I was adopted at age 12 by my step dad. Just found my dads family dad dead. My aunt will not tell me what town in IL he diad in and will not give me any of his things like she said she would and my other aunt said that aunt 1 sold his car lot. I am the only kid he has had. Can Im I alound his stuff and if there is money is there a statuate of limitations on it for IL, It has been 2 years and she will not tell me anything and he is not in any data bank for being dead.

I'm not sure about the circumstances or the statute of limitations thing. But, you might try the following sites using his name in the searches. You might find some information that could be useful to you on them.

PeopleFinders.com People Search | Find Anyone in Seconds

Social Security Death Index Interactive Search I found my dead dad's information. But, I had to play around a bit with what I submitted.

Birth Parents in Relation to Adopted Person
Citation: Cons. Stat. Tit. 755, § 5/2-4(b), (d)

The natural parent and relatives shall take from the adopted person and the adopted person's kindred the property that the adopted person has taken from or through the natural parent or relatives by gift, will, or under intestate laws.

For purposes of inheritance from or through a natural parent, an adopted child is not a child of a natural parent, nor is the child a descendant of a natural parent or of any lineal or collateral kindred of a natural parent, unless one or more of the following conditions apply:

The child is adopted by a descendant or a spouse of a descendant of a great-grandparent of the child, in which case the adopted child is a child of both natural parents.
A natural parent of the adopted child died before the child was adopted, in which case the adopted child is a child of that deceased parent and an heir of the lineal and collateral kindred of that deceased parent.
The contrary intent is demonstrated by the terms of the instrument by clear and convincing evidence.

The above citation is presumably quoted from the following site. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Your answer is good.

http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwi...ritanceall.pdf

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Originally Posted by Clough

The above citation is presumably quoted from the following site. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Your answer is good.

http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwi...ritanceall.pdf

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Congratulations!That's true!:)

Just to clarify what GV has posted, this means that when you were adopted your parental connection to your natural parent was severed. So you are not entitled to any inheritance from him.

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Originally Posted by ScottGem

Just to clarify what GV has posted, this means that when you were adopted your parental connection to your natural parent was severed. So you are not entitled to any inheritance from him.

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Correct;)