SECTION 3-101.
DEVOLUTION OF ESTATE AT DEATH; RESTRICTIONS.
The power of a person to
leave property by will, and the rights of creditors, devisees, and heirs to his
property are subject to the restrictions and limitations contained in this Code
to facilitate the prompt settlement of estates. Upon the death of a person, his
real and personal property devolves to the persons to whom it is devised by his
last will or to those indicated as substitutes for them in cases involving
lapse, renunciation, or other circumstances affecting the devolution of testate
estate, or in the absence of testamentary disposition, to his heirs, or to
those indicated as substitutes for them in cases involving renunciation or
other circumstances affecting devolution of intestate estates, subject to
homestead allowance, exempt property and family allowance, to rights of
creditors, elective share of the surviving spouse, and to administration.
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