Illinois Compiled Statutes

740 ILCS 5/7.1 (2026)

Abolition; effect of repeal

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(740 ILCS 5/7.1)
Sec. 7.1. 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 7 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 alienation of affections 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 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2019–2022 · 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). “1 (West 2016) ) and for alienation of affection (740 ILCS 5/7.1 (West 2016) ). 5 By moving for summary judgment, plaintiff conceded that there was no genuine issue of material fact preventing disposition of the case.”

Endencia v. Am. Psychiatric Ass'n (N.D. Ill. 2022). “See 740 ILCS 5/7.1(b) (“An action may not be brought for alienation of affections based on facts occurring on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly.”

— 740 ILCS 5/7.1(b) — 1 case

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