(Moeller, D-Elgin) does three things. (1) Repeals a section in the Code of Civil Procedure governing notice by publication requirements in a petition for change of name. (2) Provides that in any application for a change of name involving a minor, before a judgment granting a change of name may be entered, actual notice and an opportunity to be heard shall be given to any parent whose parental rights have not been previously terminated and to any person who has been allocated parental responsibilities. Creates a new section for giving notice to persons outside Illinois. (3) In the IMDMA, provides that unless the person whose marriage is dissolved or declared invalid requests otherwise, the court order must contain a provision authorizing the person to resume the use of his or her former or maiden name if he or she chooses to do so at any time he or she chooses to do so. Current law is “upon request by a wife whose marriage is dissolved or declared invalid, the court shall order her maiden name or a former name restored.” Scheduled for hearing in House Judiciary Committee March 8.
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Name change and IMDMA