Illinois Family Law Study Committee

The illinois family law study committee is a private group of stakeholders that meet to formulate legislative proposals related to family law which will be presented to the illinois general assembly.

Illinois family law study committee.

We continue to share our proposals with judges attorneys gals and provide them along with state legislators up to date information on the. The iflsc was a bipartisan committee composed of experienced family law practitioners judges and legislators. Chairman illinois state bar family law study committee enacted by house resolution 1101 which was created by house speaker michael madigan and state representative john fritchey for the purpose of studying and recommending changes to the illinois marriage and dissolution of marriage act. Their meetings are conducted in the judicial center located at 160 north la salle street in downtown chicago.

Regulations governing illinois participation in the aforesaid. On october 21 2011 the illinois family law study committee held a public hearing to assess whether a gross or net income approach in determining. In the first part of this handbook author steven peskind who served on the illinois family law study committee created by the legislature in 2009 to study illinois family laws and suggest improvements walks the reader through the latest developments in the imdma. Illinois family court system which calls into question.

Illinois family law statutes. It included an equal number of appointees by the illinois house majority and minority leaders. He led the public review of illinois divorce child custody laws and is also responsible for submitting the committee s final report to the governor and house of representatives. The illinois family law study committee which was chaired by firm principal andré katz rewrote the illinois divorce statute and proposing groundbreaking family law reforms at the state level.

The committee recommended illinois adopt an income shares model to determine child support using the net income approach. He is also an in demand public speaker and an author whose works have been published family. Law study committee subcommittee on custody among other. Paul andré katz work on imdma streamlines marriage dissolution.

Partner litigation department mcdermott will emery. The illinois supreme court and the illinois child support advisory committee also made appointments. Illinois adherence to the state and federal laws and rules and. The illinois family law study committee.

These reforms amendments to the illinois marriage and dissolution of marriage act of 1977 and creation of the illinois parentage act of 2013 will. André katz is the chair of the illinois family law study committee. He was named the chairman of the illinois family law study committee by illinois house speaker michael madigan in 2008. Title iv d federal.