IN RE ESTATE OF BOYAR

No. 113655.

2013 IL 113655

In re ESTATE OF ROBERT E. BOYAR (Robert A. Boyar, Appellant, v. Grant Dixon et al., Appellees).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed April 4, 2013.


OPINION

JUSTICE KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The questions we are asked to resolve in this appeal are: (1) whether the "doctrine of election" applicable to will contests should be extended to challenges to amendments to living trusts in cases where the trust serves the same purpose as a will, and (2) if so, whether the challenge to the trust amendment at issue in this case should nevertheless be permitted to proceed...

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