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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB0257 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Deletes language providing that: all counseling sessions shall be confidential; and communications in counseling shall not be used in any manner in litigation nor relied upon by any expert appointed by the court or retained by any party. Effective immediately.
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| | SB0257 | | LRB102 04087 LNS 14103 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,
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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 607.6 as follows:
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| 6 | | (750 ILCS 5/607.6) |
| 7 | | Sec. 607.6. Court-ordered counseling. Counseling. |
| 8 | | (a) The court may order individual counseling for the |
| 9 | | child, family counseling for one or more of the parties and the |
| 10 | | child, or parental education for one or more of the parties, if |
| 11 | | it finds one or more of the following: |
| 12 | | (1) both parents or all parties agree to the order; |
| 13 | | (2) the child's physical health is endangered or that |
| 14 | | the child's emotional development is impaired; |
| 15 | | (3) abuse of allocated parenting time under Section |
| 16 | | 607.5 has occurred; or |
| 17 | | (4) one or both of the parties have violated the |
| 18 | | allocation judgment with regard to conduct affecting or in |
| 19 | | the presence of the child. |
| 20 | | (b) The court may apportion the costs of counseling |
| 21 | | between the parties as appropriate. |
| 22 | | (c) The remedies provided in this Section are in addition |
| 23 | | to, and do not diminish or abridge in any way, the court's |