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765 ILCS 345/1 (2026)

The rule of property known as the rule in Shelley's Case is abolished

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(765 ILCS 345/1) (from Ch. 30, par. 186)
    Sec. 1. The rule of property known as the rule in Shelley's Case is abolished.
(Source: Laws 1953, p. 1479.)

    
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Cited in 2 cases, 2009–2009 · leading case: In Re Est. of Feinberg, 919 N.E.2d 888 (Ill. 2009).
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In Re Est. of Feinberg, 919 N.E.2d 888 (Ill. 2009). “Also, in 1953, the legislature adopted the Rule in Shelley's Case Abolishment Act (765 ILCS 345/1 et seq. (West 2008)), to abolish the common law rule that a life estate to A, with a remainder to A's heirs, shall pass to A in fee simple.”
Taylor v. Feinberg, 919 N.E.2d 888 (Ill. 2009). “Also, in 1953, the legislature adopted the Rule in Shelley’s Case Abolishment Act (765 ILCS 345/1 et seq. (West 2008)), to abolish the common law rule that a life estate to A, with a remainder to A’s heirs, shall pass to A in fee simple.”
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