Bill Text: IL SB4011 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Resignation And Removal Of Representative Article of the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that a guardian ad litem may be removed for good cause for: failure to comply with the duties of a guardian ad litem; committing any criminal or unlawful act that reflects adversely on the guardian ad litem's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a guardian ad litem; in the performance of guardian ad litem duties, by words or conduct, manifesting bias or prejudice based upon race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status; or engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-25 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB4011 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB4011-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 23-2 as follows:
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| 6 | (755 ILCS 5/23-2) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 23-2)
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| 7 | Sec. 23-2. Removal.
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| 8 | (a) On petition of any interested person or on
the court's | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | own motion, the court may remove a representative if:
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| 10 | (1) the representative is acting under letters secured | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | by false
pretenses;
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| 12 | (2) the representative is adjudged a person subject to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | involuntary
admission under the
Mental Health and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Developmental Disabilities Code or is adjudged a person | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | with a disability;
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| 16 | (3) the representative is convicted of a felony;
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| 17 | (4) the representative wastes or mismanages the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | estate;
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| 19 | (5) the representative conducts himself or herself in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | such a manner as
to endanger any
co-representative or the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | surety on the representative's bond;
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| 22 | (6) the representative fails to give sufficient bond | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | or security,
counter security or a
new bond, after being | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | ordered by the court to do so;
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| 2 | (7) the representative fails to file an inventory or | ||||||
| 3 | accounting after
being ordered by
the court to do so;
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| 4 | (8) the representative conceals himself or herself so | ||||||
| 5 | that process
cannot be served upon
the representative or
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| 6 | notice cannot be given to the representative;
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| 7 | (9) the representative becomes incapable of or | ||||||
| 8 | unsuitable for the
discharge of the
representative's
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| 9 | duties; or
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| 10 | (10) there is other good cause. | ||||||
| 11 | (a-5) A guardian ad litem may be removed for good cause | ||||||
| 12 | for: | ||||||
| 13 | (1) failure to comply with the duties of a guardian ad | ||||||
| 14 | litem established in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of | ||||||
| 15 | Section 506 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of | ||||||
| 16 | Marriage Act; | ||||||
| 17 | (2) committing any criminal or unlawful act that | ||||||
| 18 | reflects adversely on the guardian ad litem's honesty, | ||||||
| 19 | trustworthiness, or fitness as a guardian ad litem; | ||||||
| 20 | (3) in the performance of guardian ad litem duties, by | ||||||
| 21 | words or conduct, manifesting bias or prejudice based upon | ||||||
| 22 | race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, | ||||||
| 23 | age, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status; or | ||||||
| 24 | (4) engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, | ||||||
| 25 | deceit, or misrepresentation.
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| 26 | (b) If the representative becomes a nonresident of the
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| 1 | United States, the court may remove the representative as such
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| 2 | representative.
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| 3 | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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