Bill Text: IL SB1049 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Makes a technical change in provisions concerning the designation of a guardian.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1049 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB1049-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Makes a technical change in provisions concerning the designation of a guardian.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1049 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB1049-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, | |||||||||||||||||||
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-6 as follows:
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6 | (755 ILCS 5/11a-6) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 11a-6)
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7 | Sec. 11a-6.
Designation of Guardian.) A person, while of | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | sound mind
and
and memory, may designate in writing a person, | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | corporation or public agency
qualified to act under Section | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | 11a-5, to be
appointed as guardian or as successor guardian of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | his person or of his
estate or both, in the event he is
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12 | adjudged to be a disabled person. The designation may be proved
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13 | by any competent
evidence, but if it is executed and attested | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | in the same manner as a
will, it shall have prima facie | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | validity. If the court finds that the
appointment of the one | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | designated will serve the best interests and
welfare of the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | ward, it shall make the appointment in accordance with
the | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | designation. The selection of the guardian shall be in the
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19 | discretion of the court whether or not a designation is made. | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 81-795.)
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