Illinois Compiled Statutes

740 ILCS 15/10.1 (2026)

Abolition; effect of repeal

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(740 ILCS 15/10.1)
Sec. 10.1. Abolition; effect of repeal.

(a) This amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly
 does  not apply to any cause of action that accrued under Sections 1 through 10 of this Act before their  repeal, and a timely action brought under those Sections shall be decided in accordance with those Sections as they existed when the cause of action accrued.

(b) An action may not be brought for breach of promise or agreement to marry  based on facts occurring on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2019–2019 · leading case: Liceaga v. Baez, 2019 IL App (1st) 181170 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019).

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Liceaga v. Baez, 2019 IL App (1st) 181170 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “Trial courts should not allow litigants to stand mute, lose a motion, and then frantically gather new material to show that the court 4 Illinois had previously permitted suits for the actual damages sustained as the result of a broken engagement (740 ILCS 15/2 (West 2012)) or…”

Liceaga v. Baez, 2019 IL App (1st) 181170 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “However, as of January 1, 2016, the Illinois legislature eliminated causes of action for a breach of a promise to marry (740 ILCS 15/10.1 (West 2016) ) and for alienation of affection (740 ILCS 5/7.”

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