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1		AN ACT concerning civil law.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		(735 ILCS 5/21-103 rep.)
5		Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
6		repealing Section 21-103.
7		Section 10. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
8		adding Section 21-103.5 as follows:
9		(735 ILCS 5/21-103.5 new)
10		Sec. 21-103.5. Change of name involving a minor. In any
11		application for a change of name involving a minor, before a
12		judgment under this Article may be entered, actual notice and
13		an opportunity to be heard shall be given to any parent whose
14		parental rights have not been previously terminated and to any
15		person who has been allocated parental responsibilities under
16		Section 602.5 or 602.7 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution
17		of Marriage Act. If any of these persons is outside this State,
18		notice and an opportunity to be heard shall be given under
19		Section 21-104.
20		Section 15. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
21		Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 413 as follows:

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1		(750 ILCS 5/413) (from Ch. 40, par. 413)
2		Sec. 413. Judgment.
3		(a) A judgment of dissolution of marriage or of legal
4		separation or of declaration of invalidity of marriage shall be
5		entered within 60 days of the closing of proofs; however, if
6		the court enters an order specifying good cause as to why the
7		court needs an additional 30 days, the judgment shall be
8		entered within 90 days of the closing of proofs, including any
9		hearing under subsection (j) of Section 503 of this Act and
10		submission of closing arguments. A judgment of dissolution of
11		marriage or of legal separation or of declaration of invalidity
12		of marriage is final when entered, subject to the right of
13		appeal. An appeal from the judgment of dissolution of marriage
14		that does not challenge the finding as to grounds does not
15		delay the finality of that provision of the judgment which
16		dissolves the marriage, beyond the time for appealing from that
17		provision, and either of the parties may remarry pending
18		appeal. An order requiring maintenance or support of a spouse
19		or a minor child or children entered under this Act or any
20		other law of this State shall not be suspended or the
21		enforcement thereof stayed pending the filing and resolution of
22		post-judgment motions or an appeal.
23		(b) The clerk of the court shall give notice of the entry
24		of a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation or
25		a declaration of invalidity of marriage:

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

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