Illinois Compiled Statutes
765 ILCS 520/3 (2026)
Minors and persons under legal disability may institute or defend actions by guardian or next friend
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(765 ILCS 520/3)
(from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4903)
Sec. 3.
Minors and persons under legal disability may institute
or defend
actions by guardian or next friend. Every
person, including
spouses of owners, having any interest in the right to drill for and remove
oil and gas from such lands, whether in possession or otherwise, and who is
not a plaintiff, shall be made a defendant to such complaint. Any person
claiming or appearing to claim an interest in the right to drill for and
remove oil and gas from such land may be made a defendant. When there are
or may be any persons interested in the right to drill for and remove oil
and gas from such lands whose names are unknown, the complaint shall so
state, and such persons may be made parties to such action by the name and
description of Unknown Owners.
(Source: P.A. 83-706.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case (1 in the last 5 years), 2023–2023 · leading case: O'Malley v. Adams, 2023 IL App (5th) 220206, 228 N.E.3d 379.
O'Malley v. Adams, 2023 IL App (5th) 220206, 228 N.E.3d 379. “765 ILCS 520/3, 4 (West 2020). The circuit court is authorized to investigate and determine all questions regarding conflicting titles, remove clouds from titles, and confirm the title to the right to drill for and remove oil and gas from the lands.”
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