IN RE ESTATE OF JOHNSON

No. 1-95-4018.

673 N.E.2d 386 (1996)

284 Ill. App.3d 1080

220 Ill.Dec. 474

In re ESTATE OF Kirsten JOHNSON, a Minor (Vera Howse, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Eric Johnson, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

November 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roderick F. Mollison, Chicago, for Respondent-Appellant.

Lester L. Barclay, Chicago, for Petitioner-Appellee.


Justice GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

Vera Howse filed a petition seeking appointment of herself as the successor guardian of the person of the minor, Kirsten Johnson, her niece, after Kirsten's mother and guardian, Barbara Johnson, died. Kirsten, who was 16 years old, signed the petition and nominated Vera Howse as the guardian of her person. Attached to Howse's petition was a copy of Barbara Johnson's will in which she nominated her sister, Vera Howse...

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