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State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB1744 Introduced , by Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 750 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 40, par. 203750 ILCS 5/301 from Ch. 40, par. 301750 ILCS 5/302 from Ch. 40, par. 302750 ILCS 5/208 rep. Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Requires proof that each party to the marriage has attained the age of 18 years in order to obtain a license to marry and a marriage certificate from the county clerk. Deletes language allowing proof that each party to the marriage will have attained the age of 18 years at the time the marriage license is effective or will have attained the age of 16 years and has either the consent to the marriage of both parents or his guardian or judicial approval. Makes corresponding changes. Repeals a provision regarding judicial approval of underage marriages. Effective immediately, except that specified provisions take effect 2 years after the amendatory Act becomes law. LRB104 03545 JRC 13568 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB1744 Introduced , by Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 750 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 40, par. 203750 ILCS 5/301 from Ch. 40, par. 301750 ILCS 5/302 from Ch. 40, par. 302750 ILCS 5/208 rep. 750 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 40, par. 203 750 ILCS 5/301 from Ch. 40, par. 301 750 ILCS 5/302 from Ch. 40, par. 302 750 ILCS 5/208 rep. Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Requires proof that each party to the marriage has attained the age of 18 years in order to obtain a license to marry and a marriage certificate from the county clerk. Deletes language allowing proof that each party to the marriage will have attained the age of 18 years at the time the marriage license is effective or will have attained the age of 16 years and has either the consent to the marriage of both parents or his guardian or judicial approval. Makes corresponding changes. Repeals a provision regarding judicial approval of underage marriages. Effective immediately, except that specified provisions take effect 2 years after the amendatory Act becomes law. LRB104 03545 JRC 13568 b LRB104 03545 JRC 13568 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB1744 Introduced , by Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
750 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 40, par. 203750 ILCS 5/301 from Ch. 40, par. 301750 ILCS 5/302 from Ch. 40, par. 302750 ILCS 5/208 rep. 750 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 40, par. 203 750 ILCS 5/301 from Ch. 40, par. 301 750 ILCS 5/302 from Ch. 40, par. 302 750 ILCS 5/208 rep.
750 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 40, par. 203
750 ILCS 5/301 from Ch. 40, par. 301
750 ILCS 5/302 from Ch. 40, par. 302
750 ILCS 5/208 rep.
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Requires proof that each party to the marriage has attained the age of 18 years in order to obtain a license to marry and a marriage certificate from the county clerk. Deletes language allowing proof that each party to the marriage will have attained the age of 18 years at the time the marriage license is effective or will have attained the age of 16 years and has either the consent to the marriage of both parents or his guardian or judicial approval. Makes corresponding changes. Repeals a provision regarding judicial approval of underage marriages. Effective immediately, except that specified provisions take effect 2 years after the amendatory Act becomes law.
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1 AN ACT concerning civil 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 203 as follows:
6 (750 ILCS 5/203) (from Ch. 40, par. 203)
7 Sec. 203. License to Marry. When a marriage application
8 has been completed and signed by both parties to a prospective
9 marriage and both parties have appeared before the county
10 clerk and the marriage license fee has been paid, the county
11 clerk shall issue a license to marry and a marriage
12 certificate form upon being furnished:
13 (1) satisfactory proof that each party to the marriage
14 has will have attained the age of 18 years at the time the
15 marriage license is effective or will have attained the
16 age of 16 years and has either the consent to the marriage
17 of both parents or his guardian or judicial approval;
18 provided, if one parent cannot be located in order to
19 obtain such consent and diligent efforts have been made to
20 locate that parent by the consenting parent, then the
21 consent of one parent plus a signed affidavit by the
22 consenting parent which (i) names the absent parent and
23 states that he or she cannot be located, and (ii) states
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB1744 Introduced , by Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
750 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 40, par. 203750 ILCS 5/301 from Ch. 40, par. 301750 ILCS 5/302 from Ch. 40, par. 302750 ILCS 5/208 rep. 750 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 40, par. 203 750 ILCS 5/301 from Ch. 40, par. 301 750 ILCS 5/302 from Ch. 40, par. 302 750 ILCS 5/208 rep.
750 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 40, par. 203
750 ILCS 5/301 from Ch. 40, par. 301
750 ILCS 5/302 from Ch. 40, par. 302
750 ILCS 5/208 rep.
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Requires proof that each party to the marriage has attained the age of 18 years in order to obtain a license to marry and a marriage certificate from the county clerk. Deletes language allowing proof that each party to the marriage will have attained the age of 18 years at the time the marriage license is effective or will have attained the age of 16 years and has either the consent to the marriage of both parents or his guardian or judicial approval. Makes corresponding changes. Repeals a provision regarding judicial approval of underage marriages. Effective immediately, except that specified provisions take effect 2 years after the amendatory Act becomes law.
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750 ILCS 5/203 from Ch. 40, par. 203
750 ILCS 5/301 from Ch. 40, par. 301
750 ILCS 5/302 from Ch. 40, par. 302
750 ILCS 5/208 rep.
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1 what diligent efforts have been made to locate the absent
2 parent, shall have the effect of both parents' consent for
3 purposes of this Section;
4 (2) satisfactory proof that the marriage is not
5 prohibited; and
6 (3) an affidavit or record as prescribed in
7 subparagraph (1) of Section 205 or a court order as
8 prescribed in subparagraph (2) of Section 205, if
9 applicable.
10 With each marriage license, the county clerk shall provide
11 a pamphlet describing the causes and effects of fetal alcohol
12 syndrome. At least annually, the county board shall submit to
13 the Illinois Department of Public Health a report as to the
14 county clerk's compliance with the requirement that the county
15 clerk provide a pamphlet with each marriage license. All
16 funding and production costs for the aforementioned
17 educational pamphlets for distribution to each county clerk
18 shall be provided by non-profit, non-sectarian statewide
19 programs that provide education, advocacy, support, and
20 prevention services pertaining to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
21 (Source: P.A. 96-1323, eff. 1-1-11.)
22 Section 10. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
23 Marriage Act is amended by changing Sections 301 and 302 as
24 follows:
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1 (750 ILCS 5/301) (from Ch. 40, par. 301)
2 Sec. 301. Declaration of invalidity; grounds. Invalidity -
3 Grounds.) The court shall enter its judgment declaring the
4 invalidity of a marriage (formerly known as annulment) entered
5 into under the following circumstances:
6 (1) a party lacked capacity to consent to the marriage
7 at the time the marriage was solemnized, either because of
8 mental incapacity or infirmity or because of the influence
9 of alcohol, drugs or other incapacitating substances, or a
10 party was induced to enter into a marriage by force or
11 duress or by fraud involving the essentials of marriage;
12 (2) a party lacks the physical capacity to consummate
13 the marriage by sexual intercourse and at the time the
14 marriage was solemnized the other party did not know of
15 the incapacity;
16 (3) (blank) a party was aged 16 or 17 years and did not
17 have the consent of his parents or guardian or judicial
18 approval; or
19 (4) the marriage is prohibited.
20 (Source: P.A. 80-923.)
21 (750 ILCS 5/302) (from Ch. 40, par. 302)
22 Sec. 302. Time of Commencement.)
23 (a) A declaration of invalidity under paragraph paragraphs
24 (1) or (2) through (3) of Section 301 may be sought by any of
25 the following persons and must be commenced within the times
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1 specified:
2 (1) for any of the reasons set forth in paragraph (1)
3 of Section 301, by either party or by the legal
4 representative of the party who lacked capacity to
5 consent, no later than 90 days after the petitioner
6 obtained knowledge of the described condition;
7 (2) for the reason set forth in paragraph (2) of
8 Section 301, by either party, no later than one year after
9 the petitioner obtained knowledge of the described
10 condition;
11 (3) (blank) for the reason set forth in paragraph (3)
12 of Section 301, by the underaged party, his parent or
13 guardian, prior to the time the underaged party reaches
14 the age at which he could have married without needing to
15 satisfy the omitted requirement.
16 (b) In no event may a declaration of invalidity of
17 marriage be sought after the death of either party to the
18 marriage under paragraph subsections (1) or , (2) and (3) of
19 Section 301.
20 (c) A declaration of invalidity for the reason set forth
21 in paragraph (4) of Section 301 may be sought by either party,
22 the legal spouse in case of a bigamous marriage, the State's
23 Attorney or a child of either party, at any time not to exceed
24 3 years following the death of the first party to die.
25 (Source: P.A. 80-923.)
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1 (750 ILCS 5/208 rep.)
2 Section 15. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
3 Marriage Act is amended by repealing Section 208.
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