Sen. Laura M. Murphy

Filed: 4/4/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 399

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 399 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and
5Enforcement Act is amended by changing Section 209 as follows:
 
6    (750 ILCS 36/209)
7    Sec. 209. Information To Be Submitted To Court.
8    (a) Subject to any other law providing for the
9confidentiality of procedures, addresses, and other
10identifying information, in a child-custody proceeding, each
11party, in its first pleading or in an attached affidavit, shall
12give information, if reasonably ascertainable, under oath as to
13the child's present address or whereabouts, the places where
14the child has lived during the last five years, and the names
15and present addresses of the persons with whom the child has
16lived during that period. The pleading or affidavit must state

 

 

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1whether the party:
2        (1) has participated, as a party or witness or in any
3    other capacity, in any other proceeding concerning the
4    custody of or visitation with the child and, if so,
5    identify the court, the case number, and the date of the
6    child-custody determination, if any;
7        (2) knows of any proceeding that could affect the
8    current proceeding, including proceedings for enforcement
9    and proceedings relating to domestic violence, protective
10    orders, termination of parental rights, and adoptions and,
11    if so, identify the court, the case number, and the nature
12    of the proceeding; and
13        (3) knows the names and addresses of any person not a
14    party to the proceeding who has physical custody of the
15    child or claims rights of legal custody or physical custody
16    of, or visitation with, the child and, if so, the names and
17    addresses of those persons.
18    (b) If the information required by subsection (a) is not
19furnished, the court, upon motion of a party or its own motion,
20may stay the proceeding until the information is furnished.
21    (c) If the declaration as to any of the items described in
22subsection (a)(1) through (3) is in the affirmative, the
23declarant shall give additional information under oath as
24required by the court. The court may examine the parties under
25oath as to details of the information furnished and other
26matters pertinent to the court's jurisdiction and the

 

 

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1disposition of the case.
2    (d) Each party has a continuing duty to inform the court of
3any proceeding in this or any other state that could affect the
4current proceeding.
5    (e) (Blank).
6    (f) If a party states in the pleading or the affidavit that
7disclosure of an address would risk abuse or harm to the party
8or a family member, the address may be omitted from documents
9filed with the court. A party is not required to include in the
10pleading or affidavit a domestic violence safe house address or
11an address changed as a result of a protective order.
12(Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04.)".