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735 ILCS 5/8-1007 (2026)

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(735 ILCS 5/8-1007) (from Ch. 110, par. 8-1007)
    Sec. 8-1007. Foreign country. The law of a jurisdiction other than those referred to in Section 8-1003 of this Act shall be an issue for the court, but shall not be subject to the foregoing provisions concerning judicial notice.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2000–2025 · leading case: Tuna v. Wisner, 2023 IL App (1st) 211327 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023).
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Tuna v. Wisner, 2023 IL App (1st) 211327 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). · cites it 2× “735 ILCS 5/8-1007 (West 2022); Bangaly v.”
Tuna v. Airbus, 2017 IL App (1st) 153645 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “735 ILCS 5/8-1007 (West 2014). Instead, “the laws of foreign counties must be pled and proven as any other fact.”
Bangaly v. Baggiani, 2014 IL App (1st) 123760 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “In the case at bar, the parties, through Wing and Awad, have provided the Malian statutes at issue, as well as English translations, as the statutes are written in French.”
Bangaly v. Baggiani, 2014 IL App (1st) 123760 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “In the case at bar, the parties, through Wing and Awad, have provided the Malian statutes at issue, as well as English translations, as the statutes are written in French.”
Kwankam v. Kenya Airways, Ltd., 2021 IL App (1st) 200514-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “Baggiani, 2014 IL App (1st) 123760 , ¶ 145 (citing 735 ILCS 5/8-1007 (West 2010)). “[T]he laws of foreign countries must be pled and proven as any other fact.”
Bianchi v. Savino Del Bene Int'l Freight Forwarders, Inc. (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 3× “Moreover, if Bianchi believed that Italian statutes or case law would have closed the gaps in the foreign judgment's "formula," she should have pled those facts.”
In re Marriage of Kehoe, 2025 IL App (1st) 241270-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “Baggiani, 2014 IL App (1st) 123760, ¶ 145 ; see also 735 ILCS 5/8-1007 (West 2024). -3- No. 1-24-1270 separation of assets property regime to control their future financial affairs.”
Relsolelo v. Fisk (Ill. App. Ct. 2000). “5, Extradition Treaty Between the United States and Venezuela, January 19 and 21, 1922, 43 Stat.”
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