Marital Residence, Exclusive Possession

750 ILCS 5/701
§ 701. Marital residence-Order granting possession to spouse

          Where there is on file a verified complaint or verified petition seeking temporary eviction from the marital residence, the court may, during the pendency of the proceeding, only in cases where the physical or mental well being of either spouse or their children is jeopardized by occupancy of the marital residence by both spouses, and only upon due notice and full hearing, unless waived by the court on good cause shown, enter orders of injunction, mandatory or restraining granting the exclusive possession of the martial residence to either spouse, by eviction from, or restoration of, the martial residence, until the final determination of the cause. No such order shall in any manner affect any estate in homestead property of either party.

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