Section 2-3-501 - Authorization by Court; Generally

2-3-501. Authorization by court; generally. Whenever in any estate or guardianship now being administered or that may hereafter be administered, it appears to the court to be for the advantage of the estate or ward to raise money upon a note or notes secured by a mortgage of the real or personal property of any decedent or ward or to make a lease of such real property, or it appears to the court that the homestead of a minor or incompetent is mortgaged and the mortgage thereon is subject to foreclosure, and the guardian does not have sufficient money in the estate of the person to pay the mortgage, the court may as often as occasion therefor shall arise in the administration of the estate or guardianship, on petition, notice and hearing as provided in this article, authorize and direct the executor, administrator or guardian to mortgage the personal or real property, including release and waiver of homestead of the ward, and to execute a note or notes secured by the mortgage, or to lease the real estate, or any part thereof.