IN RE ESTATE OF WILLIAMS

No. 3-05-0629.

853 N.E.2d 79 (2006)

In re ESTATE OF Charlotte J. WILLIAMS, Deceased (Wesley Nutt, Special Administrator, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Trustee of the Don E. Williams Trust dated May 1, 1985, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

Rehearing Denied August 31, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Lindstrom (argued), Mustain, Lindstrom & Henson, Galesburg, for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Jerry J. Pepping (argued), McGehee, Boling, Whitmire, Olson & Pepping, Ltd., Silvis, for Wesley Nutt.


Justice McDADE delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal presents a question certified pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 308(a) (155 Ill.2d R. 308). The question of law certified by the trial court is whether the language found in section 4 of Charlotte J. Williams's will is ambiguous regarding reimbursement for and apportionment of expenses of administration and death taxes among recipients of probate and nonprobate...

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