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755 ILCS 5/19-8 (2026)

Compounding, compromising or exchanging personal estate

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(755 ILCS 5/19-8) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 19-8)
    Sec. 19-8. Compounding, compromising or exchanging personal estate.) By leave of court without notice or upon such notice as the court directs, a representative may compound or compromise any claim or any interest of the ward or the decedent in any personal estate or exchange any claim or any interest in personal estate for other claims or personal estate upon such terms as the court directs.
(Source: P.A. 79-328.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1996–2025 · leading case: Ap v. Mee, 821 N.E.2d 1238 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004).
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Ap v. Mee, 821 N.E.2d 1238 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). · cites it 2× “, trustees of multiple Pritzker family trusts, filed a verified petition for declaratory relief, seeking, in accordance with section 19-8 of the Probate Act of 1975 (Probate Act) (755 ILCS 5/19-8 (West 2002)), the entry of an order declaring that the Family Agreement was in the…”
In Re Guardianship of Mabry, 666 N.E.2d 16 (Ill. App. Ct. 1996). “She argues (1) the trial court based its decision in part on an erroneous belief that she would never return to her home, (2) she has an emotional attachment to her home, and there were other assets available to pay the claim, (3) there was insufficient or at least conflicting…”
First Nat'l Bank v. Lowrey (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). · cites it 3× “Specifically, defendants assert that because a trial court must approve or reject any settlement agreement proposed on a minor’s behalf (see 755 ILCS 5/19-8 (West 2004)), plaintiff’s legal malpractice action was dependent on proving that the trial court in the medical…”
A.P. v. M.E.E. (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). · cites it 2× “, trustees of multiple Pritzker family trusts, filed a verified petition for declaratory relief, seeking, in accordance with section 19-8 of the Probate Act of 1975 (Probate Act) (755 ILCS 5/19-8 (West 2002)), the entry of an order declaring that the Family Agreement was in the…”
Parker v. Kelley (S.D. Ill. 2023). “3d at 419 (citing 755 ILCS 5/19-8 (the Illinois Probate Act requires that the minor’s representative obtain “leave of court” before “compound[ing] or compromise[ing] any claim or any interest of the ward.”
In re Conservation of NextLevel Health Partners, 2025 IL App (1st) 230803 (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “3d 989 , 991, 995 (2004) (same as to a private agreement filed in a declaratory action under the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/19-8 (West 2002)). But these courts considered the sealing of records in a single case against the backdrop of ubiquitous civil proceedings.”
Smith v. Smith (Ill. App. Ct. 2005). “755 ILCS 5/19-8 (West 2002) ("By leave of court ***, a representative may compound or compromise any claim or any interest of the ward *** in any personal estate *** upon such terms as the court directs"); see also Ott v.”
Villalobos v. Cicero Sch. Dist. (Ill. App. Ct. 2005). “See 755 ILCS 5/19-8 (West 2004) ("By leave of court *** a representative may compound or compromise any claim or any interest of the ward *** or any interest in personal estate for other claims or personal estate upon such terms as the court directs"); Mastroianni , 78 Ill.”
Wreglesworth v. Arcto, Inc. (Ill. App. Ct. 2000). “2d at 1056 ; 755 ILCS 5/19-8 (West 1992) ("By leave of court *** a representative may compound or compromise any claim or any interest of the ward *** in any personal estate *** upon such terms as the court directs").”
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