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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, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 601 as follows:
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| 6 | (750 ILCS 5/601) (from Ch. 40, par. 601)
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| 7 | Sec. 601. Jurisdiction; Commencement of Proceeding.
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| 8 | (a) A court of this State competent to decide child custody | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | matters has
jurisdiction to make a child custody determination | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | in original or modification
proceedings as provided in Section | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 201 of the
the Uniform
Child-Custody Jurisdiction and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Enforcement Act as
adopted by this State. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | (b) A child custody proceeding is commenced in the court:
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| 14 | (1) by a parent, by filing a petition:
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| 15 | (i) for dissolution of marriage or legal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | separation or declaration
of invalidity of marriage; | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | or
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| 18 | (ii) for custody of the child, in the county in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | which he is
permanently resident or found;
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| 20 | (2) by a person other than a parent, by filing a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | petition for
custody of the child in the county in which he | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | is permanently resident
or found, but only if he is not in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | the physical custody of one of his
parents; or
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| 24 | (3) by a stepparent, by filing a petition, if all of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | the following
circumstances are met:
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| 26 | (A) the child is at least 12 years old;
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| 27 | (B) the custodial parent and stepparent were | |||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | married for at least 5
years during which the child | |||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | resided with the parent and stepparent;
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| 30 | (C) the custodial parent is deceased or is disabled | |||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | and cannot perform
the duties of a parent to the child;
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| 32 | (D) the stepparent provided for the care, control, | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | and welfare to the
child prior to the initiation of | ||||||
| 2 | custody proceedings;
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| 3 | (E) the child wishes to live with the stepparent; | ||||||
| 4 | and
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| 5 | (F) it is alleged to be in the best interests and | ||||||
| 6 | welfare of the
child to live with the stepparent as | ||||||
| 7 | provided in Section 602 of this Act. | ||||||
| 8 | (4) When one of the parents is deceased, by a | ||||||
| 9 | grandparent who is a parent or stepparent of a deceased | ||||||
| 10 | parent, by filing a petition, if one or more of the | ||||||
| 11 | following existed at the time of the parent's death: | ||||||
| 12 | (A) the surviving parent had been absent from the | ||||||
| 13 | marital abode for more than one month without the | ||||||
| 14 | deceased spouse knowing his or her whereabouts; | ||||||
| 15 | (B) the surviving parent was in State or federal | ||||||
| 16 | custody; or | ||||||
| 17 | (C) the surviving parent had: (i) received | ||||||
| 18 | supervision for or been convicted of any violation of | ||||||
| 19 | Article 12 of the Criminal Code of 1961 directed | ||||||
| 20 | towards the deceased parent or the child; or (ii) | ||||||
| 21 | received supervision or been convicted of violating an | ||||||
| 22 | order of protection entered under Section 217, 218, or | ||||||
| 23 | 219 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 for | ||||||
| 24 | the protection of the deceased parent or the child.
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| 25 | (c) Notice of a child custody proceeding, including an | ||||||
| 26 | action
for modification of a previous custody order, shall be | ||||||
| 27 | given to the
child's parents, guardian and custodian, who may | ||||||
| 28 | appear, be heard, and
file a responsive pleading. The court, | ||||||
| 29 | upon showing of good cause, may
permit intervention of other | ||||||
| 30 | interested parties.
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| 31 | (d) Proceedings for modification of a previous custody | ||||||
| 32 | order
commenced more than 30 days following the entry of a | ||||||
| 33 | previous custody order
must be initiated by serving a written | ||||||
| 34 | notice and a copy of the petition
for modification upon the | ||||||
| 35 | child's parent, guardian and custodian at least
30 days prior | ||||||
| 36 | to hearing on the petition. Nothing in this Section shall
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| 1 | preclude a party in custody modification proceedings from | ||||||
| 2 | moving for a
temporary order under Section 603 of this Act.
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| 3 | (e) (Blank). | ||||||
| 4 | (f) The court shall, at the court's discretion or upon the | ||||||
| 5 | request of any party entitled to petition for custody of the | ||||||
| 6 | child, appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the best | ||||||
| 7 | interest of the child for the duration of the custody | ||||||
| 8 | proceeding or for any modifications of any custody orders | ||||||
| 9 | entered. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent | ||||||
| 10 | the court from appointing the same guardian ad litem for 2 or | ||||||
| 11 | more children that are siblings or half-siblings.
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| 12 | (Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04; 93-1026, eff. 1-1-05.)
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