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90_SB0365

      750 ILCS 5/217            from Ch. 40, par. 217
          Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of  Marriage
      Act  to  make  a  technical  change to a provision concerning
      marriage by non-residents.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution  of
 2    Marriage Act by changing Section 217.
 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 217 as follows:
 7        (750 ILCS 5/217) (from Ch. 40, par. 217)
 8        Sec.  217.   Marriage  by Non-residents - When Void.)  No
 9    marriage shall  be  contracted  in  this  state  by  a  party
10    residing and intending to continue to reside in another state
11    or  jurisdiction  if  the  such  marriage  would  be  void if
12    contracted in such other  state  or  jurisdiction  and  every
13    marriage  celebrated  in  this  state  in  violation  of this
14    provision shall be null and void.
15    (Source: P.A. 80-923.)

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