705 ILCS 130/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Domestic Relations Legal Funding Act. (Source: P.A. 89-56, eff. 1-1-96.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 705 ILCS 130 — Domestic Relations Legal Funding Act.
Illinois · statute · 705 ILCS 130 · 7 active provisions
705 ILCS 130/5
Legislative findings
Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds that the domestic relations area of law frequently involves individuals who are indigent and unable to obtain legal representation; the courts of Illinois are backlogged with both pre-judgment and post-judgment domestic relations cases involving dissolution of marriage,…
705 ILCS 130/10
Definitions
Definitions. As used in this Act: "Domestic relations legal charity" means a not-for-profit organization which is exempt from the payment of federal income tax pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and which is organized to provide legal representation at no charge to indigent litigants in…
705 ILCS 130/15
Fund; fee; administration
Fund; fee; administration. (a) In judicial circuits which include a county with a population of over 650,000 and less than 1,000,000 inhabitants, a domestic relations legal fund may be established by any such county by the passage of an ordinance by the county board. (b) In each judicial circuit in which the county boa…
705 ILCS 130/20
Grant disbursements
Grant disbursements. (a) Subject to the supervisory authority of the Supreme Court, the Chief Judge of each judicial circuit in which a domestic relations legal fund has been established shall annually make grant disbursements from the fund to domestic relations legal charities that handle domestic relations matters wi…
705 ILCS 130/25
Rules
Rules. (a) Subject to the supervisory authority of the Supreme Court, the Chief Judge of each judicial circuit in which a domestic relations legal fund has been established shall make rules pertaining to the operation and standards to be adhered to by the domestic relations legal charity in that judicial circuit in ord…
705 ILCS 130/30
Confidentiality
Confidentiality. All memoranda, work products, and other matters contained in any case files of a domestic relations legal charity, its staff attorneys, and volunteer attorneys in representing any client which are not part of the public record in the court file are subject to the attorney-client confidential relationsh…