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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 934

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  934  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT regarding support, amending named Acts."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

 7        "Section 5.  The Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of
 8    Marriage Act is amended by adding Section 505.3 as follows:

 9        (750 ILCS 5/505.3 new)
10        Sec.  505.3.   Pro  se  petitions for support and support
11    enforcement.  The circuit  court  may  provide,  through  the
12    office  of  the  clerk of the circuit court, simplified forms
13    and  clerical  assistance  to   help   with   the   drafting,
14    preparation, and filing of a petition seeking to establish or
15    enforce  a  child support order by any person not represented
16    by counsel.

17        Section 10.   The  Illinois  Parentage  Act  of  1984  is
18    amended by adding Section 7.5 as follows:

19        (750 ILCS 45/7.5 new)
 
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 1        Sec.  7.5.   Pro  se petitions to establish parentage and
 2    support.  The circuit court may provide, through  the  office
 3    of  the  clerk  of  the  circuit  court, simplified forms and
 4    clerical assistance to help with the  drafting,  preparation,
 5    and  filing  of  an  action to determine the existence of the
 6    father and child relationship, and a petition to establish or
 7    enforce a child support order by any person  not  represented
 8    by counsel.".

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