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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4159 Introduced 1/22/2020, by Rep. Joyce Mason SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that a court shall not recognize and enforce an order entered by a foreign court for dissolution of marriage on the basis of comity if a party named in the foreign dissolution of marriage did not receive appropriate notice of the proceedings in the foreign country. Provides that if appropriate notice of a foreign dissolution of marriage was not received by a named party, the party may file a petition for dissolution of marriage regardless of any judgment entered by the foreign country. Effective immediately.
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| | HB4159 | | LRB101 15690 LNS 65045 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of |
| 5 | | Marriage Act is amended by adding Section 403.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (750 ILCS 5/403.5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 403.5. Comity for dissolution of marriage. A court |
| 8 | | shall not recognize and enforce an order entered by a foreign |
| 9 | | court for dissolution of marriage on the basis of comity if a |
| 10 | | party named in the foreign dissolution of marriage did not |
| 11 | | receive appropriate notice, under the laws of this State, of |
| 12 | | the proceedings in the foreign country. If appropriate notice |
| 13 | | of a foreign dissolution of marriage was not received by a |
| 14 | | named party, the party may file a petition under this Act for |
| 15 | | dissolution of marriage regardless of any judgment entered by |
| 16 | | the foreign country.
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| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 18 | | becoming law.
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