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Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act - 750 ILCS 5, Section 453

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Procedure; Judgment. The parties shall use the forms provided by the circuit court clerk, and the clerk shall submit the petition to the court. The court shall expeditiously consider the cause. Both parties shall appear in person before the court and, if the court so directs, testify. The court, after examination of the petition and the parties and finding the agreement of the parties not unconscionable, shall enter a judgment granting the dissolution if the requirements of this Part IV-A have been met and the parties have submitted the affidavit required under Section 454. No transcript of proceedings shall be required.

(Source: P.A. 88-39.)

Last modified: April 7, 2006