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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4894 Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 750 ILCS 5/404.1 | from Ch. 40, par. 404.1 |
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Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Makes a
technical
change in a Section regarding educational programs concerning the effect of
dissolution of marriage on children.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB4894 | | LRB099 17823 HEP 42185 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, |
| 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 changing Section 404.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (750 ILCS 5/404.1) (from Ch. 40, par. 404.1)
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| 7 | | Sec. 404.1.
(a) In an action for dissolution of marriage |
| 8 | | involving
minor children, or in a post-judgment proceeding |
| 9 | | involving minor children,
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the court may on its own motion |
| 10 | | order the parties, excluding the minor
children, to attend an |
| 11 | | educational program concerning the effects of
dissolution of |
| 12 | | marriage on the children, if the court finds that it would
be |
| 13 | | in the best interests of the minor children. The program may be |
| 14 | | divided
into sessions, which in the aggregate shall not exceed |
| 15 | | 4 hours in duration.
The program shall be educational in nature |
| 16 | | and not designed for individual
therapy. |
| 17 | | (b) The facts adduced at any educational session resulting |
| 18 | | from a
referral under this Section shall not be considered in |
| 19 | | the adjudication of
a pending or subsequent action, nor shall |
| 20 | | any report resulting from such
educational session become part |
| 21 | | of the record of the case unless the
parties have stipulated in |
| 22 | | writing to the contrary.
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| 23 | | (c) The fees or costs of educational sessions under this |