Topic:
Dissipation of marital assets and child support
(Mulroe, D-Chicago; Soto, D-Chicago) does two things affecting dissipation claims and child support. (1) Requires notice of intent to claim dissipation to be filed no later than 60 days before trial or 30 days after discovery closes, whichever is later. The notice must include an identification of the property dissipated and the date, dates, or periods of time during which the marriage began undergoing an irretrievable breakdown and when the dissipation occurred. No dissipation may be considered if it occurred five years before the filing of the petition for dissolution of marriage or three years after the party claiming dissipation knew or should have known of the dissipation. (2) Specifically grants the court the right to order one or both parties to make reasonable payments for health needs not covered by insurance, child-care, education, and extracurricular activities in addition to statutory child support. Passed both chambers.