In re Estate of Savio, Deceased

              No. 3–08–0294
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Filed February 4, 2009
IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS
THIRD DISTRICT
A.D., 2009
In re ESTATE OF ) Appeal from the Circuit Court
) of the 12th Judicial Circuit,
KATHLEEN SAVIO, Deceased. ) Will County, Illinois
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No. 04-P-188
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Honorable
) Carmen Goodman,
) Judge, Presiding.
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JUSTICE CARTER delivered the opinion of the court:
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The father and four of the siblings of the above decedent filed a petition to reopen her estate,
to remove the prior executor, and to appoint the father and one of the siblings as coexecutors of the
reopened estate. After a hearing on the matter, the trial court granted the petition. The former
executor of the estate and the decedent’s ex-husband, who is also the guardian and father of
decedent’s two minor children, appeal the trial court’s ruling, arguing that the trial court erred in:
(1) reopening the estate, and (2) removing and replacing the former executor. We affirm.
FACTS
On March 1, 2004, 40-year-old Kathleen Savio was found dead in the bathtub of her home.
An autopsy revealed that she had drowned. The death was classified in the initial autopsy report as
accidental.