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MATTER OF ESTATE OF DeJARNETTE

No. 4-96-0649.

677 N.E.2d 1024 (1997)

286 Ill. App.3d 1082

222 Ill.Dec. 490

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Rose S. DeJARNETTE, Deceased (Dorothy Meis, Catherine Burns, Frank DeJarnette, Shirley Galloway, William Stoll, John Thomas Stoll, Merritt Stoll, William Huff, Judy Gordon, and Norman Huff, Petitioners-Appellants, and Donald A. Behle, Special Administrator of the Estate of Rose S. DeJarnette, Deceased, Petitioner, v. Vera Lecouris, Respondent-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided March 24, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.J. Rudasill (argued), Rudasill & Spence, Clinton, for Dorothy Meis, Catherine Burns, William Huff, DeJarnette, In Re Estate Of Rose S., Frank DeJarnette, Shirley Galloway, Dorothy Meis, William Stoll, John Thomas Stoll, Merritt Stoll, Judy Gordon, Norman Huff.

Stephen L. Miller (argued), Miller & Miller, Lincoln, for Vera LeCouris.

Justice COOK delivered the opinion of the court:

Rose DeJarnette gave her power of attorney to her cousin, Vera Lecouris. Thereafter, Vera arranged for Rose's funds to be placed in joint tenancy accounts with Vera and for Vera to be named beneficiary of a life insurance policy and a pension fund. In this citation proceeding, the trial court ordered Vera to reimburse Rose's estate for various amounts Vera claimed were inter vivos gifts but allowed Vera to keep...

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