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91_SB0576eng SB576 Engrossed LRB9100067SMdvA 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of 2 Marriage Act by changing Section 513. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of 6 Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 513 as follows: 7 (750 ILCS 5/513) (from Ch. 40, par. 513) 8 Sec. 513. Support for Non-minor Children and Educational 9 Expenses. 10 (a) The court may award sums of money out of the 11 property and income of either or both parties or the estate 12 of a deceased parent, as equity may require, for the support 13 of the child or children of the parties who have attained 14 majority in the following instances: 15 (1) When the child is mentally or physically 16 disabled and not otherwise emancipated, an application 17 for support may be made before or after the child has 18 attained majority. 19 (2) The court may also make provision for the 20 educational expenses of the child or children of the 21 parties, whether of minor or majority age, and an 22 application for educational expenses may be made before 23 or after the child has attained majority, or after the 24 death of either parent. The authority under this Section 25 to make provision for educational expenses extends not 26 only to periods of college education or professional or 27 other training after graduation from high school, but 28 also to any period during which the child of the parties 29 is still attending high school, even though he or she 30 attained the age of 18. The educational expenses may 31 include, but shall not be limited to, room, board, dues, SB576 Engrossed -2- LRB9100067SMdvA 1 tuition, transportation, books, fees, registration and 2 application costs, medical expenses including medical 3 insurance, dental expenses, and living expenses during 4 the school year and periods of recess, which sums may be 5 ordered payable to the child, to either parent, or to the 6 educational institution, directly or through a special 7 account or trust created for that purpose, as the court 8 sees fit. 9 If educational expenses are ordered payable, each 10 parent and the child shall sign any consents necessary 11 for the educational institution to provide the supporting 12 parent with access to the child's academic transcripts, 13 records, and grade reports. The consents shall not apply 14 to any non-academic records. Failure to execute the 15 required consent may be a basis for a modification or 16 termination of any order entered under this Section. 17 The authority under this Section to make provision 18 for educational expenses, except where the child is 19 mentally or physically disabled and not otherwise 20 emancipated, terminates when the child receives a 21 baccalaureate degree. 22 (b) In making awards under paragraph (1) or (2) of 23 subsection (a), or pursuant to a petition or motion to 24 decrease, modify, or terminate any such award, the court 25 shall consider all relevant factors that appear reasonable 26 and necessary, including: 27 (1) The financial resources of both parents. 28 (2) The standard of living the child would have 29 enjoyed had the marriage not been dissolved. 30 (3) The financial resources of the child. 31 (4) The child's academic performance. 32 (Source: P.A. 86-637; 87-910.)