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1 | AN ACT concerning child support.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 510 as follows:
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6 | (750 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 40, par. 510)
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7 | Sec. 510. Modification and termination of provisions for
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8 | maintenance, support, educational expenses, and property | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | disposition.
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10 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Section, in paragraph (f) of Section 502 , and
in subsection | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | (b), clause (3) of Section 505.2, the provisions of any
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13 | judgment respecting maintenance or support may be modified only | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | as to
installments accruing subsequent to due notice by the | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | moving party of the
filing of the motion for modification. An | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | order for child
support may be modified as follows:
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17 | (1) upon a showing of a substantial change in | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | circumstances; and
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19 | (2) without the necessity of showing a substantial | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | change in
circumstances, as follows:
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21 | (A) upon a showing of an inconsistency of at least | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | 20%, but no
less than $10 per month, between the amount | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | of the existing order and the
amount of child support | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | that results from application of the guidelines
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25 | specified in Section 505 of this Act unless the | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | inconsistency is due to the
fact that the amount of the | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | existing order resulted from a deviation from the
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28 | guideline amount and there has not been a change in the | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | circumstances that
resulted in that deviation; or
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30 | (B) Upon a showing of a need to provide for the | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | health care needs
of the child under the order through | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | health insurance or other means. In no
event shall the |
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1 | eligibility for or receipt of medical assistance be | ||||||
2 | considered
to meet the need to provide for the child's | ||||||
3 | health care needs.
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4 | The provisions of subparagraph (a)(2)(A) shall apply only
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5 | in cases in which a party is receiving child support
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6 | enforcement services from the Illinois Department of Public Aid | ||||||
7 | under
Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, and only when | ||||||
8 | at least 36
months have elapsed since the order for child | ||||||
9 | support was entered or last
modified.
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10 | (a-5) An order for maintenance may be modified or | ||||||
11 | terminated only upon a
showing of a substantial change in | ||||||
12 | circumstances. In all such proceedings, as
well as in | ||||||
13 | proceedings in which maintenance is being reviewed, the court | ||||||
14 | shall
consider the applicable factors set forth in subsection | ||||||
15 | (a) of Section 504 and
the following factors:
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16 | (1) any change in the employment status of either party | ||||||
17 | and whether the
change has been made
in good faith;
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18 | (2) the efforts, if any, made by the party receiving | ||||||
19 | maintenance to become
self-supporting, and
the | ||||||
20 | reasonableness of the efforts where they are appropriate;
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21 | (3) any impairment of the present and future earning | ||||||
22 | capacity of either
party;
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23 | (4) the tax consequences of the maintenance payments | ||||||
24 | upon the respective
economic
circumstances of the parties;
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25 | (5) the duration of the maintenance payments | ||||||
26 | previously paid (and
remaining to be paid) relative
to the | ||||||
27 | length of the marriage;
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28 | (6) the property, including retirement benefits, | ||||||
29 | awarded to each party
under the judgment of
dissolution of | ||||||
30 | marriage, judgment of legal separation, or judgment of
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31 | declaration of invalidity of
marriage and the present | ||||||
32 | status of the property;
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33 | (7) the increase or decrease in each party's income | ||||||
34 | since the prior
judgment or order from which
a review, | ||||||
35 | modification, or termination is being sought;
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36 | (8) the property acquired and currently owned by each |
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1 | party after the
entry of the judgment of
dissolution of | ||||||
2 | marriage, judgment of legal separation, or judgment of
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3 | declaration of invalidity of
marriage; and
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4 | (9) any other factor that the court expressly finds to | ||||||
5 | be just and
equitable.
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6 | (b) The provisions as to property disposition may not be | ||||||
7 | revoked or
modified,
unless the court finds the existence of | ||||||
8 | conditions that justify the
reopening of a judgment under the | ||||||
9 | laws of this State.
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10 | (c) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties in a written | ||||||
11 | agreement
set forth in the judgment or otherwise approved by | ||||||
12 | the court, the obligation
to pay future maintenance is | ||||||
13 | terminated upon the death of either party, or
the remarriage of | ||||||
14 | the party receiving maintenance, or if the party
receiving | ||||||
15 | maintenance cohabits with another person on a resident,
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16 | continuing conjugal basis.
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17 | (d) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, or as agreed in | ||||||
18 | writing or
expressly
provided in the
judgment, provisions for | ||||||
19 | the support of a child are terminated by emancipation
of the
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20 | child, or if the child has attained the age of 18 and is still | ||||||
21 | attending
high school,
provisions for the support of the child | ||||||
22 | are terminated upon the date that the
child
graduates from high | ||||||
23 | school or the date the child attains the age of 19,
whichever | ||||||
24 | is
earlier, but not by the death of a parent obligated to | ||||||
25 | support or educate the
child.
An existing obligation to pay for | ||||||
26 | support
or educational expenses, or both, is not terminated by | ||||||
27 | the death of a
parent. When a parent obligated to pay support | ||||||
28 | or educational
expenses, or both, dies, the amount of support | ||||||
29 | or educational expenses, or
both, may be enforced, modified, | ||||||
30 | revoked or commuted to a lump sum payment,
as equity may | ||||||
31 | require, and that determination may be provided for at the
time | ||||||
32 | of the dissolution of the marriage or thereafter.
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33 | (e) The right to petition for support or educational | ||||||
34 | expenses, or both,
under Sections 505 and 513 is not | ||||||
35 | extinguished by the death of a parent.
Upon a petition filed | ||||||
36 | before or after a parent's death, the court may award
sums of |
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1 | money out of the decedent's estate for the child's support or
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2 | educational expenses, or both, as equity may require. The time | ||||||
3 | within
which a claim may be filed against the estate of a | ||||||
4 | decedent under Sections
505 and 513 and subsection (d) and this | ||||||
5 | subsection shall be governed by the
provisions of the Probate | ||||||
6 | Act of 1975, as a barrable, noncontingent claim.
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7 | (f) A petition to modify or terminate child support, | ||||||
8 | custody, or
visitation shall not delay any child support | ||||||
9 | enforcement litigation or
supplementary proceeding on behalf | ||||||
10 | of the obligee, including, but not limited
to, a petition for a | ||||||
11 | rule to show cause, for non-wage garnishment, or for a
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12 | restraining order.
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13 | (g) Upon the motion for modification of any judgment | ||||||
14 | respecting the maintenance or support obligation of any member | ||||||
15 | of the National Guard or Reserves of the United States Armed | ||||||
16 | Forces called up to active duty outside the United States, the | ||||||
17 | court shall modify the soldier's maintenance or support | ||||||
18 | obligation by the same proportion that the soldier's military | ||||||
19 | pay falls below his or her civilian pay, provided that the | ||||||
20 | motion is filed within 180 days of the soldier's discharge from | ||||||
21 | active duty. The modification shall be retroactive to the date | ||||||
22 | the soldier reported for active duty and shall continue until | ||||||
23 | his or her discharge from active duty.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 92-289, eff. 8-9-01; 92-590, eff. 7-1-02; 92-651, | ||||||
25 | eff.
7-11-02; 92-876, eff. 6-1-03; 93-353, eff. 1-1-04.)
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26 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
27 | becoming law.
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