Illinois Code § 750 ILCS 16/45

Husband or wife as competent witness.
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In no prosecution under
this
Act shall any existing statute or rule of law prohibiting the disclosure of
confidential
communications between husband and wife apply. And both husband and wife shall
be
competent witnesses to testify to any and all relevant matters, including the
fact of such
marriage and of the parentage of such child or children, provided that neither
shall be
compelled to give evidence incriminating himself or herself.

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