IN RE ESTATE OF BARTH

No. 1-01-3652, 1-01-3653, 1-01-3681, 1-01-1779.

792 N.E.2d 315 (2003)

339 Ill. App.3d 651

275 Ill.Dec. 84

In re ESTATE OF Charlotte E. BARTH, a Disabled Person, Now Deceased (Joseph A. Benjamin and Teen Living Programs, Inc., Appellants, v. Estate of Charlotte E. Barth; Lynn R. Ostfeld, as Guardian ad litem and Court-Appointed Attorney for Charlotte E. Barth; Roger Barth, Indiv. and as Guardian of the Estate and Person of Charlotte E. Barth; and Rona Roe, Indiv.; and LaSalle Bank, N.A., as Trustee of the Charlotte E. Barth Trust, Appellees. (The People, ex rel. James E. Ryan, Attorney General of Illinois, Prospective Intervenor-Appellant)).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

May 22, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rieck and Crotty, P.C., Chicago (Jerome F. Crotty, Kevin P. Brown, Maria E. Pardo, of counsel), for Appellant Joseph A. Benjamin.

Chuhak & Tecson, P.C., Chicago (Daniel F. Marren, of counsel), for Appellant Teen Living Programs.

Hauselman & Rappin, Ltd., Chicago (Martin F. Hauselman, Rhoda E. Markovitz, of counsel), for Appellees Estate of Charlotte E. Barth, Roger Barth, Individually and as Guardian of the Estate and Person of Charlotte E. Barth, and Rona Roe.

Lynne R. Ostfeld, P.C., Chicago (Lynne R. Ostfeld, of counsel), for Appellee Lynne R. Ostfeld and Lynne R. Ostfeld, P.C.

Peck, Bloom, Miller & Mitchell, Chicago (Kerry R. Peck, Ray J. Koenig III, Marisa T. Cipolla, of counsel), for Appellee LaSalle Bank, N.A.

Attorney General and Solicitor General (James E. Ryan, Joel D. Bertocchi, Floyd D. Perkins, Therese Harris, Matthew D. Shapiro, of counsel), for Prospective Intervenor-Appellant the People of the State of Illinois ex rel. James E. Ryan, Attorney General of Illinois.


Justice KARNEZIS delivered the opinion of the court:

In this consolidated appeal, Teen Living Programs, Inc. (TLP), Joseph Benjamin (Benjamin) and the Attorney General of Illinois (the Attorney General), filing on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois as ultimate beneficiaries of any bequest to TLP, a charitable organization, appeal from an order of the trial court denying TLP's and Benjamin's motions to vacate an "Agreed Pre-Trial Settlement Order" (agreed...

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