Bill Text: IL HB0553 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the extent of a responsible relative's liability for support.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0553 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB0553-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 10-2 as follows:
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6 | (305 ILCS 5/10-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-2)
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7 | Sec. 10-2. Extent of liability. A husband is liable for | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | the the support of his
wife and a wife for the support of her | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | husband. Unless the child is otherwise
emancipated, the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | parents are severally liable for the support of any child
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11 | under age 18, and for any child aged 18 who is attending high | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | school, until
that child graduates from high school, or | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | attains the age of 19, whichever is
earlier. The term "child" | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | includes a child born out of wedlock, or legally
adopted | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | child.
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16 | The liability for the support of a child provided for in | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | this Article does not require a previous court order for | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | custody and is in conjunction with the guidelines set forth in | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Section 505 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Marriage Act, as provided for in Section 10-10 of this | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Article. The obligation to support contained in this Article | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | is concurrent to any other appropriate State law. | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | This Article does not create, enlarge, abrogate, or |
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1 | diminish parental rights or duties under other laws of this | ||||||
2 | State, including the common law. | ||||||
3 | An action to establish or enforce a support obligation, | ||||||
4 | under this or any other Act providing for the support of a | ||||||
5 | child, may be brought subsequent to an adjudication dismissing | ||||||
6 | that action based on any of the following reasons: (1) no duty | ||||||
7 | of support exists under this Article because this Article | ||||||
8 | requires a previous court order for custody/allocation of | ||||||
9 | parental responsibilities (as no such requirement exists under | ||||||
10 | this Act); (2) there is no common law duty of support (as a | ||||||
11 | common law duty of support is recognized as a valid basis for | ||||||
12 | child support); or (3) there is no duty of support under the | ||||||
13 | Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 because a judgment of paternity | ||||||
14 | results in a de facto custody/allocation of parental | ||||||
15 | responsibilities order (as this ignores the cumulative nature | ||||||
16 | of the Act and the plain language of the statute permitting an | ||||||
17 | explicit reservation of the issue. The Illinois Parentage Act | ||||||
18 | of 2015 will be clarified regarding a de facto | ||||||
19 | custody/allocation of parental responsibilities order as it | ||||||
20 | relates to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act). | ||||||
21 | In addition to the primary obligation of support imposed | ||||||
22 | upon
responsible relatives, such relatives, if individually or | ||||||
23 | together in any
combination they have sufficient income or | ||||||
24 | other resources to support a
needy person, in whole or in part, | ||||||
25 | shall be liable for any financial aid
extended under this Code | ||||||
26 | to a person for whose support they are
responsible, including |
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1 | amounts expended for funeral and burial costs.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 102-541, eff. 8-20-21.)
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