HB2337 Summary

• Establishes maintenance (alimony) guidelines for Illinois dissolution cases when combined gross income is less than $250,000 and no multiple family situation exists, calculated as 30% of payor's gross income minus 20% of payee's gross income, capped so payee receives no more than 40% of combined income.

• Sets maintenance duration based on length of marriage using multipliers: 0-5 years (0.20), 5-10 years (0.40), 10-15 years (0.60), 15-20 years (0.80), and for marriages of 20+ years court may order either permanent maintenance or maintenance equal to marriage length.

• Requires courts to make specific findings of fact stating reasons for awarding or denying maintenance and, if deviating from guidelines, must state the guideline amount and reasons for variance.

• For marriages under 10 years with fixed-term maintenance, allows courts to designate a "permanent termination" date after which maintenance is barred.

• Prohibits courts from ordering unallocated maintenance and child support in final dissolution judgments unless parties agree, though discretionary in pre-dissolution temporary orders, and clarifies that maintenance paid to same party does not reduce that party's net income for child support calculation purposes.