P. Andre Katz: Current IMDMA Grounds for Dissolution

P. Andre Katz is a co-principal and founder of the firm Katz & Stefani, LLC, which has earned the reputation as one of the best and most respected family law firms in the Chicagoland area. A recognized expert in the field of family law, Paul Andre Katz was recently the Chair of the Illinois Family Study Committee (IFLSC), whose charge it was to perform a comprehensive review and revision of the 1977 Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (IMDMA), as well as revision of the 1984 Parentage Act. 

Also read: Paul Andre Katz Co-Authors Exposition of Revised IMDMA

Key IMDMA components reviewed and revised by P. Andre Katz and the IFLSC were the legal grounds for dissolution of marriage. Following IFLSC’s recommendations to the Illinois General Assembly, as well as passage of the revised law in late 2015, the IMDMA now establishes only one ground for dissolution: “those irreconcilable differences have caused the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.”

The change to the Grounds for Dissolution, according to P. Andre Katz, resulted from “the idea that we need to continue to litigate ‘fault’ in a broken marriage (which) wastes valuable time and money and does not promote better cooperation either during resolution of the matter or subsequent to entry of a Judgement of Dissolution of Marriage.”

Paul Andre Katz Co-Authors Exposition of Revised IMDMA

In conjunction with Katz & Stefani firm associate Erin Bodendorfer, Paul Andre Katz has authored an article setting forth the recent changes to the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. P Andre Katz chaired the Illinois Family Law Study Committee which conducted extensive research and consideration before submitting proposed changes to this significant Illinois legislation in family law.  The article was published in the Illinois Bar Journal, Vol. 103 #11, November 2015.  

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Andre Katz penned an additional article entitled the new Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act Effective January 1, 2016: An Overview from the Chairman of the Illinois Family Law Study Committee. This piece was published in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin’s 58th Annual Law Day Edition, April 24, 2016.

The 25 years of legal experience and law expertise of Family Law Attorney Paul Andre Katz led to his appointment as Chairman of the Illinois Family Law Study Committee by Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. 

Madigan and Illinois legislators recognized the need for significant revisions in the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act and the accompanying Parenting Act. Significant social and cultural shifts had occurred in Illinois domestic unions since 1977, and there was an urgent need for changes in the original legislation.

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Paul Andre Katz Works with Law Bulletin Publishing

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