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735 ILCS 5/Art. XVI

 
    (735 ILCS 5/Art. XVI heading)
ARTICLE XVI
NE EXEAT

735 ILCS 5/16-101

    (735 ILCS 5/16-101) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-101)
    Sec. 16-101. Availability of remedy. Relief by ne exeat republica may be granted, in cases where the debt or claim is not actually due, but exists fairly and bona fide in expectancy at the time of making application, and in cases where the claim is due; and it is not necessary, to authorize the granting of such relief by ne exeat, that the applicant show that his or her debt or claim is purely of an equitable character.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/16-102

    (735 ILCS 5/16-102) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-102)
    Sec. 16-102. In favor of co-obligors or co-debtors. In case of joint, or joint and several obligors or debtors, if one or more of them is about to remove outside of the jurisdictional limits of this State, taking their property with them, leaving one or more co-obligors or co-debtors bound with them for the payment of any sum of money, or for the delivery of any article of property, or for the conveyance of land at a certain time, which time has not arrived at the time of such intended removal, such co-obligor or co-debtor who remains is entitled, upon application, to relief by ne exeat, to compel the co-obligor or co-debtor who is about to remove to secure the payment of his or her part of the sum to be paid, or of the delivery of the property, or to convey, or to join in the conveyance of the land. In cases of security, the relief by ne exeat may be granted, on application of a security, against the principal or co-security, when the obligation or debt is not yet due, and the principal or co-security is about removing out of the State.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/16-103

    (735 ILCS 5/16-103) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-103)
    Sec. 16-103. Venue. Where ne exeat proceedings are ancillary to any other action or proceeding, the venue shall be the same as that of the main action or proceeding.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/16-104

    (735 ILCS 5/16-104) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-104)
    Sec. 16-104. Complaint or petition - Bond. No relief by ne exeat shall be granted but upon complaint or petition filed, and affidavit to the truth of the allegation therein contained. Upon the granting of such relief the court shall enter an order stating in what penalty bond and security shall be required of the defendant or respondent. The court shall also require the plaintiff or petitioner, before a certified copy of the ne exeat order is issued by the clerk, bond with good and sufficient surety, in such sum as the court shall deem proper, conditioned that the plaintiff or petitioner will prosecute the complaint or petition with effect, and will reimburse to the defendant or respondent such damages and costs as shall be wrongfully sustained by occasion of the granting of the relief by ne exeat. If any defendant or respondent to any such relief by ne exeat is damaged, he or she may bring an action on such bond; and, if, on trial, it is determined by the court that such relief by ne exeat was applied for without just cause, the person affected shall recover damages, to be assessed as in other cases on penal bonds.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/16-105

    (735 ILCS 5/16-105) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-105)
    Sec. 16-105. Limited to matters which are germane. No matters not germane to the distinctive purpose of the proceeding shall be introduced by joinder, counterclaim or otherwise.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/16-106

    (735 ILCS 5/16-106) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-106)
    Sec. 16-106. Orders returnable. All orders for ne exeat shall be returnable to the clerk of the court which entered the orders.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/16-107

    (735 ILCS 5/16-107) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-107)
    Sec. 16-107. Service of order - Bond. The order for ne exeat shall require the defendant to file his or her answer or otherwise plead within a time designated in the order, and, upon a certified copy of the order being served upon the defendant he or she shall give bond, with surety in the sum specified in such order, conditioned that he or she will not depart the State without leave of the court, and that he or she will render himself or herself to answer any judgment which the court may enter against him or her; and in default of giving such security, he or she may be committed to a penal institution other than the penitentiary, as in other cases, for the want of bail. No temporary departure from the State shall be considered as a breach of the condition of the bond, if he or she returns before personal appearance is necessary to answer or comply with any judgment or order of the court.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/16-108

    (735 ILCS 5/16-108) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-108)
    Sec. 16-108. Surrender of defendant. The surety in any bond for the defendant may, at any time before the bond is forfeited, surrender the defendant, in exoneration of himself or herself, in the same manner that bail may surrender their principal, and obtain the same discharge.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/16-109

    (735 ILCS 5/16-109) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-109)
    Sec. 16-109. Proceedings after service of order. On the return of the order for ne exeat, if it was duly served, the court shall proceed therein as in other cases where equitable relief is sought, if the time of performance of the duty or obligation of the defendant has expired; if not, then the proceedings shall be stayed until it has expired.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/16-110

    (735 ILCS 5/16-110) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-110)
    Sec. 16-110. Vacating order. Nothing contained in Section 16-109 of this Act shall prevent the court from proceeding at any time to determine whether the order for ne exeat ought not to be vacated.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/16-111

    (735 ILCS 5/16-111) (from Ch. 110, par. 16-111)
    Sec. 16-111. Seeking wrong remedy not fatal. Where relief is sought under Article XVI of this Act and the court determines, on motion directed to the pleadings, or on motion for summary judgment or upon trial, that the plaintiff or petitioner has pleaded or established facts which entitle him or her to relief but that he or she has sought the wrong remedy, the court shall permit the pleadings to be amended, on just and reasonable terms, and the court shall grant the relief to which plaintiff or petitioner is entitled on the amended pleadings or upon the evidence. In considering whether a proposed amendment is just and reasonable, the court shall consider the right of the defendant or respondent to assert additional defenses, to demand a trial by jury, to plead a counterclaim or third party complaint, and to order the plaintiff or petitioner to take additional steps which were not required under the pleadings as previously filed.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/Art. XVII

 
    (735 ILCS 5/Art. XVII heading)
ARTICLE XVII
PARTITION

735 ILCS 5/17-101

    (735 ILCS 5/17-101) (from Ch. 110, par. 17-101)
    Sec. 17-101. Compelling partition. When lands, tenements, or hereditaments are held in joint tenancy or tenancy in common, other than in accordance with the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, or other form of co-ownership and regardless of whether any or all of the claimants are minors or adults, any one or more of the persons interested therein may compel a partition thereof by a verified complaint in the circuit court of the county where the premises or part of the premises are situated. If lands, tenements or hereditaments held in joint tenancy or tenancy in common are situated in 2 or more counties, the venue may be in any one of such counties, and the circuit court of any such county first acquiring jurisdiction shall retain sole and exclusive jurisdiction. Ownership of an interest in the surface of lands, tenements, or hereditaments by a co-owner of an interest in minerals underlying the surface does not prevent partition of the mineral estate. This amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly is a declaration of existing law and is intended to remove any possible conflicts or ambiguities, thereby confirming existing law pertinent to the partition of interests in minerals and applies to all actions for the partition of minerals now pending or filed on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly shall be construed as allowing an owner of a mineral interest in coal to mine and remove the coal by the surface method of mining without first obtaining the consent of all of the owners of the surface to the mining and removal of coal by the surface method of mining. Ownership of an interest in minerals by a co-owner of an interest in the surface does not prevent partition of the surface. The ownership of an interest in some, but not all, of the mineral estate by a co-owner of an interest in other minerals does not prevent the partition of the co-owned mineral estate.
(Source: P.A. 101-520, eff. 8-23-19.)

735 ILCS 5/17-102

    (735 ILCS 5/17-102) (from Ch. 110, par. 17-102)
    Sec. 17-102. Complaint. The verified complaint shall particularly describe the premises sought to be divided, and shall set forth the interests of all parties interested therein, so far as the same are known to the plaintiffs, including tenants for years or for life, and of all persons entitled to the reversion, remainder or inheritance, and of every person who, upon any contingency, may be or become entitled to any beneficial interest in the premises, so far as the same are known to the plaintiffs, and shall ask for the division and partition of the premises according to the respective rights of the parties interested therein, or in accordance with the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act.
(Source: P.A. 101-520, eff. 8-23-19.)

735 ILCS 5/17-103

    (735 ILCS 5/17-103) (from Ch. 110, par. 17-103)
    Sec. 17-103. Parties defendant. Every person having any interest, whether in possession or otherwise, who is not a plaintiff shall be made a defendant in such complaint.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/17-104

    (735 ILCS 5/17-104) (from Ch. 110, par. 17-104)
    Sec. 17-104. Unknown parties. When there are any persons interested in the premises whose names are unknown, or the share or quantity of interest of any of the parties is unknown to the plaintiff, or such share or interest is uncertain or contingent, or the ownership of the inheritance depends upon an executory devise, or the remainder is contingent, so that such parties cannot be named, it shall be so stated in the verified complaint.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/17-105

    (735 ILCS 5/17-105) (from Ch. 110, par. 17-105)
    Sec. 17-105. Judgment. The court shall ascertain and declare the rights, titles and interest of all the parties in such action, the plaintiffs as well as the defendants, and shall enter judgment according to the rights of the parties. After entry of judgment adjudicating the rights, titles, and interests of the parties, the court upon further hearing shall determine whether or not the premises or any part thereof can be divided among the parties without manifest prejudice to the parties in interest. If the court finds that a division can be made, then the court shall enter further judgment fairly and impartially dividing the premises among the parties with or without owelty. If the court finds that the whole or any part of the premises sought to be partitioned cannot be divided without manifest prejudice to the owners thereof and is not governed by the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, then the court shall order the premises not susceptible of division to be sold at public sale in such manner and upon such terms and notice of sale as the court directs. If the court orders the sale of the premises or any part thereof, the court shall fix the value of the premises to be sold. No sale may be approved for less than two-thirds of the total amount of the valuation of the premises to be sold. If it appears to the court that any of the premises will not sell for two-thirds of the amount of the valuation thereof, the court upon further hearing may either revalue the premise and approve the sale or order a new sale.
(Source: P.A. 101-520, eff. 8-23-19.)

735 ILCS 5/17-106

    (735 ILCS 5/17-106) (from Ch. 110, par. 17-106)
    Sec. 17-106. Appointment of commissioner and surveyor. The court in its discretion, sua sponte, or on the motion of any interested party, must appoint a disinterested commissioner who, subject to direction by the court, shall report to the court in writing under oath as to whether or not the premises are subject to division without manifest prejudice to the rights of the parties and, if so, report how the division may be made. The court may authorize the employment of a surveyor to carry out or assist in the division of the premises. The fees and expenses of the commissioner and of the surveyor and the person making the sale shall be taxed as costs in the proceedings.
(Source: P.A. 101-520, eff. 8-23-19.)

735 ILCS 5/17-107

    (735 ILCS 5/17-107) (from Ch. 110, par. 17-107)
    Sec. 17-107. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 82-280. Repealed by P.A. 93-925, eff. 8-12-04.)

735 ILCS 5/17-108

    (735 ILCS 5/17-108) (from Ch. 110, par. 17-108)
    Sec. 17-108. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 82-280. Repealed by P.A. 93-925, eff. 8-12-04.)

735 ILCS 5/17-109

    (735 ILCS 5/17-109) (from Ch. 110, par. 17-109)
    Sec. 17-109. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 83-707. Repealed by P.A. 93-925, eff. 8-12-04.)

735 ILCS 5/17-110

    (735 ILCS 5/17-110) (from Ch. 110, par. 17-110)
    Sec. 17-110. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 82-280. Repealed by P.A. 93-925, eff. 8-12-04.)

735 ILCS 5/17-111

    (735 ILCS 5/17-111) (from Ch. 110, par. 17-111)
    Sec. 17-111. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 82-280. Repealed by P.A. 93-925, eff. 8-12-04.)

735 ILCS 5/17-112

    (735 ILCS 5/17-112) (from Ch. 110, par. 17-112)
    Sec. 17-112. Homestead. If any party to the action is entitled to an estate of homestead in the premises, or any part thereof, and the homestead has not been set off, the homestead may be set off by the court; and if the court so directs, the premises so allotted or set off may be partitioned among the claimants, subject thereto.
(Source: P.A. 93-925, eff. 8-12-04.)

735 ILCS 5/17-113

    (735 ILCS 5/17-113) (from Ch. 110, par. 17-113)
    Sec. 17-113. Election as to shares. Several parties interested in the premises may, if they so elect, have their shares set off together or in severalty.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/17-114

    (735 ILCS 5/17-114) (from Ch. 110, par. 17-114)
    Sec. 17-114. Liens. A person having a mortgage, attachment, or other lien on the share of a part owner shall be concluded by the judgment of partition so far as it relates to the partition and the assignment of the shares, but his or her lien shall remain in full force upon the part assigned to or left for such part owner.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/17-115

    (735 ILCS 5/17-115) (from Ch. 110, par. 17-115)
    Sec. 17-115. Eviction by person with better title. If a person to whom any share has been allotted is evicted by a person who, at the time of the partition, had a title older and better than the title of those who were parties to the action, the person evicted may have a new partition of the residue as if no partition had been made, if such new partition can be justly made, or he or she may have contribution from the others, so as to make his or her share just and proportional with the others, according to the rights in the premises.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)