Bennett v. Bennett

This appeal comes to us from a trial de novo in the Circuit Court of Peoria County affirming an order of the Probate Court sustaining objections by a ward to certain items of disbursement in her conservator’s Final Report. As a result, the requested discharge by the conservator was denied and the Final Report disapproved. The conservator appeals.

The conservator is the husband of the ward. As a result of the ward’s confinement in the Peoria State Hospital, the Illinois Department of Public Welfare filed a claim against her estate in the amount of $2,768.00, under the Mental Health Code. Sec.…