Proposed law aims to ease a divorce burden
by Kate Thayer, Chicago Tribune
Jun 26, 2019
2 minutes
Stephanie's last name is Johnson. Though she no longer wants it to be, she said it's too much work to change.
But a new law, awaiting Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's signature, is designed to remedy that for divorced individuals (usually women) looking to revert to their maiden names, eliminating the legal requirement of publishing a notice in a newspaper in that circumstance.
"Is that even a thing
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