093_SB1616

 
                                     LRB093 03148 LCB 03165 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to family law.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of
 5    Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 404.1 as follows:

 6        (750 ILCS 5/404.1) (from Ch. 40, par. 404.1)
 7        Sec. 404.1.  (a) In an action for dissolution of marriage
 8    involving  minor  children,  or in a post-judgment proceeding
 9    involving minor children, the court may  on  its  own  motion
10    order the parties, excluding the minor children, to attend an
11    educational  program concerning the effects of dissolution of
12    marriage on the children, if the court finds that it would be
13    in the best interests of the minor children.  The program may
14    be divided into sessions, which in the  aggregate  shall  not
15    exceed  4 hours in duration. The program shall be educational
16    in nature and not designed for individual therapy.
17        (b)  The  facts  adduced  at  any   educational   session
18    resulting  from  a  referral  under this Section shall not be
19    considered in the adjudication of  a  pending  or  subsequent
20    action,   nor  shall  any  report  resulting  from  the  such
21    educational session become part of the  record  of  the  case
22    unless   the  parties  have  stipulated  in  writing  to  the
23    contrary.
24        (c)  The fees or costs of educational sessions under this
25    Section shall be borne by the parties and may be assessed  by
26    the court as it deems equitable.
27    (Source: P.A. 86-288.)