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| 1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and | ||||||
| 5 | Enforcement Act is amended by changing Section 209 as follows:
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| 6 | (750 ILCS 36/209)
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| 7 | Sec. 209. Information To Be Submitted To Court.
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| 8 | (a) Subject to any other law providing for the | ||||||
| 9 | confidentiality of
procedures, addresses, and other | ||||||
| 10 | identifying information, in a child-custody
proceeding,
each
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| 11 | party, in its first pleading or in an attached affidavit, shall | ||||||
| 12 | give
information, if
reasonably ascertainable, under oath as to | ||||||
| 13 | the child's present address or
whereabouts, the places where | ||||||
| 14 | the child has lived during the last five years,
and the
names | ||||||
| 15 | and present addresses of the persons with whom the child has | ||||||
| 16 | lived during
that period. The pleading or affidavit must state | ||||||
| 17 | whether the party:
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| 18 | (1) has participated, as a party or witness or in any | ||||||
| 19 | other capacity, in
any other proceeding concerning the | ||||||
| 20 | custody of or visitation with the child
and, if so,
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| 21 | identify the court, the case number, and the date of the | ||||||
| 22 | child-custody
determination,
if any;
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| 23 | (2) knows of any proceeding that could affect the | ||||||
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| 1 | current proceeding,
including proceedings for enforcement | ||||||
| 2 | and proceedings relating to domestic
violence, protective | ||||||
| 3 | orders, termination of parental rights, and adoptions and,
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| 4 | if so,
identify the court, the case number, and the nature | ||||||
| 5 | of the proceeding; and
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| 6 | (3) knows the names and addresses of any person not a | ||||||
| 7 | party to the
proceeding who has physical custody of the | ||||||
| 8 | child or claims rights of legal
custody
or physical custody | ||||||
| 9 | of, or visitation with, the child and, if so, the names and
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| 10 | addresses of those persons.
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| 11 | (b) If the information required by subsection (a) is not | ||||||
| 12 | furnished, the
court,
upon motion of a party or its own motion, | ||||||
| 13 | may stay the proceeding until the
information is furnished.
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| 14 | (c) If the declaration as to any of the items described in | ||||||
| 15 | subsection (a)(1)
through (3) is in the affirmative, the | ||||||
| 16 | declarant shall give additional
information
under oath as | ||||||
| 17 | required by the court. The court may examine the parties under
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| 18 | oath
as to details of the information furnished and other | ||||||
| 19 | matters pertinent to the
court's
jurisdiction and the | ||||||
| 20 | disposition of the case.
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| 21 | (d) Each party has a continuing duty to inform the court of | ||||||
| 22 | any proceeding
in this or any other state that could affect the | ||||||
| 23 | current proceeding.
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| 24 | (e) (Blank).
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| 25 | (f) If a party states in the pleading or the affidavit that | ||||||
| 26 | disclosure of an address would risk abuse or harm to the party | ||||||
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| 1 | or a family member, the address may be omitted from documents | ||||||
| 2 | filed with the court. A party is not required to include in the | ||||||
| 3 | pleading or affidavit a domestic violence safe house address or | ||||||
| 4 | an address changed as a result of a protective order. | ||||||
| 5 | (Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04.)
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