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| 6 | (755 ILCS 5/11a-4) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 11a-4)
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| 7 | Sec. 11a-4. Temporary guardian. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) Prior to the appointment of a guardian
under this | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Article, pending an appeal in relation to the
appointment, or
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| 10 | pending the
completion of a citation proceeding brought | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | pursuant to Section 23-3 of this
Act,
or upon a guardian's | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | death, incapacity, or resignation, the court may appoint a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | temporary guardian upon a showing of the necessity
therefor for | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | the immediate welfare and protection of the alleged
disabled | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | person or his or her estate
on such notice and subject to such | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | conditions as the court may prescribe.
In determining the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | necessity for temporary guardianship, the immediate
welfare | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | and protection of the alleged disabled person and his or her | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | estate
shall be
of paramount concern, and the interests of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | petitioner, any care provider,
or any other party shall not | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | outweigh the interests of the alleged disabled
person.
The | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | temporary guardian shall have all of the powers and duties of a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | guardian
of the person or of the estate which are specifically | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | enumerated by court
order. The court order shall state the | ||||||
| 2 | actual harm identified by the court
that necessitates temporary | ||||||
| 3 | guardianship or any extension thereof. | ||||||
| 4 | (b) The temporary guardianship shall
expire within 60 days | ||||||
| 5 | after the
appointment or whenever a guardian is regularly | ||||||
| 6 | appointed, whichever occurs
first. No extension shall be | ||||||
| 7 | granted except:
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| 8 | (1) In a case where there has been an adjudication of | ||||||
| 9 | disability, an extension shall be granted: | ||||||
| 10 | (i) pending the disposition on appeal of an | ||||||
| 11 | adjudication of disability; | ||||||
| 12 | (ii) pending the completion of a citation | ||||||
| 13 | proceeding brought pursuant to Section 23-3; | ||||||
| 14 | (iii) pending the appointment of a successor | ||||||
| 15 | guardian in a case where the former guardian has | ||||||
| 16 | resigned, has become incapacitated, or is deceased; or | ||||||
| 17 | (iv) where the guardian's powers have been | ||||||
| 18 | suspended pursuant to a court order. | ||||||
| 19 | (2) In a case where there has not been an adjudication | ||||||
| 20 | of disability, an extension shall be granted pending the | ||||||
| 21 | disposition of a petition brought pursuant to Section 11a-8 | ||||||
| 22 | so long as the court finds it is in the best interest of | ||||||
| 23 | the alleged disabled person to extend the temporary | ||||||
| 24 | guardianship so as to protect the alleged disabled person | ||||||
| 25 | from any potential abuse, neglect, self-neglect, | ||||||
| 26 | exploitation, or other harm and such extension lasts no | ||||||
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| 1 | more than 90 120 days from the date the temporary guardian | ||||||
| 2 | was originally appointed. Only one extension shall be | ||||||
| 3 | allowed from the date the temporary guardian was originally | ||||||
| 4 | appointed. | ||||||
| 5 | The ward shall have the right any time after the | ||||||
| 6 | appointment
of a temporary guardian is made to petition the | ||||||
| 7 | court to revoke the appointment
of the temporary guardian.
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| 8 | (Source: P.A. 97-614, eff. 1-1-12.)
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