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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It has been more than 30 years since the enactment | ||||||
| 3 | of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, American society and law have undergone | ||||||
| 5 | significant and numerous changes particularly affecting | ||||||
| 6 | families and family law; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The General Assembly has dealt with these changes | ||||||
| 8 | only by amending individual sections of the Act without regard | ||||||
| 9 | to the overall statutory scheme of the Act; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, It is time for a thorough and comprehensive review | ||||||
| 11 | of the Act to improve and update it in the context of these | ||||||
| 12 | changes in the last 30 years; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 15 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Illinois Family-Law Study | ||||||
| 16 | Committee is created to study and recommend how the Illinois | ||||||
| 17 | Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act should be amended to | ||||||
| 18 | improve and update it; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That the Committee shall consist of the following | ||||||
| 20 | members: | ||||||
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| 1 | (1) Two members appointed by the Governor; | ||||||
| 2 | (2) One member appointed by the President of the | ||||||
| 3 | Senate; | ||||||
| 4 | (3) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 5 | Senate; | ||||||
| 6 | (4) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
| 7 | Representatives; | ||||||
| 8 | (5) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 9 | House Representatives; | ||||||
| 10 | (6) One member appointed by the President of the | ||||||
| 11 | Illinois State Bar Association; | ||||||
| 12 | (7) One member appointed by the President of the | ||||||
| 13 | Chicago Bar Association; | ||||||
| 14 | (8) One member appointed by the Supreme Court of | ||||||
| 15 | Illinois; | ||||||
| 16 | (9) One member appointed by the Illinois Coalition | ||||||
| 17 | Against Domestic Violence; | ||||||
| 18 | (10) One member appointed by the President of the | ||||||
| 19 | Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial | ||||||
| 20 | Lawyers;
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| 21 | (11) The Chair of the Illinois Child Support Advisory | ||||||
| 22 | Committee; | ||||||
| 23 | (12) One member appointed by the President of the Equal | ||||||
| 24 | Justice Foundation who should have experience with | ||||||
| 25 | providing pro bono or legal-aid services to less affluent | ||||||
| 26 | litigants; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That the Committee should seek voluntary | ||||||
| 2 | assistance from education, legal, civic, and professional | ||||||
| 3 | organizations and institutions in its review; and be it further | ||||||
| 4 | RESOLVED, That the members of the Committee shall serve | ||||||
| 5 | without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses | ||||||
| 6 | incurred while serving on this Committee from funds | ||||||
| 7 | appropriated to the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
| 8 | Services' budget for that purpose; and be it further | ||||||
| 9 | RESOLVED, That the Committee shall submit its final report | ||||||
| 10 | to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before July 1, | ||||||
| 11 | 2009.
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