Justice EGAN delivered the opinion of the court:
After a bench trial, the judge denied the petitioner's claims against her half-brother's estate for care during his lifetime. On appeal, the petitioner, Delores McGee, asserts that the judge erred (1) when, based on the Dead-Man's Act (735 ILCS 5/8-201 (West 1992)), he refused to allow her testimony as to her care of her brother and his physical and mental condition; (2) he denied her statutory custodial claim under...
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