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90_HB1351
750 ILCS 5/404 from Ch. 40, par. 404
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage
Act. Makes a stylistic change in provisions regarding
conciliation and mediation.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
2 Marriage Act by changing Section 404.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
6 Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 404 as follows:
7 (750 ILCS 5/404) (from Ch. 40, par. 404)
8 Sec. 404. Conciliation; mediation.
9 (a) If the court concludes that there is a prospect of
10 reconciliation, the court, at the request of either party, or
11 on its own motion, may order a conciliation conference. The
12 conciliation conference and counseling shall take place at
13 the established court conciliation service of that judicial
14 district or at any similar service or facility where no court
15 conciliation service has been established.
16 (b) The facts adduced at any conciliation conference
17 resulting from a referral under this Section hereunder, shall
18 not be considered in the adjudication of a pending or
19 subsequent action, nor shall any report resulting from such
20 conference become part of the record of the case unless the
21 parties have stipulated in writing to the contrary.
22 The court, upon good cause shown, may prohibit
23 conciliation, mediation or other process that requires the
24 parties to meet and confer without counsel.
25 (Source: P.A. 87-1255.)