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90_SB1058
750 ILCS 5/513 from Ch. 40, par. 513
Amends provisions of the Illinois Marriage and
Dissolution of Marriage Act. Makes a technical and stylistic
change in a section relating to the court ordered provision
of college and training expenses for non-minor children.
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1 AN ACT concerning family law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
5 Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 513 as follows:
6 (750 ILCS 5/513) (from Ch. 40, par. 513)
7 Sec. 513. Support for Non-minor Children and Educational
8 Expenses.
9 (a) The court may award sums of money out of the
10 property and income of either or both parties or the estate
11 of a deceased parent, as equity may require, for the support
12 of the child or children of the parties who have attained
13 majority in the following instances:
14 (1) When the child is mentally or physically
15 disabled and not otherwise emancipated, an application
16 for support may be made before or after the child has
17 attained majority.
18 (2) The court may also make provision for the
19 educational expenses of the a child or children of the
20 parties, whether of minor or majority age, and an
21 application for educational expenses may be made before
22 or after the child has attained majority, or after the
23 death of either parent. The authority under this Section
24 to make provision for educational expenses extends not
25 only to periods of college education or professional or
26 other training after graduation from high school, but
27 also to any period during which the child of the parties
28 is still attending high school, even though he or she
29 attained the age of 18. The educational expenses may
30 include, but shall not be limited to, room, board, dues,
31 tuition, transportation, books, fees, registration and
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1 application costs, medical expenses including medical
2 insurance, dental expenses, and living expenses during
3 the school year and periods of recess, which sums may be
4 ordered payable to the child, to either parent, or to the
5 educational institution, directly or through a special
6 account or trust created for that purpose, as the court
7 sees fit.
8 (b) In making awards under paragraph (1) or (2) of
9 subsection (a), the court shall consider all relevant factors
10 that appear reasonable and necessary, including:
11 (1) The financial resources of both parents.
12 (2) The standard of living the child would have
13 enjoyed had the marriage not been dissolved.
14 (3) The financial resources of the child.
15 (Source: P.A. 86-637; 87-910.)