IN RE ESTATE OF MENDELSON

No. 1-96-3590.

697 N.E.2d 1210 (1998)

298 Ill. App.3d 1

232 Ill.Dec. 280

In re ESTATE OF Jeanette MENDELSON, Deceased (Idelle Port, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Eleanor Barnett, Adm'r of the Estate of Jeanette Mendelson, Deceased, Respondent-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

July 13, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth N. Kaberon, Chicago, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Christian A. Carini, Chicago, for Respondent-Appellee.


Presiding Justice BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal involves a petition brought in a probate proceeding seeking construction of a trust provision concerning the status of a 40% interest in a condominium in which Jeanette Mendelson, the decedent, was the sole beneficiary prior to her death. The trial court found that the trust provision, which designated the recipient of the 40% interest upon decedent's death, failed or lapsed because Evelyn Jackson...

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