Farmers Weekly Review

STATE OF ILLINOIS
COUNTY OF WILL
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: HELEN F. PALMER, Deceased
Case NO. 2024 PR 348
NOTICE TO HEIRS AND LEGATEES

Notice is given to Richard Thieben, Paul Thieben, James Arthur Ballentine, and to any UNKNOWN HEIRS, who are heirs or legatees in the above proceeding to probate a will and whose name or address is not stated in the petition to admit the will to probate, that an order was entered by the court on June 11, 2024, admitting the will to probate.

Within 42 days after the effective date of the original order of admission you may file a petition with the court to require proof of the will by testimony of the witnesses to the will in open court or other evidence, as provided in section 6-21 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/6-21).

You also have the right under section 8-1 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/8-1) to contest the validity of the will by filing a petition with the court within 6 months after admission of the will to probate.

E-filing is now mandatory for documents in civil cases with limited exemptions. To e-file, you must first create an account with an e-filing service provider. Visit http://efile.illinoiscourts.gov/service-providers.htm to learn more and to select a service provider. If you need additional help or have trouble e-filing, visit http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/FAQ/gethelp.asp, or talk with your local circuit clerk’s office.

Rights of Interested Persons During Independent Administration;
Form of Petition to Terminate Administration

The June 11, 2024 court order granted independent administration of decedent’s estate. This means that the executor or administrator will not have to obtain court orders or file estate documents in court during probate. The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless an interested person asks the court to become involved.

Under section 28-4 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person may terminate independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk of the court. E-filing is now mandatory for documents in civil cases with limited exemptions. To e-file, you must first create an account with an e-filing service provider. Visit http://efile.illinoiscourts.gov/service-providers.htm to learn more and to select a service provider. If you need additional help or have trouble e-filing, visit http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/FAQ/gethelp.asp, or talk with your local circuit clerk’s office.

However, if there is a will which directs independent administration, independent administration will be terminated only if the court finds there is good cause to require supervised administration; and if the petitioner is a creditor or nonresiduary legatee, independent administration will be terminated only if the court finds that termination is necessary to protect the petitioner’s interest.

A petition in substantially the following form may be used to terminate independent administration:

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In the Circuit Court of the 12th Judicial Circuit,
Will County, Illinois

In re Estate of ____________________________________, Deceased No. ________

Petition to Terminate Independent Administration

________________________________________________________________, on oath states:

On _________________, 20______, an order was entered granting independent administration to ________________________________________ as independent _____________________
(executor) (administrator).

I am an interested person in this estate as

___________________________________________________________.
(heir) (nonresiduary legatee) (residuary legatee) (creditor) (representative)

*3. The will ________________________________ direct independent administration.
(does) (does not)

I request that independent administration be terminated.

____________________________________________________________________________
(Signature of petitioner)

Signed and sworn to before me _____________, 20__

____________________________________________
Notary Public

*Strike if no will.

In addition to the right to terminate independent administration, any interested person may petition the court to hold a hearing and resolve any particular question that may arise during independent administration, even though supervised administration has not been requested (755 ILCS 5/28-5). The independent representative must mail a copy of the estate inventory and final account to each interested person and must send notice to or obtain the approval of each interested person before the estate can be closed (755 ILCS 5/28-6, 28-11). Any interested person has the right to question or object to any item included in or omitted from an inventory or account or to insist on a full court accounting of all receipts and disbursements with prior notice, as required in supervised administration (755 ILCS 5/28-11).

Michael R. Lucas (06192964)
Lucas Law Firm, LLC
181 N. Hammes Avenue
Joliet, Illinois 60435
(815) 729-0300
Published 6/20/2024, 6/27/2024, 7/4/2024