Public Act 102-1133
 
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    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Arsonist Registration Act is amended by
changing Sections 35 and 65 as follows:
 
    (730 ILCS 148/35)
    Sec. 35. Duty to report change of address, school, name,
or employment. Any person who is required to register under
this Act shall report in person to the appropriate law
enforcement agency with whom he or she last registered within
one year from the date of last registration and every year
thereafter. If any person required to register under this Act
changes his or her residence address, place of employment, or
school, he or she shall, in writing, within 10 days inform the
law enforcement agency with whom he or she last registered of
his or her new address, change in employment, or school and
register with the appropriate law enforcement agency within
the time period specified in Section 10. Any person who is
required to register under this Act and is granted a legal name
change pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 21-101 of the
Code of Civil Procedure shall, in writing, within 10 days
inform the law enforcement agency with whom they last
registered of their name change. The law enforcement agency
shall, within 3 days of receipt, notify the Department of
State Police and the law enforcement agency having
jurisdiction of the new place of residence, change in
employment, or school. If any person required to register
under this Act establishes a residence or employment outside
of the State of Illinois, within 10 days after establishing
that residence or employment, he or she shall, in writing,
inform the law enforcement agency with which he or she last
registered of his or her out-of-state residence or employment.
The law enforcement agency with which such person last
registered shall, within 3 days notice of an address or
employment change, notify the Department of State Police. The
Department of State Police shall forward such information to
the out-of-state law enforcement agency having jurisdiction in
the form and manner prescribed by the Department of State
Police.
(Source: P.A. 93-949, eff. 1-1-05.)
 
    (730 ILCS 148/65)
    Sec. 65. Penalty. Any person who is required to register
under this Act who violates any of the provisions of this Act
and any person who is required to register under this Act who
seeks to change his or her name under Article XXI of the Code
of Civil Procedure is guilty of a Class 4 felony unless, as
provided under Section 21-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure,
that person verifies under oath that the petition for the name
change is due to marriage, religious beliefs, status as a
victim of trafficking or gender-related identity as defined by
the Illinois Human Rights Act. Any person who is required to
register under this Act who knowingly or wilfully gives
material information required by this Act that is false is
guilty of a Class 3 felony. Any person convicted of a violation
of any provision of this Act shall, in addition to any other
penalty required by law, be required to serve a minimum period
of 7 days confinement in the local county jail. The court shall
impose a mandatory minimum fine of $500 for failure to comply
with any provision of this Act. These fines shall be deposited
in the Arsonist Registration Fund. An arsonist who violates
any provision of this Act may be tried in any Illinois county
where the arsonist can be located.
(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)
 
    Section 10. The Sex Offender Registration Act is amended
by changing Sections 6 and 10 as follows:
 
    (730 ILCS 150/6)
    Sec. 6. Duty to report; change of address, school, name or
employment; duty to inform. A person who has been adjudicated
to be sexually dangerous or is a sexually violent person and is
later released, or found to be no longer sexually dangerous or
no longer a sexually violent person and discharged, or
convicted of a violation of this Act after July 1, 2005, shall
report in person to the law enforcement agency with whom he or
she last registered no later than 90 days after the date of his
or her last registration and every 90 days thereafter and at
such other times at the request of the law enforcement agency
not to exceed 4 times a year. Such sexually dangerous or
sexually violent person must report all new or changed e-mail
addresses, all new or changed instant messaging identities,
all new or changed chat room identities, and all other new or
changed Internet communications identities that the sexually
dangerous or sexually violent person uses or plans to use, all
new or changed Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) registered or
used by the sexually dangerous or sexually violent person, and
all new or changed blogs and other Internet sites maintained
by the sexually dangerous or sexually violent person or to
which the sexually dangerous or sexually violent person has
uploaded any content or posted any messages or information.
Any person who lacks a fixed residence must report weekly, in
person, to the appropriate law enforcement agency where the
sex offender is located. Any other person who is required to
register under this Article shall report in person to the
appropriate law enforcement agency with whom he or she last
registered within one year from the date of last registration
and every year thereafter and at such other times at the
request of the law enforcement agency not to exceed 4 times a
year. If any person required to register under this Article
lacks a fixed residence or temporary domicile, he or she must
notify, in person, the agency of jurisdiction of his or her
last known address within 3 days after ceasing to have a fixed
residence and if the offender leaves the last jurisdiction of
residence, he or she, must within 3 days after leaving
register in person with the new agency of jurisdiction. If any
other person required to register under this Article changes
his or her residence address, place of employment, telephone
number, cellular telephone number, or school, he or she shall
report in person, to the law enforcement agency with whom he or
she last registered, his or her new address, change in
employment, telephone number, cellular telephone number, or
school, all new or changed e-mail addresses, all new or
changed instant messaging identities, all new or changed chat
room identities, and all other new or changed Internet
communications identities that the sex offender uses or plans
to use, all new or changed Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)
registered or used by the sex offender, and all new or changed
blogs and other Internet sites maintained by the sex offender
or to which the sex offender has uploaded any content or posted
any messages or information, and register, in person, with the
appropriate law enforcement agency within the time period
specified in Section 3. If any person required to register
under this Article is granted a legal name change pursuant to
subsection (b) of Section 21-101 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, they shall report, in person, within 3 days of
their legal name change, to the law enforcement agency with
whom they last registered. If the sex offender is a child sex
offender as defined in Section 11-9.3 or 11-9.4 of the
Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, the sex
offender shall within 3 days after beginning to reside in a
household with a child under 18 years of age who is not his or
her own child, provided that his or her own child is not the
victim of the sex offense, report that information to the
registering law enforcement agency. The law enforcement agency
shall, within 3 days of the reporting in person by the person
required to register under this Article, notify the Department
of State Police of the new place of residence, change in
employment, telephone number, cellular telephone number, or
school.
    If any person required to register under this Article
intends to establish a residence or employment outside of the
State of Illinois, at least 10 days before establishing that
residence or employment, he or she shall report in person to
the law enforcement agency with which he or she last
registered of his or her out-of-state intended residence or
employment. The law enforcement agency with which such person
last registered shall, within 3 days after the reporting in
person of the person required to register under this Article
of an address or employment change, notify the Department of
State Police. The Department of State Police shall forward
such information to the out-of-state law enforcement agency
having jurisdiction in the form and manner prescribed by the
Department of State Police.
(Source: P.A. 96-1094, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1104, eff. 1-1-11;
97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
    (730 ILCS 150/10)  (from Ch. 38, par. 230)
    Sec. 10. Penalty.
    (a) Any person who is required to register under this
Article who violates any of the provisions of this Article and
any person who is required to register under this Article who
seeks to change his or her name under Article XXI of the Code
of Civil Procedure is guilty of a Class 3 felony, unless, as
provided under Section 21-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure,
that person verifies under oath that the petition for the name
change is due to marriage, religious beliefs, status as a
victim of trafficking or gender-related identity as defined by
the Illinois Human Rights Act. Any person who is convicted for
a violation of this Act for a second or subsequent time is
guilty of a Class 2 felony, unless, as provided under Section
21-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure, that person verifies
under oath that the petition for the name change is due to
marriage, religious beliefs, status as a victim of trafficking
or gender-related identity as defined by the Illinois Human
Rights Act. Any person who is required to register under this
Article who knowingly or willfully gives material information
required by this Article that is false is guilty of a Class 3
felony. Any person convicted of a violation of any provision
of this Article shall, in addition to any other penalty
required by law, be required to serve a minimum period of 7
days confinement in the local county jail. The court shall
impose a mandatory minimum fine of $500 for failure to comply
with any provision of this Article. These fines shall be
deposited in the Offender Registration Fund. Any sex offender,
as defined in Section 2 of this Act, or sexual predator who
violates any provision of this Article may be arrested and
tried in any Illinois county where the sex offender can be
located. The local police department or sheriff's office is
not required to determine whether the person is living within
its jurisdiction.
    (b) Any person, not covered by privilege under Part 8 of
Article VIII of the Code of Civil Procedure or the Illinois
Supreme Court's Rules of Professional Conduct, who has reason
to believe that a sexual predator is not complying, or has not
complied, with the requirements of this Article and who, with
the intent to assist the sexual predator in eluding a law
enforcement agency that is seeking to find the sexual predator
to question the sexual predator about, or to arrest the sexual
predator for, his or her noncompliance with the requirements
of this Article is guilty of a Class 3 felony if he or she:
        (1) provides false information to the law enforcement
    agency having jurisdiction about the sexual predator's
    noncompliance with the requirements of this Article, and,
    if known, the whereabouts of the sexual predator;
        (2) harbors, or attempts to harbor, or assists another
    person in harboring or attempting to harbor, the sexual
    predator; or
        (3) conceals or attempts to conceal, or assists
    another person in concealing or attempting to conceal, the
    sexual predator.
    (c) Subsection (b) does not apply if the sexual predator
is incarcerated in or is in the custody of a State correctional
facility, a private correctional facility, a county or
municipal jail, a State mental health facility or a State
treatment and detention facility, or a federal correctional
facility.
    (d) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply if the sex
offender accurately registered his or her Internet protocol
address under this Act, and the address subsequently changed
without his or her knowledge or intent.
(Source: P.A. 101-571, eff. 8-23-19.)
 
    Section 15. The Murderer and Violent Offender Against
Youth Registration Act is amended by changing Sections 30 and
60 as follows:
 
    (730 ILCS 154/30)
    Sec. 30. Duty to report; change of address, school, name,
or employment; duty to inform. Any violent offender against
youth who is required to register under this Act shall report
in person to the appropriate law enforcement agency with whom
he or she last registered within one year from the date of last
registration and every year thereafter and at such other times
at the request of the law enforcement agency not to exceed 4
times a year. If any person required to register under this Act
lacks a fixed residence or temporary domicile, he or she must
notify, in person, the agency of jurisdiction of his or her
last known address within 5 days after ceasing to have a fixed
residence and if the offender leaves the last jurisdiction of
residence, he or she must, within 48 hours after leaving,
register in person with the new agency of jurisdiction. If any
other person required to register under this Act changes his
or her residence address, place of employment, or school, he
or she shall report in person to the law enforcement agency
with whom he or she last registered of his or her new address,
change in employment, or school and register, in person, with
the appropriate law enforcement agency within the time period
specified in Section 10. The law enforcement agency shall,
within 3 days of the reporting in person by the person required
to register under this Act, notify the Department of State
Police of the new place of residence, change in employment, or
school. If any person required to register under this Act is
granted a legal name change pursuant to subsection (b) of
Section 21-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure, they shall
report, in person, within 5 days of receiving their legal name
change order, their legal name change to the law enforcement
agency with whom they last registered.
    If any person required to register under this Act intends
to establish a residence or employment outside of the State of
Illinois, at least 10 days before establishing that residence
or employment, he or she shall report in person to the law
enforcement agency with which he or she last registered of his
or her out-of-state intended residence or employment. The law
enforcement agency with which such person last registered
shall, within 3 days after the reporting in person of the
person required to register under this Act of an address or
employment change, notify the Department of State Police. The
Department of State Police shall forward such information to
the out-of-state law enforcement agency having jurisdiction in
the form and manner prescribed by the Department of State
Police.
(Source: P.A. 94-945, eff. 6-27-06.)
 
    (730 ILCS 154/60)
    Sec. 60. Penalty. Any person who is required to register
under this Act who violates any of the provisions of this Act
and any person who is required to register under this Act who
seeks to change his or her name under Article XXI of the Code
of Civil Procedure is guilty of a Class 3 felony unless, as
provided under Section 21-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure,
that person verifies under oath that the petition for the name
change is due to marriage, religious beliefs, status as a
victim of trafficking or gender-related identity as defined by
the Illinois Human Rights Act. Any person who is convicted for
a violation of this Act for a second or subsequent time is
guilty of a Class 2 felony unless, as provided under Section
21-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure, that person verifies
under oath that the petition for the name change is due to
marriage, religious beliefs, status as a victim of trafficking
or gender-related identity as defined by the Illinois Human
Rights Act. Any person who is required to register under this
Act who knowingly or willfully gives material information
required by this Act that is false is guilty of a Class 3
felony. Any person convicted of a violation of any provision
of this Act shall, in addition to any other penalty required by
law, be required to serve a minimum period of 7 days
confinement in the local county jail. The court shall impose a
mandatory minimum fine of $500 for failure to comply with any
provision of this Act. These fines shall be deposited into the
Offender Registration Fund. Any violent offender against youth
who violates any provision of this Act may be arrested and
tried in any Illinois county where the violent offender
against youth can be located. The local police department or
sheriff's office is not required to determine whether the
person is living within its jurisdiction.
(Source: P.A. 101-571, eff. 8-23-19.)
 
    Section 20. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
changing Sections 21-101, 21-102, 21-102.5, and 21-103 as
follows:
 
    (735 ILCS 5/21-101)  (from Ch. 110, par. 21-101)
    Sec. 21-101. Proceedings; parties.
    (a) If any person who is a resident of this State and has
resided in this State for 6 months desires to change his or her
name and to assume another name by which to be afterwards
called and known, the person may file a petition requesting
that relief in the circuit court of the county wherein he or
she resides praying for that relief.
    (b) A person who has been convicted of any offense for
which a person is required to register under the Sex Offender
Registration Act, the Murderer and Violent Offender Against
Youth Registration Act, or the Arsonist Registration Act in
this State or any other state and who has not been pardoned is
not permitted to file a petition for a name change in the
courts of this State during the period that the person is
required to register, unless that person verifies under oath,
as provided under Section 1-109, that the petition for the
name change is due to marriage, religious beliefs, status as a
victim of trafficking or gender-related identity as defined by
the Illinois Human Rights Act. A judge may grant or deny the
request for legal name change filed by such persons. Any such
persons granted a legal name change shall report the change to
the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction of their
current registration pursuant to the Duty to Report
requirements specified in Section 35 of the Arsonist
Registration Act, Section 20 of the Murderer and Violent
Offender Against Youth Registration Act, and Section 6 of the
Sex Offender Registration Act. For the purposes of this
subsection, a person will not face a felony charge if the
person's request for legal name change is denied without proof
of perjury.
    (b-1) A person who has been convicted of a felony offense
in this State or any other state and whose sentence has not
been completed, terminated, or discharged is not permitted to
file a petition for a name change in the courts of this State
unless that person is pardoned for the offense. The filing of a
petition in accordance with this Section shall be the sole and
exclusive means by which any person committed under the laws
of this State to a penal institution may change his or her name
and assume another name. However, any person convicted of a
felony in this State or any other state who has not been
pardoned may not file a petition for a name change until 10
years have passed since completion and discharge from his or
her sentence. A person who has been convicted of identity
theft, aggravated identity theft, felony or misdemeanor
criminal sexual abuse when the victim of the offense at the
time of its commission is under 18 years of age, felony or
misdemeanor sexual exploitation of a child, felony or
misdemeanor indecent solicitation of a child, or felony or
misdemeanor indecent solicitation of an adult, or any other
offense for which a person is required to register under the
Sex Offender Registration Act in this State or any other state
who has not been pardoned shall not be permitted to file a
petition for a name change in the courts of Illinois.
    (c) A petitioner may include his or her spouse and adult
unmarried children, with their consent, and his or her minor
children where it appears to the court that it is for their
best interest, in the petition and relief requested prayer,
and the court's order shall then include the spouse and
children. Whenever any minor has resided in the family of any
person for the space of 3 years and has been recognized and
known as an adopted child in the family of that person, the
application herein provided for may be made by the person
having that minor in his or her family.
    An order shall be entered as to a minor only if the court
finds by clear and convincing evidence that the change is
necessary to serve the best interest of the child. In
determining the best interest of a minor child under this
Section, the court shall consider all relevant factors,
including:
        (1) The wishes of the child's parents and any person
    acting as a parent who has physical custody of the child.
        (2) The wishes of the child and the reasons for those
    wishes. The court may interview the child in chambers to
    ascertain the child's wishes with respect to the change of
    name. Counsel shall be present at the interview unless
    otherwise agreed upon by the parties. The court shall
    cause a court reporter to be present who shall make a
    complete record of the interview instantaneously to be
    part of the record in the case.
        (3) The interaction and interrelationship of the child
    with his or her parents or persons acting as parents who
    have physical custody of the child, step-parents,
    siblings, step-siblings, or any other person who may
    significantly affect the child's best interest.
        (4) The child's adjustment to his or her home, school,
    and community.
    (d) If it appears to the court that the conditions and
requirements under this Article have been complied with and
that there is no reason why the relief requested prayer should
not be granted, the court, by an order to be entered of record,
may direct and provide that the name of that person be changed
in accordance with the relief requested prayer in the
petition. If the circuit court orders that a name change be
granted to a person who has been adjudicated or convicted of a
felony or misdemeanor offense under the laws of this State or
any other state for which a pardon has not been granted, or has
an arrest for which a charge has not been filed or a pending
charge on a felony or misdemeanor offense, a copy of the order,
including a copy of each applicable access and review
response, shall be forwarded to the Department of State
Police. The Department of State Police shall update any
criminal history transcript or offender registration of each
person 18 years of age or older in the order to include the
change of name as well as his or her former name.
(Source: P.A. 100-370, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
    (735 ILCS 5/21-102)  (from Ch. 110, par. 21-102)
    Sec. 21-102. Petition; update criminal history transcript.
    (a) The petition shall be a statewide standardized form
approved by the Illinois Supreme Court and shall set forth the
name then held, the name sought to be assumed, the residence of
the petitioner, the length of time the petitioner has resided
in this State, and the state or country of the petitioner's
nativity or supposed nativity. The petition shall include a
statement, verified under oath as provided under Section 1-109
of this Code, whether or not the petitioner or any other person
18 years of age or older who will be subject to a change of
name under the petition if granted: (1) has been adjudicated
or convicted of a felony or misdemeanor offense under the laws
of this State or any other state for which a pardon has not
been granted; or (2) has an arrest for which a charge has not
been filed or a pending charge on a felony or misdemeanor
offense. The petition shall be signed by the person
petitioning or, in case of minors, by the parent or guardian
having the legal custody of the minor. The petition shall be
verified by the affidavit of some credible person.
    (b) If the statement provided under subsection (a) of this
Section indicates the petitioner or any other person 18 years
of age or older who will be subject to a change of name under
the petition, if granted, has been adjudicated or convicted of
a felony or misdemeanor offense under the laws of this State or
any other state for which a pardon has not been granted, or has
an arrest for which a charge has not been filed or a pending
charge on a felony or misdemeanor offense, the State's
Attorney may request the court to or the court may on its own
motion, require the person, prior to a hearing on the
petition, to initiate an update of his or her criminal history
transcript with the Department of State Police. The Department
shall allow a person to use the Access and Review process,
established by rule in the Department, for this purpose. Upon
completion of the update of the criminal history transcript,
the petitioner shall file confirmation of each update with the
court, which shall seal the records from disclosure outside of
court proceedings on the petition.
    (c) Any petition filed under subsection (a) shall include
the following: "WARNING: If you are required to register under
the Sex Offender Registration Act, the Murderer and Violent
Offender Against Youth Registration Act, or the Arsonist
Registration Act in this State or a similar law in any other
state and have not been pardoned, you will be committing a
felony under those respective Acts by seeking a change of name
during the registration period UNLESS your request for legal
name change is due to marriage, religious beliefs, status as a
victim of trafficking or gender related identity as defined by
the Illinois Human Rights Act.".
(Source: P.A. 100-370, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
    (735 ILCS 5/21-102.5)
    Sec. 21-102.5. Notice; objection.
    (a) The circuit court clerk shall promptly serve a copy of
the petition on the State's Attorney and the Department of
State Police if the statement provided under subsection (a) of
Section 21-102 indicates that the petitioner, or any other
person 18 years of age or older who will be subject to a change
of name under the petition, has been adjudicated or convicted
of a felony or misdemeanor offense under the laws of this State
or any other state for which a pardon has not been granted, or
has an arrest for which a charge has not been filed or a
pending charge on a felony or misdemeanor offense.
    (b) The State's Attorney may file an objection to the
petition. All objections shall be in writing, shall be filed
with the circuit court clerk, shall be served upon the
petitioner, and shall state with specificity the basis of the
objection. Objections to a petition must be filed within 30
days of the date of service of the petition upon the State's
Attorney if the petitioner: .
        (1) is the defendant in a pending criminal offense
    charge; or
        (2) has been convicted of identity theft, aggravated
    identity theft, felony or misdemeanor criminal sexual
    abuse when the victim of the offense at the time of its
    commission is under 18 years of age, felony or misdemeanor
    sexual exploitation of a child, felony or misdemeanor
    indecent solicitation of a child, or felony or misdemeanor
    indecent solicitation of an adult, and has not been
    pardoned for the conviction.
(Source: P.A. 100-370, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
    (735 ILCS 5/21-103)  (from Ch. 110, par. 21-103)
    Sec. 21-103. Notice by publication.
    (a) Previous notice shall be given of the intended
application by publishing a notice thereof in some newspaper
published in the municipality in which the person resides if
the municipality is in a county with a population under
2,000,000, or if the person does not reside in a municipality
in a county with a population under 2,000,000, or if no
newspaper is published in the municipality or if the person
resides in a county with a population of 2,000,000 or more,
then in some newspaper published in the county where the
person resides, or if no newspaper is published in that
county, then in some convenient newspaper published in this
State. The notice shall be inserted for 3 consecutive weeks
after filing, the first insertion to be at least 6 weeks before
the return day upon which the petition is to be heard, and
shall be signed by the petitioner or, in case of a minor, the
minor's parent or guardian, and shall set forth the return day
of court on which the petition is to be heard and the name
sought to be assumed.
    (b) The publication requirement of subsection (a) shall
not be required in any application for a change of name
involving a minor if, before making judgment under this
Article, reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard is
given to any parent whose parental rights have not been
previously terminated and to any person who has physical
custody of the child. If any of these persons are outside this
State, notice and opportunity to be heard shall be given under
Section 21-104.
    (b-3) The publication requirement of subsection (a) shall
not be required in any application for a change of name
involving a person who has received a judgment for dissolution
of marriage or declaration of invalidity of marriage and
wishes to change his or her name to resume the use of his or
her former or maiden name.
    (b-5) The Upon motion, the court may issue an order
directing that the notice and publication requirement be
waived for a change of name involving a person who files with
the court a statement, verified under oath as provided under
Section 1-109 of this Code, written declaration that the
person believes that publishing notice of the name change
would be a hardship, including but not limited to, a negative
impact on the person's health or safety. put the person at risk
of physical harm or discrimination. The person must provide
evidence to support the claim that publishing notice of the
name change would put the person at risk of physical harm or
discrimination.
    (b-6) In a case where waiver of the notice and publication
requirement is sought, the petition for waiver is presumed
granted and heard at the same hearing as the petition for name
change. The court retains discretion to determine whether a
hardship is shown and may order the petitioner to publish
thereafter.
    (c) The Director of State Police or his or her designee may
apply to the circuit court for an order directing that the
notice and publication requirements of this Section be waived
if the Director or his or her designee certifies that the name
change being sought is intended to protect a witness during
and following a criminal investigation or proceeding.
    (c-1) The court may also enter a written order waiving the
publication requirement of subsection (a) if:
        (i) the petitioner is 18 years of age or older; and
        (ii) concurrent with the petition, the petitioner
    files with the court a statement, verified under oath as
    provided under Section 1-109 of this Code, attesting that
    the petitioner is or has been a person protected under the
    Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, the Stalking No
    Contact Order Act, the Civil No Contact Order Act, Article
    112A of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, a
    condition of bail under subsections (b) through (d) of
    Section 110-10 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963,
    or a similar provision of a law in another state or
    jurisdiction.
    The petitioner may attach to the statement any supporting
documents, including relevant court orders.
    (c-2) If the petitioner files a statement attesting that
disclosure of the petitioner's address would put the
petitioner or any member of the petitioner's family or
household at risk or reveal the confidential address of a
shelter for domestic violence victims, that address may be
omitted from all documents filed with the court, and the
petitioner may designate an alternative address for service.
    (c-3) Court administrators may allow domestic abuse
advocates, rape crisis advocates, and victim advocates to
assist petitioners in the preparation of name changes under
subsection (c-1).
    (c-4) If the publication requirements of subsection (a)
have been waived, the circuit court shall enter an order
impounding the case.
    (d) The maximum rate charged for publication of a notice
under this Section may not exceed the lowest classified rate
paid by commercial users for comparable space in the newspaper
in which the notice appears and shall include all cash
discounts, multiple insertion discounts, and similar benefits
extended to the newspaper's regular customers.
(Source: P.A. 100-520, eff. 1-1-18 (see Section 5 of P.A.
100-565 for the effective date of P.A. 100-520); 100-788, eff.
1-1-19; 100-966, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-203,
eff. 1-1-20.)
 
    Section 30. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 413 as follows:
 
    (750 ILCS 5/413)  (from Ch. 40, par. 413)
    Sec. 413. Judgment.
    (a) A judgment of dissolution of marriage or of legal
separation or of declaration of invalidity of marriage shall
be entered within 60 days of the closing of proofs; however, if
the court enters an order specifying good cause as to why the
court needs an additional 30 days, the judgment shall be
entered within 90 days of the closing of proofs, including any
hearing under subsection (j) of Section 503 of this Act and
submission of closing arguments. A judgment of dissolution of
marriage or of legal separation or of declaration of
invalidity of marriage is final when entered, subject to the
right of appeal. An appeal from the judgment of dissolution of
marriage that does not challenge the finding as to grounds
does not delay the finality of that provision of the judgment
which dissolves the marriage, beyond the time for appealing
from that provision, and either of the parties may remarry
pending appeal. An order requiring maintenance or support of a
spouse or a minor child or children entered under this Act or
any other law of this State shall not be suspended or the
enforcement thereof stayed pending the filing and resolution
of post-judgment motions or an appeal.
    (b) The clerk of the court shall give notice of the entry
of a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation
or a declaration of invalidity of marriage:
        (1) if the marriage is registered in this State, to
    the county clerk of the county where the marriage is
    registered, who shall enter the fact of dissolution of
    marriage or legal separation or declaration of invalidity
    of marriage in the marriage registry; and within 45 days
    after the close of the month in which the judgment is
    entered, the clerk shall forward the certificate to the
    Department of Public Health on a form furnished by the
    Department; or
        (2) if the marriage is registered in another
    jurisdiction, to the appropriate official of that
    jurisdiction, with the request that he enter the fact of
    dissolution of marriage or legal separation or declaration
    of invalidity of marriage in the appropriate record.
    (c) Unless the person whose marriage is dissolved or
declared invalid requests otherwise, the judgment under this
Section shall contain a provision authorizing the person to
resume the use of his or her former or maiden name, should he
or she choose to do so, at any time he or she chooses to do so.
If a judgment contains such a provision, the person resuming
the use of his or her former or maiden name is not required to
file a petition for a change of name under Article XXI of the
Code of Civil Procedure.
    If a person whose marriage is dissolved or declared
invalid chooses to resume the use of his or her former or
maiden name, he or she is not required to provide notice by
publication pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 21-103 of
the Code of Civil Procedure.
    (d) A judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal
separation, if made, shall be awarded to both of the parties,
and shall provide that it affects the status previously
existing between the parties in the manner adjudged.
(Source: P.A. 100-520, eff. 1-1-18 (see Section 5 of P.A.
100-565 for the effective date of P.A. 100-520); 101-203, eff.
1-1-20.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2024