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750 ILCS 10/1 (2026)

This Article shall be known and may be cited as the Illinois Uniform Premarital Agreement Act

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(750 ILCS 10/1) (from Ch. 40, par. 2601)
    Sec. 1. This Article shall be known and may be cited as the Illinois Uniform Premarital Agreement Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-966.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 25 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1998–2025 · leading case: In re Marriage of Woodrum, 2018 IL App (3d) 170369 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018).
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In re Marriage of Woodrum, 2018 IL App (3d) 170369 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 7× “Validity and Enforceability of the Prenuptial Agreement ¶ 52 Jennifer argues that pursuant to section 7(a)(2) of the Illinois Premarital Agreement Act ( 750 ILCS 10/7(a)(2) (West 2016) ), the parties' prenuptial agreement was not enforceable because it was unconscionable when it…”
In re Marriage of Woodrum, 2018 IL App (3d) 170369 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). · cites it 5× “the Prenuptial Agreement ¶ 52 Jennifer argues that pursuant to section 7(a)(2) of the Illinois Premarital Agreement Act (750 ILCS 10/7(a)(2) (West 2016)), the parties’ prenuptial agreement was not enforceable because it was unconscionable when it was executed and before its…”
Blumenthal v. Brewer, 2016 IL 118781 (Ill. 2016). “See 750 ILCS 10/1 et seq. (West 2010); see also In re Marriage of Barnes, 324 Ill.”
In Re Marriage of Murphy, 834 N.E.2d 56 (Ill. App. Ct. 2005). “An antenuptial agreement entered into before the 1990 enactment of the Illinois Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (750 ILCS 10/1 et seq. (West 1999)) will be found valid and enforceable if it meets the following requirements: (1) an unforseen condition of penury is not created…”
In Re Marriage of Berger, 829 N.E.2d 879 (Ill. App. Ct. 2005). “The parties’ Agreement predates Illinois’ Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (750 ILCS 10/1 et seq. (West 2002)), so we must rely on common law when deciding the Agreement’s validity.”
In re Marriage of Kranzler, 2018 IL App (1st) 171169 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 2× “The Best court distinguished Leopando , observing that only the Marriage Act was at issue in Leopando , whereas the petitioner in Best sought not only nondeclaratory relief (dissolution of marriage) under the Marriage Act but also declaratory relief under section 2-701 and the…”
In re Marriage of Heinrich, 2014 IL App (2d) 121333 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “¶ 49 The Illinois Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (Act) (750 ILCS 10/1 et seq. (West 2012)), which applies to any prenuptial agreement executed on or after January 1, 1990, provides that an antenuptial agreement is unenforceable only if the party against whom enforcement is…”
In Re Marriage of Barnes, 755 N.E.2d 522 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “• 1 Effective January 1, 1990, Illinois adopted the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (Premarital Agreement Act) (750 ILCS 10/1 through 11 (West 1998)). The Premarital Agreement Act confirms that, prior to marriage, parties may contract with respect to the “disposition of…”
In re Est. of Chaney, 2013 IL App (3d) 120565 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 2× “3d 289, 299-300 (2005), for antenuptial agreements executed prior to the 1990 enactment of the Illinois Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (750 ILCS 10/1 et seq. (West 2010)), that to be valid and enforceable, the agreement had to be, among other things, fair and reasonable.”
In re Marriage of Kranzler, 2018 IL App (1st) 171169 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). · cites it 2× “The Best court distinguished Leopando, observing that only the Marriage Act was at issue in Leopando, whereas the petitioner in Best sought not only nondeclaratory relief (dissolution of marriage) under the Marriage Act but also declaratory relief under section 2-701 and the…”
Blumenthal v. Brewer, 2014 IL App (1st) 132250 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “27, 33-34 (1934) (enforcing premarital agreement executed in 1912 providing for wife to retain her real estate despite her impending marriage)), the legislature's codification of the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act in 1990 is a contemporary indication that the Illinois…”
In re Est. of Chaney, 2013 IL App (3d) 120565 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “” However, the trial court ultimately felt compelled to invalidate 2 The Illinois legislature recognized this principle when it enacted the Illinois Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (the Act) (750 ILCS 10/1 et seq. (West 2012)), which applies to any antenuptial agreement…”
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