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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 755 ILCS 27/85

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
     A beneficiary of a transfer on death instrument is subject to creditor, administrative, funeral and burial, and statutory claims to the same extent and in the same manner as a beneficiary of a trust that was revocable at the time of the settlor’s death as provided in § 505 of the Illinois Trust Code, except that if more than one real property is transferred by a transfer on death instrument, the liability will be apportioned among the real properties in proportion to the net values of the real properties at the time of the owner’s death.