SB2321 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB2321

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

750 ILCS 5/221 new

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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act is amended by adding Section 221 as follows:

(750 ILCS 5/221 new)

Sec. 221. Name change on marriage certificate.

(a) 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 that one of the parties listed on the certificate has legally changed names. An order for name change issued pursuant to Section 21-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall be the only legal documentation that a county clerk may require. The new marriage certificate shall reflect the legal name change and shall bear no additional markings.

(b) If a new marriage certificate is issued pursuant to subsection (a), the original marriage 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.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.