To use the Joint Simplified Dissolution of
Marriage procedure, the following must apply to you and your spouse.
- Irreconcilable differences have caused the irretrievable breakdown
of your marriage. All efforts at reconciliation of the differences
have failed and future attempts at reconciliation would not be in
the best interest of you and your spouse.
- You and your spouse must have lived separate and apart for at least
six (6) months and you must be willing to waive the requirement for
a two year separation before obtaining a dissolution on the grounds
of irreconcilable differences.
- You must have been married less than eight (8) years and either
you or your spouse (or both) must have lived in the State of Illinois
for at least ninety (90) days immediately prior to filing for the
dissolution.
- No children were born to or adopted by you and your spouse during
your relationship and the wife is not now pregnant.
- Your joint, annual, gross income from all sources must be less than
$35,000.00. The total value of marital property you and your spouse
own, less any encumbrances (amount owed on the property, such as the
amount owed on a car loan), must be less than $5,000.00. Neither you
nor your spouse may own any real estate.
- You and your spouse each must be willing to permanently give up
any right to maintenance (alimony).
- You and your spouse must have disclosed to each other all assets
each of you have, and disclosed all tax returns filed during your
marriage.
- You and your spouse must sign a written agreement dividing between
yourselves all marital assets worth more than $100.00 and dividing
responsibility for all debts and liabilities. You must divide the
property and sign and exchange all documents (such as automobile title,
etc.) necessary to carry out the agreement before any court hearing.
- You and your spouse must waive any right you may have to a bifurcated
hearing on your dissolution petition (a hearing held in two parts,
one to decide the issues related to granting the dissolution and another
to decide any property or other issues).
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