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1 Some states recognize marriages performed elsewhere, while other states do not. The legal status of first cousin marriage varies considerably from one U.S. state to another, ranging from being legal in some states to being a criminal offense in others. It is illegal or largely illegal in 32 states and legal or largely legal in 18.
The Senate quickly approved the amended bill and Governor Quinn signed it into law on November 20. The law went into effect (statewide) on June 1, 2014, with same-sex couples able to apply for marriage licenses and then marry after the mandatory one-day waiting period. [1] [2] Illinois was the nineteenth U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.
25-1-1 Marriage defined—Consent and solemnization required. Marriage is a personal relation, between a man and a woman, arising out of a civil contract to which the consent of parties capable of making it is necessary. Consent alone does not constitute a marriage; it must be followed by a solemnization. 25-1-38.
[1] [2] The compilation organizes the general Acts of Illinois into 67 chapters arranged within 9 major topic areas. [3] The ILCS took effect in 1993, replacing the previous numbering scheme generally known as the Illinois Revised Statutes (Ill. Rev. Stat.), the latest of which had been adopted in 1874 but appended by private publishers since. [3]
[1] [2] The Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) are the codified statutes of a general and permanent nature. [2] [3] The Illinois Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) makes additions, deletions, and changes to ILCS. [4] There is no official version of the ILCS. [5]
The legislation passed the House by 109 votes to 5, and the Senate in a 53–0 vote. Governor J. B. Pritzker signed the bill into law in July 2019 and it became effective on January 1, 2020. [80] Numerous other states have similar legislation. [81] [82] [83]
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No-fault divorce is the dissolution of a marriage that does not require a showing of wrongdoing by either party. [1] [2] Laws providing for no-fault divorce allow a family court to grant a divorce in response to a petition by either party of the marriage without requiring the petitioner to provide evidence that the defendant has committed a breach of the marital contract.