Bill Text: IL HB3376 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Requires proof that each party to the marriage has attained the age of 18 years in order to obtain a license to marry and a marriage certificate from the county clerk. Deletes language allowing proof that each party to the marriage will have attained the age of 18 years at the time the marriage license is effective or will have attained the age of 16 years and has either the consent to the marriage of both parents or his guardian or judicial approval. Repeals a provision regarding judicial approval of underage marriages. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-10 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll [HB3376 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB3376-Introduced.html
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 203 as follows:
| |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (750 ILCS 5/203) (from Ch. 40, par. 203)
| |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 203. License to Marry. When a marriage application | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | has been
completed and signed by both parties to a prospective | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | marriage and both
parties have appeared before the county | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | clerk and the marriage license
fee has been paid, the county | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | clerk shall issue a license to marry and a
marriage | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | certificate form upon being furnished:
| |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | (1) satisfactory proof that each party to the marriage | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | has will have
attained the age of 18 years at the time the | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | marriage license is
effective or will have attained the | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | age of 16 years and has either the
consent to the marriage | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | of
both parents or his guardian or judicial approval; | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | provided, if one
parent cannot be located in order to | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | obtain such consent and diligent
efforts have been made to | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | locate that parent by the consenting parent, then
the | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | consent of one parent plus a signed affidavit by the | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | consenting parent
which (i) names the absent parent and | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | states that he or she cannot be
located, and (ii) states |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | what diligent efforts have been made to locate the
absent | ||||||
2 | parent, shall have the effect of both parents' consent for | ||||||
3 | purposes
of this Section ;
| ||||||
4 | (2) satisfactory proof that the marriage is not | ||||||
5 | prohibited; and
| ||||||
6 | (3) an affidavit or record as prescribed in | ||||||
7 | subparagraph (1) of Section
205 or a court order as | ||||||
8 | prescribed in subparagraph (2) of Section 205, if | ||||||
9 | applicable.
| ||||||
10 | With each marriage license, the county clerk shall provide | ||||||
11 | a pamphlet
describing the causes and effects of fetal alcohol | ||||||
12 | syndrome. At least annually, the county board shall submit to | ||||||
13 | the Illinois Department of Public Health
a report as to the | ||||||
14 | county clerk's compliance with the requirement that the county | ||||||
15 | clerk provide a pamphlet with each marriage license. All | ||||||
16 | funding and production costs for the aforementioned | ||||||
17 | educational pamphlets for distribution to each county clerk | ||||||
18 | shall be provided by non-profit, non-sectarian statewide | ||||||
19 | programs that provide education, advocacy, support, and | ||||||
20 | prevention services pertaining to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
| ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 96-1323, eff. 1-1-11.)
| ||||||
22 | (750 ILCS 5/208 rep.)
| ||||||
23 | Section 10. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of | ||||||
24 | Marriage Act is amended by repealing Section 208.
| ||||||
25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | becoming law.
|