SB2289 Summary

• Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to update reference from Section 701 to subsection (c-2) of Section 501 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act in order of protection provisions.

• Modifies the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act to revise maintenance award calculations, changing from 30% of gross income minus 20% of payee's gross income to 33 1/3% of net income minus 25% of payee's net income for orders entered after January 1, 2019.

• Establishes procedures for modification of pre-2019 maintenance orders to retain existing tax treatment unless parties agree otherwise, with special calculation rules for orders eligible for federal tax deduction.

• Adds provisions allowing courts to designate maintenance as fixed-term (barring future claims), indefinite, reviewable, or reserved, with specific findings required in all maintenance orders.

• Makes conforming changes to the Illinois Domestic Violence Act to update cross-references and align remedies language with parallel provisions in the Code of Criminal Procedure.