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1 | AN ACT concerning visitation.
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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 607 as follows:
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6 | (750 ILCS 5/607) (from Ch. 40, par. 607)
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7 | Sec. 607. Visitation.
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8 | (a) A parent not granted custody of the child
is entitled | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | to reasonable visitation rights unless the court finds,
after a | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | hearing, that visitation would endanger seriously the child's
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11 | physical, mental, moral or emotional health. If the custodian's | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | street
address is not identified, pursuant to Section 708, the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | court shall require
the parties to identify reasonable | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | alternative arrangements for visitation
by a non-custodial | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | parent, including but not limited to visitation of the
minor | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | child at the residence of another person or at a local public | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | or
private facility.
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18 | (b) (1) The court may grant reasonable visitation | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | privileges to a
grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling of | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | any minor child upon petition
to the court by the grandparents | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | or great-grandparents or on behalf of the
sibling, with notice | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | to the parties required to be notified under Section
601 of | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | this Act, if the court determines that it is in the
best | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | interests and welfare of the child, and may issue any necessary | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | orders
to enforce such visitation privileges. Except as | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | provided in
paragraph (2) of this subsection (b), a petition | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | for visitation
privileges may be filed under this paragraph (1)
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28 | whether or not a
petition pursuant to this Act has been | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | previously filed or is
currently pending
if one or more of the | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | following circumstances exist:
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31 | (A) the parents are not currently cohabiting on a | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | permanent or an
indefinite basis;
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1 | (B) one of the parents has been absent from the marital | ||||||
2 | abode for more
than one month without the spouse knowing | ||||||
3 | his or her whereabouts;
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4 | (C) one of the parents is deceased;
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5 | (D) one of the parents joins in the petition with the | ||||||
6 | grandparents,
great-grandparents, or sibling; or
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7 | (E) a sibling is in State custody ;
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8 | (F) the deceased parent's last will and testament or a | ||||||
9 | notarized document states that there shall be reasonable | ||||||
10 | visitation; | ||||||
11 | (G) the grandparents,
great-grandparents, or sibling | ||||||
12 | demonstrate that they were an active part of the | ||||||
13 | grandchild's life, with past routine visitation; | ||||||
14 | (H) the grandparents,
great-grandparents, or sibling | ||||||
15 | provided some care for the child prior to the initiation of | ||||||
16 | the visitation proceedings; or | ||||||
17 | (I) the child wishes to have visitation with the | ||||||
18 | grandparents,
great-grandparents, or sibling. | ||||||
19 | (1.3) Any grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling who | ||||||
20 | has custody or is the legal guardian of a child shall not | ||||||
21 | interfere with visitation privileges of the grandparents, | ||||||
22 | great-grandparents, or siblings who are not the child's | ||||||
23 | custodian or guardian if the court rules it is in the best | ||||||
24 | interest of the child to have reasonable visitation.
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25 | (1.5) The Court may grant reasonable visitation privileges | ||||||
26 | to a stepparent
upon petition to the court by the stepparent, | ||||||
27 | with notice to the parties
required to be notified under | ||||||
28 | Section 601 of this Act, if the court determines
that it is in | ||||||
29 | the best interests and welfare of the child, and may issue any
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30 | necessary orders to enforce those visitation privileges.
A | ||||||
31 | petition for visitation privileges may be filed under this | ||||||
32 | paragraph (1.5)
whether or not a petition pursuant to this Act | ||||||
33 | has been previously filed or is
currently pending if the | ||||||
34 | following
circumstances are met:
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35 | (A) the child is at least 12 years old;
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36 | (B) the child resided continuously with the parent and |
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1 | stepparent for at
least 5 years;
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2 | (C) the parent is deceased or is disabled and is unable | ||||||
3 | to care for the
child;
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4 | (D) the child wishes to have reasonable visitation with | ||||||
5 | the stepparent;
and
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6 | (E) the stepparent was providing for the care, control, | ||||||
7 | and welfare to the
child prior to the initiation of the | ||||||
8 | petition for visitation.
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9 | (2)(A) A petition for visitation privileges shall not be | ||||||
10 | filed pursuant
to this subsection (b) by the parents or | ||||||
11 | grandparents of a putative father
if the paternity of the | ||||||
12 | putative father has not been legally established.
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13 | (B) A petition for visitation privileges may not be filed | ||||||
14 | under
this subsection (b) if the child who is the subject of | ||||||
15 | the
grandparents' or great-grandparents' petition has been | ||||||
16 | voluntarily
surrendered by the parent or parents, except for a | ||||||
17 | surrender to the
Illinois Department of Children and Family | ||||||
18 | Services or a foster care
facility, or has been previously | ||||||
19 | adopted by an individual or individuals
who are not related to | ||||||
20 | the biological parents of the child or is the
subject of a | ||||||
21 | pending adoption petition by an individual or individuals who
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22 | are not related to the biological parents of the child.
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23 | (3) When one parent is deceased, the surviving parent shall | ||||||
24 | not
interfere with the visitation rights of the grandparents.
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25 | (c) The court may modify an order granting or denying | ||||||
26 | visitation
rights of a parent whenever modification would serve | ||||||
27 | the best interest of
the child;
but the court shall not | ||||||
28 | restrict a parent's visitation rights unless it
finds that the | ||||||
29 | visitation would endanger seriously the child's physical,
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30 | mental, moral or emotional health.
The court may modify an | ||||||
31 | order granting, denying, or limiting visitation
rights of a | ||||||
32 | grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling of any minor child
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33 | whenever a change of circumstances has occurred based on facts | ||||||
34 | occurring
subsequent to the judgment and the court finds by | ||||||
35 | clear and convincing evidence
that the modification is in the | ||||||
36 | best interest of the minor child.
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1 | (d) If any court has entered an order prohibiting a | ||||||
2 | non-custodial parent
of a child from any contact with a child
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3 | or restricting the non-custodial parent's contact with the | ||||||
4 | child, the
following provisions shall apply:
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5 | (1) If an order has been entered granting visitation | ||||||
6 | privileges with the
child to a grandparent or | ||||||
7 | great-grandparent who is related to the child through
the | ||||||
8 | non-custodial parent, the visitation privileges of the | ||||||
9 | grandparent or
great-grandparent may be revoked if:
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10 | (i) a court has entered an order prohibiting the | ||||||
11 | non-custodial parent
from any contact with the child, | ||||||
12 | and the grandparent or great-grandparent is
found to | ||||||
13 | have used his or her visitation privileges to | ||||||
14 | facilitate contact
between the child and the | ||||||
15 | non-custodial parent; or
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16 | (ii) a court has entered an order restricting the | ||||||
17 | non-custodial parent's
contact with the child, and the | ||||||
18 | grandparent or great-grandparent is found to
have used | ||||||
19 | his or her visitation privileges to facilitate contact
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20 | between the child and the non-custodial parent in a | ||||||
21 | manner that violates the
terms of the order restricting | ||||||
22 | the non-custodial parent's contact with the
child.
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23 | Nothing in this subdivision (1) limits the authority of | ||||||
24 | the court to
enforce its orders in any manner permitted by | ||||||
25 | law.
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26 | (2) Any order granting visitation privileges with the | ||||||
27 | child to a
grandparent or great-grandparent who is related | ||||||
28 | to the child through the
non-custodial parent shall contain | ||||||
29 | the following provision:
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30 | "If the (grandparent or great-grandparent, whichever | ||||||
31 | is applicable) who has
been granted visitation privileges | ||||||
32 | under this order uses the visitation
privileges to | ||||||
33 | facilitate contact between the child and the child's
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34 | non-custodial parent, the visitation privileges granted | ||||||
35 | under this order shall
be permanently revoked."
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36 | (e) No parent, not granted custody of the child, or |
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1 | grandparent, or
great-grandparent, or stepparent, or sibling | ||||||
2 | of any minor child, convicted
of any offense
involving an | ||||||
3 | illegal sex act perpetrated upon a victim less than 18 years of
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4 | age including but not limited to offenses for violations of | ||||||
5 | Article 12 of the
Criminal Code of 1961, is entitled to | ||||||
6 | visitation rights while incarcerated
or while on parole, | ||||||
7 | probation, conditional discharge, periodic
imprisonment, or
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8 | mandatory supervised release for that offense, and upon | ||||||
9 | discharge from
incarceration for a misdemeanor offense or upon | ||||||
10 | discharge from parole,
probation, conditional discharge, | ||||||
11 | periodic imprisonment,
or mandatory supervised release for a | ||||||
12 | felony offense, visitation shall be
denied until the person | ||||||
13 | successfully completes a treatment program approved
by the | ||||||
14 | court.
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15 | (f) Unless the court determines, after considering all | ||||||
16 | relevant factors,
including but not limited to those set forth | ||||||
17 | in Section 602(a), that it would
be in the best interests of | ||||||
18 | the child to allow visitation, the court shall not
enter an | ||||||
19 | order providing visitation rights and pursuant to a motion to | ||||||
20 | modify
visitation shall revoke visitation rights previously | ||||||
21 | granted to any
person who would otherwise be entitled to | ||||||
22 | petition for visitation rights under
this Section who has been | ||||||
23 | convicted of first degree murder of the parent,
grandparent, | ||||||
24 | great-grandparent, or sibling of the child who is the subject | ||||||
25 | of
the order. Until an order is entered pursuant to this | ||||||
26 | subsection, no person
shall visit, with
the child present, a | ||||||
27 | person who has been convicted of first degree murder of
the | ||||||
28 | parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling of the | ||||||
29 | child
without the consent of the child's parent, other than a | ||||||
30 | parent convicted of
first degree murder as set forth herein, or | ||||||
31 | legal
guardian.
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32 | (g) If an order has been entered limiting, for cause, a | ||||||
33 | minor child's
contact or
visitation with a grandparent, | ||||||
34 | great-grandparent, or sibling on the grounds
that it was in the | ||||||
35 | best interest of the child to do so, that order may be
modified | ||||||
36 | only upon a showing of a substantial change in circumstances |
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1 | occurring
subsequent to the entry of the order with proof by | ||||||
2 | clear and convincing
evidence that modification is in the best | ||||||
3 | interest of the minor child.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 90-782, eff. 8-14-98; 90-801, eff. 6-1-99; | ||||||
5 | 91-357, eff.
7-29-99; 91-610, eff. 8-19-99 .)
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