103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2749

 

Introduced 1/16/2024, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
705 ILCS 405/1-3  from Ch. 37, par. 801-3
705 ILCS 405/2-27  from Ch. 37, par. 802-27
750 ILCS 5/203  from Ch. 40, par. 203
750 ILCS 5/212  from Ch. 40, par. 212
750 ILCS 5/301  from Ch. 40, par. 301
750 ILCS 5/302  from Ch. 40, par. 302
750 ILCS 5/403  from Ch. 40, par. 403

    Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Prohibits the marriage of any person under the age of 18. Makes conforming changes in the Act and in the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
5changing Sections 1-3 and 2-27 as follows:
 
6    (705 ILCS 405/1-3)  (from Ch. 37, par. 801-3)
7    Sec. 1-3. Definitions. Terms used in this Act, unless the
8context otherwise requires, have the following meanings
9ascribed to them:
10    (1) "Adjudicatory hearing" means a hearing to determine
11whether the allegations of a petition under Section 2-13,
123-15, or 4-12 that a minor under 18 years of age is abused,
13neglected, or dependent, or requires authoritative
14intervention, or addicted, respectively, are supported by a
15preponderance of the evidence or whether the allegations of a
16petition under Section 5-520 that a minor is delinquent are
17proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
18    (2) "Adult" means a person 21 years of age or older.
19    (3) "Agency" means a public or private child care facility
20legally authorized or licensed by this State for placement or
21institutional care or for both placement and institutional
22care.
23    (4) "Association" means any organization, public or

 

 

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1private, engaged in welfare functions which include services
2to or on behalf of children but does not include "agency" as
3herein defined.
4    (4.05) Whenever a "best interest" determination is
5required, the following factors shall be considered in the
6context of the child's age and developmental needs:
7        (a) the physical safety and welfare of the child,
8    including food, shelter, health, and clothing;
9        (b) the development of the child's identity;
10        (c) the child's background and ties, including
11    familial, cultural, and religious;
12        (d) the child's sense of attachments, including:
13            (i) where the child actually feels love,
14        attachment, and a sense of being valued (as opposed to
15        where adults believe the child should feel such love,
16        attachment, and a sense of being valued);
17            (ii) the child's sense of security;
18            (iii) the child's sense of familiarity;
19            (iv) continuity of affection for the child;
20            (v) the least disruptive placement alternative for
21        the child;
22        (e) the child's wishes and long-term goals;
23        (f) the child's community ties, including church,
24    school, and friends;
25        (g) the child's need for permanence which includes the
26    child's need for stability and continuity of relationships

 

 

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1    with parent figures and with siblings and other relatives;
2        (h) the uniqueness of every family and child;
3        (i) the risks attendant to entering and being in
4    substitute care; and
5        (j) the preferences of the persons available to care
6    for the child.
7    (4.1) "Chronic truant" shall have the definition ascribed
8to it in Section 26-2a of the School Code.
9    (5) "Court" means the circuit court in a session or
10division assigned to hear proceedings under this Act.
11    (6) "Dispositional hearing" means a hearing to determine
12whether a minor should be adjudged to be a ward of the court,
13and to determine what order of disposition should be made in
14respect to a minor adjudged to be a ward of the court.
15    (6.5) "Dissemination" or "disseminate" means to publish,
16produce, print, manufacture, distribute, sell, lease, exhibit,
17broadcast, display, transmit, or otherwise share information
18in any format so as to make the information accessible to
19others.
20    (7) "Emancipated minor" means any minor 16 years of age or
21over who has been completely or partially emancipated under
22the Emancipation of Minors Act or under this Act.
23    (7.03) "Expunge" means to physically destroy the records
24and to obliterate the minor's name from any official index,
25public record, or electronic database.
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1selected by the Department of Children and Family Services to
2provide care for the minor.
3    (8) "Guardianship of the person" of a minor means the duty
4and authority to act in the best interests of the minor,
5subject to residual parental rights and responsibilities, to
6make important decisions in matters having a permanent effect
7on the life and development of the minor and to be concerned
8with the minor's general welfare. It includes but is not
9necessarily limited to:
10        (a) the authority to consent to marriage, to
11    enlistment in the armed forces of the United States, or to
12    a major medical, psychiatric, and surgical treatment; to
13    represent the minor in legal actions; and to make other
14    decisions of substantial legal significance concerning the
15    minor;
16        (b) the authority and duty of reasonable visitation,
17    except to the extent that these have been limited in the
18    best interests of the minor by court order;
19        (c) the rights and responsibilities of legal custody
20    except where legal custody has been vested in another
21    person or agency; and
22        (d) the power to consent to the adoption of the minor,
23    but only if expressly conferred on the guardian in
24    accordance with Section 2-29, 3-30, or 4-27.
25    (8.1) "Juvenile court record" includes, but is not limited
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1        (a) all documents filed in or maintained by the
2    juvenile court pertaining to a specific incident,
3    proceeding, or individual;
4        (b) all documents relating to a specific incident,
5    proceeding, or individual made available to or maintained
6    by probation officers;
7        (c) all documents, video or audio tapes, photographs,
8    and exhibits admitted into evidence at juvenile court
9    hearings; or
10        (d) all documents, transcripts, records, reports, or
11    other evidence prepared by, maintained by, or released by
12    any municipal, county, or State agency or department, in
13    any format, if indicating involvement with the juvenile
14    court relating to a specific incident, proceeding, or
15    individual.
16    (8.2) "Juvenile law enforcement record" includes records
17of arrest, station adjustments, fingerprints, probation
18adjustments, the issuance of a notice to appear, or any other
19records or documents maintained by any law enforcement agency
20relating to a minor suspected of committing an offense, and
21records maintained by a law enforcement agency that identifies
22a juvenile as a suspect in committing an offense, but does not
23include records identifying a juvenile as a victim, witness,
24or missing juvenile and any records created, maintained, or
25used for purposes of referral to programs relating to
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1    (9) "Legal custody" means the relationship created by an
2order of court in the best interests of the minor which imposes
3on the custodian the responsibility of physical possession of
4a minor and the duty to protect, train, and discipline the
5minor and to provide the minor with food, shelter, education,
6and ordinary medical care, except as these are limited by
7residual parental rights and responsibilities and the rights
8and responsibilities of the guardian of the person, if any.
9    (9.1) "Mentally capable adult relative" means a person 21
10years of age or older who is not suffering from a mental
11illness that prevents the person from providing the care
12necessary to safeguard the physical safety and welfare of a
13minor who is left in that person's care by the parent or
14parents or other person responsible for the minor's welfare.
15    (10) "Minor" means a person under the age of 21 years
16subject to this Act.
17    (11) "Parent" means a father or mother of a child and
18includes any adoptive parent. It also includes a person (i)
19whose parentage is presumed or has been established under the
20law of this or another jurisdiction or (ii) who has registered
21with the Putative Father Registry in accordance with Section
2212.1 of the Adoption Act and whose paternity has not been ruled
23out under the law of this or another jurisdiction. It does not
24include a parent whose rights in respect to the minor have been
25terminated in any manner provided by law. It does not include a
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1the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or the Illinois Parentage
2Act of 2015, or similar parentage law in any other state, if
3that person has been convicted of or pled nolo contendere to a
4crime that resulted in the conception of the child under
5Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-11, 12-13, 12-14,
612-14.1, subsection (a) or (b) (but not subsection (c)) of
7Section 11-1.50 or 12-15, or subsection (a), (b), (c), (e), or
8(f) (but not subsection (d)) of Section 11-1.60 or 12-16 of the
9Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or similar
10statute in another jurisdiction unless upon motion of any
11party, other than the offender, to the juvenile court
12proceedings the court finds it is in the child's best interest
13to deem the offender a parent for purposes of the juvenile
14court proceedings.
15    (11.1) "Permanency goal" means a goal set by the court as
16defined in subdivision (2) of Section 2-28.
17    (11.2) "Permanency hearing" means a hearing to set the
18permanency goal and to review and determine (i) the
19appropriateness of the services contained in the plan and
20whether those services have been provided, (ii) whether
21reasonable efforts have been made by all the parties to the
22service plan to achieve the goal, and (iii) whether the plan
23and goal have been achieved.
24    (12) "Petition" means the petition provided for in Section
252-13, 3-15, 4-12, or 5-520, including any supplemental
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1    (12.1) "Physically capable adult relative" means a person
221 years of age or older who does not have a severe physical
3disability or medical condition, or is not suffering from
4alcoholism or drug addiction, that prevents the person from
5providing the care necessary to safeguard the physical safety
6and welfare of a minor who is left in that person's care by the
7parent or parents or other person responsible for the minor's
8welfare.
9    (12.2) "Post Permanency Sibling Contact Agreement" has the
10meaning ascribed to the term in Section 7.4 of the Children and
11Family Services Act.
12    (12.3) "Residential treatment center" means a licensed
13setting that provides 24-hour care to children in a group home
14or institution, including a facility licensed as a child care
15institution under Section 2.06 of the Child Care Act of 1969, a
16licensed group home under Section 2.16 of the Child Care Act of
171969, a qualified residential treatment program under Section
182.35 of the Child Care Act of 1969, a secure child care
19facility as defined in paragraph (18) of this Section, or any
20similar facility in another state. "Residential treatment
21center" does not include a relative foster home or a licensed
22foster family home.
23    (13) "Residual parental rights and responsibilities" means
24those rights and responsibilities remaining with the parent
25after the transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the
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1to reasonable visitation (which may be limited by the court in
2the best interests of the minor as provided in subsection
3(8)(b) of this Section), the right to consent to adoption, the
4right to determine the minor's religious affiliation, and the
5responsibility for the minor's support.
6    (14) "Shelter" means the temporary care of a minor in
7physically unrestricting facilities pending court disposition
8or execution of court order for placement.
9    (14.05) "Shelter placement" means a temporary or emergency
10placement for a minor, including an emergency foster home
11placement.
12    (14.1) "Sibling Contact Support Plan" has the meaning
13ascribed to the term in Section 7.4 of the Children and Family
14Services Act.
15    (14.2) "Significant event report" means a written document
16describing an occurrence or event beyond the customary
17operations, routines, or relationships in the Department of
18Children of Family Services, a child care facility, or other
19entity that is licensed or regulated by the Department of
20Children of Family Services or that provides services for the
21Department of Children of Family Services under a grant,
22contract, or purchase of service agreement; involving children
23or youth, employees, foster parents, or relative caregivers;
24allegations of abuse or neglect or any other incident raising
25a concern about the well-being of a minor under the
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1Court Act of 1987; incidents involving damage to property,
2allegations of criminal activity, misconduct, or other
3occurrences affecting the operations of the Department of
4Children of Family Services or a child care facility; any
5incident that could have media impact; and unusual incidents
6as defined by Department of Children and Family Services rule.
7    (15) "Station adjustment" means the informal handling of
8an alleged offender by a juvenile police officer.
9    (16) "Ward of the court" means a minor who is so adjudged
10under Section 2-22, 3-23, 4-20, or 5-705, after a finding of
11the requisite jurisdictional facts, and thus is subject to the
12dispositional powers of the court under this Act.
13    (17) "Juvenile police officer" means a sworn police
14officer who has completed a Basic Recruit Training Course, has
15been assigned to the position of juvenile police officer by
16the officer's chief law enforcement officer and has completed
17the necessary juvenile officers training as prescribed by the
18Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, or in the
19case of a State police officer, juvenile officer training
20approved by the Director of the Illinois State Police.
21    (18) "Secure child care facility" means any child care
22facility licensed by the Department of Children and Family
23Services to provide secure living arrangements for children
24under 18 years of age who are subject to placement in
25facilities under the Children and Family Services Act and who
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1are established by the Department of Corrections under Section
23-15-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections. "Secure child care
3facility" also means a facility that is designed and operated
4to ensure that all entrances and exits from the facility, a
5building, or a distinct part of the building are under the
6exclusive control of the staff of the facility, whether or not
7the child has the freedom of movement within the perimeter of
8the facility, building, or distinct part of the building.
9(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 103-22, eff. 8-8-23;
10103-564, eff. 11-17-23.)
 
11    (705 ILCS 405/2-27)  (from Ch. 37, par. 802-27)
12    Sec. 2-27. Placement; legal custody or guardianship.
13    (1) If the court determines and puts in writing the
14factual basis supporting the determination of whether the
15parents, guardian, or legal custodian of a minor adjudged a
16ward of the court are unfit or are unable, for some reason
17other than financial circumstances alone, to care for,
18protect, train, or discipline the minor or are unwilling to do
19so, and that the health, safety, and best interest of the minor
20will be jeopardized if the minor remains in the custody of the
21minor's parents, guardian, or custodian, the court may at this
22hearing and at any later point:
23        (a) place the minor in the custody of a suitable
24    relative or other person as legal custodian or guardian;
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1    and Family Services, place the minor in the subsidized
2    guardianship of a suitable relative or other person as
3    legal guardian; "subsidized guardianship" means a private
4    guardianship arrangement for children for whom the
5    permanency goals of return home and adoption have been
6    ruled out and who meet the qualifications for subsidized
7    guardianship as defined by the Department of Children and
8    Family Services in administrative rules;
9        (b) place the minor under the guardianship of a
10    probation officer;
11        (c) commit the minor to an agency for care or
12    placement, except an institution under the authority of
13    the Department of Corrections or of the Department of
14    Children and Family Services;
15        (d) on and after the effective date of this amendatory
16    Act of the 98th General Assembly and before January 1,
17    2017, commit the minor to the Department of Children and
18    Family Services for care and service; however, a minor
19    charged with a criminal offense under the Criminal Code of
20    1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 or adjudicated
21    delinquent shall not be placed in the custody of or
22    committed to the Department of Children and Family
23    Services by any court, except (i) a minor less than 16
24    years of age and committed to the Department of Children
25    and Family Services under Section 5-710 of this Act, (ii)
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1    of abuse, neglect, or dependency exists, or (iii) a minor
2    for whom the court has granted a supplemental petition to
3    reinstate wardship pursuant to subsection (2) of Section
4    2-33 of this Act. On and after January 1, 2017, commit the
5    minor to the Department of Children and Family Services
6    for care and service; however, a minor charged with a
7    criminal offense under the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
8    Criminal Code of 2012 or adjudicated delinquent shall not
9    be placed in the custody of or committed to the Department
10    of Children and Family Services by any court, except (i) a
11    minor less than 15 years of age and committed to the
12    Department of Children and Family Services under Section
13    5-710 of this Act, (ii) a minor under the age of 18 for
14    whom an independent basis of abuse, neglect, or dependency
15    exists, or (iii) a minor for whom the court has granted a
16    supplemental petition to reinstate wardship pursuant to
17    subsection (2) of Section 2-33 of this Act. An independent
18    basis exists when the allegations or adjudication of
19    abuse, neglect, or dependency do not arise from the same
20    facts, incident, or circumstances which give rise to a
21    charge or adjudication of delinquency. The Department
22    shall be given due notice of the pendency of the action and
23    the Guardianship Administrator of the Department of
24    Children and Family Services shall be appointed guardian
25    of the person of the minor. Whenever the Department seeks
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1    Guardianship Administrator shall petition the court for an
2    order terminating guardianship. The Guardianship
3    Administrator may designate one or more other officers of
4    the Department, appointed as Department officers by
5    administrative order of the Department Director,
6    authorized to affix the signature of the Guardianship
7    Administrator to documents affecting the guardian-ward
8    relationship of children for whom the Guardianship
9    Administrator has been appointed guardian at such times as
10    the Guardianship Administrator is unable to perform the
11    duties of the Guardianship Administrator office. The
12    signature authorization shall include, but not be limited
13    to, matters of consent of marriage, enlistment in the
14    armed forces, legal proceedings, adoption, major medical
15    and surgical treatment, and application for driver's
16    license. Signature authorizations made pursuant to the
17    provisions of this paragraph shall be filed with the
18    Secretary of State and the Secretary of State shall
19    provide upon payment of the customary fee, certified
20    copies of the authorization to any court or individual who
21    requests a copy.
22    (1.5) In making a determination under this Section, the
23court shall also consider whether, based on health, safety,
24and the best interests of the minor,
25        (a) appropriate services aimed at family preservation
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1    rectifying the conditions that have led to a finding of
2    unfitness or inability to care for, protect, train, or
3    discipline the minor, or
4        (b) no family preservation or family reunification
5    services would be appropriate,
6and if the petition or amended petition contained an
7allegation that the parent is an unfit person as defined in
8subdivision (D) of Section 1 of the Adoption Act, and the order
9of adjudication recites that parental unfitness was
10established by clear and convincing evidence, the court shall,
11when appropriate and in the best interest of the minor, enter
12an order terminating parental rights and appointing a guardian
13with power to consent to adoption in accordance with Section
142-29.
15    When making a placement, the court, wherever possible,
16shall require the Department of Children and Family Services
17to select a person holding the same religious belief as that of
18the minor or a private agency controlled by persons of like
19religious faith of the minor and shall require the Department
20to otherwise comply with Section 7 of the Children and Family
21Services Act in placing the child. In addition, whenever
22alternative plans for placement are available, the court shall
23ascertain and consider, to the extent appropriate in the
24particular case, the views and preferences of the minor.
25    (2) When a minor is placed with a suitable relative or
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1shall appoint the suitable relative or other person the legal
2custodian or guardian of the person of the minor. When a minor
3is committed to any agency, the court shall appoint the proper
4officer or representative thereof as legal custodian or
5guardian of the person of the minor. Legal custodians and
6guardians of the person of the minor have the respective
7rights and duties set forth in subsection (9) of Section 1-3
8except as otherwise provided by order of court; but no
9guardian of the person may consent to adoption of the minor
10unless that authority is conferred upon the guardian in
11accordance with Section 2-29. An agency whose representative
12is appointed guardian of the person or legal custodian of the
13minor may place the minor in any child care facility, but the
14facility must be licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969 or
15have been approved by the Department of Children and Family
16Services as meeting the standards established for such
17licensing. No agency may place a minor adjudicated under
18Sections 2-3 or 2-4 in a child care facility unless the
19placement is in compliance with the rules and regulations for
20placement under this Section promulgated by the Department of
21Children and Family Services under Section 5 of the Children
22and Family Services Act. Like authority and restrictions shall
23be conferred by the court upon any probation officer who has
24been appointed guardian of the person of a minor.
25    (3) No placement by any probation officer or agency whose
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1custodian of a minor may be made in any out of State child care
2facility unless it complies with the Interstate Compact on the
3Placement of Children. Placement with a parent, however, is
4not subject to that Interstate Compact.
5    (4) The clerk of the court shall issue to the legal
6custodian or guardian of the person a certified copy of the
7order of court, as proof of the legal custodian's or
8guardian's authority. No other process is necessary as
9authority for the keeping of the minor.
10    (5) Custody or guardianship granted under this Section
11continues until the court otherwise directs, but not after the
12minor reaches the age of 19 years except as set forth in
13Section 2-31, or if the minor was previously committed to the
14Department of Children and Family Services for care and
15service and the court has granted a supplemental petition to
16reinstate wardship pursuant to subsection (2) of Section 2-33.
17    (6) (Blank).
18(Source: P.A. 103-22, eff. 8-8-23.)
 
19    Section 10. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
20Marriage Act is amended by changing Sections 203, 212, 301,
21302, and 403 as follows:
 
22    (750 ILCS 5/203)  (from Ch. 40, par. 203)
23    Sec. 203. License to Marry. When a marriage application
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1marriage and both parties have appeared before the county
2clerk and the marriage license fee has been paid, the county
3clerk shall issue a license to marry and a marriage
4certificate form upon being furnished:
5        (1) satisfactory proof that each party to the marriage
6    has will have attained the age of 18 years at the time the
7    marriage license is effective or will have attained the
8    age of 16 years and has either the consent to the marriage
9    of both parents or his guardian or judicial approval;
10    provided, if one parent cannot be located in order to
11    obtain such consent and diligent efforts have been made to
12    locate that parent by the consenting parent, then the
13    consent of one parent plus a signed affidavit by the
14    consenting parent which (i) names the absent parent and
15    states that he or she cannot be located, and (ii) states
16    what diligent efforts have been made to locate the absent
17    parent, shall have the effect of both parents' consent for
18    purposes of this Section;
19        (2) satisfactory proof that the marriage is not
20    prohibited; and
21        (3) an affidavit or record as prescribed in
22    subparagraph (1) of Section 205 or a court order as
23    prescribed in subparagraph (2) of Section 205, if
24    applicable.
25    With each marriage license, the county clerk shall provide
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1syndrome. At least annually, the county board shall submit to
2the Illinois Department of Public Health a report as to the
3county clerk's compliance with the requirement that the county
4clerk provide a pamphlet with each marriage license. All
5funding and production costs for the aforementioned
6educational pamphlets for distribution to each county clerk
7shall be provided by non-profit, non-sectarian statewide
8programs that provide education, advocacy, support, and
9prevention services pertaining to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
10    The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 103rd
11General Assembly do not invalidate a marriage that was
12otherwise valid under this Section prior to the changes.
13(Source: P.A. 96-1323, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
14    (750 ILCS 5/212)  (from Ch. 40, par. 212)
15    Sec. 212. Prohibited Marriages.
16    (a) The following marriages are prohibited:
17        (1) a marriage entered into prior to the dissolution
18    of an earlier marriage, civil union, or substantially
19    similar legal relationship of one of the parties, unless
20    the parties to the marriage are the same as the parties to
21    a civil union and are seeking to convert their civil union
22    to a marriage pursuant to Section 65 of the Illinois
23    Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act;
24        (2) a marriage between an ancestor and a descendant or
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1    or the whole blood or by adoption;
2        (3) a marriage between an uncle and a niece, between
3    an uncle and a nephew, between an aunt and a nephew, or
4    between an aunt and a niece, whether the relationship is
5    by the half or the whole blood;
6        (4) a marriage between cousins of the first degree;
7    however, a marriage between first cousins is not
8    prohibited if:
9            (i) both parties are 50 years of age or older; or
10            (ii) either party, at the time of application for
11        a marriage license, presents for filing with the
12        county clerk of the county in which the marriage is to
13        be solemnized, a certificate signed by a licensed
14        physician stating that the party to the proposed
15        marriage is permanently and irreversibly sterile;
16        (5) (blank);
17        (6) a marriage of any person under the age of 18.
18    (b) Parties to a marriage prohibited under subsection (a)
19of this Section who cohabit after removal of the impediment
20are lawfully married as of the date of the removal of the
21impediment.
22    (c) Children born or adopted of a prohibited or common law
23marriage are the lawful children of the parties.
24(Source: P.A. 98-597, eff. 6-1-14.)
 
25    (750 ILCS 5/301)  (from Ch. 40, par. 301)

 

 

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1    Sec. 301. Declaration of Invalidity - Grounds. ) The court
2shall enter its judgment declaring the invalidity of a
3marriage (formerly known as annulment) entered into under the
4following circumstances:
5        (1) a party lacked capacity to consent to the marriage
6    at the time the marriage was solemnized, either because of
7    mental incapacity or infirmity or because of the influence
8    of alcohol, drugs, or other incapacitating substances, or
9    a party was induced to enter into a marriage by force or
10    duress or by fraud involving the essentials of marriage;
11        (2) a party lacks the physical capacity to consummate
12    the marriage by sexual intercourse and at the time the
13    marriage was solemnized the other party did not know of
14    the incapacity;
15        (3) (blank) a party was aged 16 or 17 years and did not
16    have the consent of his parents or guardian or judicial
17    approval; or
18        (4) the marriage is prohibited.
19(Source: P.A. 80-923.)
 
20    (750 ILCS 5/302)  (from Ch. 40, par. 302)
21    Sec. 302. Time of commencement.
22    Time of Commencement.)(a) A declaration of invalidity
23under paragraph (1) or (2) paragraphs (1) through (3) of
24Section 301 may be sought by any of the following persons and
25must be commenced within the times specified:

 

 

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1        (1) for any of the reasons set forth in paragraph (1)
2    of Section 301, by either party or by the legal
3    representative of the party who lacked capacity to
4    consent, no later than 90 days after the petitioner
5    obtained knowledge of the described condition;
6        (2) for the reason set forth in paragraph (2) of
7    Section 301, by either party, no later than one year after
8    the petitioner obtained knowledge of the described
9    condition;
10        (3) (blank) for the reason set forth in paragraph (3)
11    of Section 301, by the underaged party, his parent or
12    guardian, prior to the time the underaged party reaches
13    the age at which he could have married without needing to
14    satisfy the omitted requirement.
15    (b) In no event may a declaration of invalidity of
16marriage be sought after the death of either party to the
17marriage under paragraph (1) or (2) subsections (1), (2) and
18(3) of Section 301.
19    (c) A declaration of invalidity for the reason set forth
20in paragraph (4) of Section 301 may be sought by either party,
21the legal spouse in case of a bigamous marriage, the State's
22Attorney or a child of either party, at any time not to exceed
233 years following the death of the first party to die.
24(Source: P.A. 80-923.)
 
25    (750 ILCS 5/403)  (from Ch. 40, par. 403)

 

 

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1    Sec. 403. Pleadings - Commencement - Abolition of Existing
2Defenses - Procedure.
3    (a) The complaint or petition for dissolution of marriage
4or legal separation shall be verified and shall minimally set
5forth:
6        (1) the age, occupation, and residence of each party
7    and his length of residence in this State;
8        (2) the date of the marriage and the place at which it
9    was registered;
10        (2.5) whether a petition for dissolution of marriage
11    is pending in any other county or state;
12        (3) that the jurisdictional requirements of subsection
13    (a) of Section 401 have been met and that irreconcilable
14    differences have caused the irretrievable breakdown of the
15    marriage;
16        (4) the names, ages, and addresses of all living
17    children of the marriage and whether a spouse is pregnant;
18        (5) any arrangements as to support, allocation of
19    parental responsibility of the children, and maintenance
20    of a spouse; and
21        (6) the relief sought.
22    (b) Either or both parties to the marriage may initiate
23the proceeding. A minor may independently initiate the
24proceeding in the minor's own name and appear on the minor's
25own behalf without a parent, guardian, guardian ad litem, next
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1    (c) (Blank).
2    (d) The court may join additional parties necessary and
3proper for the exercise of its authority under this Act.
4    (e) Contested trials shall be on a bifurcated basis with
5the issue of whether irreconcilable differences have caused
6the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage, as described in
7Section 401, being tried first, regardless of whether that
8issue is contested or uncontested. Upon the court determining
9that irreconcilable differences have caused the irretrievable
10breakdown of the marriage, the court may allow additional time
11for the parties to settle amicably the remaining issues before
12resuming the trial, or may proceed immediately to trial on the
13remaining issues. The court has the discretion to use the date
14of the trial or such other date as agreed upon by the parties,
15or ordered by the court within its discretion, for purposes of
16determining the value of assets or property. In cases where
17the requirements of Section 401 are uncontested and proved as
18in cases of default, the trial on all other remaining issues
19shall proceed immediately, if so ordered by the court or if the
20parties so stipulate. Except as provided in subsection (b) of
21Section 401, the court shall enter a judgment of dissolution
22of marriage, including an order dissolving the marriage,
23incorporation of a marital settlement agreement if applicable,
24and any other appropriate findings or orders, only at the
25conclusion of the case and not after hearing only the
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1the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.
2    (f) (Blank).
3(Source: P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)