(750 ILCS 65/18) (from Ch. 40, par. 1018)
Sec. 18.
The petition shall be verified by the oath of the petitioner, and
shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court. Notice of
the filing of such petition shall be given to such
person who is under disability, by service of summons or by publication,
as provided in other civil
cases. The court shall appoint some discreet person or attorney as guardian
for the person alleged to be under disability,
and the appointed person shall ascertain as
to the propriety, good faith and necessity of the petition, and shall have
power to resist such application and subpoena witnesses and take
depositions to disprove any of the matters in the petition, or show the
impropriety of granting the same.
(Source: P.A. 83-706.)
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