Chapter 750 — FAMILIES

(750 ILCS 5/451) Sec. 451. Applicability. In any proceeding under this Part IV-A, the provisions of this Part IV-A shall control where they conflict with other provisions of this Act. (Source: P.A. 88-39.)

(750 ILCS 5/452) Sec. 452. Petition. The parties to a dissolution proceeding may file a joint petition for simplified dissolution if they certify that all of the following conditions exist when the proceeding is commenced: (a) Neither party is dependent on the other party for sup…

(750 ILCS 5/453) Sec. 453. Procedure; Judgment. The parties shall use the forms, including a form for the affidavit required under Section 454, provided by the circuit court clerk, and the clerk shall submit the petition to the court. The court shall expeditiously consider the ca…

(750 ILCS 5/454) Sec. 454. Affidavit. At the time of the hearing, the parties shall submit to the court an affidavit executed by both parties stating that all property has been divided in accordance with the agreement of the parties and that they have executed all documents requi…

(750 ILCS 5/455) Sec. 455. Copies of judgment. Upon entry of the judgment and upon payment of the fee, the circuit court clerk shall furnish to each party a certified copy of the final judgment of dissolution. (Source: P.A. 88-39.)

(750 ILCS 5/456) Sec. 456. Forms. The contents of forms to be used in simplified dissolutions shall be provided for by court rule. The circuit court clerk shall supply forms upon request for use by parties seeking simplified dissolutions under this Part IV-A. (Source: P.A. 88-39.…

(750 ILCS 5/457) Sec. 457. Brochure to describe proceedings. The circuit court clerk may make available a brochure that describes the requirements, nature, and effect of a simplified dissolution. The brochure should state, in nontechnical language, the following: (a) It is in the…

(750 ILCS 5/501) (from Ch. 40, par. 501) Sec. 501. Temporary relief. In all proceedings under this Act, temporary relief shall be as follows: (a) Either party may petition or move for: (1) temporary maintenance or temporary support of a child of the marriage entitled to support, …

(750 ILCS 5/501.1) (from Ch. 40, par. 501.1) Sec. 501.1. Dissolution action stay. (a) Upon service of a summons and petition or praecipe filed under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act or upon the filing of the respondent's appearance in the proceeding, whicheve…

(750 ILCS 5/502) (from Ch. 40, par. 502) Sec. 502. Agreement. (a) To promote amicable settlement of disputes between parties to a marriage attendant upon the dissolution of their marriage, the parties may enter into an agreement containing provisions for disposition of any proper…

(750 ILCS 5/503) (from Ch. 40, par. 503) Sec. 503. Disposition of property and debts. (a) For purposes of this Act, "marital property" means all property, including debts and other obligations, acquired by either spouse subsequent to the marriage, except the following, which is k…

(750 ILCS 5/504) (from Ch. 40, par. 504) Sec. 504. Maintenance. (a) Entitlement to maintenance. In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal separation, declaration of invalidity of marriage, or dissolution of a civil union, a proceeding for maintenance following a legal se…

(750 ILCS 5/505) (from Ch. 40, par. 505) Sec. 505. Child support; contempt; penalties. (a) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal separation, declaration of invalidity of marriage, or dissolution of a civil union, a proceeding for child support following a legal separ…

(750 ILCS 5/505.1) (from Ch. 40, par. 505.1) Sec. 505.1. (a) Whenever it is determined in a proceeding to establish or enforce a child support or maintenance obligation that the person owing a duty of support is unemployed, the court may order the person to seek employment and re…

(750 ILCS 5/505.2) (from Ch. 40, par. 505.2) Sec. 505.2. Health insurance. (a) Definitions. As used in this Section: (1) (Blank). (2) (Blank). (3) "Public office" means any elected official or any State or local agency which is or may become responsible by law for enforcement of,…

(750 ILCS 5/505.3) Sec. 505.3. Information to State Case Registry. (a) In this Section: "Order for support", "obligor", "obligee", and "business day" are defined as set forth in the Income Withholding for Support Act. "State Case Registry" means the State Case Registry establishe…

(750 ILCS 5/506) (from Ch. 40, par. 506) Sec. 506. Representation of child. (a) Duties. In any proceedings involving the support, custody, visitation, allocation of parental responsibilities, education, parentage, property interest, or general welfare of a minor or dependent chil…

(750 ILCS 5/507) (from Ch. 40, par. 507) Sec. 507. Payment of maintenance or support to court. (a) In actions instituted under this Act, the court shall order that maintenance and support payments be made to the clerk of court as trustee for remittance to the person entitled to r…

(750 ILCS 5/507.1) Sec. 507.1. Payment of Support to State Disbursement Unit. (a) As used in this Section: "Order for support", "obligor", "obligee", and "payor" mean those terms as defined in the Income Withholding for Support Act, except that "order for support" shall not mean …

(750 ILCS 5/508) (from Ch. 40, par. 508) Sec. 508. Attorney's fees; client's rights and responsibilities respecting fees and costs. (a) The court from time to time, after due notice and hearing, and after considering the financial resources of the parties, may order any party to …

(750 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 40, par. 509) Sec. 509. Independence of provisions of judgment or temporary order. If a party fails to comply with a provision of a judgment, order, or injunction, the obligation of the other party to make payments for support or maintenance or to permi…

(750 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 40, par. 510) Sec. 510. Modification and termination of provisions for maintenance, support, educational expenses, and property disposition. (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (f) of Section 502 and in subsection (b), clause (3) of Section 50…

(750 ILCS 5/511) (from Ch. 40, par. 511) Sec. 511. Procedure. A judgment of dissolution or of legal separation or of declaration of invalidity of marriage may be enforced or modified by order of court pursuant to petition. (a) Any judgment entered within this State may be enforce…

(750 ILCS 5/512) (from Ch. 40, par. 512) Sec. 512. Post-Judgment Venue. After 30 days from the entry of a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation or the last modification thereof, any further proceedings to enforce or modify the judgment shall be as follows: (a) I…

(750 ILCS 5/513) (from Ch. 40, par. 513) Sec. 513. Educational expenses for a non-minor child. (a) The court may award sums of money out of the property and income of either or both parties or the estate of a deceased parent, as equity may require, for the educational expenses of…

(750 ILCS 5/513.5) Sec. 513.5. Support for a non-minor child with a disability. (a) The court may award sums of money out of the property and income of either or both parties or the estate of a deceased parent, as equity may require, for the support of a child of the parties who …

(750 ILCS 5/514) (from Ch. 40, par. 514) Sec. 514. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 82-783. Repealed by P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)

(750 ILCS 5/515) (from Ch. 40, par. 515) Sec. 515. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 83-358. Repealed by P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)

(750 ILCS 5/516) (from Ch. 40, par. 516) Sec. 516. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07. Repealed by P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)

(750 ILCS 5/517) Sec. 517. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07. Repealed by P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)

(750 ILCS 5/518) Sec. 518. Other actions and remedies for support. The procedures, actions, and remedies provided in this Act shall in no way be exclusive, but shall be available in addition to other actions and remedies of support, including, but not limited to, the remedies pro…

(750 ILCS 5/519) Sec. 519. Actions and remedies for support; other laws. Notwithstanding any other State or local law to the contrary, actions and remedies under this Act, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, or other State laws shall be cumulative and used in conjunction w…

(750 ILCS 5/600) Sec. 600. Definitions. For purposes of this Part VI: (a) "Abuse" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. (b) "Allocation judgment" means a judgment allocating parental responsibilities. (c) "Caretaking f…

(750 ILCS 5/601) (from Ch. 40, par. 601) Sec. 601. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15. Repealed by P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)

(750 ILCS 5/601.2) Sec. 601.2. Jurisdiction; commencement of proceeding. (a) A court of this State that is competent to allocate parental responsibilities has jurisdiction to make such an allocation in original or modification proceedings as provided in Section 201 of the Uniform…

(750 ILCS 5/601.5) Sec. 601.5. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 94-377, eff. 7-29-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07. Repealed by P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)

(750 ILCS 5/602) (from Ch. 40, par. 602) Sec. 602. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-676, eff. 1-1-10. Repealed by P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)

(750 ILCS 5/602.1) (from Ch. 40, par. 602.1) Sec. 602.1. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-651, eff. 1-1-10. Repealed by P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)

(750 ILCS 5/602.10) Sec. 602.10. Parenting plan. (a) Filing of parenting plan. All parents, within 120 days after service or filing of any petition for allocation of parental responsibilities, must file with the court, either jointly or separately, a proposed parenting plan. The …

(750 ILCS 5/602.11) Sec. 602.11. Access to health care, child care, and school records by parents. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, access to records and information pertaining to a child including, but not limited to, medical, dental, child care, and school record…

(750 ILCS 5/602.3) Sec. 602.3. Care of minor children; right of first refusal. (a) If the court awards parenting time to both parents under Section 602.7 or 602.8, the court may consider, consistent with the best interests of the child as defined in Section 602.7, whether to awar…

(750 ILCS 5/602.5) Sec. 602.5. Allocation of parental responsibilities: decision-making. (a) Generally. The court shall allocate decision-making responsibilities according to the child's best interests. Nothing in this Act requires that each parent be allocated decision-making re…

(750 ILCS 5/602.7) Sec. 602.7. Allocation of parental responsibilities: parenting time. (a) Best interests. The court shall allocate parenting time according to the child's best interests. (b) Allocation of parenting time. Unless the parents present a mutually agreed written pare…

(750 ILCS 5/602.8) Sec. 602.8. Parenting time by parents not allocated significant decision-making responsibilities. (a) A parent who has established parentage under the laws of this State and who is not granted significant decision-making responsibilities for a child is entitled…

(750 ILCS 5/602.9) Sec. 602.9. Visitation by certain non-parents. (a) As used in this Section: (1) "electronic communication" means time that a grandparent, great-grandparent, sibling, or step-parent spends with a child during which the child is not in the person's actual physica…

(750 ILCS 5/603) (from Ch. 40, par. 603) Sec. 603. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 97-659, eff. 6-1-12. Repealed by P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)

(750 ILCS 5/603.10) Sec. 603.10. Restriction of parental responsibilities. (a) After a hearing, if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that a parent engaged in any conduct that seriously endangered the child's mental, moral, or physical health or that significantly…

(750 ILCS 5/603.11) Sec. 603.11. Special immigrant child findings. (a) For the purpose of making a finding under this Section: "Abuse" has the meaning ascribed to that term in subsection (1) of Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. "Abandonment" includes, but…

(750 ILCS 5/603.5) Sec. 603.5. Temporary orders. (a) A court may order a temporary allocation of parental responsibilities in the child's best interests before the entry of a final allocation judgment. Any temporary allocation shall be made in accordance with the standards set fo…

(750 ILCS 5/604) (from Ch. 40, par. 604) Sec. 604. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 97-47, eff. 1-1-12. Repealed by P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)