Illinois Compiled Statutes 750 Families: Article -

• Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. - 750 ILCS 75, Section 1
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. (Source: P.A. 96-1513, eff. 6-1-11.)
• Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. - 750 ILCS 75, Section 5
  Purposes; rules of construction. This Act shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes, which are to provide adequate procedures for the...
• Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. - 750 ILCS 75, Section 10
  Definitions. As used in this Act: "Certificate" means a document that certifies that the persons named on the certificate have established a civil union in...
• Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. - 750 ILCS 75, Section 15
  Religious freedom. Nothing in this Act shall interfere with or regulate the religious practice of any religious body. Any religious body, Indian Nation or Tribe...
• Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. - 750 ILCS 75, Section 20
  Protections, obligations, and responsibilities. A party to a civil union is entitled to the same legal obligations, responsibilities, protections, and benefits as are afforded or...
• Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. - 750 ILCS 75, Section 25
  Prohibited civil unions. The following civil unions are prohibited: (1) a civil union entered into prior to both parties attaining 18 years of age; (2)...
• Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. - 750 ILCS 75, Section 30
  Application, license, and certification. (a) The Director of Public Health shall prescribe the form for an application, license, and certificate for a civil union. (b)...
• Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. - 750 ILCS 75, Section 35
  Duties of the county clerk. (a) Before issuing a civil union license to a person who resides and intends to continue to reside in another...
• Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. - 750 ILCS 75, Section 40
  Certification. A civil union may be certified: by a judge of a court of record; by a retired judge of a court of record, unless...
• Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. - 750 ILCS 75, Section 45
  Dissolution; declaration of invalidity. Any person who enters into a civil union in Illinois consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of Illinois for the...
• Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. - 750 ILCS 75, Section 50
  Application of the Civil Practice Law. The provisions of the Civil Practice Law shall apply to all proceedings under this Act, except as otherwise provided...
• Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. - 750 ILCS 75, Section 55
  Venue. The proceedings shall be had in the county where the petitioner or respondent resides or where the parties' certificate of civil union was issued,...
• Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. - 750 ILCS 75, Section 60
  Respect for marriages and civil unions entered into in other jurisdictions. A civil union, or a substantially similar legal relationship other than common law marriage,...
• Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. - 750 ILCS 75, Section 65
  Voluntary conversion of civil union to marriage. (a) Parties to a civil union may apply for and receive a marriage license and have the marriage...
• Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. - 750 ILCS 75, Section 90
  Severability. If any part of this Act or its application to any person or circumstance is adjudged invalid, the adjudication or application shall not affect...

Last modified: February 18, 2015