Illinois House Bill 5752 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-11 - Referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that in determining whether a maintenance award is appropriate, the court shall consider any history or pattern of family violence. Deletes language providing that: (i) the amount of maintenance awarded under certain circumstances shall be calculated by taking 30% of the payor's gross income minus 20% of the payee's gross income; and (ii) the amount calculated as maintenance when added to the gross income of the payee may not result in the payee receiving an amount that is in excess of 40% of the combined gross income of the parties. Provides that when there is no child support obligation between the parties, the amount of maintenance shall be calculated by taking 30% of the payor's gross income minus 40% of the payee's gross income. Provides that when there is a child support obligation between the parties, the amount of maintenance shall be calculated by taking 28% of the payor's gross income minus 48% of the payee's gross income.

MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS; VIOLENCE

Rep. David Leitch [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-11	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2016-02-11	House	First Reading
2016-02-10	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. David R. Leitch

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
750	5	504	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5752&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB5752.htm