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    AN ACT concerning child support.
  
 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of 
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Marriage Act is amended  by changing Section 203 as follows:
 



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    (750 ILCS 5/203)  (from Ch. 40, par. 203)



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    Sec. 203. License to Marry. When a marriage application has 
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been
completed and signed by both parties to a prospective 
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marriage and both
parties have appeared before the county clerk 
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and the marriage license
fee has been paid, the county clerk 
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shall issue a license to marry and a
marriage certificate form 
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upon being furnished:

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    (1) satisfactory proof that each party to the marriage will 
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have
attained the age of 18 years at the time the marriage 
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license is
effective or will have attained the age of 16 years 
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and has either the
consent to the marriage of
both parents or 
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his guardian or judicial approval; provided, if one
parent 
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cannot be located in order to obtain such consent and diligent

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efforts have been made to locate that parent by the consenting 
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parent, then
the consent of one parent plus a signed affidavit 
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by the consenting parent
which (i) names the absent parent and 
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states that he or she cannot be
located, and (ii) states what 
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diligent efforts have been made to locate the
absent parent, 
 


 






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shall have the effect of both parents' consent for purposes
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this Section;

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    (2) satisfactory proof that the marriage is not prohibited; 
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and

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    (3) an affidavit or record as prescribed in subparagraph 
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(1) of Section
205 or a court order as prescribed in 
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subparagraph (2) of Section 205, if applicable.

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    With each marriage license, the county clerk shall provide 
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a pamphlet
describing the causes and effects of fetal alcohol 
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syndrome. At least annually, the county board shall cause to be 
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made an audit of the county clerk's compliance with the 
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requirement that the county clerk provide a pamphlet with each 
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marriage license.  The county board shall cause each audit to be 
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filed with the Illinois Department of Public Health. All 
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funding and production costs for the aforementioned 
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educational pamphlets for distribution to each county clerk 
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shall be provided by non-profit, non-sectarian statewide 
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programs that provide education, advocacy, support, and 
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prevention services pertaining to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. 

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(Source: P.A. 86-832; 86-884; 86-1028.)