Bill Text: IL HB2337 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that if a court determines that a maintenance award is appropriate, the court must make an award pursuant to maintenance guidelines or pursuant to a list of relevant factors. Provides that if a maintenance award is appropriate, the parties' gross income is less than $250,000, and no multiple family situation exists, these maintenance guidelines shall be used by the court: (1) the amount of maintenance is calculated by using designated percentages of the gross income of the payor, of the payee, and of both parties; and (2) the duration of a guidelines maintenance award is based upon a calculation that utilizes the length of the marriage and, for marriages of 20 years or more, the court may order either permanent maintenance or maintenance for a period of years that is equal to the length of the marriage. Provides that in an action filed less than 10 years after the date of the marriage, if the court grants maintenance for a fixed period of time, the court may also set a "permanent termination" date, after which maintenance is barred. Provides that in a case involving the issue of maintenance, the court shall make specific findings of fact and state the reason or reasons for awarding or not awarding maintenance. Provides that if the court deviates from otherwise applicable guidelines, the court must calculate what the maintenance amount would be under the guidelines and the reasons for the court's variance from the guidelines. Provides that for the purpose of determining maintenance, "gross income" means all income from all sources. Provides that, unless the parties agree, the court shall not order unallocated maintenance and child support, but the court, in its discretion, may order for unallocated maintenance and child support in a pre-dissolution temporary order. In provisions concerning child support guidelines, provides that "net income" does not include the amount of maintenance paid to the same person to whom the child support is payable. Adds headings to existing subsections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2337 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB2337-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB2337 Introduced , by Rep. Robyn Gabel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
750 ILCS 5/504 from Ch. 40, par. 504
750 ILCS 5/505 from Ch. 40, par. 505
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that if a court determines that a maintenance award is appropriate, the court must make an award pursuant to maintenance guidelines or pursuant to a list of relevant factors. Provides that if a maintenance award is appropriate, the parties' gross income is less than $250,000, and no multiple family situation exists, these maintenance guidelines shall be used by the court: (1) the amount of maintenance is calculated by using designated percentages of the gross income of the payor, of the payee, and of both parties; and (2) the duration of a guidelines maintenance award is based upon a calculation that utilizes the length of the marriage and, for marriages of 20 years or more, the court may order either permanent maintenance or maintenance for a period of years that is equal to the length of the marriage. Provides that in an action filed less than 10 years after the date of the marriage, if the court grants maintenance for a fixed period of time, the court may also set a "permanent termination" date, after which maintenance is barred. Provides that in a case involving the issue of maintenance, the court shall make specific findings of fact and state the reason or reasons for awarding or not awarding maintenance. Provides that if the court deviates from otherwise applicable guidelines, the court must calculate what the maintenance amount would be under the guidelines and the reasons for the court's variance from the guidelines. Provides that for the purpose of determining maintenance, "gross income" means all income from all sources. Provides that, unless the parties agree, the court shall not order unallocated maintenance and child support, but the court, in its discretion, may order for unallocated maintenance and child support in a pre-dissolution temporary order. In provisions concerning child support guidelines, provides that "net income" does not include the amount of maintenance paid to the same person to whom the child support is payable. Adds headings to existing subsections.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
Marriage Act is amended by changing Sections 504 and 505 as
follows:
(750 ILCS 5/504) (from Ch. 40, par. 504)
Sec. 504. Maintenance.
(a) Entitlement to maintenance. In a proceeding for
dissolution of marriage or legal separation or declaration of
invalidity of marriage, or a proceeding for maintenance
following dissolution of the marriage by a court which lacked
personal jurisdiction over the absent spouse, the court may
grant a temporary or permanent maintenance award for either
spouse in amounts and for periods of time as the court deems
just, without regard to marital misconduct, in gross or for
fixed or indefinite periods of time, and the maintenance may be
paid from the income or property of the other spouse. The court
shall first determine whether a maintenance award is
appropriate, after consideration of all relevant factors,
including:
(1) the income and property of each party, including
marital property apportioned and non-marital property

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assigned to the party seeking maintenance;
(2) the needs of each party;
(3) the present and future earning capacity of each
party;
(4) any impairment of the present and future earning
capacity of the party seeking maintenance due to that party
devoting time to domestic duties or having forgone or
delayed education, training, employment, or career
opportunities due to the marriage;
(5) the time necessary to enable the party seeking
maintenance to acquire appropriate education, training,
and employment, and whether that party is able to support
himself or herself through appropriate employment or is the
custodian of a child making it appropriate that the
custodian not seek employment;
(6) the standard of living established during the
marriage;
(7) the duration of the marriage;
(8) the age and the physical and emotional condition of
both parties;
(9) the tax consequences of the property division upon
the respective economic circumstances of the parties;
(10) contributions and services by the party seeking
maintenance to the education, training, career or career
potential, or license of the other spouse;
(11) any valid agreement of the parties; and

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(12) any other factor that the court expressly finds to
be just and equitable.
(b) (Blank).
(b-1) Amount and duration of maintenance. If the court
determines that a maintenance award is appropriate, the court
shall order maintenance in accordance with either paragraph (1)
or (2) of this subsection (b-1):
(1) Guidelines maintenance. In situations when the
combined gross income of the parties is less than $250,000
and no multiple family situation exists, maintenance
payable after the date the parties' marriage is dissolved
shall be in accordance with subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
this paragraph (1), unless the court makes a finding that
the application of the guidelines would be inappropriate.
(A) Maintenance shall be calculated by taking 30%
of the payor's gross income minus 20% of the payee's
gross income. The amount, so calculated as
maintenance, however, when added to the gross income of
the payee shall not result in the recipient receiving
an amount that is in excess of 40% of the combined
gross income of the parties.
(B) The duration of a guidelines award shall be
arrived at by multiplying the length of the marriage
(up to 20 years) by whichever of the following factors
applies: 0-5 years (.20); 5-10 years (.40); 10-15 years
(.60); or 15-20 years (.80). For a marriage of 20 or

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more years, the court in its discretion shall order
either permanent maintenance or, alternatively,
maintenance for a period equal to the length of the
marriage.
(2) Non-guidelines maintenance. Any non-guidelines
award of maintenance shall be made after the court's
consideration of all relevant factors set forth in
subsection (a) of this Section 504.
(b-2) Findings. In each case involving the issue of
maintenance, the court shall make specific findings of fact, as
follows:
(1) the court shall state its reason or reasons for
awarding or not awarding maintenance, including reference
to each relevant factor set forth in subsection (a) of this
Section 504; and
(2) if the court deviates from otherwise applicable
guidelines under paragraph (1) of subsection (b-1), it
shall state in its findings the amount of maintenance (if
determinable) or duration that would have been required
under the guidelines and the reason or reasons for any
variance from the guidelines.
(b-3) Gross income. For purposes of this Section 504, the
term "gross income" means "all income from all sources" within
the scope of that phrase in Section 505.
(b-4) Unallocated maintenance. Unless the parties
otherwise agree, the court shall not order unallocated

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maintenance and child support in any dissolution judgment or in
any post-dissolution order. In its discretion, the court may
order unallocated maintenance and child support in any
pre-dissolution temporary order.
(b-4.5) Fixed term maintenance in marriages of less than 10
years. If a court grants maintenance for a fixed period under
subsection (a) of this Section 504 at the conclusion of a case
commenced before the tenth anniversary of the marriage, the
court may also designate the termination of the period during
which this maintenance is to be paid as a "permanent
termination". The effect of this designation is that
maintenance is barred after the ending date of this period.
(b-5) Interest on maintenance. Any maintenance obligation
including any unallocated maintenance and child support
obligation, or any portion of any support obligation, that
becomes due and remains unpaid shall accrue simple interest as
set forth in Section 505 of this Act.
(b-7) Maintenance judgments. Any new or existing
maintenance order including any unallocated maintenance and
child support order entered by the court under this Section
shall be deemed to be a series of judgments against the person
obligated to pay support thereunder. Each such judgment to be
in the amount of each payment or installment of support and
each such judgment to be deemed entered as of the date the
corresponding payment or installment becomes due under the
terms of the support order, except no judgment shall arise as

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to any installment coming due after the termination of
maintenance as provided by Section 510 of the Illinois Marriage
and Dissolution of Marriage Act or the provisions of any order
for maintenance. Each such judgment shall have the full force,
effect and attributes of any other judgment of this State,
including the ability to be enforced. Notwithstanding any other
State or local law to the contrary, a lien arises by operation
of law against the real and personal property of the obligor
for each installment of overdue support owed by the obligor.
(c) Maintenance during an appeal. The court may grant and
enforce the payment of maintenance during the pendency of an
appeal as the court shall deem reasonable and proper.
(d) Maintenance during imprisonment. No maintenance shall
accrue during the period in which a party is imprisoned for
failure to comply with the court's order for the payment of
such maintenance.
(e) Fees when maintenance is paid through the clerk. When
maintenance is to be paid through the clerk of the court in a
county of 1,000,000 inhabitants or less, the order shall direct
the obligor to pay to the clerk, in addition to the maintenance
payments, all fees imposed by the county board under paragraph
(3) of subsection (u) of Section 27.1 of the Clerks of Courts
Act. Unless paid in cash or pursuant to an order for
withholding, the payment of the fee shall be by a separate
instrument from the support payment and shall be made to the
order of the Clerk.

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(f) Maintenance secured by life insurance. An award ordered
by a court upon entry of a dissolution judgment or upon entry
of an award of maintenance following a reservation of
maintenance in a dissolution judgment may be reasonably
secured, in whole or in part, by life insurance on the payor's
life on terms as to which the parties agree, or, if they do not
agree, on such terms determined by the court, subject to the
following:
(1) With respect to existing life insurance, provided
the court is apprised through evidence, stipulation, or
otherwise as to level of death benefits, premium, and other
relevant data and makes findings relative thereto, the
court may allocate death benefits, the right to assign
death benefits, or the obligation for future premium
payments between the parties as it deems just.
(2) To the extent the court determines that its award
should be secured, in whole or in part, by new life
insurance on the payor's life, the court may only order:
(i) that the payor cooperate on all appropriate
steps for the payee to obtain such new life insurance;
and
(ii) that the payee, at his or her sole option and
expense, may obtain such new life insurance on the
payor's life up to a maximum level of death benefit
coverage, or descending death benefit coverage, as is
set by the court, such level not to exceed a reasonable

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amount in light of the court's award, with the payee or
the payee's designee being the beneficiary of such life
insurance.
In determining the maximum level of death benefit coverage,
the court shall take into account all relevant facts and
circumstances, including the impact on access to life
insurance by the maintenance payor. If in resolving any
issues under paragraph (2) of this subsection (f) a court
reviews any submitted or proposed application for new
insurance on the life of a maintenance payor, the review
shall be in camera.
(3) A judgment shall expressly set forth that all death
benefits paid under life insurance on a payor's life
maintained or obtained pursuant to this subsection to
secure maintenance are designated as excludable from the
gross income of the maintenance payee under Section
71(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, unless an
agreement or stipulation of the parties otherwise
provides.
(Source: P.A. 97-186, eff. 7-22-11; 97-608, eff. 1-1-12;
97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
(750 ILCS 5/505) (from Ch. 40, par. 505)
Sec. 505. Child support; contempt; penalties.
(a) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal
separation, declaration of invalidity of marriage, a

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proceeding for child support following dissolution of the
marriage by a court that lacked personal jurisdiction over the
absent spouse, a proceeding for modification of a previous
order for child support under Section 510 of this Act, or any
proceeding authorized under Section 501 or 601 of this Act, the
court may order either or both parents owing a duty of support
to a child of the marriage to pay an amount reasonable and
necessary for the support of the child, without regard to
marital misconduct. The duty of support owed to a child
includes the obligation to provide for the reasonable and
necessary educational, physical, mental and emotional health
needs of the child. For purposes of this Section, the term
"child" shall include any child under age 18 and any child
under age 19 who is still attending high school.
(1) The Court shall determine the minimum amount of
support by using the following guidelines:
Number of Children Percent of Supporting Party's
Net Income
1 20%
2 28%
3 32%
4 40%
5 45%
6 or more 50%
(2) The above guidelines shall be applied in each case
unless the court finds that a deviation from the guidelines

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is appropriate after considering the best interest of the
child in light of the evidence, including, but not limited
to, one or more of the following relevant factors:
(a) the financial resources and needs of the child;
(b) the financial resources and needs of the
custodial parent;
(c) the standard of living the child would have
enjoyed had the marriage not been dissolved;
(d) the physical, mental, and emotional needs of
the child;
(d-5) the educational needs of the child; and
(e) the financial resources and needs of the
non-custodial parent.
If the court deviates from the guidelines, the court's
finding shall state the amount of support that would have
been required under the guidelines, if determinable. The
court shall include the reason or reasons for the variance
from the guidelines.
(2.5) The court, in its discretion, in addition to
setting child support pursuant to the guidelines and
factors, may order either or both parents owing a duty of
support to a child of the marriage to contribute to the
following expenses, if determined by the court to be
reasonable:
(a) health needs not covered by insurance;
(b) child care;

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(c) education; and
(d) extracurricular activities.
(3) "Net income" is defined as the total of all income
from all sources, minus the following deductions:
(a) Federal income tax (properly calculated
withholding or estimated payments);
(b) State income tax (properly calculated
withholding or estimated payments);
(c) Social Security (FICA payments);
(d) Mandatory retirement contributions required by
law or as a condition of employment;
(e) Union dues;
(f) Dependent and individual
health/hospitalization insurance premiums and premiums
for life insurance ordered by the court to reasonably
secure payment of ordered child support;
(g) Prior obligations of support or maintenance
actually paid pursuant to a court order;
(g-5) Obligations pursuant to a court order for
maintenance in the pending proceeding actually paid or
payable under Section 504 to the same party to whom
child support is to be payable;
(h) Expenditures for repayment of debts that
represent reasonable and necessary expenses for the
production of income, medical expenditures necessary
to preserve life or health, reasonable expenditures

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for the benefit of the child and the other parent,
exclusive of gifts. The court shall reduce net income
in determining the minimum amount of support to be
ordered only for the period that such payments are due
and shall enter an order containing provisions for its
self-executing modification upon termination of such
payment period;
(i) Foster care payments paid by the Department of
Children and Family Services for providing licensed
foster care to a foster child.
(4) In cases where the court order provides for
health/hospitalization insurance coverage pursuant to
Section 505.2 of this Act, the premiums for that insurance,
or that portion of the premiums for which the supporting
party is responsible in the case of insurance provided
through an employer's health insurance plan where the
employer pays a portion of the premiums, shall be
subtracted from net income in determining the minimum
amount of support to be ordered.
(4.5) In a proceeding for child support following
dissolution of the marriage by a court that lacked personal
jurisdiction over the absent spouse, and in which the court
is requiring payment of support for the period before the
date an order for current support is entered, there is a
rebuttable presumption that the supporting party's net
income for the prior period was the same as his or her net

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income at the time the order for current support is
entered.
(5) If the net income cannot be determined because of
default or any other reason, the court shall order support
in an amount considered reasonable in the particular case.
The final order in all cases shall state the support level
in dollar amounts. However, if the court finds that the
child support amount cannot be expressed exclusively as a
dollar amount because all or a portion of the payor's net
income is uncertain as to source, time of payment, or
amount, the court may order a percentage amount of support
in addition to a specific dollar amount and enter such
other orders as may be necessary to determine and enforce,
on a timely basis, the applicable support ordered.
(6) If (i) the non-custodial parent was properly served
with a request for discovery of financial information
relating to the non-custodial parent's ability to provide
child support, (ii) the non-custodial parent failed to
comply with the request, despite having been ordered to do
so by the court, and (iii) the non-custodial parent is not
present at the hearing to determine support despite having
received proper notice, then any relevant financial
information concerning the non-custodial parent's ability
to provide child support that was obtained pursuant to
subpoena and proper notice shall be admitted into evidence
without the need to establish any further foundation for

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its admission.
(a-5) In an action to enforce an order for support based on
the respondent's failure to make support payments as required
by the order, notice of proceedings to hold the respondent in
contempt for that failure may be served on the respondent by
personal service or by regular mail addressed to the
respondent's last known address. The respondent's last known
address may be determined from records of the clerk of the
court, from the Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders,
or by any other reasonable means.
(b) Failure of either parent to comply with an order to pay
support shall be punishable as in other cases of contempt. In
addition to other penalties provided by law the Court may,
after finding the parent guilty of contempt, order that the
parent be:
(1) placed on probation with such conditions of
probation as the Court deems advisable;
(2) sentenced to periodic imprisonment for a period not
to exceed 6 months; provided, however, that the Court may
permit the parent to be released for periods of time during
the day or night to:
(A) work; or
(B) conduct a business or other self-employed
occupation.
The Court may further order any part or all of the earnings
of a parent during a sentence of periodic imprisonment paid to

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the Clerk of the Circuit Court or to the parent having custody
or to the guardian having custody of the children of the
sentenced parent for the support of said children until further
order of the Court.
If a parent who is found guilty of contempt for failure to
comply with an order to pay support is a person who conducts a
business or who is self-employed, the court in addition to
other penalties provided by law may order that the parent do
one or more of the following: (i) provide to the court monthly
financial statements showing income and expenses from the
business or the self-employment; (ii) seek employment and
report periodically to the court with a diary, listing, or
other memorandum of his or her employment search efforts; or
(iii) report to the Department of Employment Security for job
search services to find employment that will be subject to
withholding for child support.
If there is a unity of interest and ownership sufficient to
render no financial separation between a non-custodial parent
and another person or persons or business entity, the court may
pierce the ownership veil of the person, persons, or business
entity to discover assets of the non-custodial parent held in
the name of that person, those persons, or that business
entity. The following circumstances are sufficient to
authorize a court to order discovery of the assets of a person,
persons, or business entity and to compel the application of
any discovered assets toward payment on the judgment for

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support:
(1) the non-custodial parent and the person, persons,
or business entity maintain records together.
(2) the non-custodial parent and the person, persons,
or business entity fail to maintain an arm's length
relationship between themselves with regard to any assets.
(3) the non-custodial parent transfers assets to the
person, persons, or business entity with the intent to
perpetrate a fraud on the custodial parent.
With respect to assets which are real property, no order
entered under this paragraph shall affect the rights of bona
fide purchasers, mortgagees, judgment creditors, or other lien
holders who acquire their interests in the property prior to
the time a notice of lis pendens pursuant to the Code of Civil
Procedure or a copy of the order is placed of record in the
office of the recorder of deeds for the county in which the
real property is located.
The court may also order in cases where the parent is 90
days or more delinquent in payment of support or has been
adjudicated in arrears in an amount equal to 90 days obligation
or more, that the parent's Illinois driving privileges be
suspended until the court determines that the parent is in
compliance with the order of support. The court may also order
that the parent be issued a family financial responsibility
driving permit that would allow limited driving privileges for
employment and medical purposes in accordance with Section

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7-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. The clerk of the circuit
court shall certify the order suspending the driving privileges
of the parent or granting the issuance of a family financial
responsibility driving permit to the Secretary of State on
forms prescribed by the Secretary. Upon receipt of the
authenticated documents, the Secretary of State shall suspend
the parent's driving privileges until further order of the
court and shall, if ordered by the court, subject to the
provisions of Section 7-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
issue a family financial responsibility driving permit to the
parent.
In addition to the penalties or punishment that may be
imposed under this Section, any person whose conduct
constitutes a violation of Section 15 of the Non-Support
Punishment Act may be prosecuted under that Act, and a person
convicted under that Act may be sentenced in accordance with
that Act. The sentence may include but need not be limited to a
requirement that the person perform community service under
Section 50 of that Act or participate in a work alternative
program under Section 50 of that Act. A person may not be
required to participate in a work alternative program under
Section 50 of that Act if the person is currently participating
in a work program pursuant to Section 505.1 of this Act.
A support obligation, or any portion of a support
obligation, which becomes due and remains unpaid as of the end
of each month, excluding the child support that was due for

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that month to the extent that it was not paid in that month,
shall accrue simple interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of
the Code of Civil Procedure. An order for support entered or
modified on or after January 1, 2006 shall contain a statement
that a support obligation required under the order, or any
portion of a support obligation required under the order, that
becomes due and remains unpaid as of the end of each month,
excluding the child support that was due for that month to the
extent that it was not paid in that month, shall accrue simple
interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of the Code of Civil
Procedure. Failure to include the statement in the order for
support does not affect the validity of the order or the
accrual of interest as provided in this Section.
(c) A one-time charge of 20% is imposable upon the amount
of past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which has
accrued under a support order entered by the court. The charge
shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section
10-21 of the Illinois Public Aid Code and shall be enforced by
the court upon petition.
(d) Any new or existing support order entered by the court
under this Section shall be deemed to be a series of judgments
against the person obligated to pay support thereunder, each
such judgment to be in the amount of each payment or
installment of support and each such judgment to be deemed
entered as of the date the corresponding payment or installment
becomes due under the terms of the support order. Each such

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judgment shall have the full force, effect and attributes of
any other judgment of this State, including the ability to be
enforced. Notwithstanding any other State or local law to the
contrary, a lien arises by operation of law against the real
and personal property of the noncustodial parent for each
installment of overdue support owed by the noncustodial parent.
(e) When child support is to be paid through the clerk of
the court in a county of 1,000,000 inhabitants or less, the
order shall direct the obligor to pay to the clerk, in addition
to the child support payments, all fees imposed by the county
board under paragraph (3) of subsection (u) of Section 27.1 of
the Clerks of Courts Act. Unless paid in cash or pursuant to an
order for withholding, the payment of the fee shall be by a
separate instrument from the support payment and shall be made
to the order of the Clerk.
(f) All orders for support, when entered or modified, shall
include a provision requiring the obligor to notify the court
and, in cases in which a party is receiving child and spouse
services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services, within 7 days,
(i) of the name and address of any new employer of the obligor,
(ii) whether the obligor has access to health insurance
coverage through the employer or other group coverage and, if
so, the policy name and number and the names of persons covered
under the policy, and (iii) of any new residential or mailing
address or telephone number of the non-custodial parent. In any

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subsequent action to enforce a support order, upon a sufficient
showing that a diligent effort has been made to ascertain the
location of the non-custodial parent, service of process or
provision of notice necessary in the case may be made at the
last known address of the non-custodial parent in any manner
expressly provided by the Code of Civil Procedure or this Act,
which service shall be sufficient for purposes of due process.
(g) An order for support shall include a date on which the
current support obligation terminates. The termination date
shall be no earlier than the date on which the child covered by
the order will attain the age of 18. However, if the child will
not graduate from high school until after attaining the age of
18, then the termination date shall be no earlier than the
earlier of the date on which the child's high school graduation
will occur or the date on which the child will attain the age
of 19. The order for support shall state that the termination
date does not apply to any arrearage that may remain unpaid on
that date. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
prevent the court from modifying the order or terminating the
order in the event the child is otherwise emancipated.
(g-5) If there is an unpaid arrearage or delinquency (as
those terms are defined in the Income Withholding for Support
Act) equal to at least one month's support obligation on the
termination date stated in the order for support or, if there
is no termination date stated in the order, on the date the
child attains the age of majority or is otherwise emancipated,

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the periodic amount required to be paid for current support of
that child immediately prior to that date shall automatically
continue to be an obligation, not as current support but as
periodic payment toward satisfaction of the unpaid arrearage or
delinquency. That periodic payment shall be in addition to any
periodic payment previously required for satisfaction of the
arrearage or delinquency. The total periodic amount to be paid
toward satisfaction of the arrearage or delinquency may be
enforced and collected by any method provided by law for
enforcement and collection of child support, including but not
limited to income withholding under the Income Withholding for
Support Act. Each order for support entered or modified on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
General Assembly must contain a statement notifying the parties
of the requirements of this subsection. Failure to include the
statement in the order for support does not affect the validity
of the order or the operation of the provisions of this
subsection with regard to the order. This subsection shall not
be construed to prevent or affect the establishment or
modification of an order for support of a minor child or the
establishment or modification of an order for support of a
non-minor child or educational expenses under Section 513 of
this Act.
(h) An order entered under this Section shall include a
provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee and to
the clerk of court within 10 days each time the obligor obtains

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new employment, and each time the obligor's employment is
terminated for any reason. The report shall be in writing and
shall, in the case of new employment, include the name and
address of the new employer. Failure to report new employment
or the termination of current employment, if coupled with
nonpayment of support for a period in excess of 60 days, is
indirect criminal contempt. For any obligor arrested for
failure to report new employment bond shall be set in the
amount of the child support that should have been paid during
the period of unreported employment. An order entered under
this Section shall also include a provision requiring the
obligor and obligee parents to advise each other of a change in
residence within 5 days of the change except when the court
finds that the physical, mental, or emotional health of a party
or that of a child, or both, would be seriously endangered by
disclosure of the party's address.
(i) The court does not lose the powers of contempt,
driver's license suspension, or other child support
enforcement mechanisms, including, but not limited to,
criminal prosecution as set forth in this Act, upon the
emancipation of the minor child or children.
(Source: P.A. 96-1134, eff. 7-21-10; 97-186, eff. 7-22-11;
97-608, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-878, eff. 8-2-12;
97-941, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1029, eff. 1-1-13; revised 8-23-12.)