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92_HB4977

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to family law.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of
 5    Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 513 as follows:

 6        (750 ILCS 5/513) (from Ch. 40, par. 513)
 7        Sec. 513.  Support for Non-minor Children and Educational
 8    Expenses.
 9        (a)  The  court  may  award  sums  of  money  out  of the
10    property and income of either or both parties or  the  estate
11    of  a deceased parent, as equity may require, for the support
12    of the child or children of the  parties  who  have  attained
13    majority in the following instances:
14             (1)  When   the  child  is  mentally  or  physically
15        disabled and not otherwise  emancipated,  an  application
16        for  support  may  be  made before or after the child has
17        attained majority.
18             (2)  The court  may  also  make  provision  for  the
19        educational  expenses  of  the  child  or children of the
20        parties,  whether  of  minor  or  majority  age,  and  an
21        application for educational expenses may be  made  before
22        or  after  the  child has attained majority, or after the
23        death of either parent. The authority under this  Section
24        to  make  provision  for educational expenses extends not
25        only to periods of college education or  professional  or
26        other  training  after  graduation  from high school, but
27        also to any period during which the child of the  parties
28        is  still  attending  high  school, even though he or she
29        attained the age of  18.  The  educational  expenses  may
30        include,  but shall not be limited to, room, board, dues,
31        tuition, transportation, books,  fees,  registration  and
 
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 1        application  costs,  medical  expenses  including medical
 2        insurance, dental expenses, and  living  expenses  during
 3        the  school year and periods of recess, which sums may be
 4        ordered payable to the child, to either parent, or to the
 5        educational institution, directly or  through  a  special
 6        account  or  trust created for that purpose, as the court
 7        sees fit.
 8             If educational expenses are  ordered  payable,  each
 9        parent  and  the  child shall sign any consents necessary
10        for the educational institution to provide the supporting
11        parent with access to the child's  academic  transcripts,
12        records, and grade reports.  The consents shall not apply
13        to  any  non-academic  records.    Failure to execute the
14        required consent may be a basis  for  a  modification  or
15        termination of any order entered under this Section.
16             The  authority  under this Section to make provision
17        for educational  expenses,  except  where  the  child  is
18        mentally   or   physically  disabled  and  not  otherwise
19        emancipated,  terminates  when  the  child   receives   a
20        baccalaureate degree.
21        (b)  In  making  awards  under  paragraph  (1)  or (2) of
22    subsection (a), or  pursuant  to  a  petition  or  motion  to
23    decrease,  modify,  or  terminate  any  such award, the court
24    shall consider all relevant factors  that  appear  reasonable
25    and necessary, including:
26             (1)  The financial resources of both parents.
27             (2)  The  standard  of  living  the child would have
28        enjoyed had the marriage not been dissolved.
29             (3)  The financial resources of the child.
30             (4)  The child's academic performance.
31        (c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
32    unless the parties agree to a higher  amount,  in  making  an
33    award  under  paragraph  (2) of subsection (a), the court may
34    not award an amount greater than the total  cost  of  tuition
 
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 1    and fees and room and board at the Champaign-Urbana campus of
 2    the  University  of  Illinois for a comparable period of time
 3    and a comparable course of instruction.
 4    (Source: P.A. 91-204, eff. 1-1-00.)

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