In Re Estate of Morrissey

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE LORENZ

delivered the opinion of the court:

Margaret L. Morrissey, petitioner, and Thomas M. Morrissey were married in Cook County on October 20,1956. The circuit court dissolved that marriage by a decree of divorce on January 16, 1974, and awarded petitioner with the custody of their three minor children.

Thomas died intestate on February 5, 1975. Bernice Morrissey, decedent’s mother, petitioned for letters of administration in decedent’s estate. On February 25, 1975, the circuit court granted her petition and appointed her the legal representative of decedent’s estate.

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