Whether, under the Illinois State and U.S. Constitutions, where a same-sex couple did not enjoy the legally recognized rights and benefits of civil union or married parties at any time during their relationship in the State in which they reside, any such rights, benefits, and obligations can be imposed on them after their relationship is over by the later enactment of a statute that now first recognizes civil unions, such that one party may now by dissolution of a civil union action obtain rights in the property of the other, even when those rights were not recognized and did not exist during their relationship.

Whether, under the Illinois State and U.S. Constitutions, where a same-sex couple did not enjoy the legally recognized rights and benefits of civil union or married parties at any time during their relationship in the State in which they reside, any such rights, benefits, and obligations can be imposed on them after their relationship is over by the later enactment of a statute that now first recognizes civil unions, such that one party may now by dissolution of a civil union action obtain rights in the property of the other, even when those rights were not recognized and did not exist during their relationship