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90_SB0628

      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.)

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