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705 ILCS 130/10

(705 ILCS 130/10)

Sec. 10.

Definitions.

As used in this Act:

"Domestic relations legal charity" means a not-for-profit organization which
is exempt from the payment of federal income tax pursuant to Section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and which is organized to provide legal
representation at no charge to indigent litigants in domestic relations matters
in the county in which the funds have been raised and are
to be distributed under this Act.

"Litigant" means an individual, not a business entity, who is actively
involved in a pending lawsuit involving a domestic relations matter or is about
to file a new lawsuit involving a domestic relations matter in the county in
which the funds provided in this Act have been raised and are to be
distributed.

"Domestic relations matter" means any civil lawsuit involving dissolution of
marriage, legal separation, declaration of invalidity of marriage, child
custody,
child visitation, child support, paternity, orders of protection, or
children's rights issues.

(Source: P.A. 89-56, eff. 1-1-96.)