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ESTATE OF HICKS

Nos. 80604, 80677.

675 N.E.2d 89 (1996)

174 Ill.2d 433

221 Ill.Dec. 182

ESTATE OF Ronadra J. HICKS, Deceased (Mark Twain Illinois Bank, Adm'r and Guardian of the Estates of LaDonna and LaDiea Bender, Minors, Appellant, v. Ronald J. Hicks, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Marker of Carr, Korein, Tillery, Kunin, Montroy & Glass, and Lawrence Alan Waldman, East St. Louis, for appellant.

Douglas E. Dusek of Dusek & Lopinot, Belleville, for appellee.

Chief Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

At issue in this appeal is the constitutionality of section 2-2(d) of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/2-2(d) (West 1994)), which provides that the estate of an illegitimate intestate who dies without a surviving spouse or descendants shall be distributed to his or her mother and the mother's children/descendants. The circuit court of St. Clair County entered a judgment finding section 2-2(d) unconstitutional because...

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