Bill Text: IL HB6191 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012. Provides methods for the establishment of a parent-child relationship. Authorizes genetic testing. Provides for temporary relief and proceedings to adjudicate parentage. Establishes procedures regarding parentage of a child of assisted reproduction. Provides for child support establishment and enforcement. Repeals the Illinois Parentage Act and the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984. Amends numerous Acts to make conforming changes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB6191 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB6191-Introduced.html
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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 | ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 101. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Illinois Parentage Act of 2012.
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7 | Section 102. Public policy. Illinois recognizes the right | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | of every child to the physical, mental, emotional, and | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | financial support of his or her parents. The parent-child | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | relationship, including support obligations, extends equally | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | to every child and to every parent, regardless of the legal | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | relationship of the parents, and regardless of whether a parent | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | is a minor.
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14 | Section 103. Definitions. In this Act: | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | (a) "Acknowledged father" means a man who has established a | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | father-child relationship under Article 3.
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17 | (b) "Adjudicated father" means a man who has been | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction, or as | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | authorized under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, to | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | be the father of a child.
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21 | (c) "Alleged father" means a man who alleges himself to be, |
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1 | or is alleged to be, the biological father or a possible | ||||||
2 | biological father of a child, but whose paternity has not been | ||||||
3 | established. The term does not include:
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4 | (1) a presumed or acknowledged father;
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5 | (2) a man whose parental rights have been terminated or | ||||||
6 | declared not to exist; or
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7 | (3) a male donor.
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8 | (d) "Assisted reproduction" means a method of causing | ||||||
9 | pregnancy other than sexual intercourse. The term includes:
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10 | (1) intrauterine insemination;
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11 | (2) donation of eggs;
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12 | (3) donation of embryos;
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13 | (4) in-vitro fertilization and transfer of embryos; | ||||||
14 | and
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15 | (5) intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
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16 | (e) "Child" means an individual of any age whose parentage | ||||||
17 | may be established under this Act.
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18 | (f) "Combined paternity index" means the likelihood of | ||||||
19 | paternity calculated by computing the ratio between:
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20 | (1) the likelihood that the tested man is the father, | ||||||
21 | based on the genetic markers of the tested man, mother, and | ||||||
22 | child, conditioned on the hypothesis that the tested man is | ||||||
23 | the father of the child; and
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24 | (2) the likelihood that the tested man is not the | ||||||
25 | father, based on the genetic markers of the tested man, | ||||||
26 | mother, and child, conditioned on the hypothesis that the |
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1 | tested man is not the father of the child and that the | ||||||
2 | father is of the same ethnic or racial group as the tested | ||||||
3 | man.
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4 | (g) "Commence" means to file the initial pleading seeking | ||||||
5 | an adjudication of parentage in the circuit court of this | ||||||
6 | State.
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7 | (h) "Determination of parentage" means the establishment | ||||||
8 | of the parent-child relationship by the signing of a Voluntary | ||||||
9 | Acknowledgment of Paternity under Article 3 or adjudication by | ||||||
10 | the court or as authorized under Article X of the Illinois | ||||||
11 | Public Aid Code.
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12 | (i) "Donor" means an individual who contributes a gamete or | ||||||
13 | gametes used for assisted reproduction, whether or not for | ||||||
14 | consideration. The term does not include:
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15 | (1) a husband who provides sperm, or a wife who | ||||||
16 | provides eggs, to be used for assisted reproduction by the | ||||||
17 | wife;
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18 | (2) a woman who gives birth to a child by means of | ||||||
19 | assisted reproduction, except as otherwise provided in the | ||||||
20 | Gestational Surrogacy Act; or
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21 | (3) a parent under Article 7, or an intended parent | ||||||
22 | under the Gestational Surrogacy Act.
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23 | (j) "Ethnic or racial group" means, for purposes of genetic | ||||||
24 | testing, a recognized group that an individual identifies as | ||||||
25 | all or part of the individual's ancestry or that is so | ||||||
26 | identified by other information.
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1 | (k) "Gamete" means either a sperm or an egg.
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2 | (l) "Genetic testing" means an analysis of genetic markers | ||||||
3 | to exclude or identify a man as the father or a woman as the | ||||||
4 | mother of a child as provided in Article 4 of this Act.
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5 | (m) "Gestational mother" means an adult woman who gives | ||||||
6 | birth to a child under a gestational agreement.
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7 | (n) "Man" means a male individual of any age.
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8 | (o) "Parent" means an individual who has established a | ||||||
9 | parent-child relationship under Section 201.
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10 | (p) "Parent-child relationship" means the legal | ||||||
11 | relationship between a child and a parent of the child. | ||||||
12 | (q) "Presumed parent" means an individual who, by operation | ||||||
13 | of law under Section 204, is recognized as the parent of a | ||||||
14 | child until that status is rebutted or confirmed in a judicial | ||||||
15 | or administrative proceeding.
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16 | (r) "Probability of paternity" means the measure, for the | ||||||
17 | ethnic or racial group to which the alleged father belongs, of | ||||||
18 | the probability that the man in question is the father of the | ||||||
19 | child, compared with a random, unrelated man of the same ethnic | ||||||
20 | or racial group, expressed as a percentage incorporating the | ||||||
21 | combined paternity index and a prior probability.
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22 | (s) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a | ||||||
23 | tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other | ||||||
24 | medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
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25 | (t) "Signatory" means an individual who authenticates a | ||||||
26 | record and is bound by its terms.
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1 | (u) "State" means a state of the United States, the | ||||||
2 | District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin | ||||||
3 | Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the | ||||||
4 | jurisdiction of the United States.
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5 | (v) "Support-enforcement agency" means a public official | ||||||
6 | or agency authorized to seek:
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7 | (1) enforcement of support orders or laws relating to | ||||||
8 | the duty of support;
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9 | (2) establishment or modification of child support;
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10 | (3) determination of parentage; or
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11 | (4) location of child-support obligors and their | ||||||
12 | income and assets.
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13 | Section 104. Scope of Act; choice of law. | ||||||
14 | (a) This Act applies to determination of parentage in this | ||||||
15 | State.
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16 | (b) The court shall apply the law of this State to | ||||||
17 | adjudicate the parent-child relationship. The applicable law | ||||||
18 | does not depend on:
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19 | (1) the place of birth of the child; or
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20 | (2) the past or present residence of the child.
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21 | (c) This Act does not create, enlarge, or diminish parental | ||||||
22 | rights or duties under other law of this State.
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23 | Section 105. Authority to establish parentage. The circuit | ||||||
24 | courts are authorized to establish parentage under this Act. |
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1 | The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services may | ||||||
2 | make administrative determinations of paternity and | ||||||
3 | nonpaternity in accordance with Section 10-17.7 of the Illinois | ||||||
4 | Public Aid Code. Such administrative determinations shall have | ||||||
5 | the full force and effect of court judgments entered under this | ||||||
6 | Act.
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7 | Section 106. Protection of participants. Proceedings under | ||||||
8 | this Act are subject to other law of this State governing the | ||||||
9 | health, safety, privacy, and liberty of a child or other | ||||||
10 | individual who could be jeopardized by disclosure of | ||||||
11 | identifying information, including address, telephone number, | ||||||
12 | place of employment, social security number, and the child's | ||||||
13 | day-care facility and school.
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14 | ARTICLE 2. PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP | ||||||
15 | Section 201. Establishment of parent-child relationship. | ||||||
16 | (a) The parent-child relationship is established between a | ||||||
17 | woman and a child by:
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18 | (1) the woman's having given birth to the child, except | ||||||
19 | as otherwise provided in the Gestational Surrogacy Act; | ||||||
20 | (2) an adjudication of the woman's parentage; | ||||||
21 | (3) adoption of the child by the woman; | ||||||
22 | (4) a determination confirming the woman as a parent of | ||||||
23 | a child born to a gestational mother if a gestational |
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1 | agreement is valid under the Gestational Surrogacy Act or | ||||||
2 | is enforceable under other law; or | ||||||
3 | (5) an unrebutted presumption of the woman's parentage | ||||||
4 | of the child under Section 204. | ||||||
5 | (b) The parent-child relationship is established between a | ||||||
6 | man and a child by:
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7 | (1) an unrebutted presumption of the man's parentage of | ||||||
8 | the child under Section 204;
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9 | (2) an effective Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity | ||||||
10 | by the man under Article 3, unless the acknowledgment has | ||||||
11 | been rescinded or successfully challenged;
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12 | (3) an adjudication of the man's parentage;
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13 | (4) adoption of the child by the man; | ||||||
14 | (5) the man's having consented to assisted | ||||||
15 | reproduction by a woman under Article 7 which resulted in | ||||||
16 | the birth of the child; or
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17 | (6) a determination confirming the man as a parent of a | ||||||
18 | child born to a gestational surrogate if there is a | ||||||
19 | gestational agreement valid under the Gestational | ||||||
20 | Surrogacy Act or there is a surrogacy agreement enforceable | ||||||
21 | under other law. | ||||||
22 | (c) Insofar as practicable, the provisions of this Act | ||||||
23 | applicable to parent-child relationships shall apply equally | ||||||
24 | to men and women as parents, including, but not limited to, the | ||||||
25 | obligation to support.
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1 | Section 202. Parents' legal relationship. Every child has | ||||||
2 | equal rights under the law regardless of the parents' legal | ||||||
3 | relationship.
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4 | Section 203. Consequences of establishment of parentage. A | ||||||
5 | parent-child relationship established under this Act applies | ||||||
6 | for all purposes, except as otherwise specifically provided by | ||||||
7 | other law of this State.
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8 | Section 204. Presumption of parentage. | ||||||
9 | (a) A man is presumed to be the parent of a child if:
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10 | (1) he and the mother of the child are married to each | ||||||
11 | other or are in a state-recognized civil union and the | ||||||
12 | child is born to the mother during the marriage or civil | ||||||
13 | union, except as provided by the Gestational Surrogacy Act | ||||||
14 | or Article 7 of this Act; | ||||||
15 | (2) he and the mother of the child were married to each | ||||||
16 | other or were in a state-recognized civil union and the | ||||||
17 | child is born to the mother within 300 days after the | ||||||
18 | marriage or civil union is terminated by death, declaration | ||||||
19 | of invalidity of marriage or civil union, judgment for | ||||||
20 | dissolution of marriage or civil union, or after a judgment | ||||||
21 | for legal separation, except as provided by the Gestational | ||||||
22 | Surrogacy Act or Article 7 of this Act; | ||||||
23 | (3) before the birth of the child, he and the mother of | ||||||
24 | the child married each other or entered into a |
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1 | state-recognized civil union in apparent compliance with | ||||||
2 | law, even if the attempted marriage or civil union is or | ||||||
3 | could be declared invalid, and the child is born during the | ||||||
4 | invalid marriage or civil union or within 300 days after | ||||||
5 | its termination by death, declaration of invalidity of | ||||||
6 | marriage or civil union, judgment for dissolution of | ||||||
7 | marriage or civil union, or after a judgment for legal | ||||||
8 | separation, except as provided by the Gestational | ||||||
9 | Surrogacy Act or Article 7 of this Act;
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10 | (4) after the child's birth, he and the child's mother | ||||||
11 | have married each other or entered into a state-recognized | ||||||
12 | civil union, even though the marriage or civil union is or | ||||||
13 | could be declared invalid, and he is named, with his | ||||||
14 | written consent, as the child's father on the child's birth | ||||||
15 | certificate; or | ||||||
16 | (5) for the first 2 years of the child's life, he | ||||||
17 | resided in a household with the child and openly held out | ||||||
18 | the child as his own during that time. | ||||||
19 | (b) A woman is presumed to be the parent of a child if she | ||||||
20 | and the natural mother of the child were in a state-recognized | ||||||
21 | civil union or marriage at the time of the birth and the | ||||||
22 | natural father of the child has not commenced an action to | ||||||
23 | establish his parentage.
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24 | Section 205. Proceedings to declare the non-existence of | ||||||
25 | the parent-child relationship.
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1 | (a) An action to declare the non-existence of the | ||||||
2 | parent-child relationship may be brought by the child, the | ||||||
3 | natural mother, or a man or woman presumed to be the parent | ||||||
4 | under Section 204 of this Act. Actions brought by the child, | ||||||
5 | the natural mother, or a presumed parent shall be brought by | ||||||
6 | verified complaint, which shall be designated a petition.
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7 | the presumption that a man or woman presumed to be the parent | ||||||
8 | under Section 204 of this Act has been rebutted, parentage of | ||||||
9 | the child by another man or woman may be established in the | ||||||
10 | same action, if he or she has been made a party. | ||||||
11 | (b) An action to declare the non-existence of the | ||||||
12 | parent-child relationship brought under subsection (a) of this | ||||||
13 | Section shall be barred if brought later than 2 years after the | ||||||
14 | petitioner obtains knowledge of the relevant facts. The 2-year | ||||||
15 | period for bringing an action to declare the non-existence of | ||||||
16 | the parent-child relationship shall not extend beyond the date | ||||||
17 | on which the child reaches the age of 18 years. Failure to | ||||||
18 | bring an action within 2 years shall not bar any party from | ||||||
19 | asserting a defense in any action to declare the existence of | ||||||
20 | the parent-child relationship. | ||||||
21 | (c) An action to declare the non-existence of the | ||||||
22 | parent-child relationship may be brought subsequent to an | ||||||
23 | adjudication of parentage in any judgment by the man | ||||||
24 | adjudicated to be the parent pursuant to a presumption in | ||||||
25 | paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(4) of Section 204 if, as a result | ||||||
26 | of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing, it is discovered that |
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1 | the man adjudicated to be the father is not the natural father | ||||||
2 | of the child. Actions brought by the adjudicated father shall | ||||||
3 | be brought by
verified petition. If, as a result of the | ||||||
4 | deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing, the petitioner is | ||||||
5 | determined not to be the natural father of the child, the | ||||||
6 | adjudication of paternity and any orders regarding custody, | ||||||
7 | parenting time, and future payments of support may be vacated. | ||||||
8 | (d) An action to declare the non-existence of the | ||||||
9 | parent-child relationship brought under subsection (c) of this | ||||||
10 | Section shall be barred if brought more than 2 years after the | ||||||
11 | petitioner obtains actual knowledge of relevant facts. The | ||||||
12 | 2-year period shall not apply to periods of time where the | ||||||
13 | natural mother or the child refuses to submit to | ||||||
14 | deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing. The 2-year period for | ||||||
15 | bringing an action to declare the non-existence of the | ||||||
16 | parent-child relationship shall not extend beyond the date on | ||||||
17 | which the child reaches the age of 18 years.
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18 | ARTICLE 3. VOLUNTARY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY | ||||||
19 | Section 301. Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity. A | ||||||
20 | parent-child relationship may be established voluntarily by | ||||||
21 | the signing and witnessing of a Voluntary Acknowledgment of | ||||||
22 | Paternity in accordance with Section 12 of the Vital Records | ||||||
23 | Act and Section 10-17.7 of the Illinois Public Aid Code. The | ||||||
24 | Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity shall contain the social |
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1 | security numbers of the persons signing the Voluntary | ||||||
2 | Acknowledgment of Paternity; however, failure to include the | ||||||
3 | social security numbers of the persons signing a Voluntary | ||||||
4 | Acknowledgment of Paternity does not invalidate the Voluntary | ||||||
5 | Acknowledgment of Paternity.
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6 | Section 302. Execution of Voluntary Acknowledgment of | ||||||
7 | Paternity. | ||||||
8 | (a) A Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity must:
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9 | (1) be in a record;
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10 | (2) be signed, or otherwise authenticated, under | ||||||
11 | penalty of perjury by the mother and by the man seeking to | ||||||
12 | establish his paternity;
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13 | (3) state that the child whose paternity is being | ||||||
14 | acknowledged:
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15 | (A) does not have a presumed father, or has a | ||||||
16 | presumed father whose full name is stated; and
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17 | (B) does not have another acknowledged or | ||||||
18 | adjudicated father;
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19 | (4) be witnessed; and
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20 | (5) state that the signatories understand that the | ||||||
21 | acknowledgment is the equivalent of a judicial | ||||||
22 | adjudication of paternity of the child and that a challenge | ||||||
23 | to the acknowledgment is permitted only under limited | ||||||
24 | circumstances and is barred after 4 years.
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25 | (b) An acknowledgment of paternity is void if it:
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1 | (1) states that another man is a presumed father, | ||||||
2 | unless a denial of paternity signed or otherwise | ||||||
3 | authenticated by the presumed father is filed with the | ||||||
4 | Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, as | ||||||
5 | provided by law;
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6 | (2) states that another man is an acknowledged or | ||||||
7 | adjudicated father; or
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8 | (3) falsely denies the existence of a presumed, | ||||||
9 | acknowledged, or adjudicated father of the child.
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10 | (c) A presumed father may sign or otherwise authenticate an | ||||||
11 | acknowledgment of paternity.
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12 | Section 303. Denial of paternity. A presumed father may | ||||||
13 | sign a denial of his paternity. The denial is valid only if: | ||||||
14 | (a) a Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity signed, or | ||||||
15 | otherwise authenticated, by another man is filed pursuant to | ||||||
16 | Section 305;
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17 | (b) the denial is in a record, and is signed, or otherwise | ||||||
18 | authenticated, under penalty of perjury; and
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19 | (c) the presumed father has not previously:
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20 | (1) acknowledged his paternity, unless the previous | ||||||
21 | acknowledgment has been rescinded pursuant to Section 307 | ||||||
22 | or successfully challenged pursuant to Section 308; or
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23 | (2) been adjudicated to be the father of the child.
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24 | Section 304. Rules for acknowledgment and denial of |
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1 | paternity. | ||||||
2 | (a) An acknowledgment of paternity and a denial of | ||||||
3 | paternity may be contained in a single document or may be | ||||||
4 | signed in counterparts, and may be filed separately or | ||||||
5 | simultaneously. If the acknowledgement and denial are both | ||||||
6 | necessary, neither is valid until both are filed.
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7 | (b) An acknowledgment of paternity or a denial of paternity | ||||||
8 | may be signed before the birth of the child.
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9 | (c) Subject to subsection (a), an acknowledgment of | ||||||
10 | paternity or denial of paternity takes effect on the birth of | ||||||
11 | the child or the filing of the document with the Illinois | ||||||
12 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services, as provided by | ||||||
13 | law, whichever occurs later.
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14 | (d) An acknowledgment of paternity or denial of paternity | ||||||
15 | signed by a minor is valid if it is otherwise in compliance | ||||||
16 | with this Act.
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17 | Section 305. Effect of acknowledgment or denial of | ||||||
18 | paternity. | ||||||
19 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 307 and 308, a | ||||||
20 | valid acknowledgment of paternity filed with the Illinois | ||||||
21 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services, as provided by | ||||||
22 | law, is equivalent to an adjudication of the paternity of a | ||||||
23 | child and confers upon the acknowledged father all of the | ||||||
24 | rights and duties of a parent.
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25 | (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, |
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1 | paternity established in accordance with Section 301 has the | ||||||
2 | full force and effect of a judgment entered under this Act and | ||||||
3 | serves as a basis for seeking a child support order without any | ||||||
4 | further proceedings to establish paternity.
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5 | (c) A judicial or administrative proceeding to ratify | ||||||
6 | paternity established in accordance with Section 301 is neither | ||||||
7 | required nor permitted. | ||||||
8 | (d) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 307 and 308, a | ||||||
9 | valid denial of paternity by a presumed father filed with the | ||||||
10 | Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, as | ||||||
11 | provided by law, in conjunction with a Voluntary Acknowledgment | ||||||
12 | of Paternity, is equivalent to an adjudication of the | ||||||
13 | nonpaternity of the presumed father and discharges the presumed | ||||||
14 | father from all rights and duties of a parent.
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15 | Section 306. No filing fee. The Illinois Department of | ||||||
16 | Healthcare and Family Services, as provided by law, may not | ||||||
17 | charge for filing a Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity or | ||||||
18 | denial of paternity.
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19 | Section 307. Proceeding for rescission. A signatory may | ||||||
20 | rescind a Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity or denial of | ||||||
21 | paternity by filing a signed and witnessed rescission with the | ||||||
22 | Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services as | ||||||
23 | provided in Section 12 of the Vital Records Act, before the | ||||||
24 | earlier of: |
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1 | (a) 60 days after the effective date of the acknowledgment | ||||||
2 | or denial, as provided in Section 304; or
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3 | (b) the date of a judicial or administrative proceeding | ||||||
4 | relating to the child (including a proceeding to establish a | ||||||
5 | support order) in which the signatory is a party.
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6 | Section 308. Challenge after expiration of period for | ||||||
7 | rescission. After the period for rescission under Section 307 | ||||||
8 | has expired, a signatory of a Voluntary Acknowledgment of | ||||||
9 | Paternity or denial of paternity may commence a proceeding to | ||||||
10 | challenge the acknowledgment or denial only as provided in | ||||||
11 | Section 309.
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12 | Section 309. Procedure for challenge. | ||||||
13 | (a) An acknowledgment of paternity and any related denial | ||||||
14 | of paternity may be challenged only on the basis of fraud, | ||||||
15 | duress, or material mistake of fact by filing a verified | ||||||
16 | petition pursuant to this Section within 4 years after the | ||||||
17 | effective date of the acknowledgment or denial, as provided in | ||||||
18 | Section 304. Time during which the person challenging the | ||||||
19 | acknowledgment or denial is under legal disability or duress or | ||||||
20 | the ground for relief is fraudulently concealed shall be | ||||||
21 | excluded in computing the period of 4 years.
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22 | (b) The verified petition shall be filed in the county | ||||||
23 | where a proceeding relating to the child was brought, such as a | ||||||
24 | support proceeding or, if none exists, in the county where the |
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1 | child resides. Every signatory to the acknowledgment of | ||||||
2 | paternity and any related denial of paternity must be made a | ||||||
3 | party to a proceeding to challenge the acknowledgment or | ||||||
4 | denial. The party challenging the acknowledgment or denial | ||||||
5 | shall have the burden of proof.
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6 | (c) For the purpose of a challenge to an acknowledgment of | ||||||
7 | paternity or denial of paternity, a signatory submits to | ||||||
8 | personal jurisdiction of this State by signing the | ||||||
9 | acknowledgment and any related denial, effective upon the | ||||||
10 | filing of the acknowledgment and any related denial with the | ||||||
11 | Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, as | ||||||
12 | provided in Section 12 of the Vital Records Act.
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13 | (d) Except for good cause shown, during the pendency of a | ||||||
14 | proceeding to challenge an acknowledgment of paternity or | ||||||
15 | denial of paternity, the court may not suspend the legal | ||||||
16 | responsibilities of a signatory arising from the | ||||||
17 | acknowledgment, including the duty to pay child support.
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18 | (e) At the conclusion of a proceeding to challenge an | ||||||
19 | acknowledgment of paternity or denial of paternity, the court | ||||||
20 | shall order the Illinois Department of Public Health to amend | ||||||
21 | the birth record of the child, if appropriate. A copy of an | ||||||
22 | order entered at the conclusion of a proceeding to challenge | ||||||
23 | shall be provided to the Illinois Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
24 | Family Services.
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25 | Section 310. Ratification barred. A court or |
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1 | administrative agency conducting a judicial or administrative | ||||||
2 | proceeding is not required or permitted to ratify an | ||||||
3 | unchallenged acknowledgment of paternity.
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4 | Section 311. Full faith and credit. A court of this State | ||||||
5 | shall give full faith and credit to an acknowledgment of | ||||||
6 | paternity or denial of paternity effective in another state if | ||||||
7 | the acknowledgment or denial has been signed and is otherwise | ||||||
8 | in compliance with the law of the other state.
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9 | Section 312. Forms for acknowledgment and denial of | ||||||
10 | paternity. | ||||||
11 | (a) To facilitate compliance with this Article, the | ||||||
12 | Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall | ||||||
13 | prescribe forms for the acknowledgment of paternity and the | ||||||
14 | denial of paternity and for the rescission of acknowledgement | ||||||
15 | or denial consistent with Section 307.
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16 | (b) A Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity or denial of | ||||||
17 | paternity is not affected by a later modification of the | ||||||
18 | prescribed form.
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19 | Section 313. Release of information. The Illinois | ||||||
20 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services may release | ||||||
21 | information relating to the acknowledgment of paternity or | ||||||
22 | denial of paternity to a signatory of the acknowledgment or | ||||||
23 | denial; to the child's guardian, the emancipated child, or the |
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1 | legal representatives of those individuals; to appropriate | ||||||
2 | federal agencies; and to courts and appropriate agencies of | ||||||
3 | this State or another state.
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4 | Section 314. Adoption of rules. The Illinois Department of | ||||||
5 | Public Health and the Illinois Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
6 | Family Services may adopt rules to implement this Article.
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7 | ARTICLE 4. GENETIC TESTING | ||||||
8 | Section 401. Proceeding authorized. As soon as | ||||||
9 | practicable, the court or Administrative Hearing Officer in an | ||||||
10 | Expedited Child Support System may, and upon request of a party | ||||||
11 | shall, order or direct the mother, child, and alleged father to | ||||||
12 | submit to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing to determine | ||||||
13 | inherited characteristics. If any party refuses to submit to | ||||||
14 | genetic testing, the court may resolve the question of | ||||||
15 | paternity against that party or enforce its order if the rights | ||||||
16 | of others and the interests of justice so require.
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17 | Section 402. Requirements for genetic testing. | ||||||
18 | (a) The genetic testing shall be conducted by an expert | ||||||
19 | qualified as an examiner of blood or tissue types and appointed | ||||||
20 | by the court. The expert shall determine the genetic testing | ||||||
21 | procedures. However, any interested party, for good cause | ||||||
22 | shown, in advance of the scheduled genetic testing, may request |
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1 | a hearing to object to the qualifications of the expert or the | ||||||
2 | genetic testing procedures. The expert appointed by the court | ||||||
3 | shall testify at the pre-test hearing at the expense of the | ||||||
4 | party requesting the hearing, except as provided in Section 504 | ||||||
5 | for an indigent party. An expert not appointed by the court | ||||||
6 | shall testify at the pre-test hearing at the expense of the | ||||||
7 | party retaining the expert. Inquiry into an expert's | ||||||
8 | qualifications at the pre-test hearing shall not affect either | ||||||
9 | party's right to have the expert qualified at trial.
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10 | (b) Genetic testing must be of a type reasonably relied | ||||||
11 | upon by experts in the field of genetic testing and performed | ||||||
12 | in a testing laboratory accredited by the American Association | ||||||
13 | of Blood Banks, or a successor to its functions.
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14 | (c) A specimen used in genetic testing may consist of one | ||||||
15 | or more samples, or a combination of samples, of blood, buccal | ||||||
16 | cells, bone, hair, or other body tissue or fluid.
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17 | (d) The testing laboratory shall determine the databases | ||||||
18 | from which to select frequencies for use in calculation of the | ||||||
19 | probability of paternity based on the ethnic or racial group of | ||||||
20 | an individual or individuals. If there is disagreement as to | ||||||
21 | the testing laboratory's choice, the following rules apply:
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22 | (1) The individual objecting may require the testing | ||||||
23 | laboratory, within 30 days after receipt of the report of | ||||||
24 | the genetic testing, to recalculate the probability of | ||||||
25 | paternity using an ethnic or racial group different from | ||||||
26 | that used by the laboratory.
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1 | (2) The individual objecting to the testing | ||||||
2 | laboratory's initial choice shall:
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3 | (A) if the frequencies are not available to the | ||||||
4 | testing laboratory for the ethnic or racial group | ||||||
5 | requested, provide the requested frequencies compiled | ||||||
6 | in a manner recognized by accrediting bodies; or
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7 | (B) engage another testing laboratory to perform | ||||||
8 | the calculations.
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9 | (e) If, after recalculation using a different ethnic or | ||||||
10 | racial group, genetic testing does not reputably identify a man | ||||||
11 | as the father of a child, an individual who has been tested may | ||||||
12 | be required to submit to additional genetic testing.
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13 | Section 403. Genetic test results. | ||||||
14 | (a) The expert shall prepare a written report of the | ||||||
15 | genetic test results. If the genetic test results show that the | ||||||
16 | alleged father is not excluded, the report shall contain | ||||||
17 | statistics based upon the statistical formula of combined | ||||||
18 | paternity index (CPI) and the probability of paternity as | ||||||
19 | determined by the probability of exclusion (Random Man Not | ||||||
20 | Excluded = RMNE). The expert may be called by the court as a | ||||||
21 | witness to testify to his or her findings and, if called, shall | ||||||
22 | be subject to cross-examination by the parties. If the genetic | ||||||
23 | test results show that the alleged father is not excluded, any | ||||||
24 | party may demand that other experts, qualified as examiners of | ||||||
25 | blood or tissue types, perform independent genetic testing |
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1 | under order of court, including, but not limited to, blood | ||||||
2 | types or other testing of genetic markers. The results of the | ||||||
3 | genetic testing may be offered into evidence. The number and | ||||||
4 | qualifications of the experts shall be determined by the court.
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5 | (b) Documentation of the chain of custody of the blood or | ||||||
6 | tissue samples, accompanied by an affidavit or certification in | ||||||
7 | accordance with Section 1-109 of the Code of Civil Procedure, | ||||||
8 | is competent evidence to establish the chain of custody.
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9 | (c) The report of the genetic test results prepared by the | ||||||
10 | appointed expert shall be made by affidavit or by certification | ||||||
11 | as provided in Section 1-109 of the Code of Civil Procedure and | ||||||
12 | shall be mailed to all parties. A proof of service shall be | ||||||
13 | filed with the court. The verified report shall be admitted | ||||||
14 | into evidence at trial without foundation testimony or other | ||||||
15 | proof of authenticity or accuracy, unless a written motion | ||||||
16 | challenging the admissibility of the report is filed by either | ||||||
17 | party within 28 days of receipt of the report, in which case | ||||||
18 | expert testimony shall be required. A party may not file such a | ||||||
19 | motion challenging the admissibility of the report later than | ||||||
20 | 28 days before commencement of trial. Before trial, the court | ||||||
21 | shall determine whether the motion is sufficient to deny | ||||||
22 | admission of the report by verification. Failure to make that | ||||||
23 | timely motion constitutes a waiver of the right to object to | ||||||
24 | admission by verification and shall not be grounds for a | ||||||
25 | continuance of the hearing to establish paternity.
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1 | Section 404. Effect of genetic testing. Genetic testing | ||||||
2 | taken pursuant to this Section shall have the following effect: | ||||||
3 | (a) If the court finds that the conclusion of the expert or | ||||||
4 | experts, as disclosed by the evidence based upon the genetic | ||||||
5 | testing, is that the alleged father is not the parent of the | ||||||
6 | child, the question of paternity shall be resolved accordingly.
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7 | (b) If the experts disagree in their findings or | ||||||
8 | conclusions, the question shall be weighed with other competent | ||||||
9 | evidence of paternity.
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10 | (c) If the genetic testing results indicate that the | ||||||
11 | alleged father is not excluded and that the combined paternity | ||||||
12 | index is at least 1,000 to 1, and there is at least a 99.9% | ||||||
13 | probability of paternity, the alleged father is presumed to be | ||||||
14 | the father, and this evidence shall be admitted.
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15 | (d) A man identified under subsection (c) of this Section | ||||||
16 | as the father of the child may rebut the genetic testing | ||||||
17 | results by other genetic testing satisfying the requirements of | ||||||
18 | this Article which:
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19 | (1) excludes the man as a genetic father of the child; | ||||||
20 | or
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21 | (2) identifies another man as the possible father of | ||||||
22 | the child.
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23 | (e) Except as otherwise provided in this Article 4, if more | ||||||
24 | than one man is identified by genetic testing as the possible | ||||||
25 | father of the child, the court shall order them to submit to | ||||||
26 | further genetic testing to identify the genetic father.
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1 | Section 405. Cost of genetic testing. The expense of the | ||||||
2 | genetic testing shall be paid by the party who requests the | ||||||
3 | genetic testing, except that the court may apportion the costs | ||||||
4 | between the parties, upon request. When the genetic testing is | ||||||
5 | requested by the party seeking to establish paternity and that | ||||||
6 | party is found to be indigent by the court, the expense shall | ||||||
7 | be paid by the public agency providing representation; except | ||||||
8 | that where a public agency is not providing representation, the | ||||||
9 | expense shall be paid by the county in which the action is | ||||||
10 | brought. When the genetic testing is ordered by the court on | ||||||
11 | its own motion or is requested by the alleged or presumed | ||||||
12 | father and that father is found to be indigent by the court, | ||||||
13 | the expense shall be paid by the county in which the action is | ||||||
14 | brought. Any part of the expense may be taxed as costs in the | ||||||
15 | action, except that no costs may be taxed against a public | ||||||
16 | agency that has not requested the genetic testing.
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17 | Section 406. Compensation of expert. The compensation of | ||||||
18 | each expert witness appointed by the court shall be paid as | ||||||
19 | provided in Section 405. Any part of the payment may be taxed | ||||||
20 | as costs in the action, except that no costs may be taxed | ||||||
21 | against a public agency that has not requested the services of | ||||||
22 | the expert witness.
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23 | Section 407. Independent genetic testing. Nothing in this |
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1 | Section shall prevent any party from obtaining genetic testing | ||||||
2 | of his or her own blood or tissue independent of those ordered | ||||||
3 | by the court or from presenting expert testimony interpreting | ||||||
4 | those tests or any other blood tests ordered pursuant to this | ||||||
5 | Section. Reports of all the independent tests, accompanied by | ||||||
6 | affidavit or certification pursuant to Section 1-109 of the | ||||||
7 | Code of Civil Procedure, and notice of any expert witnesses to | ||||||
8 | be called to testify to the results of those tests shall be | ||||||
9 | submitted to all parties at least 30 days before any hearing | ||||||
10 | set to determine the issue of parentage.
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11 | Section 408. Additional persons to be tested. | ||||||
12 | (a) Subject to subsection (b), if a genetic-testing | ||||||
13 | specimen is not available from a man who may be the father of a | ||||||
14 | child, for good cause and under circumstances the court | ||||||
15 | considers to be just, the court may order the following | ||||||
16 | individuals to submit specimens for genetic testing:
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17 | (1) the parents of the man;
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18 | (2) brothers and sisters of the man;
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19 | (3) other children of the man and their mothers; and
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20 | (4) other relatives of the man necessary to complete | ||||||
21 | genetic testing.
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22 | (b) Issuance of an order under this Section requires a | ||||||
23 | finding that a need for genetic testing outweighs the | ||||||
24 | legitimate interests of the individual sought to be tested and | ||||||
25 | in no event shall such an order be issued until the individual |
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1 | is joined as a party and given notice as required under the | ||||||
2 | Code of Civil Procedure.
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3 | ARTICLE 5. TEMPORARY RELIEF | ||||||
4 | Section 501. Temporary order. | ||||||
5 | (a) On motion by a party and a showing of clear and | ||||||
6 | convincing evidence of parentage, the court shall issue a | ||||||
7 | temporary order for support of a child if the order is | ||||||
8 | appropriate and the individual ordered to pay support is:
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9 | (1) a presumed parent of the child;
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10 | (2) petitioning to have parentage adjudicated;
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11 | (3) identified as the father through genetic testing | ||||||
12 | under Article 4;
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13 | (4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to | ||||||
14 | genetic testing;
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15 | (5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the | ||||||
16 | child's father; or
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17 | (6) the mother of the child.
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18 | In determining the amount of a temporary child support | ||||||
19 | award, the court shall use the guidelines and standards set | ||||||
20 | forth in Sections 505 and 505.2 of the Illinois Marriage and | ||||||
21 | Dissolution of Marriage Act.
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22 | (b) A temporary order may include provisions for custody | ||||||
23 | and parenting time as provided by the Illinois Marriage and | ||||||
24 | Dissolution of Marriage Act.
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1 | (c) Temporary orders issued under this Section shall not | ||||||
2 | have prejudicial effect with respect to final support, custody, | ||||||
3 | or parenting time orders.
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4 | Section 502. Injunctive relief. | ||||||
5 | (a) In any action brought under this Act for the initial | ||||||
6 | determination of parentage, custody or parenting time of a | ||||||
7 | child or for modification of a prior custody or parenting time | ||||||
8 | order, the court, upon application of any party, may enjoin a | ||||||
9 | party having physical possession or custody of a child from | ||||||
10 | temporarily removing the child from Illinois pending the | ||||||
11 | adjudication of the issues of parentage, custody, and parenting | ||||||
12 | time. When deciding whether to enjoin removal of a child, or to | ||||||
13 | order a party to return the child to the State of Illinois, the | ||||||
14 | court shall consider factors including, but not limited to:
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15 | (1) the extent of previous involvement with the child | ||||||
16 | by the party seeking to enjoin removal or to have the | ||||||
17 | absent party return the child to the State of Illinois;
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18 | (2) the likelihood that parentage will be established; | ||||||
19 | and
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20 | (3) the impact on the financial, physical, and | ||||||
21 | emotional health of the party being enjoined from removing | ||||||
22 | the child or the party being ordered to return the child to | ||||||
23 | the State of Illinois.
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24 | (b) A temporary restraining order or preliminary | ||||||
25 | injunction under this Act shall be governed by the relevant |
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1 | provisions of Part 1 of Article XI of the Code of Civil | ||||||
2 | Procedure. | ||||||
3 | (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the | ||||||
4 | court may decline to enjoin a domestic violence victim having | ||||||
5 | physical possession or custody of a child from temporarily or | ||||||
6 | permanently removing the child from Illinois pending the | ||||||
7 | adjudication of issues of custody or parenting time. In | ||||||
8 | determining whether a person is a domestic violence victim, the | ||||||
9 | court shall consider the following factors:
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10 | (1) a sworn statement by the person that the person | ||||||
11 | has good reason to believe that he or she is the victim of | ||||||
12 | domestic violence or stalking;
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13 | (2) a sworn statement that the person fears for his | ||||||
14 | or her safety or the safety of his or her children;
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15 | (3) evidence from police, court, or other | ||||||
16 | government agency records or files;
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17 | (4) documentation from a domestic violence program | ||||||
18 | if the person is alleged to be a victim of domestic | ||||||
19 | violence;
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20 | (5) documentation from a legal, clerical, medical, | ||||||
21 | or other professional from whom the person has sought | ||||||
22 | assistance in dealing with the alleged domestic violence; | ||||||
23 | and
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24 | (6) any other evidence that supports the sworn | ||||||
25 | statements, such as a statement from any other individual | ||||||
26 | with knowledge of the circumstances that provides the basis |
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1 | for the claim, or physical evidence of the act or acts of | ||||||
2 | domestic violence.
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3 | ARTICLE 6. PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE PARENTAGE | ||||||
4 | Section 601. Proceeding authorized. A civil proceeding may | ||||||
5 | be maintained to adjudicate the parentage of a child. The | ||||||
6 | proceeding is governed by the Code of Civil Procedure and the | ||||||
7 | Illinois Supreme Court Rules. Administrative proceedings | ||||||
8 | adjudicating paternity shall be governed by Section 10-17.7 of | ||||||
9 | the Illinois Public Aid Code.
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10 | Section 602. Standing to maintain proceeding to establish | ||||||
11 | parent-child relationship. A complaint to adjudicate parentage | ||||||
12 | shall be verified, shall be designated a petition, and shall | ||||||
13 | name the person or persons alleged to be the parent of the | ||||||
14 | child. Subject to Article 3 and Sections 607, 608, and 609, a | ||||||
15 | proceeding to adjudicate parentage may be maintained by: | ||||||
16 | (a) the child;
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17 | (b) the mother of the child;
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18 | (c) a pregnant woman; | ||||||
19 | (d) a man presumed or alleging himself to be the father of | ||||||
20 | the child; | ||||||
21 | (e) the support-enforcement agency or other governmental | ||||||
22 | agency authorized by other law;
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23 | (f) any person or public agency that has custody of, is |
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1 | providing financial support to, or has provided financial | ||||||
2 | support to the child; | ||||||
3 | (g) the Department of Healthcare and Family Services if it | ||||||
4 | is providing, or has provided, financial support to the child | ||||||
5 | or if it is assisting with child support collections services; | ||||||
6 | (h) an authorized adoption agency or licensed | ||||||
7 | child-placing agency; | ||||||
8 | (i) a representative authorized by law to act for an | ||||||
9 | individual who would otherwise be entitled to maintain a | ||||||
10 | proceeding but who is deceased, incapacitated, or a minor; or
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11 | (j) an intended parent under the Gestational Surrogacy Act.
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12 | Section 603. Subject matter and personal jurisdiction. | ||||||
13 | (a) The circuit courts shall have jurisdiction of any | ||||||
14 | action brought under this Act. In any civil action not brought | ||||||
15 | under this Act, the provisions of this Act shall apply if | ||||||
16 | parentage is at issue. The court may join any action under this | ||||||
17 | Act with any other civil action where applicable. | ||||||
18 | (b) An individual may not be adjudicated to be a parent | ||||||
19 | unless the court has personal jurisdiction over the individual.
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20 | (c) A court of this State having jurisdiction to adjudicate | ||||||
21 | parentage may exercise personal jurisdiction over a | ||||||
22 | nonresident individual, or the guardian or conservator of the | ||||||
23 | individual, if the conditions prescribed in Section 201 of the | ||||||
24 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act are fulfilled.
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25 | (d) Lack of jurisdiction over one individual does not |
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1 | preclude the court from making an adjudication of parentage | ||||||
2 | binding on another individual over whom the court has personal | ||||||
3 | jurisdiction.
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4 | Section 604. Venue. | ||||||
5 | (a) Venue for a proceeding to adjudicate parentage is any | ||||||
6 | county of this State in which any party resides, or if the | ||||||
7 | father is deceased, in which a proceeding for probate or | ||||||
8 | administration of the presumed or alleged father's estate has | ||||||
9 | been commenced, or could be commenced. | ||||||
10 | (b) A child custody proceeding is commenced in the county | ||||||
11 | where the child resides.
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12 | Section 605. Notice to presumed father. | ||||||
13 | (a) In any action brought under Article 3 or Article 6 of | ||||||
14 | this Act where the man signing the petition for an order | ||||||
15 | establishing the existence of the parent-child relationship by | ||||||
16 | consent or the man alleged to be the father in a petition is | ||||||
17 | different from a man who is presumed to be father of the child | ||||||
18 | under Article 2, a notice shall be served on the presumed | ||||||
19 | father in the same manner as summonses are served in other | ||||||
20 | civil proceedings or, in lieu of personal service, service may | ||||||
21 | be made as follows: | ||||||
22 | (1) The person requesting notice shall pay to the clerk | ||||||
23 | of the circuit court a mailing fee of $1.50 and furnish to | ||||||
24 | the clerk of the circuit court an original and one copy of |
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1 | a notice together with an affidavit setting forth the | ||||||
2 | presumed father's last known address. The original notice | ||||||
3 | shall be retained by the clerk of the circuit court. | ||||||
4 | (2) The clerk of the circuit court shall promptly mail | ||||||
5 | to the presumed father, at the address appearing in the | ||||||
6 | affidavit, the copy of the notice by certified mail, return | ||||||
7 | receipt requested. The envelope and return receipt shall | ||||||
8 | bear the return address of the clerk of the circuit court. | ||||||
9 | The receipt for certified mail shall state the name and | ||||||
10 | address of the addressee and the date of mailing and shall | ||||||
11 | be attached to the original notice. | ||||||
12 | (3) The return receipt, when returned to the clerk of | ||||||
13 | the circuit court, shall be attached to the original notice | ||||||
14 | and shall constitute proof of service. | ||||||
15 | (4) The clerk of the circuit court shall note the fact | ||||||
16 | of service in a permanent record. | ||||||
17 | (b) The notice shall read as follows: | ||||||
18 | IN THE MATTER OF NOTICE TO .......... PRESUMED FATHER.
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19 | You have been identified as the presumed father of | ||||||
20 | ......... , born on .........
The mother of the child is | ||||||
21 | .........
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22 | An action is being brought to establish the parent-child | ||||||
23 | relationship between the named child and a man named by the | ||||||
24 | mother, ......... | ||||||
25 | Under the law, you are presumed to be the father if: | ||||||
26 | (1) you and the mother of the child are married to each |
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1 | other and the child is born during the marriage; | ||||||
2 | (2) you and the mother of the child were married to | ||||||
3 | each other and the child is born within 300 days after the | ||||||
4 | marriage is terminated by death, declaration of invalidity | ||||||
5 | of marriage, judgment for dissolution of marriage, or after | ||||||
6 | a judgment for legal separation;
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7 | (3) before the birth of the child, you and the mother | ||||||
8 | of the child married each other in apparent compliance with | ||||||
9 | law, even if the attempted marriage is or could be declared | ||||||
10 | invalid, and the child is born during the invalid marriage | ||||||
11 | or within 300 days after its termination by death, | ||||||
12 | declaration of invalidity of marriage, judgment for | ||||||
13 | dissolution of marriage, or after a judgment for legal | ||||||
14 | separation;
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15 | (4) after the child's birth, you and the child's mother | ||||||
16 | have married each other, even though the marriage is or | ||||||
17 | could be declared invalid, and you are named, with your | ||||||
18 | written consent, as the child's father on the child's birth | ||||||
19 | certificate.
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20 | As the presumed father, you have certain legal rights with | ||||||
21 | respect to the named child, including the right to notice of | ||||||
22 | the filing of proceedings instituted for the establishment of | ||||||
23 | parentage of said child and if named as the father in a | ||||||
24 | petition to establish parentage, the right to submit, along | ||||||
25 | with the mother and child, to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) tests | ||||||
26 | to determine inherited characteristics. If you wish to assert |
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1 | your rights with respect to said child, you must file with the | ||||||
2 | Clerk of this Circuit Court of ......... County, Illinois whose | ||||||
3 | address is ........ , Illinois, within 30 days after the date | ||||||
4 | of receipt of this notice, a declaration of parentage stating | ||||||
5 | that you are, in fact, the father of said child and that you | ||||||
6 | intend to assert your legal rights with respect to said child, | ||||||
7 | or request to be notified of any further proceedings with | ||||||
8 | respect to the parentage of said child. | ||||||
9 | If you do not file such declaration of parentage, or a | ||||||
10 | request for notice, then whatever legal rights you have with | ||||||
11 | respect to the named child, including the right to notice of | ||||||
12 | any future proceedings for the establishment of parentage of | ||||||
13 | the child, may be terminated without any further notice to you. | ||||||
14 | When your legal rights with respect to the named child are so | ||||||
15 | terminated, you will not be entitled to notice of any future | ||||||
16 | proceedings. | ||||||
17 | (c) The notice to presumed fathers provided for in this | ||||||
18 | Section in any action brought by a public agency shall be | ||||||
19 | prepared and mailed by such public agency and the mailing fee | ||||||
20 | to the clerk of the circuit court shall be waived.
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21 | Section 606. Summons. The summons that is served on a | ||||||
22 | respondent shall include the return date on or by which the | ||||||
23 | respondent must appear and shall contain the following | ||||||
24 | information, in a prominent place and in conspicuous language, | ||||||
25 | in addition to the information required to be provided by the |
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1 | laws of this State: "If you do not appear as instructed in this | ||||||
2 | summons, you may be required to support the child named in this | ||||||
3 | petition until the child is at least 18 years old. You may also | ||||||
4 | have to pay the pregnancy and delivery costs of the mother.".
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5 | Section 607. No limitation; child having no presumed, | ||||||
6 | acknowledged, or adjudicated parent. A proceeding to | ||||||
7 | adjudicate the parentage of a child having no presumed, | ||||||
8 | acknowledged, or adjudicated parent may be commenced at any | ||||||
9 | time, even after: | ||||||
10 | (a) the child becomes an adult, but only if the child | ||||||
11 | initiates the proceeding; or
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12 | (b) an earlier proceeding to adjudicate parentage has been | ||||||
13 | dismissed based on the application of a statute of limitations | ||||||
14 | then in effect.
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15 | Section 608. Limitation; child having presumed parent. | ||||||
16 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a | ||||||
17 | proceeding brought by a presumed father, the mother, or another | ||||||
18 | individual to adjudicate the parentage of a child having a | ||||||
19 | presumed father, must be commenced not later than 2 years after | ||||||
20 | the birth of the child.
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21 | (b) A proceeding seeking to declare the non-existence of | ||||||
22 | the parent-child relationship between a child and the child's | ||||||
23 | presumed father may be maintained at any time if the court | ||||||
24 | determines that the presumed father and the mother of the child |
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1 | neither cohabited nor engaged in sexual intercourse with each | ||||||
2 | other during the probable time of conception.
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3 | Section 609. Limitation; child having acknowledged or | ||||||
4 | adjudicated parent. | ||||||
5 | (a) If a child has an acknowledged father, a signatory to | ||||||
6 | the acknowledgment of paternity or denial of paternity may | ||||||
7 | commence a proceeding seeking to challenge the acknowledgement | ||||||
8 | or denial or challenge the paternity of the child only within | ||||||
9 | the time allowed under Section 309. | ||||||
10 | (b) If a child has an acknowledged father or an adjudicated | ||||||
11 | father, an individual, other than the child, who is neither a | ||||||
12 | signatory to the acknowledgment of paternity nor a party to the | ||||||
13 | adjudication and who seeks an adjudication of parentage of the | ||||||
14 | child must commence a proceeding not later than 2 years after | ||||||
15 | the effective date of the acknowledgment or adjudication. | ||||||
16 | (c) A proceeding under this Section is subject to the | ||||||
17 | application of the principles of estoppel established in | ||||||
18 | Section 610.
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19 | Section 610. Authority to deny motion for genetic testing. | ||||||
20 | (a) In a proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a child | ||||||
21 | having a presumed father, the court may deny a motion seeking | ||||||
22 | an order for genetic testing of the mother, the child, and the | ||||||
23 | presumed father if the court determines that:
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24 | (1) the conduct of the mother or the presumed father |
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1 | estops that party from denying parentage; and
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2 | (2) it would be inequitable to disprove the | ||||||
3 | father-child relationship between the child and the | ||||||
4 | presumed father.
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5 | (b) In determining whether to deny a motion seeking an | ||||||
6 | order for genetic testing under this Section, the court shall | ||||||
7 | consider the best interest of the child, including the | ||||||
8 | following factors:
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9 | (1) the length of time between the proceeding to | ||||||
10 | adjudicate parentage and the time that the presumed father | ||||||
11 | was placed on notice that he might not be the biological | ||||||
12 | father;
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13 | (2) the length of time during which the presumed father | ||||||
14 | has assumed the role of father of the child;
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15 | (3) the facts surrounding the presumed father's | ||||||
16 | discovery of his possible nonpaternity;
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17 | (4) the nature of the relationship between the child | ||||||
18 | and the presumed father;
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19 | (5) the age of the child;
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20 | (6) the harm that may result to the child if presumed | ||||||
21 | paternity is successfully disproved;
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22 | (7) the nature of the relationship between the child | ||||||
23 | and any alleged father;
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24 | (8) the extent to which the passage of time reduces the | ||||||
25 | chances of establishing the paternity of another man and a | ||||||
26 | child-support obligation in favor of the child; |
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1 | (9) other factors that may affect the equities arising | ||||||
2 | from the disruption of the father-child relationship | ||||||
3 | between the child and the presumed father or the chance of | ||||||
4 | other harm to the child; and
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5 | (10) any other factor the court determines to be | ||||||
6 | equitable.
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7 | (c) In a proceeding involving the application of this | ||||||
8 | Section, a minor or incapacitated child must be represented by | ||||||
9 | a guardian ad litem.
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10 | (d) If the court denies a motion seeking an order for | ||||||
11 | genetic testing, it shall issue an order adjudicating the | ||||||
12 | presumed father to be the father of the child.
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13 | Section 611. Joinder of proceedings. | ||||||
14 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a | ||||||
15 | proceeding to adjudicate parentage may be joined with a | ||||||
16 | proceeding for adoption, termination of parental rights, child | ||||||
17 | custody or parenting time, child support, dissolution of | ||||||
18 | marriage or civil union, declaration of invalidity of marriage | ||||||
19 | or civil union, legal separation, probate or administration of | ||||||
20 | an estate, or other appropriate proceeding.
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21 | (b) A respondent may not join a proceeding described in | ||||||
22 | subsection (a) with a proceeding to adjudicate parentage | ||||||
23 | brought under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
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24 | Section 612. Proceeding before birth. A proceeding to |
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1 | establish parentage may be commenced before the birth of the | ||||||
2 | child, but may not be concluded until after the birth of the | ||||||
3 | child. The following actions may be taken before the birth of | ||||||
4 | the child: | ||||||
5 | (a) service of process;
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6 | (b) the taking of depositions to perpetuate testimony; and
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7 | (c) except as prohibited by Article 4, collection of | ||||||
8 | specimens for genetic testing.
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9 | Section 613. Child as party; representation. | ||||||
10 | (a) A minor child is a permissible party, but is not a | ||||||
11 | necessary party to a proceeding under this Article.
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12 | (b) The court shall appoint a guardian ad litem to | ||||||
13 | represent a minor or incapacitated child if the child is a | ||||||
14 | party or the court finds that the interests of the child are | ||||||
15 | not adequately represented.
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16 | Section 614. Admissibility of results of genetic testing; | ||||||
17 | expenses. | ||||||
18 | (a) If a child has a presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated | ||||||
19 | father, the results of genetic testing are inadmissible to | ||||||
20 | adjudicate parentage unless performed:
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21 | (1) with the consent of both the mother and the | ||||||
22 | presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father; or
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23 | (2) pursuant to an order of the court under Section | ||||||
24 | 502.
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1 | (b) Copies of bills for genetic testing and for prenatal | ||||||
2 | and postnatal health care for the mother and child which are | ||||||
3 | furnished to the adverse party not less than 10 days before the | ||||||
4 | date of a hearing are admissible to establish:
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5 | (1) the amount of the charges billed; and
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6 | (2) that the charges were reasonable, necessary, and | ||||||
7 | customary.
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8 | (c) Certified copies of the bills for costs incurred for | ||||||
9 | pregnancy and childbirth shall be admitted into evidence at | ||||||
10 | judicial or administrative proceedings without foundation | ||||||
11 | testimony or other proof of authenticity or accuracy.
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12 | Section 615. Consequences of declining genetic testing. | ||||||
13 | (a) An order for genetic testing is enforceable through a | ||||||
14 | proceeding for adjudication of contempt.
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15 | (b) If an individual whose paternity is being determined | ||||||
16 | declines to submit to genetic testing ordered by the court or | ||||||
17 | administrative agency, the court or administrative agency for | ||||||
18 | that reason may adjudicate parentage contrary to the position | ||||||
19 | of that individual.
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20 | (c) Genetic testing of the mother of a child is not a | ||||||
21 | condition precedent to genetically testing the child and a man | ||||||
22 | whose paternity is being determined. If the mother is | ||||||
23 | unavailable or declines to submit to genetic testing, the court | ||||||
24 | or administrative agency may order the genetic testing of the | ||||||
25 | child and every man whose paternity is being adjudicated.
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1 | Section 616. Admission of paternity authorized. | ||||||
2 | (a) A respondent in a proceeding to adjudicate parentage | ||||||
3 | may admit to the paternity of a child by filing a pleading to | ||||||
4 | that effect or by admitting paternity under penalty of perjury | ||||||
5 | when making an appearance or during a hearing.
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6 | (b) If the court finds that the admission of paternity | ||||||
7 | satisfies the requirements of this Section and finds that there | ||||||
8 | is no reason to question the admission, the court shall enter | ||||||
9 | an order adjudicating the child to be the child of the man | ||||||
10 | admitting paternity.
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11 | Section 617. Rules for adjudication of paternity. The court | ||||||
12 | shall apply the following rules to adjudicate the paternity of | ||||||
13 | a child: | ||||||
14 | (a) The paternity of a child having an adjudicated father | ||||||
15 | may be disproved only by admissible results of genetic testing, | ||||||
16 | or other means, excluding that man as the father of the child | ||||||
17 | or identifying another man as the father of the child.
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18 | (b) Unless the results of genetic testing, or other | ||||||
19 | evidence, are admitted to rebut other results of genetic | ||||||
20 | testing, a man identified as the father of a child under | ||||||
21 | Section 404 must be adjudicated the father of the child.
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22 | (c) If the court finds that genetic testing under Section | ||||||
23 | 405 neither identifies nor excludes a man as the father of a | ||||||
24 | child, the court may not dismiss the proceeding. In that event, |
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1 | the results of genetic testing, and other evidence, are | ||||||
2 | admissible to adjudicate the issue of paternity.
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3 | (d) Unless the results of genetic testing are admitted to | ||||||
4 | rebut other results of genetic testing, a man excluded as the | ||||||
5 | father of a child by genetic testing must be adjudicated not to | ||||||
6 | be the father of the child.
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7 | Section 618. Pre-trial proceedings. As soon as practicable | ||||||
8 | after an action
to declare the existence or non-existence of | ||||||
9 | the father and child relationship has been brought, and the | ||||||
10 | parties are at issue, the court may conduct a pre-trial | ||||||
11 | conference.
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12 | Section 619. Jury prohibited. Trial by jury is not | ||||||
13 | available under this Act.
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14 | Section 620. Order on default. The court may issue an order | ||||||
15 | adjudicating the parentage of a person who is in default after | ||||||
16 | service of process.
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17 | Section 621. Binding effect of determination of parentage. | ||||||
18 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a | ||||||
19 | determination of parentage is binding on:
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20 | (1) all signatories to an acknowledgement or denial of | ||||||
21 | paternity as provided in Article 3; and
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22 | (2) all parties to an adjudication by a court acting |
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1 | under circumstances that satisfy the jurisdictional | ||||||
2 | requirements of Section 201 of the Uniform Interstate | ||||||
3 | Family Support Act.
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4 | (b) A child is not bound by a determination of parentage | ||||||
5 | under this Act unless:
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6 | (1) the determination was based on an unrescinded | ||||||
7 | acknowledgment of paternity and the acknowledgement is | ||||||
8 | consistent with the results of genetic testing;
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9 | (2) the adjudication of parentage was based on a | ||||||
10 | finding consistent with the results of genetic testing and | ||||||
11 | the consistency is declared in the determination or is | ||||||
12 | otherwise shown; or
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13 | (3) the child was a party or was represented in the | ||||||
14 | proceeding determining parentage by an guardian ad litem.
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15 | (c) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or civil | ||||||
16 | union, declaration of invalidity of marriage or civil union, or | ||||||
17 | legal separation, the court is deemed to have made an | ||||||
18 | adjudication of the parentage of a child if the court acts | ||||||
19 | under circumstances that satisfy the jurisdictional | ||||||
20 | requirements of Section 201 of the Uniform Interstate Family | ||||||
21 | Support Act, and the final order:
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22 | (1) expressly identifies a child as a "child of the | ||||||
23 | marriage or civil union", "issue of the marriage or civil | ||||||
24 | union", or similar words indicating that the husband is the | ||||||
25 | father of the child or the party to the civil union is the | ||||||
26 | parent of the child; or
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1 | (2) provides for support of the child by the husband or | ||||||
2 | party to the civil union unless parentage is specifically | ||||||
3 | disclaimed in the order. | ||||||
4 | (d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a | ||||||
5 | determination of parentage may be a defense in a subsequent | ||||||
6 | proceeding seeking to adjudicate parentage by an individual who | ||||||
7 | was not a party to the earlier proceeding.
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8 | (e) A party to an adjudication of parentage may challenge | ||||||
9 | the adjudication only under law of this State relating to | ||||||
10 | appeal, vacation of judgments, or other judicial review.
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11 | ARTICLE 7. CHILD OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION | ||||||
12 | Section 701. Scope of Article. This Article does not apply | ||||||
13 | to the birth of a child conceived by means of sexual | ||||||
14 | intercourse or as a result of a gestational agreement as | ||||||
15 | provided in the Gestational Surrogacy Act.
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16 | Section 702. Parental status of donor. A donor is not a | ||||||
17 | parent of a child conceived by means of assisted reproduction. | ||||||
18 | The donor of sperm provided to a licensed physician for use in | ||||||
19 | artificial insemination of a woman other than the donor's wife | ||||||
20 | or other party to his civil union shall be treated in law as if | ||||||
21 | he were not a parent of a child conceived by artificial | ||||||
22 | insemination. A woman who contributes an egg or eggs for the | ||||||
23 | purpose of in-vitro fertilization or implantation in a woman |
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1 | other than herself or the other party to her civil union shall | ||||||
2 | be treated in law as if she were not a parent of a child | ||||||
3 | conceived by assisted reproduction.
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4 | Section 703. Parentage of a child of assisted reproduction. | ||||||
5 | A man who provides sperm for, or consents to, assisted | ||||||
6 | reproduction (including artificial insemination) by a woman as | ||||||
7 | provided in Section 704 with the intent to be the parent of her | ||||||
8 | child, is a parent of the resulting child. A woman who provides | ||||||
9 | an egg or eggs for, or consents to, assisted reproduction | ||||||
10 | (including in-vitro fertilization and implantation) by a woman | ||||||
11 | as provided in Section 704 with the intent to be the parent of | ||||||
12 | her child, is a parent of the resulting child.
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13 | Section 704. Consent to assisted reproduction. | ||||||
14 | (a) Consent by a husband or party to a civil union who | ||||||
15 | intends to be a parent of a child born to the wife or other | ||||||
16 | party to a civil union by assisted reproduction must be in a | ||||||
17 | record signed by the husband and wife or both parties to the | ||||||
18 | civil union. This requirement does not apply to a donor, unless | ||||||
19 | the donor intends to be the parent. | ||||||
20 | (b) Failure to sign a consent required by subsection (a), | ||||||
21 | before or after the birth of the child, does not preclude a | ||||||
22 | finding of parentage if the married couple or parties to a | ||||||
23 | civil union, for the first 2 years of the child's life resided | ||||||
24 | in a household with the child and openly held out the child as |
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1 | their own during that time.
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2 | Section 705. Limitation of dispute of parentage. | ||||||
3 | (a) Any child born as the result of artificial insemination | ||||||
4 | shall be considered at law in all respects the same as a | ||||||
5 | naturally conceived child of the couple so requesting and | ||||||
6 | consenting to the use of artificial insemination.
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7 | (b) If, under the supervision of a licensed physician and | ||||||
8 | with the consent of the husband or other party to the civil | ||||||
9 | union, a wife or party to the civil union is inseminated | ||||||
10 | artificially with sperm donated by a donor, the husband or | ||||||
11 | other party to the civil union shall be treated in law as if he | ||||||
12 | or she is the natural parent of the child thereby conceived. | ||||||
13 | The husband's or other party to the civil union's consent must | ||||||
14 | be in writing executed and acknowledged by the husband and wife | ||||||
15 | or both parties to the civil union. The physician who is to | ||||||
16 | perform the technique shall certify their signatures and the | ||||||
17 | date of the insemination, and file the husband's or other party | ||||||
18 | to the civil union's consent in the medical record where it | ||||||
19 | shall be kept confidential and held by the patient's physician. | ||||||
20 | However, the physician's failure to do so shall not affect the | ||||||
21 | legal relationship between the husband or other party to the | ||||||
22 | civil union and the child. All records pertaining to the | ||||||
23 | insemination, whether part of the permanent medical record held | ||||||
24 | by the physician or not, are subject to inspection only upon an | ||||||
25 | order of the court or for good cause shown. |
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1 | (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a | ||||||
2 | husband or party to a civil union whose wife or other party to | ||||||
3 | the civil union gives birth to a child by means of assisted | ||||||
4 | reproduction may not challenge parentage of the child unless: | ||||||
5 | (1) within 2 years after learning of the birth of the | ||||||
6 | child, the husband or party to the civil union commences a | ||||||
7 | proceeding to adjudicate parentage; and | ||||||
8 | (2) the court finds that the husband or party to the | ||||||
9 | civil union did not consent to the assisted reproduction, | ||||||
10 | before or after birth of the child. | ||||||
11 | (d) A proceeding to adjudicate parentage may be maintained | ||||||
12 | at any time if the court determines that: | ||||||
13 | (1) the husband or party to the civil union did not | ||||||
14 | provide sperm for, or before or after birth of the child | ||||||
15 | did not consent to, assisted reproduction by the wife or | ||||||
16 | other party to the civil union; | ||||||
17 | (2) the husband and wife or parties to the civil union | ||||||
18 | have not cohabitated since the probable time of assisted | ||||||
19 | reproduction; or | ||||||
20 | (3) the husband or other party to the civil union never | ||||||
21 | openly held out the child as his or her own. | ||||||
22 | (e) The limitation provided in this Section applies to a | ||||||
23 | marriage or civil union declared invalid after assisted | ||||||
24 | reproduction.
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25 | Section 706. Effect of dissolution of marriage or civil |
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1 | union or withdrawal of consent. | ||||||
2 | (a) If a marriage or civil union is dissolved or declared | ||||||
3 | invalid, or a judgement for legal separation is entered, before | ||||||
4 | implantation of existing eggs, sperm, embryo or embryos, the | ||||||
5 | former spouse or party is not a parent of the resulting child | ||||||
6 | unless the former spouse or party consented and the judgement | ||||||
7 | provides that if assisted reproduction were to occur after | ||||||
8 | entry of such judgement, the former spouse or party would be a | ||||||
9 | parent of the child. | ||||||
10 | (b) Consent to assisted reproduction may be withdrawn by an | ||||||
11 | individual in a record upon giving proper notice to the other | ||||||
12 | party and the clinic or physician who was to perform the | ||||||
13 | technique, by certified mail return receipt requested, at any | ||||||
14 | time before implantation placement of eggs, sperm, embryo or | ||||||
15 | embryos. An individual who withdraws consent under this Section | ||||||
16 | is not a parent of the resulting child.
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17 | Section 707. Parental status of deceased individual. | ||||||
18 | Unless an individual consents in a record to be a parent by | ||||||
19 | assisted reproduction after death, and dies before | ||||||
20 | implantation of eggs, sperm, embryo or embryos, the deceased | ||||||
21 | individual is not a parent of the resulting child.
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22 | ARTICLE 8. SUPPORT AND JUDGMENT | ||||||
23 | Section 801. Temporary child support orders. |
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1 | (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, pending | ||||||
2 | the outcome of a judicial determination of parentage, the court | ||||||
3 | shall issue a temporary order for child support, upon motion by | ||||||
4 | a party and a showing of clear and convincing evidence of | ||||||
5 | parentage. In determining the amount of the temporary child | ||||||
6 | support award, the court shall use the guidelines and standards | ||||||
7 | set forth in subsection (a) of Section 505 and in Section 505.2 | ||||||
8 | of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. | ||||||
9 | (b) Any new or existing support order entered by the court | ||||||
10 | under this Section shall be deemed to be a series of judgments | ||||||
11 | against the person obligated to pay support thereunder, each | ||||||
12 | such judgment to be in the amount of each payment or | ||||||
13 | installment of support and each judgment to be deemed entered | ||||||
14 | as of the date the corresponding payment or installment becomes | ||||||
15 | due under the terms of the support order. Each such judgment | ||||||
16 | shall have the full force, effect, and attributes of any other | ||||||
17 | judgment of this State, including the ability to be enforced. | ||||||
18 | Any such judgment is subject to modification or termination | ||||||
19 | only in accordance with Section 510 of the Illinois Marriage | ||||||
20 | and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Notwithstanding any other | ||||||
21 | state or local law to the contrary, a lien arises by operation | ||||||
22 | of law against the real and personal property of the | ||||||
23 | noncustodial parent for each installment of overdue support | ||||||
24 | owed by the noncustodial parent. | ||||||
25 | (c) All orders for support, when entered or modified, shall | ||||||
26 | include a provision requiring the non-custodial parent to |
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1 | notify the court and, in cases in which a party is receiving | ||||||
2 | child support enforcement services under Article X of the | ||||||
3 | Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Department of Healthcare | ||||||
4 | and Family Services, within 7 days (i) of the name and address | ||||||
5 | of any new employer of the non-custodial parent, (ii) whether | ||||||
6 | the non-custodial parent has access to health insurance | ||||||
7 | coverage through the employer or other group coverage and, if | ||||||
8 | so, of the policy name and number and the names of persons | ||||||
9 | covered under the policy, and (iii) of any new residential or | ||||||
10 | mailing address or telephone number of the non-custodial | ||||||
11 | parent. In any subsequent action to enforce a support order, | ||||||
12 | upon a sufficient showing that a diligent effort has been made | ||||||
13 | to ascertain the location of the non-custodial parent, service | ||||||
14 | of process or provision of notice necessary in the case may be | ||||||
15 | made at the last known address of the non-custodial parent in | ||||||
16 | any manner expressly provided by the Code of Civil Procedure or | ||||||
17 | in this Act, which service shall be sufficient for purposes of | ||||||
18 | due process. | ||||||
19 | (d) An order for support shall include a date on which the | ||||||
20 | current support obligation terminates. The termination date | ||||||
21 | shall be no earlier than the date on which the child covered by | ||||||
22 | the order will attain the age of 18. However, if the child will | ||||||
23 | not graduate from high school until after attaining the age of | ||||||
24 | 18, then the termination date shall be no earlier than the | ||||||
25 | earlier of the date on which the child's high school graduation | ||||||
26 | will occur or the date on which the child will attain the age |
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1 | of 19. The order for support shall state that the termination | ||||||
2 | date does not apply to any arrearage that may remain unpaid on | ||||||
3 | that date. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to | ||||||
4 | prevent the court from modifying the order or terminating the | ||||||
5 | order in the event the child is otherwise emancipated. | ||||||
6 | (e) If there is an unpaid arrearage or delinquency (as | ||||||
7 | those terms are defined in the Income Withholding for Support | ||||||
8 | Act) equal to at least one month's support obligation on the | ||||||
9 | termination date stated in the order for support or, if there | ||||||
10 | is no termination date stated in the order, on the date the | ||||||
11 | child attains the age of majority or is otherwise emancipated, | ||||||
12 | the periodic amount required to be paid for current support of | ||||||
13 | that child immediately prior to that date shall automatically | ||||||
14 | continue to be an obligation, not as current support but as | ||||||
15 | periodic payment toward satisfaction of the unpaid arrearage or | ||||||
16 | delinquency. That periodic payment shall be in addition to any | ||||||
17 | periodic payment previously required for satisfaction of the | ||||||
18 | arrearage or delinquency. The total periodic amount to be paid | ||||||
19 | toward satisfaction of the arrearage or delinquency may be | ||||||
20 | enforced and collected by any method provided by law for the | ||||||
21 | enforcement and collection of child support including, but not | ||||||
22 | limited to, income withholding under the Income Withholding for | ||||||
23 | Support Act. Each order for support entered or modified on or | ||||||
24 | after January 1, 2006 must contain a statement notifying the | ||||||
25 | parties of the requirements of this subsection. Failure to | ||||||
26 | include the statement in the order for support does not affect |
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1 | the validity of the order or the operation of the provisions of | ||||||
2 | this subsection with regard to the order. This subsection shall | ||||||
3 | not be construed to prevent or affect the establishment or | ||||||
4 | modification of an order for the support of a minor child or | ||||||
5 | the establishment or modification of an order for the support | ||||||
6 | of a non-minor child or educational expenses under Section 513 | ||||||
7 | of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. | ||||||
8 | (f) An order entered under this Section shall include a | ||||||
9 | provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee and to | ||||||
10 | the clerk of the circuit court within 10 days each time the | ||||||
11 | obligor
obtains new employment, and each time the obligor's | ||||||
12 | employment is terminated for any reason. The report shall be in | ||||||
13 | writing and shall, in the case of new employment, include the | ||||||
14 | name and address of the new employer. Failure to report new | ||||||
15 | employment or the termination of current employment, if coupled | ||||||
16 | with nonpayment of support for a period in excess of 60 days, | ||||||
17 | is indirect criminal contempt. For any obligor arrested for | ||||||
18 | failure to report new employment, bond shall be set in the | ||||||
19 | amount of the child support that should have been paid during | ||||||
20 | the period of unreported employment. An order entered under | ||||||
21 | this Section shall also include a provision requiring the | ||||||
22 | obligor and obligee parents to advise each other of a change in | ||||||
23 | residence within 5 days of the change except when the court | ||||||
24 | finds that the physical, mental, or emotional health of a party | ||||||
25 | or that of a minor child, or both, would be seriously | ||||||
26 | endangered by disclosure of the party's address.
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1 | Section 802. Judgment. | ||||||
2 | (a) The court shall issue an order adjudicating whether a | ||||||
3 | man alleged or claiming to be the father is the parent of the | ||||||
4 | child. An order adjudicating parentage must identify the child | ||||||
5 | by name and date of birth. | ||||||
6 | The court may assess filing fees, reasonable attorney's | ||||||
7 | fees, fees for genetic testing, other costs, and necessary | ||||||
8 | travel and other reasonable expenses incurred in a proceeding | ||||||
9 | under this Act. The court may award attorney's fees, which may | ||||||
10 | be paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in | ||||||
11 | the attorney's own name. The court may not assess fees, costs, | ||||||
12 | or expenses against the support-enforcement agency of this | ||||||
13 | State or another state, except as provided by other law. | ||||||
14 | The judgment shall contain or explicitly reserve | ||||||
15 | provisions concerning any duty and amount of child support and | ||||||
16 | may contain provisions concerning the custody and guardianship | ||||||
17 | of the child, parenting time privileges with the child, the | ||||||
18 | furnishing of bond or other security for the payment of the | ||||||
19 | judgment, which the court shall determine in accordance with | ||||||
20 | the relevant factors set forth in the Illinois Marriage and | ||||||
21 | Dissolution of Marriage Act and any other applicable law of
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22 | Illinois, to guide the court in a finding in the best interests | ||||||
23 | of the child. In determining custody, joint custody, removal, | ||||||
24 | parenting time, parenting time interference, support for a | ||||||
25 | non-minor disabled child, educational expenses for a non-minor |
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1 | child, and related post-judgment issues, the court shall apply | ||||||
2 | the relevant standards of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution | ||||||
3 | of Marriage Act. Specifically, in determining the amount of any | ||||||
4 | child support award, the court shall use the guidelines and | ||||||
5 | standards set forth in subsection (a) of Section 505 and in | ||||||
6 | Section 505.2 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of | ||||||
7 | Marriage Act.
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8 | (b) In an action brought within 2 years after a child's | ||||||
9 | birth, the judgment or order may direct either parent to pay | ||||||
10 | the reasonable expenses incurred by either parent or the | ||||||
11 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services related to the | ||||||
12 | mother's pregnancy and the delivery of the child. | ||||||
13 | (c)If a judgment of parentage contains no explicit award of | ||||||
14 | custody, the establishment of a child support obligation or of | ||||||
15 | parenting time rights in one parent shall be considered a | ||||||
16 | judgment granting custody to the other parent. If the parentage | ||||||
17 | judgment contains no such provisions, custody shall be presumed | ||||||
18 | to be with the mother; however, the presumption shall not apply | ||||||
19 | if the father has had physical custody for at least 6 months | ||||||
20 | prior to the date that the mother seeks to enforce custodial | ||||||
21 | rights. | ||||||
22 | (d)The court, if necessary to protect and promote the best | ||||||
23 | interests of the child, may set aside a portion of the | ||||||
24 | separately held estates of the parties in a separate fund or | ||||||
25 | trust for the support, education, physical and mental health, | ||||||
26 | and general welfare of any minor, or mentally or physically |
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1 | disabled child of the parties. | ||||||
2 | (e) The court shall order all child support payments, | ||||||
3 | determined in accordance with such guidelines, to commence with | ||||||
4 | the date summons is served. The level of current periodic | ||||||
5 | support payments shall not be reduced because of payments set | ||||||
6 | for the period prior to the date of entry of the support order. | ||||||
7 | The court may order any child support payments to be made for a | ||||||
8 | period prior to the commencement of the action. In determining | ||||||
9 | whether and the extent to which the payments shall be made for | ||||||
10 | any prior period, the court shall consider all relevant facts, | ||||||
11 | including the factors for determining the amount of support | ||||||
12 | specified in the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage | ||||||
13 | Act and other equitable factors including but not limited to:
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14 | (1) The father's prior knowledge of the fact and | ||||||
15 | circumstances of the child's birth.
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16 | (2) The father's prior willingness or refusal to help | ||||||
17 | raise or support the child.
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18 | (3) The extent to which the mother or the public agency | ||||||
19 | bringing the action previously informed the father of the | ||||||
20 | child's needs or attempted to seek or require his help in | ||||||
21 | raising or supporting the child.
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22 | (4) The reasons the mother or the public agency did not | ||||||
23 | file the action earlier.
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24 | (5) The extent to which the father would be prejudiced | ||||||
25 | by the delay in bringing the action. | ||||||
26 | For purposes of determining the amount of child support to |
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1 | be paid for any period before the date the order for current | ||||||
2 | child support is entered, there is a rebuttable presumption | ||||||
3 | that the father's net income for the prior period was the same | ||||||
4 | as his net income at the time the order for current child | ||||||
5 | support is entered. | ||||||
6 | If (i) the non-custodial parent was properly served with a | ||||||
7 | request for discovery of financial information relating to the | ||||||
8 | non-custodial parent's ability to provide child support, (ii) | ||||||
9 | the non-custodial parent failed to comply with the request, | ||||||
10 | despite having been ordered to do so by the court, and (iii) | ||||||
11 | the non-custodial parent is not present at the hearing to | ||||||
12 | determine support despite having received proper notice, then | ||||||
13 | any relevant financial information concerning the | ||||||
14 | non-custodial parent's ability to provide child support that | ||||||
15 | was obtained pursuant to subpoena and proper notice shall be | ||||||
16 | admitted into evidence without the need to establish any | ||||||
17 | further foundation for its admission.
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18 | (f) Any new or existing support order entered by the court | ||||||
19 | under this Section shall be deemed to be a series of judgments | ||||||
20 | against the person obligated to pay support thereunder, each | ||||||
21 | judgment to be in the amount of each payment or installment of | ||||||
22 | support and each such judgment to be deemed entered as of the | ||||||
23 | date the corresponding payment or installment becomes due under | ||||||
24 | the terms of the support order. Each judgment shall have the | ||||||
25 | full force, effect, and attributes of any other judgment of | ||||||
26 | this State, including the ability to be enforced. Any such |
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1 | judgment is subject to modification or termination only in | ||||||
2 | accordance with Section 510 of the Illinois Marriage and | ||||||
3 | Dissolution of Marriage Act. Notwithstanding any State or local | ||||||
4 | law to the contrary, a lien arises by operation of law against | ||||||
5 | the real and personal property of the noncustodial parent for | ||||||
6 | each installment of overdue support owed by the noncustodial | ||||||
7 | parent.
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8 | (g) If the judgment or order of the court is at variance | ||||||
9 | with the child's birth certificate, the court shall order that | ||||||
10 | a new birth certificate be issued under the Vital Records Act.
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11 | (h) On request of the mother and the father, the court | ||||||
12 | shall order a change in the child's name.
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13 | (i) After hearing evidence the court may stay payment of | ||||||
14 | support during the period of the father's minority or period of | ||||||
15 | disability.
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16 | (j) If, upon a showing of proper service, the father fails | ||||||
17 | to appear in court or otherwise appear as provided by law, the | ||||||
18 | court may proceed to hear the cause upon testimony of the | ||||||
19 | mother or other parties taken in open court and shall enter a | ||||||
20 | judgment by default. The court may reserve any order as to the | ||||||
21 | amount of child support until the father has received notice, | ||||||
22 | by regular mail, of a hearing on the matter.
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23 | (k) All orders for support, when entered or modified, shall | ||||||
24 | include a provision requiring the non-custodial parent to | ||||||
25 | notify the court and, in cases in which party is receiving | ||||||
26 | child support enforcement services under Article X of the |
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1 | Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Department of Healthcare | ||||||
2 | and Family Services, within 7 days, (i) of the name and address | ||||||
3 | of any new employer of the non-custodial parent, (ii) whether | ||||||
4 | the non-custodial parent has access to health insurance | ||||||
5 | coverage through the employer or other group coverage and, if | ||||||
6 | so, of the policy name and number and the names of persons | ||||||
7 | covered under the policy, and (iii) of any new residential or | ||||||
8 | mailing address or telephone number of the non-custodial | ||||||
9 | parent. In any subsequent action to enforce a support order, | ||||||
10 | upon a sufficient showing that a diligent effort has been made | ||||||
11 | to ascertain the location of the non-custodial parent, service | ||||||
12 | of process or provision of notice necessary in the case may be | ||||||
13 | made at the last known address of the non-custodial parent in | ||||||
14 | any manner expressly provided by the Code of Civil Procedure or | ||||||
15 | this Act, which service shall be sufficient for purposes of due | ||||||
16 | process.
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17 | (l) An order for support shall include a date on which the | ||||||
18 | current support obligation terminates. The termination date | ||||||
19 | shall be no earlier than the date on which the child covered by | ||||||
20 | the order will attain the age of 18. However, if the child will | ||||||
21 | not graduate from high school until after attaining the age of | ||||||
22 | 18, then the termination date shall be no earlier than the | ||||||
23 | earlier of the date on which the child's high school graduation | ||||||
24 | will occur or the date on which the child will attain the age | ||||||
25 | of 19. The order for support shall state that the termination | ||||||
26 | date does not apply to any arrearage that may remain unpaid on |
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1 | that date. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to | ||||||
2 | prevent the court from modifying the order or terminating the | ||||||
3 | order in the event the child is otherwise emancipated.
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4 | (m) If there is an unpaid arrearage or delinquency (as | ||||||
5 | those terms are defined in the Income Withholding for Support | ||||||
6 | Act) equal to at least one month's support obligation on the | ||||||
7 | termination date stated in the order for support or, if there | ||||||
8 | is no termination date stated in the order, on the date the | ||||||
9 | child attains the age of majority or is otherwise emancipated, | ||||||
10 | the periodic amount required to be paid for current support of | ||||||
11 | that child immediately prior to that date shall automatically | ||||||
12 | continue to be an obligation, not as current support but as | ||||||
13 | periodic payment toward satisfaction of the unpaid arrearage or | ||||||
14 | delinquency. That periodic payment shall be in addition to any | ||||||
15 | periodic payment previously required for satisfaction of the | ||||||
16 | arrearage or delinquency. The total periodic amount to be paid | ||||||
17 | toward satisfaction of the arrearage or delinquency may be | ||||||
18 | enforced and collected by any method provided by law for | ||||||
19 | enforcement and collection of child support, including but not | ||||||
20 | limited to income withholding under the Income Withholding for
| ||||||
21 | Support Act. Each order for support entered or modified on or | ||||||
22 | after January 1, 2005 must contain a statement notifying the | ||||||
23 | parties of the requirements of this subsection. Failure to | ||||||
24 | include the statement in the order for support does not affect | ||||||
25 | the validity of the order or the operation of the provisions of | ||||||
26 | this subsection with regard to the order. This subsection shall |
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1 | not be construed to prevent or affect the establishment or | ||||||
2 | modification of an order for support of a minor child or the | ||||||
3 | establishment or modification of an order for support of a | ||||||
4 | non-minor child or educational expenses under Section 513 of | ||||||
5 | the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
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6 | (n) An order entered under this Section shall include a | ||||||
7 | provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee and to | ||||||
8 | the clerk of court within 10 days each time the obligor obtains | ||||||
9 | new employment, and each time the obligor's employment is | ||||||
10 | terminated for any reason. The report shall be in writing and | ||||||
11 | shall, in the case of new employment, include the name and | ||||||
12 | address of the new employer. Failure to report new employment | ||||||
13 | or the termination of current employment, if coupled with | ||||||
14 | nonpayment of support for a period in excess of 60 days, is | ||||||
15 | indirect criminal contempt. For any obligor arrested for | ||||||
16 | failure to report new employment bond shall be set in the | ||||||
17 | amount of the child support that should have been paid during | ||||||
18 | the period of unreported employment. An order entered under | ||||||
19 | this Section shall also include a provision requiring the | ||||||
20 | obligor and obligee parents to advise each other of a change in | ||||||
21 | residence within 5 days of the change except when the court | ||||||
22 | finds that the physical, mental, or emotional health of a party | ||||||
23 | or that of a minor child, or both, would be seriously | ||||||
24 | endangered by disclosure of the party's address.
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25 | Section 803. Information to State Case Registry. |
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1 | (a) In this Section: | ||||||
2 | "Order for support", "obligor", "obligee", and "business | ||||||
3 | day" are defined as set forth in the Income Withholding for | ||||||
4 | Support Act. | ||||||
5 | "State Case Registry" means the State Case Registry | ||||||
6 | established under Section 10-27 of the Illinois Public Aid | ||||||
7 | Code.
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8 | (b) Each order for support entered or modified by the | ||||||
9 | circuit court under this Act shall require that the obligor and | ||||||
10 | obligee (i) file with the clerk of the circuit court the | ||||||
11 | information required by this Section (and any other information | ||||||
12 | required under Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act or | ||||||
13 | by the federal Department of Health and Human Services) at the | ||||||
14 | time of entry or modification of the order for support and (ii) | ||||||
15 | file updated information with the clerk of the circuit court | ||||||
16 | within 5 business days of any change. Failure of the obligor or | ||||||
17 | obligee to file or update the required information shall be | ||||||
18 | punishable as in cases of contempt. The failure shall not | ||||||
19 | prevent the court from entering or modifying the order for | ||||||
20 | support, however.
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21 | (c) The obligor shall file the following information: the | ||||||
22 | obligor's name, date of birth, social security number, and | ||||||
23 | mailing address. If either the obligor or the obligee receives | ||||||
24 | child support enforcement services from the Illinois | ||||||
25 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services under Article X of | ||||||
26 | the Illinois Public Aid Code, the obligor shall also file the |
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1 | following information: the obligor's telephone number, | ||||||
2 | driver's license number, and residential address (if different | ||||||
3 | from the obligor's mailing address), and the name, address, and | ||||||
4 | telephone number of the obligor's employer or employers.
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5 | (d) The obligee shall file the following information:
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6 | (1) The names of the obligee and the child or children | ||||||
7 | covered by the order for support.
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8 | (2) The dates of birth of the obligee and the child or | ||||||
9 | children covered by the order for support.
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10 | (3) The social security numbers of the obligee and the | ||||||
11 | child or children covered by the order for support.
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12 | (4) The obligee's mailing address.
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13 | (e) In cases in which the obligee receives child support | ||||||
14 | enforcement services from the Illinois Department of | ||||||
15 | Healthcare and Family Services under Article X of the Illinois | ||||||
16 | Public Aid Code, the order for support shall (i) require that | ||||||
17 | the obligee file the information required under subsection (d) | ||||||
18 | with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services | ||||||
19 | for inclusion in the State Case Registry, rather than file the | ||||||
20 | information with the clerk, and (ii) require that the obligee | ||||||
21 | include the following additional information:
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22 | (1) The obligee's telephone and driver's license | ||||||
23 | numbers.
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24 | (2) The obligee's residential address, if different | ||||||
25 | from the obligee's mailing address.
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26 | (3) The name, address, and telephone number of the |
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1 | obligee's employer or employers. | ||||||
2 | The order for support shall also require that the obligee | ||||||
3 | update the information filed with the Illinois Department of | ||||||
4 | Healthcare and Family Services within 5 business days of any | ||||||
5 | change.
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6 | (f) The clerk of the circuit court shall provide the | ||||||
7 | information filed under this Section, together with the court | ||||||
8 | docket number and county in which the order for support was | ||||||
9 | entered, to the State Case Registry within 5 business days | ||||||
10 | after receipt of the information.
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11 | (g) In a case in which a party is receiving child support | ||||||
12 | enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid | ||||||
13 | Code, the clerk of the circuit court shall provide the | ||||||
14 | following additional information to the State Case Registry | ||||||
15 | within 5 business days after entry or modification of an order | ||||||
16 | for support or request from the Illinois Department of | ||||||
17 | Healthcare and Family Services:
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18 | (1) The amount of monthly or other periodic support | ||||||
19 | owed under the order for support and other amounts, | ||||||
20 | including arrearage, interest, or late payment penalties | ||||||
21 | and fees, due or overdue under the order.
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22 | (2) Any such amounts that have been received by the | ||||||
23 | clerk, and the distribution of those amounts by the clerk.
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24 | (h) Information filed by the obligor and obligee under this | ||||||
25 | Section that is not specifically required to be included in the | ||||||
26 | body of an order for support under other laws is not a public |
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1 | record and shall be treated as confidential and subject to | ||||||
2 | disclosure only in accordance with the provisions of this | ||||||
3 | Section, Section 10-27 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, and | ||||||
4 | Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act.
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5 | Section 804. Information to locate putative fathers and | ||||||
6 | noncustodial parents. | ||||||
7 | (a) Upon request by a public office, employers, labor | ||||||
8 | unions, and telephone companies shall provide location | ||||||
9 | information concerning putative fathers and noncustodial | ||||||
10 | parents for the purpose of establishing the parentage of a | ||||||
11 | child or establishing, enforcing, or modifying a child support | ||||||
12 | obligation. The term "public office" is defined as set forth in | ||||||
13 | the Income Withholding for Support Act. In this Section, | ||||||
14 | "location information" means information about (i) the | ||||||
15 | physical whereabouts of a putative father or noncustodial | ||||||
16 | parent, (ii) the employer of the putative father or | ||||||
17 | noncustodial parent, or (iii) the salary, wages, and other | ||||||
18 | compensation paid and the health insurance coverage provided to | ||||||
19 | the putative father or noncustodial parent by the employer of | ||||||
20 | the putative father or noncustodial parent or by a labor union | ||||||
21 | of which the putative father or noncustodial parent is a | ||||||
22 | member. An employer, labor union, or telephone company shall | ||||||
23 | respond to the request of the public office within 15 days | ||||||
24 | after receiving the request. Any employer, labor union, or | ||||||
25 | telephone company that willfully fails to fully respond within |
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1 | the 15-day period shall be subject to a penalty of $100 for | ||||||
2 | each day that the response is not provided to the public office | ||||||
3 | after the 15-day period has expired. The penalty may be | ||||||
4 | collected in a civil action, which may be brought against the | ||||||
5 | employer, labor union, or telephone company in favor of the | ||||||
6 | public office.
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7 | (b) Upon being served with a subpoena (including an | ||||||
8 | administrative subpoena as authorized by law), a utility | ||||||
9 | company or cable television company must provide location | ||||||
10 | information to a public office for the purpose of establishing | ||||||
11 | the parentage of a child or establishing, enforcing, or | ||||||
12 | modifying a child support obligation.
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13 | (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other State or | ||||||
14 | local law to the contrary, an employer, labor union, telephone | ||||||
15 | company, utility company, or cable television company shall not | ||||||
16 | be liable to any person for disclosure of location information | ||||||
17 | under the requirements of this Section, except for willful and | ||||||
18 | wanton misconduct.
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19 | Section 805. Enforcement of judgment or order. | ||||||
20 | (a) If existence of the parent-child relationship is | ||||||
21 | declared, or parentage or duty of support has been established | ||||||
22 | under this Act or under prior law or under the law of any other | ||||||
23 | jurisdiction, the judgment rendered thereunder may be enforced | ||||||
24 | in the same or other proceedings by any party or any person or | ||||||
25 | agency that has furnished or may furnish financial assistance |
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1 | or services to the child. The Income Withholding for Support | ||||||
2 | Act and Sections 802 and 808 of this Act shall also be | ||||||
3 | applicable with respect to entry, modification, and | ||||||
4 | enforcement of any support judgment entered under provisions of | ||||||
5 | the Paternity Act, approved July 5, 1957 and repealed July 1, | ||||||
6 | 1985.
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7 | (b) Failure to comply with any order of the court shall be | ||||||
8 | punishable as contempt as in other cases of failure to comply | ||||||
9 | under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. In | ||||||
10 | addition to other penalties provided by law, the court may, | ||||||
11 | after finding the party guilty of contempt, order that the | ||||||
12 | party be:
| ||||||
13 | (1) Placed on probation with such conditions of
| ||||||
14 | probation as the court deems advisable. | ||||||
15 | (2) Sentenced to periodic imprisonment for a period not | ||||||
16 | to exceed 6 months. However, the court may permit the party | ||||||
17 | to be released for periods of time during the day or night | ||||||
18 | to work or conduct business or other self-employed | ||||||
19 | occupation. The court may further order any part of all the | ||||||
20 | earnings of a party during a sentence of periodic | ||||||
21 | imprisonment to be paid to the clerk of the circuit court | ||||||
22 | or to the person or parent having custody of the minor | ||||||
23 | child for the support of said child until further order of | ||||||
24 | the court.
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25 | (3) The court may also pierce the ownership veil of a | ||||||
26 | person, persons, or business entity to discover assets of a |
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1 | non-custodial parent held in the name of that person, those | ||||||
2 | persons, or that business entity if there is a unity of | ||||||
3 | interest and ownership sufficient to render no financial | ||||||
4 | separation between the non-custodial parent and that | ||||||
5 | person, those persons, or the business entity. The | ||||||
6 | following circumstances are sufficient for a court to order | ||||||
7 | discovery of the assets of a person, persons, or business | ||||||
8 | entity and to compel the application of any discovered | ||||||
9 | assets toward payment on the judgment for support:
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10 | (A) the non-custodial parent and the person, | ||||||
11 | persons, or business entity maintain records together.
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12 | (B) the non-custodial parent and the person, | ||||||
13 | persons, or business entity fail to maintain an arms | ||||||
14 | length relationship between themselves with regard to | ||||||
15 | any assets.
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16 | (C) the non-custodial parent transfers assets to | ||||||
17 | the person, persons, or business entity with the intent | ||||||
18 | to perpetrate a fraud on the custodial parent.
With | ||||||
19 | respect to assets which are real property, no order | ||||||
20 | entered under this subdivision (3) shall affect the | ||||||
21 | rights of bona fide purchasers, mortgagees, judgment | ||||||
22 | creditors, or other lien holders who acquire their | ||||||
23 | interests in the property prior to the time a notice of | ||||||
24 | lis pendens pursuant to the Code of Civil Procedure or | ||||||
25 | a copy of the order is placed of record in the office | ||||||
26 | of the recorder of deeds for the county in which the |
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1 | real property is located.
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2 | (4) The court may also order that, in cases where the | ||||||
3 | party is 90 days or more delinquent in payment of support | ||||||
4 | or has been adjudicated in arrears in an amount equal to 90 | ||||||
5 | days obligation or more, the party's Illinois driving | ||||||
6 | privileges be suspended until the court determines that the | ||||||
7 | party is in compliance with the judgment or duty of | ||||||
8 | support. The court may also order that the parent be issued | ||||||
9 | a family financial responsibility driving permit that | ||||||
10 | would allow limited driving privileges for employment and | ||||||
11 | medical purposes in accordance with Section 7-702.1 of the | ||||||
12 | Illinois Vehicle Code. The clerk of the circuit court shall | ||||||
13 | certify the order suspending the driving privileges of the | ||||||
14 | parent or granting the issuance of a family financial | ||||||
15 | responsibility driving permit to the Secretary of State on | ||||||
16 | forms prescribed by the Secretary. Upon receipt of the | ||||||
17 | authenticated documents, the Secretary of State shall | ||||||
18 | suspend the party's driving privileges until further order | ||||||
19 | of the court and shall, if ordered by the court, subject to | ||||||
20 | the provisions of Section 7-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle | ||||||
21 | Code, issue a family financial responsibility driving | ||||||
22 | permit to the parent.
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23 | In addition to the penalties or punishment that may be | ||||||
24 | imposed under this Section, any person whose conduct | ||||||
25 | constitutes a violation of Section 15 of the Non-Support | ||||||
26 | Punishment Act may be prosecuted under that Act, and a person |
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1 | convicted under that Act may be sentenced in accordance with | ||||||
2 | that Act. The sentence may include, but need not be limited to, | ||||||
3 | a requirement that the person perform community service under | ||||||
4 | Section 50 of that Act or participate in a work alternative | ||||||
5 | program under Section 50 of that Act. A person may not be | ||||||
6 | required to participate in a work alternative program under | ||||||
7 | Section 50 of that Act if the person is currently participating | ||||||
8 | in a work program pursuant to Section 806 of this Act.
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9 | (c) In any post-judgment proceeding to enforce or modify | ||||||
10 | the judgment the parties shall continue to be designated as in | ||||||
11 | the original proceeding.
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12 | Section 806. Unemployment of person owing duty of support. | ||||||
13 | (a) Whenever it is determined in a proceeding to establish | ||||||
14 | or enforce a child support obligation that the person owing a | ||||||
15 | duty of support is unemployed, the court may order the person | ||||||
16 | to seek employment and report periodically to the court with a | ||||||
17 | diary, listing, or other memorandum of his or her efforts in | ||||||
18 | accordance with such order. Additionally, the court may order | ||||||
19 | the unemployed person to report to the Department of Employment | ||||||
20 | Security for job search services and to participate in job | ||||||
21 | training or work programs. When the duty of support is owed to | ||||||
22 | a child receiving child support enforcement services under | ||||||
23 | Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the court may order | ||||||
24 | the unemployed person to report to the Illinois Department of | ||||||
25 | Healthcare and Family Services for participation in job search, |
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1 | training, or work programs established under Section 9-6 and | ||||||
2 | Article IXA of that Code.
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3 | (b) Whenever it is determined that a person owes past-due | ||||||
4 | support for a child, and the child is receiving assistance | ||||||
5 | under the Illinois Public Aid Code, the court shall order the | ||||||
6 | following at the request of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
7 | Healthcare and Family Services:
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8 | (1) that the person pay the past-due support in | ||||||
9 | accordance with a plan approved by the court; or
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10 | (2) if the person owing past-due support is unemployed, | ||||||
11 | is subject to such a plan, and is not incapacitated, that | ||||||
12 | the person participate in such job search, training, or | ||||||
13 | work programs established under Section 9-6 and Article IXA | ||||||
14 | of the Illinois Public Aid Code as the court deems | ||||||
15 | appropriate.
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16 | Section 807. Order of protection; status. Whenever relief | ||||||
17 | is sought under this Act, the court, before granting relief, | ||||||
18 | shall determine whether any order of protection has previously | ||||||
19 | been entered in the instant proceeding or any other proceeding | ||||||
20 | in which any party, or a child of any party, or both, if | ||||||
21 | relevant, has been designated as either a respondent or a | ||||||
22 | protected person.
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23 | Section 808. Modification of judgment. The court has | ||||||
24 | continuing jurisdiction to modify an order for support, |
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1 | custody, parenting time, or removal included in a judgment | ||||||
2 | entered under this Act. Any custody, parenting time, or removal | ||||||
3 | judgment modification shall be in accordance with the relevant | ||||||
4 | factors specified in the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of | ||||||
5 | Marriage Act. Any support judgment is subject to modification | ||||||
6 | or termination only in accordance with Section 510 of the | ||||||
7 | Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
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8 | Section 809. Right to counsel. | ||||||
9 | (a) Any party may be represented by counsel at all | ||||||
10 | proceedings under this Act. Except as otherwise provided in | ||||||
11 | this Act, the court may order reasonable fees of counsel, | ||||||
12 | experts, and other costs of the action, pre-trial proceedings, | ||||||
13 | post-judgment proceedings to enforce or modify the judgment, | ||||||
14 | and the appeal or the defense of an appeal of the judgment to | ||||||
15 | be paid by the parties in accordance with the relevant factors | ||||||
16 | specified in Section 508 of the Illinois Marriage and | ||||||
17 | Dissolution of Marriage Act. The court may not order payment by | ||||||
18 | the Department of Healthcare and Family Services in cases in | ||||||
19 | which the Department is providing child support enforcement | ||||||
20 | services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
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21 | (b) In any proceedings involving the support, custody, | ||||||
22 | parenting time, education, parentage, property interest, or | ||||||
23 | general welfare of a minor or dependent child, the court may, | ||||||
24 | on its own motion or that of any party, appoint an attorney to | ||||||
25 | serve in one of the capacities specified in Section 506 of the |
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1 | Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
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2 | Section 810. Withholding of income to secure payment of | ||||||
3 | support. Orders for support entered under this Act are subject | ||||||
4 | to the Income Withholding for Support Act.
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5 | Section 811. Information concerning obligors. | ||||||
6 | (a) In this Section: | ||||||
7 | "Arrearage", "delinquency", "obligor", and "order for | ||||||
8 | support" have the meanings attributed to those terms in the | ||||||
9 | Income Withholding for Support Act. | ||||||
10 | "Consumer reporting agency" has the meaning attributed to | ||||||
11 | that term in Section 603(f) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, | ||||||
12 | 15 U.S.C. 1681a(f).
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13 | (b) Whenever a court of competent jurisdiction finds that | ||||||
14 | an obligor either owes an arrearage of more than $10,000 or is | ||||||
15 | delinquent in payment of an amount equal to at least 3 months' | ||||||
16 | support obligation pursuant to an order for support, the court | ||||||
17 | shall direct the clerk of the circuit court to make information | ||||||
18 | concerning the obligor available to consumer reporting | ||||||
19 | agencies.
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20 | (c) Whenever a court of competent jurisdiction finds that | ||||||
21 | an obligor either owes an arrearage of more than $10,000 or is | ||||||
22 | delinquent in payment of an amount equal to at least 3 months' | ||||||
23 | support obligation pursuant to an order for support, the court | ||||||
24 | shall direct the clerk of the circuit court to cause the |
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1 | obligor's name and address to be published in a newspaper of | ||||||
2 | general circulation in the area in which the obligor resides. | ||||||
3 | The clerk of the circuit court shall cause the obligor's name | ||||||
4 | and address to be published only after sending to the obligor | ||||||
5 | at the obligor's last known address, by certified mail, return | ||||||
6 | receipt requested, a notice of intent to publish the | ||||||
7 | information. This subsection (c) applies only if the obligor | ||||||
8 | resides in the county in which the clerk of the circuit court | ||||||
9 | holds office.
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10 | Section 812. Interest on support obligations. A support | ||||||
11 | obligation, or any portion of a support obligation, which | ||||||
12 | becomes due and remains unpaid as of the end of each month, | ||||||
13 | excluding the child support that was due for that month to the | ||||||
14 | extent that it was not paid in that month, shall accrue simple | ||||||
15 | interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of the Code of Civil | ||||||
16 | Procedure. An order for support shall contain a statement that | ||||||
17 | a support obligation required under the order, or any portion | ||||||
18 | of a support obligation required under the order, that becomes | ||||||
19 | due and remains unpaid as of the end of each month, excluding | ||||||
20 | the child support that was due for that month to the extent | ||||||
21 | that it was not paid in that month, shall accrue simple | ||||||
22 | interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of the Code of Civil | ||||||
23 | Procedure. Failure to include the statement in the order for | ||||||
24 | support does not affect the validity of the order or the | ||||||
25 | accrual of interest as provided in this Section.
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1 | Section 813. Support payments; receiving and disbursing | ||||||
2 | agents. | ||||||
3 | (a) In an action filed in a county of less than 3,000,000 | ||||||
4 | population in which an order for child support is entered, and | ||||||
5 | in supplementary proceedings in such a county to enforce or | ||||||
6 | vary the terms of such order arising out of an action filed in | ||||||
7 | such a county, the court, except in actions or supplementary | ||||||
8 | proceedings in which the pregnancy and delivery expenses of the | ||||||
9 | mother or the child support payments are for a recipient of aid | ||||||
10 | under the Illinois Public Aid Code, shall direct that child | ||||||
11 | support payments be made to the clerk of the circuit court | ||||||
12 | unless in the discretion of the court exceptional circumstances | ||||||
13 | warrant otherwise. In cases where payment is to be made to | ||||||
14 | persons other than the clerk of the circuit court, the judgment | ||||||
15 | or order of support shall set forth the facts of the | ||||||
16 | exceptional circumstances.
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17 | (b) In an action filed in a county of 3,000,000 or more | ||||||
18 | population in which an order for child support is entered, and | ||||||
19 | in supplementary proceedings in such a county to enforce or | ||||||
20 | vary the terms of such order arising out of an action filed in | ||||||
21 | such a county, the court, except in actions or supplementary | ||||||
22 | proceedings in which the pregnancy and delivery expenses of the | ||||||
23 | mother or the child support payments are for a recipient of aid | ||||||
24 | under the Illinois Public Aid Code, shall direct that child | ||||||
25 | support payments be made either to the clerk of the circuit |
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1 | court or to the Court Service Division of the County Department | ||||||
2 | of Public Aid or its successor, or to the clerk of the circuit | ||||||
3 | court or to the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
4 | Services, unless in the discretion of the court exceptional | ||||||
5 | circumstances warrant otherwise. In cases where payment is to | ||||||
6 | be made to persons other than the clerk of the circuit court, | ||||||
7 | the Court Service Division of the County Department of Public | ||||||
8 | Aid or its successor, or the Illinois Department of Healthcare | ||||||
9 | and Family Services, the judgment or order of support shall set | ||||||
10 | forth the facts of the exceptional circumstances.
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11 | (c) Where the action or supplementary proceeding is in | ||||||
12 | behalf of a mother for pregnancy and delivery expenses or for | ||||||
13 | child support, or both, and the mother, child, or both, are | ||||||
14 | recipients of aid under the Illinois Public Aid Code, the court | ||||||
15 | shall order that the payments be made directly to (1) the | ||||||
16 | Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services if the | ||||||
17 | mother or child, or both, are recipients under Article IV or V | ||||||
18 | of the Code or (2) the local governmental unit responsible for | ||||||
19 | the support of the mother or child, or both, if they are | ||||||
20 | recipients under Article VI or VII of the Code. In accordance | ||||||
21 | with federal law and regulations, the Illinois Department of
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22 | Healthcare and Family Services may continue to collect current | ||||||
23 | maintenance payments or child support payments, or both, after | ||||||
24 | those persons cease to receive public assistance and until | ||||||
25 | termination of services under Article X of the Illinois Public | ||||||
26 | Aid Code. The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family |
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1 | Services shall pay the net amount collected to those persons | ||||||
2 | after deducting any costs incurred in making the collection or | ||||||
3 | any collection fee from the amount of any recovery made. The | ||||||
4 | Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services or the | ||||||
5 | local governmental unit, as the case may be, may direct that | ||||||
6 | payments be made directly to the mother of the child, or to | ||||||
7 | some other person or agency in the child's behalf, upon the | ||||||
8 | removal of the mother and child from the public aid rolls or | ||||||
9 | upon termination of services under Article X of the Illinois | ||||||
10 | Public Aid Code; and upon such direction, the Illinois | ||||||
11 | Department or the local governmental unit, as the case | ||||||
12 | requires, shall give notice of such action to the court in | ||||||
13 | writing or by electronic transmission.
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14 | (d) All clerks of the circuit court and the Court Service | ||||||
15 | Division of the Department of Human Services local office or | ||||||
16 | offices or its successor and the Illinois Department of | ||||||
17 | Healthcare and Family Services, receiving child support | ||||||
18 | payments under subsection (a) or (b) shall disburse the same to | ||||||
19 | the person or persons entitled thereto under the terms of the | ||||||
20 | order. They shall establish and maintain clear and current | ||||||
21 | records of all moneys received and disbursed and of defaults | ||||||
22 | and delinquencies in required payments. The court, by order or | ||||||
23 | rule, shall make provision for the carrying out of these | ||||||
24 | duties. Payments under this Section to the Illinois Department | ||||||
25 | of Healthcare and Family Services pursuant to the Child Support | ||||||
26 | Enforcement Program established by Title IV-D of the Social |
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1 | Security Act shall be paid into the Child Support Enforcement | ||||||
2 | Trust Fund. All payments under this Section to the Illinois | ||||||
3 | Department of Human Services shall be deposited in the DHS | ||||||
4 | Recoveries Trust Fund. Disbursement from these funds shall be | ||||||
5 | as provided in the Illinois Public Aid Code. Payments received | ||||||
6 | by a local governmental unit shall be deposited in that unit's | ||||||
7 | General Assistance Fund.
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8 | (e) The moneys received by persons or agencies designated | ||||||
9 | by the court shall be disbursed by them in accordance with the | ||||||
10 | order. However, the court, on petition of the State's Attorney, | ||||||
11 | may enter new orders designating the clerk of the circuit court | ||||||
12 | or the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services as | ||||||
13 | the person or agency authorized to receive and disburse child | ||||||
14 | support payments and, in the case of recipients of public aid, | ||||||
15 | the court, on petition of the Attorney General or State's | ||||||
16 | Attorney, shall direct subsequent payments to be paid to the | ||||||
17 | Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services or to the | ||||||
18 | appropriate local governmental unit, as provided in subsection | ||||||
19 | (c). Payments of child support by principals or sureties on | ||||||
20 | bonds or proceeds of any sale for the enforcement of a judgment | ||||||
21 | shall be made to the clerk of the circuit court, the Illinois | ||||||
22 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services, or the | ||||||
23 | appropriate local governmental unit, as the respective | ||||||
24 | provisions of this Section require.
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25 | (f) For those cases in which child support is payable to | ||||||
26 | the clerk of the circuit court for transmittal to the Illinois |
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1 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services by order of court | ||||||
2 | or upon notification by the Illinois Department of Healthcare | ||||||
3 | and Family Services, the clerk of the circuit court shall | ||||||
4 | transmit all such payments, within 4 working days of receipt, | ||||||
5 | to insure that funds are available for immediate distribution | ||||||
6 | by the Department to the person or entity entitled thereto in | ||||||
7 | accordance with standards of the Child Support Enforcement | ||||||
8 | Program established under Title IV-D of the Social Security | ||||||
9 | Act. The clerk of the circuit court shall notify the Department | ||||||
10 | of the date of receipt and amount thereof at the time of | ||||||
11 | transmittal. Where the clerk of the circuit court has entered | ||||||
12 | into an agreement of cooperation with the Department to record | ||||||
13 | the terms of child support orders and payments made thereunder | ||||||
14 | directly into the Department's automated data processing | ||||||
15 | system, the clerk of the circuit court shall account for, | ||||||
16 | transmit and otherwise distribute child support payments in | ||||||
17 | accordance with such agreement in lieu of the requirements | ||||||
18 | contained herein.
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19 | (g) To the extent the provisions of this Section are | ||||||
20 | inconsistent with the requirements pertaining to the State | ||||||
21 | Disbursement Unit under Section 815 of this Act and Section | ||||||
22 | 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the requirements | ||||||
23 | pertaining to the State Disbursement Unit shall apply.
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24 | Section 814. Notice of child support enforcement services. | ||||||
25 | The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services may |
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1 | provide notice at any time to the parties to an action filed | ||||||
2 | under this Act that child support enforcement services are | ||||||
3 | being provided by the Illinois Department under Article X of | ||||||
4 | the Illinois Public Aid Code. After notice is provided pursuant | ||||||
5 | to this Section, the Illinois Department shall be entitled, as | ||||||
6 | if it were a party, to notice of any further proceedings | ||||||
7 | brought in the case. The Illinois Department shall provide the | ||||||
8 | clerk of the circuit court with copies of the notices sent to | ||||||
9 | the parties. The clerk of the circuit court shall file the | ||||||
10 | copies in the court file.
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11 | Section 815. Payment of support to State Disbursement Unit. | ||||||
12 | (a) As used in this Section, "order for support", | ||||||
13 | "obligor", "obligee", and "payor" mean those terms as defined | ||||||
14 | in the Income Withholding for Support Act, except that "order | ||||||
15 | for support" does not mean orders providing for spousal | ||||||
16 | maintenance under which there is no child support obligation.
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17 | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the | ||||||
18 | contrary, each order for support entered or modified on or | ||||||
19 | after October 1, 1999 shall require that support payments be | ||||||
20 | made to the State Disbursement Unit established under Section | ||||||
21 | 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code if:
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22 | (1) a party to the order is receiving child support | ||||||
23 | enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public | ||||||
24 | Aid Code; or
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25 | (2) no party to the order is receiving child support |
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1 | enforcement services, but the support payments are made | ||||||
2 | through income withholding.
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3 | (c) Support payments shall be made to the State | ||||||
4 | Disbursement Unit if:
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5 | (1) the order for support was entered before October 1, | ||||||
6 | 1999, and a party to the order is receiving child support | ||||||
7 | enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public | ||||||
8 | Aid Code; or
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9 | (2) no party to the order is receiving child support | ||||||
10 | enforcement services, and the support payments are being | ||||||
11 | made through income withholding.
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12 | (d) If no party to the order is receiving child support | ||||||
13 | enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid | ||||||
14 | Code and the support payments are not made through income | ||||||
15 | withholding, then support payments shall be made as directed by | ||||||
16 | the order for support.
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17 | (e) At any time, and notwithstanding the existence of an | ||||||
18 | order directing payments to be made elsewhere, the Illinois | ||||||
19 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services may provide notice | ||||||
20 | to the obligor and, where applicable, to the obligor's payor:
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21 | (1) to make support payments to the State Disbursement | ||||||
22 | Unit if:
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23 | (A) a party to the order for support is receiving | ||||||
24 | child support enforcement services under Article X of | ||||||
25 | the Illinois Public Aid Code; or
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26 | (B) no party to the order for support is receiving |
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1 | child support enforcement services under Article X of | ||||||
2 | the Illinois Public Aid Code, but the support payments | ||||||
3 | are made through income withholding; or
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4 | (2) to make support payments to the State Disbursement | ||||||
5 | Unit of another state upon request of another state's Title | ||||||
6 | IV-D child support enforcement agency, in accordance with | ||||||
7 | the requirements of Title IV, Part D of the Social Security | ||||||
8 | Act and regulations promulgated under that Part D. | ||||||
9 | The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services | ||||||
10 | shall provide a copy of the notice to the obligee and to the | ||||||
11 | clerk of the circuit court.
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12 | (f) The clerk of the circuit court shall provide written | ||||||
13 | notice to the obligor to make payments directly to the clerk of | ||||||
14 | the circuit court if no party to the order is receiving child | ||||||
15 | support enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois | ||||||
16 | Public Aid Code, the support payments are not made through | ||||||
17 | income withholding, and the order for support requires support | ||||||
18 | payments to be made directly to the clerk of the circuit court. | ||||||
19 | The clerk of the circuit court shall provide a copy of the | ||||||
20 | notice to the obligee.
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21 | (g) If the State Disbursement Unit receives a support | ||||||
22 | payment that was not appropriately made to the Unit under this | ||||||
23 | Section, the Unit shall immediately return the payment to the | ||||||
24 | sender, including, if possible, instructions detailing where | ||||||
25 | to send the support payments.
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26 | (h) The notices under subsections (e) and (f) may be sent |
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1 | by ordinary mail, certified mail, return receipt requested, | ||||||
2 | facsimile transmission, or other electronic process, or may be | ||||||
3 | served upon the obligor or payor using any method provided by | ||||||
4 | law for service of a summons.
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5 | Section 816. Collection fee. In all cases instituted by the | ||||||
6 | Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services on behalf | ||||||
7 | of a child or spouse, other than one receiving a grant of | ||||||
8 | financial aid under Article IV of the Illinois Public Aid Code, | ||||||
9 | on whose behalf an application has been made and approved for | ||||||
10 | child support enforcement services as provided by Section 10-1 | ||||||
11 | of that Code, the court shall impose a collection fee on the | ||||||
12 | individual who owes a child or spouse support obligation in an | ||||||
13 | amount equal to 10% of the amount so owed as long as such | ||||||
14 | collection is required by federal law, which fee shall be in | ||||||
15 | addition to the support obligation. The imposition of such fee | ||||||
16 | shall be in accordance with the provisions of Title IV, Part D, | ||||||
17 | of the Social Security Act and the regulations duly promulgated | ||||||
18 | thereunder. The fee shall be payable to the clerk of the | ||||||
19 | circuit court for transmittal to the Illinois Department of | ||||||
20 | Healthcare and Family Services and shall continue until support | ||||||
21 | services are terminated by that Department.
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22 | Section 817. Notice to the clerk of circuit court of | ||||||
23 | payment received by Illinois Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
24 | Family Services for recording. For those cases in which support |
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1 | is payable to the clerk of the circuit court for transmittal to | ||||||
2 | the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services by | ||||||
3 | order of court, and the Illinois Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
4 | Family Services collects support by assignment, offset, | ||||||
5 | withhold, deduction, or other process permitted by law, the | ||||||
6 | Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall | ||||||
7 | notify the clerk of the circuit court of the date and amount of | ||||||
8 | such collection. Upon notification, the clerk of the circuit | ||||||
9 | court shall record the collection on the payment record for the | ||||||
10 | case.
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11 | Section 818. Administrative determinations of paternity. | ||||||
12 | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Illinois | ||||||
13 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services may make | ||||||
14 | administrative determinations of paternity and nonpaternity in | ||||||
15 | accordance with Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code. | ||||||
16 | These determinations of paternity or nonpaternity shall have | ||||||
17 | the full force and effect of judgments entered under this Act.
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18 | ARTICLE 9. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | ||||||
19 | Section 901. Burden of proof. Absent a burden of proof | ||||||
20 | specifically set forth in this Act, the burden of proof shall | ||||||
21 | be by a preponderance of the evidence.
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22 | Section 902. Severability clause. If any provision of this |
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| |||||||
1 | Act or its application to an individual or circumstance is held | ||||||
2 | invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or | ||||||
3 | applications of this Act which can be given effect without the | ||||||
4 | invalid provision or application, and to this end the | ||||||
5 | provisions of this Act are severable.
| ||||||
6 | (750 ILCS 40/Act rep.) | ||||||
7 | (750 ILCS 45/Act rep.) | ||||||
8 | Section 903. Repeal. The following Acts are repealed: | ||||||
9 | (1) The Illinois Parentage Act. | ||||||
10 | (2) The Illinois Parentage Act of 1984.
| ||||||
11 | Section 904. Transitional provision. A proceeding to | ||||||
12 | adjudicate parentage which was commenced before the effective | ||||||
13 | date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time | ||||||
14 | the proceeding was commenced.
| ||||||
15 | Section 905. Savings provision. The repeal of the Illinois | ||||||
16 | Parentage Act of 1984 and the Illinois Parentage Act shall not | ||||||
17 | affect rights or liabilities which have accrued thereunder and | ||||||
18 | which have been determined, settled, or adjudicated prior to | ||||||
19 | the effective date of this Act or which are the subject of | ||||||
20 | proceedings pending thereunder on such effective date. | ||||||
21 | Provided further, this Act shall not be construed to bar an | ||||||
22 | action which would have been barred because the action had not | ||||||
23 | been filed within the then applicable time limitation, or which |
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1 | could not have been maintained under the Illinois Parentage Act | ||||||
2 | of 1984 and the Illinois Parentage Act as long as the | ||||||
3 | limitations periods set forth in this Act are complied with.
| ||||||
4 | Section 906. Other states' establishments of parentage. | ||||||
5 | Establishments of parentage made under the laws of other states | ||||||
6 | shall be given full faith and credit in this State regardless | ||||||
7 | of whether parentage was established through voluntary | ||||||
8 | acknowledgment, tests to determine inherited characteristics, | ||||||
9 | or judicial or administrative processes.
| ||||||
10 | Section 951. The Department of Employment Security Law of | ||||||
11 | the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | ||||||
12 | changing Section 1005-130 as follows:
| ||||||
13 | (20 ILCS 1005/1005-130) (was 20 ILCS 1005/43a.14)
| ||||||
14 | Sec. 1005-130. Exchange of information for child support
| ||||||
15 | enforcement. | ||||||
16 | (a) The Department has the power to exchange with the
| ||||||
17 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services
information that | ||||||
18 | may be necessary for the enforcement of child support
orders | ||||||
19 | entered pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois | ||||||
20 | Marriage
and
Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of | ||||||
21 | Spouse and Children Act, the
Non-Support Punishment Act, the
| ||||||
22 | Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the
| ||||||
23 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, or the Illinois |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Parentage Act of 1984 , or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 .
| ||||||
2 | (b) Notwithstanding any provisions in the Civil | ||||||
3 | Administrative
Code of Illinois to the contrary, the
Department | ||||||
4 | of Employment Security shall not be liable
to any person for | ||||||
5 | any disclosure of information to the Department of Healthcare | ||||||
6 | and Family Services (formerly
Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
7 | Aid) under subsection (a)
or for any other action taken in good | ||||||
8 | faith to comply with the requirements of
subsection (a).
| ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| ||||||
10 | Section 952. The Department of Professional Regulation Law | ||||||
11 | of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | ||||||
12 | changing Section 2105-15 as follows:
| ||||||
13 | (20 ILCS 2105/2105-15)
| ||||||
14 | Sec. 2105-15. General powers and duties.
| ||||||
15 | (a) The Department has, subject to the provisions of the | ||||||
16 | Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois, the following powers and | ||||||
17 | duties:
| ||||||
18 | (1) To authorize examinations in English to ascertain | ||||||
19 | the qualifications
and fitness of applicants to exercise | ||||||
20 | the profession, trade, or occupation for
which the | ||||||
21 | examination is held.
| ||||||
22 | (2) To prescribe rules and regulations for a fair and | ||||||
23 | wholly
impartial method of examination of candidates to | ||||||
24 | exercise the respective
professions, trades, or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | occupations.
| ||||||
2 | (3) To pass upon the qualifications of applicants for | ||||||
3 | licenses,
certificates, and authorities, whether by | ||||||
4 | examination, by reciprocity, or by
endorsement.
| ||||||
5 | (4) To prescribe rules and regulations defining, for | ||||||
6 | the
respective
professions, trades, and occupations, what | ||||||
7 | shall constitute a school,
college, or university, or | ||||||
8 | department of a university, or other
institution, | ||||||
9 | reputable and in good standing, and to determine the
| ||||||
10 | reputability and good standing of a school, college, or | ||||||
11 | university, or
department of a university, or other | ||||||
12 | institution, reputable and in good
standing, by reference | ||||||
13 | to a compliance with those rules and regulations;
provided, | ||||||
14 | that no school, college, or university, or department of a
| ||||||
15 | university, or other institution that refuses admittance | ||||||
16 | to applicants
solely on account of race, color, creed, sex, | ||||||
17 | or national origin shall be
considered reputable and in | ||||||
18 | good standing.
| ||||||
19 | (5) To conduct hearings on proceedings to revoke, | ||||||
20 | suspend, refuse to
renew, place on probationary status, or | ||||||
21 | take other disciplinary action
as authorized in any | ||||||
22 | licensing Act administered by the Department
with regard to | ||||||
23 | licenses, certificates, or authorities of persons
| ||||||
24 | exercising the respective professions, trades, or | ||||||
25 | occupations and to
revoke, suspend, refuse to renew, place | ||||||
26 | on probationary status, or take
other disciplinary action |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | as authorized in any licensing Act
administered by the | ||||||
2 | Department with regard to those licenses,
certificates, or | ||||||
3 | authorities. The Department shall issue a monthly
| ||||||
4 | disciplinary report. The Department shall deny any license | ||||||
5 | or
renewal authorized by the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
6 | Illinois to any person
who has defaulted on an
educational | ||||||
7 | loan or scholarship provided by or guaranteed by the | ||||||
8 | Illinois
Student Assistance Commission or any governmental | ||||||
9 | agency of this State;
however, the Department may issue a | ||||||
10 | license or renewal if the
aforementioned persons have | ||||||
11 | established a satisfactory repayment record as
determined | ||||||
12 | by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission or other | ||||||
13 | appropriate
governmental agency of this State. | ||||||
14 | Additionally, beginning June 1, 1996,
any license issued by | ||||||
15 | the Department may be suspended or revoked if the
| ||||||
16 | Department, after the opportunity for a hearing under the | ||||||
17 | appropriate licensing
Act, finds that the licensee has | ||||||
18 | failed to make satisfactory repayment to the
Illinois | ||||||
19 | Student Assistance Commission for a delinquent or | ||||||
20 | defaulted loan.
For the purposes of this Section, | ||||||
21 | "satisfactory repayment record" shall be
defined by rule. | ||||||
22 | The Department shall refuse to issue or renew a license to,
| ||||||
23 | or shall suspend or revoke a license of, any person who, | ||||||
24 | after receiving
notice, fails to comply with a subpoena or | ||||||
25 | warrant relating to a paternity or
child support | ||||||
26 | proceeding. However, the Department may issue a license or
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | renewal upon compliance with the subpoena or warrant.
| ||||||
2 | The Department, without further process or hearings, | ||||||
3 | shall revoke, suspend,
or deny any license or renewal | ||||||
4 | authorized by the Civil Administrative Code of
Illinois to | ||||||
5 | a person who is certified by the Department of Healthcare | ||||||
6 | and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of | ||||||
7 | Public Aid)
as being more than 30 days delinquent in | ||||||
8 | complying with a child support order
or who is certified by | ||||||
9 | a court as being in violation of the Non-Support
Punishment | ||||||
10 | Act for more than 60 days. The Department may, however, | ||||||
11 | issue a
license or renewal if the person has established a | ||||||
12 | satisfactory repayment
record as determined by the | ||||||
13 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
| ||||||
14 | Illinois Department of Public Aid) or if the person
is | ||||||
15 | determined by the court to be in compliance with the | ||||||
16 | Non-Support Punishment
Act. The Department may implement | ||||||
17 | this paragraph as added by Public Act 89-6
through the use | ||||||
18 | of emergency rules in accordance with Section 5-45 of the
| ||||||
19 | Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. For purposes of the | ||||||
20 | Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act, the adoption of | ||||||
21 | rules to implement this
paragraph shall be considered an | ||||||
22 | emergency and necessary for the public
interest, safety, | ||||||
23 | and welfare.
| ||||||
24 | (6) To transfer jurisdiction of any realty under the | ||||||
25 | control of the
Department to any other department of the | ||||||
26 | State Government or to acquire
or accept federal lands when |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the transfer, acquisition, or acceptance is
advantageous | ||||||
2 | to the State and is approved in writing by the Governor.
| ||||||
3 | (7) To formulate rules and regulations necessary for | ||||||
4 | the enforcement of
any Act administered by the Department.
| ||||||
5 | (8) To exchange with the Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
6 | Family Services information
that may be necessary for the | ||||||
7 | enforcement of child support orders entered
pursuant to the | ||||||
8 | Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Marriage and | ||||||
9 | Dissolution
of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of Spouse and | ||||||
10 | Children Act, the Non-Support
Punishment Act, the Revised | ||||||
11 | Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the
Uniform | ||||||
12 | Interstate Family Support Act, or the Illinois Parentage | ||||||
13 | Act of 1984 , or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 .
| ||||||
14 | Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code to the | ||||||
15 | contrary, the Department of
Professional Regulation shall | ||||||
16 | not be liable under any federal or State law to
any person | ||||||
17 | for any disclosure of information to the Department of | ||||||
18 | Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois | ||||||
19 | Department of
Public Aid)
under this paragraph (8) or for | ||||||
20 | any other action taken in good faith
to comply with the | ||||||
21 | requirements of this paragraph (8).
| ||||||
22 | (9) To perform other duties prescribed
by law.
| ||||||
23 | (a-5) Except in cases involving default on an educational | ||||||
24 | loan or scholarship provided by or guaranteed by the Illinois | ||||||
25 | Student Assistance Commission or any governmental agency of | ||||||
26 | this State or in cases involving delinquency in complying with |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | a child support order or violation of the Non-Support | ||||||
2 | Punishment Act, no person or entity whose license, certificate, | ||||||
3 | or authority has been revoked as authorized in any licensing | ||||||
4 | Act administered by the Department may apply for restoration of | ||||||
5 | that license, certification, or authority until 3 years after | ||||||
6 | the effective date of the revocation. | ||||||
7 | (b) The Department may, when a fee is payable to the | ||||||
8 | Department for a wall
certificate of registration provided by | ||||||
9 | the Department of Central Management
Services, require that | ||||||
10 | portion of the payment for printing and distribution
costs be | ||||||
11 | made directly or through the Department to the Department of | ||||||
12 | Central
Management Services for deposit into the Paper and | ||||||
13 | Printing Revolving Fund.
The remainder shall be deposited into | ||||||
14 | the General Revenue Fund.
| ||||||
15 | (c) For the purpose of securing and preparing evidence, and | ||||||
16 | for the purchase
of controlled substances, professional | ||||||
17 | services, and equipment necessary for
enforcement activities, | ||||||
18 | recoupment of investigative costs, and other activities
| ||||||
19 | directed at suppressing the misuse and abuse of controlled | ||||||
20 | substances,
including those activities set forth in Sections | ||||||
21 | 504 and 508 of the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act, the | ||||||
22 | Director and agents appointed and authorized by
the Director | ||||||
23 | may expend sums from the Professional Regulation Evidence Fund
| ||||||
24 | that the Director deems necessary from the amounts appropriated | ||||||
25 | for that
purpose. Those sums may be advanced to the agent when | ||||||
26 | the Director deems that
procedure to be in the public interest. |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Sums for the purchase of controlled
substances, professional | ||||||
2 | services, and equipment necessary for enforcement
activities | ||||||
3 | and other activities as set forth in this Section shall be | ||||||
4 | advanced
to the agent who is to make the purchase from the | ||||||
5 | Professional Regulation
Evidence Fund on vouchers signed by the | ||||||
6 | Director. The Director and those
agents are authorized to | ||||||
7 | maintain one or more commercial checking accounts with
any | ||||||
8 | State banking corporation or corporations organized under or | ||||||
9 | subject to the
Illinois Banking Act for the deposit and | ||||||
10 | withdrawal of moneys to be used for
the purposes set forth in | ||||||
11 | this Section; provided, that no check may be written
nor any | ||||||
12 | withdrawal made from any such account except upon the written
| ||||||
13 | signatures of 2 persons designated by the Director to write | ||||||
14 | those checks and
make those withdrawals. Vouchers for those | ||||||
15 | expenditures must be signed by the
Director. All such | ||||||
16 | expenditures shall be audited by the Director, and the
audit | ||||||
17 | shall be submitted to the Department of Central Management | ||||||
18 | Services for
approval.
| ||||||
19 | (d) Whenever the Department is authorized or required by | ||||||
20 | law to consider
some aspect of criminal history record | ||||||
21 | information for the purpose of carrying
out its statutory | ||||||
22 | powers and responsibilities, then, upon request and payment
of | ||||||
23 | fees in conformance with the requirements of Section 2605-400 | ||||||
24 | of the
Department of State Police Law (20 ILCS 2605/2605-400), | ||||||
25 | the Department of State
Police is authorized to furnish, | ||||||
26 | pursuant to positive identification, the
information contained |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | in State files that is necessary to fulfill the request.
| ||||||
2 | (e) The provisions of this Section do not apply to private | ||||||
3 | business and
vocational schools as defined by Section 15 of the | ||||||
4 | Private Business and
Vocational Schools Act of 2012.
| ||||||
5 | (f) Beginning July 1, 1995, this Section does not apply to | ||||||
6 | those
professions, trades, and occupations licensed under the | ||||||
7 | Real Estate License
Act of 2000, nor does it apply to any | ||||||
8 | permits, certificates, or other
authorizations to do business | ||||||
9 | provided for in the Land Sales Registration Act
of 1989 or the | ||||||
10 | Illinois Real Estate Time-Share Act.
| ||||||
11 | (g) Notwithstanding anything that may appear in any | ||||||
12 | individual licensing statute or administrative rule, the | ||||||
13 | Department shall deny any license application or renewal | ||||||
14 | authorized under any licensing Act administered by the | ||||||
15 | Department to any person who has failed to file a return, or to | ||||||
16 | pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed return, or | ||||||
17 | to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest, as | ||||||
18 | required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department | ||||||
19 | of Revenue, until such time as the requirement of any such tax | ||||||
20 | Act are satisfied; however, the Department may issue a license | ||||||
21 | or renewal if the person has established a satisfactory | ||||||
22 | repayment record as determined by the Illinois Department of | ||||||
23 | Revenue. For the purpose of this Section, "satisfactory | ||||||
24 | repayment record" shall be defined by rule.
| ||||||
25 | In addition, a complaint filed with the Department by the | ||||||
26 | Illinois Department of Revenue that includes a certification, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | signed by its Director or designee, attesting to the amount of | ||||||
2 | the unpaid tax liability or the years for which a return was | ||||||
3 | not filed, or both, is prima facia evidence of the licensee's | ||||||
4 | failure to comply with the tax laws administered by the | ||||||
5 | Illinois Department of Revenue. Upon receipt of that | ||||||
6 | certification, the Department shall, without a hearing, | ||||||
7 | immediately suspend all licenses held by the licensee. | ||||||
8 | Enforcement of the Department's order shall be stayed for 60 | ||||||
9 | days. The Department shall provide notice of the suspension to | ||||||
10 | the licensee by mailing a copy of the Department's order by | ||||||
11 | certified and regular mail to the licensee's last known address | ||||||
12 | as registered with the Department. The notice shall advise the | ||||||
13 | licensee that the suspension shall be effective 60 days after | ||||||
14 | the issuance of the Department's order unless the Department | ||||||
15 | receives, from the licensee, a request for a hearing before the | ||||||
16 | Department to dispute the matters contained in the order.
| ||||||
17 | Any suspension imposed under this subsection (g) shall be | ||||||
18 | terminated by the Department upon notification from the | ||||||
19 | Illinois Department of Revenue that the licensee is in | ||||||
20 | compliance with all tax laws administered by the Illinois | ||||||
21 | Department of Revenue.
| ||||||
22 | The Department shall promulgate rules for the | ||||||
23 | administration of this subsection (g).
| ||||||
24 | (h) The Department may grant the title "Retired", to be | ||||||
25 | used immediately adjacent to the title of a profession | ||||||
26 | regulated by the Department, to eligible retirees. The use of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the title "Retired" shall not constitute representation of | ||||||
2 | current licensure, registration, or certification. Any person | ||||||
3 | without an active license, registration, or certificate in a | ||||||
4 | profession that requires licensure, registration, or | ||||||
5 | certification shall not be permitted to practice that | ||||||
6 | profession. | ||||||
7 | (i) Within 180 days after December 23, 2009 (the effective | ||||||
8 | date of Public Act 96-852), the Department shall promulgate | ||||||
9 | rules which permit a person with a criminal record, who seeks a | ||||||
10 | license or certificate in an occupation for which a criminal | ||||||
11 | record is not expressly a per se bar, to apply to the | ||||||
12 | Department for a non-binding, advisory opinion to be provided | ||||||
13 | by the Board or body with the authority to issue the license or | ||||||
14 | certificate as to whether his or her criminal record would bar | ||||||
15 | the individual from the licensure or certification sought, | ||||||
16 | should the individual meet all other licensure requirements | ||||||
17 | including, but not limited to, the successful completion of the | ||||||
18 | relevant examinations. | ||||||
19 | (Source: P.A. 96-459, eff. 8-14-09; 96-852, eff. 12-23-09; | ||||||
20 | 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-650, eff. 2-1-12.)
| ||||||
21 | Section 953. The Department of Revenue Law of the
Civil | ||||||
22 | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section | ||||||
23 | 2505-65 as follows:
| ||||||
24 | (20 ILCS 2505/2505-65) (was 20 ILCS 2505/39b12)
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Sec. 2505-65. Exchange of information.
| ||||||
2 | (a) The Department has the power to exchange with any | ||||||
3 | state, with
any local subdivisions of any state, or
with the | ||||||
4 | federal government, except when specifically prohibited by | ||||||
5 | law,
any information that may be necessary to efficient tax
| ||||||
6 | administration and
that may be acquired as a result of the | ||||||
7 | administration of the laws set forth in
the Sections following | ||||||
8 | Section 95-10 and
preceding
Section 2505-60.
| ||||||
9 | (b) The Department has the power to exchange with the
| ||||||
10 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services
information that | ||||||
11 | may be necessary for the enforcement of child support
orders | ||||||
12 | entered pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois | ||||||
13 | Marriage
and
Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of | ||||||
14 | Spouse and Children Act, the
Non-Support Punishment Act, the
| ||||||
15 | Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the
| ||||||
16 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, or the Illinois | ||||||
17 | Parentage Act of 1984 , or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 .
| ||||||
18 | Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code to the contrary, | ||||||
19 | the
Department of Revenue shall not be liable to any person for | ||||||
20 | any disclosure of
information to the Department of Healthcare | ||||||
21 | and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
22 | Aid)
under this subsection (b) or for any other action taken in | ||||||
23 | good faith to comply
with the requirements of this subsection | ||||||
24 | (b).
| ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Section 954. The Counties Code is amended by changing | ||||||
2 | Section 3-5036.5 as follows:
| ||||||
3 | (55 ILCS 5/3-5036.5)
| ||||||
4 | Sec. 3-5036.5. Exchange of information for child support | ||||||
5 | enforcement.
| ||||||
6 | (a) The Recorder shall exchange with the
Department of | ||||||
7 | Healthcare and Family Services
information that may be | ||||||
8 | necessary for the enforcement
of child support orders entered | ||||||
9 | pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code, the
Illinois Marriage | ||||||
10 | and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of Spouse
and
| ||||||
11 | Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the Revised | ||||||
12 | Uniform
Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the
Uniform | ||||||
13 | Interstate Family Support Act, or the Illinois
Parentage Act of | ||||||
14 | 1984 , or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 .
| ||||||
15 | (b) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code to the | ||||||
16 | contrary, the
Recorder shall not be liable
to any person for | ||||||
17 | any disclosure of information to the Department of Healthcare | ||||||
18 | and Family Services (formerly
Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
19 | Aid) under subsection (a)
or for any other action taken in good | ||||||
20 | faith to comply with the requirements of
subsection (a).
| ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| ||||||
22 | Section 955. The Collection Agency Act is amended by | ||||||
23 | changing Section 2.04 as follows:
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (225 ILCS 425/2.04) (from Ch. 111, par. 2005.1)
| ||||||
2 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
| ||||||
3 | Sec. 2.04. Child support indebtedness.
| ||||||
4 | (a) Persons, associations, partnerships, corporations, or | ||||||
5 | other legal entities engaged in the
business of collecting | ||||||
6 | child support indebtedness owing under a court order
as | ||||||
7 | provided under the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois | ||||||
8 | Marriage and
Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of | ||||||
9 | Spouse and Children Act,
the Non-Support Punishment Act, the | ||||||
10 | Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, the Illinois Parentage Act of | ||||||
11 | 2012, or
similar laws of other states
are not
restricted (i) in | ||||||
12 | the frequency of contact with an obligor who is in arrears,
| ||||||
13 | whether by phone, mail, or other means, (ii) from contacting | ||||||
14 | the employer of an
obligor who is in arrears, (iii) from | ||||||
15 | publishing or threatening to publish a
list of obligors in | ||||||
16 | arrears, (iv) from disclosing or threatening to disclose an
| ||||||
17 | arrearage that the obligor disputes, but for which a verified | ||||||
18 | notice of
delinquency has been served under the Income | ||||||
19 | Withholding for Support Act (or
any of its predecessors, | ||||||
20 | Section 10-16.2 of the Illinois Public Aid
Code, Section 706.1 | ||||||
21 | of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act,
| ||||||
22 | Section 4.1 of the Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act, | ||||||
23 | Section 26.1 of the
Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of | ||||||
24 | Support Act, or Section 20 of the
Illinois Parentage Act of | ||||||
25 | 1984), or (v) from engaging in conduct that would
not
cause a | ||||||
26 | reasonable person mental or physical illness. For purposes of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | this
subsection, "obligor" means an individual who owes a duty | ||||||
2 | to make periodic
payments, under a court order, for the support | ||||||
3 | of a child. "Arrearage" means
the total amount of an obligor's | ||||||
4 | unpaid child support obligations.
| ||||||
5 | (a-5) A collection agency may not impose a fee or charge, | ||||||
6 | including costs, for any child support payments collected | ||||||
7 | through the efforts of a federal, State, or local government | ||||||
8 | agency, including but not limited to child support collected | ||||||
9 | from federal or State tax refunds, unemployment benefits, or | ||||||
10 | Social Security benefits. | ||||||
11 | No collection agency that collects child support payments | ||||||
12 | shall (i) impose a charge or fee, including costs, for | ||||||
13 | collection of a current child support payment, (ii) fail to | ||||||
14 | apply collections to current support as specified in the order | ||||||
15 | for support before applying collection to arrears or other | ||||||
16 | amounts, or (iii) designate a current child support payment as | ||||||
17 | arrears or other amount owed. In all circumstances, the | ||||||
18 | collection agency shall turn over to the obligee all support | ||||||
19 | collected in a month up to the amount of current support | ||||||
20 | required to be paid for that month. | ||||||
21 | As to any fees or charges, including costs, retained by the | ||||||
22 | collection agency, that agency shall provide documentation to | ||||||
23 | the obligee demonstrating that the child support payments | ||||||
24 | resulted from the actions of the agency. | ||||||
25 | After collection of the total amount or arrearage, | ||||||
26 | including statutory interest, due as of the date of execution |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | of the collection contract, no further fees may be charged. | ||||||
2 | (a-10) The Department of Professional Regulation shall | ||||||
3 | determine a fee rate of not less than 25% but not greater than | ||||||
4 | 35%, based upon presentation by the licensees as to costs to | ||||||
5 | provide the service and a fair rate of return. This rate shall | ||||||
6 | be established by administrative rule.
| ||||||
7 | Without prejudice to the determination by the Department of | ||||||
8 | the appropriate rate through administrative rule, a collection | ||||||
9 | agency shall impose a fee of not more than 29% of the amount of | ||||||
10 | child support actually collected by the collection agency | ||||||
11 | subject to the provisions of subsection (a-5). This interim | ||||||
12 | rate is based upon the March 2002 General Account Office report | ||||||
13 | "Child Support Enforcement", GAO-02-349. This rate shall apply | ||||||
14 | until a fee rate is established by administrative rule.
| ||||||
15 | (b) The Department shall adopt rules necessary to | ||||||
16 | administer and enforce
the provisions of this Section.
| ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 93-896, eff. 8-10-04; 94-414, eff. 12-31-05.)
| ||||||
18 | Section 956. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||||
19 | changing Sections 10-3.1, 10-16.7, 10-17, 10-17.7, 10-19, | ||||||
20 | 10-25, 10-25.5, 10-27, and 12-4.7c as follows:
| ||||||
21 | (305 ILCS 5/10-3.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-3.1)
| ||||||
22 | Sec. 10-3.1. Child and Spouse Support Unit. The Illinois
| ||||||
23 | Department shall establish within its administrative staff a | ||||||
24 | Child and
Spouse Support Unit to search for and locate absent |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | parents and spouses
liable for the support of persons resident | ||||||
2 | in this State and to exercise
the support enforcement powers | ||||||
3 | and responsibilities assigned the
Department by this Article. | ||||||
4 | The unit shall cooperate with all law
enforcement officials in | ||||||
5 | this State and with the authorities of other
States in locating | ||||||
6 | persons responsible for the support of persons
resident in | ||||||
7 | other States and shall invite the cooperation of these
| ||||||
8 | authorities in the performance of its duties.
| ||||||
9 | In addition to other duties assigned the Child and Spouse | ||||||
10 | Support Unit
by this Article, the Unit may refer to the | ||||||
11 | Attorney General or units of
local government with the approval | ||||||
12 | of the Attorney General, any actions
under Sections 10-10 and | ||||||
13 | 10-15 for judicial enforcement of the support
liability. The | ||||||
14 | Child and Spouse Support Unit shall act for the Department
in | ||||||
15 | referring to the Attorney General support matters requiring | ||||||
16 | judicial
enforcement under other laws. If requested by the | ||||||
17 | Attorney General to so
act, as provided in Section 12-16, | ||||||
18 | attorneys of the Unit may assist the
Attorney General or | ||||||
19 | themselves
institute actions on in behalf of the Illinois | ||||||
20 | Department
under the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of | ||||||
21 | Support
Act; under the Illinois Parentage Act of
1984 or under | ||||||
22 | the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 ; under
the Non-Support of | ||||||
23 | Spouse and Children Act; under the Non-Support Punishment
Act;
| ||||||
24 | or under any other law, State or
Federal, providing for support
| ||||||
25 | of a spouse or dependent child.
| ||||||
26 | The Illinois Department shall also have the authority to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | enter into
agreements with local governmental units or | ||||||
2 | individuals, with the approval
of the Attorney General, for the | ||||||
3 | collection of moneys owing
because of the failure of a
parent | ||||||
4 | to make child support payments for any child receiving services
| ||||||
5 | under this Article. Such agreements may be on a contingent
fee | ||||||
6 | basis, but such contingent fee shall not exceed 25% of the | ||||||
7 | total amount
collected.
| ||||||
8 | An attorney who provides representation pursuant to this | ||||||
9 | Section shall
represent the
Illinois Department exclusively. | ||||||
10 | Regardless of
the designation of the plaintiff in an action | ||||||
11 | brought pursuant to this Section,
an attorney-client | ||||||
12 | relationship does not exist for purposes of that
action between | ||||||
13 | that attorney
and (i) an applicant for or recipient of child | ||||||
14 | support
enforcement services or
(ii) any other party to the | ||||||
15 | action other than the Illinois Department. Nothing
in this | ||||||
16 | Section shall be construed to modify any power or duty | ||||||
17 | (including a
duty to maintain confidentiality) of the Child and | ||||||
18 | Spouse Support Unit or the
Illinois Department otherwise | ||||||
19 | provided by law.
| ||||||
20 | The Illinois Department may also enter into agreements with | ||||||
21 | local
governmental units for the Child and Spouse Support Unit | ||||||
22 | to exercise the
investigative and enforcement powers | ||||||
23 | designated in this Article,
including the issuance of | ||||||
24 | administrative orders under Section 10-11, in
locating | ||||||
25 | responsible relatives and obtaining support for persons
| ||||||
26 | applying for or receiving aid under Article VI.
Payments for
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | defrayment of administrative costs and support payments | ||||||
2 | obtained shall
be deposited into the DHS Recoveries Trust Fund. | ||||||
3 | Support
payments shall be paid over to the General Assistance | ||||||
4 | Fund of the local
governmental unit at such time or times as | ||||||
5 | the agreement may specify.
| ||||||
6 | With respect to those cases in which it has support | ||||||
7 | enforcement powers
and responsibilities under this Article, | ||||||
8 | the Illinois Department may provide
by rule for periodic or | ||||||
9 | other review of each administrative and court order
for support | ||||||
10 | to determine whether a modification of the order should be
| ||||||
11 | sought. The Illinois Department shall provide for and conduct | ||||||
12 | such review
in accordance with any applicable federal law and | ||||||
13 | regulation.
| ||||||
14 | As part of its process for review of orders for support, | ||||||
15 | the Illinois
Department, through written notice, may require | ||||||
16 | the responsible relative to
disclose his or her Social Security | ||||||
17 | Number and past and present information
concerning the | ||||||
18 | relative's address, employment, gross wages, deductions from
| ||||||
19 | gross wages, net wages, bonuses, commissions, number of | ||||||
20 | dependent exemptions
claimed, individual and dependent health | ||||||
21 | insurance coverage, and any other
information necessary to | ||||||
22 | determine the relative's ability to provide support in
a case | ||||||
23 | receiving child support enforcement services under
this | ||||||
24 | Article X.
| ||||||
25 | The Illinois Department may send a written request
for the | ||||||
26 | same information to the relative's employer. The employer shall
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | respond to the request for information within 15 days after the | ||||||
2 | date the
employer receives the request. If the employer | ||||||
3 | willfully fails to fully
respond within the 15-day period, the | ||||||
4 | employer shall pay a penalty of $100 for
each day that the | ||||||
5 | response is not provided to the Illinois Department after the
| ||||||
6 | 15-day period has expired. The penalty may be collected in a | ||||||
7 | civil action
which may be brought against the employer in favor | ||||||
8 | of the Illinois Department.
| ||||||
9 | A written request for information sent to an employer | ||||||
10 | pursuant to this
Section shall consist of (i) a citation of | ||||||
11 | this Section as the statutory
authority for the request and for | ||||||
12 | the employer's obligation to provide the
requested | ||||||
13 | information, (ii) a returnable form setting forth the | ||||||
14 | employer's name
and address and listing the name of the | ||||||
15 | employee with respect to whom
information is requested, and | ||||||
16 | (iii) a citation of this Section as the statutory
authority | ||||||
17 | authorizing the employer to withhold a fee of up to $20 from | ||||||
18 | the
wages or income to be paid to each responsible relative for | ||||||
19 | providing the
information to the Illinois Department within the | ||||||
20 | 15-day period. If the
employer is
withholding support payments | ||||||
21 | from the responsible relative's income pursuant to
an order for | ||||||
22 | withholding, the employer may withhold the fee provided for in
| ||||||
23 | this Section only after withholding support as required under | ||||||
24 | the order. Any
amounts withheld from the responsible relative's | ||||||
25 | income for payment of support
and the fee provided for in this | ||||||
26 | Section shall not be in excess of the amounts
permitted under |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the federal Consumer Credit Protection Act.
| ||||||
2 | In a case receiving child support enforcement services,
the | ||||||
3 | Illinois
Department may request and obtain information from a | ||||||
4 | particular employer under
this Section no more than once in any | ||||||
5 | 12-month period, unless the information
is necessary to conduct | ||||||
6 | a review of a court or
administrative order for support at the | ||||||
7 | request of the person receiving child support enforcement | ||||||
8 | services.
| ||||||
9 | The Illinois Department shall establish and maintain an | ||||||
10 | administrative unit
to receive and transmit to the Child and | ||||||
11 | Spouse Support Unit information
supplied by persons applying | ||||||
12 | for or receiving child support
enforcement services
under | ||||||
13 | Section 10-1. In addition, the Illinois Department shall | ||||||
14 | address and
respond to any alleged deficiencies that persons | ||||||
15 | receiving or applying for
services from the Child and Spouse | ||||||
16 | Support Unit may identify concerning the
Child and Spouse | ||||||
17 | Support Unit's provision of child support
enforcement | ||||||
18 | services.
Within 60 days after an action or failure to act by | ||||||
19 | the Child and Spouse
Support Unit that affects his or her case, | ||||||
20 | a recipient of or applicant for
child support enforcement | ||||||
21 | services under Article X of this
Code may request an
| ||||||
22 | explanation of the Unit's handling of the case. At the | ||||||
23 | requestor's option, the
explanation may be provided either | ||||||
24 | orally in an interview, in writing, or both.
If the Illinois | ||||||
25 | Department fails to respond to the request for an explanation
| ||||||
26 | or fails to respond in a manner satisfactory to the applicant |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | or recipient
within 30 days from the date of the request for an | ||||||
2 | explanation, the
applicant or recipient may request a | ||||||
3 | conference for further review of the
matter by the Office of | ||||||
4 | the Administrator of the Child and Spouse Support Unit.
A | ||||||
5 | request for a conference may be submitted at any time within 60 | ||||||
6 | days after
the explanation has been provided by the Child and | ||||||
7 | Spouse Support Unit or
within 60 days after the time for | ||||||
8 | providing the explanation has expired.
| ||||||
9 | The applicant or recipient may request a conference | ||||||
10 | concerning any decision
denying or terminating child support | ||||||
11 | enforcement services
under Article X of this Code, and the | ||||||
12 | applicant or recipient may also request a
conference concerning | ||||||
13 | the
Unit's failure to provide services or the provision of | ||||||
14 | services in an amount or
manner that is considered inadequate. | ||||||
15 | For purposes of this Section, the Child
and Spouse Support Unit | ||||||
16 | includes all local governmental units or individuals
with whom | ||||||
17 | the Illinois Department has contracted
under Section
10-3.1.
| ||||||
18 | Upon receipt of a timely request for a conference, the | ||||||
19 | Office of the
Administrator shall review the case. The | ||||||
20 | applicant or recipient requesting
the conference shall be | ||||||
21 | entitled, at his or her option, to appear in person or
to | ||||||
22 | participate in the conference by telephone. The applicant or | ||||||
23 | recipient
requesting the conference shall be entitled to be | ||||||
24 | represented and to be
afforded a reasonable opportunity to | ||||||
25 | review the Illinois Department's file
before or at the | ||||||
26 | conference. At the conference, the applicant or recipient
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | requesting the conference shall be afforded an opportunity to | ||||||
2 | present all
relevant matters in support of his or her claim. | ||||||
3 | Conferences shall be without
cost to the applicant or recipient | ||||||
4 | requesting the conference and shall be
conducted by a | ||||||
5 | representative of the Child or Spouse Support Unit who did not
| ||||||
6 | participate in the action or inaction being reviewed.
| ||||||
7 | The Office of the Administrator shall conduct a conference | ||||||
8 | and inform all
interested parties, in
writing, of the results | ||||||
9 | of the conference within 60 days from the date of
filing of the | ||||||
10 | request for a conference.
| ||||||
11 | In addition to its other powers and responsibilities | ||||||
12 | established by this
Article, the Child and Spouse Support Unit | ||||||
13 | shall conduct an annual assessment
of each institution's | ||||||
14 | program for institution based paternity establishment
under | ||||||
15 | Section 12 of the Vital Records Act.
| ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-613, eff. 10-1-99;
92-16, | ||||||
17 | eff. 6-28-01; 92-590, eff. 7-1-02.)
| ||||||
18 | (305 ILCS 5/10-16.7) | ||||||
19 | Sec. 10-16.7. Child support enforcement debit | ||||||
20 | authorization. | ||||||
21 | (a) For purposes of this Section: | ||||||
22 | "Financial institution" and "account" are defined as set | ||||||
23 | forth in Section 10-24.
| ||||||
24 | "Payor" is defined as set forth in Section 15 of the Income | ||||||
25 | Withholding for Support Act.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | "Order for support" means any order for periodic payment of | ||||||
2 | funds to the State Disbursement Unit for the support of a child | ||||||
3 | or, where applicable, for support of a child and a parent with | ||||||
4 | whom the child resides, that is entered or modified under this | ||||||
5 | Code or under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage | ||||||
6 | Act, the Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act, the | ||||||
7 | Non-Support Punishment Act, or the Illinois Parentage Act of | ||||||
8 | 1984, or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012, or that is entered | ||||||
9 | or registered for modification or enforcement under the Uniform | ||||||
10 | Interstate Family Support Act.
| ||||||
11 | "Obligor" means an individual who owes a duty to make | ||||||
12 | payments under an order for support in a case in which child | ||||||
13 | support enforcement services are being provided under this | ||||||
14 | Article X. | ||||||
15 | (b) The Department of Public Aid (now Healthcare and Family | ||||||
16 | Services) shall adopt a child support enforcement debit | ||||||
17 | authorization form that, upon being signed by an obligor, | ||||||
18 | authorizes a financial institution holding an account on the | ||||||
19 | obligor's behalf to debit the obligor's account periodically in | ||||||
20 | an amount equal to the amount of child support that the obligor | ||||||
21 | is required to pay periodically and transfer that amount to the | ||||||
22 | State Disbursement Unit. The form shall include instructions to | ||||||
23 | the financial institution concerning the debiting of accounts | ||||||
24 | held on behalf of obligors and the transfer of the debited | ||||||
25 | amounts to the State Disbursement Unit. In adopting the form, | ||||||
26 | the Department may consult with the Office of Banks and Real |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Estate and the Department of Financial Institutions. The | ||||||
2 | Department must adopt the form within 6 months after the | ||||||
3 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General | ||||||
4 | Assembly. Promptly after adopting the form, the Department must | ||||||
5 | notify each financial institution conducting business in this | ||||||
6 | State that the form has been adopted and is ready for use. | ||||||
7 | (c) An obligor who does not have a payor may sign a child | ||||||
8 | support debit authorization form adopted by the Department | ||||||
9 | under this Section. The obligor may sign a form in relation to | ||||||
10 | any or all of the financial institutions holding an account on | ||||||
11 | the obligor's behalf. Promptly after an obligor signs a child | ||||||
12 | support debit authorization form, the Department shall send the | ||||||
13 | original signed form to the appropriate financial institution. | ||||||
14 | Subject to subsection (e), upon receiving the form, the | ||||||
15 | financial institution shall debit the account and transfer the | ||||||
16 | debited amounts to the State Disbursement Unit according to the | ||||||
17 | instructions in the form. A financial institution that complies | ||||||
18 | with a child support debit authorization form signed by an | ||||||
19 | obligor and issued under this Section shall not be subject to | ||||||
20 | civil liability with respect to any individual or any agency.
| ||||||
21 | (d) The signing and issuance of a child support debit | ||||||
22 | authorization form under this Section does not relieve the | ||||||
23 | obligor from responsibility for compliance with any | ||||||
24 | requirement under the order for support.
| ||||||
25 | (e) A financial institution is obligated to debit the | ||||||
26 | account of an obligor pursuant to this Section only if or to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the extent:
| ||||||
2 | (1) the financial institution reasonably believes the | ||||||
3 | debit authorization form is a true and authentic original | ||||||
4 | document;
| ||||||
5 | (2) there are finally collected funds in the account; | ||||||
6 | and
| ||||||
7 | (3) the account is not subject to offsetting claims of | ||||||
8 | the financial institution, whether due at the time of | ||||||
9 | receipt of the debit authorization form or thereafter to | ||||||
10 | become due and whether liquidated or unliquidated. | ||||||
11 | To the extent the account of the obligor is pledged or held | ||||||
12 | by the financial institution as security for a loan or other | ||||||
13 | obligation, or that the financial institution has any other | ||||||
14 | claim or lien against the account, the financial institution is | ||||||
15 | entitled to retain the account.
| ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| ||||||
17 | (305 ILCS 5/10-17) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-17)
| ||||||
18 | Sec. 10-17.
Other
Actions and Remedies for Support.
The | ||||||
19 | procedures, actions and remedies provided in this Article shall | ||||||
20 | in
no way be exclusive, but shall be available in addition to | ||||||
21 | other actions
and remedies of support, including, but not by | ||||||
22 | way of limitation, the
remedies provided in (a) the Illinois | ||||||
23 | Parentage Act of 2012 "Paternity Act", approved July 5, 1957, | ||||||
24 | as
amended ; (b) the "Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act", | ||||||
25 | approved June
24, 1915, as amended; (b-5) the Non-Support |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Punishment Act; and (c) the
"Revised Uniform Reciprocal | ||||||
2 | Enforcement of
Support Act", approved August 28, 1969, as | ||||||
3 | amended.
| ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)
| ||||||
5 | (305 ILCS 5/10-17.7)
| ||||||
6 | Sec. 10-17.7. Administrative determination of paternity. | ||||||
7 | The Illinois
Department may provide by rule for the | ||||||
8 | administrative determination of
paternity by the Child and | ||||||
9 | Spouse Support Unit in cases involving applicants
for or | ||||||
10 | recipients of financial aid under Article IV of this Act and | ||||||
11 | other
persons who are given access to the child support
| ||||||
12 | enforcement services of this
Article as provided in Section | ||||||
13 | 10-1, including persons similarly situated and
receiving | ||||||
14 | similar services in other states. The rules shall extend to | ||||||
15 | cases in
which the mother and alleged father voluntarily | ||||||
16 | acknowledge paternity in the
form required by the Illinois | ||||||
17 | Department or agree
to be bound by the results of genetic | ||||||
18 | testing or in which the alleged
father
has failed to respond to | ||||||
19 | a notification of support obligation issued under
Section 10-4 | ||||||
20 | and to cases of contested paternity. The Illinois
Department's | ||||||
21 | form for voluntary acknowledgement of paternity shall be the | ||||||
22 | same form prepared by the Illinois Department for use under the | ||||||
23 | requirements of Section 12 of the Vital Records Act. Any
| ||||||
24 | presumption provided for under the Illinois Parentage Act of
| ||||||
25 | 1984 or under the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 on and after |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the effective date of that Act shall apply to cases in which | ||||||
2 | paternity is determined under the rules of
the Illinois | ||||||
3 | Department. The rules shall provide for notice and an | ||||||
4 | opportunity
to be heard by the responsible relative and the | ||||||
5 | person receiving child support enforcement services under this | ||||||
6 | Article if paternity is
not
voluntarily acknowledged, and any | ||||||
7 | final administrative
decision rendered by the Illinois | ||||||
8 | Department shall be reviewed only under and
in accordance with | ||||||
9 | the Administrative Review Law. Determinations of paternity
| ||||||
10 | made by the Illinois Department under the rules authorized by | ||||||
11 | this Section
shall
have the full force and effect of a court | ||||||
12 | judgment of paternity entered under
the Illinois Parentage Act | ||||||
13 | of 1984 or under the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 .
| ||||||
14 | In determining paternity in contested cases, the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Department shall
conduct the evidentiary hearing in accordance | ||||||
16 | with Article 4 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 Section 11 | ||||||
17 | of the Parentage
Act of 1984 , except that references in that | ||||||
18 | Article Section to "the court" shall be
deemed to mean the | ||||||
19 | Illinois Department's hearing officer in cases in which
| ||||||
20 | paternity is determined administratively by the Illinois | ||||||
21 | Department.
| ||||||
22 | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, a
| ||||||
23 | default determination
of
paternity may be made if service of | ||||||
24 | the notice under Section 10-4 was made by
publication under the | ||||||
25 | rules for administrative paternity determination
authorized by | ||||||
26 | this Section. The rules as they pertain to service by
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | publication shall (i) be based on the provisions of Section | ||||||
2 | 2-206 and 2-207 of
the Code of Civil Procedure, (ii) provide | ||||||
3 | for service by publication in cases
in which
the whereabouts of | ||||||
4 | the alleged father are unknown after diligent location
efforts | ||||||
5 | by the Child and Spouse Support Unit, and (iii) provide for | ||||||
6 | publication
of a notice of default paternity determination in | ||||||
7 | the same manner that the
notice under Section 10-4 was | ||||||
8 | published.
| ||||||
9 | The Illinois Department
may implement this Section through | ||||||
10 | the use of emergency rules in accordance
with Section 5-45 of | ||||||
11 | the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. For purposes
of the | ||||||
12 | Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, the adoption of rules to
| ||||||
13 | implement this Section shall be considered an emergency and | ||||||
14 | necessary for
the public interest, safety, and welfare.
| ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 96-333, eff. 8-11-09; 96-474, eff. 8-14-09.)
| ||||||
16 | (305 ILCS 5/10-19) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-19)
| ||||||
17 | Sec. 10-19.
Support Payments Ordered Under Other Laws; | ||||||
18 | where
deposited. The Illinois Department and local | ||||||
19 | governmental units are
authorized to receive payments directed | ||||||
20 | by court order for the support
of recipients, as provided in | ||||||
21 | the following Acts:
| ||||||
22 | 1. "Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act", approved June | ||||||
23 | 24, 1915,
as amended,
| ||||||
24 | 1.5. The Non-Support Punishment Act,
| ||||||
25 | 2. "Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act", as |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | now or
hereafter amended,
| ||||||
2 | 3. The Illinois Parentage Act, as amended,
| ||||||
3 | 3.5. The Illinois Parentage Act of 2012, | ||||||
4 | 4. "Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support | ||||||
5 | Act", approved
August 28, 1969, as amended,
| ||||||
6 | 5. The Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of | ||||||
7 | 1987, as amended,
| ||||||
8 | 6. The "Unified Code of Corrections", approved July 26, | ||||||
9 | 1972, as
amended,
| ||||||
10 | 7. Part 7 of Article XII of the Code of Civil Procedure, as | ||||||
11 | amended,
| ||||||
12 | 8. Part 8 of Article XII of the Code of Civil Procedure, as | ||||||
13 | amended, and
| ||||||
14 | 9. Other laws which may provide by judicial order for | ||||||
15 | direct
payment of support moneys.
| ||||||
16 | Payments under this Section to the Illinois Department | ||||||
17 | pursuant to the Child
Support Enforcement Program established | ||||||
18 | by Title IV-D of the Social Security
Act shall be paid into the | ||||||
19 | Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund. All
payments under this | ||||||
20 | Section to the Illinois Department of Human Services
shall be | ||||||
21 | deposited in the DHS Recoveries Trust Fund.
Disbursements from | ||||||
22 | these funds shall be as provided in Sections 12-9.1 and
12-10.2 | ||||||
23 | of this Code. Payments received by a local governmental
unit | ||||||
24 | shall be deposited in that unit's General Assistance Fund.
| ||||||
25 | To the extent the provisions of this Section are | ||||||
26 | inconsistent with the
requirements pertaining to the State |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Disbursement Unit under Sections 10-10.4
and 10-26 of this | ||||||
2 | Code, the requirements pertaining to the State Disbursement
| ||||||
3 | Unit shall apply.
| ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-212, eff. 7-20-99; 91-613, | ||||||
5 | eff. 10-1-99;
92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
| ||||||
6 | (305 ILCS 5/10-25)
| ||||||
7 | Sec. 10-25.
Administrative liens and levies on real | ||||||
8 | property for
past-due child support.
| ||||||
9 | (a) Notwithstanding any other State or local law to the | ||||||
10 | contrary, the State shall have a lien on all legal and | ||||||
11 | equitable interests of
responsible relatives in their real | ||||||
12 | property
in the amount of past-due child support owing pursuant | ||||||
13 | to an order
for child support entered under Sections 10-10 and | ||||||
14 | 10-11 of this Code, or under
the Illinois Marriage and | ||||||
15 | Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of
Spouse and | ||||||
16 | Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the Uniform
| ||||||
17 | Interstate Family Support Act, or the
Illinois Parentage Act of | ||||||
18 | 1984 , or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 .
| ||||||
19 | (b) The Illinois Department shall provide by rule for | ||||||
20 | notice to and an
opportunity to be heard by each responsible | ||||||
21 | relative affected, and any final
administrative decision | ||||||
22 | rendered by the Illinois Department shall be reviewed
only | ||||||
23 | under
and in accordance with the Administrative Review Law.
| ||||||
24 | (c) When enforcing a lien under subsection (a) of this | ||||||
25 | Section, the
Illinois Department shall have the authority to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | execute notices of
administrative liens and levies, which shall | ||||||
2 | contain the name and address of
the responsible relative, a | ||||||
3 | legal description of the real property
to be levied, the fact | ||||||
4 | that a lien
is being claimed for past-due child support, and | ||||||
5 | such other information as the
Illinois Department may by rule | ||||||
6 | prescribe. The Illinois Department shall
record the notice of | ||||||
7 | lien with the recorder or registrar of titles of
the county or | ||||||
8 | counties in which the real estate is located.
| ||||||
9 | (d) The State's lien under subsection (a) shall be
| ||||||
10 | enforceable upon the recording or filing of a notice of lien | ||||||
11 | with the recorder
or registrar of titles of the county or | ||||||
12 | counties in which the real estate is
located. The lien shall be | ||||||
13 | prior to any lien thereafter recorded or filed and
shall be | ||||||
14 | notice to a subsequent purchaser, assignor, or encumbrancer of | ||||||
15 | the
existence and nature of the lien. The lien shall be | ||||||
16 | inferior to the lien of
general taxes, special assessment, and | ||||||
17 | special taxes heretofore or hereafter
levied by any political | ||||||
18 | subdivision or municipal corporation of the State.
| ||||||
19 | In the event that title to the land to be affected by the | ||||||
20 | notice of lien is
registered under the Registered Titles | ||||||
21 | (Torrens) Act, the notice shall be filed
in the office of the | ||||||
22 | registrar of titles as a memorial or charge upon each
folium of | ||||||
23 | the register of titles affected by the notice; but the State | ||||||
24 | shall
not have a preference over the rights of any bona fide | ||||||
25 | purchaser, mortgagee,
judgment creditor, or other lien holders | ||||||
26 | registered prior to the registration
of the notice.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (e) The recorder or registrar of titles of each county | ||||||
2 | shall procure
a file labeled "Child Support Lien Notices" and | ||||||
3 | an index book labeled "Child
Support Lien Notices". When notice | ||||||
4 | of any lien is presented to the recorder or
registrar of titles | ||||||
5 | for filing,
the recorder or registrar of titles shall file it | ||||||
6 | in numerical order in the
file and shall enter it
| ||||||
7 | alphabetically in the index. The entry shall show the name and | ||||||
8 | last known
address of the person named in the notice, the | ||||||
9 | serial number of the notice, the
date and hour of filing, and | ||||||
10 | the amount of child support due at the time when
the lien is | ||||||
11 | filed.
| ||||||
12 | (f) The Illinois Department shall not be required to | ||||||
13 | furnish bond or make a
deposit for or pay any costs or fees of | ||||||
14 | any court or officer thereof in any
legal proceeding involving | ||||||
15 | the lien.
| ||||||
16 | (g) To protect the lien of the State for past-due child | ||||||
17 | support, the
Illinois Department may, from funds that are | ||||||
18 | available for that purpose, pay
or provide for the payment of | ||||||
19 | necessary or essential repairs, purchase tax
certificates, pay | ||||||
20 | balances due on land contracts, or pay or cause to be
satisfied | ||||||
21 | any prior liens on the property to which the lien hereunder | ||||||
22 | applies.
| ||||||
23 | (h) A lien on real property under this Section shall be | ||||||
24 | released
pursuant
to Section 12-101 of the Code of Civil | ||||||
25 | Procedure.
| ||||||
26 | (i) The Illinois Department, acting in behalf of the
State, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | may foreclose the lien in a judicial proceeding to the same | ||||||
2 | extent and
in the same manner as in the enforcement of other | ||||||
3 | liens. The process,
practice, and procedure for the foreclosure | ||||||
4 | shall be the same as provided in
the Code of Civil Procedure.
| ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 97-186, eff. 7-22-11.)
| ||||||
6 | (305 ILCS 5/10-25.5)
| ||||||
7 | Sec. 10-25.5.
Administrative liens and levies on personal | ||||||
8 | property for
past-due child support.
| ||||||
9 | (a) Notwithstanding any other State or local law to the | ||||||
10 | contrary, the State shall have a lien on all legal and | ||||||
11 | equitable interests of
responsible relatives in their personal | ||||||
12 | property, including any account in a
financial institution as | ||||||
13 | defined
in Section 10-24, or in the case of an insurance | ||||||
14 | company or benefit association
only in accounts as defined in | ||||||
15 | Section 10-24, in the amount of past-due child
support owing | ||||||
16 | pursuant to an order
for child support entered under Sections | ||||||
17 | 10-10 and 10-11 of this Code, or under
the Illinois Marriage | ||||||
18 | and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of
Spouse and | ||||||
19 | Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the Uniform
| ||||||
20 | Interstate Family Support Act, or the
Illinois Parentage Act of | ||||||
21 | 1984 , or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 .
| ||||||
22 | (b) The Illinois Department shall provide by rule for | ||||||
23 | notice to and an
opportunity to be heard by each responsible | ||||||
24 | relative affected, and any final
administrative decision | ||||||
25 | rendered by the Illinois Department shall be reviewed
only |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | under
and in accordance with the Administrative Review Law.
| ||||||
2 | (c) When enforcing a lien under subsection (a) of this | ||||||
3 | Section, the
Illinois Department shall have the authority to | ||||||
4 | execute notices of
administrative liens and levies, which shall | ||||||
5 | contain the name and address of
the responsible relative, a | ||||||
6 | description of the property
to be levied, the fact that a lien
| ||||||
7 | is being claimed for past-due child support, and such other | ||||||
8 | information as the
Illinois Department may by rule prescribe. | ||||||
9 | The Illinois Department may
serve the notice of lien or levy | ||||||
10 | upon any financial institution where
the accounts as defined in | ||||||
11 | Section 10-24 of the responsible relative may be
held, for | ||||||
12 | encumbrance or surrender of the accounts as defined in Section | ||||||
13 | 10-24
by the financial institution.
| ||||||
14 | (d) The Illinois Department shall enforce its lien against | ||||||
15 | the responsible
relative's personal property, other than | ||||||
16 | accounts as defined in Section 10-24
in financial institutions,
| ||||||
17 | and
levy upon such personal property in the manner provided for | ||||||
18 | enforcement of
judgments contained in Article XII of the Code | ||||||
19 | of Civil Procedure.
| ||||||
20 | (e) The Illinois Department shall not be required to | ||||||
21 | furnish bond or make a
deposit for or pay any costs or fees of | ||||||
22 | any court or officer thereof in any
legal proceeding involving | ||||||
23 | the lien.
| ||||||
24 | (f) To protect the lien of the State for past-due child | ||||||
25 | support, the
Illinois Department may, from funds that are | ||||||
26 | available for that purpose, pay
or provide for the payment of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | necessary or essential repairs, purchase tax
certificates, or | ||||||
2 | pay or cause to be
satisfied any prior liens on the property to | ||||||
3 | which the lien hereunder applies.
| ||||||
4 | (g) A lien on personal property under this Section shall be | ||||||
5 | released
in the manner provided under Article XII
of the Code | ||||||
6 | of Civil Procedure.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a lien under | ||||||
7 | this Section on accounts as defined
in Section 10-24 shall | ||||||
8 | expire upon the passage of 120 days from the date of
issuance | ||||||
9 | of the Notice of Lien or Levy by the Illinois Department. | ||||||
10 | However,
the lien
shall remain in effect during the pendency of | ||||||
11 | any appeal or protest.
| ||||||
12 | (h) A lien created under this Section is subordinate to any | ||||||
13 | prior lien of
the financial institution or any prior lien | ||||||
14 | holder or any prior right of
set-off that the financial | ||||||
15 | institution may have against the assets, or in the
case of an | ||||||
16 | insurance company or benefit association only in the accounts | ||||||
17 | as
defined in Section 10-24.
| ||||||
18 | (i) A financial institution has no obligation under this | ||||||
19 | Section to hold,
encumber, or surrender the assets, or in the | ||||||
20 | case of an insurance company or
benefit association only the | ||||||
21 | accounts as defined in Section 10-24, until the
financial
| ||||||
22 | institution has been properly served with a subpoena, summons, | ||||||
23 | warrant,
court or administrative order, or administrative lien | ||||||
24 | and levy requiring that
action.
| ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 97-186, eff. 7-22-11.)
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (305 ILCS 5/10-27)
| ||||||
2 | Sec. 10-27. State Case Registry.
| ||||||
3 | (a) The Illinois Department shall establish an automated | ||||||
4 | State Case
Registry to
contain records concerning child support | ||||||
5 | orders for parties receiving child
support enforcement | ||||||
6 | services under this Article X, and for all child support
orders | ||||||
7 | entered or modified on or after October 1, 1998. The State Case
| ||||||
8 | Registry shall include (i) the information filed with the | ||||||
9 | Illinois Department,
or filed with the clerk of the circuit | ||||||
10 | court and provided to the Illinois
Department, under the | ||||||
11 | provisions of Sections 10-10.5 and 10-11.2 of this Code,
| ||||||
12 | Section 505.3 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of | ||||||
13 | Marriage Act, Section
30 of the Non-Support Punishment Act, and | ||||||
14 | Section 803 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012, and Section | ||||||
15 | 14.1 of the Illinois
Parentage Act of 1984, and (ii) any other | ||||||
16 | information required under Title IV,
Part D of the Social | ||||||
17 | Security Act or by the federal Department of Health and
Human | ||||||
18 | Services.
| ||||||
19 | (b) (Blank).
| ||||||
20 | (c) The Illinois Department shall maintain the following | ||||||
21 | payment information
on child support orders for parties | ||||||
22 | receiving child support
enforcement services
under
this | ||||||
23 | Article X:
| ||||||
24 | (1) the amount of monthly or other periodic support | ||||||
25 | owed under the order
and other amounts, including | ||||||
26 | arrearages, interest or late payment penalties,
and fees, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | due or overdue under the order;
| ||||||
2 | (2) any amounts described in subdivision (1) of | ||||||
3 | subsection (d) that have
been
collected;
| ||||||
4 | (3) the distribution of the collected amounts; and
| ||||||
5 | (4) the amount of any lien imposed with respect to the | ||||||
6 | order pursuant to
Section 10-25 or Section 10-25.5 of this | ||||||
7 | Code.
| ||||||
8 | (d) The Illinois Department shall establish, update, | ||||||
9 | maintain, and monitor
case records in the Registry of parties | ||||||
10 | receiving child support
enforcement services under this | ||||||
11 | Article X, on the bases of:
| ||||||
12 | (1) information on administrative actions and | ||||||
13 | administrative and judicial
proceedings and orders | ||||||
14 | relating to paternity and support;
| ||||||
15 | (2) information obtained from comparison with federal, | ||||||
16 | State, and local
sources of information;
| ||||||
17 | (3) information on support collections and | ||||||
18 | distribution; and
| ||||||
19 | (4) any other relevant information.
| ||||||
20 | (e) The Illinois Department shall use the automated State | ||||||
21 | Case Registry to
share and compare information with, and | ||||||
22 | receive information from, other data
bases and information | ||||||
23 | comparison services in order to obtain (or provide)
information | ||||||
24 | necessary to enable the Illinois Department (or the federal
| ||||||
25 | Department of Health and Human Services or other State or | ||||||
26 | federal agencies) to
carry out the requirements of the child |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | support enforcement program established
under Title IV, Part D | ||||||
2 | of the Social Security Act. Such information comparison
| ||||||
3 | activities shall include the following:
| ||||||
4 | (1) Furnishing to the Federal Case Registry of Child | ||||||
5 | Support Orders (and
updating as necessary, with | ||||||
6 | information including notice of expiration of
orders) the | ||||||
7 | information specified by the federal Department of Health | ||||||
8 | and Human
Services in regulations.
| ||||||
9 | (2) Exchanging information with the Federal Parent | ||||||
10 | Locator Service for the
purposes specified in Section 453 | ||||||
11 | of the Social Security Act.
| ||||||
12 | (3) Exchanging information with State agencies (of | ||||||
13 | this State and of other
states) administering programs | ||||||
14 | funded under Title IV, Part A and Title XIX of
the Social | ||||||
15 | Security Act and other programs designated by the federal | ||||||
16 | Department
of Health and Human Services, as necessary to | ||||||
17 | perform responsibilities under
Title IV, Part D of the | ||||||
18 | Social Security Act and under such other programs.
| ||||||
19 | (4) Exchanging information with other agencies of this | ||||||
20 | State, agencies of
other states, and interstate | ||||||
21 | information networks, as necessary and appropriate
to | ||||||
22 | carry out (or assist other states to carry out) the | ||||||
23 | purposes of Title IV,
Part D of the Social Security Act.
| ||||||
24 | (5) Disclosing information to any other entities as | ||||||
25 | required under Title
IV, Part D of the Social Security Act.
| ||||||
26 | (f) The Illinois Department shall adopt rules establishing |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | safeguards,
applicable to all confidential information | ||||||
2 | included in the State Case Registry,
that are designed to | ||||||
3 | protect the privacy rights of persons concerning whom
| ||||||
4 | information is on record in the State Case Registry. Such | ||||||
5 | safeguards shall
include,
but not be limited to the following:
| ||||||
6 | (1) Prohibitions against the release of information on | ||||||
7 | the whereabouts of
one party or the child to another party | ||||||
8 | against whom a protective order with
respect to the former | ||||||
9 | party or the child has been entered.
| ||||||
10 | (2) Prohibitions against the release of information on | ||||||
11 | the whereabouts of
one party or the child to another party | ||||||
12 | if the Illinois Department has
reasonable evidence of | ||||||
13 | domestic violence or child abuse (that is, allegations
of
| ||||||
14 | domestic violence or child abuse, unless the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Department has an
independent, reasonable basis to find the | ||||||
16 | person making the allegation not
credible) to the former | ||||||
17 | party or child by the party requesting information.
| ||||||
18 | (3) Prohibitions against the release of information on | ||||||
19 | the whereabouts of
one party or the child to another person | ||||||
20 | if the Illinois Department has reason
to believe the | ||||||
21 | release of information to that person may result in | ||||||
22 | physical or
emotional harm to the party or child.
| ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 92-463, eff. 8-22-01.)
| ||||||
24 | (305 ILCS 5/12-4.7c)
| ||||||
25 | Sec. 12-4.7c. Exchange of information after July 1, 1997.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (a) The Department of Human Services shall exchange with | ||||||
2 | the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services information
| ||||||
3 | that may be necessary for the enforcement of child support | ||||||
4 | orders
entered pursuant to Sections 10-10 and 10-11 of this | ||||||
5 | Code or pursuant to
the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of | ||||||
6 | Marriage Act, the Non-Support
of Spouse and Children Act, the | ||||||
7 | Non-Support Punishment Act, the Revised
Uniform Reciprocal | ||||||
8 | Enforcement of
Support Act, the Uniform Interstate Family | ||||||
9 | Support Act,
or the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 , or the | ||||||
10 | Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 .
| ||||||
11 | (b) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code to the | ||||||
12 | contrary,
the Department of Human Services shall not be liable
| ||||||
13 | to any person for any disclosure of information to the
| ||||||
14 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
| ||||||
15 | Illinois Department of Public Aid) under subsection (a)
or for | ||||||
16 | any other
action taken in good faith to comply with the | ||||||
17 | requirements of subsection
(a).
| ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| ||||||
19 | Section 957. The Genetic Information Privacy Act is amended | ||||||
20 | by changing Sections 22 and 30 as follows:
| ||||||
21 | (410 ILCS 513/22)
| ||||||
22 | Sec. 22. Tests to determine inherited characteristics in | ||||||
23 | paternity
proceedings. Nothing in this Act shall be construed | ||||||
24 | to affect or restrict in
any way the ordering of or use of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | results from deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
testing or other tests | ||||||
2 | to determine inherited characteristics by the court in a
| ||||||
3 | judicial proceeding under the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or | ||||||
4 | under the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 on and after the | ||||||
5 | effective date of that Act or by the
Department of Healthcare | ||||||
6 | and Family Services in an administrative paternity proceeding
| ||||||
7 | under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code and rules | ||||||
8 | promulgated under
that Article.
| ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| ||||||
10 | (410 ILCS 513/30)
| ||||||
11 | Sec. 30. Disclosure of person tested and test results.
| ||||||
12 | (a) No person may disclose or be compelled to disclose the | ||||||
13 | identity of any
person upon whom a genetic test is performed or | ||||||
14 | the results of a genetic test
in a manner that permits | ||||||
15 | identification of the subject of the test, except to
the | ||||||
16 | following persons:
| ||||||
17 | (1) The subject of the test or the subject's legally | ||||||
18 | authorized
representative. This paragraph does not create | ||||||
19 | a duty or obligation under
which a health care provider | ||||||
20 | must notify the subject's spouse or legal guardian
of the | ||||||
21 | test results, and no such duty or obligation shall be | ||||||
22 | implied. No civil
liability or criminal sanction under this | ||||||
23 | Act shall
be imposed for any disclosure or nondisclosure of | ||||||
24 | a test result to a spouse by
a physician acting in good | ||||||
25 | faith under this paragraph. For the purpose of any
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | proceedings, civil or criminal, the good faith of any | ||||||
2 | physician acting under
this paragraph shall be presumed.
| ||||||
3 | (2) Any person designated in a specific written legally | ||||||
4 | effective release
of the test results executed by the | ||||||
5 | subject of the test or the subject's
legally
authorized | ||||||
6 | representative.
| ||||||
7 | (3) An authorized agent or employee of a health | ||||||
8 | facility or health care
provider if the health facility or | ||||||
9 | health care provider itself is authorized to
obtain the | ||||||
10 | test results, the agent or employee provides patient care, | ||||||
11 | and the
agent or employee has a need to know the | ||||||
12 | information in order to conduct the
tests or provide care | ||||||
13 | or treatment.
| ||||||
14 | (4) A health facility or health care provider that | ||||||
15 | procures, processes,
distributes, or uses:
| ||||||
16 | (A) a human body part from a deceased person with | ||||||
17 | respect to
medical information regarding that person; | ||||||
18 | or
| ||||||
19 | (B) semen provided prior to the effective date of | ||||||
20 | this Act for the
purpose of artificial insemination.
| ||||||
21 | (5) Health facility staff committees for the purposes | ||||||
22 | of conducting
program
monitoring, program evaluation, or | ||||||
23 | service reviews.
| ||||||
24 | (6) In the case of a minor under 18 years of age, the | ||||||
25 | health care provider
who ordered the test shall make a | ||||||
26 | reasonable effort to notify the minor's
parent or legal |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | guardian if, in the professional judgment of the health | ||||||
2 | care
provider, notification would be in the best interest | ||||||
3 | of the minor and the
health care provider has first sought | ||||||
4 | unsuccessfully to persuade the minor to
notify the parent | ||||||
5 | or legal guardian or after a reasonable time after the | ||||||
6 | minor
has agreed to notify the parent or legal guardian, | ||||||
7 | the health care provider has
reason to believe that the | ||||||
8 | minor has not made the notification. This paragraph
shall | ||||||
9 | not
create a duty or obligation under which a health care | ||||||
10 | provider must notify the
minor's parent or legal guardian | ||||||
11 | of the test results, nor shall a duty or
obligation be | ||||||
12 | implied. No civil liability or criminal sanction under this | ||||||
13 | Act
shall be imposed for any notification or | ||||||
14 | non-notification of a minor's test
result by a health care | ||||||
15 | provider acting in good faith under this paragraph.
For the | ||||||
16 | purpose of any proceeding, civil or criminal, the good | ||||||
17 | faith of any
health care provider acting under this | ||||||
18 | paragraph shall be presumed.
| ||||||
19 | (7) All information and records held by a State agency | ||||||
20 | or local health
authority pertaining to genetic | ||||||
21 | information shall be strictly confidential
and
exempt from | ||||||
22 | copying and inspection under the Freedom of Information | ||||||
23 | Act. The
information and records shall not be released or | ||||||
24 | made public by the State
agency or local health authority | ||||||
25 | and shall not be admissible as evidence nor
discoverable in | ||||||
26 | any action of any kind in any court or before any tribunal,
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | board, agency, or person and shall be treated in the same | ||||||
2 | manner as the
information and those records subject to the | ||||||
3 | provisions of Part 21 of
Article VIII of
the Code
of Civil | ||||||
4 | Procedure except under the following circumstances:
| ||||||
5 | (A) when made with the written consent of all | ||||||
6 | persons to whom the
information pertains;
| ||||||
7 | (B) when authorized by Section 5-4-3 of the Unified | ||||||
8 | Code of Corrections;
| ||||||
9 | (C) when made for the sole purpose of implementing | ||||||
10 | the Newborn Metabolic Screening
Act and rules; or
| ||||||
11 | (D) when made under the authorization of the | ||||||
12 | Illinois Parentage Act of
2012 1984 .
| ||||||
13 | Disclosure shall be limited to those who have a need to | ||||||
14 | know the information,
and no additional disclosures may be | ||||||
15 | made.
| ||||||
16 | (b) Disclosure by an insurer in accordance with the | ||||||
17 | requirements of the
Article XL of the Illinois Insurance Code | ||||||
18 | shall be deemed compliance with this
Section.
| ||||||
19 | (Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)
| ||||||
20 | Section 958. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing | ||||||
21 | Sections 12 and 24 as follows:
| ||||||
22 | (410 ILCS 535/12)
| ||||||
23 | Sec. 12. Live births; place of registration.
| ||||||
24 | (1) Each live birth which occurs in this State shall be |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | registered
with the local or subregistrar of the district in | ||||||
2 | which the birth occurred
as provided in this Section, within 7 | ||||||
3 | days after the birth. When a
birth occurs on a moving | ||||||
4 | conveyance, the city, village, township, or road
district in | ||||||
5 | which the child is first removed from the conveyance shall be
| ||||||
6 | considered the place of birth and a birth certificate shall be | ||||||
7 | filed in the
registration district in which the place is | ||||||
8 | located.
| ||||||
9 | (2) When a birth occurs in an institution, the person in | ||||||
10 | charge of the
institution or his designated representative | ||||||
11 | shall obtain and record all
the personal and statistical | ||||||
12 | particulars relative to the parents of the
child that are | ||||||
13 | required to properly complete the live birth certificate; shall
| ||||||
14 | secure the required
personal signatures on the hospital | ||||||
15 | worksheet; shall prepare the certificate
from this worksheet; | ||||||
16 | and shall file the certificate with the local
registrar. The | ||||||
17 | institution shall retain the hospital worksheet permanently or
| ||||||
18 | as
otherwise specified by rule. The
physician in attendance | ||||||
19 | shall verify or provide the date of birth and
medical | ||||||
20 | information required by the certificate, within 24 hours after | ||||||
21 | the
birth occurs.
| ||||||
22 | (3) When a birth occurs outside an institution, the | ||||||
23 | certificate shall be
prepared and filed by one of the following | ||||||
24 | in the indicated order of
priority:
| ||||||
25 | (a) The physician in attendance at or immediately after | ||||||
26 | the birth, or in
the absence of such a person,
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (b) Any other person in attendance at or immediately | ||||||
2 | after the birth, or
in the absence of such a person,
| ||||||
3 | (c) The father, the mother, or in the absence of the | ||||||
4 | father and the
inability of the mother, the person in | ||||||
5 | charge of the premises where the
birth occurred.
| ||||||
6 | (4) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, if the mother | ||||||
7 | was not married
to the father of the child at either the time | ||||||
8 | of conception or the time of
birth, the name of the father | ||||||
9 | shall be entered on the child's
birth certificate only if the | ||||||
10 | mother and the person to be named as the father
have signed an | ||||||
11 | acknowledgment of parentage in accordance with subsection (5).
| ||||||
12 | Unless otherwise provided in this Act, if the mother was | ||||||
13 | married at the time
of conception or birth and the presumed | ||||||
14 | father (that is, the mother's husband)
is not the biological | ||||||
15 | father of the child, the name of the
biological father shall be | ||||||
16 | entered on the child's birth certificate only if, in
accordance | ||||||
17 | with subsection (5), (i)
the mother and the person to be named | ||||||
18 | as the father have signed an
acknowledgment of parentage and | ||||||
19 | (ii) the mother and presumed father have signed
a denial of | ||||||
20 | paternity.
| ||||||
21 | (5) Upon the birth of a child to an unmarried woman, or | ||||||
22 | upon the birth of
a child to a woman who was married at the time | ||||||
23 | of conception or birth and whose
husband is not the biological | ||||||
24 | father of the child, the institution at the time
of birth and | ||||||
25 | the local registrar or county clerk after the birth shall do | ||||||
26 | the
following:
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (a) Provide (i) an opportunity for the child's mother | ||||||
2 | and father to sign
an acknowledgment of parentage and (ii) | ||||||
3 | if the presumed father is not the
biological father, an | ||||||
4 | opportunity for the mother and presumed father to sign a
| ||||||
5 | denial of paternity. The signing and witnessing of the | ||||||
6 | acknowledgment of
parentage or, if the presumed father of | ||||||
7 | the child is not the biological father,
the acknowledgment | ||||||
8 | of parentage and denial of paternity conclusively
| ||||||
9 | establishes a parent and child relationship in accordance | ||||||
10 | with Sections 5 and 6
of the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 | ||||||
11 | and with the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 on and after | ||||||
12 | the effective date of that Act .
| ||||||
13 | The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall | ||||||
14 | furnish
the acknowledgment of parentage and denial of | ||||||
15 | paternity form to institutions,
county clerks, and State | ||||||
16 | and local registrars' offices. The form shall
include
| ||||||
17 | instructions to send the
original signed and witnessed | ||||||
18 | acknowledgment of parentage and denial of
paternity to the | ||||||
19 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services. The | ||||||
20 | acknowledgement of paternity and denial of paternity form | ||||||
21 | shall also include a statement informing the mother, the | ||||||
22 | alleged father, and the presumed father, if any, that they | ||||||
23 | have the right to request deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) tests | ||||||
24 | regarding the issue of the child's paternity and that by | ||||||
25 | signing the form, they expressly waive such tests. The | ||||||
26 | statement shall be set forth in bold-face capital letters |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | not less than 0.25 inches in height.
| ||||||
2 | (b) Provide the following documents, furnished by the | ||||||
3 | Department
of Healthcare and Family Services, to the | ||||||
4 | child's mother, biological father, and (if the person
| ||||||
5 | presumed to be the child's father is not the biological | ||||||
6 | father) presumed father
for their review at
the time the | ||||||
7 | opportunity is provided to establish a parent and child
| ||||||
8 | relationship:
| ||||||
9 | (i) An explanation of the implications of, | ||||||
10 | alternatives to, legal
consequences of, and the rights | ||||||
11 | and responsibilities
that arise from signing an
| ||||||
12 | acknowledgment of parentage and, if necessary, a | ||||||
13 | denial of
paternity, including an explanation of the | ||||||
14 | parental rights and
responsibilities of child support, | ||||||
15 | visitation, custody, retroactive support,
health | ||||||
16 | insurance coverage, and payment of birth expenses.
| ||||||
17 | (ii) An explanation of the benefits of having a | ||||||
18 | child's parentage
established and the availability of | ||||||
19 | parentage establishment and child
support
enforcement | ||||||
20 | services.
| ||||||
21 | (iii) A request for an application for child | ||||||
22 | support enforcement
services from
the
Department of | ||||||
23 | Healthcare and Family Services.
| ||||||
24 | (iv) Instructions concerning the opportunity to | ||||||
25 | speak, either by
telephone or in person, with staff of
| ||||||
26 | the Department of Healthcare and Family Services who |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | are trained to clarify information
and answer | ||||||
2 | questions about paternity establishment.
| ||||||
3 | (v) Instructions for completing and signing the | ||||||
4 | acknowledgment of
parentage and denial of paternity.
| ||||||
5 | (c) Provide an oral explanation of the documents and | ||||||
6 | instructions set
forth in subdivision (5)(b), including an | ||||||
7 | explanation of the implications of,
alternatives to, legal | ||||||
8 | consequences of, and the rights and responsibilities
that | ||||||
9 | arise from signing an acknowledgment of parentage and, if | ||||||
10 | necessary, a
denial of paternity. The oral explanation may | ||||||
11 | be given in person or through
the use of video or audio | ||||||
12 | equipment.
| ||||||
13 | (6) The institution, State or local registrar, or county | ||||||
14 | clerk shall provide
an
opportunity for the child's father or | ||||||
15 | mother to sign a rescission of parentage.
The signing and | ||||||
16 | witnessing of the rescission of parentage voids the
| ||||||
17 | acknowledgment of parentage and nullifies the presumption of | ||||||
18 | paternity if
executed and filed with the Department of | ||||||
19 | Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department | ||||||
20 | of Public Aid) within the
time frame contained in Section 5
of | ||||||
21 | the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or Section 307 of the | ||||||
22 | Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 on and after the effective date | ||||||
23 | of that Act .
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services | ||||||
24 | shall furnish the rescission of parentage
form to institutions, | ||||||
25 | county clerks, and State and local registrars' offices.
The | ||||||
26 | form shall include instructions to send the original signed and |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | witnessed
rescission of parentage to the Department of | ||||||
2 | Healthcare and Family Services.
| ||||||
3 | (7) An acknowledgment of paternity signed pursuant to | ||||||
4 | Section 6 of the
Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or Section 302 | ||||||
5 | of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 on and after the | ||||||
6 | effective date of that Act may be challenged in court only on | ||||||
7 | the basis of
fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact, with | ||||||
8 | the burden of proof upon the
challenging party. Pending outcome | ||||||
9 | of a challenge to the acknowledgment of
paternity, the legal | ||||||
10 | responsibilities of the signatories shall remain in full
force | ||||||
11 | and effect, except upon order of the court upon a showing of | ||||||
12 | good cause.
| ||||||
13 | (8) When the process for acknowledgment of parentage as | ||||||
14 | provided for under
subsection (5) establishes the paternity of | ||||||
15 | a child whose certificate of birth
is on file in
another state, | ||||||
16 | the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall forward | ||||||
17 | a copy of
the
acknowledgment of parentage, the denial of | ||||||
18 | paternity, if applicable, and the
rescission of parentage, if | ||||||
19 | applicable, to the birth record agency of the state
where the | ||||||
20 | child's certificate of birth is on file.
| ||||||
21 | (9) In the event the parent-child relationship has been | ||||||
22 | established in
accordance with subdivision (a)(1) of Section 6 | ||||||
23 | of the Parentage Act of 1984,
the names of the biological | ||||||
24 | mother and biological father so established shall
be entered on | ||||||
25 | the child's birth certificate, and the names of the surrogate
| ||||||
26 | mother and surrogate mother's husband, if any, shall not be on |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the birth
certificate.
| ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-333, eff. 8-11-09; | ||||||
3 | 96-474, eff. 8-14-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
| ||||||
4 | (410 ILCS 535/24) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-24)
| ||||||
5 | Sec. 24. (1) To protect the integrity of vital records, to | ||||||
6 | insure their
proper use, and to insure the efficient and proper | ||||||
7 | administration of the
vital records system, access to vital | ||||||
8 | records, and indexes thereof,
including vital records in the | ||||||
9 | custody of local registrars and county
clerks originating prior | ||||||
10 | to January 1, 1916, is limited to the custodian
and his | ||||||
11 | employees, and then only for administrative purposes, except | ||||||
12 | that
the indexes of those records in the custody of local | ||||||
13 | registrars and county
clerks, originating prior to January 1, | ||||||
14 | 1916, shall be made available to
persons for the purpose of | ||||||
15 | genealogical research. Original, photographic or
| ||||||
16 | microphotographic reproductions of original records of births | ||||||
17 | 100 years old
and older and deaths 50 years old and older, and | ||||||
18 | marriage records 75 years
old and older on file in the State | ||||||
19 | Office of Vital Records and in the
custody of the county clerks | ||||||
20 | may be made available for inspection in the
Illinois State | ||||||
21 | Archives reference area, Illinois Regional Archives
| ||||||
22 | Depositories, and other libraries approved by the Illinois | ||||||
23 | State
Registrar and the Director of the Illinois State | ||||||
24 | Archives, provided that
the photographic or microphotographic | ||||||
25 | copies are made at no cost to the
county or to the State of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Illinois. It is unlawful for any custodian to
permit inspection | ||||||
2 | of, or to disclose information contained in, vital
records, or | ||||||
3 | to copy or permit to be copied, all or part of any such record
| ||||||
4 | except as authorized by this Act or regulations adopted | ||||||
5 | pursuant thereto.
| ||||||
6 | (2) The State Registrar of Vital Records, or his agent, and | ||||||
7 | any
municipal, county, multi-county, public health district, | ||||||
8 | or regional health
officer recognized by the Department may | ||||||
9 | examine vital records for the
purpose only of carrying out the | ||||||
10 | public health programs and
responsibilities under his | ||||||
11 | jurisdiction.
| ||||||
12 | (3) The State Registrar of Vital Records, may disclose, or | ||||||
13 | authorize the
disclosure of, data contained in the vital | ||||||
14 | records when deemed essential
for bona fide research purposes | ||||||
15 | which are not for private gain.
| ||||||
16 | This amendatory Act of 1973 does not apply to any home rule | ||||||
17 | unit.
| ||||||
18 | (4) The State Registrar shall exchange with the
Department | ||||||
19 | of Healthcare and Family Services
information that
may be | ||||||
20 | necessary for the establishment of paternity and the | ||||||
21 | establishment,
modification, and enforcement of child support | ||||||
22 | orders
entered pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code, the | ||||||
23 | Illinois
Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the | ||||||
24 | Non-Support of
Spouse and Children Act, the Non-Support | ||||||
25 | Punishment Act, the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of | ||||||
26 | Support
Act, the Uniform Interstate Family Support
Act, or the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 , or the Illinois Parentage Act | ||||||
2 | of 2012 .
Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to the
| ||||||
3 | contrary, the State Registrar shall not be liable
to any person | ||||||
4 | for any disclosure of information to the
Department of | ||||||
5 | Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department | ||||||
6 | of Public Aid)
under this subsection
or for any
other action | ||||||
7 | taken in good faith to comply with the requirements of this
| ||||||
8 | subsection.
| ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| ||||||
10 | Section 959. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||||
11 | changing Sections 2-109.1 and 7-703 as follows:
| ||||||
12 | (625 ILCS 5/2-109.1)
| ||||||
13 | Sec. 2-109.1. Exchange of information.
| ||||||
14 | (a) The Secretary of State shall exchange information with | ||||||
15 | the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services which may be | ||||||
16 | necessary for
the establishment of
paternity and the | ||||||
17 | establishment, modification, and enforcement of child
support | ||||||
18 | orders pursuant to
the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois
| ||||||
19 | Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of
| ||||||
20 | Spouse and Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the | ||||||
21 | Revised
Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support
Act, the | ||||||
22 | Uniform Interstate Family Support
Act, or the Illinois | ||||||
23 | Parentage Act of 1984 , or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 .
| ||||||
24 | (b) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code to the
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | contrary, the Secretary of State shall not be liable
to any | ||||||
2 | person for any disclosure of information to the
Department of | ||||||
3 | Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department | ||||||
4 | of Public Aid) under subsection (a)
or for any
other action | ||||||
5 | taken in good faith to comply with the requirements of
| ||||||
6 | subsection (a).
| ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| ||||||
8 | (625 ILCS 5/7-703)
| ||||||
9 | Sec. 7-703. Courts to report non-payment of court ordered | ||||||
10 | support.
| ||||||
11 | (a) The
clerk of the circuit court, as provided in | ||||||
12 | subsection (b) of Section 505 of the
Illinois Marriage and | ||||||
13 | Dissolution of Marriage Act or as provided in Section 805 15
of | ||||||
14 | the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 1984 , shall forward to the | ||||||
15 | Secretary of
State, on a form prescribed by the Secretary, an | ||||||
16 | authenticated document
certifying the court's order suspending | ||||||
17 | the driving privileges of the obligor.
For any such | ||||||
18 | certification, the clerk of the court shall charge the obligor | ||||||
19 | a
fee of $5 as provided in the Clerks of Courts Act.
| ||||||
20 | (b) If an obligor has been adjudicated in arrears in court | ||||||
21 | ordered child
support payments in an amount equal to 90 days | ||||||
22 | obligation or more but has not
been held in contempt of court, | ||||||
23 | the circuit court may order that the obligor's
driving | ||||||
24 | privileges be suspended. If the circuit court orders that the
| ||||||
25 | obligor's driving privileges be suspended, it shall forward to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the Secretary of
State, on a form prescribed by the Secretary, | ||||||
2 | an authenticated document
certifying the court's order | ||||||
3 | suspending the driving privileges of the obligor.
The | ||||||
4 | authenticated document shall
be forwarded to the Secretary of | ||||||
5 | State by the court no later than 45 days after
entry of the | ||||||
6 | order suspending the obligor's driving privileges.
| ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 7-1-00.)
| ||||||
8 | Section 960. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by | ||||||
9 | changing Section 27.1a as follows:
| ||||||
10 | (705 ILCS 105/27.1a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.1a)
| ||||||
11 | Sec. 27.1a. The fees of the clerks of the circuit court in | ||||||
12 | all
counties having a population of not more than
500,000 | ||||||
13 | inhabitants in the instances described in this Section
shall be | ||||||
14 | as provided in this Section.
In those instances where a minimum | ||||||
15 | and maximum fee is stated, the clerk of
the circuit court must | ||||||
16 | charge the minimum fee listed and may charge up to the
maximum | ||||||
17 | fee if the county board has by resolution increased the fee.
| ||||||
18 | The fees shall be paid in advance and
shall be as follows:
| ||||||
19 | (a) Civil Cases.
| ||||||
20 | The fee for filing a complaint, petition, or other | ||||||
21 | pleading initiating
a civil action, with the following | ||||||
22 | exceptions, shall be a minimum of $40 and
a maximum of | ||||||
23 | $160.
| ||||||
24 | (A) When the amount of money or damages or the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | value of personal
property claimed does not exceed | ||||||
2 | $250, $10.
| ||||||
3 | (B) When that amount exceeds $250 but does not | ||||||
4 | exceed $500, a minimum
of $10 and a maximum of $20.
| ||||||
5 | (C) When that amount exceeds $500 but does not | ||||||
6 | exceed $2500, a minimum
of $25 and a maximum of $40.
| ||||||
7 | (D) When that amount exceeds $2500 but does not | ||||||
8 | exceed $15,000, a
minimum of $25 and a maximum of $75.
| ||||||
9 | (E) For the exercise of eminent domain, a minimum | ||||||
10 | of $45 and
a maximum of $150. For each additional
lot | ||||||
11 | or tract of land or right or interest therein subject | ||||||
12 | to be condemned,
the damages in respect to which shall | ||||||
13 | require separate assessment by a
jury, a minimum of $45 | ||||||
14 | and a maximum of $150.
| ||||||
15 | (a-1) Family.
| ||||||
16 | For filing a petition under the Juvenile Court Act of | ||||||
17 | 1987, $25.
| ||||||
18 | For filing a petition for a marriage license, $10.
| ||||||
19 | For performing a marriage in court, $10.
| ||||||
20 | For filing a petition under the Illinois Parentage Act | ||||||
21 | of 2012 1984 , $40.
| ||||||
22 | (b) Forcible Entry and Detainer.
| ||||||
23 | In each forcible entry and detainer case when the | ||||||
24 | plaintiff seeks
possession only or unites with his or her | ||||||
25 | claim for possession of the property
a claim for rent or | ||||||
26 | damages or both in the amount of $15,000 or less, a
minimum |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | of $10 and a maximum of $50.
When the plaintiff unites his | ||||||
2 | or her claim for possession with a claim for
rent or | ||||||
3 | damages or both exceeding $15,000, a minimum of $40 and a | ||||||
4 | maximum of
$160.
| ||||||
5 | (c) Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
| ||||||
6 | When any defendant files a counterclaim as part of his | ||||||
7 | or her
answer or otherwise or joins another party as a | ||||||
8 | third party defendant, or
both, the defendant shall pay a | ||||||
9 | fee for each counterclaim or third
party action in an | ||||||
10 | amount equal to the fee he or she would have had to pay
had | ||||||
11 | he or she brought a separate action for the relief sought | ||||||
12 | in the
counterclaim or against the third party defendant, | ||||||
13 | less the amount of the
appearance fee, if that has been | ||||||
14 | paid.
| ||||||
15 | (d) Confession of Judgment.
| ||||||
16 | In a confession of judgment when the amount does not | ||||||
17 | exceed $1500, a
minimum of $20 and a maximum of $50.
When | ||||||
18 | the amount exceeds $1500, but does not exceed $15,000, a
| ||||||
19 | minimum of $40 and a maximum of $115. When the
amount | ||||||
20 | exceeds $15,000, a minimum of $40 and a maximum of $200.
| ||||||
21 | (e) Appearance.
| ||||||
22 | The fee for filing an appearance in each civil case | ||||||
23 | shall be a minimum of
$15 and a maximum of $60,
except as | ||||||
24 | follows:
| ||||||
25 | (A) When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and | ||||||
26 | detainer case seeks
possession only, a minimum of $10 |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | and a maximum of $50.
| ||||||
2 | (B) When the amount in the case does not exceed | ||||||
3 | $1500, a minimum of
$10 and a maximum of $30.
| ||||||
4 | (C) When that amount exceeds $1500 but does not | ||||||
5 | exceed $15,000, a
minimum of $15 and a maximum of $60.
| ||||||
6 | (f) Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
| ||||||
7 | In garnishment affidavit, wage deduction affidavit, | ||||||
8 | and citation
petition when the amount does not exceed | ||||||
9 | $1,000, a minimum of $5 and a
maximum
of $15; when the | ||||||
10 | amount
exceeds $1,000 but does not exceed $5,000, a minimum | ||||||
11 | of $5 and a maximum of
$30; and when the amount exceeds
| ||||||
12 | $5,000, a minimum of $5 and a maximum of $50.
| ||||||
13 | (g) Petition to Vacate or Modify.
| ||||||
14 | (1) Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment or | ||||||
15 | order of
court, except in forcible entry and detainer cases | ||||||
16 | and small claims cases
or a petition to reopen an estate, | ||||||
17 | to modify, terminate, or enforce a
judgment or order for | ||||||
18 | child or spousal support, or to modify, suspend, or
| ||||||
19 | terminate an order for withholding, if filed before 30 days | ||||||
20 | after the entry
of the judgment or order, a minimum of $20 | ||||||
21 | and a maximum of $50.
| ||||||
22 | (2) Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment or | ||||||
23 | order of court,
except a petition to modify, terminate, or | ||||||
24 | enforce a judgment or order for
child or spousal support or | ||||||
25 | to modify, suspend, or terminate an order for
withholding, | ||||||
26 | if filed later than 30 days after the entry of the judgment |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | or
order, a minimum of $20 and a maximum of $75.
| ||||||
2 | (3) Petition to vacate order of bond forfeiture, a | ||||||
3 | minimum of $10 and a
maximum of $40.
| ||||||
4 | (h) Mailing.
| ||||||
5 | When the clerk is required to mail, the fee will be a | ||||||
6 | minimum of $2 and a
maximum of $10,
plus the cost of | ||||||
7 | postage.
| ||||||
8 | (i) Certified Copies.
| ||||||
9 | Each certified copy of a judgment after the first, | ||||||
10 | except in small
claims and forcible entry and detainer | ||||||
11 | cases, a minimum of $2 and a maximum
of $10.
| ||||||
12 | (j) Habeas Corpus.
| ||||||
13 | For filing a petition for relief by habeas corpus, a | ||||||
14 | minimum of $60 and a
maximum of $100.
| ||||||
15 | (k) Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
| ||||||
16 | (1) Each certification or authentication for taking | ||||||
17 | the acknowledgment
of a deed or other instrument in writing | ||||||
18 | with the seal of office, a minimum
of $2 and a maximum of | ||||||
19 | $6.
| ||||||
20 | (2) Court appeals when original documents are | ||||||
21 | forwarded, under 100 pages,
plus delivery and costs, a | ||||||
22 | minimum of $20 and a maximum of $60.
| ||||||
23 | (3) Court appeals when original documents are | ||||||
24 | forwarded, over 100 pages,
plus delivery and costs, a | ||||||
25 | minimum of $50 and a maximum of $150.
| ||||||
26 | (4) Court appeals when original documents are |
| |||||||
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1 | forwarded, over 200
pages, an additional fee of a minimum | ||||||
2 | of 20 cents and a maximum of 25 cents per page.
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3 | (5) For reproduction of any document contained in the | ||||||
4 | clerk's files:
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5 | (A) First page, a minimum of $1 and a maximum
of | ||||||
6 | $2.
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7 | (B) Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
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8 | (C) All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
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9 | (l) Remands.
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10 | In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court from the | ||||||
11 | Supreme Court
or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the | ||||||
12 | clerk shall file the remanding
order and reinstate the case | ||||||
13 | with either its original number or a new number.
The Clerk | ||||||
14 | shall not charge any new or additional fee for the | ||||||
15 | reinstatement.
Upon reinstatement the Clerk shall advise | ||||||
16 | the parties of the reinstatement. A
party shall have the | ||||||
17 | same right to a jury trial on remand and reinstatement as
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18 | he or she had before the appeal, and no additional or new | ||||||
19 | fee or charge shall
be made for a jury trial after remand.
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20 | (m) Record Search.
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21 | For each record search, within a division or municipal | ||||||
22 | district, the
clerk shall be entitled to a search fee of a | ||||||
23 | minimum of $4 and a maximum of
$6 for each year searched.
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24 | (n) Hard Copy.
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25 | For each page of hard copy print output, when case | ||||||
26 | records are
maintained on an automated medium, the clerk |
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1 | shall be entitled to a fee of a
minimum of $4 and a maximum | ||||||
2 | of $6.
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3 | (o) Index Inquiry and Other Records.
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4 | No fee shall be charged for a single | ||||||
5 | plaintiff/defendant index inquiry
or single case record | ||||||
6 | inquiry when this request is made in person and the
records | ||||||
7 | are maintained in a current automated medium, and when no | ||||||
8 | hard copy
print output is requested. The fees to be charged | ||||||
9 | for management records,
multiple case records, and | ||||||
10 | multiple journal records may be specified by the
Chief | ||||||
11 | Judge pursuant to the guidelines for access and | ||||||
12 | dissemination of
information approved by the Supreme | ||||||
13 | Court.
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14 | (p) (Blank).
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15 | (q) Alias Summons.
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16 | For each alias summons or citation issued by the clerk, | ||||||
17 | a minimum of $2
and a maximum of $5.
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18 | (r) Other Fees.
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19 | Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by | ||||||
20 | rule or
administrative order of the Circuit Court with the | ||||||
21 | approval of the
Administrative Office of the Illinois | ||||||
22 | Courts.
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23 | The clerk of the circuit court may provide additional | ||||||
24 | services for
which there is no fee specified by statute in | ||||||
25 | connection with the operation
of the clerk's office as may | ||||||
26 | be requested by the public and agreed to by
the clerk and |
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1 | approved by the chief judge of the circuit court. Any
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2 | charges for additional services shall be as agreed to
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3 | between the clerk and the party making the request and | ||||||
4 | approved by the
chief judge of the circuit court. Nothing | ||||||
5 | in this
subsection shall be construed to require any clerk | ||||||
6 | to provide any service
not otherwise required by law.
| ||||||
7 | (s) Jury Services.
| ||||||
8 | The clerk shall be entitled to receive, in addition to | ||||||
9 | other fees
allowed by law, the sum of a minimum of $62.50 | ||||||
10 | and a maximum of $212.50, as a fee for the services of a | ||||||
11 | jury in
every civil action not quasi-criminal in its nature | ||||||
12 | and not a proceeding
for the exercise of the right of | ||||||
13 | eminent domain and in every other action
wherein the right | ||||||
14 | of trial by jury is or may be given by law. The jury fee
| ||||||
15 | shall be paid by the party demanding a jury at the time of | ||||||
16 | filing the jury
demand. If the fee is not paid by either | ||||||
17 | party, no jury shall be called in
the action or proceeding, | ||||||
18 | and the same shall be tried by the court without
a jury.
| ||||||
19 | (t) Voluntary Assignment.
| ||||||
20 | For filing each deed of voluntary assignment, a minimum | ||||||
21 | of $10 and a
maximum of $20; for recording
the same, a | ||||||
22 | minimum of 25 cents and a maximum of 50 cents for each
100 | ||||||
23 | words. Exceptions filed to claims presented
to an assignee | ||||||
24 | of a debtor who has made a voluntary assignment for the
| ||||||
25 | benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for | ||||||
26 | the purpose of
taxing costs therein, as actions in which |
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| |||||||
1 | the party or parties filing
the exceptions shall be | ||||||
2 | considered as party or parties plaintiff, and
the claimant | ||||||
3 | or claimants as party or parties defendant, and those
| ||||||
4 | parties respectively shall pay to the clerk the same fees
| ||||||
5 | as provided by this Section to be paid in other actions.
| ||||||
6 | (u) Expungement Petition.
| ||||||
7 | The clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of a | ||||||
8 | minimum of $15 and a
maximum of $60 for each
expungement | ||||||
9 | petition filed and an additional fee of a minimum of $2 and | ||||||
10 | a
maximum of $4 for each certified
copy of an order to | ||||||
11 | expunge arrest records.
| ||||||
12 | (v) Probate.
| ||||||
13 | The clerk is entitled to receive the fees
specified in | ||||||
14 | this subsection (v), which shall be paid in advance,
except | ||||||
15 | that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, | ||||||
16 | or
release the costs payable under this subsection:
| ||||||
17 | (1) For administration of the estate of a decedent | ||||||
18 | (whether testate
or intestate) or of a missing person, a | ||||||
19 | minimum of $50 and a maximum of
$150, plus the fees | ||||||
20 | specified in
subsection (v)(3), except:
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21 | (A) When the value of the real and personal | ||||||
22 | property does not exceed
$15,000, the fee shall be a | ||||||
23 | minimum of $25 and a maximum of $40.
| ||||||
24 | (B) When (i) proof of heirship alone is made, (ii) | ||||||
25 | a domestic or
foreign will is admitted to probate | ||||||
26 | without administration (including
proof of heirship), |
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1 | or (iii) letters of office are issued for a particular
| ||||||
2 | purpose without administration of the estate, the fee | ||||||
3 | shall be a minimum of
$10 and a maximum of $40.
| ||||||
4 | (C) For filing a petition to sell Real Estate, $50.
| ||||||
5 | (2) For administration of the estate of a ward, a | ||||||
6 | minimum of $50 and a
maximum of $75,
plus the fees | ||||||
7 | specified in subsection (v)(3), except:
| ||||||
8 | (A) When the value of the real and personal | ||||||
9 | property does not exceed
$15,000, the fee shall be a | ||||||
10 | minimum of $25 and a maximum of $40.
| ||||||
11 | (B) When (i) letters of office are issued to a | ||||||
12 | guardian of the person
or persons,
but not of the | ||||||
13 | estate or (ii) letters of office are issued in the | ||||||
14 | estate of
a ward without administration of the estate, | ||||||
15 | including filing or joining in
the filing of a tax | ||||||
16 | return or releasing a mortgage or consenting to the
| ||||||
17 | marriage of the ward, the fee shall be a minimum of $10 | ||||||
18 | and a maximum of
$20.
| ||||||
19 | (C) For filing a Petition to sell Real Estate, $50.
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20 | (3) In addition to the fees payable under subsection | ||||||
21 | (v)(1) or (v)(2)
of this Section, the following fees are | ||||||
22 | payable:
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23 | (A) For each account (other than one final account) | ||||||
24 | filed in the
estate of a decedent, or ward, a minimum | ||||||
25 | of $10 and a maximum of $25.
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26 | (B) For filing a claim in an estate when the amount |
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1 | claimed is $150
or more but less than $500, a minimum | ||||||
2 | of $10 and a maximum of $25;
when the amount claimed is | ||||||
3 | $500 or more
but less than $10,000, a minimum of $10 | ||||||
4 | and a maximum of $40; when
the amount claimed is | ||||||
5 | $10,000 or more, a minimum of $10 and a maximum of
$60; | ||||||
6 | provided that the court in allowing a claim may add to | ||||||
7 | the
amount
allowed the filing fee paid by the claimant.
| ||||||
8 | (C) For filing in an estate a claim, petition, or | ||||||
9 | supplemental
proceeding based upon an action seeking | ||||||
10 | equitable relief including the
construction or contest | ||||||
11 | of a will, enforcement of a contract to make a
will, | ||||||
12 | and proceedings involving testamentary trusts or the | ||||||
13 | appointment of
testamentary trustees, a minimum of $40 | ||||||
14 | and a maximum of $60.
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15 | (D) For filing in an estate (i) the appearance of | ||||||
16 | any person for the
purpose of consent or (ii) the | ||||||
17 | appearance of an executor, administrator,
| ||||||
18 | administrator to collect, guardian, guardian ad litem, | ||||||
19 | or special
administrator, no fee.
| ||||||
20 | (E) Except as provided in subsection (v)(3)(D), | ||||||
21 | for filing the
appearance of any person or persons, a | ||||||
22 | minimum of $10 and a maximum of $30.
| ||||||
23 | (F) For each jury demand, a minimum of $62.50 and a | ||||||
24 | maximum of
$137.50.
| ||||||
25 | (G) For disposition of the collection of a judgment | ||||||
26 | or settlement of
an action or claim for wrongful death |
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1 | of a decedent or of any cause of
action of a ward, when | ||||||
2 | there is no other administration of the estate, a
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3 | minimum of $30 and a maximum of $50,
less any amount | ||||||
4 | paid under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B) except | ||||||
5 | that if
the amount involved does not exceed $5,000, the | ||||||
6 | fee, including any amount
paid under subsection | ||||||
7 | (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be a minimum of $10 and a
| ||||||
8 | maximum of $20.
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9 | (H) For each certified copy of letters of office, | ||||||
10 | of court order or
other certification, a minimum of $1 | ||||||
11 | and a maximum of $2, plus a
minimum of 50 cents and a | ||||||
12 | maximum of $1 per page in excess of 3 pages
for the
| ||||||
13 | document certified.
| ||||||
14 | (I) For each exemplification, a minimum of $1 and a | ||||||
15 | maximum of $2, plus the fee for certification.
| ||||||
16 | (4) The executor, administrator, guardian, petitioner,
| ||||||
17 | or other interested person or his or her attorney shall pay | ||||||
18 | the cost of
publication by the clerk directly to the | ||||||
19 | newspaper.
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20 | (5) The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred for | ||||||
21 | witness,
court reporter, appraiser, or other miscellaneous | ||||||
22 | fee shall pay the same
directly to the person entitled | ||||||
23 | thereto.
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24 | (6) The executor, administrator, guardian, petitioner, | ||||||
25 | or other
interested person or his or her attorney shall pay | ||||||
26 | to the clerk all postage
charges incurred by the clerk in |
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1 | mailing petitions, orders, notices, or
other documents | ||||||
2 | pursuant to the provisions of the Probate Act of 1975.
| ||||||
3 | (w) Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
| ||||||
4 | (1) The clerk shall be entitled to costs in all | ||||||
5 | criminal
and quasi-criminal cases from each person | ||||||
6 | convicted or sentenced to
supervision therein as follows:
| ||||||
7 | (A) Felony complaints, a minimum of $40 and a | ||||||
8 | maximum of $100.
| ||||||
9 | (B) Misdemeanor complaints, a minimum of $25 and a | ||||||
10 | maximum of $75.
| ||||||
11 | (C) Business offense complaints, a minimum of $25 | ||||||
12 | and a maximum of
$75.
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13 | (D) Petty offense complaints, a minimum of $25 and | ||||||
14 | a maximum of $75.
| ||||||
15 | (E) Minor traffic or ordinance violations, $10.
| ||||||
16 | (F) When court appearance required, $15.
| ||||||
17 | (G) Motions to vacate or amend final orders, a | ||||||
18 | minimum of $20 and a
maximum of $40.
| ||||||
19 | (H) Motions to vacate bond forfeiture orders, a | ||||||
20 | minimum of $20 and
a maximum of $40.
| ||||||
21 | (I) Motions to vacate ex parte judgments, whenever | ||||||
22 | filed, a minimum of
$20 and a maximum of $40.
| ||||||
23 | (J) Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures, | ||||||
24 | whenever filed, a
minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
| ||||||
25 | (K) Motions to vacate "failure to appear" or | ||||||
26 | "failure to comply"
notices sent to the Secretary of |
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1 | State, a minimum of $20 and a maximum of
$40.
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2 | (2) In counties having a population of not
more
than | ||||||
3 | 500,000 inhabitants, when the violation complaint is
| ||||||
4 | issued by a
municipal police department, the clerk shall be | ||||||
5 | entitled to costs from each
person convicted therein as | ||||||
6 | follows:
| ||||||
7 | (A) Minor traffic or ordinance violations, $10.
| ||||||
8 | (B) When court appearance required, $15.
| ||||||
9 | (3) In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine | ||||||
10 | only, the clerk
of the circuit court shall be entitled to | ||||||
11 | receive, unless the fee is
excused upon a finding by the | ||||||
12 | court that the defendant is indigent, in
addition to other | ||||||
13 | fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of a
| ||||||
14 | minimum of $62.50 and a maximum of $137.50
as a fee for the | ||||||
15 | services of a jury. The jury fee shall be paid by the
| ||||||
16 | defendant at the time of filing his or her jury demand. If | ||||||
17 | the fee is not
so paid by the defendant, no jury shall be | ||||||
18 | called, and the case shall be
tried by the court without a | ||||||
19 | jury.
| ||||||
20 | (x) Transcripts of Judgment.
| ||||||
21 | For the filing of a transcript of judgment, the clerk | ||||||
22 | shall be entitled
to the same fee as if it were the | ||||||
23 | commencement of a new suit.
| ||||||
24 | (y) Change of Venue.
| ||||||
25 | (1) For the filing of a change of case on a change of | ||||||
26 | venue, the clerk
shall be entitled to the same fee as if it |
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1 | were the commencement of a new suit.
| ||||||
2 | (2) The fee for the preparation and certification of a | ||||||
3 | record on a
change of venue to another jurisdiction, when | ||||||
4 | original documents are
forwarded, a minimum of $10 and a | ||||||
5 | maximum of $40.
| ||||||
6 | (z) Tax objection complaints.
| ||||||
7 | For each tax objection complaint containing one or more | ||||||
8 | tax
objections, regardless of the number of parcels | ||||||
9 | involved or the number of
taxpayers joining on the | ||||||
10 | complaint, a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $50.
| ||||||
11 | (aa) Tax Deeds.
| ||||||
12 | (1) Petition for tax deed, if only one parcel is | ||||||
13 | involved, a minimum of
$45 and a maximum of $200.
| ||||||
14 | (2) For each additional parcel, add a fee of a minimum | ||||||
15 | of $10 and a
maximum of $60.
| ||||||
16 | (bb) Collections.
| ||||||
17 | (1) For all collections made of others, except the | ||||||
18 | State and county
and except in maintenance or child support | ||||||
19 | cases, a sum equal to a
minimum of 2% and a maximum of 2.5% | ||||||
20 | of
the amount collected and turned over.
| ||||||
21 | (2) Interest earned on any funds held by the clerk | ||||||
22 | shall be turned
over to the county general fund as an | ||||||
23 | earning of the office.
| ||||||
24 | (3) For any check, draft, or other bank instrument | ||||||
25 | returned to the
clerk for non-sufficient funds, account | ||||||
26 | closed, or
payment stopped, $25.
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1 | (4) In child support and maintenance cases, the clerk, | ||||||
2 | if authorized by an
ordinance of the county board, may | ||||||
3 | collect an annual fee of up to $36 from
the person making | ||||||
4 | payment for maintaining child support records and the
| ||||||
5 | processing of support orders to the State of Illinois KIDS | ||||||
6 | system and the
recording of payments issued by the State | ||||||
7 | Disbursement Unit for the official
record of the Court. | ||||||
8 | This fee shall be in addition
to and separate from amounts | ||||||
9 | ordered to be paid as maintenance or child
support and | ||||||
10 | shall be deposited into a Separate Maintenance and Child | ||||||
11 | Support
Collection Fund, of which the clerk shall be the | ||||||
12 | custodian, ex-officio, to
be used by the clerk to maintain | ||||||
13 | child support orders and record all payments
issued by the | ||||||
14 | State Disbursement Unit for the official record of the | ||||||
15 | Court.
The clerk may recover from the person making the | ||||||
16 | maintenance or child support
payment any additional cost | ||||||
17 | incurred in the collection of this annual
fee.
| ||||||
18 | The clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5 for | ||||||
19 | certifications made
to the Secretary of State as provided | ||||||
20 | in Section 7-703 of the Family
Financial Responsibility Law | ||||||
21 | and these fees shall also be deposited into the
Separate | ||||||
22 | Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
| ||||||
23 | (cc) Corrections of Numbers.
| ||||||
24 | For correction of the case number, case
title, or | ||||||
25 | attorney computer identification number, if required by | ||||||
26 | rule of
court, on any document filed in the clerk's office, |
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| |||||||
1 | to be charged against
the party that filed the document, a | ||||||
2 | minimum of $10 and a maximum of $25.
| ||||||
3 | (dd) Exceptions.
| ||||||
4 | (1) The fee requirements of this Section shall not | ||||||
5 | apply to police
departments or other law enforcement | ||||||
6 | agencies. In this Section, "law
enforcement agency" means | ||||||
7 | an agency of the State or a unit of local
government which | ||||||
8 | is vested by law or ordinance with the duty to maintain
| ||||||
9 | public order and to enforce criminal laws or ordinances. | ||||||
10 | "Law enforcement
agency" also means the Attorney General or | ||||||
11 | any state's attorney.
| ||||||
12 | (2) No fee provided herein shall be charged to any unit | ||||||
13 | of local
government or school district.
| ||||||
14 | (3) The fee requirements of this Section shall not | ||||||
15 | apply to any action
instituted under subsection (b) of | ||||||
16 | Section 11-31-1 of the Illinois Municipal
Code by a private | ||||||
17 | owner or tenant of real property within 1200 feet of a
| ||||||
18 | dangerous or unsafe building seeking an order compelling | ||||||
19 | the owner or owners of
the building to take any of the | ||||||
20 | actions authorized under that subsection.
| ||||||
21 | (4) The fee requirements of this Section shall not | ||||||
22 | apply to the filing of
any
commitment petition or petition | ||||||
23 | for an order authorizing the administration of | ||||||
24 | psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy
under | ||||||
25 | the Mental Health and
Developmental Disabilities Code.
| ||||||
26 | (ee) Adoptions.
|
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1 | (1) For an adoption ...............................$65
| ||||||
2 | (2) Upon good cause shown, the court may waive the | ||||||
3 | adoption filing fee in
a special needs adoption. The term | ||||||
4 | "special needs adoption" shall have the
meaning ascribed to | ||||||
5 | it by the Illinois Department of Children and Family
| ||||||
6 | Services.
| ||||||
7 | (ff) Adoption exemptions.
| ||||||
8 | No fee other than that set forth in subsection (ee) | ||||||
9 | shall be charged to any
person in connection with an | ||||||
10 | adoption proceeding nor may any fee be charged for
| ||||||
11 | proceedings for the appointment of a confidential | ||||||
12 | intermediary under the
Adoption Act.
| ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 95-172, eff. 8-14-07; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| ||||||
14 | Section 961. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by | ||||||
15 | changing Sections 1-3 and 6-9 as follows:
| ||||||
16 | (705 ILCS 405/1-3) (from Ch. 37, par. 801-3)
| ||||||
17 | Sec. 1-3. Definitions. Terms used in this Act, unless the | ||||||
18 | context
otherwise requires, have the following meanings | ||||||
19 | ascribed to them:
| ||||||
20 | (1) "Adjudicatory hearing" means a hearing to
determine | ||||||
21 | whether the allegations of a petition under Section 2-13, 3-15 | ||||||
22 | or
4-12 that a minor under 18 years of age is abused, neglected | ||||||
23 | or dependent, or
requires authoritative intervention, or | ||||||
24 | addicted, respectively, are supported
by a preponderance of the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | evidence or whether the allegations of a petition
under Section | ||||||
2 | 5-520 that a minor is delinquent are proved beyond a reasonable
| ||||||
3 | doubt.
| ||||||
4 | (2) "Adult" means a person 21 years of age or older.
| ||||||
5 | (3) "Agency" means a public or private child care facility
| ||||||
6 | legally authorized or licensed by this State for placement or | ||||||
7 | institutional
care or for both placement and institutional | ||||||
8 | care.
| ||||||
9 | (4) "Association" means any organization, public or
| ||||||
10 | private, engaged in welfare functions which include services to | ||||||
11 | or on behalf of
children but does not include "agency" as | ||||||
12 | herein defined.
| ||||||
13 | (4.05) Whenever a "best interest" determination is
| ||||||
14 | required, the following factors shall be considered in the | ||||||
15 | context of the
child's age and developmental needs:
| ||||||
16 | (a) the physical safety and welfare of the child, | ||||||
17 | including food, shelter,
health, and clothing;
| ||||||
18 | (b) the development of the child's identity;
| ||||||
19 | (c) the child's background and ties, including | ||||||
20 | familial,
cultural, and religious;
| ||||||
21 | (d) the child's sense of attachments, including:
| ||||||
22 | (i) where the child actually feels love, | ||||||
23 | attachment, and a sense of
being valued (as opposed to | ||||||
24 | where adults believe the child should
feel such love, | ||||||
25 | attachment, and a sense of being valued);
| ||||||
26 | (ii) the child's sense of security;
|
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| |||||||
1 | (iii) the child's sense of familiarity;
| ||||||
2 | (iv) continuity of affection for the child;
| ||||||
3 | (v) the least disruptive placement alternative for | ||||||
4 | the child;
| ||||||
5 | (e) the child's wishes and long-term goals;
| ||||||
6 | (f) the child's community ties, including church, | ||||||
7 | school, and friends;
| ||||||
8 | (g) the child's need for permanence which includes the | ||||||
9 | child's need for
stability and continuity of relationships | ||||||
10 | with parent figures and with siblings
and other relatives;
| ||||||
11 | (h) the uniqueness of every family and child;
| ||||||
12 | (i) the risks attendant to entering and being in | ||||||
13 | substitute care; and
| ||||||
14 | (j) the preferences of the persons available to care | ||||||
15 | for the child.
| ||||||
16 | (4.1) "Chronic truant" shall have the definition
ascribed | ||||||
17 | to it in Section 26-2a of the School Code.
| ||||||
18 | (5) "Court" means the circuit court in a session or | ||||||
19 | division
assigned to hear proceedings under this Act.
| ||||||
20 | (6) "Dispositional hearing" means a hearing to
determine | ||||||
21 | whether a minor should be adjudged to be a ward of the court, | ||||||
22 | and to
determine what order of disposition should be made in | ||||||
23 | respect to a minor
adjudged to be a ward of the court.
| ||||||
24 | (7) "Emancipated minor" means any minor 16 years of age or | ||||||
25 | over who has
been completely or partially emancipated under the | ||||||
26 | Emancipation of
Minors Act or
under this Act.
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| |||||||
1 | (8) "Guardianship of the person" of a minor
means the duty | ||||||
2 | and authority to act in the best interests of the minor, | ||||||
3 | subject
to residual parental rights and responsibilities, to | ||||||
4 | make important decisions
in matters having a permanent effect | ||||||
5 | on the life and development of the minor
and to be concerned | ||||||
6 | with his or her general welfare. It includes but is not
| ||||||
7 | necessarily limited to:
| ||||||
8 | (a) the authority to consent to marriage, to enlistment | ||||||
9 | in the armed
forces of the United States, or to a major | ||||||
10 | medical, psychiatric, and
surgical treatment; to represent | ||||||
11 | the minor in legal actions; and to make
other decisions of | ||||||
12 | substantial legal significance concerning the minor;
| ||||||
13 | (b) the authority and duty of reasonable visitation, | ||||||
14 | except to the
extent that these have been limited in the | ||||||
15 | best interests of the minor by
court order;
| ||||||
16 | (c) the rights and responsibilities of legal custody | ||||||
17 | except where legal
custody has been vested in another | ||||||
18 | person or agency; and
| ||||||
19 | (d) the power to consent to the adoption of the minor, | ||||||
20 | but only if
expressly conferred on the guardian in | ||||||
21 | accordance with Section 2-29, 3-30, or
4-27.
| ||||||
22 | (9) "Legal custody" means the relationship created by an
| ||||||
23 | order of court in the best interests of the minor which imposes | ||||||
24 | on the
custodian the responsibility of physical possession of a | ||||||
25 | minor and the duty to
protect, train and discipline him and to | ||||||
26 | provide him with food, shelter,
education and ordinary medical |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | care, except as these are limited by residual
parental rights | ||||||
2 | and responsibilities and the rights and responsibilities of the
| ||||||
3 | guardian of the person, if any.
| ||||||
4 | (9.1) "Mentally capable adult relative" means a person 21 | ||||||
5 | years of age or older who is not suffering from a mental | ||||||
6 | illness that prevents him or her from providing the care | ||||||
7 | necessary to safeguard the physical safety and welfare of a | ||||||
8 | minor who is left in that person's care by the parent or | ||||||
9 | parents or other person responsible for the minor's welfare. | ||||||
10 | (10) "Minor" means a person under the age of 21 years | ||||||
11 | subject to
this Act.
| ||||||
12 | (11) "Parent" means the father or mother of a child and
| ||||||
13 | includes any adoptive parent. It also includes a man (i)
whose | ||||||
14 | paternity
is presumed or has been established under the law of | ||||||
15 | this or another
jurisdiction or (ii) who has registered with | ||||||
16 | the Putative Father Registry in
accordance with Section 12.1 of | ||||||
17 | the Adoption Act and whose paternity has not
been ruled out | ||||||
18 | under the law of this or another jurisdiction. It does not
| ||||||
19 | include a
parent whose rights in respect to the
minor have been | ||||||
20 | terminated in any manner provided by law. It does not include a | ||||||
21 | person who has been or could be determined to be a parent under | ||||||
22 | the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or the Illinois Parentage | ||||||
23 | Act of 2012 , or similar parentage law in any other state, if | ||||||
24 | that person has been convicted of or pled nolo contendere to a | ||||||
25 | crime that resulted in the conception of the child under | ||||||
26 | Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-11, 12-13, 12-14, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | 12-14.1, subsection (a) or (b) (but not subsection (c)) of | ||||||
2 | Section 11-1.50 or 12-15, or subsection (a), (b), (c), (e), or | ||||||
3 | (f) (but not subsection (d)) of Section 11-1.60 or 12-16 of the | ||||||
4 | Criminal Code of 1961 or similar statute in another | ||||||
5 | jurisdiction unless upon motion of any party, other than the | ||||||
6 | offender, to the juvenile court proceedings the court finds it | ||||||
7 | is in the child's best interest to deem the offender a parent | ||||||
8 | for purposes of the juvenile court proceedings.
| ||||||
9 | (11.1) "Permanency goal" means a goal set by the court as | ||||||
10 | defined in
subdivision (2) of Section 2-28.
| ||||||
11 | (11.2) "Permanency hearing" means a hearing to set the | ||||||
12 | permanency goal and
to review and determine (i) the | ||||||
13 | appropriateness of the services contained in
the plan and | ||||||
14 | whether those services have been provided, (ii) whether | ||||||
15 | reasonable
efforts have been made by all the parties to the | ||||||
16 | service plan to achieve the
goal, and (iii) whether the plan | ||||||
17 | and goal have been achieved.
| ||||||
18 | (12) "Petition" means the petition provided for in Section
| ||||||
19 | 2-13, 3-15, 4-12 or 5-520, including any supplemental petitions | ||||||
20 | thereunder
in Section 3-15, 4-12 or 5-520.
| ||||||
21 | (12.1) "Physically capable adult relative" means a person | ||||||
22 | 21 years of age or older who does not have a severe physical | ||||||
23 | disability or medical condition, or is not suffering from | ||||||
24 | alcoholism or drug addiction, that prevents him or her from | ||||||
25 | providing the care necessary to safeguard the physical safety | ||||||
26 | and welfare of a minor who is left in that person's care by the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | parent or parents or other person responsible for the minor's | ||||||
2 | welfare. | ||||||
3 | (13) "Residual parental
rights and responsibilities" means | ||||||
4 | those rights and responsibilities remaining
with the parent | ||||||
5 | after the transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the
| ||||||
6 | person, including, but not necessarily limited to, the right to | ||||||
7 | reasonable
visitation (which may be limited by the court in the | ||||||
8 | best interests of the
minor as provided in subsection (8)(b) of | ||||||
9 | this Section), the right to consent
to adoption, the right to | ||||||
10 | determine the minor's religious affiliation, and the
| ||||||
11 | responsibility for his support.
| ||||||
12 | (14) "Shelter" means the temporary care of a minor in
| ||||||
13 | physically unrestricting facilities pending court disposition | ||||||
14 | or execution of
court order for placement.
| ||||||
15 | (15) "Station adjustment" means the informal
handling of an | ||||||
16 | alleged offender by a juvenile police officer.
| ||||||
17 | (16) "Ward of the court" means a minor who is so
adjudged | ||||||
18 | under Section 2-22, 3-23, 4-20 or 5-705, after a finding of the
| ||||||
19 | requisite jurisdictional facts, and thus is subject to the | ||||||
20 | dispositional powers
of the court under this Act.
| ||||||
21 | (17) "Juvenile police officer" means a sworn
police officer | ||||||
22 | who has completed a Basic Recruit Training Course, has been
| ||||||
23 | assigned to the position of juvenile police officer by his or | ||||||
24 | her chief law
enforcement officer and has completed the | ||||||
25 | necessary juvenile officers training
as prescribed by the | ||||||
26 | Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, or in
the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | case of a State police officer, juvenile officer
training | ||||||
2 | approved by the Director of the Department of State Police.
| ||||||
3 | (18) "Secure child care facility" means any child care | ||||||
4 | facility licensed
by the Department of Children and Family | ||||||
5 | Services to provide secure living
arrangements for children | ||||||
6 | under 18 years of age who are subject to placement in
| ||||||
7 | facilities under the Children and Family Services Act and who | ||||||
8 | are not subject
to placement in facilities for whom standards | ||||||
9 | are established by the Department
of Corrections under Section | ||||||
10 | 3-15-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
"Secure child care | ||||||
11 | facility" also means a
facility that is designed and operated | ||||||
12 | to ensure that all entrances and
exits
from the facility, a | ||||||
13 | building, or a distinct part of the building are under the
| ||||||
14 | exclusive control of the staff of the facility, whether or not | ||||||
15 | the child has
the freedom of movement within the perimeter of | ||||||
16 | the facility, building, or
distinct part of the building.
| ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 96-168, eff. 8-10-09; 97-568, eff. 8-25-11.)
| ||||||
18 | (705 ILCS 405/6-9) (from Ch. 37, par. 806-9)
| ||||||
19 | Sec. 6-9. Enforcement of liability of parents and others.
| ||||||
20 | (1) If parentage is at issue in any proceeding under this | ||||||
21 | Act, other than cases involving those exceptions to the | ||||||
22 | definition of parent set out in item (11) in Section 1-3, then | ||||||
23 | the
Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 1984 shall apply and the | ||||||
24 | court shall enter orders
consistent with that Act. If it | ||||||
25 | appears at any hearing that a parent or
any other person named |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | in the petition, liable under the law for the
support of the | ||||||
2 | minor, is able to contribute to his or her support, the court
| ||||||
3 | shall enter an order requiring that parent or other person to | ||||||
4 | pay the clerk of
the court, or to the guardian or custodian | ||||||
5 | appointed under Sections 2-27,
3-28, 4-25 or 5-740, a | ||||||
6 | reasonable sum from time to time for the care,
support and | ||||||
7 | necessary special care or treatment, of the minor.
If the court
| ||||||
8 | determines at any hearing that a parent or any other person | ||||||
9 | named in the
petition, liable under the law for the support of | ||||||
10 | the minor, is able to
contribute to help defray the costs | ||||||
11 | associated with the minor's detention in a
county or regional | ||||||
12 | detention center, the court shall enter an order requiring
that | ||||||
13 | parent or other person to pay the clerk of the court a | ||||||
14 | reasonable sum for
the care and support of the minor.
The court
| ||||||
15 | may require reasonable security for the payments. Upon failure | ||||||
16 | to pay, the
court may enforce obedience to the order by a | ||||||
17 | proceeding as for contempt of
court.
| ||||||
18 | If it appears that the person liable for the support of the | ||||||
19 | minor is
able to contribute to legal fees for representation of | ||||||
20 | the minor, the court
shall enter an order requiring that person | ||||||
21 | to pay a reasonable sum for the
representation, to the attorney | ||||||
22 | providing the representation or to the
clerk of the court for | ||||||
23 | deposit in the appropriate account or fund. The sum
may be paid | ||||||
24 | as the court directs, and the payment thereof secured and
| ||||||
25 | enforced as provided in this Section for support.
| ||||||
26 | If it appears at the detention or shelter care hearing of a |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | minor before
the court under Section 5-501 that a parent or any | ||||||
2 | other person
liable for
support of the minor is able to | ||||||
3 | contribute to his or her support, that parent
or other person | ||||||
4 | shall be required to pay a fee for room and board at a rate not
| ||||||
5 | to exceed $10 per day established, with the concurrence of the | ||||||
6 | chief judge of
the judicial circuit, by the county board of the | ||||||
7 | county in which the minor is
detained unless the court | ||||||
8 | determines that it is in the best interest and
welfare of the | ||||||
9 | minor to waive the fee. The concurrence of the chief judge
| ||||||
10 | shall be in the form of an administrative order. Each week, on | ||||||
11 | a day
designated by the clerk of the circuit court, that parent | ||||||
12 | or other person shall
pay the clerk for the minor's room and | ||||||
13 | board. All fees for room and board
collected by the circuit | ||||||
14 | court clerk shall be disbursed into the separate
county fund | ||||||
15 | under Section 6-7.
| ||||||
16 | Upon application, the court shall waive liability for | ||||||
17 | support or legal fees
under this Section if the parent or other | ||||||
18 | person establishes that he or she is
indigent and unable to pay | ||||||
19 | the incurred liability, and the court may reduce or
waive | ||||||
20 | liability if the parent or other person establishes | ||||||
21 | circumstances showing
that full payment of support or legal | ||||||
22 | fees would result in financial hardship
to the person or his or | ||||||
23 | her family.
| ||||||
24 | (2) When a person so ordered to pay for the care and | ||||||
25 | support of a minor
is employed for wages, salary or commission, | ||||||
26 | the court may order him to
make the support payments for which |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | he is liable under this Act out of his
wages, salary or | ||||||
2 | commission and to assign so much thereof as will pay the
| ||||||
3 | support. The court may also order him to make discovery to the | ||||||
4 | court as to
his place of employment and the amounts earned by | ||||||
5 | him. Upon his failure to
obey the orders of court he may be | ||||||
6 | punished as for contempt of court.
| ||||||
7 | (3) If the minor is a recipient of public aid under the | ||||||
8 | Illinois Public
Aid Code, the court shall order that payments | ||||||
9 | made by a parent or through
assignment of his wages, salary or | ||||||
10 | commission be made directly to (a) the
Department of Healthcare | ||||||
11 | and Family Services if the minor is a recipient of aid under
| ||||||
12 | Article V of the Code, (b) the Department of Human Services if | ||||||
13 | the
minor is a recipient of aid under Article IV of the Code, | ||||||
14 | or (c)
the local governmental unit
responsible for the support | ||||||
15 | of the minor if he is a recipient under
Articles VI or VII of | ||||||
16 | the Code. The order shall permit the
Department of Healthcare | ||||||
17 | and Family Services, the Department of Human Services, or the | ||||||
18 | local
governmental unit, as the case may
be, to direct that | ||||||
19 | subsequent payments be made directly to the guardian or
| ||||||
20 | custodian of the minor, or to some other person or agency in | ||||||
21 | the minor's
behalf, upon removal of the minor from the public | ||||||
22 | aid rolls; and upon such
direction and removal of the minor | ||||||
23 | from the public aid rolls, the
Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
24 | Family Services, Department of Human Services, or local
| ||||||
25 | governmental unit, as the case requires, shall give
written | ||||||
26 | notice of such action to the court. Payments received by the
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Department of | ||||||
2 | Human Services, or local
governmental unit are to be
covered, | ||||||
3 | respectively, into the General Revenue Fund of the State | ||||||
4 | Treasury
or General Assistance Fund of the governmental unit, | ||||||
5 | as provided in Section
10-19 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
| ||||||
6 | (Source: P.A. 97-568, eff. 8-25-11.)
| ||||||
7 | Section 962. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is | ||||||
8 | amended by changing Section 112A-14 as follows:
| ||||||
9 | (725 ILCS 5/112A-14) (from Ch. 38, par. 112A-14)
| ||||||
10 | Sec. 112A-14. Order of protection; remedies.
| ||||||
11 | (a) Issuance of order. If the court finds that petitioner | ||||||
12 | has been
abused by a family or household member, as defined in | ||||||
13 | this Article, an
order of protection prohibiting such abuse | ||||||
14 | shall issue; provided that
petitioner must also satisfy the | ||||||
15 | requirements of one of the following
Sections, as appropriate: | ||||||
16 | Section 112A-17 on emergency orders, Section
112A-18 on interim | ||||||
17 | orders, or Section 112A-19 on
plenary orders.
Petitioner shall | ||||||
18 | not be denied an order of protection because petitioner or
| ||||||
19 | respondent is a minor. The court, when determining whether or | ||||||
20 | not to issue
an order of protection, shall not require physical | ||||||
21 | manifestations of abuse
on the person of the victim. | ||||||
22 | Modification and extension of prior orders of
protection shall | ||||||
23 | be in accordance with this Article.
| ||||||
24 | (b) Remedies and standards. The remedies to be included in |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | an order of
protection shall be determined in accordance with | ||||||
2 | this Section and one of
the following Sections, as appropriate: | ||||||
3 | Section 112A-17 on
emergency orders,
Section 112A-18 on interim | ||||||
4 | orders, and Section 112A-19 on
plenary orders.
The remedies | ||||||
5 | listed in this subsection shall be in addition to other civil
| ||||||
6 | or criminal remedies available to petitioner.
| ||||||
7 | (1) Prohibition of abuse. Prohibit respondent's | ||||||
8 | harassment,
interference with personal liberty, | ||||||
9 | intimidation of a dependent, physical
abuse or willful | ||||||
10 | deprivation, as defined in this Article, if such abuse has
| ||||||
11 | occurred or otherwise appears likely to occur if not | ||||||
12 | prohibited.
| ||||||
13 | (2) Grant of exclusive possession of residence. | ||||||
14 | Prohibit respondent
from entering or remaining in any | ||||||
15 | residence, household, or premises of the petitioner,
| ||||||
16 | including one owned or leased by respondent, if petitioner | ||||||
17 | has a right
to occupancy thereof. The grant of exclusive | ||||||
18 | possession of the residence, household, or premises
shall | ||||||
19 | not affect title to real property, nor shall the court be | ||||||
20 | limited by
the standard set forth in Section 701 of the | ||||||
21 | Illinois Marriage and
Dissolution of Marriage Act.
| ||||||
22 | (A) Right to occupancy. A party has a right to | ||||||
23 | occupancy of a
residence or household if it is
solely | ||||||
24 | or jointly owned or leased by that party, that party's | ||||||
25 | spouse, a
person with a legal duty to support that | ||||||
26 | party or a minor child in that
party's care, or by any |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | person or entity other than the opposing party that
| ||||||
2 | authorizes that party's occupancy (e.g., a domestic | ||||||
3 | violence shelter).
Standards set forth in subparagraph | ||||||
4 | (B) shall not preclude equitable relief.
| ||||||
5 | (B) Presumption of hardships. If petitioner and | ||||||
6 | respondent
each has the right to occupancy of a | ||||||
7 | residence or household, the court
shall balance (i) the | ||||||
8 | hardships to respondent and any minor child or
| ||||||
9 | dependent adult in respondent's care resulting from | ||||||
10 | entry of this remedy with (ii)
the hardships to | ||||||
11 | petitioner and any minor child or dependent adult in
| ||||||
12 | petitioner's care resulting from continued exposure to | ||||||
13 | the risk of abuse (should
petitioner remain at the | ||||||
14 | residence or household) or from loss of possession
of | ||||||
15 | the residence or household (should petitioner leave to | ||||||
16 | avoid the risk
of abuse). When determining the balance | ||||||
17 | of hardships, the court shall also
take into account | ||||||
18 | the accessibility of the residence or household.
| ||||||
19 | Hardships need not be balanced if respondent does not | ||||||
20 | have a right to occupancy.
| ||||||
21 | The balance of hardships is presumed to favor | ||||||
22 | possession by
petitioner unless the presumption is | ||||||
23 | rebutted by a preponderance of the
evidence, showing | ||||||
24 | that the hardships to respondent substantially | ||||||
25 | outweigh
the hardships to petitioner and any minor | ||||||
26 | child or dependent adult in petitioner's
care. The |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | court, on the request of petitioner or on its own | ||||||
2 | motion,
may order respondent to provide suitable, | ||||||
3 | accessible, alternate housing
for petitioner instead | ||||||
4 | of
excluding respondent from a mutual residence or | ||||||
5 | household.
| ||||||
6 | (3) Stay away order and additional prohibitions.
Order | ||||||
7 | respondent to stay away from petitioner or any other person
| ||||||
8 | protected by the order of protection, or prohibit | ||||||
9 | respondent from entering
or remaining present at | ||||||
10 | petitioner's school, place of employment, or other
| ||||||
11 | specified places at times when petitioner is present, or | ||||||
12 | both, if
reasonable, given
the balance of hardships. | ||||||
13 | Hardships need not be balanced for the court
to enter a | ||||||
14 | stay away order or prohibit entry
if respondent has no | ||||||
15 | right to enter the premises.
| ||||||
16 | If an order of protection grants petitioner exclusive | ||||||
17 | possession
of the residence, or prohibits respondent from | ||||||
18 | entering the residence,
or orders respondent to stay away | ||||||
19 | from petitioner or other
protected persons, then the court | ||||||
20 | may allow respondent access to the
residence to remove | ||||||
21 | items of clothing and personal adornment
used exclusively | ||||||
22 | by respondent, medications, and other items as the court | ||||||
23 | directs.
The right to access shall be exercised on only one | ||||||
24 | occasion as the court directs
and in the presence of an | ||||||
25 | agreed-upon adult third party or law enforcement officer.
| ||||||
26 | (4) Counseling. Require or recommend the respondent to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | undergo
counseling for a specified duration with a social | ||||||
2 | worker, psychologist,
clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, | ||||||
3 | family service agency, alcohol or
substance abuse program, | ||||||
4 | mental health center guidance counselor, agency
providing | ||||||
5 | services to elders, program designed for domestic violence
| ||||||
6 | abusers or any other guidance service the court deems | ||||||
7 | appropriate. The court may order the respondent in any | ||||||
8 | intimate partner relationship to report to an Illinois | ||||||
9 | Department of Human Services protocol approved partner | ||||||
10 | abuse intervention program for an assessment and to follow | ||||||
11 | all recommended treatment.
| ||||||
12 | (5) Physical care and possession of the minor child. In | ||||||
13 | order to protect
the minor child from abuse, neglect, or | ||||||
14 | unwarranted separation from the person
who has been the | ||||||
15 | minor child's primary caretaker, or to otherwise protect | ||||||
16 | the
well-being of the minor child, the court may do either | ||||||
17 | or both of the following:
(i) grant petitioner physical | ||||||
18 | care or possession of the minor child, or both, or
(ii) | ||||||
19 | order respondent to return a minor child to, or not remove | ||||||
20 | a minor child
from, the physical care of a parent or person | ||||||
21 | in loco parentis.
| ||||||
22 | If a court finds, after a hearing, that respondent has | ||||||
23 | committed abuse
(as defined in Section 112A-3) of a minor | ||||||
24 | child, there shall be a
rebuttable presumption that | ||||||
25 | awarding physical care to respondent would not
be in the | ||||||
26 | minor child's best interest.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (6) Temporary legal custody.
Award temporary legal | ||||||
2 | custody to petitioner in accordance with this Section,
the | ||||||
3 | Illinois Marriage
and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the | ||||||
4 | Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 1984 ,
and this State's | ||||||
5 | Uniform Child-Custody
Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.
| ||||||
6 | If a court finds, after a hearing, that respondent
has | ||||||
7 | committed abuse (as defined in Section 112A-3) of a
minor | ||||||
8 | child, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that | ||||||
9 | awarding
temporary legal custody to respondent would not be | ||||||
10 | in the
child's best interest.
| ||||||
11 | (7) Visitation. Determine the
visitation rights, if | ||||||
12 | any, of respondent in any case in which the court
awards | ||||||
13 | physical care or temporary legal custody of a minor child | ||||||
14 | to
petitioner. The court shall restrict or deny | ||||||
15 | respondent's visitation with
a minor child if
the court | ||||||
16 | finds that respondent has done or is likely to do any of | ||||||
17 | the
following: (i) abuse or endanger the minor child during | ||||||
18 | visitation; (ii) use the
visitation as an opportunity to | ||||||
19 | abuse or harass petitioner or
petitioner's family or | ||||||
20 | household members; (iii) improperly conceal or
detain the | ||||||
21 | minor child; or (iv) otherwise act in a manner that is not | ||||||
22 | in
the best interests of the minor child. The court shall | ||||||
23 | not be limited by the
standards set forth in Section 607.1 | ||||||
24 | of the Illinois Marriage and
Dissolution of Marriage Act. | ||||||
25 | If the court grants visitation, the order
shall specify | ||||||
26 | dates and times for the visitation to take place or other
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | specific parameters or conditions that are appropriate. No | ||||||
2 | order for
visitation shall refer merely to the term | ||||||
3 | "reasonable visitation".
| ||||||
4 | Petitioner may deny respondent access to the minor | ||||||
5 | child if, when
respondent arrives for visitation, | ||||||
6 | respondent is under the influence of drugs
or alcohol and | ||||||
7 | constitutes a threat to the safety and well-being of
| ||||||
8 | petitioner or petitioner's minor children or is behaving in | ||||||
9 | a violent or abusive manner.
| ||||||
10 | If necessary to protect any member of petitioner's | ||||||
11 | family or
household from future abuse, respondent shall be | ||||||
12 | prohibited from coming to
petitioner's residence to meet | ||||||
13 | the minor child for visitation, and the
parties shall | ||||||
14 | submit to the court their recommendations for reasonable
| ||||||
15 | alternative arrangements for visitation. A person may be | ||||||
16 | approved to
supervise visitation only after filing an | ||||||
17 | affidavit accepting
that responsibility and acknowledging | ||||||
18 | accountability to the court.
| ||||||
19 | (8) Removal or concealment of minor child.
Prohibit | ||||||
20 | respondent from
removing a minor child from the State or | ||||||
21 | concealing the child within the
State.
| ||||||
22 | (9) Order to appear. Order the respondent to
appear in | ||||||
23 | court, alone
or with a minor child, to prevent abuse, | ||||||
24 | neglect, removal or concealment of
the child, to return the | ||||||
25 | child to the custody or care of the petitioner or
to permit | ||||||
26 | any court-ordered interview or examination of the child or |
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1 | the
respondent.
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2 | (10) Possession of personal property. Grant petitioner | ||||||
3 | exclusive
possession of personal property and, if | ||||||
4 | respondent has possession or
control, direct respondent to | ||||||
5 | promptly make it available to petitioner, if:
| ||||||
6 | (i) petitioner, but not respondent, owns the | ||||||
7 | property; or
| ||||||
8 | (ii) the parties own the property jointly; sharing | ||||||
9 | it would risk
abuse of petitioner by respondent or is | ||||||
10 | impracticable; and the balance of
hardships favors | ||||||
11 | temporary possession by petitioner.
| ||||||
12 | If petitioner's sole claim to ownership of the property | ||||||
13 | is that it is
marital property, the court may award | ||||||
14 | petitioner temporary possession
thereof under the | ||||||
15 | standards of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph only if
a | ||||||
16 | proper proceeding has been filed under the Illinois | ||||||
17 | Marriage and
Dissolution of Marriage Act, as now or | ||||||
18 | hereafter amended.
| ||||||
19 | No order under this provision shall affect title to | ||||||
20 | property.
| ||||||
21 | (11) Protection of property. Forbid the respondent | ||||||
22 | from taking,
transferring, encumbering, concealing, | ||||||
23 | damaging or otherwise disposing of
any real or personal | ||||||
24 | property, except as explicitly authorized by the
court, if:
| ||||||
25 | (i) petitioner, but not respondent, owns the | ||||||
26 | property; or
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| |||||||
1 | (ii) the parties own the property jointly,
and the | ||||||
2 | balance of hardships favors granting this remedy.
| ||||||
3 | If petitioner's sole claim to ownership of the property | ||||||
4 | is that it is
marital property, the court may grant | ||||||
5 | petitioner relief under subparagraph
(ii) of this | ||||||
6 | paragraph only if a proper proceeding has been filed under | ||||||
7 | the
Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as | ||||||
8 | now or hereafter amended.
| ||||||
9 | The court may further prohibit respondent from | ||||||
10 | improperly using the
financial or other resources of an | ||||||
11 | aged member of the family or household
for the profit or | ||||||
12 | advantage of respondent or of any other person.
| ||||||
13 | (11.5) Protection of animals. Grant the petitioner the | ||||||
14 | exclusive care, custody, or control of any animal owned, | ||||||
15 | possessed, leased, kept, or held by either the petitioner | ||||||
16 | or the respondent or a minor child residing in the | ||||||
17 | residence or household of either the petitioner or the | ||||||
18 | respondent and order the respondent to stay away from the | ||||||
19 | animal and forbid the respondent from taking, | ||||||
20 | transferring, encumbering, concealing, harming, or | ||||||
21 | otherwise disposing of the animal.
| ||||||
22 | (12) Order for payment of support. Order
respondent to | ||||||
23 | pay temporary
support for the petitioner or any child in | ||||||
24 | the petitioner's care or
custody, when the respondent has a | ||||||
25 | legal obligation to support that person,
in accordance with | ||||||
26 | the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution
of Marriage Act, |
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| |||||||
1 | which shall govern, among other matters, the amount of
| ||||||
2 | support, payment through the clerk and withholding of | ||||||
3 | income to secure
payment. An order for child support may be | ||||||
4 | granted to a petitioner with
lawful physical care or | ||||||
5 | custody of a child, or an order or agreement for
physical | ||||||
6 | care or custody, prior to entry of an order for legal | ||||||
7 | custody.
Such a support order shall expire upon entry of a | ||||||
8 | valid order granting
legal custody to another, unless | ||||||
9 | otherwise provided in the custody order.
| ||||||
10 | (13) Order for payment of losses. Order
respondent to | ||||||
11 | pay petitioner
for losses suffered as a direct result of | ||||||
12 | the abuse. Such losses shall
include, but not be limited | ||||||
13 | to, medical expenses, lost earnings or other
support, | ||||||
14 | repair or replacement of property damaged or taken, | ||||||
15 | reasonable
attorney's fees, court costs and moving or other | ||||||
16 | travel expenses, including
additional reasonable expenses | ||||||
17 | for temporary shelter and restaurant meals.
| ||||||
18 | (i) Losses affecting family needs. If a party is | ||||||
19 | entitled to seek
maintenance, child support or | ||||||
20 | property distribution from the other party
under the | ||||||
21 | Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as | ||||||
22 | now or
hereafter amended, the court may order | ||||||
23 | respondent to reimburse petitioner's
actual losses, to | ||||||
24 | the extent that such reimbursement would be | ||||||
25 | "appropriate
temporary relief", as authorized by | ||||||
26 | subsection (a)(3) of
Section 501 of that Act.
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| |||||||
1 | (ii) Recovery of expenses. In the case of an | ||||||
2 | improper concealment
or removal of a minor child, the | ||||||
3 | court may order respondent to pay the reasonable
| ||||||
4 | expenses incurred or to be incurred in the search for | ||||||
5 | and recovery of the
minor child, including but not | ||||||
6 | limited to legal fees, court costs, private
| ||||||
7 | investigator fees, and travel costs.
| ||||||
8 | (14) Prohibition of entry. Prohibit the respondent | ||||||
9 | from entering or
remaining in the residence or household | ||||||
10 | while the respondent is under the
influence of alcohol or | ||||||
11 | drugs and constitutes a threat to the safety and
well-being | ||||||
12 | of the petitioner or the petitioner's children.
| ||||||
13 | (14.5) Prohibition of firearm possession. | ||||||
14 | (a) Prohibit a respondent against whom an order of | ||||||
15 | protection was issued from possessing any firearms | ||||||
16 | during the duration of the order if the order: | ||||||
17 | (1) was issued after a hearing of which such | ||||||
18 | person received
actual notice, and at which such | ||||||
19 | person had an opportunity to
participate; | ||||||
20 | (2) restrains such person from harassing, | ||||||
21 | stalking, or
threatening an intimate partner of | ||||||
22 | such person or child of such
intimate partner or | ||||||
23 | person, or engaging in other conduct that
would | ||||||
24 | place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of | ||||||
25 | bodily
injury to the partner or child; and | ||||||
26 | (3)(i) includes a finding that such person |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | represents a
credible threat to the physical | ||||||
2 | safety of such intimate partner
or child; or
(ii) | ||||||
3 | by its terms explicitly prohibits the use, | ||||||
4 | attempted
use, or threatened use of physical force | ||||||
5 | against such intimate
partner or child that would | ||||||
6 | reasonably be expected to cause
bodily injury. | ||||||
7 | Any firearms in the
possession of the respondent, | ||||||
8 | except as provided in subsection (b), shall be ordered | ||||||
9 | by the court to be turned
over to the local law | ||||||
10 | enforcement agency
for safekeeping. The court shall | ||||||
11 | issue an order that the respondent's Firearm Owner's | ||||||
12 | Identification Card be turned over to the local law | ||||||
13 | enforcement agency for safekeeping.
The period of | ||||||
14 | safekeeping shall be for the duration of the order of | ||||||
15 | protection. The firearm or firearms shall be returned | ||||||
16 | to the respondent at expiration of the order of | ||||||
17 | protection.
| ||||||
18 | (b) If the respondent is a peace officer as defined | ||||||
19 | in Section 2-13 of
the
Criminal Code of 1961, the court | ||||||
20 | shall order that any firearms used by the
respondent in | ||||||
21 | the performance of his or her duties as a
peace officer | ||||||
22 | be surrendered to
the chief law enforcement executive | ||||||
23 | of the agency in which the respondent is
employed, who | ||||||
24 | shall retain the firearms for safekeeping for the | ||||||
25 | duration of the order of protection.
| ||||||
26 | (c) Upon expiration of the period of safekeeping, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | if the firearms or Firearm Owner's Identification Card | ||||||
2 | cannot be returned to respondent because respondent | ||||||
3 | cannot be located, fails to respond to requests to | ||||||
4 | retrieve the firearms, or is not lawfully eligible to | ||||||
5 | possess a firearm, upon petition from the local law | ||||||
6 | enforcement agency, the court may order the local law | ||||||
7 | enforcement agency to destroy the firearms, use the | ||||||
8 | firearms for training purposes, or for any other | ||||||
9 | application as deemed appropriate by the local law | ||||||
10 | enforcement agency; or that the firearms be turned over | ||||||
11 | to a third party who is lawfully eligible to possess | ||||||
12 | firearms, and who does not reside with respondent.
| ||||||
13 | (15) Prohibition of access to records. If an order of | ||||||
14 | protection
prohibits respondent from having contact with | ||||||
15 | the minor child,
or if petitioner's address is omitted | ||||||
16 | under subsection (b) of
Section 112A-5, or if necessary to | ||||||
17 | prevent abuse or wrongful removal or
concealment of a minor | ||||||
18 | child, the order shall deny respondent access to, and
| ||||||
19 | prohibit respondent from inspecting, obtaining, or | ||||||
20 | attempting to
inspect or obtain, school or any other | ||||||
21 | records of the minor child
who is in the care of | ||||||
22 | petitioner.
| ||||||
23 | (16) Order for payment of shelter services. Order | ||||||
24 | respondent to
reimburse a shelter providing temporary | ||||||
25 | housing and counseling services to
the petitioner for the | ||||||
26 | cost of the services, as certified by the shelter
and |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | deemed reasonable by the court.
| ||||||
2 | (17) Order for injunctive relief. Enter injunctive | ||||||
3 | relief necessary
or appropriate to prevent further abuse of | ||||||
4 | a family or household member or
to effectuate one of the | ||||||
5 | granted remedies, if supported by the balance of
hardships. | ||||||
6 | If the harm to be prevented by the injunction is abuse or | ||||||
7 | any
other harm that one of the remedies listed in | ||||||
8 | paragraphs (1) through (16)
of this subsection is designed | ||||||
9 | to prevent, no further evidence is necessary
to establish | ||||||
10 | that the harm is an irreparable injury.
| ||||||
11 | (c) Relevant factors; findings.
| ||||||
12 | (1) In determining whether to grant a
specific remedy, | ||||||
13 | other than payment of support, the
court shall consider | ||||||
14 | relevant factors, including but not limited to the
| ||||||
15 | following:
| ||||||
16 | (i) the nature, frequency, severity, pattern and | ||||||
17 | consequences of the
respondent's past abuse of the | ||||||
18 | petitioner or any family or household
member, | ||||||
19 | including the concealment of his or her location in | ||||||
20 | order to evade
service of process or notice, and the | ||||||
21 | likelihood of danger of future abuse to
petitioner or
| ||||||
22 | any member of petitioner's or respondent's family or | ||||||
23 | household; and
| ||||||
24 | (ii) the danger that any minor child will be abused | ||||||
25 | or neglected or
improperly removed from the | ||||||
26 | jurisdiction, improperly concealed within the
State or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | improperly separated from the child's primary | ||||||
2 | caretaker.
| ||||||
3 | (2) In comparing relative hardships resulting to the | ||||||
4 | parties from loss
of possession of the family home, the | ||||||
5 | court shall consider relevant
factors, including but not | ||||||
6 | limited to the following:
| ||||||
7 | (i) availability, accessibility, cost, safety, | ||||||
8 | adequacy, location and other
characteristics of | ||||||
9 | alternate housing for each party and any minor child or
| ||||||
10 | dependent adult in the party's care;
| ||||||
11 | (ii) the effect on the party's employment; and
| ||||||
12 | (iii) the effect on the relationship of the party, | ||||||
13 | and any minor
child or dependent adult in the party's | ||||||
14 | care, to family, school, church
and community.
| ||||||
15 | (3) Subject to the exceptions set forth in paragraph | ||||||
16 | (4) of this
subsection, the court shall make its findings | ||||||
17 | in an official record or in
writing, and shall at a minimum | ||||||
18 | set forth the following:
| ||||||
19 | (i) That the court has considered the applicable | ||||||
20 | relevant factors
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of | ||||||
21 | this subsection.
| ||||||
22 | (ii) Whether the conduct or actions of respondent, | ||||||
23 | unless
prohibited, will likely cause irreparable harm | ||||||
24 | or continued abuse.
| ||||||
25 | (iii) Whether it is necessary to grant the | ||||||
26 | requested relief in order
to protect petitioner or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | other alleged abused persons.
| ||||||
2 | (4) For purposes of issuing an ex parte emergency order | ||||||
3 | of protection,
the court, as an alternative to or as a | ||||||
4 | supplement to making the findings
described in paragraphs | ||||||
5 | (c)(3)(i) through (c)(3)(iii) of this subsection, may use
| ||||||
6 | the following procedure:
| ||||||
7 | When a verified petition for an emergency order of | ||||||
8 | protection in
accordance with the requirements of Sections | ||||||
9 | 112A-5 and 112A-17 is
presented to the court, the court | ||||||
10 | shall examine petitioner on oath or
affirmation. An | ||||||
11 | emergency order of protection shall be issued by the court
| ||||||
12 | if it appears from the contents of the petition and the | ||||||
13 | examination of
petitioner that the averments are | ||||||
14 | sufficient to indicate abuse by
respondent and to support | ||||||
15 | the granting of relief under the issuance of the
emergency | ||||||
16 | order of protection.
| ||||||
17 | (5) Never married parties. No rights or | ||||||
18 | responsibilities for a minor
child born outside of marriage | ||||||
19 | attach to a putative father until a father and
child | ||||||
20 | relationship has been established under the Illinois | ||||||
21 | Parentage Act of
1984 or under the Illinois Parentage Act | ||||||
22 | of 2012 on and after the effective date of that Act . Absent | ||||||
23 | such an adjudication, no putative father shall be granted
| ||||||
24 | temporary custody of the minor child, visitation with the | ||||||
25 | minor child, or
physical care
and possession of the minor | ||||||
26 | child, nor shall
an order of payment for support of the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | minor child be entered.
| ||||||
2 | (d) Balance of hardships; findings. If the court finds that | ||||||
3 | the balance
of hardships does not support the granting of a | ||||||
4 | remedy governed by
paragraph (2), (3), (10), (11), or (16) of
| ||||||
5 | subsection (b) of this Section,
which may require such | ||||||
6 | balancing, the court's findings shall so
indicate and shall | ||||||
7 | include a finding as to whether granting the remedy will
result | ||||||
8 | in hardship to respondent that would substantially outweigh the | ||||||
9 | hardship
to petitioner
from denial of the remedy. The findings | ||||||
10 | shall be an official record or in
writing.
| ||||||
11 | (e) Denial of remedies. Denial of any remedy shall not be | ||||||
12 | based, in
whole or in part, on evidence that:
| ||||||
13 | (1) Respondent has cause for any use of force, unless | ||||||
14 | that cause
satisfies the standards for justifiable use of | ||||||
15 | force provided by Article
VII of the Criminal Code of 1961;
| ||||||
16 | (2) Respondent was voluntarily intoxicated;
| ||||||
17 | (3) Petitioner acted in self-defense or defense of | ||||||
18 | another, provided
that, if petitioner utilized force, such | ||||||
19 | force was justifiable under
Article VII of the Criminal | ||||||
20 | Code of 1961;
| ||||||
21 | (4) Petitioner did not act in self-defense or defense | ||||||
22 | of another;
| ||||||
23 | (5) Petitioner left the residence or household to avoid | ||||||
24 | further abuse
by respondent;
| ||||||
25 | (6) Petitioner did not leave the residence or household | ||||||
26 | to avoid further
abuse by respondent;
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (7) Conduct by any family or household member excused | ||||||
2 | the abuse by
respondent, unless that same conduct would | ||||||
3 | have excused such abuse if the
parties had not been family | ||||||
4 | or household members.
| ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 96-701, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1239, eff. 1-1-11; | ||||||
6 | 97-158, eff. 1-1-12.)
| ||||||
7 | Section 963. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | ||||||
8 | changing Section 3-5-4 as follows:
| ||||||
9 | (730 ILCS 5/3-5-4)
| ||||||
10 | Sec. 3-5-4. Exchange of information for child support
| ||||||
11 | enforcement.
| ||||||
12 | (a) The Department shall exchange with the
Department of | ||||||
13 | Healthcare and Family Services
information that
may be | ||||||
14 | necessary for the enforcement of child support orders
entered | ||||||
15 | pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois
Marriage | ||||||
16 | and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of
Spouse and | ||||||
17 | Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the Revised
| ||||||
18 | Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support
Act, the Uniform | ||||||
19 | Interstate Family Support
Act, or the Illinois Parentage Act of | ||||||
20 | 1984 , or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 .
| ||||||
21 | (b) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code to the
| ||||||
22 | contrary, the Department shall not be liable
to any person for | ||||||
23 | any disclosure of information to the Department of Healthcare | ||||||
24 | and Family Services (formerly
Illinois Department of Public |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Aid) under subsection (a)
or for any
other action taken in good | ||||||
2 | faith to comply with the requirements of
subsection (a).
| ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| ||||||
4 | Section 964. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Sections 2-209, 2-1401, 12-112, and 12-819 as follows:
| ||||||
6 | (735 ILCS 5/2-209) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-209)
| ||||||
7 | Sec. 2-209. Act submitting to jurisdiction - Process.
| ||||||
8 | (a) Any person,
whether or not a citizen or resident of | ||||||
9 | this State, who in person or
through an agent does any of the | ||||||
10 | acts hereinafter enumerated, thereby
submits such person, and, | ||||||
11 | if an individual, his or her personal
representative, to the | ||||||
12 | jurisdiction of the courts of this State as to any
cause of | ||||||
13 | action arising from the doing of any of such acts:
| ||||||
14 | (1) The transaction of any business within this State;
| ||||||
15 | (2) The commission of a tortious act within this State;
| ||||||
16 | (3) The ownership, use, or possession of any real | ||||||
17 | estate situated in
this State;
| ||||||
18 | (4) Contracting to insure any person, property or risk | ||||||
19 | located
within this State at the time of contracting;
| ||||||
20 | (5) With respect to actions of dissolution of marriage, | ||||||
21 | declaration
of invalidity of marriage and legal
| ||||||
22 | separation, the maintenance in this State of a matrimonial | ||||||
23 | domicile at the
time this cause of action arose or the | ||||||
24 | commission in this State of any act
giving rise to the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | cause of action;
| ||||||
2 | (6) With respect to actions brought under the Illinois | ||||||
3 | Parentage Act
of 1984, as now or hereafter amended, or | ||||||
4 | under the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 on and after the | ||||||
5 | effective date of that Act, the performance of an act of | ||||||
6 | sexual
intercourse within this State during the possible | ||||||
7 | period of conception;
| ||||||
8 | (7) The making or performance of any contract or | ||||||
9 | promise
substantially connected with this State;
| ||||||
10 | (8) The performance of sexual intercourse within this | ||||||
11 | State which is
claimed to have resulted in the conception | ||||||
12 | of a child who resides in this State;
| ||||||
13 | (9) The failure to support a child, spouse or former | ||||||
14 | spouse who has
continued to reside in this State since the | ||||||
15 | person either formerly resided
with them in this State or | ||||||
16 | directed them to reside in this State;
| ||||||
17 | (10) The acquisition of ownership, possession or | ||||||
18 | control of any asset
or thing of value present within this | ||||||
19 | State when ownership, possession or
control was acquired;
| ||||||
20 | (11) The breach of any fiduciary duty within this | ||||||
21 | State;
| ||||||
22 | (12) The performance of duties as a director or officer | ||||||
23 | of a
corporation organized under the laws of this State or | ||||||
24 | having its principal
place of business within this State;
| ||||||
25 | (13) The ownership of an interest in any trust | ||||||
26 | administered within this State; or
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (14) The exercise of powers granted under the authority | ||||||
2 | of this State as a fiduciary.
| ||||||
3 | (b) A court may exercise jurisdiction in any action arising | ||||||
4 | within or
without this State against any person who:
| ||||||
5 | (1) Is a natural person present within this State when | ||||||
6 | served;
| ||||||
7 | (2) Is a natural person domiciled or resident within | ||||||
8 | this State when
the cause of action arose, the action was | ||||||
9 | commenced, or process was served;
| ||||||
10 | (3) Is a corporation organized under the laws of this | ||||||
11 | State; or
| ||||||
12 | (4) Is a natural person or corporation doing business | ||||||
13 | within this State.
| ||||||
14 | (b-5) Foreign defamation judgment. The courts of this State | ||||||
15 | shall have personal jurisdiction over any person who obtains a | ||||||
16 | judgment in a defamation proceeding outside the United States | ||||||
17 | against any person who is a resident of Illinois or, if not a | ||||||
18 | natural person, has its principal place of business in | ||||||
19 | Illinois, for the purposes of rendering declaratory relief with | ||||||
20 | respect to that resident's liability for the judgment, or for | ||||||
21 | the purpose of determining whether said judgment should be | ||||||
22 | deemed non-recognizable pursuant to this Code, to the fullest | ||||||
23 | extent permitted by the United States Constitution, provided: | ||||||
24 | (1) the publication at issue was published in
Illinois, | ||||||
25 | and | ||||||
26 | (2) that resident (i) has assets in Illinois which |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | might be used to satisfy the foreign defamation judgment, | ||||||
2 | or (ii) may have to take actions in Illinois to comply with | ||||||
3 | the foreign defamation judgment. | ||||||
4 | The provisions of this subsection (b-5) shall apply to | ||||||
5 | persons who obtained judgments in defamation proceedings | ||||||
6 | outside the United States prior to, on, or after the effective | ||||||
7 | date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. | ||||||
8 | (c) A court may also exercise jurisdiction on any other | ||||||
9 | basis now or
hereafter permitted by the Illinois Constitution | ||||||
10 | and the Constitution
of the United States.
| ||||||
11 | (d) Service of process upon any person who is subject to | ||||||
12 | the
jurisdiction of the courts of this State, as provided in | ||||||
13 | this Section,
may be made by personally serving the summons | ||||||
14 | upon the defendant outside
this State, as provided in this Act, | ||||||
15 | with the same force and effect as
though summons had been | ||||||
16 | personally served within this State.
| ||||||
17 | (e) Service of process upon any person who resides or whose | ||||||
18 | business
address is outside the United States and who is | ||||||
19 | subject to the jurisdiction
of the courts of this State, as | ||||||
20 | provided in this Section, in any action based
upon product | ||||||
21 | liability may be made by serving a copy of the summons with a | ||||||
22 | copy
of the complaint attached upon the Secretary of State. The | ||||||
23 | summons shall be
accompanied by a $5 fee payable to the | ||||||
24 | Secretary of State. The plaintiff
shall forthwith mail a copy | ||||||
25 | of the summons, upon which the date of service
upon the | ||||||
26 | Secretary is clearly shown, together with a copy of the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | complaint
to the defendant at his or her last known place of | ||||||
2 | residence or business
address. Plaintiff shall file with the | ||||||
3 | circuit clerk an affidavit of the
plaintiff or his or her | ||||||
4 | attorney stating the last known place of residence
or the last | ||||||
5 | known business address of the defendant and a certificate of
| ||||||
6 | mailing a copy of the summons and complaint to the defendant at | ||||||
7 | such
address as required by this subsection (e). The | ||||||
8 | certificate of mailing
shall be prima facie evidence that the | ||||||
9 | plaintiff or his or her attorney
mailed a copy of the summons | ||||||
10 | and complaint to the defendant as required.
Service of the | ||||||
11 | summons shall be deemed to have been made upon the defendant
on | ||||||
12 | the date it is served upon the Secretary and shall have the | ||||||
13 | same force
and effect as though summons had been personally | ||||||
14 | served upon the defendant
within this State.
| ||||||
15 | (f) Only causes of action arising from acts enumerated | ||||||
16 | herein may be
asserted against a defendant in an action in | ||||||
17 | which jurisdiction over him or
her is based upon subsection | ||||||
18 | (a).
| ||||||
19 | (g) Nothing herein contained limits or affects the right to
| ||||||
20 | serve any process in any other manner now or hereafter provided | ||||||
21 | by law.
| ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 95-865, eff. 8-19-08.)
| ||||||
23 | (735 ILCS 5/2-1401) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1401)
| ||||||
24 | Sec. 2-1401. Relief from judgments.
| ||||||
25 | (a) Relief from final orders and judgments, after 30 days |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | from the
entry thereof, may be had upon petition as provided in | ||||||
2 | this Section.
Writs of error coram nobis and coram vobis, bills | ||||||
3 | of review and bills
in the nature of bills of review are | ||||||
4 | abolished. All relief heretofore
obtainable and the grounds for | ||||||
5 | such relief heretofore available,
whether by any of the | ||||||
6 | foregoing remedies or otherwise, shall be
available in every | ||||||
7 | case, by proceedings hereunder, regardless of the
nature of the | ||||||
8 | order or judgment from which relief is sought or of the
| ||||||
9 | proceedings in which it was entered. Except as provided in | ||||||
10 | Section 6
of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 1984 , there | ||||||
11 | shall be no distinction
between actions and other proceedings, | ||||||
12 | statutory or otherwise, as to
availability of relief, grounds | ||||||
13 | for relief or the relief obtainable.
| ||||||
14 | (b) The petition must be filed in the same proceeding in | ||||||
15 | which the
order or judgment was entered but is not a | ||||||
16 | continuation thereof. The
petition must be supported by | ||||||
17 | affidavit or other appropriate showing as
to matters not of | ||||||
18 | record. All parties to the petition shall be notified
as | ||||||
19 | provided by rule.
| ||||||
20 | (c) Except as provided in Section 20b of the Adoption Act | ||||||
21 | and Section
2-32 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or in a | ||||||
22 | petition based
upon Section 116-3 of the Code of Criminal | ||||||
23 | Procedure of 1963, the petition
must be filed not later than 2 | ||||||
24 | years after the entry of the order or judgment.
Time during | ||||||
25 | which the person seeking relief is under legal disability or
| ||||||
26 | duress or the ground for relief is fraudulently concealed shall |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | be excluded
in computing the period of 2 years.
| ||||||
2 | (d) The filing of a petition under this Section does not | ||||||
3 | affect the
order or judgment, or suspend its operation.
| ||||||
4 | (e) Unless lack of jurisdiction affirmatively appears from | ||||||
5 | the
record proper, the vacation or modification of an order or | ||||||
6 | judgment
pursuant to the provisions of this Section does not | ||||||
7 | affect the right,
title or interest in or to any real or | ||||||
8 | personal property of any person,
not a party to the original | ||||||
9 | action, acquired for value after the entry
of the order or | ||||||
10 | judgment but before the filing of the petition, nor
affect any | ||||||
11 | right of any person not a party to the original action under
| ||||||
12 | any certificate of sale issued before the filing of the | ||||||
13 | petition,
pursuant to a sale based on the order or judgment.
| ||||||
14 | (f) Nothing contained in this Section affects any existing | ||||||
15 | right to
relief from a void order or judgment, or to employ any | ||||||
16 | existing method
to procure that relief.
| ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| ||||||
18 | (735 ILCS 5/12-112) (from Ch. 110, par. 12-112)
| ||||||
19 | Sec. 12-112. What liable to enforcement. All the lands, | ||||||
20 | tenements, real
estate, goods and chattels (except such as is | ||||||
21 | by law declared to be exempt)
of every person against whom any | ||||||
22 | judgment has been or shall be hereafter
entered in any court, | ||||||
23 | for any debt, damages, costs, or other sum of money,
shall be | ||||||
24 | liable to be sold upon such judgment. Any real property, any
| ||||||
25 | beneficial interest in a land trust, or any interest in real |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | property held in a revocable inter vivos trust or revocable | ||||||
2 | inter vivos trusts created for estate planning purposes, held | ||||||
3 | in
tenancy by the entirety shall not be liable to be sold upon | ||||||
4 | judgment
entered on or after October 1, 1990 against only one | ||||||
5 | of the tenants, except if
the property was transferred into | ||||||
6 | tenancy by the entirety with the sole intent
to avoid the | ||||||
7 | payment of debts existing at the time of the transfer beyond | ||||||
8 | the
transferor's ability to pay those debts as they become due.
| ||||||
9 | However, any income from such property shall be subject to | ||||||
10 | garnishment as
provided in Part 7 of this Article XII, whether | ||||||
11 | judgment has been entered
against one or both of the tenants.
| ||||||
12 | If the court authorizes the piercing of the ownership veil | ||||||
13 | pursuant to
Section 505 of the Illinois Marriage and | ||||||
14 | Dissolution of Marriage Act or Section
805 15 of the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Parentage Act of 2012 1984 , any assets determined to be those | ||||||
16 | of
the non-custodial parent, although not held in name of the
| ||||||
17 | non-custodial parent, shall be subject to attachment or other | ||||||
18 | provisional
remedy in accordance with the procedure prescribed | ||||||
19 | by this Code. The court may
not authorize attachment of
| ||||||
20 | property or any other provisional remedy under this paragraph | ||||||
21 | unless it has
obtained jurisdiction over the entity holding | ||||||
22 | title to the property by proper
service on that entity. With | ||||||
23 | respect to assets which are real property, no
order entered as | ||||||
24 | described in this paragraph shall affect the rights of bona
| ||||||
25 | fide purchasers, mortgagees, judgment creditors, or other lien | ||||||
26 | holders who
acquire their interests in the property prior to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the time a notice of lis
pendens pursuant to this Code or a | ||||||
2 | copy of the order is placed of record in the
office of the | ||||||
3 | recorder of deeds for the county in which the real property is
| ||||||
4 | located.
| ||||||
5 | This amendatory Act of 1995 (P.A. 89-438) is declarative of | ||||||
6 | existing law.
| ||||||
7 | This amendatory Act of 1997 (P.A. 90-514) is intended as a | ||||||
8 | clarification
of existing law
and not as a new enactment.
| ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 96-1145, eff. 1-1-11.)
| ||||||
10 | (735 ILCS 5/12-819) (from Ch. 110, par. 12-819)
| ||||||
11 | Sec. 12-819. Limitations on part 8 of Article XII. The | ||||||
12 | provisions of
this Part 8 of Article XII of this Act
do not | ||||||
13 | apply to orders for withholding of income entered by the court | ||||||
14 | under
provisions of The Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Marriage and
Dissolution
of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of | ||||||
16 | Spouse and Children Act, the Non-Support
Punishment Act, the | ||||||
17 | Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act , the | ||||||
18 | Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, and the Illinois Parentage Act | ||||||
19 | of 2012, and
the Paternity Act for
support of a child or | ||||||
20 | maintenance of a spouse.
| ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)
| ||||||
22 | Section 965. The Illinois Wage Assignment Act is amended by | ||||||
23 | changing Section 11 as follows:
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (740 ILCS 170/11) (from Ch. 48, par. 39.12)
| ||||||
2 | Sec. 11.
The provisions of this Act do not apply to orders | ||||||
3 | for withholding
of income entered by the court under provisions | ||||||
4 | of The Illinois Public Aid
Code, the Illinois Marriage and | ||||||
5 | Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support
of Spouse and | ||||||
6 | Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the Revised
| ||||||
7 | Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act , the Illinois | ||||||
8 | Parentage Act of 1984, and the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 | ||||||
9 | and the Paternity Act for support
of a child or maintenance of | ||||||
10 | a spouse.
| ||||||
11 | (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)
| ||||||
12 | Section 966. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of | ||||||
13 | Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 713 as follows:
| ||||||
14 | (750 ILCS 5/713) (from Ch. 40, par. 713)
| ||||||
15 | Sec. 713. Attachment of the Body. As used in this Section,
| ||||||
16 | "obligor" has the same meaning ascribed to such term in the | ||||||
17 | Income
Withholding for Support Act.
| ||||||
18 | (a) In any proceeding to enforce an order for support, | ||||||
19 | where the
obligor has failed to appear in court pursuant to | ||||||
20 | order of court and after
due notice thereof, the court may | ||||||
21 | enter an order for the attachment of the
body of the obligor. | ||||||
22 | Notices under this Section shall be served upon the
obligor
by | ||||||
23 | any means authorized under subsection (a-5) of Section 505. The | ||||||
24 | attachment
order shall fix an amount of escrow which is equal |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | to a minimum of 20% of
the total child support arrearage | ||||||
2 | alleged by the obligee in sworn testimony
to be due and owing. | ||||||
3 | The attachment order shall direct the Sheriff of any
county in | ||||||
4 | Illinois to take the obligor into custody and shall set the
| ||||||
5 | number of days following release from custody for a hearing to | ||||||
6 | be held at
which the obligor must appear, if he is released | ||||||
7 | under subsection (b) of this
Section.
| ||||||
8 | (b) If the obligor is taken into custody, the Sheriff shall | ||||||
9 | take the obligor
before the court which entered the attachment | ||||||
10 | order. However, the Sheriff may
release the person after he or | ||||||
11 | she has deposited the amount of escrow ordered
by the court | ||||||
12 | pursuant to local procedures for the posting of bond. The
| ||||||
13 | Sheriff shall advise the obligor of the hearing date at which | ||||||
14 | the obligor
is required to appear.
| ||||||
15 | (c) Any escrow deposited pursuant to this Section shall be | ||||||
16 | transmitted
to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the county in | ||||||
17 | which the order for
attachment of the body of the obligor was | ||||||
18 | entered. Any Clerk who receives
money deposited into escrow | ||||||
19 | pursuant to this Section shall notify the
obligee, public | ||||||
20 | office or legal counsel whose name appears on the
attachment | ||||||
21 | order of the court date at which the obligor is required to
| ||||||
22 | appear and the amount deposited into escrow.
The Clerk shall | ||||||
23 | disburse
such money to the obligee only under an order from the | ||||||
24 | court that entered
the attachment order pursuant to this | ||||||
25 | Section.
| ||||||
26 | (d) Whenever an obligor is taken before the court by the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Sheriff, or appears
in court after the court has ordered the | ||||||
2 | attachment of his body, the court
shall:
| ||||||
3 | (1) hold a hearing on the complaint or petition that | ||||||
4 | gave rise to the
attachment order. For purposes of | ||||||
5 | determining arrearages that are due and
owing by the | ||||||
6 | obligor, the court shall accept the previous sworn | ||||||
7 | testimony
of the obligee as true and the appearance of the | ||||||
8 | obligee shall not be required.
The court shall require | ||||||
9 | sworn testimony of the obligor as to his or her
Social | ||||||
10 | Security number, income, employment, bank accounts, | ||||||
11 | property and
any other assets. If there is a dispute as to | ||||||
12 | the total amount of arrearages,
the court shall proceed as | ||||||
13 | in any other case as to the undisputed amounts; and
| ||||||
14 | (2) order the Clerk of the Circuit Court to disburse to | ||||||
15 | the obligee or
public office money held in escrow pursuant | ||||||
16 | to this Section if the court
finds that the amount of | ||||||
17 | arrearages exceeds the amount of the escrow. Amounts
| ||||||
18 | received by the obligee or public office shall be deducted | ||||||
19 | from the amount
of the arrearages.
| ||||||
20 | (e) If the obligor fails to appear in court after being | ||||||
21 | notified of the
court date by the Sheriff upon release from | ||||||
22 | custody, the court shall order
any monies deposited into escrow | ||||||
23 | to be immediately released to the obligee
or public office and | ||||||
24 | shall proceed under subsection (a) of this Section
by entering | ||||||
25 | another order for the attachment of the body of the obligor.
| ||||||
26 | (f) This Section shall apply to any order for support |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | issued under the
"Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage | ||||||
2 | Act", approved September
22, 1977, as amended; the Illinois | ||||||
3 | Parentage Act of 2012; the "Illinois Parentage Act of 1984", | ||||||
4 | effective July
1, 1985, as amended; the "Revised Uniform | ||||||
5 | Reciprocal Enforcement of Support
Act", approved August 28, | ||||||
6 | 1969, as amended; "The Illinois Public Aid Code",
approved | ||||||
7 | April 11, 1967, as amended; the Non-Support Punishment Act; and | ||||||
8 | the
"Non-support of Spouse and
Children Act", approved June 8, | ||||||
9 | 1953, as amended.
| ||||||
10 | (g) Any escrow established pursuant to this Section for the | ||||||
11 | purpose of
providing support shall not be subject to fees | ||||||
12 | collected by the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for any other | ||||||
13 | escrow.
| ||||||
14 | (Source: P.A. 91-113, eff. 7-15-99; 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; | ||||||
15 | 92-16, eff.
6-28-01.)
| ||||||
16 | Section 967. The Non-Support Punishment Act is amended by | ||||||
17 | changing Section 50 as follows:
| ||||||
18 | (750 ILCS 16/50)
| ||||||
19 | Sec. 50. Community service; work alternative program.
| ||||||
20 | (a) In addition to any other penalties imposed against an | ||||||
21 | offender under
this Act, the court may order the offender to | ||||||
22 | perform community service for
not less than 30 and not more | ||||||
23 | than 120 hours per month, if community service is
available in | ||||||
24 | the jurisdiction and is funded and approved by the county board
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | of the county where the offense was committed. In addition, | ||||||
2 | whenever any
person is placed on supervision for committing an | ||||||
3 | offense under this Act, the
supervision shall be conditioned on | ||||||
4 | the performance of the community service.
| ||||||
5 | (b) In addition to any other penalties imposed against an | ||||||
6 | offender under
this Act, the court may sentence the offender to | ||||||
7 | service in a work alternative
program administered by the | ||||||
8 | sheriff. The conditions of the program are that
the offender | ||||||
9 | obtain or retain employment and participate in a work | ||||||
10 | alternative
program administered by the sheriff during | ||||||
11 | non-working hours. A person may not
be required to participate | ||||||
12 | in a work alternative program under this subsection
if the | ||||||
13 | person is currently participating in a work program pursuant to | ||||||
14 | another
provision of this Act, Section 10-11.1 of the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Public Aid Code, Section
505.1 of the Illinois Marriage and | ||||||
16 | Dissolution of Marriage Act, or Section
806 15.1 of the | ||||||
17 | Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 1984 .
| ||||||
18 | (c) In addition to any other penalties imposed against an | ||||||
19 | offender under
this Act, the court may order, in cases where | ||||||
20 | the offender has been in
violation of this Act for 90 days or | ||||||
21 | more, that the offender's Illinois
driving privileges be | ||||||
22 | suspended until the court determines that the offender
is in | ||||||
23 | compliance with this Act.
| ||||||
24 | The court may determine that the offender is in compliance | ||||||
25 | with this Act
if the offender has agreed (i) to pay all | ||||||
26 | required amounts of support and
maintenance as determined by |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the court or (ii) to the garnishment of his or
her income for | ||||||
2 | the purpose of paying those
amounts.
| ||||||
3 | The court may also order that the offender be issued a | ||||||
4 | family
financial responsibility driving permit that would | ||||||
5 | allow limited
driving privileges for employment and medical | ||||||
6 | purposes in
accordance with Section 7-702.1 of the Illinois | ||||||
7 | Vehicle Code.
The clerk of the circuit court shall certify the | ||||||
8 | order suspending
the driving privileges of the offender or | ||||||
9 | granting the issuance of a
family financial responsibility | ||||||
10 | driving permit to the Secretary of State
on forms prescribed by | ||||||
11 | the Secretary. Upon receipt of the authenticated
documents, the | ||||||
12 | Secretary of State shall suspend the offender's driving
| ||||||
13 | privileges until further order of the court and shall, if | ||||||
14 | ordered by the
court, subject to the provisions of Section | ||||||
15 | 7-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code, issue a family financial | ||||||
16 | responsibility driving permit to the offender.
| ||||||
17 | (d) If the court determines that the offender has been in | ||||||
18 | violation of this
Act for more than 60 days, the court may | ||||||
19 | determine whether the offender has
applied for or been issued a | ||||||
20 | professional license by the Department of
Professional | ||||||
21 | Regulation or another licensing agency. If the court determines
| ||||||
22 | that the offender has applied for or been issued such a | ||||||
23 | license, the court may
certify to the Department of | ||||||
24 | Professional Regulation or other licensing agency
that the | ||||||
25 | offender has been in violation of this Act for more than 60 | ||||||
26 | days so
that the Department or other agency may take |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | appropriate steps with respect
to the license or application as | ||||||
2 | provided in Section 10-65 of the Illinois
Administrative | ||||||
3 | Procedure Act and Section 2105-15 of the Department of
| ||||||
4 | Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of
| ||||||
5 | Illinois. The court may take the actions required under this | ||||||
6 | subsection in
addition to imposing any other penalty authorized | ||||||
7 | under this Act.
| ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
| ||||||
9 | Section 968. The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act is | ||||||
10 | amended by changing Section 102 as follows:
| ||||||
11 | (750 ILCS 22/102) (was 750 ILCS 22/101)
| ||||||
12 | Sec. 102. Definitions. In this Act:
| ||||||
13 | "Child" means an individual, whether over or under the
age | ||||||
14 | of 18, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the
| ||||||
15 | individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the | ||||||
16 | beneficiary of a
support order directed to the parent.
| ||||||
17 | "Child-support order" means a support order for a child,
| ||||||
18 | including a child who has attained the age of 18.
| ||||||
19 | "Duty of support" means an obligation imposed or imposable
| ||||||
20 | by law to provide support for a child, spouse, or former
spouse | ||||||
21 | including an unsatisfied obligation to provide support.
| ||||||
22 | "Home state" means the state in which a child lived with a
| ||||||
23 | parent or a person acting as parent for at least 6 consecutive | ||||||
24 | months
immediately preceding the time of filing of a petition |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | or comparable
pleading for support, and if a child is less than | ||||||
2 | 6 months old, the state
in which the child lived from birth | ||||||
3 | with any of them. A period of
temporary absence of any of them | ||||||
4 | is counted as part of the 6-month or
other period.
| ||||||
5 | "Income" includes earnings or other periodic entitlements | ||||||
6 | to
money from any source and any other property subject to | ||||||
7 | withholding for
support under the law of this State.
| ||||||
8 | "Income-withholding order" means an order or other legal
| ||||||
9 | process directed to an obligor's employer or other debtor, as
| ||||||
10 | defined by the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage | ||||||
11 | Act, the
Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act, the | ||||||
12 | Non-Support Punishment Act
the Illinois Public Aid Code, and | ||||||
13 | the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 1984 , to
withhold support | ||||||
14 | from the income of the obligor.
| ||||||
15 | "Initiating state" means a state from which a proceeding is
| ||||||
16 | forwarded or in which a proceeding is filed for forwarding to a | ||||||
17 | responding
state under this Act or a law or procedure | ||||||
18 | substantially similar to this Act.
| ||||||
19 | "Initiating tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in an
| ||||||
20 | initiating state.
| ||||||
21 | "Issuing state" means the state in which a tribunal issues | ||||||
22 | a
support order or renders a judgment determining parentage.
| ||||||
23 | "Issuing tribunal" means the tribunal that issues a support
| ||||||
24 | order or renders a judgment determining parentage.
| ||||||
25 | "Obligee" means:
| ||||||
26 | (A) an individual to whom a duty of support is or is |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | alleged to
be owed or in whose favor a support order has | ||||||
2 | been issued or a judgment
determining parentage has been | ||||||
3 | rendered;
| ||||||
4 | (B) a state or political subdivision to which the | ||||||
5 | rights under a
duty of support or support order have been | ||||||
6 | assigned or which has
independent claims based on financial | ||||||
7 | assistance provided to an
individual obligee; or
| ||||||
8 | (C) an individual seeking a judgment determining | ||||||
9 | parentage of
the individual's child.
| ||||||
10 | "Obligor" means an individual, or the estate of a decedent:
| ||||||
11 | (i) who owes or is alleged to owe a duty of | ||||||
12 | support;
| ||||||
13 | (ii) who is alleged but has not been adjudicated to | ||||||
14 | be
a parent of a child; or
| ||||||
15 | (iii) who is liable under a support order.
| ||||||
16 | "Person means an individual, corporation, business trust, | ||||||
17 | estate, trust,
partnership, limited liability company, | ||||||
18 | association, joint venture, government,
governmental | ||||||
19 | subdivision, agency, instrumentality, public corporation, or | ||||||
20 | any
other legal or commercial entity.
| ||||||
21 | "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible | ||||||
22 | medium or that
is stored in an electronic or other medium and | ||||||
23 | is retrievable in perceivable
form.
| ||||||
24 | "Register" means to record a support order or judgment | ||||||
25 | determining parentage
in the appropriate Registry of Foreign | ||||||
26 | Support Orders.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | "Registering tribunal" means a tribunal in which a support
| ||||||
2 | order is registered.
| ||||||
3 | "Responding state" means a state in which a proceeding is | ||||||
4 | filed or to
which a proceeding is forwarded for filing from an | ||||||
5 | initiating state under
this Act or a law or procedure | ||||||
6 | substantially similar to this Act.
| ||||||
7 | "Responding tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in a | ||||||
8 | responding state.
| ||||||
9 | "Spousal-support order" means a support order for a spouse
| ||||||
10 | or former spouse of the obligor.
| ||||||
11 | "State" means a state of the United States, the District of | ||||||
12 | Columbia, Puerto
Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any | ||||||
13 | territory or insular possession
subject to the jurisdiction of | ||||||
14 | the United States. The term includes:
| ||||||
15 | (A) an Indian tribe; and
| ||||||
16 | (B) a foreign country or political subdivision that:
| ||||||
17 | (i) has been declared to be a foreign reciprocating | ||||||
18 | country or
political subdivision under federal law;
| ||||||
19 | (ii) has established a reciprocal arrangement for | ||||||
20 | child support with
this State as provided in Section | ||||||
21 | 308; or
| ||||||
22 | (iii) has enacted a law or established procedures | ||||||
23 | for issuance
and enforcement of support orders which | ||||||
24 | are substantially similar to the
procedures under this | ||||||
25 | Act.
| ||||||
26 | "Support enforcement agency" means a public official or
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | agency authorized to seek:
| ||||||
2 | (A) enforcement of support orders or laws relating to | ||||||
3 | the duty
of support;
| ||||||
4 | (B) establishment or modification of child support;
| ||||||
5 | (C) determination of parentage;
| ||||||
6 | (D) to locate obligors or their assets; or
| ||||||
7 | (E) determination of the controlling child support | ||||||
8 | order.
| ||||||
9 | "Support order" means a judgment, decree, order, or | ||||||
10 | directive, whether
temporary, final, or subject to | ||||||
11 | modification, issued by a tribunal for the
benefit of a child, | ||||||
12 | a spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for monetary
| ||||||
13 | support, health care, arrearages, or reimbursement, and may | ||||||
14 | include related
costs and fees, interest, income withholding, | ||||||
15 | attorney's fees, and other
relief.
| ||||||
16 | "Tribunal" means a court, administrative agency, or
| ||||||
17 | quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or
| ||||||
18 | modify support orders or to determine parentage.
| ||||||
19 | (Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04 .)
| ||||||
20 | Section 969. The Expedited Child Support Act of 1990 is | ||||||
21 | amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
| ||||||
22 | (750 ILCS 25/6) (from Ch. 40, par. 2706)
| ||||||
23 | Sec. 6. Authority of hearing officers.
| ||||||
24 | (a) With the exception of
judicial functions exclusively |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | retained by the court in Section 8 of this
Act and in | ||||||
2 | accordance with Supreme Court rules promulgated pursuant to | ||||||
3 | this
Act, Administrative Hearing Officers shall be authorized | ||||||
4 | to:
| ||||||
5 | (1) Accept voluntary agreements reached by the parties | ||||||
6 | setting the amount
of child support to be paid and medical | ||||||
7 | support liability and recommend the
entry of orders | ||||||
8 | incorporating such agreements.
| ||||||
9 | (2) Accept voluntary acknowledgments of parentage and | ||||||
10 | recommend entry
of an order establishing parentage based on | ||||||
11 | such acknowledgement. Prior to
accepting such | ||||||
12 | acknowledgment, the Administrative Hearing Officer shall
| ||||||
13 | advise the putative father of his rights and obligations in | ||||||
14 | accordance with
Supreme Court rules promulgated pursuant | ||||||
15 | to this Act.
| ||||||
16 | (3) Manage all stages of discovery, including
setting | ||||||
17 | deadlines by which discovery must be completed; and | ||||||
18 | directing
the parties to submit to appropriate tests | ||||||
19 | pursuant to Section 11 of the
Illinois Parentage Act of | ||||||
20 | 2012 1984 .
| ||||||
21 | (4) Cause notices to be issued requiring the Obligor to | ||||||
22 | appear either
before the Administrative Hearing Officer or | ||||||
23 | in court.
| ||||||
24 | (5) Administer the oath or affirmation and take | ||||||
25 | testimony under oath
or affirmation.
| ||||||
26 | (6) Analyze the evidence and prepare written |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | recommendations based on
such evidence, including but not | ||||||
2 | limited to: (i) proposed findings as to
the amount of the | ||||||
3 | Obligor's income; (ii) proposed findings as to the amount
| ||||||
4 | and nature of appropriate deductions from the Obligor's | ||||||
5 | income to determine
the Obligor's net income; (iii) | ||||||
6 | proposed findings as to the existence of
relevant factors | ||||||
7 | as set forth in subsection (a)(2) of Section 505 of the
| ||||||
8 | Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, which | ||||||
9 | justify setting
child support payment levels above or below | ||||||
10 | the guidelines; (iv)
recommended orders for temporary | ||||||
11 | child support; (v) recommended orders
setting the amount of | ||||||
12 | current child support to be paid; (vi) proposed
findings as | ||||||
13 | to the existence and amount of any arrearages; (vii)
| ||||||
14 | recommended orders reducing any arrearages to judgement | ||||||
15 | and for the payment
of amounts towards such arrearages; | ||||||
16 | (viii) proposed findings as to whether
there has been a | ||||||
17 | substantial change of circumstances since the entry of the
| ||||||
18 | last child support order, or other circumstances | ||||||
19 | justifying a modification
of the child support order; and | ||||||
20 | (ix) proposed findings as to whether the
Obligor is | ||||||
21 | employed.
| ||||||
22 | (7) With respect to any unemployed Obligor who is not | ||||||
23 | making child
support payments or is otherwise unable to | ||||||
24 | provide support, recommend that
the Obligor be ordered to | ||||||
25 | seek employment and report periodically of
his or her | ||||||
26 | efforts in accordance with such order. Additionally, the
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Administrative Hearing Officer may recommend that the | ||||||
2 | Obligor be ordered to
report to the Department of | ||||||
3 | Employment Security for job search services or
to make | ||||||
4 | application with the local Job Training Partnership Act
| ||||||
5 | provider for participation in job search, training or work | ||||||
6 | programs and, where
the duty of support is owed to a child | ||||||
7 | receiving child support
enforcement services under
Article | ||||||
8 | X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Administrative | ||||||
9 | Hearing
Officer may recommend that the Obligor be ordered | ||||||
10 | to report to the
Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
11 | Services for participation in the job search, training or
| ||||||
12 | work programs established under Section 9-6 of the Illinois | ||||||
13 | Public Aid Code.
| ||||||
14 | (8) Recommend the registration of any foreign support | ||||||
15 | judgments or orders
as the judgments or orders of Illinois.
| ||||||
16 | (b) In any case in which the Obligee is not participating | ||||||
17 | in the IV-D
program or has not applied to participate in the | ||||||
18 | IV-D program, the
Administrative Hearing Officer shall:
| ||||||
19 | (1) inform the Obligee of the existence of the IV-D | ||||||
20 | program and provide
applications on request; and
| ||||||
21 | (2) inform the Obligee and the Obligor of the option of | ||||||
22 | requesting
payment to be made through the Clerk of the | ||||||
23 | Circuit Court.
| ||||||
24 | If a request for payment through the Clerk is made, the | ||||||
25 | Administrative
Hearing Officer shall note this fact in the | ||||||
26 | recommendations to the court.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (c) The Administrative Hearing Officer may make | ||||||
2 | recommendations in
addition to the proposed findings of fact | ||||||
3 | and recommended order to which
the parties have agreed.
| ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| ||||||
5 | Section 970. The Income Withholding for Support Act is | ||||||
6 | amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
| ||||||
7 | (750 ILCS 28/15)
| ||||||
8 | Sec. 15. Definitions.
| ||||||
9 | (a) "Order for support" means any order of the court
which | ||||||
10 | provides for periodic payment of funds for the support of a | ||||||
11 | child
or maintenance of a spouse, whether temporary or final, | ||||||
12 | and includes any
such order which provides for:
| ||||||
13 | (1) modification or resumption of, or payment of | ||||||
14 | arrearage, including interest, accrued under,
a previously | ||||||
15 | existing order;
| ||||||
16 | (2) reimbursement of support;
| ||||||
17 | (3) payment or reimbursement of the expenses of | ||||||
18 | pregnancy and delivery
(for orders for support entered | ||||||
19 | under the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or its
predecessor | ||||||
20 | the Paternity Act or under the Illinois Parentage Act of | ||||||
21 | 2012 ); or
| ||||||
22 | (4) enrollment in a health insurance plan that is | ||||||
23 | available to the
obligor through an employer or labor union | ||||||
24 | or trade union.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (b) "Arrearage" means the total amount of unpaid support | ||||||
2 | obligations, including interest,
as determined by the court and | ||||||
3 | incorporated into an order for support.
| ||||||
4 | (b-5) "Business day" means a day on which State offices are | ||||||
5 | open for
regular business.
| ||||||
6 | (c) "Delinquency" means any payment, including a payment of | ||||||
7 | interest, under an order for support
which
becomes due and | ||||||
8 | remains unpaid after entry of the order for
support.
| ||||||
9 | (d) "Income" means any form of periodic payment to an | ||||||
10 | individual,
regardless of source, including, but not limited | ||||||
11 | to: wages, salary,
commission, compensation as an independent | ||||||
12 | contractor, workers'
compensation, disability, annuity, | ||||||
13 | pension, and retirement benefits,
lottery prize
awards, | ||||||
14 | insurance proceeds, vacation pay, bonuses, profit-sharing | ||||||
15 | payments, severance pay,
interest,
and any other payments, made | ||||||
16 | by any person, private entity, federal or
state government, any | ||||||
17 | unit of local government, school district or any
entity created | ||||||
18 | by Public Act; however, "income" excludes:
| ||||||
19 | (1) any amounts required by law to be withheld, other | ||||||
20 | than creditor
claims, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
21 | federal, State and local taxes,
Social Security and other | ||||||
22 | retirement and disability contributions;
| ||||||
23 | (2) union dues;
| ||||||
24 | (3) any amounts exempted by the federal Consumer Credit | ||||||
25 | Protection Act;
| ||||||
26 | (4) public assistance payments; and
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (5) unemployment insurance benefits except as provided | ||||||
2 | by law.
| ||||||
3 | Any other State or local laws which limit or exempt income | ||||||
4 | or the amount
or percentage of income that can be withheld | ||||||
5 | shall not apply.
| ||||||
6 | (e) "Obligor" means the individual who owes a duty to make | ||||||
7 | payments under an
order for support.
| ||||||
8 | (f) "Obligee" means the individual to whom a duty of | ||||||
9 | support is owed or
the individual's legal representative.
| ||||||
10 | (g) "Payor" means any payor of income to an obligor.
| ||||||
11 | (h) "Public office" means any elected official or any State | ||||||
12 | or local agency
which is or may become responsible by law for | ||||||
13 | enforcement of, or which
is or may become authorized to | ||||||
14 | enforce, an order for support, including,
but not limited to: | ||||||
15 | the Attorney General, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
16 | Family Services, the Illinois Department of Human Services,
the | ||||||
17 | Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, and the | ||||||
18 | various
State's Attorneys, Clerks of the Circuit Court and | ||||||
19 | supervisors of general
assistance.
| ||||||
20 | (i) "Premium" means the dollar amount for which the obligor | ||||||
21 | is liable
to his employer or labor union or trade union and | ||||||
22 | which must be paid to enroll
or maintain a child in a health | ||||||
23 | insurance plan that is available to the obligor
through an | ||||||
24 | employer or labor union or trade union.
| ||||||
25 | (j) "State Disbursement Unit" means the unit established to | ||||||
26 | collect and
disburse support payments in accordance with the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | provisions of Section 10-26 of
the Illinois Public Aid Code.
| ||||||
2 | (k) "Title IV-D Agency" means the agency of this State | ||||||
3 | charged by law with
the duty to administer the child support | ||||||
4 | enforcement program established under
Title IV, Part D of the | ||||||
5 | Social Security Act and Article X of the Illinois
Public Aid | ||||||
6 | Code.
| ||||||
7 | (l) "Title IV-D case" means a case in which an obligee or | ||||||
8 | obligor is
receiving child support enforcement services under | ||||||
9 | Title IV, Part D of the
Social Security Act and Article X of | ||||||
10 | the Illinois Public Aid Code.
| ||||||
11 | (m) "National Medical Support Notice" means the notice | ||||||
12 | required for
enforcement of orders for support providing for | ||||||
13 | health insurance coverage of a
child under Title IV, Part D of | ||||||
14 | the Social Security Act, the Employee
Retirement Income | ||||||
15 | Security Act of 1974, and federal regulations promulgated
under | ||||||
16 | those Acts.
| ||||||
17 | (n) "Employer" means a payor or labor union or trade union | ||||||
18 | with an employee
group health insurance plan and, for purposes | ||||||
19 | of the National Medical Support
Notice, also includes but is | ||||||
20 | not limited to:
| ||||||
21 | (1) any State or local governmental agency with a group | ||||||
22 | health
plan; and
| ||||||
23 | (2) any payor with a group health plan or "church plan" | ||||||
24 | covered
under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act | ||||||
25 | of 1974.
| ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 94-90, eff. 1-1-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-685, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | eff. 10-23-07.)
| ||||||
2 | Section 971. The Gestational Surrogacy Act is amended by | ||||||
3 | changing Section 35 as follows:
| ||||||
4 | (750 ILCS 47/35)
| ||||||
5 | Sec. 35. Establishment of the parent-child relationship. | ||||||
6 | (a) For purposes of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 | ||||||
7 | 1984 , a parent-child relationship shall be established prior to | ||||||
8 | the birth of a child born through gestational surrogacy if, in | ||||||
9 | addition to satisfying the requirements of Articles 2 and 3 | ||||||
10 | Sections 5 and 6 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 1984 , | ||||||
11 | the attorneys representing both the gestational surrogate and | ||||||
12 | the intended parent or parents certify that the parties entered | ||||||
13 | into a gestational surrogacy contract intended to satisfy the | ||||||
14 | requirements of Section 25 of this Act with respect to the | ||||||
15 | child. | ||||||
16 | (b) The attorneys' certifications required by subsection | ||||||
17 | (a) of this Section shall be filed on forms prescribed by the | ||||||
18 | Illinois Department of Public Health and in a manner consistent | ||||||
19 | with the requirement of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 | ||||||
20 | 1984 .
| ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 93-921, eff. 1-1-05.)
| ||||||
22 | Section 972. The Adoption Act is amended by changing | ||||||
23 | Sections 1, 8, 12a, and 18.06 as follows:
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (750 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 40, par. 1501)
| ||||||
2 | Sec. 1. Definitions. When used in this Act, unless the | ||||||
3 | context
otherwise requires:
| ||||||
4 | A. "Child" means a person under legal age subject to | ||||||
5 | adoption under
this Act.
| ||||||
6 | B. "Related child" means a child subject to adoption where | ||||||
7 | either or both of
the adopting parents stands in any of the | ||||||
8 | following relationships to the child
by blood or marriage: | ||||||
9 | parent, grand-parent, brother, sister, step-parent,
| ||||||
10 | step-grandparent, step-brother, step-sister, uncle, aunt, | ||||||
11 | great-uncle,
great-aunt, or cousin of first degree. A child | ||||||
12 | whose parent has executed
a final irrevocable consent to | ||||||
13 | adoption or a final irrevocable surrender
for purposes of | ||||||
14 | adoption, or whose parent has had his or her parental rights
| ||||||
15 | terminated, is not a related child to that person, unless the | ||||||
16 | consent is
determined to be void or is void pursuant to | ||||||
17 | subsection O of Section 10.
| ||||||
18 | C. "Agency" for the purpose of this Act means a public | ||||||
19 | child welfare agency
or a licensed child welfare agency.
| ||||||
20 | D. "Unfit person" means any person whom the court shall | ||||||
21 | find to be unfit
to have a child, without regard to the | ||||||
22 | likelihood that the child will be
placed for adoption. The | ||||||
23 | grounds of unfitness are any one or more
of the following, | ||||||
24 | except that a person shall not be considered an unfit
person | ||||||
25 | for the sole reason that the person has relinquished a child in
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | accordance with the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act:
| ||||||
2 | (a) Abandonment of the child.
| ||||||
3 | (a-1) Abandonment of a newborn infant in a hospital.
| ||||||
4 | (a-2) Abandonment of a newborn infant in any setting | ||||||
5 | where the evidence
suggests that the parent intended to | ||||||
6 | relinquish his or her parental rights.
| ||||||
7 | (b) Failure to maintain a reasonable degree of | ||||||
8 | interest, concern or
responsibility as to the child's | ||||||
9 | welfare.
| ||||||
10 | (c) Desertion of the child for more than 3 months next | ||||||
11 | preceding the
commencement of the Adoption proceeding.
| ||||||
12 | (d) Substantial neglect
of the
child if continuous or | ||||||
13 | repeated.
| ||||||
14 | (d-1) Substantial neglect, if continuous or repeated, | ||||||
15 | of any child
residing in the household which resulted in | ||||||
16 | the death of that child.
| ||||||
17 | (e) Extreme or repeated cruelty to the child.
| ||||||
18 | (f) There is a rebuttable presumption, which can be | ||||||
19 | overcome only by clear and convincing evidence, that a | ||||||
20 | parent is unfit if:
| ||||||
21 | (1) Two or more findings of physical abuse have | ||||||
22 | been entered regarding any children under Section 2-21 | ||||||
23 | of the Juvenile Court Act
of 1987, the most recent of | ||||||
24 | which was determined by the juvenile court
hearing the | ||||||
25 | matter to be supported by clear and convincing | ||||||
26 | evidence; or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (2) The parent has been convicted or found not | ||||||
2 | guilty by reason of insanity and the conviction or | ||||||
3 | finding resulted from the death of any child by | ||||||
4 | physical abuse; or
| ||||||
5 | (3) There is a finding of physical child abuse | ||||||
6 | resulting from the death of any
child under Section | ||||||
7 | 2-21 of the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987. | ||||||
8 | No conviction or finding of delinquency pursuant | ||||||
9 | to Article 5 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall be | ||||||
10 | considered a criminal conviction for the purpose of | ||||||
11 | applying any presumption under this item (f).
| ||||||
12 | (g) Failure to protect the child from conditions within | ||||||
13 | his environment
injurious to the child's welfare.
| ||||||
14 | (h) Other neglect of, or misconduct toward the child; | ||||||
15 | provided that in
making a finding of unfitness the court | ||||||
16 | hearing the adoption proceeding
shall not be bound by any | ||||||
17 | previous finding, order or judgment affecting
or | ||||||
18 | determining the rights of the parents toward the child | ||||||
19 | sought to be adopted
in any other proceeding except such | ||||||
20 | proceedings terminating parental rights
as shall be had | ||||||
21 | under either this Act, the Juvenile Court Act or
the | ||||||
22 | Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
| ||||||
23 | (i) Depravity. Conviction of any one of the following
| ||||||
24 | crimes shall create a presumption that a parent is depraved | ||||||
25 | which can be
overcome only by clear and convincing | ||||||
26 | evidence:
(1) first degree murder in violation of paragraph |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | 1 or
2 of subsection (a) of Section 9-1 of the Criminal | ||||||
2 | Code of 1961 or conviction
of second degree murder in | ||||||
3 | violation of subsection (a) of Section 9-2 of the
Criminal | ||||||
4 | Code of 1961 of a parent of the child to be adopted; (2)
| ||||||
5 | first degree murder or second degree murder of any child in
| ||||||
6 | violation of the Criminal Code of 1961; (3)
attempt or | ||||||
7 | conspiracy to commit first degree murder or second degree | ||||||
8 | murder
of any child in violation of the Criminal Code of | ||||||
9 | 1961; (4)
solicitation to commit murder of any child, | ||||||
10 | solicitation to
commit murder of any child for hire, or | ||||||
11 | solicitation to commit second
degree murder of any child in | ||||||
12 | violation of the Criminal Code of 1961; (5)
predatory | ||||||
13 | criminal sexual assault of a child in violation of
Section | ||||||
14 | 11-1.40 or 12-14.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961; (6) | ||||||
15 | heinous battery of any child in violation of the Criminal | ||||||
16 | Code of 1961; or (7) aggravated battery of any child in | ||||||
17 | violation of the Criminal Code of 1961.
| ||||||
18 | There is a rebuttable presumption that a parent is | ||||||
19 | depraved if the parent
has been criminally convicted of at | ||||||
20 | least 3 felonies under the laws of this
State or any other | ||||||
21 | state, or under federal law, or the criminal laws of any
| ||||||
22 | United States territory; and at least
one of these
| ||||||
23 | convictions took place within 5 years of the filing of the | ||||||
24 | petition or motion
seeking termination of parental rights.
| ||||||
25 | There is a rebuttable presumption that a parent is | ||||||
26 | depraved if that
parent
has
been criminally convicted of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | either first or second degree murder of any person
as | ||||||
2 | defined in the Criminal Code of 1961 within 10 years of the | ||||||
3 | filing date of
the petition or motion to terminate parental | ||||||
4 | rights. | ||||||
5 | No conviction or finding of delinquency pursuant to | ||||||
6 | Article 5 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall be | ||||||
7 | considered a criminal conviction for the purpose of | ||||||
8 | applying any presumption under this item (i).
| ||||||
9 | (j) Open and notorious adultery or fornication.
| ||||||
10 | (j-1) (Blank).
| ||||||
11 | (k) Habitual drunkenness or addiction to drugs, other | ||||||
12 | than those
prescribed by a physician, for at least one year | ||||||
13 | immediately
prior to the commencement of the unfitness | ||||||
14 | proceeding.
| ||||||
15 | There is a rebuttable presumption that a parent is | ||||||
16 | unfit under this
subsection
with respect to any child to | ||||||
17 | which that parent gives birth where there is a
confirmed
| ||||||
18 | test result that at birth the child's blood, urine, or | ||||||
19 | meconium contained any
amount of a controlled substance as | ||||||
20 | defined in subsection (f) of Section 102 of
the Illinois | ||||||
21 | Controlled Substances Act or metabolites of such | ||||||
22 | substances, the
presence of which in the newborn infant was | ||||||
23 | not the result of medical treatment
administered to the | ||||||
24 | mother or the newborn infant; and the biological mother of
| ||||||
25 | this child is the biological mother of at least one other | ||||||
26 | child who was
adjudicated a neglected minor under |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | subsection (c) of Section 2-3 of the
Juvenile Court Act of | ||||||
2 | 1987.
| ||||||
3 | (l) Failure to demonstrate a reasonable degree of | ||||||
4 | interest, concern or
responsibility as to the welfare of a | ||||||
5 | new born child during the first 30
days after its birth.
| ||||||
6 | (m) Failure by a parent (i) to make reasonable efforts | ||||||
7 | to correct the
conditions that were the basis for the | ||||||
8 | removal of the child from the
parent, or (ii) to make | ||||||
9 | reasonable progress toward the return of the child
to
the | ||||||
10 | parent within 9 months after an adjudication of neglected | ||||||
11 | or abused
minor under Section 2-3 of the Juvenile Court Act | ||||||
12 | of 1987 or dependent
minor under Section 2-4 of that Act, | ||||||
13 | or (iii) to make reasonable progress
toward the return of | ||||||
14 | the
child to the parent during any 9-month period after the | ||||||
15 | end of the initial
9-month period following the | ||||||
16 | adjudication of
neglected or abused minor under Section 2-3 | ||||||
17 | of the Juvenile Court
Act of 1987 or dependent minor under | ||||||
18 | Section 2-4 of that Act.
If a service plan has been | ||||||
19 | established as
required under
Section 8.2 of the Abused and | ||||||
20 | Neglected Child Reporting Act to correct the
conditions | ||||||
21 | that were the basis for the removal of the child from the | ||||||
22 | parent
and if those services were available,
then, for | ||||||
23 | purposes of this Act, "failure to make reasonable progress | ||||||
24 | toward the
return of the child to the parent" includes (I) | ||||||
25 | the parent's failure to
substantially fulfill his or her | ||||||
26 | obligations under the
service plan and correct the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | conditions that brought the child into care
within 9 months | ||||||
2 | after the adjudication under Section 2-3 or 2-4
of the | ||||||
3 | Juvenile Court Act of 1987
and (II) the parent's failure to | ||||||
4 | substantially fulfill his or her obligations
under
the | ||||||
5 | service plan and correct the conditions that brought the | ||||||
6 | child into care
during any 9-month period after the end of | ||||||
7 | the initial 9-month period
following the adjudication | ||||||
8 | under Section 2-3 or 2-4 of the Juvenile Court
Act of 1987. | ||||||
9 | Notwithstanding any other provision, when a petition or | ||||||
10 | motion seeks to terminate parental rights on the basis of | ||||||
11 | item (iii) of this subsection (m), the petitioner shall | ||||||
12 | file with the court and serve on the parties a pleading | ||||||
13 | that specifies the 9-month period or periods relied on. The | ||||||
14 | pleading shall be filed and served on the parties no later | ||||||
15 | than 3 weeks before the date set by the court for closure | ||||||
16 | of discovery, and the allegations in the pleading shall be | ||||||
17 | treated as incorporated into the petition or motion. | ||||||
18 | Failure of a respondent to file a written denial of the | ||||||
19 | allegations in the pleading shall not be treated as an | ||||||
20 | admission that the allegations are true.
| ||||||
21 | (m-1) Pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, a | ||||||
22 | child
has been in foster care for 15 months out of any 22 | ||||||
23 | month period which begins
on or after the effective date of | ||||||
24 | this amendatory Act of 1998 unless the
child's parent can | ||||||
25 | prove
by a preponderance of the evidence that it is more | ||||||
26 | likely than not that it will
be in the best interests of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the child to be returned to the parent within 6
months of | ||||||
2 | the date on which a petition for termination of parental | ||||||
3 | rights is
filed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. The | ||||||
4 | 15 month time limit is tolled
during
any period for which | ||||||
5 | there is a court finding that the appointed custodian or
| ||||||
6 | guardian failed to make reasonable efforts to reunify the | ||||||
7 | child with his or her
family, provided that (i) the finding | ||||||
8 | of no reasonable efforts is made within
60 days of the | ||||||
9 | period when reasonable efforts were not made or (ii) the | ||||||
10 | parent
filed a motion requesting a finding of no reasonable | ||||||
11 | efforts within 60 days of
the period when reasonable | ||||||
12 | efforts were not made. For purposes of this
subdivision | ||||||
13 | (m-1), the date of entering foster care is the earlier of: | ||||||
14 | (i) the
date of
a judicial finding at an adjudicatory | ||||||
15 | hearing that the child is an abused,
neglected, or | ||||||
16 | dependent minor; or (ii) 60 days after the date on which | ||||||
17 | the
child is removed from his or her parent, guardian, or | ||||||
18 | legal custodian.
| ||||||
19 | (n) Evidence of intent to forgo his or her parental | ||||||
20 | rights,
whether or
not the child is a ward of the court, | ||||||
21 | (1) as manifested
by his or her failure for a period of 12 | ||||||
22 | months: (i) to visit the child,
(ii) to communicate with | ||||||
23 | the child or agency, although able to do so and
not | ||||||
24 | prevented from doing so by an agency or by court order, or | ||||||
25 | (iii) to
maintain contact with or plan for the future of | ||||||
26 | the child, although physically
able to do so, or (2) as |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | manifested by the father's failure, where he
and the mother | ||||||
2 | of the child were unmarried to each other at the time of | ||||||
3 | the
child's birth, (i) to commence legal proceedings to | ||||||
4 | establish his paternity
under the Illinois Parentage Act of | ||||||
5 | 1984 , the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012, or the law of the | ||||||
6 | jurisdiction of
the child's birth within 30 days of being | ||||||
7 | informed, pursuant to Section 12a
of this Act, that he is | ||||||
8 | the father or the likely father of the child or,
after | ||||||
9 | being so informed where the child is not yet born, within | ||||||
10 | 30 days of
the child's birth, or (ii) to make a good faith | ||||||
11 | effort to pay a reasonable
amount of the expenses related | ||||||
12 | to the birth of the child and to provide a
reasonable | ||||||
13 | amount for the financial support of the child, the court to
| ||||||
14 | consider in its determination all relevant circumstances, | ||||||
15 | including the
financial condition of both parents; | ||||||
16 | provided that the ground for
termination provided in this | ||||||
17 | subparagraph (n)(2)(ii) shall only be
available where the | ||||||
18 | petition is brought by the mother or the husband of
the | ||||||
19 | mother.
| ||||||
20 | Contact or communication by a parent with his or her | ||||||
21 | child that does not
demonstrate affection and concern does | ||||||
22 | not constitute reasonable contact
and planning under | ||||||
23 | subdivision (n). In the absence of evidence to the
| ||||||
24 | contrary, the ability to visit, communicate, maintain | ||||||
25 | contact, pay
expenses and plan for the future shall be | ||||||
26 | presumed. The subjective intent
of the parent, whether |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | expressed or otherwise, unsupported by evidence of
the | ||||||
2 | foregoing parental acts manifesting that intent, shall not | ||||||
3 | preclude a
determination that the parent has intended to | ||||||
4 | forgo his or her
parental
rights. In making this | ||||||
5 | determination, the court may consider but shall not
require | ||||||
6 | a showing of diligent efforts by an authorized agency to | ||||||
7 | encourage
the parent to perform the acts specified in | ||||||
8 | subdivision (n).
| ||||||
9 | It shall be an affirmative defense to any allegation | ||||||
10 | under paragraph
(2) of this subsection that the father's | ||||||
11 | failure was due to circumstances
beyond his control or to | ||||||
12 | impediments created by the mother or any other
person | ||||||
13 | having legal custody. Proof of that fact need only be by a
| ||||||
14 | preponderance of the evidence.
| ||||||
15 | (o) Repeated or continuous failure by the parents, | ||||||
16 | although physically
and financially able, to provide the | ||||||
17 | child with adequate food, clothing,
or shelter.
| ||||||
18 | (p) Inability to discharge parental responsibilities | ||||||
19 | supported by
competent evidence from a psychiatrist, | ||||||
20 | licensed clinical social
worker, or clinical psychologist | ||||||
21 | of mental
impairment, mental illness or an intellectual | ||||||
22 | disability as defined in Section
1-116 of the Mental Health | ||||||
23 | and Developmental Disabilities Code, or
developmental | ||||||
24 | disability as defined in Section 1-106 of that Code, and
| ||||||
25 | there is sufficient justification to believe that the | ||||||
26 | inability to
discharge parental responsibilities shall |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | extend beyond a reasonable
time period. However, this | ||||||
2 | subdivision (p) shall not be construed so as to
permit a | ||||||
3 | licensed clinical social worker to conduct any medical | ||||||
4 | diagnosis to
determine mental illness or mental | ||||||
5 | impairment.
| ||||||
6 | (q) (Blank).
| ||||||
7 | (r) The child is in the temporary custody or | ||||||
8 | guardianship of the
Department of Children and Family | ||||||
9 | Services, the parent is incarcerated as a
result of | ||||||
10 | criminal conviction at the time the petition or motion for
| ||||||
11 | termination of parental rights is filed, prior to | ||||||
12 | incarceration the parent had
little or no contact with the | ||||||
13 | child or provided little or no support for the
child, and | ||||||
14 | the parent's incarceration will prevent the parent from | ||||||
15 | discharging
his or her parental responsibilities for the | ||||||
16 | child for a period in excess of 2
years after the filing of | ||||||
17 | the petition or motion for termination of parental
rights.
| ||||||
18 | (s) The child is in the temporary custody or | ||||||
19 | guardianship of the
Department of Children and Family | ||||||
20 | Services, the parent is incarcerated at the
time the | ||||||
21 | petition or motion for termination of parental rights is | ||||||
22 | filed, the
parent has been repeatedly incarcerated as a | ||||||
23 | result of criminal convictions,
and the parent's repeated | ||||||
24 | incarceration has prevented the parent from
discharging | ||||||
25 | his or her parental responsibilities for the child.
| ||||||
26 | (t) A finding that at birth the child's blood,
urine, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | or meconium contained any amount of a controlled substance | ||||||
2 | as
defined in subsection (f) of Section 102 of the Illinois | ||||||
3 | Controlled Substances
Act, or a metabolite of a controlled | ||||||
4 | substance, with the exception of
controlled substances or | ||||||
5 | metabolites of such substances, the presence of which
in | ||||||
6 | the newborn infant was the result of medical treatment | ||||||
7 | administered to the
mother or the newborn infant, and that | ||||||
8 | the biological mother of this child is
the biological | ||||||
9 | mother of at least one other child who was adjudicated a
| ||||||
10 | neglected minor under subsection (c) of Section 2-3 of the | ||||||
11 | Juvenile Court Act
of 1987, after which the biological | ||||||
12 | mother had the opportunity to enroll in
and participate in | ||||||
13 | a clinically appropriate substance abuse
counseling, | ||||||
14 | treatment, and rehabilitation program.
| ||||||
15 | E. "Parent" means the father or mother of a lawful child of | ||||||
16 | the parties or child born out of wedlock. For the purpose of | ||||||
17 | this Act, a person who has executed a final and
irrevocable | ||||||
18 | consent to adoption or a final and irrevocable surrender for
| ||||||
19 | purposes of adoption, or whose parental rights have been | ||||||
20 | terminated by a
court, is not a parent of the child who was the | ||||||
21 | subject of the consent or
surrender, unless the consent is void | ||||||
22 | pursuant to subsection O of Section 10.
| ||||||
23 | F. A person is available for adoption when the person is:
| ||||||
24 | (a) a child who has been surrendered for adoption to an | ||||||
25 | agency and to
whose adoption the agency has thereafter | ||||||
26 | consented;
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (b) a child to whose adoption a person authorized by | ||||||
2 | law, other than his
parents, has consented, or to whose | ||||||
3 | adoption no consent is required pursuant
to Section 8 of | ||||||
4 | this Act;
| ||||||
5 | (c) a child who is in the custody of persons who intend | ||||||
6 | to adopt him
through placement made by his parents;
| ||||||
7 | (c-1) a child for whom a parent has signed a specific | ||||||
8 | consent pursuant
to subsection O of Section 10;
| ||||||
9 | (d) an adult who meets the conditions set forth in | ||||||
10 | Section 3 of this
Act; or
| ||||||
11 | (e) a child who has been relinquished as defined in | ||||||
12 | Section 10 of the
Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
| ||||||
13 | A person who would otherwise be available for adoption | ||||||
14 | shall not be
deemed unavailable for adoption solely by reason | ||||||
15 | of his or her death.
| ||||||
16 | G. The singular includes the plural and the plural includes
| ||||||
17 | the singular and the "male" includes the "female", as the | ||||||
18 | context of this
Act may require.
| ||||||
19 | H. "Adoption disruption" occurs when an adoptive placement | ||||||
20 | does not
prove successful and it becomes necessary for the | ||||||
21 | child to be removed from
placement before the adoption is | ||||||
22 | finalized.
| ||||||
23 | I. "Foreign placing agency" is an agency or individual | ||||||
24 | operating in a
country or territory outside the United States | ||||||
25 | that is authorized by its
country to place children for | ||||||
26 | adoption either directly with families in the
United States or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | through United States based international agencies.
| ||||||
2 | J. "Immediate relatives" means the biological parents, the | ||||||
3 | parents of
the biological parents and siblings of the | ||||||
4 | biological parents.
| ||||||
5 | K. "Intercountry adoption" is a process by which a child | ||||||
6 | from a country
other than the United States is adopted.
| ||||||
7 | L. "Intercountry Adoption Coordinator" is a staff person of | ||||||
8 | the
Department of Children and Family Services appointed by the | ||||||
9 | Director to
coordinate the provision of services by the public | ||||||
10 | and private sector to
prospective parents of foreign-born | ||||||
11 | children.
| ||||||
12 | M. "Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children" is a | ||||||
13 | law enacted by
most states for the purpose of establishing | ||||||
14 | uniform procedures for handling
the interstate placement of | ||||||
15 | children in foster homes, adoptive homes, or
other child care | ||||||
16 | facilities.
| ||||||
17 | N. "Non-Compact state" means a state that has not enacted | ||||||
18 | the
Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
| ||||||
19 | O. "Preadoption requirements" are any conditions | ||||||
20 | established by the laws
or regulations of the Federal | ||||||
21 | Government or of each state that must be met
prior to the | ||||||
22 | placement of a child in an adoptive home.
| ||||||
23 | P. "Abused child" means a child whose parent or immediate | ||||||
24 | family member,
or any person responsible for the child's | ||||||
25 | welfare, or any individual
residing in the same home as the | ||||||
26 | child, or a paramour of the child's parent:
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (a) inflicts, causes to be inflicted, or allows to be | ||||||
2 | inflicted upon
the child physical injury, by other than | ||||||
3 | accidental means, that causes
death, disfigurement, | ||||||
4 | impairment of physical or emotional health, or loss
or | ||||||
5 | impairment of any bodily function;
| ||||||
6 | (b) creates a substantial risk of physical injury to | ||||||
7 | the child by
other than accidental means which would be | ||||||
8 | likely to cause death,
disfigurement, impairment of | ||||||
9 | physical or emotional health, or loss or
impairment of any | ||||||
10 | bodily function;
| ||||||
11 | (c) commits or allows to be committed any sex offense | ||||||
12 | against the child,
as sex offenses are defined in the | ||||||
13 | Criminal Code of 1961
and extending those definitions of | ||||||
14 | sex offenses to include children under
18 years of age;
| ||||||
15 | (d) commits or allows to be committed an act or acts of | ||||||
16 | torture upon
the child; or
| ||||||
17 | (e) inflicts excessive corporal punishment.
| ||||||
18 | Q. "Neglected child" means any child whose parent or other | ||||||
19 | person
responsible for the child's welfare withholds or denies | ||||||
20 | nourishment or
medically indicated treatment including food or | ||||||
21 | care denied solely on the
basis of the present or anticipated | ||||||
22 | mental or physical impairment as determined
by a physician | ||||||
23 | acting alone or in consultation with other physicians or
| ||||||
24 | otherwise does not provide the proper or necessary support, | ||||||
25 | education
as required by law, or medical or other remedial care | ||||||
26 | recognized under State
law as necessary for a child's |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | well-being, or other care necessary for his
or her well-being, | ||||||
2 | including adequate food, clothing and shelter; or who
is | ||||||
3 | abandoned by his or her parents or other person responsible for | ||||||
4 | the child's
welfare.
| ||||||
5 | A child shall not be considered neglected or abused for the
| ||||||
6 | sole reason that the child's parent or other person responsible | ||||||
7 | for his
or her welfare depends upon spiritual means through | ||||||
8 | prayer alone for the
treatment or cure of disease or remedial | ||||||
9 | care as provided under Section 4
of the Abused and Neglected | ||||||
10 | Child Reporting Act.
A child shall not be considered neglected | ||||||
11 | or abused for the sole reason that
the child's parent or other | ||||||
12 | person responsible for the child's welfare failed
to vaccinate, | ||||||
13 | delayed vaccination, or refused vaccination for the child
due | ||||||
14 | to a waiver on religious or medical grounds as permitted by | ||||||
15 | law.
| ||||||
16 | R. "Putative father" means a man who may be a child's | ||||||
17 | father, but who (1) is
not married to the child's mother on or | ||||||
18 | before the date that the child was or
is to be born and (2) has | ||||||
19 | not established paternity of the child in a court
proceeding | ||||||
20 | before the filing of a petition for the adoption of the child. | ||||||
21 | The
term includes a male who is less than 18 years of age. | ||||||
22 | "Putative father" does
not mean a man who is the child's father | ||||||
23 | as a result of criminal sexual abuse
or assault as defined | ||||||
24 | under Article 12 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
| ||||||
25 | S. "Standby adoption" means an adoption in which a parent
| ||||||
26 | consents to custody and termination of parental rights to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | become
effective upon the occurrence of a future event, which | ||||||
2 | is either the death of
the
parent or the request of the parent
| ||||||
3 | for the entry of a final judgment of adoption.
| ||||||
4 | T. (Blank).
| ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; | ||||||
6 | revised 9-15-11.)
| ||||||
7 | (750 ILCS 50/8) (from Ch. 40, par. 1510)
| ||||||
8 | Sec. 8. Consents to adoption and surrenders for purposes of
| ||||||
9 | adoption.
| ||||||
10 | (a) Except as hereinafter provided in this
Section consents | ||||||
11 | or surrenders shall be required in all cases, unless the
person | ||||||
12 | whose
consent or surrender would otherwise be required shall be | ||||||
13 | found by the
court:
| ||||||
14 | (1) to be an unfit person
as defined in Section
1 of | ||||||
15 | this Act, by clear and convincing evidence; or
| ||||||
16 | (2) not to be the biological or adoptive father of the | ||||||
17 | child; or
| ||||||
18 | (3) to have waived his parental rights to the child | ||||||
19 | under Section 12a or
12.1 or subsection S of Section 10 of
| ||||||
20 | this Act; or
| ||||||
21 | (4) to be the parent of an adult
sought to be adopted; | ||||||
22 | or
| ||||||
23 | (5) to be
the father of the child as a result of | ||||||
24 | criminal sexual abuse or assault as
defined under Article | ||||||
25 | 12 of the Criminal Code of 1961; or
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (6) to be the father of a child who: | ||||||
2 | (i) is a family member of the mother of the child, | ||||||
3 | and the mother is under the age of 18 at the time of | ||||||
4 | the child's conception; for purposes of this | ||||||
5 | subsection, a "family member" is a parent, | ||||||
6 | step-parent, grandparent, step-grandparent, sibling, | ||||||
7 | or cousin of the first degree, whether by whole blood, | ||||||
8 | half-blood, or adoption, as well as a person age 18 or | ||||||
9 | over at the time of the child's conception who has | ||||||
10 | resided in the household with the mother continuously | ||||||
11 | for at least one year; or | ||||||
12 | (ii) is at least 5 years older than the child's | ||||||
13 | mother, and the mother was under the age of 17 at the | ||||||
14 | time of the child's conception, unless the mother and | ||||||
15 | father voluntarily acknowledge the father's paternity | ||||||
16 | of the child by marrying or by establishing the | ||||||
17 | father's paternity by consent of the parties pursuant | ||||||
18 | to the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 1984 or pursuant | ||||||
19 | to a substantially similar statute in another state. | ||||||
20 | A criminal conviction of any offense pursuant to | ||||||
21 | Article 12 of the Criminal Code of 1961 is not required.
| ||||||
22 | (b) Where consents are required in the case of an adoption
| ||||||
23 | of a minor child, the consents of the following persons shall | ||||||
24 | be
sufficient:
| ||||||
25 | (1) (A) The mother of the minor child; and
| ||||||
26 | (B) The father of the minor child, if the father:
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (i) was married to the mother on the date of | ||||||
2 | birth of the child or
within
300 days before the | ||||||
3 | birth of the child, except for a husband or former
| ||||||
4 | husband who has been found by a court of competent | ||||||
5 | jurisdiction not to be the
biological father of the | ||||||
6 | child; or
| ||||||
7 | (ii) is the father of the child under a | ||||||
8 | judgment for adoption, an
order of parentage, or an | ||||||
9 | acknowledgment of parentage or paternity pursuant
| ||||||
10 | to subsection (a) of Section 5 of the Illinois | ||||||
11 | Parentage Act of 1984 or pursuant to Article 3 of | ||||||
12 | the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 ; or
| ||||||
13 | (iii) in the case of a child placed with the | ||||||
14 | adopting parents less
than
6 months after birth, | ||||||
15 | openly lived with the child, the child's | ||||||
16 | biological
mother, or
both,
and
held himself out to | ||||||
17 | be the child's biological father during the first | ||||||
18 | 30 days
following the birth of the child; or
| ||||||
19 | (iv) in the case of a child placed with the | ||||||
20 | adopting parents less than
6
months after birth, | ||||||
21 | made a good faith effort to pay a reasonable amount | ||||||
22 | of the
expenses
related to the birth of the child | ||||||
23 | and to provide a reasonable amount for the
| ||||||
24 | financial support of the child before the | ||||||
25 | expiration of 30 days following the
birth of the | ||||||
26 | child,
provided that the court may consider in its |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | determination all
relevant circumstances, | ||||||
2 | including the financial condition of both | ||||||
3 | biological
parents; or
| ||||||
4 | (v) in the case of a child placed with the | ||||||
5 | adopting parents
more
than 6 months after birth, | ||||||
6 | has maintained substantial and continuous or
| ||||||
7 | repeated contact with the child as manifested by:
| ||||||
8 | (I) the payment by the father
toward the support of | ||||||
9 | the child of a fair and reasonable sum, according | ||||||
10 | to the
father's means, and either (II) the father's | ||||||
11 | visiting the child at least
monthly
when | ||||||
12 | physically and financially able to do so and not | ||||||
13 | prevented from doing so
by the person or authorized | ||||||
14 | agency having lawful custody of the child, or (III)
| ||||||
15 | the father's regular communication with the child | ||||||
16 | or with the person or agency
having the care or | ||||||
17 | custody of the child, when physically and | ||||||
18 | financially unable
to visit the child or prevented | ||||||
19 | from doing so by the person or authorized
agency | ||||||
20 | having lawful custody of the child. The subjective | ||||||
21 | intent of the
father,
whether expressed or | ||||||
22 | otherwise unsupported by evidence of acts | ||||||
23 | specified in
this sub-paragraph as manifesting | ||||||
24 | such intent, shall not preclude a
determination | ||||||
25 | that the father failed to maintain substantial and | ||||||
26 | continuous or
repeated contact with the child; or
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (vi) in the case of a child placed with the | ||||||
2 | adopting parents more than
six
months after birth, | ||||||
3 | openly lived with the child for a period of six | ||||||
4 | months
within the one year period immediately | ||||||
5 | preceding the placement of the child for
adoption | ||||||
6 | and openly held himself out to be the father of the | ||||||
7 | child; or
| ||||||
8 | (vii) has timely registered with Putative | ||||||
9 | Father Registry, as provided
in
Section 12.1 of | ||||||
10 | this Act,
and prior to the expiration of 30 days | ||||||
11 | from the date
of such registration, commenced | ||||||
12 | legal
proceedings to establish paternity under the | ||||||
13 | Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 , under the Illinois | ||||||
14 | Parentage Act of 2012,
or under the law of the | ||||||
15 | jurisdiction of the child's birth; or
| ||||||
16 | (2) The legal guardian of the person of the child, if | ||||||
17 | there
is no surviving parent; or
| ||||||
18 | (3) An agency, if the child has been surrendered for
| ||||||
19 | adoption to such agency; or
| ||||||
20 | (4) Any person or agency having legal custody of a | ||||||
21 | child by court order
if the parental rights of the parents | ||||||
22 | have been judicially terminated, and
the court having | ||||||
23 | jurisdiction of the guardianship of the child has | ||||||
24 | authorized
the consent to the adoption; or
| ||||||
25 | (5) The execution and
verification of the petition by | ||||||
26 | any petitioner who is
also a parent of the child sought to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | be adopted shall be sufficient evidence
of such parent's | ||||||
2 | consent to the adoption.
| ||||||
3 | (c) Where surrenders to an agency are required in the case | ||||||
4 | of a placement
for adoption of a minor child by an agency, the | ||||||
5 | surrenders of the following
persons shall be sufficient:
| ||||||
6 | (1) (A) The mother of the minor child; and
| ||||||
7 | (B) The father of the minor child, if the father:
| ||||||
8 | (i) was married to the mother on the date of | ||||||
9 | birth of the child or
within 300 days before the | ||||||
10 | birth of the child, except for a husband or former
| ||||||
11 | husband who has been found by a court of competent | ||||||
12 | jurisdiction not to be the
biological father of the | ||||||
13 | child; or
| ||||||
14 | (ii) is the father of the child under a | ||||||
15 | judgment for adoption, an
order of parentage, or an | ||||||
16 | acknowledgment of parentage or paternity pursuant
| ||||||
17 | to subsection (a) of Section 5 of the Illinois | ||||||
18 | Parentage Act of 1984 or pursuant to Article 3 of | ||||||
19 | the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 ; or
| ||||||
20 | (iii) in the case of a child placed with the | ||||||
21 | adopting parents less
than
6 months after birth, | ||||||
22 | openly lived with the child, the child's | ||||||
23 | biological
mother, or
both,
and
held himself out to | ||||||
24 | be the child's biological father during the first | ||||||
25 | 30 days
following the birth of a child; or
| ||||||
26 | (iv) in the case of a child placed with the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | adopting parents less than
6
months after birth, | ||||||
2 | made a good faith effort to pay a reasonable amount | ||||||
3 | of the
expenses
related to the birth of the child | ||||||
4 | and to provide a reasonable amount for the
| ||||||
5 | financial support of the child before
the | ||||||
6 | expiration of 30 days following the birth of
the
| ||||||
7 | child,
provided that the court may consider in its | ||||||
8 | determination all relevant
circumstances, | ||||||
9 | including the financial condition of both | ||||||
10 | biological parents;
or
| ||||||
11 | (v) in the case of a child placed with the | ||||||
12 | adopting parents more than
six
months after birth, | ||||||
13 | has maintained substantial and continuous or | ||||||
14 | repeated
contact with the child as manifested by: | ||||||
15 | (I) the payment by the father toward
the support of | ||||||
16 | the child of a fair and reasonable sum, according | ||||||
17 | to the
father's means, and either (II) the father's | ||||||
18 | visiting the child at least
monthly when | ||||||
19 | physically and financially able to do so and not | ||||||
20 | prevented from
doing so by the person or authorized | ||||||
21 | agency having lawful custody of the child
or (III) | ||||||
22 | the father's regular communication with the child | ||||||
23 | or with the person
or agency having the care or | ||||||
24 | custody of the child, when physically and
| ||||||
25 | financially unable to visit the child or prevented | ||||||
26 | from doing so by the person
or authorized agency |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | having lawful custody of the child. The subjective
| ||||||
2 | intent of the father, whether expressed or | ||||||
3 | otherwise, unsupported by evidence
of acts | ||||||
4 | specified in this sub-paragraph as manifesting | ||||||
5 | such intent, shall not
preclude a determination | ||||||
6 | that the father failed to maintain substantial and
| ||||||
7 | continuous or repeated contact with the child; or
| ||||||
8 | (vi) in the case of a child placed with the | ||||||
9 | adopting parents more than
six
months after birth, | ||||||
10 | openly lived with the child for a period of six | ||||||
11 | months
within the one year period immediately | ||||||
12 | preceding the placement of the child for
adoption | ||||||
13 | and openly held himself out to be the father of the | ||||||
14 | child; or
| ||||||
15 | (vii) has timely registered with the Putative | ||||||
16 | Father Registry, as
provided
in Section 12.1 of | ||||||
17 | this Act,
and prior to the expiration of 30 days | ||||||
18 | from the date
of such
registration, commenced | ||||||
19 | legal
proceedings to establish paternity under the | ||||||
20 | Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, under the Illinois | ||||||
21 | Parentage Act of 2012, or
under the law of the | ||||||
22 | jurisdiction of the child's birth.
| ||||||
23 | (d) In making a determination under subparagraphs (b)(1) | ||||||
24 | and (c)(1), no
showing shall be required of diligent efforts by | ||||||
25 | a person or agency to
encourage the father to perform the acts | ||||||
26 | specified therein.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (e) In the case of the adoption of an adult, only the | ||||||
2 | consent of
such adult shall be required.
| ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 97-493, eff. 8-22-11.)
| ||||||
4 | (750 ILCS 50/12a) (from Ch. 40, par. 1515)
| ||||||
5 | Sec. 12a. Notice to putative father.
| ||||||
6 | 1. Upon the written request to any Clerk of any Circuit | ||||||
7 | Court, and
upon the payment of a filing fee of $10.00, by any | ||||||
8 | interested party,
including persons intending to adopt a child, | ||||||
9 | a child welfare agency
with whom the mother has placed or has | ||||||
10 | given written notice of her
intention to place a child for | ||||||
11 | adoption, the mother of a child, or any
attorney representing | ||||||
12 | an interested party, a notice, the declaration of
paternity and | ||||||
13 | the disclaimer of paternity may be served on a
putative father | ||||||
14 | in the same manner as Summons is served in other civil
| ||||||
15 | proceedings, or, in lieu of personal service, service may be | ||||||
16 | made as
follows:
| ||||||
17 | (a) The person requesting notice shall pay to the Clerk | ||||||
18 | of the Court
a mailing fee of $2 plus the cost of U. S. | ||||||
19 | postage for certified or
registered mail and furnish to the | ||||||
20 | Clerk an original and one copy
of a notice, the declaration | ||||||
21 | of paternity and the disclaimer of
paternity together with | ||||||
22 | an Affidavit setting forth the putative
father's last known | ||||||
23 | address. The original notice, the declaration of
paternity | ||||||
24 | and the disclaimer of paternity shall be retained by
the | ||||||
25 | Clerk.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (b) The Clerk shall forthwith mail to the putative | ||||||
2 | father, at the
address appearing in the Affidavit, the copy | ||||||
3 | of the notice, the
declaration of paternity and the | ||||||
4 | disclaimer of paternity, by certified
mail, return receipt | ||||||
5 | requested; the envelope and return receipt shall
bear the | ||||||
6 | return address of the Clerk. The receipt for certified mail
| ||||||
7 | shall state the name and address of the addressee, and the | ||||||
8 | date of
mailing, and shall be attached to the original | ||||||
9 | notice.
| ||||||
10 | (c) The return receipt, when returned to the Clerk, | ||||||
11 | shall be
attached to the original notice, the declaration | ||||||
12 | of paternity and the
disclaimer of paternity, and shall | ||||||
13 | constitute proof of service.
| ||||||
14 | (d) The Clerk shall note the fact of service in a | ||||||
15 | permanent record.
| ||||||
16 | 2. The notice shall be signed by the Clerk, and may be | ||||||
17 | served on the
putative father at any time after conception, and | ||||||
18 | shall read as follows:
| ||||||
19 | "IN THE MATTER OF NOTICE TO ....., PUTATIVE FATHER.
| ||||||
20 | You have been identified as the father of a child born or | ||||||
21 | expected to be born
on or about (insert date).
| ||||||
22 | The mother of the child is.....
| ||||||
23 | The mother has indicated that she intends to place the | ||||||
24 | child for
adoption.
| ||||||
25 | As the alleged father of the child, you have certain legal | ||||||
26 | rights
with respect to the child, including the right to notice |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | of the filing
of proceedings instituted for the adoption of the | ||||||
2 | child. If you wish to
retain your rights with respect to the | ||||||
3 | child, you must file with the
Clerk of this Circuit Court of | ||||||
4 | .... County, Illinois, whose address is
...., Illinois, within | ||||||
5 | 30 days after the date of receipt of this notice,
the | ||||||
6 | declaration of paternity enclosed herewith stating that
you | ||||||
7 | are, in fact, the father of
the child and that you intend to | ||||||
8 | retain your legal rights with respect
to the child, or request | ||||||
9 | to be notified of any further proceedings with
respect to | ||||||
10 | custody or adoption of the child.
| ||||||
11 | If you do not file such a declaration of paternity, or a | ||||||
12 | request for
notice, then whatever legal rights you have with | ||||||
13 | respect to the child,
including the right to notice of any | ||||||
14 | future proceedings for the adoption
of the child, may be | ||||||
15 | terminated without any further notice to you. When
your legal | ||||||
16 | rights with respect to the child are so terminated, you will
| ||||||
17 | not be entitled to notice of any proceeding instituted for the | ||||||
18 | adoption
of the child.
| ||||||
19 | If you are not the father of the child, you may file with | ||||||
20 | the Clerk of this
Court the disclaimer of paternity enclosed | ||||||
21 | herewith which will be noted in the
Clerk's file and you will | ||||||
22 | receive no further notice with respect to the child."
| ||||||
23 | The declaration of paternity shall be substantially as | ||||||
24 | follows:
| ||||||
25 | "IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
| ||||||
26 | .......... JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ILLINOIS
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | .......... County
| ||||||
2 | )
| ||||||
3 | )
| ||||||
4 | ) No. )
| ||||||
5 | )
| ||||||
6 | DECLARATION OF PATERNITY WITH ENTRY OF APPEARANCE
| ||||||
7 | I, ........., state as follows:
| ||||||
8 | (1) That I am ......... years of age; and I reside at | ||||||
9 | ......... in the
County of ........., State of .........
| ||||||
10 | (2) That I have been advised that ........ is the mother of | ||||||
11 | a ...male child
named ........ born or expected to be born on | ||||||
12 | or about ......... and that such
mother has stated that I am | ||||||
13 | the father of this child.
| ||||||
14 | (3) I declare that I am the father of this child.
| ||||||
15 | (4) I understand that the mother of this child wishes to | ||||||
16 | consent to the
adoption of this child. I do not consent to the | ||||||
17 | adoption of this child,
and I understand that I must return | ||||||
18 | this initial declaration of parentage
form to the Clerk of the | ||||||
19 | Circuit Court of ....... County, located at
........., within | ||||||
20 | 30 days of receipt of this notice.
| ||||||
21 | (5) I further understand that I am also obligated to | ||||||
22 | establish my
paternity pursuant to the Illinois Parentage Act | ||||||
23 | of 2012 1984 within 30 days of my
receiving this notice or, if | ||||||
24 | the child is not yet born, within 30 days after
the birth of | ||||||
25 | the child. This proceeding is separate and distinct from the
| ||||||
26 | above mailing of initial declaration of paternity; in this |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | second notice, I
must state that I am, in fact, the father of | ||||||
2 | said child, and that I intend
to retain my legal rights with | ||||||
3 | respect to said child, and request to be
notified of any | ||||||
4 | further proceedings with respect to custody or adoption of
the | ||||||
5 | child.
| ||||||
6 | (6) I hereby enter my appearance in the above entitled | ||||||
7 | cause.
| ||||||
8 | OATH
| ||||||
9 | I have been duly sworn and I say under oath that I have | ||||||
10 | read and
understand this Declaration of Paternity With Entry of | ||||||
11 | Appearance. The
facts that it contains are true and correct to | ||||||
12 | the best of my knowledge, and
I understand that by signing this | ||||||
13 | document I admit my paternity. I have
signed this document as | ||||||
14 | my free and voluntary act.
| ||||||
15 | ...........
| ||||||
16 | (signature)
| ||||||
17 | Dated (insert date).
| ||||||
18 | Signed and sworn before me on (insert date).
| ||||||
19 | ................
| ||||||
20 | (notary public)".
| ||||||
21 | |||||||
22 | The disclaimer of paternity shall be substantially as | ||||||
23 | follows:
| ||||||
24 | "IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
| ||||||
25 | .......... JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ILLINOIS
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | .......... County
| ||||||
2 | )
| ||||||
3 | )
| ||||||
4 | ) No. )
| ||||||
5 | )
| ||||||
6 | DENIAL OF PATERNITY WITH ENTRY OF APPEARANCE
| ||||||
7 | AND CONSENT TO ADOPTION
| ||||||
8 | I, .........., state as follows:
| ||||||
9 | (1) That I am ..... years of age; and I reside at | ||||||
10 | .......... in the County
of .........., State of ...........
| ||||||
11 | (2) That I have been advised that .......... is the mother | ||||||
12 | of a .....male
child named ..... born or expected to be born on | ||||||
13 | or about ..... and
that such mother has stated that I am the | ||||||
14 | father of this child.
| ||||||
15 | (3) I deny that I am the father of this child.
| ||||||
16 | (4) I further understand that the mother of this child | ||||||
17 | wishes to consent
to the adoption of the child. I hereby | ||||||
18 | consent to the adoption of this child,
and waive any rights, | ||||||
19 | remedies and defenses that I may now or in the future
have as a | ||||||
20 | result of the mother's allegation of the paternity of this | ||||||
21 | child.
This consent is being given in order to facilitate the | ||||||
22 | adoption of the child
and so that the court may terminate what | ||||||
23 | rights I may have to the child
as a result of being named the | ||||||
24 | father by the mother. This consent is not
in any manner an | ||||||
25 | admission of paternity.
| ||||||
26 | (5) I hereby enter my appearance in the above entitled |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | cause and waive
service of summons and other pleading.
| ||||||
2 | OATH
| ||||||
3 | I have been duly sworn and I say under oath that I have | ||||||
4 | read and understood
this Denial of Paternity With Entry of | ||||||
5 | Appearance and Consent to Adoption.
The facts it contains are | ||||||
6 | true and correct to the best of my knowledge,
and I understand | ||||||
7 | that by signing this document I have not admitted paternity.
I | ||||||
8 | have signed this document as my free and voluntary act in order | ||||||
9 | to facilitate
the adoption of the child.
| ||||||
10 | ...........
| ||||||
11 | (signature)
| ||||||
12 | Dated (insert date).
| ||||||
13 | Signed and sworn before me on (insert date).
| ||||||
14 | .................
| ||||||
15 | (notary public)".
| ||||||
16 | |||||||
17 | The names of adoptive parents shall not be included in the | ||||||
18 | notice.
| ||||||
19 | 3. If the putative father files a disclaimer of paternity, | ||||||
20 | he shall
be deemed not to be the father of the child with | ||||||
21 | respect to any adoption
or other proceeding held to terminate | ||||||
22 | the rights of parents as respects
such child.
| ||||||
23 | 4. In the event the putative father does not file a | ||||||
24 | declaration of
paternity of the child or request for notice | ||||||
25 | within 30 days of service
of the above notice, he need not be |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | made a party to or given notice of
any proceeding brought for | ||||||
2 | the adoption of the child. An Order or judgment
may be entered | ||||||
3 | in such proceeding terminating all of his rights with
respect | ||||||
4 | to the child without further notice to him.
| ||||||
5 | 5. If the putative father files a declaration of paternity | ||||||
6 | or a
request for notice in accordance with subsection 2, with | ||||||
7 | respect to the
child, he shall be given notice in event any | ||||||
8 | proceeding is brought for
the adoption of the child.
| ||||||
9 | 6. The Clerk shall maintain separate numbered files and | ||||||
10 | records of
requests and proofs of service and all other | ||||||
11 | documents filed pursuant to
this article. All such records | ||||||
12 | shall be impounded.
| ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
| ||||||
14 | (750 ILCS 50/18.06)
| ||||||
15 | Sec. 18.06. Definitions. When used in Sections
18.05 | ||||||
16 | through Section 18.6, for the purposes of the Registry:
| ||||||
17 | "Adopted person" means a person who was adopted
pursuant to | ||||||
18 | the laws in effect at the time of the adoption.
| ||||||
19 | "Adoptive parent" means a person who has become a parent | ||||||
20 | through the legal
process of adoption.
| ||||||
21 | "Adult child" means the biological child 21 years of age or | ||||||
22 | over of a deceased adopted or surrendered person.
| ||||||
23 | "Adult Adopted or Surrendered Person" means an adopted or | ||||||
24 | surrendered person 21 years of age or over. | ||||||
25 | "Agency" means a public child welfare agency or a licensed |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | child welfare
agency.
| ||||||
2 | "Birth aunt" means the adult full or half sister of a | ||||||
3 | deceased birth parent.
| ||||||
4 | "Birth father" means the biological father of an adopted or | ||||||
5 | surrendered
person who is named on the original certificate of | ||||||
6 | live birth or on a consent
or surrender document, or a | ||||||
7 | biological father whose paternity has been
established by a | ||||||
8 | judgment or order of the court, pursuant to the Illinois
| ||||||
9 | Parentage Act of 1984 or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 .
| ||||||
10 | "Birth mother" means the biological mother of an adopted or | ||||||
11 | surrendered
person.
| ||||||
12 | "Birth parent" means a birth mother or birth father of an | ||||||
13 | adopted or
surrendered person.
| ||||||
14 | "Birth Parent Preference Form" means the form prepared by | ||||||
15 | the Department of Public Health pursuant to Section 18.2 | ||||||
16 | completed by a birth parent registrant and filed with the | ||||||
17 | Registry that indicates the birth parent's preferences | ||||||
18 | regarding contact and, if applicable, the release of his or her | ||||||
19 | identifying information on the non-certified copy of the | ||||||
20 | original birth certificate released to an adult adopted or | ||||||
21 | surrendered person or to the surviving adult child or surviving | ||||||
22 | spouse of a deceased adopted or surrendered person who has | ||||||
23 | filed a Request for a Non-Certified Copy of an Original Birth | ||||||
24 | Certificate. | ||||||
25 | "Birth relative" means a birth mother, birth father, birth | ||||||
26 | sibling, birth aunt, or birth uncle.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | "Birth sibling" means the adult full or half sibling
of an | ||||||
2 | adopted or
surrendered person.
| ||||||
3 | "Birth uncle" means the adult full or half brother of a | ||||||
4 | deceased birth parent.
| ||||||
5 | "Confidential intermediary" means an individual certified | ||||||
6 | by the Department of Children and Family Services pursuant to | ||||||
7 | Section 18.3a(e). | ||||||
8 | "Denial of Information Exchange" means an affidavit | ||||||
9 | completed by a
registrant with the Illinois Adoption Registry | ||||||
10 | and Medical Information Exchange
denying the release of | ||||||
11 | identifying information which has been filed with the Registry.
| ||||||
12 | "Information Exchange Authorization" means
an affidavit | ||||||
13 | completed by a registrant with the Illinois Adoption Registry | ||||||
14 | and
Medical Information Exchange authorizing the release of | ||||||
15 | identifying
information which has been filed with the Registry.
| ||||||
16 | "Medical Information Exchange Questionnaire" means the | ||||||
17 | medical
history
questionnaire completed by a registrant of the | ||||||
18 | Illinois Adoption Registry and
Medical Information Exchange.
| ||||||
19 | "Non-certified Copy of the Original Birth Certificate" | ||||||
20 | means a non-certified copy of the original certificate of live | ||||||
21 | birth of an adult adopted or surrendered person who was born in | ||||||
22 | Illinois. | ||||||
23 | "Proof of death" means a death certificate.
| ||||||
24 | "Registrant" or "Registered Party" means a birth parent, | ||||||
25 | birth sibling,
birth aunt, birth uncle, adopted or surrendered | ||||||
26 | person 21 years of age or over, adoptive parent or legal
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | guardian of an adopted or surrendered person under the age of | ||||||
2 | 21, or adoptive parent, surviving spouse, or adult child of a | ||||||
3 | deceased adopted or surrendered person who has filed
an | ||||||
4 | Illinois Adoption Registry Application or Registration | ||||||
5 | Identification Form
with the Registry.
| ||||||
6 | "Registry" means the Illinois Adoption Registry and | ||||||
7 | Medical Information Exchange. | ||||||
8 | "Request for a Non-Certified Copy of an Original Birth | ||||||
9 | Certificate" means an affidavit completed by an adult adopted | ||||||
10 | or surrendered person or by the surviving adult child or | ||||||
11 | surviving spouse of a deceased adopted or surrendered person | ||||||
12 | and filed with the Registry requesting a non-certified copy of | ||||||
13 | an adult adopted or surrendered person's original certificate | ||||||
14 | of live birth in Illinois. | ||||||
15 | "Surrendered person" means a person whose parents' rights | ||||||
16 | have been
surrendered or terminated but who has not been | ||||||
17 | adopted.
| ||||||
18 | "Surviving spouse" means the wife or husband, 21 years of | ||||||
19 | age or older, of a deceased adopted or surrendered person who | ||||||
20 | would be 21 years of age or older if still alive and who has one | ||||||
21 | or more surviving biological children who are under the age of | ||||||
22 | 21.
| ||||||
23 | "18.3 Statement" means a statement regarding the | ||||||
24 | disclosure of identifying information signed by a birth parent | ||||||
25 | under Section 18.3 of this Act as it existed immediately prior | ||||||
26 | to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | General Assembly. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 96-895, eff. 5-21-10; 97-110, eff. 7-14-11.)
| ||||||
3 | Section 973. The Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 is | ||||||
4 | amended by changing Sections 202 and 214 as follows:
| ||||||
5 | (750 ILCS 60/202) (from Ch. 40, par. 2312-2)
| ||||||
6 | Sec. 202. Commencement of action; filing fees; dismissal.
| ||||||
7 | (a) How to commence action. Actions for orders of | ||||||
8 | protection are commenced:
| ||||||
9 | (1) Independently: By filing a petition for an order of | ||||||
10 | protection in
any civil court, unless specific courts are | ||||||
11 | designated by local rule or order.
| ||||||
12 | (2) In conjunction with another civil proceeding: By
| ||||||
13 | filing a petition for an order of protection under the same | ||||||
14 | case number
as another civil proceeding involving the | ||||||
15 | parties, including but not
limited to: (i) any proceeding | ||||||
16 | under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
Marriage | ||||||
17 | Act, Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 1984 , Nonsupport of | ||||||
18 | Spouse and
Children Act, Revised Uniform Reciprocal | ||||||
19 | Enforcement of Support Act or an
action for nonsupport | ||||||
20 | brought under Article 10 of the
Illinois Public Aid
Code, | ||||||
21 | provided that a petitioner and
the respondent are a party | ||||||
22 | to or the subject of that proceeding or (ii) a
guardianship | ||||||
23 | proceeding under the Probate Act of
1975, or a proceeding | ||||||
24 | for involuntary
commitment under the Mental Health and |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Developmental Disabilities Code, or
any proceeding, other | ||||||
2 | than a delinquency petition, under the Juvenile Court
Act | ||||||
3 | of 1987, provided that a petitioner or the
respondent is a | ||||||
4 | party to or the subject of such proceeding.
| ||||||
5 | (3) In conjunction with a delinquency petition or a
| ||||||
6 | criminal prosecution: By filing a petition
for an order of | ||||||
7 | protection, under the same case number as the delinquency
| ||||||
8 | petition or criminal prosecution, to be
granted during | ||||||
9 | pre-trial release of a defendant, with any dispositional | ||||||
10 | order
issued under Section 5-710 of the Juvenile Court Act | ||||||
11 | of 1987
or as a condition of release, supervision, | ||||||
12 | conditional discharge,
probation, periodic imprisonment, | ||||||
13 | parole or mandatory supervised release, or
in conjunction | ||||||
14 | with imprisonment or a bond forfeiture warrant; provided | ||||||
15 | that:
| ||||||
16 | (i) the violation is alleged in an information, | ||||||
17 | complaint, indictment
or delinquency petition on file, | ||||||
18 | and the alleged offender and victim are
family or | ||||||
19 | household members or persons protected by this Act; and
| ||||||
20 | (ii) the petition, which is filed by the State's | ||||||
21 | Attorney, names a
victim of the alleged crime as a | ||||||
22 | petitioner.
| ||||||
23 | (b) Filing, certification, and service fees. No fee shall | ||||||
24 | be charged
by the clerk for filing, amending, vacating, | ||||||
25 | certifying, or photocopying
petitions or orders; or for issuing | ||||||
26 | alias summons; or for any
related filing service. No
fee shall |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | be charged by the sheriff for service by the sheriff of a
| ||||||
2 | petition,
rule, motion, or order in an action commenced under | ||||||
3 | this Section.
| ||||||
4 | (c) Dismissal and consolidation. Withdrawal or dismissal | ||||||
5 | of any
petition for an order of protection prior to | ||||||
6 | adjudication where the
petitioner is represented by the State | ||||||
7 | shall operate as a dismissal without
prejudice. No action for | ||||||
8 | an order of protection shall be dismissed because
the | ||||||
9 | respondent is being prosecuted for a crime against the | ||||||
10 | petitioner. An
independent action may be consolidated with | ||||||
11 | another civil proceeding, as
provided by paragraph (2) of | ||||||
12 | subsection (a) of this Section. For any
action commenced under | ||||||
13 | paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) of this Section,
| ||||||
14 | dismissal of the conjoined case (or a finding of not guilty) | ||||||
15 | shall not
require dismissal of the action
for the order of | ||||||
16 | protection; instead, it may be treated as an
independent action | ||||||
17 | and, if necessary and appropriate, transferred to a
different | ||||||
18 | court or division. Dismissal of any conjoined case shall not | ||||||
19 | affect
the
validity of any previously issued order of | ||||||
20 | protection, and thereafter
subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2) of | ||||||
21 | Section 220 shall be inapplicable to
such order.
| ||||||
22 | (d) Pro se petitions. The court shall provide, through the | ||||||
23 | office of
the clerk of the court, simplified forms and clerical | ||||||
24 | assistance to help
with the writing and filing of a petition | ||||||
25 | under this Section by any person
not represented by counsel. In | ||||||
26 | addition, that assistance may be provided
by the state's |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | attorney.
| ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 93-458, eff. 1-1-04.)
| ||||||
3 | (750 ILCS 60/214) (from Ch. 40, par. 2312-14)
| ||||||
4 | Sec. 214. Order of protection; remedies.
| ||||||
5 | (a) Issuance of order. If the court finds that petitioner | ||||||
6 | has been
abused by a family or household member or that | ||||||
7 | petitioner is a high-risk
adult who has been abused, neglected, | ||||||
8 | or exploited, as defined in this Act,
an order of protection | ||||||
9 | prohibiting the abuse, neglect, or exploitation
shall issue; | ||||||
10 | provided that petitioner must also satisfy the requirements of
| ||||||
11 | one of the following Sections, as appropriate: Section 217 on | ||||||
12 | emergency
orders, Section 218 on interim orders, or Section 219 | ||||||
13 | on plenary orders.
Petitioner shall not be denied an order of | ||||||
14 | protection because petitioner or
respondent is a minor. The | ||||||
15 | court, when determining whether or not to issue
an order of | ||||||
16 | protection, shall not require physical manifestations of abuse
| ||||||
17 | on the person of the victim. Modification and extension of | ||||||
18 | prior
orders of protection shall be in accordance with this | ||||||
19 | Act.
| ||||||
20 | (b) Remedies and standards. The remedies to be included in | ||||||
21 | an order of
protection shall be determined in accordance with | ||||||
22 | this Section and one of
the following Sections, as appropriate: | ||||||
23 | Section 217 on emergency orders,
Section 218 on interim orders, | ||||||
24 | and Section 219 on plenary orders. The
remedies listed in this | ||||||
25 | subsection shall be in addition to other civil or
criminal |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | remedies available to petitioner.
| ||||||
2 | (1) Prohibition of abuse, neglect, or exploitation. | ||||||
3 | Prohibit
respondent's harassment, interference with | ||||||
4 | personal liberty, intimidation
of a dependent, physical | ||||||
5 | abuse, or willful deprivation, neglect or
exploitation, as | ||||||
6 | defined in this Act, or stalking of the petitioner, as | ||||||
7 | defined
in Section 12-7.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961, if | ||||||
8 | such abuse, neglect,
exploitation, or stalking has | ||||||
9 | occurred or otherwise appears likely to occur if
not | ||||||
10 | prohibited.
| ||||||
11 | (2) Grant of exclusive possession of residence. | ||||||
12 | Prohibit respondent from
entering or remaining in any | ||||||
13 | residence, household, or premises of the petitioner,
| ||||||
14 | including one owned or leased by respondent, if petitioner | ||||||
15 | has a right to
occupancy thereof. The grant of exclusive | ||||||
16 | possession of the residence, household, or premises shall | ||||||
17 | not
affect title to real property, nor shall the court be | ||||||
18 | limited by the standard
set forth in Section 701 of the | ||||||
19 | Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage
Act.
| ||||||
20 | (A) Right to occupancy. A party has a right to | ||||||
21 | occupancy of a
residence or household if it is solely | ||||||
22 | or jointly owned or leased by that
party, that party's | ||||||
23 | spouse, a person with a legal duty to support that | ||||||
24 | party or
a minor child in that party's care, or by any | ||||||
25 | person or entity other than the
opposing party that | ||||||
26 | authorizes that party's occupancy (e.g., a domestic
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | violence shelter). Standards set forth in subparagraph | ||||||
2 | (B) shall not preclude
equitable relief.
| ||||||
3 | (B) Presumption of hardships. If petitioner and | ||||||
4 | respondent
each has the right to occupancy of a | ||||||
5 | residence or household, the court
shall balance (i) the | ||||||
6 | hardships to respondent and any minor child or
| ||||||
7 | dependent adult in respondent's care resulting from | ||||||
8 | entry of this remedy with
(ii) the hardships to | ||||||
9 | petitioner and any minor child or dependent adult in
| ||||||
10 | petitioner's care resulting from continued exposure to | ||||||
11 | the risk of abuse
(should petitioner remain at the | ||||||
12 | residence or household) or from loss of
possession of | ||||||
13 | the residence or household (should petitioner leave to | ||||||
14 | avoid the
risk of abuse). When determining the balance | ||||||
15 | of hardships, the court shall
also take into account | ||||||
16 | the accessibility of the residence or household.
| ||||||
17 | Hardships need not be balanced if respondent does not | ||||||
18 | have a right to
occupancy.
| ||||||
19 | The balance of hardships is presumed to favor | ||||||
20 | possession by
petitioner unless the presumption is | ||||||
21 | rebutted by a preponderance of the
evidence, showing | ||||||
22 | that the hardships to respondent substantially | ||||||
23 | outweigh
the hardships to petitioner and any minor | ||||||
24 | child or dependent adult in
petitioner's care. The | ||||||
25 | court, on the request of petitioner or on its own
| ||||||
26 | motion, may order respondent to provide suitable, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | accessible, alternate housing
for petitioner instead | ||||||
2 | of excluding respondent from a mutual residence or
| ||||||
3 | household.
| ||||||
4 | (3) Stay away order and additional prohibitions.
Order | ||||||
5 | respondent to stay away from petitioner or any other person
| ||||||
6 | protected by the order of protection, or prohibit | ||||||
7 | respondent from entering
or remaining present at | ||||||
8 | petitioner's school, place of employment, or other
| ||||||
9 | specified places at times when petitioner is present, or | ||||||
10 | both, if
reasonable, given the balance of hardships. | ||||||
11 | Hardships need not be balanced for
the court to enter a | ||||||
12 | stay away order or prohibit entry if respondent has no
| ||||||
13 | right to enter the premises.
| ||||||
14 | (A) If an order of protection grants petitioner | ||||||
15 | exclusive possession
of the residence, or prohibits | ||||||
16 | respondent from entering the residence,
or orders | ||||||
17 | respondent to stay away from petitioner or other
| ||||||
18 | protected persons, then the court may allow respondent | ||||||
19 | access to the
residence to remove items of clothing and | ||||||
20 | personal adornment
used exclusively by respondent, | ||||||
21 | medications, and other items as the court
directs. The | ||||||
22 | right to access shall be exercised on only one occasion | ||||||
23 | as the
court directs and in the presence of an | ||||||
24 | agreed-upon adult third party or law
enforcement | ||||||
25 | officer.
| ||||||
26 | (B) When the petitioner and the respondent attend |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the same public, private, or non-public elementary, | ||||||
2 | middle, or high school, the court when issuing an order | ||||||
3 | of protection and providing relief shall consider the | ||||||
4 | severity of the act, any continuing physical danger or | ||||||
5 | emotional distress to the petitioner, the educational | ||||||
6 | rights guaranteed to the petitioner and respondent | ||||||
7 | under federal and State law, the availability of a | ||||||
8 | transfer of the respondent to another school, a change | ||||||
9 | of placement or a change of program of the respondent, | ||||||
10 | the expense, difficulty, and educational disruption | ||||||
11 | that would be caused by a transfer of the respondent to | ||||||
12 | another school, and any other relevant facts of the | ||||||
13 | case. The court may order that the respondent not | ||||||
14 | attend the public, private, or non-public elementary, | ||||||
15 | middle, or high school attended by the petitioner, | ||||||
16 | order that the respondent accept a change of placement | ||||||
17 | or change of program, as determined by the school | ||||||
18 | district or private or non-public school, or place | ||||||
19 | restrictions on the respondent's movements within the | ||||||
20 | school attended by the petitioner.
The respondent | ||||||
21 | bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the | ||||||
22 | evidence that a transfer, change of placement, or | ||||||
23 | change of program of the respondent is not available. | ||||||
24 | The respondent also bears the burden of production with | ||||||
25 | respect to the expense, difficulty, and educational | ||||||
26 | disruption that would be caused by a transfer of the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | respondent to another school. A transfer, change of | ||||||
2 | placement, or change of program is not unavailable to | ||||||
3 | the respondent solely on the ground that the respondent | ||||||
4 | does not agree with the school district's or private or | ||||||
5 | non-public school's transfer, change of placement, or | ||||||
6 | change of program or solely on the ground that the | ||||||
7 | respondent fails or refuses to consent or otherwise | ||||||
8 | does not take an action required to effectuate a | ||||||
9 | transfer, change of placement, or change of program.
| ||||||
10 | When a court orders a respondent to stay away from the | ||||||
11 | public, private, or non-public school attended by the | ||||||
12 | petitioner and the respondent requests a transfer to | ||||||
13 | another attendance center within the respondent's | ||||||
14 | school district or private or non-public school, the | ||||||
15 | school district or private or non-public school shall | ||||||
16 | have sole discretion to determine the attendance | ||||||
17 | center to which the respondent is transferred.
In the | ||||||
18 | event the court order results in a transfer of the | ||||||
19 | minor respondent to another attendance center, a | ||||||
20 | change in the respondent's placement, or a change of | ||||||
21 | the respondent's program, the parents, guardian, or | ||||||
22 | legal custodian of the respondent is responsible for | ||||||
23 | transportation and other costs associated with the | ||||||
24 | transfer or change. | ||||||
25 | (C) The court may order the parents, guardian, or | ||||||
26 | legal custodian of a minor respondent to take certain |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | actions or to refrain from taking certain actions to | ||||||
2 | ensure that the respondent complies with the order. The | ||||||
3 | court may order the parents, guardian, or legal | ||||||
4 | custodian of a minor respondent to take certain actions | ||||||
5 | or to refrain from taking certain actions to ensure | ||||||
6 | that the respondent complies with the order. In the | ||||||
7 | event the court orders a transfer of the respondent to | ||||||
8 | another school, the parents, guardian, or legal | ||||||
9 | custodian of the respondent is responsible for | ||||||
10 | transportation and other costs associated with the | ||||||
11 | change of school by the respondent.
| ||||||
12 | (4) Counseling. Require or recommend the respondent to | ||||||
13 | undergo
counseling for a specified duration with a social | ||||||
14 | worker, psychologist,
clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, | ||||||
15 | family service agency, alcohol or
substance abuse program, | ||||||
16 | mental health center guidance counselor, agency
providing | ||||||
17 | services to elders, program designed for domestic violence
| ||||||
18 | abusers or any other guidance service the court deems | ||||||
19 | appropriate. The Court may order the respondent in any | ||||||
20 | intimate partner relationship to report to an Illinois | ||||||
21 | Department of Human Services protocol approved partner | ||||||
22 | abuse intervention program for an assessment and to follow | ||||||
23 | all recommended treatment.
| ||||||
24 | (5) Physical care and possession of the minor child. In | ||||||
25 | order to protect
the minor child from abuse, neglect, or | ||||||
26 | unwarranted separation from the person
who has been the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | minor child's primary caretaker, or to otherwise protect | ||||||
2 | the
well-being of the minor child, the court may do either | ||||||
3 | or both of the
following: (i) grant petitioner physical | ||||||
4 | care or possession of the minor child,
or both, or (ii) | ||||||
5 | order respondent to return a minor child to, or not remove | ||||||
6 | a
minor child from, the physical care of a parent or person | ||||||
7 | in loco parentis.
| ||||||
8 | If a court finds, after a hearing, that respondent has | ||||||
9 | committed abuse
(as defined in Section 103) of a minor | ||||||
10 | child, there shall be a
rebuttable presumption that | ||||||
11 | awarding physical care to respondent would not
be in the | ||||||
12 | minor child's best interest.
| ||||||
13 | (6) Temporary legal custody. Award temporary legal | ||||||
14 | custody to petitioner
in accordance with this Section, the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
Marriage Act, the | ||||||
16 | Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 1984 , and this State's | ||||||
17 | Uniform
Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.
| ||||||
18 | If a court finds, after a hearing, that respondent has | ||||||
19 | committed abuse (as
defined in Section 103) of a minor | ||||||
20 | child, there shall be a rebuttable
presumption that | ||||||
21 | awarding temporary legal custody to respondent would not be | ||||||
22 | in
the child's best interest.
| ||||||
23 | (7) Visitation. Determine the visitation rights, if | ||||||
24 | any, of respondent in
any case in which the court awards | ||||||
25 | physical care or temporary legal custody of
a minor child | ||||||
26 | to petitioner. The court shall restrict or deny |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | respondent's
visitation with a minor child if the court | ||||||
2 | finds that respondent has done or is
likely to do any of | ||||||
3 | the following: (i) abuse or endanger the minor child during
| ||||||
4 | visitation; (ii) use the visitation as an opportunity to | ||||||
5 | abuse or harass
petitioner or petitioner's family or | ||||||
6 | household members; (iii) improperly
conceal or detain the | ||||||
7 | minor child; or (iv) otherwise act in a manner that is
not | ||||||
8 | in the best interests of the minor child. The court shall | ||||||
9 | not be limited
by the standards set forth in Section 607.1 | ||||||
10 | of the Illinois Marriage and
Dissolution of Marriage Act. | ||||||
11 | If the court grants visitation, the order shall
specify | ||||||
12 | dates and times for the visitation to take place or other | ||||||
13 | specific
parameters or conditions that are appropriate. No | ||||||
14 | order for visitation shall
refer merely to the term | ||||||
15 | "reasonable visitation".
| ||||||
16 | Petitioner may deny respondent access to the minor | ||||||
17 | child if, when
respondent arrives for visitation, | ||||||
18 | respondent is under the influence of drugs
or alcohol and | ||||||
19 | constitutes a threat to the safety and well-being of
| ||||||
20 | petitioner or petitioner's minor children or is behaving in | ||||||
21 | a violent or
abusive manner.
| ||||||
22 | If necessary to protect any member of petitioner's | ||||||
23 | family or
household from future abuse, respondent shall be | ||||||
24 | prohibited from coming to
petitioner's residence to meet | ||||||
25 | the minor child for visitation, and the
parties shall | ||||||
26 | submit to the court their recommendations for reasonable
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | alternative arrangements for visitation. A person may be | ||||||
2 | approved to
supervise visitation only after filing an | ||||||
3 | affidavit accepting
that responsibility and acknowledging | ||||||
4 | accountability to the court.
| ||||||
5 | (8) Removal or concealment of minor child. Prohibit | ||||||
6 | respondent from
removing a minor child from the State or | ||||||
7 | concealing the child within the State.
| ||||||
8 | (9) Order to appear. Order the respondent to appear in | ||||||
9 | court, alone
or with a minor child, to prevent abuse, | ||||||
10 | neglect, removal or concealment of
the child, to return the | ||||||
11 | child to the custody or care of the petitioner or
to permit | ||||||
12 | any court-ordered interview or examination of the child or | ||||||
13 | the
respondent.
| ||||||
14 | (10) Possession of personal property. Grant petitioner | ||||||
15 | exclusive
possession of personal property and, if | ||||||
16 | respondent has possession or
control, direct respondent to | ||||||
17 | promptly make it available to petitioner, if:
| ||||||
18 | (i) petitioner, but not respondent, owns the | ||||||
19 | property; or
| ||||||
20 | (ii) the parties own the property jointly; sharing | ||||||
21 | it would risk
abuse of petitioner by respondent or is | ||||||
22 | impracticable; and the balance of
hardships favors | ||||||
23 | temporary possession by petitioner.
| ||||||
24 | If petitioner's sole claim to ownership of the property | ||||||
25 | is that it is
marital property, the court may award | ||||||
26 | petitioner temporary possession
thereof under the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | standards of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph only if
a | ||||||
2 | proper proceeding has been filed under the Illinois | ||||||
3 | Marriage and
Dissolution of Marriage Act, as now or | ||||||
4 | hereafter amended.
| ||||||
5 | No order under this provision shall affect title to | ||||||
6 | property.
| ||||||
7 | (11) Protection of property. Forbid the respondent | ||||||
8 | from taking,
transferring, encumbering, concealing, | ||||||
9 | damaging or otherwise disposing of
any real or personal | ||||||
10 | property, except as explicitly authorized by the
court, if:
| ||||||
11 | (i) petitioner, but not respondent, owns the | ||||||
12 | property; or
| ||||||
13 | (ii) the parties own the property jointly,
and the | ||||||
14 | balance of hardships favors granting this remedy.
| ||||||
15 | If petitioner's sole claim to ownership of the property | ||||||
16 | is that it is
marital property, the court may grant | ||||||
17 | petitioner relief under subparagraph
(ii) of this | ||||||
18 | paragraph only if a proper proceeding has been filed under | ||||||
19 | the
Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as | ||||||
20 | now or hereafter amended.
| ||||||
21 | The court may further prohibit respondent from | ||||||
22 | improperly using the
financial or other resources of an | ||||||
23 | aged member of the family or household
for the profit or | ||||||
24 | advantage of respondent or of any other person.
| ||||||
25 | (11.5) Protection of animals. Grant the petitioner the | ||||||
26 | exclusive care, custody, or control of any animal owned, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | possessed, leased, kept, or held by either the petitioner | ||||||
2 | or the respondent or a minor child residing in the | ||||||
3 | residence or household of either the petitioner or the | ||||||
4 | respondent and order the respondent to stay away from the | ||||||
5 | animal and forbid the respondent from taking, | ||||||
6 | transferring, encumbering, concealing, harming, or | ||||||
7 | otherwise disposing of the animal.
| ||||||
8 | (12) Order for payment of support. Order respondent to | ||||||
9 | pay temporary
support for the petitioner or any child in | ||||||
10 | the petitioner's care or
custody, when the respondent has a | ||||||
11 | legal obligation to support that person,
in accordance with | ||||||
12 | the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution
of Marriage Act, | ||||||
13 | which shall govern, among other matters, the amount of
| ||||||
14 | support, payment through the clerk and withholding of | ||||||
15 | income to secure
payment. An order for child support may be | ||||||
16 | granted to a petitioner with
lawful physical care or | ||||||
17 | custody of a child, or an order or agreement for
physical | ||||||
18 | care or custody, prior to entry of an order for legal | ||||||
19 | custody.
Such a support order shall expire upon entry of a | ||||||
20 | valid order granting
legal custody to another, unless | ||||||
21 | otherwise provided in the custody order.
| ||||||
22 | (13) Order for payment of losses. Order respondent to | ||||||
23 | pay petitioner for
losses suffered as a direct result of | ||||||
24 | the abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
Such losses shall | ||||||
25 | include, but not be limited to, medical expenses, lost
| ||||||
26 | earnings or other support, repair or replacement of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | property damaged or taken,
reasonable attorney's fees, | ||||||
2 | court costs and moving or other travel expenses,
including | ||||||
3 | additional reasonable expenses for temporary shelter and | ||||||
4 | restaurant
meals.
| ||||||
5 | (i) Losses affecting family needs. If a party is | ||||||
6 | entitled to seek
maintenance, child support or | ||||||
7 | property distribution from the other party
under the | ||||||
8 | Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as | ||||||
9 | now or
hereafter amended, the court may order | ||||||
10 | respondent to reimburse petitioner's
actual losses, to | ||||||
11 | the extent that such reimbursement would be | ||||||
12 | "appropriate
temporary relief", as authorized by | ||||||
13 | subsection (a)(3) of Section 501 of
that Act.
| ||||||
14 | (ii) Recovery of expenses. In the case of an | ||||||
15 | improper concealment
or removal of a minor child, the | ||||||
16 | court may order respondent to pay the
reasonable | ||||||
17 | expenses incurred or to be incurred in the search for | ||||||
18 | and recovery
of the minor child, including but not | ||||||
19 | limited to legal fees, court costs,
private | ||||||
20 | investigator fees, and travel costs.
| ||||||
21 | (14) Prohibition of entry. Prohibit the respondent | ||||||
22 | from entering or
remaining in the residence or household | ||||||
23 | while the respondent is under the
influence of alcohol or | ||||||
24 | drugs and constitutes a threat to the safety and
well-being | ||||||
25 | of the petitioner or the petitioner's children.
| ||||||
26 | (14.5) Prohibition of firearm possession.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (a) Prohibit a respondent against whom an order of | ||||||
2 | protection was issued from possessing any firearms | ||||||
3 | during the duration of the order if the order: | ||||||
4 | (1) was issued after a hearing of which such | ||||||
5 | person received
actual notice, and at which such | ||||||
6 | person had an opportunity to
participate; | ||||||
7 | (2) restrains such person from harassing, | ||||||
8 | stalking, or
threatening an intimate partner of | ||||||
9 | such person or child of such
intimate partner or | ||||||
10 | person, or engaging in other conduct that
would | ||||||
11 | place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of | ||||||
12 | bodily
injury to the partner or child; and | ||||||
13 | (3)(i) includes a finding that such person | ||||||
14 | represents a
credible threat to the physical | ||||||
15 | safety of such intimate partner
or child; or
(ii) | ||||||
16 | by its terms explicitly prohibits the use, | ||||||
17 | attempted
use, or threatened use of physical force | ||||||
18 | against such intimate
partner or child that would | ||||||
19 | reasonably be expected to cause
bodily injury. | ||||||
20 | Any Firearm Owner's Identification Card in the
| ||||||
21 | possession of the respondent, except as provided in | ||||||
22 | subsection (b), shall be ordered by the court to be | ||||||
23 | turned
over to the local law enforcement agency
for | ||||||
24 | safekeeping. The court shall
issue a warrant for | ||||||
25 | seizure of any firearm and Firearm Owner's | ||||||
26 | Identification Card in the possession of the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | respondent, to be kept by the local law enforcement | ||||||
2 | agency for safekeeping, except as provided in | ||||||
3 | subsection (b).
The period of safekeeping shall be for | ||||||
4 | the duration of the order of protection. The firearm or | ||||||
5 | firearms and Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall | ||||||
6 | be returned to the respondent at the end
of the order | ||||||
7 | of protection.
| ||||||
8 | (b) If the respondent is a peace officer as defined | ||||||
9 | in Section 2-13 of
the
Criminal Code of 1961, the court | ||||||
10 | shall order that any firearms used by the
respondent in | ||||||
11 | the performance of his or her duties as a
peace officer | ||||||
12 | be surrendered to
the chief law enforcement executive | ||||||
13 | of the agency in which the respondent is
employed, who | ||||||
14 | shall retain the firearms for safekeeping for the | ||||||
15 | duration of the order of protection.
| ||||||
16 | (c) Upon expiration of the period of safekeeping, | ||||||
17 | if the firearms or Firearm Owner's Identification Card | ||||||
18 | cannot be returned to respondent because respondent | ||||||
19 | cannot be located, fails to respond to requests to | ||||||
20 | retrieve the firearms, or is not lawfully eligible to | ||||||
21 | possess a firearm, upon petition from the local law | ||||||
22 | enforcement agency, the court may order the local law | ||||||
23 | enforcement agency to destroy the firearms, use the | ||||||
24 | firearms for training purposes, or for any other | ||||||
25 | application as deemed appropriate by the local law | ||||||
26 | enforcement agency; or that the firearms be turned over |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | to a third party who is lawfully eligible to possess | ||||||
2 | firearms, and who does not reside with respondent.
| ||||||
3 | (15) Prohibition of access to records. If an order of | ||||||
4 | protection
prohibits respondent from having contact with | ||||||
5 | the minor child,
or if petitioner's address is omitted | ||||||
6 | under subsection (b) of
Section 203, or if necessary to | ||||||
7 | prevent abuse or wrongful removal or
concealment of a minor | ||||||
8 | child, the order shall deny respondent access to, and
| ||||||
9 | prohibit respondent from inspecting, obtaining, or | ||||||
10 | attempting to
inspect or obtain, school or any other | ||||||
11 | records of the minor child
who is in the care of | ||||||
12 | petitioner.
| ||||||
13 | (16) Order for payment of shelter services. Order | ||||||
14 | respondent to
reimburse a shelter providing temporary | ||||||
15 | housing and counseling services to
the petitioner for the | ||||||
16 | cost of the services, as certified by the shelter
and | ||||||
17 | deemed reasonable by the court.
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18 | (17) Order for injunctive relief. Enter injunctive | ||||||
19 | relief necessary
or appropriate to prevent further abuse of | ||||||
20 | a family or household member
or further abuse, neglect, or | ||||||
21 | exploitation of a high-risk adult with
disabilities or to | ||||||
22 | effectuate one of the granted remedies, if supported by the
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23 | balance of hardships. If the harm to be prevented by the | ||||||
24 | injunction is abuse
or any other harm that one of the | ||||||
25 | remedies listed in paragraphs (1) through
(16) of this | ||||||
26 | subsection is designed to prevent, no further evidence is
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1 | necessary that the harm is an irreparable injury.
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2 | (c) Relevant factors; findings.
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3 | (1) In determining whether to grant a specific remedy, | ||||||
4 | other than
payment of support, the court shall consider
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5 | relevant factors, including but not limited to the | ||||||
6 | following:
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7 | (i) the nature, frequency, severity, pattern and | ||||||
8 | consequences of the
respondent's past abuse, neglect | ||||||
9 | or exploitation of the petitioner or
any family or | ||||||
10 | household member, including the concealment of his or | ||||||
11 | her
location in order to evade service of process or | ||||||
12 | notice, and the likelihood of
danger of future abuse, | ||||||
13 | neglect, or exploitation to petitioner or any member of
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14 | petitioner's or respondent's family or household; and
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15 | (ii) the danger that any minor child will be abused | ||||||
16 | or neglected or
improperly removed from the | ||||||
17 | jurisdiction, improperly concealed within the
State or | ||||||
18 | improperly separated from the child's primary | ||||||
19 | caretaker.
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20 | (2) In comparing relative hardships resulting to the | ||||||
21 | parties from loss
of possession of the family home, the | ||||||
22 | court shall consider relevant
factors, including but not | ||||||
23 | limited to the following:
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24 | (i) availability, accessibility, cost, safety, | ||||||
25 | adequacy, location and
other characteristics of | ||||||
26 | alternate housing for each party and any minor child
or |
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1 | dependent adult in the party's care;
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2 | (ii) the effect on the party's employment; and
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3 | (iii) the effect on the relationship of the party, | ||||||
4 | and any minor
child or dependent adult in the party's | ||||||
5 | care, to family, school, church
and community.
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6 | (3) Subject to the exceptions set forth in paragraph | ||||||
7 | (4) of this
subsection, the court shall make its findings | ||||||
8 | in an official record or in
writing, and shall at a minimum | ||||||
9 | set forth the following:
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10 | (i) That the court has considered the applicable | ||||||
11 | relevant factors
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of | ||||||
12 | this subsection.
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13 | (ii) Whether the conduct or actions of respondent, | ||||||
14 | unless
prohibited, will likely cause irreparable harm | ||||||
15 | or continued abuse.
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16 | (iii) Whether it is necessary to grant the | ||||||
17 | requested relief in order
to protect petitioner or | ||||||
18 | other alleged abused persons.
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19 | (4) For purposes of issuing an ex parte emergency order | ||||||
20 | of protection,
the court, as an alternative to or as a | ||||||
21 | supplement to making the findings
described in paragraphs | ||||||
22 | (c)(3)(i) through (c)(3)(iii) of this subsection, may
use | ||||||
23 | the following procedure:
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24 | When a verified petition for an emergency order of | ||||||
25 | protection in
accordance with the requirements of Sections | ||||||
26 | 203 and 217 is
presented to the court, the court shall |
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1 | examine petitioner on oath or
affirmation. An emergency | ||||||
2 | order of protection shall be issued by the court
if it | ||||||
3 | appears from the contents of the petition and the | ||||||
4 | examination of
petitioner that the averments are | ||||||
5 | sufficient to indicate abuse by
respondent and to support | ||||||
6 | the granting of relief under the issuance of the
emergency | ||||||
7 | order of protection.
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8 | (5) Never married parties. No rights or | ||||||
9 | responsibilities for a minor
child born outside of marriage | ||||||
10 | attach to a putative father until a father and
child | ||||||
11 | relationship has been established under the Illinois | ||||||
12 | Parentage Act of
1984, the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012, | ||||||
13 | the Illinois Public Aid Code, Section 12 of the Vital | ||||||
14 | Records Act, the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the Probate | ||||||
15 | Act of 1985, the Revised Uniform
Reciprocal Enforcement of | ||||||
16 | Support Act, the Uniform Interstate Family Support
Act, the | ||||||
17 | Expedited Child Support Act of 1990, any judicial, | ||||||
18 | administrative, or
other act of another state or territory, | ||||||
19 | any other Illinois statute, or by any
foreign nation | ||||||
20 | establishing the father and child relationship, any other
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21 | proceeding substantially in conformity with the Personal | ||||||
22 | Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of | ||||||
23 | 1996 (Pub. L. 104-193), or where both
parties appeared in | ||||||
24 | open court or at an administrative hearing acknowledging
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25 | under
oath or admitting by affirmation the existence of a | ||||||
26 | father and child
relationship.
Absent such an |
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1 | adjudication, finding, or acknowledgement, no putative
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2 | father shall be granted
temporary custody of the minor | ||||||
3 | child, visitation with the minor child, or
physical care | ||||||
4 | and possession of the minor child, nor shall an order of | ||||||
5 | payment
for support of the minor child be entered.
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6 | (d) Balance of hardships; findings. If the court finds that | ||||||
7 | the balance
of hardships does not support the granting of a | ||||||
8 | remedy governed by
paragraph (2), (3), (10), (11), or (16) of | ||||||
9 | subsection (b) of this Section,
which may require such | ||||||
10 | balancing, the court's findings shall so
indicate and shall | ||||||
11 | include a finding as to whether granting the remedy will
result | ||||||
12 | in hardship to respondent that would substantially outweigh the | ||||||
13 | hardship
to petitioner from denial of the remedy. The findings | ||||||
14 | shall be an official
record or in writing.
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15 | (e) Denial of remedies. Denial of any remedy shall not be | ||||||
16 | based, in
whole or in part, on evidence that:
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17 | (1) Respondent has cause for any use of force, unless | ||||||
18 | that cause
satisfies the standards for justifiable use of | ||||||
19 | force provided by Article
VII of the Criminal Code of 1961;
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20 | (2) Respondent was voluntarily intoxicated;
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21 | (3) Petitioner acted in self-defense or defense of | ||||||
22 | another, provided
that, if petitioner utilized force, such | ||||||
23 | force was justifiable under
Article VII of the Criminal | ||||||
24 | Code of 1961;
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25 | (4) Petitioner did not act in self-defense or defense | ||||||
26 | of another;
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1 | (5) Petitioner left the residence or household to avoid | ||||||
2 | further abuse,
neglect, or exploitation by respondent;
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3 | (6) Petitioner did not leave the residence or household | ||||||
4 | to avoid further
abuse, neglect, or exploitation by | ||||||
5 | respondent;
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6 | (7) Conduct by any family or household member excused | ||||||
7 | the abuse,
neglect, or exploitation by respondent, unless | ||||||
8 | that same conduct would have
excused such abuse, neglect, | ||||||
9 | or exploitation if the parties had not been
family or | ||||||
10 | household members.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 96-701, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1239, eff. 1-1-11; | ||||||
12 | 97-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-294, eff. 1-1-12; revised 10-4-11.)
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13 | Section 974. The Business Corporation Act of 1983 is | ||||||
14 | amended by changing Section 1.25 as follows:
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15 | (805 ILCS 5/1.25) (from Ch. 32, par. 1.25)
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16 | Sec. 1.25. List of corporations; exchange of information.
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17 | (a) The Secretary of State shall
publish each year a list | ||||||
18 | of corporations filing an annual report for the
preceding year | ||||||
19 | in accordance with the provisions of this Act, which report
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20 | shall state the name of the corporation and the respective | ||||||
21 | names and addresses
of the president, secretary, and registered | ||||||
22 | agent thereof and the address
of the registered office in this | ||||||
23 | State of each such corporation. The Secretary
of State shall | ||||||
24 | furnish without charge a copy of such report to each
recorder |
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1 | of this State, and to each member of the General Assembly
and | ||||||
2 | to each State agency or department requesting the same. The | ||||||
3 | Secretary
of State shall, upon receipt of a written request and | ||||||
4 | a fee as determined by
the
Secretary, furnish such report to | ||||||
5 | anyone else.
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6 | (b) (1) The Secretary of State shall publish daily a list | ||||||
7 | of all newly
formed corporations, business and not for profit, | ||||||
8 | chartered by him on that
day issued after receipt of the | ||||||
9 | application. The daily list shall contain
the same information | ||||||
10 | as to each corporation as is provided for the corporation
list | ||||||
11 | published under subsection (a) of this Section. The daily list | ||||||
12 | may be
obtained at the Secretary's office by any person, | ||||||
13 | newspaper, State department
or agency, or local government for | ||||||
14 | a reasonable charge to be determined
by the Secretary. | ||||||
15 | Inspection of the daily list may be made at the Secretary's
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16 | office during normal business hours without charge by any | ||||||
17 | person, newspaper,
State department or agency, or local | ||||||
18 | government.
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19 | (2) The Secretary shall compile the daily list mentioned in | ||||||
20 | paragraph
(1) of subsection (b) of this Section monthly, or | ||||||
21 | more often at the
Secretary's discretion.
The compilation shall | ||||||
22 | be immediately mailed free of charge to all local
governments | ||||||
23 | requesting in writing receipt of such publication, or shall
be | ||||||
24 | automatically mailed by the Secretary without charge to local | ||||||
25 | governments
as determined by the Secretary. The Secretary shall | ||||||
26 | mail a copy of the
compilations free of charge to all State |
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1 | departments or agencies making
a written request. A request for | ||||||
2 | a compilation of the daily list once made
by a local government | ||||||
3 | or State department or agency need not be renewed.
However, the | ||||||
4 | Secretary may request from time to time whether the local
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5 | governments
or State departments or agencies desire to continue | ||||||
6 | receiving the compilation.
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7 | (3) The compilations of the daily list mentioned in | ||||||
8 | paragraph (2) of
subsection (b)
of this Section shall be mailed | ||||||
9 | to newspapers, or any other person not included
as a recipient | ||||||
10 | in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section, upon
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11 | receipt of a written
application signed by the applicant and | ||||||
12 | accompanied by the payment of a
fee as determined by the | ||||||
13 | Secretary.
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14 | (c) If a domestic or foreign corporation has filed with the
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15 | Secretary of State an annual report for the preceding year or | ||||||
16 | has
been newly formed or is otherwise and in any manner | ||||||
17 | registered
with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State | ||||||
18 | shall exchange
with the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
19 | Services
any information concerning that corporation that may | ||||||
20 | be
necessary for the enforcement of child support orders | ||||||
21 | entered
pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois | ||||||
22 | Marriage and
Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of | ||||||
23 | Spouse and
Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the | ||||||
24 | Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the
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25 | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, or the
Illinois | ||||||
26 | Parentage Act of 1984 , or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 .
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1 | Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to the contrary,
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2 | the Secretary of State shall not be liable
to any person for | ||||||
3 | any disclosure of information to the Department of Healthcare | ||||||
4 | and Family Services (formerly Illinois
Department of Public | ||||||
5 | Aid) under this subsection or for
any other
action taken in | ||||||
6 | good faith to comply with the requirements of this
subsection.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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8 | Section 975. The Limited Liability Company Act is amended | ||||||
9 | by changing Section 50-5 as follows:
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10 | (805 ILCS 180/50-5)
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11 | Sec. 50-5. List of limited liability companies; exchange of | ||||||
12 | information.
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13 | (a) The Secretary of State may publish a list or lists
of | ||||||
14 | limited liability companies and foreign limited liability
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15 | companies, as often, in the format, and for the fees as the
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16 | Secretary of State may in his or her discretion provide by | ||||||
17 | rule.
The Secretary of State may disseminate information | ||||||
18 | concerning limited
liability companies and foreign limited | ||||||
19 | liability companies
by computer network in the format and for | ||||||
20 | the fees as may be
determined by rule.
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21 | (b) Upon written request, any list published under | ||||||
22 | subsection (a) shall be
free to each member of the General | ||||||
23 | Assembly, to each State
agency or department, and to each | ||||||
24 | recorder in this State.
An appropriate fee established by rule |
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any information concerning that | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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company that may be necessary for the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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support orders entered pursuant to the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Illinois Marriage and Dissolution | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of Spouse
and Children Act, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | the Non-Support Punishment Act, the Revised Uniform Reciprocal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Enforcement
of Support Act, the Uniform Interstate Family
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16 | Illinois Parentage Act of 2012 .
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19 | any disclosure of information to the Department of Healthcare | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | and Family Services (formerly Illinois
Department of Public | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Aid) under this subsection or for any other
action taken in | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | good faith to comply with the requirements of this
subsection.
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