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740 ILCS 15/2 (2026)

(Repealed)

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(740 ILCS 15/2) (from Ch. 40, par. 1802)
    Sec. 2. (Repealed).
(Source: Laws 1947, p. 1181. Repealed by P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1994–2019 · 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…”
Sharon Wildey v. Richard A. Springs, Cross-Appellee, 47 F.3d 1475 (7th Cir. 1995). “The legislature clearly states its misgivings in the Act’s Preamble, determining that “the remedy heretofore provided by law for the enforcement of actions based upon breaches of promises or agreements to marry has been subject to grave abuses and has been used as an instrument…”
Wildey v. Paulsen, 894 N.E.2d 862 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). “The damages to be recovered in any action for breach of promise or agreement to marry shall be limited to the actual damages sustained as a result of the injury complained of.”
Vann v. Vehrs, 633 N.E.2d 102 (Ill. App. Ct. 1994). “” (740 ILCS 15/2 (West 1992).) Section 3 states that "[n]o punitive, exemplary, vindictive or aggravated damages shall be allowed in any action for breach of promise or agreement to marry.”
Liceaga v. Baez, 2019 IL App (1st) 181170 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “" 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 due to "alienation of affection" (740 ILCS 5/2 (West 2012) ).”
Adkins v. Edwards, 2015 IL App (5th) 140260 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 2× “3d at 1480 ; 740 ILCS 15/2, 3, 4, 5 (West 2012). “This constricted version of the original breach of promise action passed muster under the Illinois Constitution, Smith v.”
Adkins v. Edwards, 2015 IL App (5th) 140260 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 2× “; 740 ILCS 15/2, 3, 4, 5 (West 2012). "This constricted version of the original breach of promise action passed muster under the Illinois Constitution, [Smith v.”
Wildey v. Paulsen (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). “The damages to be recovered in any action for breach of promise or agreement to marry shall be limited to the actual damages sustained as a result of the injury complained of.”
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