Knudsen v. Arlington Heights Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n

The primary issue in this appeal is whether a judge assigned to the chancery-divorce division of the Circuit Court of Cook County had “jurisdiction” to grant a petition for withdrawals from a minor’s account. The disputed account was opened by and subject to court order, as provided in section 323a (now section 24 — 21) of the Probate Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 3, par. 323a, now Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. llOlí, par. 24 — 21). Plaintiff argues that only a judge assigned to the probate division had “jurisdiction” to grant the withdrawal petition permitted by this section.

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