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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4443
Introduced 1/9/2006, by Rep. Jack D. Franks SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Parentage Act of 1984. Provides a list of proper venues for modification or enforcement of a judgment for support, custody, visitation, or removal entered under the Act. Provides that objection to the venue is waived if it is not made within such time as the respondent's answer is due.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4443 |
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LRB094 14593 LCT 49536 b |
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| AN ACT concerning families.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 is amended by |
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| adding Section 16.5 as follows:
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| (750 ILCS 45/16.5 new) |
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| Sec. 16.5. Post-Judgment Venue. After 30 days from the |
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| entry
of a judgment for support, custody, visitation, or |
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| removal entered under this Act, or the last modification
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| thereof, any further proceedings to enforce or modify the |
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| judgment
shall be as follows:
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| (a) If the respondent does not then reside within this |
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| State,
further proceedings shall be had either in the judicial |
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| circuit
wherein the moving party resides or where the judgment |
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entered or last modified.
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| (b) If one or both of the parties then resides in the |
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| judicial
circuit wherein the judgment was entered or last |
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| modified, further
proceedings shall be had in the judicial |
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| circuit that last
exercised jurisdiction in the matter; |
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| provided, however, that
the court may in its discretion, |
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| transfer matters involving a
change in child custody to the |
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| judicial circuit where the minor
or dependent child resides. |
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| (c) If neither party then resides in the judicial circuit
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| wherein the judgment was entered or last modified, further
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| proceedings shall be had in that circuit or in the judicial
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| circuit wherein either party resides or where the respondent
is |
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| actively employed; provided, however, that the court may,
in |
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| its discretion, transfer matters involving a change in child
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| custody to the judicial circuit where the minor or dependent |
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| child resides.
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| (d) Objection to venue is waived if not made within such |
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| time
as the respondent's answer is due. Counter relief shall be |