Illinois Compiled Statutes
755 ILCS 65/20 (2026)
Duties of authorized agent
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(755 ILCS 65/20)
Sec. 20. Duties of authorized agent. (a) A person listed in Section 5 has the right, duty, and liability provided by that Section only if there is no person in a priority listed before the person.
(b) If any person who would otherwise have the right to control disposition pursuant to Section 5 has been charged with first or second degree murder or voluntary manslaughter in connection with the decedent's death and those charges are known to the funeral director or cemetery authority, that person's right to control is relinquished and passed on to the next listed person or group of persons in accordance with Section 5.
(Source: P.A. 94-561, eff. 1-1-06.) Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2020–2020 · leading case: Coley v. Bradshaw & Range Funeral Home, P.C., 2020 IL App (2d) 190627 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020).
Coley v. Bradshaw & Range Funeral Home, P.C., 2020 IL App (2d) 190627 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “Further, the Release itself was evidence that Bradshaw knew that Lawrence had been charged with Raashanai’s murder and that it knew that Lawrence was disqualified from determining the disposition of the remains pursuant to section 20(b) of the Remains Act (755 ILCS 65/20(b)…”
— 755 ILCS 65/20(b) — 1 case
Coley v. Bradshaw & Range Funeral Home, P.C., 2020 IL App (2d) 190627 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “Further, the Release itself was evidence that Bradshaw knew that Lawrence had been charged with Raashanai’s murder and that it knew that Lawrence was disqualified from determining the disposition of the remains pursuant to section 20(b) of the Remains Act (755 ILCS 65/20(b)…”
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