PROBATE-STAT CUSTODIAL CLAIM

Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that a person convicted of financial exploitation shall not receive payment for a statutory custodial claim (at present, a person may not receive property or a benefit as an heir, legatee, beneficiary, survivor, appointee, or in any other capacity). Provides that a statutory custodial claim shall be disallowed if the decedent expressly bars a relative from being paid a statutory custodial claim in a will or codicil executed by the decedent on a date that is after the relative dedicated himself or herself to the care of the decedent, lived with the decedent, and personally cared for the decedent for at least 3 years. Provides that the court may take into account and reduce the claim to the extent to which the person submitting the claim benefitted from the living arrangements with the decedent. Effective immediately.