(735 ILCS 5/17-125) (from Ch. 110, par. 17-125)
Sec. 17-125.
Costs.
In all proceedings for the partition of real estate, when
the rights and interests of all the parties in interest are properly set
forth in the complaint, the court shall apportion the costs among the
parties in interest in the action, including the necessary expense of
procuring such evidence of title to the real estate as is usual and
customary for making sales of real estate, and a reasonable fee for
plaintiff's attorney, so that each party shall pay his or her equitable
portion thereof, unless the defendants, or some of them, interpose
a good and substantial defense to the complaint. In such case the party
or parties making such substantial defense shall recover their costs
against the plaintiff according to justice and equity.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)
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