Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Trusts
(Court opinion corrected 1/11/13.) The six-month limitations period for bringing a contest to the validity of a trust that receives a legacy from a will admitted to probate does not apply to a tort action, including an action for intentional interference with inheritance expectancy. If a trust contest is available to a litigant, such that he is aware of his legacy and has opportunity to contest the trust and to obtain complete relief, but chooses not to, instead agreeing to take not action against the trust in exchange for settlement, he cannot later bring separate action for intentional interference with inheritance expectancy. (HARRIS and QUINN, concurring.)