15.10 Distribution
- If an heir at law of an intestate estate or a devisee or a legatee of a testatee estate shall be a minor or a disabled person or shall die or be adjudicated a disabled person, such fact shall be set forth in the petition requesting authority to make distribution. Where the distributee is a minor or disabled person, a guardian ad litem shall be appointed to represent the distributee, unless excused by order of court.
Except where the distributive share qualifies for distribution under Article XXV of the Probate Act which provides for the distribution of small estates upon affidavit or under 20 ILCS 1705/22, which provides that the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities may accept funds as a grant, gift or legacy to a recipient residing in any facility of the Department, distribution will be authorized only to the legal representative of such persons.
Final distribution and closing of the estate will not be authorized, unless the legal representative shall report as part of the final account or by separate document, a summary showing that all procedural and administrative duties have been completed.