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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB2102 Introduced , by Rep. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 750 ILCS 5/609 | from Ch. 40, par. 609 |
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Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that when a court has before it a petition for the removal of a child to a location outside of Illinois, the court shall consider the economic cost to the noncustodial parent to visit the child at or to move to the proposed new location outside of Illinois.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB2102 | | LRB097 09402 AJO 49537 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of |
5 | | Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 609 as follows:
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6 | | (750 ILCS 5/609) (from Ch. 40, par. 609)
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7 | | Sec. 609. Leave to Remove Children.) |
8 | | (a) The court may grant leave, before
or after judgment, to |
9 | | any party having custody of any minor child or children
to |
10 | | remove such child or children from Illinois whenever such |
11 | | approval is
in the best interests of such child or children. |
12 | | The court shall consider in making this determination the |
13 | | economic cost to the noncustodial parent to visit the child at |
14 | | the proposed new location or the economic cost to the |
15 | | noncustodial parent of also moving to the proposed new location |
16 | | outside of Illinois. The burden of proving that
such removal is |
17 | | in the best interests of such child or children is on the
party |
18 | | seeking the removal. When such removal is permitted, the court |
19 | | may
require the party removing such child or children from |
20 | | Illinois
to give reasonable security guaranteeing the return of |
21 | | such children.
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22 | | (b) Before a minor child is temporarily removed from |
23 | | Illinois, the
parent responsible for the removal shall inform |