Illinois Compiled Statutes 750 ILCS 65/20 – The court shall require of the petitioner, at the time and as one of …
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 750 ILCS 65/20
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person under legal disability: means a person 18 years or older who (a) because of mental deterioration or physical incapacity is not fully able to manage his or her person or estate, or (b) is a person with mental illness or is a person with developmental disabilities and who because of his or her mental illness or developmental disability is not fully able to manage his or her person or estate, or (c) because of gambling, idleness, debauchery or excessive use of intoxicants or drugs, so spends or wastes his or her estate as to expose himself or herself or his or her family to want or suffering. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.06
The court shall require of the petitioner, at the time and as one of the conditions of entering the judgment, such security for the protection of the interests, and for the proper support of such person under legal disability, as the court deems satisfactory, and may from time to time renew or change the same, or require additional security. Such security shall be deposited with the clerk of the court, and actions may be maintained thereon for the benefit of such person under legal disability in any court of competent jurisdiction; or the court may order such portion of the money received from the sale of such property as the court deems just, to be set apart in such manner as the court shall direct, for the use and benefit of such person under legal disability; and such sum so set apart shall be and remain subject to the control and order of the court.