Illinois Code § 740 ILCS 80/1

That no action shall be brought,
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whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise
to answer any debt or damages out of his own estate, or whereby to
charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt,
default or miscarriage of another person, or to charge any person upon
any agreement made upon consideration of marriage, or upon any agreement
that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making
thereof, unless the promise or agreement upon which such action shall be
brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and
signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person
thereunto by him lawfully authorized.

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