Bill Text: IL SB1444 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that parties to a dissolution proceeding may enter into a written (instead of "written or oral") agreement containing provisions for disposition of any property, maintenance, and support, custody, and visitation of children. Provides that the agreement shall be signed by both parties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1444 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB1444-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 502 as follows:
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| 6 | (750 ILCS 5/502) (from Ch. 40, par. 502)
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| 7 | Sec. 502. Agreement. (a) To promote amicable settlement
of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | disputes between
parties to a marriage attendant upon the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | dissolution of their marriage,
the parties may enter
into a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | written or oral agreement containing provisions for
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| 11 | disposition of any
property owned by either of them, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | maintenance of either of them and support,
custody and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | visitation
of their children. An agreement under this Section | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | shall be signed by both parties.
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| 15 | (b) The terms of the agreement, except those providing for | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | the support,
custody and visitation of children, are binding | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | upon the court unless it finds, after
considering the economic | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | circumstances of the parties and any other relevant evidence
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| 19 | produced by the parties, on their own motion or on request of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | the court,
that the
agreement is unconscionable.
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| 21 | (c) If the court finds the agreement unconscionable,
it may | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | request the parties to submit a revised agreement
or upon | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | hearing, may make orders
for the disposition of property, | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | maintenance, child support and other matters.
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| 2 | (d) Unless the agreement provides to the contrary, its
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| 3 | terms shall be set forth
in the judgment, and the parties shall | ||||||
| 4 | be ordered to perform under such
terms, or if the agreement
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| 5 | provides that its terms shall not be set forth in the judgment, | ||||||
| 6 | the judgment shall
identify the agreement and state that the | ||||||
| 7 | court has approved its terms.
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| 8 | (e) Terms of the agreement set forth in the judgment are | ||||||
| 9 | enforceable by
all remedies available for enforcement
of a | ||||||
| 10 | judgment, including contempt, and are enforceable as contract | ||||||
| 11 | terms.
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| 12 | (f) Except for terms concerning the support, custody or | ||||||
| 13 | visitation of children,
the judgment may expressly preclude or | ||||||
| 14 | limit modification of terms set forth in the
judgment if the | ||||||
| 15 | agreement so provides. Otherwise, terms
of an agreement
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| 16 | forth in the judgment are automatically modified by | ||||||
| 17 | modification of the judgment.
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| 18 | (Source: P.A. 83-216.)
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