Illinois Compiled Statutes
755 ILCS 5/6-14 (2026)
Power of executor before issuance of letters
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(755 ILCS 5/6-14)
(from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-14)
Sec. 6-14.
Power of executor before issuance of letters.) Before issuance of letters to
an executor his power extends to the carrying out of any gift of the decedent's
body or any part thereof, to the burial of the decedent, the payment of
necessary funeral
charges and the preservation of the estate; but if the will is not admitted to probate,
the executor is not liable as an executor of his own wrong, except for his refusal to
deliver the estate to the person authorized by law to receive it or for
waste or misapplication of the estate.
(Source: P.A. 79-328.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1994–1994 · leading case: In Re Est. of Wallen, 633 N.E.2d 1350 (Ill. App. Ct. 1994).
In Re Est. of Wallen, 633 N.E.2d 1350 (Ill. App. Ct. 1994). “, (755 ILCS 5/6-14 (West 1992).) Like the executor, the administrator is the representative of the decedent and all those interested in the estate, such as creditors, heirs, legatees), and devisees; he is a fiduciary to those interested in the estate and, as such, is held to a…”
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