Estate of Rollins v. La Salle National Bank

After a bench trial, the judge denied the petitioner’s claims against her half-brother’s estate for care during his lifetime. On appeal, the petitioner, Delores McGee, asserts that the judge erred (1) when, based on the Dead-Man’s Act (735 ILCS 5/8 — 201 (West 1992)), he refused to allow her testimony as to her care of her brother and his physical and mental condition; (2) he denied her statutory custodial claim under the Probate Act of 1975 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 1101/2, par. 1 — 1 et seq. (now 755 ILCS 5/1 — 1 et seq. (West 1992))); (3) he denied her claim under the theory of quantum…