Estate of Hicks

675 N.E.2d 89 (1996)

174 Ill.2d 433

221 Ill.Dec. 182

ESTATE OF Ronadra J. HICKS, Deceased (Mark Twain Illinois Bank, Adm'r and Guardian of the Estates of LaDonna and LaDiea Bender, Minors, Appellant,

v.

Ronald J. Hicks, Appellee).

Nos. 80604, 80677.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 19, 1996.

Michael B. Marker of Carr, Korein, Tillery, Kunin, Montroy & Glass, and Lawrence Alan Waldman, East St. Louis, for appellant.

Douglas E. Dusek of Dusek & Lopinot, Belleville, for appellee.

At issue in this appeal is the constitutionality of section 2-2(d) of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/2-2(d) (West 1994)), which…