Bill Text: IL HB1553 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the application of the Civil Practice Law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1553 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB1553-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB1553 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
750 ILCS 5/105 from Ch. 40, par. 105
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the application of the Civil Practice Law.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 105 as follows:
(750 ILCS 5/105) (from Ch. 40, par. 105)
Sec. 105. Application of Civil Practice Law.)
(a) The The provisions of the Civil Practice Law shall
apply to all proceedings under this Act, except as otherwise
provided in this Act.
(b) A proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal
separation or declaration of invalidity of marriage shall be
entitled "In re the Marriage of ... and ...". A parental
responsibility allocation or support proceeding shall be
entitled "In re the (Parental Responsibility) (Support) of
...".
(c) The initial pleading in all proceedings under this Act
shall be denominated a petition. A responsive pleading shall be
denominated a response. If new matter by way of defense is
pleaded in the response, a reply may be filed by the
petitioner, but the failure to reply is not an admission of the
legal sufficiency of the new matter. All other pleadings under
this Act shall be denominated as provided in the Civil Practice

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Law.
(d) As used in this Section, "pleadings" includes any
petition or motion filed in the dissolution of marriage case
which, if independently filed, would constitute a separate
cause of action, including, but not limited to, actions for
declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, and orders of
protection. Actions under this subsection are subject to
motions filed pursuant to Sections 2-615 and 2-619 of the Code
of Civil Procedure.
(Source: P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)