Shriners Hospital for Children v. Bauman

PRESIDING JUSTICE McBRIDE

delivered the opinion of the court:

Shriners Hospitals for Children (Shriners) appeals from a circuit court order dismissing with prejudice its “Petition to Contest Will and for Other Relief.” The issue on appeal is whether the six-month period set out in section 8 — 1 of the Probate Act of 1975 applies to a claim for tortious interference with an inheritance expectancy. 755 ILCS 5/8 — 1 (West 2004).

Decedent Grace Ellis, of Skokie, Illinois, was an only child who never married or had children. When Ellis died in 2003 at the age of 86, she left a multimillion dollar…