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90_HB1612sam002

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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1612
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1612,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    by replacing the title with the following:
 4        "AN  ACT  in relation to marital property, amending named
 5    Acts."; and
 6    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 7    following:
 8        "Section  10.   The  Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
 9    Marriage Act is amended by changing Sections 452 as follows:
10        (750 ILCS 5/452)
11        Sec.  452.  Petition.   The  parties  to  a   dissolution
12    proceeding   may   file   a  joint  petition  for  simplified
13    dissolution  if  they  certify  that  all  of  the  following
14    conditions exist when the proceeding is commenced:
15             (a)  Neither party is dependent on the  other  party
16        for  support  or each party is willing to waive the right
17        to support; and the parties understand that  consultation
18        with  attorneys  may  help them determine eligibility for
19        spousal support.
20             (b)  Either party has met the residency  requirement
21        of Section 401 of this Act.
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 1             (c)  Irreconcilable   differences  have  caused  the
 2        irretrievable breakdown of the marriage and  the  parties
 3        have  been  separated  6  months  or  more and efforts at
 4        reconciliation  have  failed  or   future   attempts   at
 5        reconciliation would be impracticable and not in the best
 6        interests of the family.
 7             (d)  No  children  were  born of the relationship of
 8        the  parties  or  adopted  by  the  parties  during   the
 9        marriage, and the wife, to her knowledge, is not pregnant
10        by the husband.
11             (e)  The  duration of the marriage does not exceed 8
12         5  years.
13             (f)  Neither  party  has  any   interest   in   real
14        property.
15             (g)  The parties waive any rights to maintenance.
16             (h)  The  total  fair  market  value  of all marital
17        property, after deducting all encumbrances, is less  than
18        $10,000,  $5,000 and the combined gross annualized income
19        from all sources is less than $35,000, and neither  party
20        has  a gross annualized income from all sources in excess
21        of $20,000 $25,000.
22             (i)  The parties have disclosed to  each  other  all
23        assets  and  their  tax  returns  for  all  years  of the
24        marriage.
25             (j)  The parties have executed a  written  agreement
26        dividing  all  assets  in  excess  of  $100  in value and
27        allocating  responsibility  for  debts  and   liabilities
28        between the parties.
29    (Source: P.A. 88-39.)".

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