Bill Text: IL HB2537 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Repeals a Section concerning notice by publication requirements in a petition for change of name. Provides that in any application for a change of name involving a minor, before a judgment granting a change of name may be entered, actual notice and an opportunity to be heard shall be given to any parent whose parental rights have not been previously terminated and to any person who has been allocated parental responsibilities under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that notice and an opportunity to be heard shall be given to persons outside this State as specified in other provisions of the Code. Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that unless the person whose marriage is dissolved or declared invalid requests otherwise, the court order shall contain a provision authorizing the person to resume the use of his or her former or maiden name, should he or she choose to do so, at any time he or she chooses to do so (instead of "upon request by a wife whose marriage is dissolved or declared invalid, the court shall order her maiden name or a former name restored").

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-09-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0520 [HB2537 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB2537-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
(735 ILCS 5/21-103 rep.)
Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
repealing Section 21-103.
Section 10. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
adding Section 21-103.5 as follows:
(735 ILCS 5/21-103.5 new)
Sec. 21-103.5. Change of name involving a minor. In any
application for a change of name involving a minor, before a
judgment under this Article may be entered, actual notice and
an opportunity to be heard shall be given to any parent whose
parental rights have not been previously terminated and to any
person who has been allocated parental responsibilities under
Section 602.5 or 602.7 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution
of Marriage Act. If any of these persons is outside this State,
notice and an opportunity to be heard shall be given under
Section 21-104.
Section 15. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 413 as follows:

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(750 ILCS 5/413) (from Ch. 40, par. 413)
Sec. 413. Judgment.
(a) A judgment of dissolution of marriage or of legal
separation or of declaration of invalidity of marriage shall be
entered within 60 days of the closing of proofs; however, if
the court enters an order specifying good cause as to why the
court needs an additional 30 days, the judgment shall be
entered within 90 days of the closing of proofs, including any
hearing under subsection (j) of Section 503 of this Act and
submission of closing arguments. A judgment of dissolution of
marriage or of legal separation or of declaration of invalidity
of marriage is final when entered, subject to the right of
appeal. An appeal from the judgment of dissolution of marriage
that does not challenge the finding as to grounds does not
delay the finality of that provision of the judgment which
dissolves the marriage, beyond the time for appealing from that
provision, and either of the parties may remarry pending
appeal. An order requiring maintenance or support of a spouse
or a minor child or children entered under this Act or any
other law of this State shall not be suspended or the
enforcement thereof stayed pending the filing and resolution of
post-judgment motions or an appeal.
(b) The clerk of the court shall give notice of the entry
of a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation or
a declaration of invalidity of marriage:

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(1) if the marriage is registered in this State, to the
county clerk of the county where the marriage is
registered, who shall enter the fact of dissolution of
marriage or legal separation or declaration of invalidity
of marriage in the marriage registry; and within 45 days
after the close of the month in which the judgment is
entered, the clerk shall forward the certificate to the
Department of Public Health on a form furnished by the
Department; or
(2) if the marriage is registered in another
jurisdiction, to the appropriate official of that
jurisdiction, with the request that he enter the fact of
dissolution of marriage or legal separation or declaration
of invalidity of marriage in the appropriate record.
(c) Unless the person whose marriage is dissolved or
declared invalid requests otherwise, the judgment under this
Section shall contain a provision authorizing the person to
resume the use of his or her former or maiden name, should he
or she choose to do so, at any time he or she chooses to do so.
Upon request by a wife whose marriage is dissolved or declared
invalid, the court shall order her maiden name or a former name
restored.
(d) A judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal
separation, if made, shall be awarded to both of the parties,
and shall provide that it affects the status previously
existing between the parties in the manner adjudged.

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(Source: P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)