{"id":8092,"date":"2022-12-09T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T10:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=8092"},"modified":"2022-12-08T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T12:00:06","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-holds-when-more-than-two-years-have-passed-after-decedents-death-mortgagee-may-not-initiate-a-foreclosure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-holds-when-more-than-two-years-have-passed-after-decedents-death-mortgagee-may-not-initiate-a-foreclosure\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Holds When More Than Two Years Have Passed After Decedent\u2019s Death, Mortgagee May Not Initiate a Foreclosure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Topal owned real estate in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benld,_Illinois\">Benld<\/a>, Ill., when he died on March 15, 2017.\u00a0 The mortgage on the property was held by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/stlouis\/news\/2019\/07\/26\/another-st-louis-area-bank-is-sold-in-76-3m-deal.html\">First National Bank in Staunton, Ill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.associatedbank.com\">Associated Bank N.A.<\/a> (Associated) acquired First National Bank and succeeded it as mortgagee.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 22, 2020, just over 2 \u00bd years after Topal passed away, his heir, Catherine Petrak, filed a petition seeking to admit his will to probate. Petrak died on Dec. 5, 2020. Attorney Robert Smith was named executor for her estate in a separate probate case and as independent administrator of Topal\u2019s estate.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-holds-when-more-than-two-years-have-passed-after-decedents-death-mortgagee-may-not-initiate-a-foreclosure\/#more-8092\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Topal owned real estate in Benld, Ill., when he died on March 15, 2017.\u00a0 The mortgage on the property was held by First National Bank in Staunton, Ill. In February 2020, Associated Bank N.A. (Associated) acquired First National Bank and succeeded it as mortgagee. 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