Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. v. Estate of Piech

This action arises out of a petition by the Conservator of the Estate of Raymond Piech, an incompetent, to the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County for approval of a proposed property settlement agreement between the conservator and Mary Piech, Raymond Piech’s wife. The court denied the petition. The sole issue on appeal is whether the Circuit Court has power to approve a property settlement between the conservator of the estate of an incompetent and the incompetent’s wife.

Raymond and Mary Piech were married on February 12, 1950, and have one daughter who was born in 1951. The…