IN RE ESTATE OF BECKHART

No. 3-06-0269.

864 N.E.2d 1002 (2007)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Ronnie BECKHART, Deceased (Jayne Laisner, mother and next friend of Ryan Beckhart, a minor, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Patricia Beckhart, Administrator of Estate of Ronnie Beckhart, deceased, Respondent-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

March 23, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Blade, Moline, for Jayne Laisner.

John S. Callas, Richard McCarthy, McCarthy, Callas, Fuhr & Ellison, P.C., Rock Island, for Patricia Beckhart.


Justice CARTER delivered the opinion of the court:

The petitioner, Jayne Laisner, mother and next friend of minor Ryan Beckhart, filed first a probate claim for insurance proceeds in the deceased's estate, then a motion for constructive trust, alleging that the respondent, Patricia Beckhart, improperly used the proceeds from a life insurance policy. The circuit court found that laches barred the petitioner's claim. On appeal, the petitioner argues that the circuit...

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