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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB2321 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that for a person married in any county in this State, the county clerk shall issue a new marriage certificate when it receives legal documentation indicating one of the parties listed on the certificate has legally changed names. Provides that if a new marriage certificate is issued, the original certificate shall not be subject to inspection or certification except upon order of the circuit court, request of a person named on the marriage certificate, or as provided by rule. Effective immediately.
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| | SB2321 | | LRB102 15777 LNS 21144 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 221 as follows:
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| 6 | | (750 ILCS 5/221 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 221. Name change on marriage certificate. |
| 8 | | (a) For a person married in any county in this State, the |
| 9 | | county clerk shall issue a new marriage certificate when it |
| 10 | | receives legal documentation indicating that one of the |
| 11 | | parties listed on the certificate has legally changed names. |
| 12 | | An order for name change issued pursuant to Section 21-101 of |
| 13 | | the Code of Civil Procedure shall be the only legal |
| 14 | | documentation that a county clerk may require. The new |
| 15 | | marriage certificate shall reflect the legal name change and |
| 16 | | shall bear no additional markings. |
| 17 | | (b) If a new marriage certificate is issued pursuant to |
| 18 | | subsection (a), the original marriage certificate shall not be |
| 19 | | subject to inspection or certification except upon order of |
| 20 | | the circuit court, request of a person named on the marriage |
| 21 | | certificate, or as provided by rule.
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| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |