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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution  of
 2    Marriage Act by changing Sections 202 and 203.

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

 5        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of
 6    Marriage  Act  is amended by changing Sections 202 and 203 as
 7    follows:

 8        (750 ILCS 5/202) (from Ch. 40, par. 202)
 9        Sec. 202.  Marriage License and Marriage Certificate.)
10        (a)  The Director of Public Health  shall  prescribe  the
11    form  for  an application for a marriage license, which shall
12    include the following information:
13             (1)  name, sex, occupation, address, social security
14        number, date and place of birth  of  each  party  to  the
15        proposed marriage;
16             (2)  if  either  party  was  previously married, his
17        name, and the date, place and court in which the marriage
18        was dissolved or declared invalid or the date  and  place
19        of death of the former spouse;
20             (3)  name  and address of the parents or guardian of
21        each party; and
22             (4)  whether the parties are related to  each  other
23        and, if so, their relationship; and.
24             (5)  whether  or  not  the parties have received the
25        minimum pre-marital education (or that  the  parties  are
26        exempt from the pre-marital  education requirement).
27        (b)  The  Director  of  Public Health shall prescribe the
28    forms for the marriage license, the marriage certificate, the
29    affidavit  as  to  completion  of  the  minimum   pre-marital
30    education, and, when necessary, the consent to marriage.
31    (Source: P.A. 80-923.)

 
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 1        (750 ILCS 5/203) (from Ch. 40, par. 203)
 2        Sec. 203.  License to Marry.
 3        (a)  When  a  marriage application has been completed and
 4    signed by both parties to a  prospective  marriage  and  both
 5    parties  have  appeared  before  the  county  clerk  and  the
 6    marriage  license  fee  has been paid, the county clerk shall
 7    issue a license to marry and a marriage certificate form upon
 8    being furnished:
 9             (1)  satisfactory  proof  that  each  party  to  the
10        marriage will have attained the age of 18  years  at  the
11        time  the  marriage  license  is  effective  or will have
12        attained the age of 16 years and has either  the  consent
13        to  the  marriage  of  both  parents  or  his guardian or
14        judicial approval; provided,  if  one  parent  cannot  be
15        located  in  order  to  obtain  such consent and diligent
16        efforts have been made  to  locate  that  parent  by  the
17        consenting  parent, then the consent of one parent plus a
18        signed affidavit by the consenting parent which (i) names
19        the absent parent and states that he  or  she  cannot  be
20        located,  and (ii) states what diligent efforts have been
21        made to locate the absent parent, shall have  the  effect
22        of both parents' consent for purposes of this Section;
23             (2)  satisfactory  proof  that  the  marriage is not
24        prohibited; and
25             (3)  an  affidavit  or  record  as   prescribed   in
26        subparagraph  (1)  of  Section  205  or  a court order as
27        prescribed  in  subparagraph  (2)  of  Section  205,   if
28        applicable.
29        (b)  The  General  Assembly  finds that Illinois has long
30    made  a  commitment  to  strengthening  and  preserving   the
31    integrity of marriage, safeguarding family relationships, and
32    fostering  a  lifelong  commitment of married couples who are
33    married  as  authorized  under  the  Illinois  Marriage   and
34    Dissolution of Marriage Act, that the fundamental unit of the
 
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 1    family  is the marital relationship between a man and a woman
 2    licensed,  solemnized,  and  registered  and  not   otherwise
 3    prohibited   in   this   Act,  and  that  strengthening  that
 4    relationship can in turn benefit the  families  of  Illinois,
 5    their children, and their communities. This amendatory Act of
 6    the  92nd  General  Assembly,  therefore,  is  an  effort  to
 7    encourage the learning and application of relationship skills
 8    by engaged couples so that their marriage can be stronger.
 9        If  the  parties  to a prospective marriage submit to the
10    county clerk a pre-marital education  affidavit  executed  in
11    accordance  with  this  subsection  (b)  and the parties have
12    complied with the applicable requirements of subsection  (a),
13    the  county  clerk  shall  issue  a  license to marry without
14    delay. If the  parties  have  complied  with  the  applicable
15    requirements   of   subsection   (a)  but  do  not  submit  a
16    pre-marital education affidavit executed in  accordance  with
17    this  subsection  (b), the county clerk shall issue a license
18    to marry 60 days after the date an application for a marriage
19    license is  submitted;  however,  if  the  parties  submit  a
20    pre-marital  education  affidavit  issued  in accordance with
21    this subsection (b) during that  60-day  period,  the  county
22    clerk  shall  then  issue  a license to marry without further
23    delay.
24        The parties to a prospective  marriage  shall  execute  a
25    pre-marital   education   affidavit  after  they  complete  a
26    pre-marital education program consisting of a  minimum  of  4
27    hours  focusing generally on relationship skills; there shall
28    be no State-prescribed curriculum. The pre-marital  education
29    program   shall   be   conducted   by   a  behavioral  health
30    professional or a designated representative  of  a  religious
31    institution.  The pre-marital education affidavit shall state
32    that the parties to a prospective marriage have completed the
33    pre-marital education program requirements of this subsection
34    (b). If both of the parties to  a  prospective  marriage  are
 
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 1    under  18 years of age and unemancipated, one parent or legal
 2    guardian of each party shall  also  execute  the  pre-marital
 3    education  affidavit.  If one of the parties to a prospective
 4    marriage is under 18 years  of  age  and  unemancipated,  one
 5    parent  or  legal guardian of the party who is under 18 years
 6    of  age  shall  also  execute   the   pre-marital   education
 7    affidavit.  Pre-marital  education  programs for minors shall
 8    include counseling on minors and  marriage  and  on  extended
 9    family  roles.  Each  pre-marital  education program provider
10    shall establish a  sliding  fee  schedule  that  accommodates
11    families   of  various  financial  means  and  shall  provide
12    services on a pro bono basis where appropriate.  As  used  in
13    this subsection (b), "behavioral health professional" means a
14    person licensed as a clinical psychologist under the Clinical
15    Psychologist  Licensing  Act,  licensed as a social worker or
16    clinical social worker under the  Clinical  Social  Work  and
17    Social  Work  Practice Act, licensed as a marriage and family
18    therapist under the Marriage and Family  Therapist  Licensing
19    Act,  licensed  as a physician under the Medical Practice Act
20    of  1987  and  practicing  psychiatry,  or  licensed   as   a
21    professional  counselor  or  clinical  professional counselor
22    under the Professional Counselor  and  Clinical  Professional
23    Counselor Licensing Act.
24        If the parties have not completed a pre-marital education
25    program   but   one  of  the  parties  is  suffering  from  a
26    catastrophic illness or there is a late-stage pregnancy,  the
27    parties  may  so  indicate  in their affidavit and submit the
28    affidavit to the county clerk.  If the parties submit such an
29    affidavit and the parties have complied with  the  applicable
30    requirements  of subsection (a), the county clerk shall issue
31    a license to marry without delay.
32        If both of the parties are at least 55 years of age:
33             (i)  the requirements of this subsection (b) do  not
34        apply to them; and
 
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 1             (ii)  the  county  clerk  shall  issue  a license to
 2        marry without  delay  if  they  have  complied  with  the
 3        applicable requirements of subsection (a).
 4        (c)  With  each  marriage license, the county clerk shall
 5    provide a pamphlet describing the causes and effects of fetal
 6    alcohol syndrome.
 7    (Source: P.A. 86-832; 86-884; 86-1028.)

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