Abstract
Following significant legislative changes to the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (“IMDMA”) in 2016, and subsequent changes to the IMDMA’s child support and maintenance portions in 2017 and 2019, respectively, 2019 to 2021 saw several legislative “clean-up” bills, and multiple new case law trends arising from applying these changes.
This Survey Article is an update to the 2017-2018 Survey of Family Law, and again seeks to assist family law practitioners and judges keep abreast of the most significant recent legislative changes and case law related to family law. These legislative changes are summarized in Section II, followed by summaries of select family law-related cases from 2019 to 2021 in Section III. This Article selectively reviews statutes and cases that highlight several of the current legislative and case law trends during this time period.
Recommended Citation
Stephanie L. Tang,
2019-2021 Survey of Illinois Law: Family Law,
46
S. Ill. U. L.J.
631
(2022).
Available at:
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/siulj/vol46/iss4/3