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 domestic relations matters in the county in which the funds have been raised and are to be distributed under this Act. "Litigant" means an individual, not a business entity, who is actively involved in a pending lawsuit involving a domestic relations matter or is about to file a new lawsuit involving a domestic relations matter in the county in which the funds provided in this Act have been raised and are to be distributed. "Domestic relations matter" means any civil lawsuit involving dissolution of marriage, legal separation, declaration of invalidity of marriage, child custody, child visitation, child support, paternity, orders of protection, or children's rights issues. (Source: P.A. 89-56, eff. 1-1-96.)