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760 ILCS 3/812 (2026)

Powers and duties of successor; liability for acts of predecessor; approval of accounts

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(760 ILCS 3/812)
    Sec. 812. Powers and duties of successor; liability for acts of predecessor; approval of accounts.
    (a) A successor trustee shall have all the rights, powers, and duties that are granted to or imposed on the predecessor trustee.
    (b) A successor trustee is under no duty to inquire into the acts or doings of a predecessor trustee, and is not liable for any act or failure to act of a predecessor trustee.
    (c) With the approval of a majority in interest of the beneficiaries then entitled to receive or eligible to have the benefit of the income from the trust, a successor trustee may accept the account rendered by, and the property received from, the predecessor trustee as a full and complete discharge of the predecessor trustee without incurring any liability.
(Source: P.A. 101-48, eff. 1-1-20.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2019–2022 · leading case: Grove v. Morton Cmty. Bank, 2022 IL App (3d) 210177 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022).
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Grove v. Morton Cmty. Bank, 2022 IL App (3d) 210177 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). · cites it 3× “1, 2020)), with 760 ILCS 3/812 (West 2020). Therefore, in this appeal, we rely only on the Illinois Trust Code.”
Detterbeck v. Detterbeck, 2019 IL App (1st) 181113-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “However, its scheduled repeal does not affect this disposition and the statutory provision will be re-enacted under section 812 of the Illinois Trust Code, see 760 ILCS 3/812, pursuant to Public Act 101-48 (eff.”
— 760 ILCS 3/812(b) — 1 case
Grove v. Morton Cmty. Bank, 2022 IL App (3d) 210177 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “1, 2020)), with 760 ILCS 3/812 (West 2020). Therefore, in this appeal, we rely only on the Illinois Trust Code.”
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