Illinois Compiled Statutes 750 Families: Article -
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 0.01
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Rights of Married Persons Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324; 87-286.)
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 1
Rights to sue and be sued. A married person may, in all cases, sue and be sued without joining his or her spouse as...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 2
Defending in own right or for other. If husband and wife are sued together, either may defend for his or her own right and,...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 3
When the husband has deserted his family, the wife may prosecute or defend, in his name, any action which he might have prosecuted or...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 4
Recovery of damages. For all civil injuries committed by a married person, damages may be recovered from that person alone, and his or her...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 5
Neither husband or wife shall be liable for the debts or liabilities of the other incurred before marriage, and (except as herein otherwise provided)...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 6
Contracts. Contracts may be made and liabilities incurred by any married person and may be enforced against that person to the same extent and...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 7
Earnings. A married person may receive, use, and possess his or her own earnings and sue for those earnings in his or her own...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 9
Property. A married person may own in his or her own right real and personal property obtained by descent, gift, or purchase and may...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 10
Should either the husband or wife unlawfully obtain or retain possession or control of property belonging to the other, either before or after marriage,...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 11
In case the husband or wife abandons the other and leaves the state, and is absent therefrom for one year, without providing for the...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 12
All contracts, sales or incumbrances made by either the husband or wife, by virtue of the power contemplated in the preceding section, shall be...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 13
The husband or wife affected by the proceedings contemplated in the 2 preceding sections may have the order or judgment of the court set...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 14
A husband or wife may constitute the other his or her attorney in fact, to control and dispose of his or her property for...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 15
(a)(1) The expenses of the family and of the education of the children shall be chargeable upon the property of both husband and wife,...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 16
Neither the husband nor wife can remove the other or their children from their homestead without the consent of the other, unless the owner...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 17
When the husband or wife is under legal disability and therefore incapable of executing a deed or mortgage, and relinquishing or conveying his or...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 18
The petition shall be verified by the oath of the petitioner, and shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 19
If the court is satisfied upon the hearing that the petition was made in good faith, and the prayer thereof ought to be granted,...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 20
The court shall require of the petitioner, at the time and as one of the conditions of entering the judgment, such security for the...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 21
All deeds or mortgages authorized by and executed under the order of any court, made as hereinbefore provided, shall be valid and shall convey...
- Illinois Rights of Married Persons Act. - 750 ILCS 65, Section 22
Nothing in this Act abolishes or prevents the creation and enjoyment of the estate of tenancy by the entirety with respect to any devise,...
Last modified: February 18, 2015