(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 support or each party is willing |
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(b) Either party has met the residency or military presence requirement of Section 401
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(c) The requirements of Section 401 regarding proof of irreconcilable differences have
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(d) No children were born of the relationship of the parties or adopted by the parties
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| during the marriage, and the wife, to her knowledge, is not pregnant by the husband.
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(e) The duration of the marriage does not exceed 8 years.
(f) Neither party has any interest in real property or retirement benefits unless the
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| retirement benefits are exclusively held in individual retirement accounts and the combined value of the accounts is less than $10,000.
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(g) The parties waive any rights to maintenance.
(h) The total fair market value of all marital property, after deducting all
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| encumbrances, is less than $50,000, the combined gross annualized income from all sources is less than $60,000, and neither party has a gross annualized income from all sources in excess of $30,000.
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(i) The parties have disclosed to each other all assets and liabilities and their tax
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| returns for all years of the marriage.
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(j) The parties have executed a written agreement dividing all assets in excess of $100
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| in value and allocating responsibility for debts and liabilities between the parties.
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(k) The parties have executed a written agreement allocating ownership of and
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| responsibility for any companion animals owned by the parties. As used in this Section, "companion animal" does not include a service animal as defined in Section 2.01c of the Humane Care for Animals Act.
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(Source: P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16; 99-763, eff. 1-1-17; 100-422, eff. 1-1-18.)
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