Appellate Court of Illinois· 2/8/1983

Rauch v. Rauch

Citations

445 N.E.2d 77
112 Ill. App. 3d 198
67 Ill. Dec. 785
1983 Ill. App. LEXIS 1429

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involving will giving survivor property “to be his or her absolute property;” holding where equal treatment for family is provided, it would be “illogical” to give survivor power to disrupt dispositive scheme
presence of all five characteristics clearly indicated that a husband and wife intended for their jointly-executed will to be a joint and mutual will
presence of all five characteristics clearly indicated that a husband and wife intended for their jointly- executed will to be a joint and mutual will
presence of all five characteristics clearly indicated that a husband and wife intended for their jointly executed will to be a joint and mutual will
“A joint and mutual will must be executed pursuant to a contract between the testators, requiring the survivor of them to dispose of the property as the will’s provisions instruct”

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Judges: Mills

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