98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1444

 

Introduced 2/6/2013, by Sen. Mattie Hunter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
750 ILCS 5/502  from Ch. 40, par. 502

    Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that parties to a dissolution proceeding may enter into a written (instead of "written or oral") agreement containing provisions for disposition of any property, maintenance, and support, custody, and visitation of children. Provides that the agreement shall be signed by both parties.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
5Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 502 as follows:
 
6    (750 ILCS 5/502)  (from Ch. 40, par. 502)
7    Sec. 502. Agreement. (a) To promote amicable settlement of
8disputes between parties to a marriage attendant upon the
9dissolution of their marriage, the parties may enter into a
10written or oral agreement containing provisions for
11disposition of any property owned by either of them,
12maintenance of either of them and support, custody and
13visitation of their children. An agreement under this Section
14shall be signed by both parties.
15    (b) The terms of the agreement, except those providing for
16the support, custody and visitation of children, are binding
17upon the court unless it finds, after considering the economic
18circumstances of the parties and any other relevant evidence
19produced by the parties, on their own motion or on request of
20the court, that the agreement is unconscionable.
21    (c) If the court finds the agreement unconscionable, it may
22request the parties to submit a revised agreement or upon
23hearing, may make orders for the disposition of property,

 

 

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1maintenance, child support and other matters.
2    (d) Unless the agreement provides to the contrary, its
3terms shall be set forth in the judgment, and the parties shall
4be ordered to perform under such terms, or if the agreement
5provides that its terms shall not be set forth in the judgment,
6the judgment shall identify the agreement and state that the
7court has approved its terms.
8    (e) Terms of the agreement set forth in the judgment are
9enforceable by all remedies available for enforcement of a
10judgment, including contempt, and are enforceable as contract
11terms.
12    (f) Except for terms concerning the support, custody or
13visitation of children, the judgment may expressly preclude or
14limit modification of terms set forth in the judgment if the
15agreement so provides. Otherwise, terms of an agreement set
16forth in the judgment are automatically modified by
17modification of the judgment.
18(Source: P.A. 83-216.)