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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB0654 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 750 ILCS 5/105 | from Ch. 40, par. 105 |
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Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Makes a
technical
change in a Section concerning the application of the Civil Practice Law.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB0654 | | LRB101 03720 LNS 48728 b |
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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, |
| 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 105 as follows:
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| 6 | | (750 ILCS 5/105) (from Ch. 40, par. 105)
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| 7 | | Sec. 105. Application of Civil Practice Law.)
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| 8 | | (a) The
The provisions
of the Civil Practice Law shall |
| 9 | | apply to all proceedings under
this Act, except as otherwise |
| 10 | | provided in this Act. |
| 11 | | (b) A proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal |
| 12 | | separation
or declaration of invalidity of marriage shall be |
| 13 | | entitled "In re
the Marriage of ... and ...". A parental |
| 14 | | responsibility allocation or support proceeding shall
be |
| 15 | | entitled "In re the (Parental Responsibility) (Support) of |
| 16 | | ...".
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| 17 | | (c) The initial pleading in all proceedings under this Act |
| 18 | | shall
be denominated a petition. A responsive pleading shall be |
| 19 | | denominated
a response. If new matter by way of defense is |
| 20 | | pleaded in the response, a reply may be filed by the |
| 21 | | petitioner, but the failure to reply is not an admission of the |
| 22 | | legal sufficiency of the new matter. All other pleadings under |
| 23 | | this Act shall be denominated as
provided in the Civil Practice |