§ 5/15-1501.5 Return from combat stay

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§ 15-1501.5. Return from combat stay.

    In addition to any rights and obligations provided under the federal Service members Civil Relief Act, whenever it is determined in a foreclosure proceeding that the mortgagor defendant is a person who was deployed to a combat or combat support posting while on active military duty and serving overseas within the previous 12 months, the court must stay the proceedings for a period of 90 days upon application to the court by the mortgagor defendant. “Active military duty”
means, for purposes of this Section, service on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the  Illinois National Guard, or any reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States.