Executor Of Estate Form After Death Without Will In Cook
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A certified disposition is a formal copy of your court record. If you need copies of your court records in Cook County Circuit Court, you need to go in person to the courthouse.
You may request a certified copy of a will that was filed with the Probate Division by writing us or visiting our office. To expedite this request, it would be helpful to provide either the Probate case number or the name of the decedent and the date/year of death (if this information is available).
The Estate's attorney will send a copy of the Will to the Executor, the person who is responsible for filing for Probate, managing the decedent's property and making sure the provisions of the Will are carried out. The Estate's attorney will also send a copy of the Will to anyone who is named as a beneficiary.
Even if the will is not going to be probated, anyone who is in possession of the will of a decedent must bring the will to the Probate Court for filing.
If one dies without a Will, he or she dies "Intestate." Since, there is no Will to file, there is no individual specifically identified as an executor. Nonetheless, the procedure is quite similar to that in a testate proceeding. An interested person, usually a family member, files a petition with.
You may request a certified copy of a will that was filed with the Probate Division by writing us or visiting our office. To expedite this request, it would be helpful to provide either the Probate case number or the name of the decedent and the date/year of death (if this information is available).
The Probate Division is located on the 18th Floor of the Richard J. Daley Center. The Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the Probate Division is located on the 12th Floor of the Richard J. Daley Center.
The Cook County Clerk probate division office phone number for general information is (312) 603-6441. Also available online for Cook County: Wills Search showing limited information about Wills that have been filed. To view or copy a Will, you must go to the Daley Center (12th Floor).
If a person dies without a will, the person died intestate. The person who died is called the decedent. The decedent's property is given to the decedent's heirs during a probate court case. A decedent's relatives also get part of the estate.
