Sen. John G. Mulroe

Filed: 5/8/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1452

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1452 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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"ARTICLE 1. HEART BALM ACTIONS

 
5    Section 1-1. Findings. The majority of states have
6abolished heart balm actions. In Illinois, heart balm actions
7for alienation of affections, breach of promise to marry, and
8criminal conversation were permitted under the common law
9before the abolition of those causes of action by "An Act in
10relation to certain causes of action conducive to extortion and
11blackmail, and to declare illegal, contracts and Acts made and
12done in pursuance thereof", filed May 4, 1935, Laws 1935, p.
13716. The Illinois Supreme Court held, in Heck v. Schupp, 394
14Ill. 296 (1946), that the 1935 Act was unconstitutional and
15that the abolition of heart balm actions would infringe upon
16the rights of parties to remedies under Section 19 of Article

 

 

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1II of the 1870 Constitution. (Section 12 of Article I of the
21970 Constitution is similar to the relevant portion of Section
319 of Article II of the 1870 Constitution.) Since 1947, heart
4balm actions have been permitted with limited damages under the
5Alienation of Affections Act, the Breach of Promise Act, and
6the Criminal Conversation Act.
7    Society has since recognized that the amicable settlement
8of domestic relations disputes is beneficial. In 1977, the
9Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act became the
10law of this State. As stated in Section 102 of that Act, among
11its underlying purposes are: promoting the amicable settlement
12of disputes that have arisen between parties to a marriage;
13mitigating the potential harm to the spouses and their children
14caused by the process of legal dissolution of marriage; and
15eliminating the consideration of marital misconduct in the
16adjudication of rights and duties incident to the legal
17dissolution of marriage, legal separation and declaration of
18invalidity of marriage. Heart balm actions are inconsistent
19with these purposes.
20    Society has also realized that women and men should have
21equal rights under the law. Heart balm actions are rooted in
22the now-discredited notion that men and women are unequal.
23    Although the Alienation of Affections Act, the Breach of
24Promise Act, and the Criminal Conversation Act represent
25attempts to ameliorate some of the more odious consequences of
26heart balm actions, the General Assembly finds that actions for

 

 

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1alienation of affections, breach of promise to marry, and
2criminal conversation are contrary to the public policy of this
3State and those causes of action should be abolished.
 
4    Section 1-5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5changing Section 13-202 as follows:
 
6    (735 ILCS 5/13-202)  (from Ch. 110, par. 13-202)
7    Sec. 13-202. Personal injury - Penalty. Actions for damages
8for an injury to the person, or for false imprisonment, or
9malicious prosecution, or for a statutory penalty, or for
10abduction, or for seduction, or for criminal conversation that
11may proceed pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 7.1 of the
12Criminal Conversation Abolition Act, except damages resulting
13from first degree murder or the commission of a Class X felony
14and the perpetrator thereof is convicted of such crime, shall
15be commenced within 2 years next after the cause of action
16accrued but such an action against a defendant arising from a
17crime committed by the defendant in whose name an escrow
18account was established under the "Criminal Victims' Escrow
19Account Act" shall be commenced within 2 years after the
20establishment of such account. If the compelling of a
21confession or information by imminent bodily harm or threat of
22imminent bodily harm results in whole or in part in a criminal
23prosecution of the plaintiff, the 2-year period set out in this
24Section shall be tolled during the time in which the plaintiff

 

 

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1is incarcerated, or until criminal prosecution has been finally
2adjudicated in favor of the above referred plaintiff, whichever
3is later. However, this provision relating to the compelling of
4a confession or information shall not apply to units of local
5government subject to the Local Governmental and Governmental
6Employees Tort Immunity Act.
7(Source: P.A. 94-1113, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
8    Section 1-10. The Alienation of Affections Act is amended
9by changing the title of the Act and Section 0.01 and by adding
10Section 7.1 as follows:
 
11    (740 ILCS 5/Act title)
12An Act relating to the damages recoverable in actions for
13alienation of affections.
 
14    (740 ILCS 5/0.01)  (from Ch. 40, par. 1900)
15    Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
16Alienation of Affections Abolition Act.
17(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
 
18    (740 ILCS 5/7.1 new)
19    Sec. 7.1. Abolition; effect of repeal.
20    (a) This amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly does
21not apply to any cause of action that accrued under Sections 1
22through 7 of this Act before their repeal, and a timely action

 

 

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1brought under those Sections shall be decided in accordance
2with those Sections as they existed when the cause of action
3accrued.
4    (b) An action may not be brought for alienation of
5affections based on facts occurring on or after the effective
6date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
 
7    (740 ILCS 5/1 rep.)
8    (740 ILCS 5/2 rep.)
9    (740 ILCS 5/3 rep.)
10    (740 ILCS 5/4 rep.)
11    (740 ILCS 5/5 rep.)
12    (740 ILCS 5/6 rep.)
13    (740 ILCS 5/7 rep.)
14    Section 1-15. The Alienation of Affections Act is amended
15by repealing Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
 
16    Section 1-20. The Breach of Promise Act is amended by
17changing Section 0.01 and by adding Section 10.1 as follows:
 
18    (740 ILCS 15/0.01)  (from Ch. 40, par. 1800)
19    Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Breach
20of Promise Abolition Act.
21(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
 
22    (740 ILCS 15/10.1 new)

 

 

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1    Sec. 10.1. Abolition; effect of repeal.
2    (a) This amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly does
3not apply to any cause of action that accrued under Sections 1
4through 10 of this Act before their repeal, and a timely action
5brought under those Sections shall be decided in accordance
6with those Sections as they existed when the cause of action
7accrued.
8    (b) An action may not be brought for breach of promise or
9agreement to marry based on facts occurring on or after the
10effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
11Assembly.
 
12    (740 ILCS 15/1 rep.)
13    (740 ILCS 15/2 rep.)
14    (740 ILCS 15/3 rep.)
15    (740 ILCS 15/4 rep.)
16    (740 ILCS 15/5 rep.)
17    (740 ILCS 15/6 rep.)
18    (740 ILCS 15/7 rep.)
19    (740 ILCS 15/8 rep.)
20    (740 ILCS 15/9 rep.)
21    (740 ILCS 15/10 rep.)
22    Section 1-25. The Breach of Promise Act is amended by
23repealing Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
 
24    Section 1-30. The Criminal Conversation Act is amended by

 

 

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1changing the title of the Act and Section 0.01 and by adding
2Section 7.1 as follows:
 
3    (740 ILCS 50/Act title)
4An Act relating to the damages recoverable in actions for
5criminal conversation.
 
6    (740 ILCS 50/0.01)  (from Ch. 40, par. 1950)
7    Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
8Criminal Conversation Abolition Act.
9(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
 
10    (740 ILCS 50/7.1 new)
11    Sec. 7.1. Abolition; effect of repeal.
12    (a) This amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly does
13not apply to any cause of action that accrued under Sections 1
14through 7 of this Act before their repeal, and a timely action
15brought under those Sections shall be decided in accordance
16with those Sections as they existed when the cause of action
17accrued.
18    (b) An action may not be brought for criminal conversation
19based on facts occurring on or after the effective date of this
20amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
 
21    (740 ILCS 50/1 rep.)
22    (740 ILCS 50/2 rep.)

 

 

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1    (740 ILCS 50/3 rep.)
2    (740 ILCS 50/4 rep.)
3    (740 ILCS 50/5 rep.)
4    (740 ILCS 50/6 rep.)
5    (740 ILCS 50/7 rep.)
6    Section 1-35. The Criminal Conversation Act is amended by
7repealing Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
 
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ARTICLE 5. OTHER AMENDATORY PROVISIONS

 
9    Section 5-5. The Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery
10Act of 1984 is amended by changing Section 7.1 as follows:
 
11    (325 ILCS 40/7.1)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2257.1)
12    Sec. 7.1. In addition to any requirement of Section 601.2
13601 or 611 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage
14Act or applicable provisions of the Uniform Child-Custody
15Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act regarding a parental
16responsibility allocation custody proceeding of an
17out-of-state party, every court in this State, prior to
18granting or modifying a parental responsibility allocation
19custody judgment, shall inquire with LEADS and the National
20Crime Information Center to ascertain whether the child or
21children in question have been reported missing or have been
22involved in or are the victims of a parental or noncustodial
23abduction. Such inquiry may be conducted with any law

 

 

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1enforcement agency in this State that maintains a LEADS
2terminal or has immediate access to one on a 24-hour-per-day,
37-day-per-week basis through a written agreement with another
4law enforcement agency.
5(Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
6    Section 5-10. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
7amended by changing Section 112A-23 as follows:
 
8    (725 ILCS 5/112A-23)  (from Ch. 38, par. 112A-23)
9    Sec. 112A-23. Enforcement of orders of protection.
10    (a) When violation is crime. A violation of any order of
11protection, whether issued in a civil, quasi-criminal
12proceeding, shall be enforced by a criminal court when:
13        (1) The respondent commits the crime of violation of an
14    order of protection pursuant to Section 12-3.4 or 12-30 of
15    the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, by
16    having knowingly violated:
17            (i) remedies described in paragraphs (1), (2),
18        (3), (14), or (14.5) of subsection (b) of Section
19        112A-14,
20            (ii) a remedy, which is substantially similar to
21        the remedies authorized under paragraphs (1), (2),
22        (3), (14) or (14.5) of subsection (b) of Section 214 of
23        the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, in a valid
24        order of protection, which is authorized under the laws

 

 

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1        of another state, tribe or United States territory,
2            (iii) or any other remedy when the act constitutes
3        a crime against the protected parties as defined by the
4        Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
5        Prosecution for a violation of an order of protection
6    shall not bar concurrent prosecution for any other crime,
7    including any crime that may have been committed at the
8    time of the violation of the order of protection; or
9        (2) The respondent commits the crime of child abduction
10    pursuant to Section 10-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
11    the Criminal Code of 2012, by having knowingly violated:
12            (i) remedies described in paragraphs (5), (6) or
13        (8) of subsection (b) of Section 112A-14, or
14            (ii) a remedy, which is substantially similar to
15        the remedies authorized under paragraphs (1), (5),
16        (6), or (8) of subsection (b) of Section 214 of the
17        Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, in a valid
18        order of protection, which is authorized under the laws
19        of another state, tribe or United States territory.
20    (b) When violation is contempt of court. A violation of any
21valid order of protection, whether issued in a civil or
22criminal proceeding, may be enforced through civil or criminal
23contempt procedures, as appropriate, by any court with
24jurisdiction, regardless where the act or acts which violated
25the order of protection were committed, to the extent
26consistent with the venue provisions of this Article. Nothing

 

 

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1in this Article shall preclude any Illinois court from
2enforcing any valid order of protection issued in another
3state. Illinois courts may enforce orders of protection through
4both criminal prosecution and contempt proceedings, unless the
5action which is second in time is barred by collateral estoppel
6or the constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy.
7        (1) In a contempt proceeding where the petition for a
8    rule to show cause sets forth facts evidencing an immediate
9    danger that the respondent will flee the jurisdiction,
10    conceal a child, or inflict physical abuse on the
11    petitioner or minor children or on dependent adults in
12    petitioner's care, the court may order the attachment of
13    the respondent without prior service of the rule to show
14    cause or the petition for a rule to show cause. Bond shall
15    be set unless specifically denied in writing.
16        (2) A petition for a rule to show cause for violation
17    of an order of protection shall be treated as an expedited
18    proceeding.
19    (c) Violation of custody, allocation of parental
20responsibility, or support orders. A violation of remedies
21described in paragraphs (5), (6), (8), or (9) of subsection (b)
22of Section 112A-14 may be enforced by any remedy provided by
23Section 607.5 611 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
24Marriage Act. The court may enforce any order for support
25issued under paragraph (12) of subsection (b) of Section
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1Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
2    (d) Actual knowledge. An order of protection may be
3enforced pursuant to this Section if the respondent violates
4the order after respondent has actual knowledge of its contents
5as shown through one of the following means:
6        (1) By service, delivery, or notice under Section
7    112A-10.
8        (2) By notice under Section 112A-11.
9        (3) By service of an order of protection under Section
10    112A-22.
11        (4) By other means demonstrating actual knowledge of
12    the contents of the order.
13    (e) The enforcement of an order of protection in civil or
14criminal court shall not be affected by either of the
15following:
16        (1) The existence of a separate, correlative order
17    entered under Section 112A-15.
18        (2) Any finding or order entered in a conjoined
19    criminal proceeding.
20    (f) Circumstances. The court, when determining whether or
21not a violation of an order of protection has occurred, shall
22not require physical manifestations of abuse on the person of
23the victim.
24    (g) Penalties.
25        (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this
26    subsection, where the court finds the commission of a crime

 

 

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1    or contempt of court under subsections (a) or (b) of this
2    Section, the penalty shall be the penalty that generally
3    applies in such criminal or contempt proceedings, and may
4    include one or more of the following: incarceration,
5    payment of restitution, a fine, payment of attorneys' fees
6    and costs, or community service.
7        (2) The court shall hear and take into account evidence
8    of any factors in aggravation or mitigation before deciding
9    an appropriate penalty under paragraph (1) of this
10    subsection.
11        (3) To the extent permitted by law, the court is
12    encouraged to:
13            (i) increase the penalty for the knowing violation
14        of any order of protection over any penalty previously
15        imposed by any court for respondent's violation of any
16        order of protection or penal statute involving
17        petitioner as victim and respondent as defendant;
18            (ii) impose a minimum penalty of 24 hours
19        imprisonment for respondent's first violation of any
20        order of protection; and
21            (iii) impose a minimum penalty of 48 hours
22        imprisonment for respondent's second or subsequent
23        violation of an order of protection
24    unless the court explicitly finds that an increased penalty
25    or that period of imprisonment would be manifestly unjust.
26        (4) In addition to any other penalties imposed for a

 

 

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1    violation of an order of protection, a criminal court may
2    consider evidence of any violations of an order of
3    protection:
4            (i) to increase, revoke or modify the bail bond on
5        an underlying criminal charge pursuant to Section
6        110-6;
7            (ii) to revoke or modify an order of probation,
8        conditional discharge or supervision, pursuant to
9        Section 5-6-4 of the Unified Code of Corrections;
10            (iii) to revoke or modify a sentence of periodic
11        imprisonment, pursuant to Section 5-7-2 of the Unified
12        Code of Corrections.
13(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
14    Section 5-15. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
15Marriage Act is amended by changing Sections 102, 104, 105,
16107, 209, 219, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 409, 411, 413, 452,
17453, 501, 501.1, 502, 503, 504, 505, 505.1, 508, 510, 512, 513,
18602.3 and the heading of Part VI and by adding Sections 513.5,
19600, 601.2, 602.5, 602.7, 602.8, 602.9, 602.10, 603.5, 603.10,
20604.10, 606.5, 606.10, 607.5, 609.2, 610.5, and 612 as follows:
 
21    (750 ILCS 5/102)  (from Ch. 40, par. 102)
22    Sec. 102. Purposes; Rules of Construction. This Act shall
23be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying
24purposes, which are to:

 

 

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1    (1) provide adequate procedures for the solemnization and
2registration of marriage;
3    (2) strengthen and preserve the integrity of marriage and
4safeguard family relationships;
5    (3) promote the amicable settlement of disputes that have
6arisen between parties to a marriage;
7    (4) mitigate the potential harm to the spouses and their
8children caused by the process of an action brought under this
9Act, and protect children from exposure to conflict and
10violence legal dissolution of marriage;
11    (5) ensure predictable decision-making for the care of
12children and for the allocation of parenting time and other
13parental responsibilities, and avoid prolonged uncertainty by
14expeditiously resolving issues involving children;
15    (6) recognize the right of children to a healthy
16relationship with parents, and the responsibility of parents to
17ensure such a relationship;
18    (7) acknowledge that the determination of children's best
19interests, and the allocation of parenting time and significant
20decision-making responsibilities, are among the paramount
21responsibilities of our system of justice, and to that end:
22        (A) recognize children's right to a strong and healthy
23    relationship with parents, and parents' concomitant right
24    and responsibility to create and maintain such
25    relationships;
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1    or any other factor that the court expressly finds to be
2    relevant, proximity to, and frequent contact with, both
3    parents promotes healthy development of children;
4        (C) facilitate parental planning and agreement about
5    the children's upbringing and allocation of parenting time
6    and other parental responsibilities;
7        (D) continue existing parent-child relationships, and
8    secure the maximum involvement and cooperation of parents
9    regarding the physical, mental, moral, and emotional
10    well-being of the children during and after the litigation;
11    and
12        (E) promote or order parents to participate in programs
13    designed to educate parents to:
14            (i) minimize or eliminate rancor and the
15        detrimental effect of litigation in any proceeding
16        involving children; and
17            (ii) facilitate the maximum cooperation of parents
18        in raising their children;
19    (8) (5) make reasonable provision for support spouses and
20minor children during and after an underlying dissolution of
21marriage, legal separation, parentage, or parental
22responsibility allocation action litigation, including
23provision for timely advances awards of interim fees and costs
24to all attorneys, experts, and opinion witnesses including
25guardians ad litem and children's representatives, to achieve
26substantial parity in parties' access to funds for pre-judgment

 

 

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1litigation costs in an action for dissolution of marriage;
2    (9) (6) eliminate the consideration of marital misconduct
3in the adjudication of rights and duties incident to the legal
4dissolution of marriage, legal separation and declaration of
5invalidity of marriage; and
6    (7) secure the maximum involvement and cooperation of both
7parents regarding the physical, mental, moral and emotional
8well-being of the children during and after the litigation; and
9    (10) (8) make provision for the preservation and
10conservation of marital assets during the litigation.
11(Source: P.A. 89-712, eff. 6-1-97.)
 
12    (750 ILCS 5/104)  (from Ch. 40, par. 104)
13    Sec. 104. Venue.) The proceedings shall be had in the
14county where the plaintiff or defendant resides, except as
15otherwise provided herein, but process may be directed to any
16county in the State. Objection to venue is barred if not made
17within such time as the defendant's response is due. In no
18event shall venue be deemed jurisdictional.
19    In any case brought pursuant to this Act where neither the
20petitioner nor respondent resides in the county in which the
21initial pleading is filed, the petitioner shall file with the
22initial pleading a written motion, which shall be set for
23hearing and ruled upon before any other issue is taken up,
24advising that the forum selected is not one of proper venue and
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1of the venue requirements of this Section.
2(Source: P.A. 82-716.)
 
3    (750 ILCS 5/105)  (from Ch. 40, par. 105)
4    Sec. 105. Application of Civil Practice Law.) (a) The
5provisions of the Civil Practice Law shall apply to all
6proceedings under this Act, except as otherwise provided in
7this Act.
8    (b) A proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal
9separation or declaration of invalidity of marriage shall be
10entitled "In re the Marriage of ... and ...". A parental
11responsibility allocation custody or support proceeding shall
12be entitled "In re the (Parental Responsibility Custody)
13(Support) of ...".
14    (c) The initial pleading in all proceedings under this Act
15shall be denominated a petition. A responsive pleading shall be
16denominated a response. If new matter by way of defense is
17pleaded in the response, a reply may be filed by the
18petitioner, but the failure to reply is not an admission of the
19legal sufficiency of the new matter. All other pleadings under
20this Act shall be denominated as provided in the Civil Practice
21Law.
22    (d) As used in this Section, "pleadings" includes any
23petition or motion filed in the dissolution of marriage case
24which, if independently filed, would constitute a separate
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1declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, and orders of
2protection. Actions under this subsection are subject to
3motions filed pursuant to Sections 2-615 and 2-619 of the Code
4of Civil Procedure.
5(Source: P.A. 82-783.)
 
6    (750 ILCS 5/107)  (from Ch. 40, par. 107)
7    Sec. 107. Order of protection; status. Whenever relief is
8sought under Part V, Part VI or Part VII of this Act, the court
9should inquire and parties shall advise the court, before
10granting relief, shall determine whether any order of
11protection has previously been entered in the instant
12proceeding or any other proceeding in which any party, or a
13child of any party, or both, if relevant, has been designated
14as either a petitioner, respondent, or a protected person.
15(Source: P.A. 87-743.)
 
16    (750 ILCS 5/209)  (from Ch. 40, par. 209)
17    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-597)
18    Sec. 209. Solemnization and Registration.)
19    (a) A marriage may be solemnized by a judge of a court of
20record, by a retired judge of a court of record, unless the
21retired judge was removed from office by the Judicial Inquiry
22Board, except that a retired judge shall not receive any
23compensation from the State, a county or any unit of local
24government in return for the solemnization of a marriage and

 

 

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1there shall be no effect upon any pension benefits conferred by
2the Judges Retirement System of Illinois, by a judge of the
3Court of Claims, by a county clerk in counties having 2,000,000
4or more inhabitants, by a public official whose powers include
5solemnization of marriages, or in accordance with the
6prescriptions of any religious denomination, Indian Nation or
7Tribe or Native Group, provided that when such prescriptions
8require an officiant, the officiant be in good standing with
9his or her religious denomination, Indian Nation or Tribe or
10Native Group. Either the person solemnizing the marriage, or,
11if no individual acting alone solemnized the marriage, both
12parties to the marriage, shall complete the marriage
13certificate form and forward it to the county clerk within 10
14days after such marriage is solemnized.
15    (a-5) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require any
16religious denomination or Indian Nation or Tribe or Native
17Group, or any minister, clergy, or officiant acting as a
18representative of a religious denomination or Indian Nation or
19Tribe or Native Group, to solemnize any marriage. Instead, any
20religious denomination or Indian Nation or Tribe or Native
21Group, or any minister, clergy, or officiant acting as a
22representative of a religious denomination or Indian Nation or
23Tribe or Native Group is free to choose which marriages it will
24solemnize. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a
25refusal by a religious denomination or Indian Nation or Tribe
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1as a representative of a religious denomination or Indian
2Nation or Tribe or Native Group to solemnize any marriage under
3this Act shall not create or be the basis for any civil,
4administrative, or criminal penalty, claim, or cause of action.
5    (a-10) No church, mosque, synagogue, temple,
6nondenominational ministry, interdenominational or ecumenical
7organization, mission organization, or other organization
8whose principal purpose is the study, practice, or advancement
9of religion is required to provide religious facilities for the
10solemnization ceremony or celebration associated with the
11solemnization ceremony of a marriage if the solemnization
12ceremony or celebration associated with the solemnization
13ceremony is in violation of its religious beliefs. An entity
14identified in this subsection (a-10) shall be immune from any
15civil, administrative, criminal penalty, claim, or cause of
16action based on its refusal to provide religious facilities for
17the solemnization ceremony or celebration associated with the
18solemnization ceremony of a marriage if the solemnization
19ceremony or celebration associated with the solemnization
20ceremony is in violation of its religious beliefs. As used in
21this subsection (a-10), "religious facilities" means
22sanctuaries, parish halls, fellowship halls, and similar
23facilities. "Religious facilities" does not include facilities
24such as businesses, health care facilities, educational
25facilities, or social service agencies.
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1(1) by the fact that the person solemnizing the marriage was
2not legally qualified to solemnize it, if a reasonable person
3would believe the person solemnizing the marriage to be so
4qualified; if either party to the marriage believed him or her
5to be so qualified or (2) by the fact that the marriage was
6inadvertently solemnized in a county in Illinois other than the
7county where the license was issued and filed.
8    (c) Any marriage that meets the requirements of this
9Section shall be presumed valid.
10(Source: P.A. 98-597, eff. 6-1-14.)
 
11    (750 ILCS 5/219)  (from Ch. 40, par. 219)
12    Sec. 219. Offenses.) Any official issuing a license with
13knowledge that the parties are thus prohibited from marrying
14intermarrying and any person authorized to celebrate marriage
15who shall knowingly celebrate such a marriage shall be guilty
16of a Class B misdemeanor petty offense.
17(Source: P.A. 80-923.)
 
18    (750 ILCS 5/401)  (from Ch. 40, par. 401)
19    Sec. 401. Dissolution of marriage.
20    (a) The court shall enter a judgment of dissolution of
21marriage when if at the time the action was commenced one of
22the spouses was a resident of this State or was stationed in
23this State while a member of the armed services, and the
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1next preceding the commencement of the action or the making of
2the finding:
3    Irreconcilable differences have caused the irretrievable
4breakdown of the marriage and the court determines that efforts
5at reconciliation have failed or that future attempts at
6reconciliation would be impracticable and not in the best
7interests of the family.
8    (a-5) If the parties are separated for 6 consecutive
9months, which period may commence prior to or after the filing
10of an action for dissolution of marriage under this Act, there
11is an irrebuttable presumption that the requirement of
12irreconcilable differences has been met. ; provided, however,
13that a finding of residence of a party in any judgment entered
14under this Act from January 1, 1982 through June 30, 1982 shall
15satisfy the former domicile requirements of this Act; and if
16one of the following grounds for dissolution has been proved:
17        (1) That, without cause or provocation by the
18    petitioner: the respondent was at the time of such
19    marriage, and continues to be naturally impotent; the
20    respondent had a wife or husband living at the time of the
21    marriage; the respondent had committed adultery subsequent
22    to the marriage; the respondent has wilfully deserted or
23    absented himself or herself from the petitioner for the
24    space of one year, including any period during which
25    litigation may have pended between the spouses for
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1    respondent has been guilty of habitual drunkenness for the
2    space of 2 years; the respondent has been guilty of gross
3    and confirmed habits caused by the excessive use of
4    addictive drugs for the space of 2 years, or has attempted
5    the life of the other by poison or other means showing
6    malice, or has been guilty of extreme and repeated physical
7    or mental cruelty, or has been convicted of a felony or
8    other infamous crime; or the respondent has infected the
9    other with a sexually transmitted disease. "Excessive use
10    of addictive drugs", as used in this Section, refers to use
11    of an addictive drug by a person when using the drug
12    becomes a controlling or a dominant purpose of his life; or
13        (2) That the spouses have lived separate and apart for
14    a continuous period in excess of 2 years and irreconcilable
15    differences have caused the irretrievable breakdown of the
16    marriage and the court determines that efforts at
17    reconciliation have failed or that future attempts at
18    reconciliation would be impracticable and not in the best
19    interests of the family. If the spouses have lived separate
20    and apart for a continuous period of not less than 6 months
21    next preceding the entry of the judgment dissolving the
22    marriage, as evidenced by testimony or affidavits of the
23    spouses, the requirement of living separate and apart for a
24    continuous period in excess of 2 years may be waived upon
25    written stipulation of both spouses filed with the court.
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1    following periods shall be included in the period of
2    separation:
3            (A) any period of cohabitation during which the
4        parties attempted in good faith to reconcile and
5        participated in marriage counseling under the guidance
6        of any of the following: a psychiatrist, a clinical
7        psychologist, a clinical social worker, a marriage and
8        family therapist, a person authorized to provide
9        counseling in accordance with the prescriptions of any
10        religious denomination, or a person regularly engaged
11        in providing family or marriage counseling; and
12            (B) any period of cohabitation under written
13        agreement of the parties to attempt to reconcile.
14    In computing the period during which the spouses have lived
15separate and apart for purposes of this Section, periods during
16which the spouses were living separate and apart prior to July
171, 1984 are included.
18    (b) Judgment shall not be entered unless, to the extent it
19has jurisdiction to do so, the court has considered, approved,
20reserved or made provision for the allocation of parental
21responsibilities child custody, the support of any child of the
22marriage entitled to support, the maintenance of either spouse
23and the disposition of property. The court shall may enter a
24judgment for dissolution that reserves any of these issues
25either upon (i) agreement of the parties, or (ii) motion of
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1circumstances exist.
2    The death of a party subsequent to entry of a judgment for
3dissolution but before judgment on reserved issues shall not
4abate the proceedings.
5    If any provision of this Section or its application shall
6be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid for any reason by any
7court of competent jurisdiction, that judgment shall not
8impair, affect or invalidate any other provision or application
9of this Section, which shall remain in full force and effect.
10(Source: P.A. 89-187, eff. 7-19-95.)
 
11    (750 ILCS 5/402)  (from Ch. 40, par. 402)
12    Sec. 402. Legal Separation.)
13    (a) Any person living separate and apart from his or her
14spouse without fault may have a remedy for reasonable support
15and maintenance while they so live apart.
16    (b) Such action shall be brought in the circuit court of
17the county in which the petitioner or respondent resides or in
18which the parties last resided together as husband and wife. In
19the event the respondent cannot be found within the State, the
20action may be brought in the circuit court of the county in
21which the petitioner resides. Commencement of the action,
22temporary relief and trials shall be the same as in actions for
23dissolution of marriage, except that temporary relief in an
24action for legal separation shall be limited to the relief set
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1subdivision (a)(2) of Section 501. If the court deems it
2appropriate to enter a judgment for legal separation, the court
3shall consider the applicable factors in Section 504 in
4awarding maintenance. If the court deems it appropriate to
5enter a judgment for legal separation, the court may approve a
6property settlement agreement that the parties have requested
7the court to incorporate into the judgment, subject to the
8following provisions: .
9        (1) the court may not value or allocate property in the
10    absence of such an agreement;
11        (2) the court may disapprove such an agreement only if
12    it finds that the agreement is unconscionable; and
13        (3) such an agreement is final and non-modifiable.
14    (c) A proceeding or judgment for legal separation shall not
15bar either party from instituting an action for dissolution of
16marriage, and if the party so moving has met the requirements
17of Section 401, a judgment for dissolution shall be granted.
18Absent an agreement set forth in a separation agreement that
19provides for non-modifiable permanent maintenance, if a party
20to a judgment for legal separation files an action for
21dissolution of marriage, the issues of temporary and permanent
22maintenance shall be decided de novo.
23(Source: P.A. 82-716.)
 
24    (750 ILCS 5/403)  (from Ch. 40, par. 403)
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1Defenses - Procedure.)
2    (a) The complaint or petition for dissolution of marriage
3or legal separation shall be verified and shall minimally set
4forth:
5        (1) the age, occupation and residence of each party and
6    his length of residence in this State;
7        (2) the date of the marriage and the place at which it
8    was registered;
9        (2.5) whether a petition for dissolution of marriage is
10    pending in any other county or state;
11        (3) that the jurisdictional requirements of subsection
12    (a) of Section 401 have been met and that irreconcilable
13    differences have caused the irretrievable breakdown of the
14    marriage; and that there exist grounds for dissolution of
15    marriage or legal separation. The petitioner need only
16    allege the name of the particular grounds relied upon,
17    which shall constitute a legally sufficient allegation of
18    the grounds; and the respondent shall be entitled to demand
19    a bill of particulars prior to trial setting forth the
20    facts constituting the grounds, if he so chooses. The
21    petition must also contain:
22        (4) the names, ages and addresses of all living
23    children of the marriage, and whether the wife is pregnant,
24    and, if there are children born of the marriage, the wife
25    shall allege whether she believes the husband is the father
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1        (5) any arrangements as to support, allocation of
2    parental responsibility, and parenting time custody and
3    visitation of the children and maintenance of a spouse; and
4        (6) the relief sought.
5    (b) Either or both parties to the marriage may initiate the
6proceeding.
7    (c) (Blank). The previously existing defense of
8recrimination is abolished. The defense of condonation is
9abolished only as to condonations occurring after a proceeding
10is filed under this Act and after the court has acquired
11jurisdiction over the respondent.
12    (d) The court may join additional parties necessary and
13proper for the exercise of its authority under this Act.
14    (e) Contested trials shall be on a bifurcated basis with
15the issue of whether irreconcilable differences have caused the
16irretrievable breakdown of the marriage, as described in
17Section 401, grounds being tried first, regardless of whether
18that issue is contested or uncontested. Upon the court
19determining that irreconcilable differences have caused the
20irretrievable breakdown of the marriage the grounds exist, the
21court may allow additional time for the parties to settle
22amicably the remaining issues before resuming the trial, or may
23proceed immediately to trial on the remaining issues. The court
24has the discretion to use the date of the trial or such other
25date as agreed upon by the parties, or ordered by the court
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1assets or property. In cases where the requirements of Section
2401 the grounds are uncontested and proved as in cases of
3default, the trial on all other remaining issues shall proceed
4immediately, if so ordered by the court or if the parties so
5stipulate, issue on the pleadings notwithstanding. Except as
6provided in Section 401, the court shall enter a judgment of
7dissolution of marriage, including an order dissolving the
8marriage, incorporation of a marital settlement agreement if
9applicable, and any other appropriate findings or orders, only
10at the conclusion of the case and not after hearing only the
11testimony as to whether irreconcilable differences have caused
12the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.
13    (f) (Blank). Even if no bill of particulars shall have been
14filed demanding the specification of the particular facts
15underlying the allegation of the grounds, the court shall
16nonetheless require proper and sufficient proof of the
17existence of the grounds.
18(Source: P.A. 90-174, eff. 10-1-97.)
 
19    (750 ILCS 5/404)  (from Ch. 40, par. 404)
20    Sec. 404. Conciliation; mediation.
21    (a) If the court concludes that there is a prospect of
22reconciliation, the court, at the request of either party, or
23on its own motion, may order a conciliation conference. The
24conciliation conference and counseling shall take place at the
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1district or at any similar service or facility where no court
2conciliation service has been established.
3    (b) The facts adduced at any conciliation conference
4resulting from a referral hereunder, shall not be considered in
5the adjudication of a pending or subsequent action, nor shall
6any report resulting from such conference become part of the
7record of the case unless the parties have stipulated in
8writing to the contrary.
9    The court, upon good cause shown, may prohibit
10conciliation, mediation or other process that requires the
11parties to meet and confer without counsel.
12(Source: P.A. 87-1255.)
 
13    (750 ILCS 5/405)  (from Ch. 40, par. 405)
14    Sec. 405. Hearing on Default - Notice.) If the respondent
15is in default, the court shall proceed to hear the cause upon
16testimony of petitioner taken in open court, and in no case of
17default shall the court grant a dissolution of marriage or
18legal separation or declaration of invalidity of marriage,
19unless the judge is satisfied that all proper means have been
20taken to notify the respondent of the pendency of the suit.
21Whenever the judge is satisfied that the interests of the
22respondent require it, the court may order such additional
23notice as may be required. All of the provisions of the Code of
24Civil Procedure relating to default hearings are applicable to
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1(Source: P.A. 80-923.)
 
2    (750 ILCS 5/409)  (from Ch. 40, par. 409)
3    Sec. 409. Proof of Foreign Marriage.) A marriage which may
4have been celebrated or had in any foreign state or country,
5may be proved by the acknowledgment of the parties, their
6cohabitation, and other evidence. Certified copies of records
7of a marriage performed in any foreign state or country
8obtained from an embassy or consulate may be admitted as an
9exception to the hearsay rule circumstantial testimony.
10(Source: P.A. 80-923.)
 
11    (750 ILCS 5/411)  (from Ch. 40, par. 411)
12    Sec. 411. Commencement of Action.) (a) Actions for
13dissolution of marriage or legal separation shall be commenced
14as in other civil cases or, at the option of petitioner, by
15filing a praecipe for summons with the clerk of the court and
16paying the regular filing fees, in which latter case, a
17petition shall be filed within 6 months thereafter, or any
18extension for good cause shown granted by the court.
19    (b) When a praecipe for summons is filed without the
20petition, the summons shall recite that petitioner has
21commenced suit for dissolution of marriage or legal separation
22and shall require the respondent to file his or her appearance
23not later than 30 days from the day the summons is served and
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1day the petition is filed.
2    Until a petition has been filed, the court, pursuant to
3subsections (c) and (d) herein, may dismiss the suit, order the
4filing of a petition, or grant leave to the respondent to file
5a petition in the nature of a counter petition.
6    After the filing of the petition, the party filing the same
7shall, within 2 days, serve a copy thereof upon the other
8party, in the manner provided by rule of the Supreme Court for
9service of notices in other civil cases.
10    (c) Unless a respondent voluntarily files an appearance, a
11praecipe for summons filed without the petition shall be served
12on the respondent not later than 30 days after its issuance,
13and upon failure to obtain service upon the respondent within
14the 30 day period, or any extension for good cause shown
15granted by the court, the court shall dismiss the suit.
16    (d) An action for dissolution of marriage or legal
17separation commenced by the filing a praecipe for summons
18without the petition may shall be dismissed if unless a
19petition for dissolution of marriage or legal separation has
20not been filed within 6 months after the commencement of the
21action.
22    (e) The filing of a praecipe for summons under this Section
23constitutes the commencement of an action that serves as
24grounds for involuntary dismissal under subdivision (a)(3) of
25Section 2-619 of the Code of Civil Procedure of a subsequently
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1in another county.
2(Source: P.A. 86-630.)
 
3    (750 ILCS 5/413)  (from Ch. 40, par. 413)
4    Sec. 413. Judgment.)
5    (a) A judgment of dissolution of marriage or of legal
6separation or of declaration of invalidity of marriage shall be
7entered within 60 days of the closing of proofs; however, if
8the court enters an order specifying good cause as to why the
9court needs an additional 30 days, the judgment shall be
10entered within 90 days of the closing of proofs, including any
11hearing under subsection (j) of Section 503 of this Act and
12submission of closing arguments. A judgment of dissolution of
13marriage or of legal separation or of declaration of invalidity
14of marriage is final when entered, subject to the right of
15appeal. An appeal from the judgment of dissolution of marriage
16that does not challenge the finding as to grounds does not
17delay the finality of that provision of the judgment which
18dissolves the marriage, beyond the time for appealing from that
19provision, and either of the parties may remarry pending
20appeal. An order requiring maintenance or support of a spouse
21or a minor child or children entered under this Act or any
22other law of this State shall not be suspended or the
23enforcement thereof stayed pending the filing and resolution of
24post-judgment motions or an appeal.
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1of a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation or
2a declaration of invalidity of marriage:
3        (1) if the marriage is registered in this State, to the
4    county clerk of the county where the marriage is
5    registered, who shall enter the fact of dissolution of
6    marriage or legal separation or declaration of invalidity
7    of marriage in the marriage registry; and within 45 days
8    after the close of the month in which the judgment is
9    entered, the clerk shall forward the certificate to the
10    Department of Public Health on a form furnished by the
11    Department; or
12        (2) if the marriage is registered in another
13    jurisdiction, to the appropriate official of that
14    jurisdiction, with the request that he enter the fact of
15    dissolution of marriage or legal separation or declaration
16    of invalidity of marriage in the appropriate record.
17    (c) Upon request by a wife whose marriage is dissolved or
18declared invalid, the court shall order her maiden name or a
19former name restored.
20    (d) A judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal
21separation, if made, shall be awarded to both of the parties,
22and shall provide that it affects the status previously
23existing between the parties in the manner adjudged.
24(Source: P.A. 96-1072, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
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1    Sec. 452. Petition. The parties to a dissolution proceeding
2may file a joint petition for simplified dissolution if they
3certify that all of the following conditions exist when the
4proceeding is commenced:
5        (a) Neither party is dependent on the other party for
6    support or each party is willing to waive the right to
7    support; and the parties understand that consultation with
8    attorneys may help them determine eligibility for spousal
9    support.
10        (b) Either party has met the residency requirement of
11    Section 401 of this Act.
12        (c) The requirements of Section 401 regarding
13    residence or military presence and proof of irreconcilable
14    differences have been met. Irreconcilable differences have
15    caused the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage and the
16    parties have been separated 6 months or more and efforts at
17    reconciliation have failed or future attempts at
18    reconciliation would be impracticable and not in the best
19    interests of the family.
20        (d) No children were born of the relationship of the
21    parties or adopted by the parties during the marriage, and
22    the wife, to her knowledge, is not pregnant by the husband.
23        (e) The duration of the marriage does not exceed 8
24    years.
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1    exclusively held in individual retirement accounts and the
2    combined value of the accounts is less than $10,000.
3        (g) The parties waive any rights to maintenance.
4        (h) The total fair market value of all marital
5    property, after deducting all encumbrances, is less than
6    $50,000 $10,000, the combined gross annualized income from
7    all sources is less than $60,000 $35,000, and neither party
8    has a gross annualized income from all sources in excess of
9    $30,000 $20,000.
10        (i) The parties have disclosed to each other all assets
11    and liabilities and their tax returns for all years of the
12    marriage.
13        (j) The parties have executed a written agreement
14    dividing all assets in excess of $100 in value and
15    allocating responsibility for debts and liabilities
16    between the parties.
17(Source: P.A. 90-731, eff. 7-1-99.)
 
18    (750 ILCS 5/453)
19    Sec. 453. Procedure; Judgment. The parties shall use the
20forms, including a form for the affidavit required under
21Section 454, provided by the circuit court clerk, and the clerk
22shall submit the petition to the court. The court shall
23expeditiously consider the cause. Both parties shall appear in
24person before the court and, if the court so directs, testify.
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1and finding the agreement of the parties not unconscionable,
2shall enter a judgment granting the dissolution if the
3requirements of this Part IV-A have been met and the parties
4have submitted the affidavit required under Section 454. No
5transcript of proceedings shall be required.
6(Source: P.A. 88-39.)
 
7    (750 ILCS 5/501)  (from Ch. 40, par. 501)
8    Sec. 501. Temporary Relief.) In all proceedings under this
9Act, temporary relief shall be as follows:
10    (a) Either party may petition or move for:
11        (1) temporary maintenance or temporary support of a
12    child of the marriage entitled to support, accompanied by
13    an affidavit as to the factual basis for the relief
14    requested. One form of financial affidavit, as determined
15    by the Supreme Court, shall be used statewide. The
16    financial affidavit shall be supported by documentary
17    evidence including, but not limited to, income tax returns,
18    pay stubs, and banking statements. Unless the court
19    otherwise directs, any affidavit or supporting documentary
20    evidence submitted pursuant to this paragraph shall not be
21    made part of the public record of the proceedings but shall
22    be available to the court or an appellate court in which
23    the proceedings are subject to review, to the parties,
24    their attorneys, and such other persons as the court may
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1    to determine whether and why there is a disparity between a
2    party's sworn affidavit and the supporting documentation.
3    If a party intentionally or recklessly files an inaccurate
4    or misleading financial affidavit, the court shall impose
5    significant penalties and sanctions including, but not
6    limited to, costs and attorney's fees;
7        (2) a temporary restraining order or preliminary
8    injunction, accompanied by affidavit showing a factual
9    basis for any of the following relief:
10            (i) restraining any person from transferring,
11        encumbering, concealing or otherwise disposing of any
12        property except in the usual course of business or for
13        the necessities of life, and, if so restrained,
14        requiring him to notify the moving party and his
15        attorney of any proposed extraordinary expenditures
16        made after the order is issued; however, an order need
17        not include an exception for transferring,
18        encumbering, or otherwise disposing of property in the
19        usual course of business or for the necessities of life
20        if the court enters appropriate orders that enable the
21        parties to pay their necessary personal and business
22        expenses including, but not limited to, appropriate
23        professionals to assist the court pursuant to
24        subsection (l) of Section 503 to administer the payment
25        and accounting of such living and business expenses;
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1        the jurisdiction of the court;
2            (iii) enjoining a party from striking or
3        interfering with the personal liberty of the other
4        party or of any child; or
5            (iv) providing other injunctive relief proper in
6        the circumstances; or
7        (3) other appropriate temporary relief including, in
8    the discretion of the court, ordering the purchase or sale
9    of assets and requiring that a party or parties borrow
10    funds in the appropriate circumstances.
11    Issues concerning temporary maintenance or temporary
12support of a child entitled to support shall be dealt with on a
13summary basis based on financial affidavits, tax returns, pay
14stubs, banking statements, and other relevant documentation,
15except an evidentiary hearing may be held upon a showing of
16good cause. Under appropriate circumstances, the recipient may
17be required to account for the use of funds awarded in the same
18manner as may otherwise be required to justify the use or
19expenditure of marital funds or property. If a party
20intentionally or recklessly files an inaccurate or misleading
21financial affidavit, the court shall impose significant
22penalties and sanctions including, but not limited to, costs
23and attorney's fees resulting from the improper
24representation.
25    (b) The court may issue a temporary restraining order
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1on the basis of the moving affidavit or other evidence, that
2irreparable injury will result to the moving party if no order
3is issued until the time for responding has elapsed.
4    (c) A response hereunder may be filed within 21 days after
5service of notice of motion or at the time specified in the
6temporary restraining order.
7    (c-1) As used in this subsection (c-1), "interim attorney's
8fees and costs" means attorney's fees and costs assessed from
9time to time while a case is pending, in favor of the
10petitioning party's current counsel, for reasonable fees and
11costs either already incurred or to be incurred, and "interim
12award" means an award of interim attorney's fees and costs.
13Interim awards shall be governed by the following:
14        (1) Except for good cause shown, a proceeding for (or
15    relating to) interim attorney's fees and costs in a
16    pre-judgment dissolution proceeding shall be
17    nonevidentiary and summary in nature. All hearings for or
18    relating to interim attorney's fees and costs under this
19    subsection shall be scheduled expeditiously by the court.
20    When a party files a petition for interim attorney's fees
21    and costs supported by one or more affidavits that
22    delineate relevant factors, the court (or a hearing
23    officer) shall assess an interim award after affording the
24    opposing party a reasonable opportunity to file a
25    responsive pleading. A responsive pleading shall set out
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1    or both, previously paid to the responding party's counsel
2    by or on behalf of the responding party. A responsive
3    pleading shall include costs incurred, and shall indicate
4    whether the costs are paid or unpaid. In assessing an
5    interim award, the court shall consider all relevant
6    factors, as presented, that appear reasonable and
7    necessary, including to the extent applicable:
8            (A) the income and property of each party,
9        including alleged marital property within the sole
10        control of one party and alleged non-marital property
11        within access to a party;
12            (B) the needs of each party;
13            (C) the realistic earning capacity of each party;
14            (D) any impairment to present earning capacity of
15        either party, including age and physical and emotional
16        health;
17            (E) the standard of living established during the
18        marriage;
19            (F) the degree of complexity of the issues,
20        including allocation of parental responsibility
21        custody, valuation or division (or both) of closely
22        held businesses, and tax planning, as well as
23        reasonable needs for expert investigations or expert
24        witnesses, or both;
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1        reasonably expected to be made to the attorney for the
2        other party; and
3            (I) any other factor that the court expressly finds
4        to be just and equitable.
5        (2) Any assessment of an interim award (including one
6    pursuant to an agreed order) shall be without prejudice to
7    any final allocation and without prejudice as to any claim
8    or right of either party or any counsel of record at the
9    time of the award. Any such claim or right may be presented
10    by the appropriate party or counsel at a hearing on
11    contribution under subsection (j) of Section 503 or a
12    hearing on counsel's fees under subsection (c) of Section
13    508. Unless otherwise ordered by the court at the final
14    hearing between the parties or in a hearing under
15    subsection (j) of Section 503 or subsection (c) of Section
16    508, interim awards, as well as the aggregate of all other
17    payments by each party to counsel and related payments to
18    third parties, shall be deemed to have been advances from
19    the parties' marital estate. Any portion of any interim
20    award constituting an overpayment shall be remitted back to
21    the appropriate party or parties, or, alternatively, to
22    successor counsel, as the court determines and directs,
23    after notice in a form designated by the Supreme Court. An
24    order for the award of interim attorney's fees shall be a
25    standardized form order and labeled "Interim Fee Award
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1        (3) In any proceeding under this subsection (c-1), the
2    court (or hearing officer) shall assess an interim award
3    against an opposing party in an amount necessary to enable
4    the petitioning party to participate adequately in the
5    litigation, upon findings that the party from whom
6    attorney's fees and costs are sought has the financial
7    ability to pay reasonable amounts and that the party
8    seeking attorney's fees and costs lacks sufficient access
9    to assets or income to pay reasonable amounts. In
10    determining an award, the court shall consider whether
11    adequate participation in the litigation requires
12    expenditure of more fees and costs for a party that is not
13    in control of assets or relevant information. Except for
14    good cause shown, an interim award shall not be less than
15    payments made or reasonably expected to be made to the
16    counsel for the other party. If the court finds that both
17    parties lack financial ability or access to assets or
18    income for reasonable attorney's fees and costs, the court
19    (or hearing officer) shall enter an order that allocates
20    available funds for each party's counsel, including
21    retainers or interim payments, or both, previously paid, in
22    a manner that achieves substantial parity between the
23    parties.
24        (4) The changes to this Section 501 made by this
25    amendatory Act of 1996 apply to cases pending on or after
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1    (c-2) Allocation of use of marital residence. Where there
2is on file a verified complaint or verified petition seeking
3temporary eviction from the marital residence, the court may,
4during the pendency of the proceeding, only in cases where the
5physical or mental well-being of either spouse or his or her
6children is jeopardized by occupancy of the marital residence
7by both spouses, and only upon due notice and full hearing,
8unless waived by the court on good cause shown, enter orders
9granting the exclusive possession of the marital residence to
10either spouse, by eviction from, or restoration of, the marital
11residence, until the final determination of the cause. The
12order may also provide for the nesting of children with the
13children having exclusive possession of the residence and the
14spouses alternating occupancy if the nesting arrangement is in
15the children's best interests pursuant to the factors listed in
16Section 602.7 of this Act. No such order shall in any manner
17affect any estate in homestead property of either party. In
18entering orders under this subsection (c-2), the court shall
19balance hardships to the parties.
20    (d) A temporary order entered under this Section:
21        (1) does not prejudice the rights of the parties or the
22    child which are to be adjudicated at subsequent hearings in
23    the proceeding;
24        (2) may be revoked or modified before final judgment,
25    on a showing by affidavit and upon hearing; and
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1    when the petition for dissolution of marriage or legal
2    separation or declaration of invalidity of marriage is
3    dismissed.
4    (e) The fees or costs of mediation under this Section shall
5be borne by the parties and may be assessed by the court as it
6deems equitable without prejudice and are subject to
7reallocation at the conclusion of the case.
8(Source: P.A. 96-583, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
9    (750 ILCS 5/501.1)  (from Ch. 40, par. 501.1)
10    Sec. 501.1. Dissolution action stay.
11    (a) Upon service of a summons and petition or praecipe
12filed under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage
13Act or upon the filing of the respondent's appearance in the
14proceeding, whichever first occurs, a dissolution action stay
15shall be in effect against both parties and their agents and
16employees, without bond or further notice, until a final
17judgement is entered, the proceeding is dismissed, or until
18further order of the court, :
19        (1) restraining both parties from transferring,
20encumbering, concealing, destroying, spending, damaging, or in
21any way disposing of any property, without the consent of the
22other party or an order of the court, except in the usual
23course of business, for the necessities of life, or for
24reasonable costs, expenses, and attorney's fees arising from
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1written notice to the other party and his or her attorney of
2any proposed extraordinary expenditure or transaction;
3        (2) restraining both parties from physically abusing,
4harassing, intimidating, striking, or interfering with the
5personal liberty of the other party or the minor children of
6either party. ; and
7        (3) restraining both parties from removing any minor
8child of either party from the State of Illinois or from
9concealing any such child from the other party, without the
10consent of the other party or an order of the court.
11    The restraint provided in this subsection (a) does not
12operate to make unavailable any of the remedies provided in the
13Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
14    A restraint of the parties' actions under this Section does
15not affect the rights of a bona fide purchaser or mortgagee
16whose interest in real property or whose beneficial interest in
17real property under an Illinois land trust was acquired before
18the filing of a lis pendens notice under Section 2-1901 of the
19Code of Civil Procedure.
20    (b) (Blank). Notice of any proposed extraordinary
21expenditure or transaction, as required by subsection (a),
22shall be given as soon as practicable, but not less than 7 days
23before the proposed date for the carrying out or commencement
24of the carrying out of the extraordinary expenditure or
25transaction, except in an emergency, in which event notice
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1If proper notice is given and if the party receiving the notice
2does not object by filing a petition for injunctive relief
3under the Code of Civil Procedure within 7 days of receipt of
4the notice, the carrying out of the proposed extraordinary
5expenditure or transaction is not a violation of the
6dissolution action stay. The dissolution action stay shall
7remain in full force and effect against both parties for 14
8days after the date of filing of a petition for injunctive
9relief by the objecting party (or a shorter period if the court
10so orders); and no extension beyond that 14 day period shall be
11granted by the court. For good cause shown, a party may file a
12petition for a reduction in time with respect to any 7 day
13notice requirement under this subsection.
14    (c) (Blank). A party making any extraordinary expenditure
15or carrying out any extraordinary transaction after a
16dissolution action stay is in effect shall account promptly to
17the court and to the other party for all of those expenditures
18and transactions. This obligation to account applies
19throughout the pendency of the proceeding, irrespective of (i)
20any notice given by any party as to any proposed extraordinary
21expenditure or transaction, (ii) any filing of an objection and
22petition under this Section or the absence of any such filing,
23or (iii) any court ruling as to an issue presented to it by
24either party.
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1despite proper notice the other party filed a petition and
2prevailed on that petition, and the extraordinary expenditure
3or transaction results in a loss of income or reduction in the
4amount or in the value of property, there is a presumption of
5dissipation of property, equal to the amount of the loss or
6reduction, charged against the party for purposes of property
7distribution under Section 503.
8    (e) In a proceeding filed under this Act, the summons shall
9provide notice of the entry of the automatic dissolution action
10stay in a form as required by applicable rules.
11(Source: P.A. 87-881; 88-24.)
 
12    (750 ILCS 5/502)  (from Ch. 40, par. 502)
13    Sec. 502. Agreement. (a) To promote amicable settlement of
14disputes between parties to a marriage attendant upon the
15dissolution of their marriage, the parties may enter into an a
16written or oral agreement containing provisions for
17disposition of any property owned by either of them,
18maintenance of either of them, and support, parental
19responsibility and parenting time allocation custody and
20visitation of their children, and support of their children as
21provided in Section 513 after the children attain majority. Any
22agreement pursuant to this Section must be in writing, except
23for good cause shown with the approval of the court, before
24proceeding to an oral prove up.
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1the support, parental responsibility and parenting time
2allocation custody and visitation of children, are binding upon
3the court unless it finds, after considering the economic
4circumstances of the parties and any other relevant evidence
5produced by the parties, on their own motion or on request of
6the court, that the agreement is unconscionable. The terms of
7the agreement incorporated into the judgment are binding if
8there is any conflict between the terms of the agreement and
9any testimony made at an uncontested prove-up hearing on the
10grounds or the substance of the agreement.
11    (c) If the court finds the agreement unconscionable, it may
12request the parties to submit a revised agreement or upon
13hearing, may make orders for the disposition of property,
14maintenance, child support and other matters.
15    (d) Unless the agreement provides to the contrary, its
16terms shall be set forth in the judgment, and the parties shall
17be ordered to perform under such terms, or if the agreement
18provides that its terms shall not be set forth in the judgment,
19the judgment shall identify the agreement and state that the
20court has approved its terms.
21    (e) Terms of the agreement set forth in the judgment are
22enforceable by all remedies available for enforcement of a
23judgment, including contempt, and are enforceable as contract
24terms.
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1attain majority, and parental responsibility and parenting
2time allocation of children may be modified upon a showing of a
3substantial change in circumstances. The parties may provide
4that maintenance is non-modifiable in amount, duration, or
5both. If the parties do not provide that maintenance is
6non-modifiable in amount, duration, or both, then those terms
7are modifiable upon a substantial change of circumstances.
8Property provisions of an agreement are never modifiable. The
9custody or visitation of children, the judgment may expressly
10preclude or limit modification of other terms set forth in the
11judgment if the agreement so provides. Otherwise, terms of an
12agreement set forth in the judgment are automatically modified
13by modification of the judgment.
14(Source: P.A. 83-216.)
 
15    (750 ILCS 5/503)  (from Ch. 40, par. 503)
16    Sec. 503. Disposition of property and debts.
17    (a) For purposes of this Act, "marital property" means all
18property, including debts and other obligations, acquired by
19either spouse subsequent to the marriage, except the following,
20which is known as "non-marital property":
21        (1) property acquired by gift, legacy or descent or
22    property acquired in exchange for such property;
23        (2) property acquired in exchange for property
24    acquired before the marriage or in exchange for property
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1        (3) property acquired by a spouse after a judgment of
2    legal separation;
3        (4) property excluded by valid agreement of the
4    parties, including a premarital agreement or a postnuptial
5    agreement;
6        (5) any judgment or property obtained by judgment
7    awarded to a spouse from the other spouse except, however,
8    when a spouse is required to sue the other spouse in order
9    to obtain insurance coverage or otherwise recover from a
10    third party and the recovery is directly related to amounts
11    advanced by the marital estate, the judgment shall be
12    considered marital property;
13        (6) property acquired before the marriage, except as it
14    relates to retirement plans that may have both marital and
15    non-marital characteristics;
16        (6.5) all property acquired by a spouse by the sole use
17    of non-marital property as collateral for a loan that then
18    is used to acquire property during the marriage; to the
19    extent that the marital estate repays any portion of the
20    loan, it shall be considered a contribution from the
21    marital estate to the non-marital estate subject to
22    reimbursement;
23        (7) the increase in value of non-marital property
24    acquired by a method listed in paragraphs (1) through (6)
25    of this subsection, irrespective of whether the increase
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1    non-marital property, the personal effort of a spouse, or
2    otherwise, subject to the right of reimbursement provided
3    in subsection (c) of this Section; and
4        (8) income from property acquired by a method listed in
5    paragraphs (1) through (7) of this subsection if the income
6    is not attributable to the personal effort of a spouse.
7    Property acquired prior to a marriage that would otherwise
8be non-marital property shall not be deemed to be marital
9property solely because the property was acquired in
10contemplation of marriage. The court shall make specific
11factual findings as to its classification of assets as marital
12or non-marital property, values, and other factual findings
13supporting its property award.
14    (b)(1) For purposes of distribution of property pursuant to
15this Section, all property acquired by either spouse after the
16marriage and before a judgment of dissolution of marriage or
17declaration of invalidity of marriage is presumed marital
18property. This presumption includes , including non-marital
19property transferred into some form of co-ownership between the
20spouses, is presumed to be marital property, regardless of
21whether title is held individually or by the spouses in some
22form of co-ownership such as joint tenancy, tenancy in common,
23tenancy by the entirety, or community property. A spouse may
24overcome the The presumption of marital property is overcome by
25a showing through clear and convincing evidence that the
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1this Section or was done for estate or tax planning purposes or
2for other reasons that establish that the transfer was not
3intended to be a gift.
4    (2) For purposes of distribution of property pursuant to
5this Section, all pension benefits (including pension benefits
6under the Illinois Pension Code, defined benefit plans, defined
7contribution plans and accounts, individual retirement
8accounts, and non-qualified plans) acquired by or participated
9in by either spouse after the marriage and before a judgment of
10dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of the
11marriage are presumed to be marital property, regardless of
12which spouse participates in the pension plan. A spouse may
13overcome the The presumption that these pension benefits are
14marital property is overcome by a showing through clear and
15convincing evidence that the pension benefits were acquired by
16a method listed in subsection (a) of this Section. The right to
17a division of pension benefits in just proportions under this
18Section is enforceable under Section 1-119 of the Illinois
19Pension Code.
20    The value of pension benefits in a retirement system
21subject to the Illinois Pension Code shall be determined in
22accordance with the valuation procedures established by the
23retirement system.
24    The recognition of pension benefits as marital property and
25the division of those benefits pursuant to a Qualified Illinois
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1diminishment, alienation, or impairment of those benefits. The
2division of pension benefits is an allocation of property in
3which each spouse has a species of common ownership.
4    (3) For purposes of distribution of property under this
5Section, all stock options and restricted stock or similar form
6of benefit granted to either spouse after the marriage and
7before a judgment of dissolution of marriage or declaration of
8invalidity of marriage, whether vested or non-vested or whether
9their value is ascertainable, are presumed to be marital
10property. This presumption of marital property is overcome by a
11showing that the stock options or restricted stock or similar
12form of benefit were acquired by a method listed in subsection
13(a) of this Section. The court shall allocate stock options and
14restricted stock or similar form of benefit between the parties
15at the time of the judgment of dissolution of marriage or
16declaration of invalidity of marriage recognizing that the
17value of the stock options and restricted stock or similar form
18of benefit may not be then determinable and that the actual
19division of the options may not occur until a future date. In
20making the allocation between the parties, the court shall
21consider, in addition to the factors set forth in subsection
22(d) of this Section, the following:
23        (i) All circumstances underlying the grant of the stock
24    option and restricted stock or similar form of benefit
25    including but not limited to the vesting schedule, whether
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1    the grant is designed to promote future performance, or any
2    combination thereof.
3        (ii) The length of time from the grant of the option to
4    the time the option is exercisable.
5    (b-5) As to any existing policy of life insurance insuring
6the life of either spouse, or any interest in such policy, that
7constitutes marital property, whether whole life, term life,
8group term life, universal life, or other form of life
9insurance policy, and whether or not the value is
10ascertainable, the court shall allocate ownership, death
11benefits or the right to assign death benefits, and the
12obligation for premium payments, if any, equitably between the
13parties at the time of the judgment for dissolution or
14declaration of invalidity of marriage.
15    (c) Commingled marital and non-marital property shall be
16treated in the following manner, unless otherwise agreed by the
17spouses:
18        (1)(A) If marital and non-marital property are
19    commingled by one estate being contributed into the other,
20    the following shall apply:
21            (i) If the contributed property loses its
22        identity, the contributed property transmutes to the
23        estate receiving the property, subject to the
24        provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection (c).
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1        the contributing estate.
2        (B) If marital and non-marital property are commingled
3    into newly acquired property resulting in a loss of
4    identity of the contributing estates, the commingled
5    property shall be deemed transmuted to marital property,
6    subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this
7    subsection (c).
8        (2)(A) When one estate of property makes a contribution
9    to another estate of property, the contributing estate
10    shall be reimbursed from the estate receiving the
11    contribution notwithstanding any transmutation. No such
12    reimbursement shall be made with respect to a contribution
13    that is not traceable by clear and convincing evidence or
14    that was a gift. The court may provide for reimbursement
15    out of the marital property to be divided or by imposing a
16    lien against the non-marital property that received the
17    contribution.
18        (B) When a spouse contributes personal effort to
19    non-marital property, it shall be deemed a contribution
20    from the marital estate, which shall receive reimbursement
21    for the efforts if the efforts are significant and result
22    in substantial appreciation to the non-marital property
23    except that if the spouse has been properly compensated for
24    his or her efforts, it shall not be deemed a contribution
25    to the marital estate and there shall be no reimbursement
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1    reimbursement out of the marital property to be divided or
2    by imposing a lien against the non-marital property which
3    received the contribution.
4        (1) When marital and non-marital property are
5    commingled by contributing one estate of property into
6    another resulting in a loss of identity of the contributed
7    property, the classification of the contributed property
8    is transmuted to the estate receiving the contribution,
9    subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this
10    subsection; provided that if marital and non-marital
11    property are commingled into newly acquired property
12    resulting in a loss of identity of the contributing
13    estates, the commingled property shall be deemed
14    transmuted to marital property, subject to the provisions
15    of paragraph (2) of this subsection.
16        (2) When one estate of property makes a contribution to
17    another estate of property, or when a spouse contributes
18    personal effort to non-marital property, the contributing
19    estate shall be reimbursed from the estate receiving the
20    contribution notwithstanding any transmutation; provided,
21    that no such reimbursement shall be made with respect to a
22    contribution which is not retraceable by clear and
23    convincing evidence, or was a gift, or, in the case of a
24    contribution of personal effort of a spouse to non-marital
25    property, unless the effort is significant and results in
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1    Personal effort of a spouse shall be deemed a contribution
2    by the marital estate. The court may provide for
3    reimbursement out of the marital property to be divided or
4    by imposing a lien against the non-marital property which
5    received the contribution.
6    (d) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or
7declaration of invalidity of marriage, or in a proceeding for
8disposition of property following dissolution of marriage by a
9court that which lacked personal jurisdiction over the absent
10spouse or lacked jurisdiction to dispose of the property, the
11court shall assign each spouse's non-marital property to that
12spouse. It also shall divide the marital property without
13regard to marital misconduct in just proportions considering
14all relevant factors, including:
15        (1) each party's the contribution of each party to the
16    acquisition, preservation, or increase or decrease in
17    value of the marital or non-marital property, including (i)
18    any such decrease attributable to a payment deemed to have
19    been an advance from the parties' marital estate under
20    subsection (c-1)(2) of Section 501; and (ii) the
21    contribution of a spouse as a homemaker or to the family
22    unit; and (iii) whether the contribution is after the
23    commencement of a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or
24    declaration of invalidity of marriage;
25        (2) the dissipation by each party of the marital or
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1    dissipation is subject to the following conditions:
2            (i) a notice of intent to claim dissipation shall
3        be given no later than 60 days before trial or 30 days
4        after discovery closes, whichever is later;
5            (ii) the notice of intent to claim dissipation
6        shall contain, at a minimum, a date or period of time
7        during which the marriage began undergoing an
8        irretrievable breakdown, an identification of the
9        property dissipated, and a date or period of time
10        during which the dissipation occurred;
11            (iii) the notice of intent to claim dissipation
12        shall be filed with the clerk of the court and be
13        served pursuant to applicable rules;
14            (iv) no dissipation shall be deemed to have
15        occurred prior to 5 years before the filing of the
16        petition for dissolution of marriage, or 3 years after
17        the party claiming dissipation knew or should have
18        known of the dissipation;
19        (3) the value of the property assigned to each spouse;
20        (4) the duration of the marriage;
21        (5) the relevant economic circumstances of each spouse
22    when the division of property is to become effective,
23    including the desirability of awarding the family home, or
24    the right to live therein for reasonable periods, to the
25    spouse having the primary residence custody of the
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1        (6) any obligations and rights arising from a prior
2    marriage of either party;
3        (7) any prenuptial or postnuptial antenuptial
4    agreement of the parties;
5        (8) the age, health, station, occupation, amount and
6    sources of income, vocational skills, employability,
7    estate, liabilities, and needs of each of the parties;
8        (9) the custodial provisions for any children;
9        (10) whether the apportionment is in lieu of or in
10    addition to maintenance;
11        (11) the reasonable opportunity of each spouse for
12    future acquisition of capital assets and income; and
13        (12) the tax consequences of the property division upon
14    the respective economic circumstances of the parties.
15    (e) Each spouse has a species of common ownership in the
16marital property which vests at the time dissolution
17proceedings are commenced and continues only during the
18pendency of the action. Any such interest in marital property
19shall not encumber that property so as to restrict its
20transfer, assignment or conveyance by the title holder unless
21such title holder is specifically enjoined from making such
22transfer, assignment or conveyance.
23    (f) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or
24declaration of invalidity of marriage or in a proceeding for
25disposition of property following dissolution of marriage by a
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1or lacked jurisdiction to dispose of the property, the court,
2in determining the value of the marital and non-marital
3property for purposes of dividing the property, has the
4discretion to use the date of the trial or such other date as
5agreed upon by the parties, or ordered by the court within its
6discretion, for purposes of determining the value of assets or
7property shall value the property as of the date of trial or
8some other date as close to the date of trial as is
9practicable.
10    (g) The court if necessary to protect and promote the best
11interests of the children may set aside a portion of the
12jointly or separately held estates of the parties in a separate
13fund or trust for the support, maintenance, education, physical
14and mental health, and general welfare of any minor, dependent,
15or incompetent child of the parties. In making a determination
16under this subsection, the court may consider, among other
17things, the conviction of a party of any of the offenses set
18forth in Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60,
1912-3.3, 12-4, 12-4.1, 12-4.2, 12-4.3, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1,
2012-15, or 12-16, or Section 12-3.05 except for subdivision
21(a)(4) or (g)(1), of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
22Code of 2012 if the victim is a child of one or both of the
23parties, and there is a need for, and cost of, care, healing
24and counseling for the child who is the victim of the crime.
25    (h) Unless specifically directed by a reviewing court, or
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1any increase or decrease in the value of any "marital" or
2"non-marital" property occurring since the assessment of such
3property at the original trial or hearing, but shall use only
4that assessment made at the original trial or hearing.
5    (i) The court may make such judgments affecting the marital
6property as may be just and may enforce such judgments by
7ordering a sale of marital property, with proceeds therefrom to
8be applied as determined by the court.
9    (j) After proofs have closed in the final hearing on all
10other issues between the parties (or in conjunction with the
11final hearing, if all parties so stipulate) and before judgment
12is entered, a party's petition for contribution to fees and
13costs incurred in the proceeding shall be heard and decided, in
14accordance with the following provisions:
15        (1) A petition for contribution, if not filed before
16    the final hearing on other issues between the parties,
17    shall be filed no later than 14 30 days after the closing
18    of proofs in the final hearing or within such other period
19    as the court orders.
20        (2) Any award of contribution to one party from the
21    other party shall be based on the criteria for division of
22    marital property under this Section 503 and, if maintenance
23    has been awarded, on the criteria for an award of
24    maintenance under Section 504.
25        (3) The filing of a petition for contribution shall not
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1    privilege between the petitioning party and current or
2    former counsel; and such a waiver shall not constitute a
3    prerequisite to a hearing for contribution. If either
4    party's presentation on contribution, however, includes
5    evidence within the scope of the attorney-client
6    privilege, the disclosure or disclosures shall be narrowly
7    construed and shall not be deemed by the court to
8    constitute a general waiver of the privilege as to matters
9    beyond the scope of the presentation.
10        (4) No finding on which a contribution award is based
11    or denied shall be asserted against counsel or former
12    counsel for purposes of any hearing under subsection (c) or
13    (e) of Section 508.
14        (5) A contribution award (payable to either the
15    petitioning party or the party's counsel, or jointly, as
16    the court determines) may be in the form of either a set
17    dollar amount or a percentage of fees and costs (or a
18    portion of fees and costs) to be subsequently agreed upon
19    by the petitioning party and counsel or, alternatively,
20    thereafter determined in a hearing pursuant to subsection
21    (c) of Section 508 or previously or thereafter determined
22    in an independent proceeding under subsection (e) of
23    Section 508.
24        (6) The changes to this Section 503 made by this
25    amendatory Act of 1996 apply to cases pending on or after
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1    (k) In determining the value of assets or property under
2this Section, the court shall employ a fair market value
3standard. The date of valuation for the purposes of division of
4assets shall be the date of trial or such other date as agreed
5by the parties or ordered by the court, within its discretion.
6If the court grants a petition brought under Section 2-1401 of
7the Code of Civil Procedure, then the court has the discretion
8to use the date of the trial or such other date as agreed upon
9by the parties, or ordered by the court within its discretion,
10for purposes of determining the value of assets or property.
11    (l) The court may seek the advice of financial experts or
12other professionals, whether or not employed by the court on a
13regular basis. The advice given shall be in writing and made
14available by the court to counsel. Counsel may examine as a
15witness any professional consulted by the court designated as
16the court's witness. Costs of a professional shall be allocated
17by the court between the parties.
18    (m) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act
19of the 97th General Assembly apply only to petitions for
20dissolution of marriage filed on or after the effective date of
21this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly.
22(Source: P.A. 96-583, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1551, Article 1, Section
23985, eff. 7-1-11; 96-1551, Article 2, Section 1100, eff.
247-1-11; 97-608, eff. 1-1-12; 97-941, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1109, eff.
251-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 

 

 

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1    (750 ILCS 5/504)  (from Ch. 40, par. 504)
2    Sec. 504. Maintenance.
3    (a) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal
4separation or declaration of invalidity of marriage, or a
5proceeding for maintenance following dissolution of the
6marriage by a court which lacked personal jurisdiction over the
7absent spouse, the court may grant a temporary or permanent
8maintenance award for either spouse in amounts and for periods
9of time as the court deems just, without regard to marital
10misconduct, in gross or for fixed or indefinite periods of
11time, and the maintenance may be paid from the income or
12property of the other spouse after consideration of all
13relevant factors, including:
14        (1) the income and property of each party, including
15    marital property apportioned and non-marital property
16    assigned to the party seeking maintenance as well as all
17    financial obligations imposed on the parties as a result of
18    the dissolution of marriage;
19        (2) the needs of each party;
20        (3) the realistic present and the realistic future
21    earning capacity of each party;
22        (4) any impairment of the present and future earning
23    capacity of the party seeking maintenance due to that party
24    devoting time to domestic duties or having forgone or
25    delayed education, training, employment, or career
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1    any impairment of the realistic present or the realistic
2    future earning capacity of the party against whom
3    maintenance is sought;
4        (5) the time necessary to enable the party seeking
5    maintenance to acquire appropriate education, training,
6    and employment, and whether that party is able to support
7    himself or herself through appropriate employment or is the
8    custodian of a child making it appropriate that the
9    custodian not seek employment;
10        (6) the standard of living established during the
11    marriage;
12        (7) the duration of the marriage;
13        (8) the age, health, station, occupation, amount and
14    sources of income, vocational skills, employability,
15    estate, liabilities, and needs of each of the parties the
16    age and the physical and emotional condition of both
17    parties;
18        (8.5) any parental responsibility arrangements;
19        (9) the tax consequences of the property division upon
20    the respective economic circumstances of the parties;
21        (9.5) whether maintenance is in lieu of or in addition
22    to the property allocation;
23        (10) contributions and services by the party seeking
24    maintenance to the education, training, career or career
25    potential, or license of the other spouse;
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1    without limitation, domestic duties, homemaker
2    contributions, and other financial and non-financial
3    contribution to the marriage;
4        (11) any valid agreement of the parties; and
5        (12) any other factor that the court expressly finds to
6    be just and equitable.
7    The court shall make specific factual findings as to the
8type, amount, nature, and duration of the maintenance.
9    (b) (Blank).
10    (b-1) The court may order that the following types of
11maintenance be paid:
12        (1) temporary maintenance under Section 501;
13        (2) rehabilitative maintenance for a period of time,
14    subject to a review;
15        (3) maintenance in gross;
16        (4) permanent maintenance;
17        (5) non-modifiable as to duration maintenance in
18    marriages that lasted 10 years or less at the time the
19    action was commenced.
20    For a marriage that lasted more than 10 years at the time
21the action was commenced, a fixed-term maintenance award is
22barred.
23    (b-2) Unless agreed to by the parties, an order for
24unallocated maintenance and child support may not be entered on
25or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
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1order for unallocated maintenance and child support that was
2entered before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
398th General Assembly.
4    (b-5) Any maintenance obligation including any unallocated
5maintenance and child support obligation, or any portion of any
6support obligation, that becomes due and remains unpaid shall
7accrue simple interest as set forth in Section 505 of this Act.
8    (b-7) Any new or existing maintenance order including any
9unallocated maintenance and child support order entered by the
10court under this Section shall be deemed to be a series of
11judgments against the person obligated to pay support
12thereunder. Each such judgment to be in the amount of each
13payment or installment of support and each such judgment to be
14deemed entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
15installment becomes due under the terms of the support order,
16except no judgment shall arise as to any installment coming due
17after the termination of maintenance as provided by Section 510
18of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act or the
19provisions of any order for maintenance. Each such judgment
20shall have the full force, effect and attributes of any other
21judgment of this State, including the ability to be enforced.
22Notwithstanding any other State or local law to the contrary, a
23lien arises by operation of law against the real and personal
24property of the obligor for each installment of overdue support
25owed by the obligor.
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1maintenance during the pendency of an appeal as the court shall
2deem reasonable and proper.
3    (d) No maintenance shall accrue during the period in which
4a party is imprisoned for failure to comply with the court's
5order for the payment of such maintenance.
6    (e) When maintenance is to be paid through the clerk of the
7court in a county of 1,000,000 inhabitants or less, the order
8shall direct the obligor to pay to the clerk, in addition to
9the maintenance payments, all fees imposed by the county board
10under paragraph (3) of subsection (u) of Section 27.1 of the
11Clerks of Courts Act. Unless paid in cash or pursuant to an
12order for withholding, the payment of the fee shall be by a
13separate instrument from the support payment and shall be made
14to the order of the Clerk.
15    (f) An award ordered by a court upon entry of a dissolution
16judgment or upon entry of an award of maintenance following a
17reservation of maintenance in a dissolution judgment may be
18reasonably secured, in whole or in part, by life insurance on
19the payor's life on terms as to which the parties agree, or, if
20they do not agree, on such terms determined by the court,
21subject to the following:
22        (1) With respect to existing life insurance, provided
23    the court is apprised through evidence, stipulation, or
24    otherwise as to level of death benefits, premium, and other
25    relevant data and makes findings relative thereto, the
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1    death benefits, or the obligation for future premium
2    payments between the parties as it deems just.
3        (2) To the extent the court determines that its award
4    should be secured, in whole or in part, by new life
5    insurance on the payor's life, the court may only order:
6            (i) that the payor cooperate on all appropriate
7        steps for the payee to obtain such new life insurance;
8        and
9            (ii) that the payee, at his or her sole option and
10        expense, may obtain such new life insurance on the
11        payor's life up to a maximum level of death benefit
12        coverage, or descending death benefit coverage, as is
13        set by the court, such level not to exceed a reasonable
14        amount in light of the court's award, with the payee or
15        the payee's designee being the beneficiary of such life
16        insurance.
17    In determining the maximum level of death benefit coverage,
18    the court shall take into account all relevant facts and
19    circumstances, including the impact on access to life
20    insurance by the maintenance payor. If in resolving any
21    issues under paragraph (2) of this subsection (f) a court
22    reviews any submitted or proposed application for new
23    insurance on the life of a maintenance payor, the review
24    shall be in camera.
25        (3) (Blank). A judgment shall expressly set forth that
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1    life maintained or obtained pursuant to this subsection to
2    secure maintenance are designated as excludable from the
3    gross income of the maintenance payee under Section
4    71(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, unless an
5    agreement or stipulation of the parties otherwise
6    provides.
7        (4) Life insurance may be awarded only at the time of
8    the initial judgment.
9        (5) The payee shall have the sole obligation to pay the
10    premiums.
11        (6) All applications shall be made at the time of the
12    initial judgment and the court shall be limited to an in
13    camera review of the application in determining whether the
14    application was made in good faith.
15        (7) The court must consider the ability of the insured
16    spouse to obtain additional insurance.
17(Source: P.A. 97-186, eff. 7-22-11; 97-608, eff. 1-1-12;
1897-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
19    (750 ILCS 5/505)  (from Ch. 40, par. 505)
20    Sec. 505. Child support; contempt; penalties.
21    (a) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal
22separation, declaration of invalidity of marriage, a
23proceeding for child support following dissolution of the
24marriage by a court that lacked personal jurisdiction over the
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1order for child support under Section 510 of this Act, or any
2proceeding authorized under Section 501 or 601 of this Act, the
3court may order either or both parents owing a duty of support
4to a child of the marriage to pay an amount reasonable and
5necessary for the support of the child, without regard to
6marital misconduct. The duty of support owed to a child
7includes the obligation to provide for the reasonable and
8necessary educational, physical, mental and emotional health
9needs of the child. For purposes of this Section, the term
10"child" shall include any child under age 18 and any child
11under age 19 who is still attending high school. For purposes
12of this Section, the term "supporting parent" means the parent
13obligated to pay support to the other parent.
14        (1) The Court shall determine the minimum amount of
15    support by using the following guidelines:
16Number of ChildrenPercent of Supporting Party's
17Net Income
18120%
19228%
20332%
21440%
22545%
236 or more50%
24        (2) The above guidelines shall be applied in each case
25    unless the court finds that a deviation from the guidelines
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1    child in light of the evidence, including, but not limited
2    to, one or more of the following relevant factors:
3            (a) the financial resources and needs of the child;
4            (b) the financial resources and needs of the
5        custodial parent;
6            (c) the standard of living the child would have
7        enjoyed had the marriage not been dissolved;
8            (d) the physical, mental, and emotional needs of
9        the child;
10            (d-5) the educational needs of the child; and
11            (e) the financial resources and needs of the
12        supporting non-custodial parent.
13        If the court deviates from the guidelines, the court's
14    finding shall state the amount of support that would have
15    been required under the guidelines, if determinable. The
16    court shall include the reason or reasons for the variance
17    from the guidelines.
18        (2.5) The court, in its discretion, in addition to
19    setting child support pursuant to the guidelines and
20    factors, may order either or both parents owing a duty of
21    support to a child of the marriage to contribute to the
22    following expenses, if determined by the court to be
23    reasonable:
24            (a) health needs not covered by insurance;
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1            (d) extracurricular activities.
2        (3) "Net income" is defined as the total of all income
3    from all sources, minus the following deductions:
4            (a) Federal income tax (properly calculated
5        withholding or estimated payments);
6            (b) State income tax (properly calculated
7        withholding or estimated payments);
8            (c) Social Security (FICA payments);
9            (d) Mandatory retirement contributions required by
10        law or as a condition of employment;
11            (e) Union dues;
12            (f) Dependent and individual
13        health/hospitalization insurance premiums and premiums
14        for life insurance ordered by the court to reasonably
15        secure payment of ordered child support;
16            (g) Prior obligations of support or maintenance
17        actually paid pursuant to a court order;
18            (h) Expenditures for repayment of debts that
19        represent reasonable and necessary expenses for the
20        production of income, medical expenditures necessary
21        to preserve life or health, reasonable expenditures
22        for the benefit of the child and the other parent,
23        exclusive of gifts. The court shall reduce net income
24        in determining the minimum amount of support to be
25        ordered only for the period that such payments are due
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1        self-executing modification upon termination of such
2        payment period;
3            (i) Foster care payments paid by the Department of
4        Children and Family Services for providing licensed
5        foster care to a foster child.
6        (4) In cases where the court order provides for
7    health/hospitalization insurance coverage pursuant to
8    Section 505.2 of this Act, the premiums for that insurance,
9    or that portion of the premiums for which the supporting
10    party is responsible in the case of insurance provided
11    through an employer's health insurance plan where the
12    employer pays a portion of the premiums, shall be
13    subtracted from net income in determining the minimum
14    amount of support to be ordered.
15        (4.5) In a proceeding for child support following
16    dissolution of the marriage by a court that lacked personal
17    jurisdiction over the absent spouse, and in which the court
18    is requiring payment of support for the period before the
19    date an order for current support is entered, there is a
20    rebuttable presumption that the supporting party's net
21    income for the prior period was the same as his or her net
22    income at the time the order for current support is
23    entered.
24        (5) If the net income cannot be determined because of
25    default or any other reason, the court shall order support
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1    The final order in all cases shall state the support level
2    in dollar amounts. However, if the court finds that the
3    child support amount cannot be expressed exclusively as a
4    dollar amount because all or a portion of the payor's net
5    income is uncertain as to source, time of payment, or
6    amount, the court may order a percentage amount of support
7    in addition to a specific dollar amount and enter such
8    other orders as may be necessary to determine and enforce,
9    on a timely basis, the applicable support ordered.
10        (6) If (i) the supporting non-custodial parent was
11    properly served with a request for discovery of financial
12    information relating to the supporting non-custodial
13    parent's ability to provide child support, (ii) the
14    supporting non-custodial parent failed to comply with the
15    request, despite having been ordered to do so by the court,
16    and (iii) the supporting non-custodial parent is not
17    present at the hearing to determine support despite having
18    received proper notice, then any relevant financial
19    information concerning the supporting non-custodial
20    parent's ability to provide child support that was obtained
21    pursuant to subpoena and proper notice shall be admitted
22    into evidence without the need to establish any further
23    foundation for its admission.
24    (a-5) In an action to enforce an order for support based on
25the respondent's failure to make support payments as required
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1contempt for that failure may be served on the respondent by
2personal service or by regular mail addressed to the
3respondent's last known address. The respondent's last known
4address may be determined from records of the clerk of the
5court, from the Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders,
6or by any other reasonable means.
7    (b) Failure of either parent to comply with an order to pay
8support shall be punishable as in other cases of civil
9contempt. In addition to other penalties provided by law the
10Court may, after finding the parent guilty of contempt, order
11that the parent be:
12        (1) placed on probation with such conditions of
13    probation as the Court deems advisable;
14        (2) sentenced to periodic imprisonment for a period not
15    to exceed 6 months; provided, however, that the Court may
16    permit the parent to be released for periods of time during
17    the day or night to:
18            (A) work; or
19            (B) conduct a business or other self-employed
20        occupation.
21    The Court may further order any part or all of the earnings
22of a parent during a sentence of periodic imprisonment paid to
23the Clerk of the Circuit Court or to the parent having the
24majority of residential responsibility custody or to the
25guardian having the majority of residential responsibility
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1of said children until further order of the Court.
2    If a parent who is found guilty of contempt for failure to
3comply with an order to pay support is a person who conducts a
4business or who is self-employed, the court in addition to
5other penalties provided by law may order that the parent do
6one or more of the following: (i) provide to the court monthly
7financial statements showing income and expenses from the
8business or the self-employment; (ii) seek employment and
9report periodically to the court with a diary, listing, or
10other memorandum of his or her employment search efforts; or
11(iii) report to the Department of Employment Security for job
12search services to find employment that will be subject to
13withholding for child support.
14    If there is a unity of interest and ownership sufficient to
15render no financial separation between a supporting
16non-custodial parent and another person or persons or business
17entity, the court may pierce the ownership veil of the person,
18persons, or business entity to discover assets of the
19supporting non-custodial parent held in the name of that
20person, those persons, or that business entity. The following
21circumstances are sufficient to authorize a court to order
22discovery of the assets of a person, persons, or business
23entity and to compel the application of any discovered assets
24toward payment on the judgment for support:
25        (1) the supporting non-custodial parent and the
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1    together.
2        (2) the supporting non-custodial parent and the
3    person, persons, or business entity fail to maintain an
4    arm's length relationship between themselves with regard
5    to any assets.
6        (3) the supporting non-custodial parent transfers
7    assets to the person, persons, or business entity with the
8    intent to perpetrate a fraud on the custodial parent
9    receiving the support.
10    With respect to assets which are real property, no order
11entered under this paragraph shall affect the rights of bona
12fide purchasers, mortgagees, judgment creditors, or other lien
13holders who acquire their interests in the property prior to
14the time a notice of lis pendens pursuant to the Code of Civil
15Procedure or a copy of the order is placed of record in the
16office of the recorder of deeds for the county in which the
17real property is located.
18    The court may also order in cases where the parent is 90
19days or more delinquent in payment of support or has been
20adjudicated in arrears in an amount equal to 90 days obligation
21or more, that the parent's Illinois driving privileges be
22suspended until the court determines that the parent is in
23compliance with the order of support. The court may also order
24that the parent be issued a family financial responsibility
25driving permit that would allow limited driving privileges for
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17-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. The clerk of the circuit
2court shall certify the order suspending the driving privileges
3of the parent or granting the issuance of a family financial
4responsibility driving permit to the Secretary of State on
5forms prescribed by the Secretary. Upon receipt of the
6authenticated documents, the Secretary of State shall suspend
7the parent's driving privileges until further order of the
8court and shall, if ordered by the court, subject to the
9provisions of Section 7-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
10issue a family financial responsibility driving permit to the
11parent.
12    In addition to the penalties or punishment that may be
13imposed under this Section, any person whose conduct
14constitutes a violation of Section 15 of the Non-Support
15Punishment Act may be prosecuted under that Act, and a person
16convicted under that Act may be sentenced in accordance with
17that Act. The sentence may include but need not be limited to a
18requirement that the person perform community service under
19Section 50 of that Act or participate in a work alternative
20program under Section 50 of that Act. A person may not be
21required to participate in a work alternative program under
22Section 50 of that Act if the person is currently participating
23in a work program pursuant to Section 505.1 of this Act.
24    A support obligation, or any portion of a support
25obligation, which becomes due and remains unpaid as of the end
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1that month to the extent that it was not paid in that month,
2shall accrue simple interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of
3the Code of Civil Procedure. An order for support entered or
4modified on or after January 1, 2006 shall contain a statement
5that a support obligation required under the order, or any
6portion of a support obligation required under the order, that
7becomes due and remains unpaid as of the end of each month,
8excluding the child support that was due for that month to the
9extent that it was not paid in that month, shall accrue simple
10interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of the Code of Civil
11Procedure. Failure to include the statement in the order for
12support does not affect the validity of the order or the
13accrual of interest as provided in this Section.
14    (c) A one-time charge of 20% is imposable upon the amount
15of past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which has
16accrued under a support order entered by the court. The charge
17shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section
1810-21 of the Illinois Public Aid Code and shall be enforced by
19the court upon petition.
20    (d) Any new or existing support order entered by the court
21under this Section shall be deemed to be a series of judgments
22against the person obligated to pay support thereunder, each
23such judgment to be in the amount of each payment or
24installment of support and each such judgment to be deemed
25entered as of the date the corresponding payment or installment
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1judgment shall have the full force, effect and attributes of
2any other judgment of this State, including the ability to be
3enforced. Notwithstanding any other State or local law to the
4contrary, a lien arises by operation of law against the real
5and personal property of the supporting noncustodial parent for
6each installment of overdue support owed by the supporting
7noncustodial parent.
8    (e) When child support is to be paid through the clerk of
9the court in a county of 1,000,000 inhabitants or less, the
10order shall direct the obligor to pay to the clerk, in addition
11to the child support payments, all fees imposed by the county
12board under paragraph (3) of subsection (u) of Section 27.1 of
13the Clerks of Courts Act. Unless paid in cash or pursuant to an
14order for withholding, the payment of the fee shall be by a
15separate instrument from the support payment and shall be made
16to the order of the Clerk.
17    (f) All orders for support, when entered or modified, shall
18include a provision requiring the obligor to notify the court
19and, in cases in which a party is receiving child and spouse
20services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the
21Department of Healthcare and Family Services, within 7 days,
22(i) of the name and address of any new employer of the obligor,
23(ii) whether the obligor has access to health insurance
24coverage through the employer or other group coverage and, if
25so, the policy name and number and the names of persons covered
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1minors shall be included, and (iii) of any new residential or
2mailing address or telephone number of the supporting
3non-custodial parent. In any subsequent action to enforce a
4support order, upon a sufficient showing that a diligent effort
5has been made to ascertain the location of the supporting
6non-custodial parent, service of process or provision of notice
7necessary in the case may be made at the last known address of
8the supporting non-custodial parent in any manner expressly
9provided by the Code of Civil Procedure or this Act, which
10service shall be sufficient for purposes of due process.
11    (g) An order for support shall include a date on which the
12current support obligation terminates. The termination date
13shall be no earlier than the date on which the child covered by
14the order will attain the age of 18. However, if the child will
15not graduate from high school until after attaining the age of
1618, then the termination date shall be no earlier than the
17earlier of the date on which the child's high school graduation
18will occur or the date on which the child will attain the age
19of 19. The order for support shall state that the termination
20date does not apply to any arrearage that may remain unpaid on
21that date. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
22prevent the court from modifying the order or terminating the
23order in the event the child is otherwise emancipated.
24    (g-5) If there is an unpaid arrearage or delinquency (as
25those terms are defined in the Income Withholding for Support
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1termination date stated in the order for support or, if there
2is no termination date stated in the order, on the date the
3child attains the age of majority or is otherwise emancipated,
4the periodic amount required to be paid for current support of
5that child immediately prior to that date shall automatically
6continue to be an obligation, not as current support but as
7periodic payment toward satisfaction of the unpaid arrearage or
8delinquency. That periodic payment shall be in addition to any
9periodic payment previously required for satisfaction of the
10arrearage or delinquency. The total periodic amount to be paid
11toward satisfaction of the arrearage or delinquency may be
12enforced and collected by any method provided by law for
13enforcement and collection of child support, including but not
14limited to income withholding under the Income Withholding for
15Support Act. Each order for support entered or modified on or
16after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
17General Assembly must contain a statement notifying the parties
18of the requirements of this subsection. Failure to include the
19statement in the order for support does not affect the validity
20of the order or the operation of the provisions of this
21subsection with regard to the order. This subsection shall not
22be construed to prevent or affect the establishment or
23modification of an order for support of a minor child or the
24establishment or modification of an order for support of a
25non-minor child or educational expenses under Section 513 of
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1    (h) An order entered under this Section shall include a
2provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee and to
3the clerk of court within 10 days each time the obligor obtains
4new employment, and each time the obligor's employment is
5terminated for any reason. The report shall be in writing and
6shall, in the case of new employment, include the name and
7address of the new employer. Failure to report new employment
8or the termination of current employment, if coupled with
9nonpayment of support for a period in excess of 60 days, is
10indirect criminal contempt. For any obligor arrested for
11failure to report new employment bond shall be set in the
12amount of the child support that should have been paid during
13the period of unreported employment. An order entered under
14this Section shall also include a provision requiring the
15obligor and obligee parents to advise each other of a change in
16residence within 5 days of the change except when the court
17finds that the physical, mental, or emotional health of a party
18or that of a child, or both, would be seriously endangered by
19disclosure of the party's address.
20    (i) The court does not lose the powers of contempt,
21driver's license suspension, or other child support
22enforcement mechanisms, including, but not limited to,
23criminal prosecution as set forth in this Act, upon the
24emancipation of the minor child or children.
25(Source: P.A. 97-186, eff. 7-22-11; 97-608, eff. 1-1-12;
2697-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-878, eff. 8-2-12; 97-941, eff. 1-1-13;

 

 

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197-1029, eff. 1-1-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
2    (750 ILCS 5/508)  (from Ch. 40, par. 508)
3    Sec. 508. Attorney's Fees; Client's Rights and
4Responsibilities Respecting Fees and Costs.
5    (a) The court from time to time, after due notice and
6hearing, and after considering the financial resources of the
7parties, may order any party to pay a reasonable amount for his
8own or the other party's costs and attorney's fees. Interim
9attorney's fees and costs may be awarded from the opposing
10party, in a pre-judgment dissolution proceeding in accordance
11with subsection (c-1) of Section 501 and in any other
12proceeding under this subsection. At the conclusion of any
13pre-judgment dissolution proceeding under this subsection,
14contribution to attorney's fees and costs may be awarded from
15the opposing party in accordance with subsection (j) of Section
16503 and in any other proceeding under this subsection. Fees and
17costs may be awarded in any proceeding to counsel from a former
18client in accordance with subsection (c) of this Section.
19Awards may be made in connection with the following:
20        (1) The maintenance or defense of any proceeding under
21    this Act.
22        (2) The enforcement or modification of any order or
23    judgment under this Act.
24        (3) The defense of an appeal of any order or judgment
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1    post-judgment orders.
2        (3.1) The prosecution of any claim on appeal (if the
3    prosecuting party has substantially prevailed).
4        (4) The maintenance or defense of a petition brought
5    under Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure seeking
6    relief from a final order or judgment under this Act. Fees
7    incurred with respect to motions under Section 2-1401 of
8    the Code of Civil Procedure may be granted only if the
9    underlying motion is granted.
10        (5) The costs and legal services of an attorney
11    rendered in preparation of the commencement of the
12    proceeding brought under this Act.
13        (6) Ancillary litigation incident to, or reasonably
14    connected with, a proceeding under this Act.
15        (7) Costs and attorney's fees incurred in an action
16    under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of
17    International Child Abduction.
18    All petitions for or relating to interim fees and costs
19under this subsection shall be accompanied by an affidavit as
20to the factual basis for the relief requested and all hearings
21relative to any such petition shall be scheduled expeditiously
22by the court. All provisions for contribution under this
23subsection shall also be subject to paragraphs (3), (4), and
24(5) of subsection (j) of Section 503.
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1paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in his
2or her name, or that it shall be paid to the appropriate party.
3Judgment may be entered and enforcement had accordingly. Except
4as otherwise provided in subdivision (e)(1) of this Section,
5subsection (c) of this Section is exclusive as to the right of
6any counsel (or former counsel) of record to petition a court
7for an award and judgment for final fees and costs during the
8pendency of a proceeding under this Act.
9    A petition for temporary attorney's fees in a post-judgment
10case shall be heard on a non-evidentiary, summary basis.
11    (b) In every proceeding for the enforcement of an order or
12judgment when the court finds that the failure to comply with
13the order or judgment was without compelling cause or
14justification, the court shall order the party against whom the
15proceeding is brought to pay promptly the costs and reasonable
16attorney's fees of the prevailing party. If non-compliance is
17with respect to a discovery order, the non-compliance is
18presumptively without compelling cause or justification, and
19the presumption may only be rebutted by clear and convincing
20evidence. If at any time a court finds that a hearing under
21this Act was precipitated or conducted for any improper
22purpose, the court shall allocate fees and costs of all parties
23for the hearing to the party or counsel found to have acted
24improperly. Improper purposes include, but are not limited to,
25harassment, unnecessary delay, or other acts needlessly
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1    (c) Final hearings for attorney's fees and costs against an
2attorney's own client, pursuant to a Petition for Setting Final
3Fees and Costs of either a counsel or a client, shall be
4governed by the following:
5        (1) No petition of a counsel of record may be filed
6    against a client unless the filing counsel previously has
7    been granted leave to withdraw as counsel of record or has
8    filed a motion for leave to withdraw as counsel. On receipt
9    of a petition of a client under this subsection (c), the
10    counsel of record shall promptly file a motion for leave to
11    withdraw as counsel. If the client and the counsel of
12    record agree, however, a hearing on the motion for leave to
13    withdraw as counsel filed pursuant to this subdivision
14    (c)(1) may be deferred until completion of any alternative
15    dispute resolution procedure under subdivision (c)(4). As
16    to any Petition for Setting Final Fees and Costs against a
17    client or counsel over whom the court has not obtained
18    jurisdiction, a separate summons shall issue. Whenever a
19    separate summons is not required, original notice as to a
20    Petition for Setting Final Fees and Costs may be given, and
21    documents served, in accordance with Illinois Supreme
22    Court Rules 11 and 12.
23        (2) No final hearing under this subsection (c) is
24    permitted unless: (i) the counsel and the client had
25    entered into a written engagement agreement at the time the
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1    thereafter) and the agreement meets the requirements of
2    subsection (f); (ii) the written engagement agreement is
3    attached to an affidavit of counsel that is filed with the
4    petition or with the counsel's response to a client's
5    petition; (iii) judgment in any contribution hearing on
6    behalf of the client has been entered or the right to a
7    contribution hearing under subsection (j) of Section 503
8    has been waived; (iv) the counsel has withdrawn as counsel
9    of record; and (v) the petition seeks adjudication of all
10    unresolved claims for fees and costs between the counsel
11    and the client. Irrespective of a Petition for Setting
12    Final Fees and Costs being heard in conjunction with an
13    original proceeding under this Act, the relief requested
14    under a Petition for Setting Final Fees and Costs
15    constitutes a distinct cause of action. A pending but
16    undetermined Petition for Setting Final Fees and Costs
17    shall not affect appealability of any judgment or other
18    adjudication in the original proceeding.
19        (3) The determination of reasonable attorney's fees
20    and costs either under this subsection (c), whether
21    initiated by a counsel or a client, or in an independent
22    proceeding for services within the scope of subdivisions
23    (1) through (5) of subsection (a), is within the sound
24    discretion of the trial court. The court shall first
25    consider the written engagement agreement and, if the court
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1    pursuant to their written engagement agreement, entered
2    into a contract which meets applicable requirements of
3    court rules and addresses all material terms, then the
4    contract shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms,
5    subject to the further requirements of this subdivision
6    (c)(3). Before ordering enforcement, however, the court
7    shall consider the performance pursuant to the contract.
8    Any amount awarded by the court must be found to be fair
9    compensation for the services, pursuant to the contract,
10    that the court finds were reasonable and necessary. Quantum
11    meruit principles shall govern any award for legal services
12    performed that is not based on the terms of the written
13    engagement agreement (except that, if a court expressly
14    finds in a particular case that aggregate billings to a
15    client were unconscionably excessive, the court in its
16    discretion may reduce the award otherwise determined
17    appropriate or deny fees altogether).
18        (4) No final hearing under this subsection (c) is
19    permitted unless any controversy over fees and costs (that
20    is not otherwise subject to some form of alternative
21    dispute resolution) has first been submitted to mediation,
22    arbitration, or any other court approved alternative
23    dispute resolution procedure, except as follows:
24            (A) In any circuit court for a single county with a
25        population in excess of 1,000,000, the requirement of
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1        dispute resolution procedure is mandatory unless the
2        client and the counsel both affirmatively opt out of
3        such procedures; or
4            (B) In any other circuit court, the requirement of
5        the controversy being submitted to an alternative
6        dispute resolution procedure is mandatory only if
7        neither the client nor the counsel affirmatively opts
8        out of such procedures.
9        After completion of any such procedure (or after one or
10    both sides has opted out of such procedures), if the
11    dispute is unresolved, any pending motion for leave to
12    withdraw as counsel shall be promptly granted and a final
13    hearing under this subsection (c) shall be expeditiously
14    set and completed.
15        (5) A petition (or a praecipe for fee hearing without
16    the petition) shall be filed no later than the end of the
17    period in which it is permissible to file a motion pursuant
18    to Section 2-1203 of the Code of Civil Procedure. A
19    praecipe for fee hearing shall be dismissed if a Petition
20    for Setting Final Fees and Costs is not filed within 60
21    days after the filing of the praecipe. A counsel who
22    becomes a party by filing a Petition for Setting Final Fees
23    and Costs, or as a result of the client filing a Petition
24    for Setting Final Fees and Costs, shall not be entitled to
25    exercise the right to a substitution of a judge without
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1    Code of Civil Procedure. Each of the foregoing deadlines
2    for the filing of a praecipe or a petition shall be:
3        (A) tolled if a motion is filed under Section 2-1203 of
4    the Code of Civil Procedure, in which instance a petition
5    (or a praecipe) shall be filed no later than 30 days
6    following disposition of all Section 2-1203 motions; or
7        (B) tolled if a notice of appeal is filed, in which
8    instance a petition (or praecipe) shall be filed no later
9    than 30 days following the date jurisdiction on the issue
10    appealed is returned to the trial court.
11    If a praecipe has been timely filed, then by timely filed
12written stipulation between counsel and client (or former
13client), the deadline for the filing of a petition may be
14extended for a period of up to one year.
15    (d) A consent judgment, in favor of a current counsel of
16record against his or her own client for a specific amount in a
17marital settlement agreement, dissolution judgment, or any
18other instrument involving the other litigant, is prohibited. A
19consent judgment between client and counsel, however, is
20permissible if it is entered pursuant to a verified petition
21for entry of consent judgment, supported by an affidavit of the
22counsel of record that includes the counsel's representation
23that the client has been provided an itemization of the billing
24or billings to the client, detailing hourly costs, time spent,
25and tasks performed, and by an affidavit of the client
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1right to a hearing, the right to be represented by counsel
2(other than counsel to whom the consent judgment is in favor),
3and the right to be present at the time of presentation of the
4petition, and agreement to the terms of the judgment. The
5petition may be filed at any time during which it is
6permissible for counsel of record to file a petition (or a
7praecipe) for a final fee hearing, except that no such petition
8for entry of consent judgment may be filed before adjudication
9(or waiver) of the client's right to contribution under
10subsection (j) of Section 503 or filed after the filing of a
11petition (or a praecipe) by counsel of record for a fee hearing
12under subsection (c) if the petition (or praecipe) remains
13pending. No consent security arrangement between a client and a
14counsel of record, pursuant to which assets of a client are
15collateralized to secure payment of legal fees or costs, is
16permissible unless approved in advance by the court as being
17reasonable under the circumstances.
18    (e) Counsel may pursue an award and judgment against a
19former client for legal fees and costs in an independent
20proceeding in the following circumstances:
21        (1) While a case under this Act is still pending, a
22    former counsel may pursue such an award and judgment at any
23    time subsequent to 90 days after the entry of an order
24    granting counsel leave to withdraw; and
25        (2) After the close of the period during which a
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1    (c)(5), if no such petition (or praecipe) for the counsel
2    remains pending, any counsel or former counsel may pursue
3    such an award and judgment in an independent proceeding.
4In an independent proceeding, the prior applicability of this
5Section shall in no way be deemed to have diminished any other
6right of any counsel (or former counsel) to pursue an award and
7judgment for legal fees and costs on the basis of remedies that
8may otherwise exist under applicable law; and the limitations
9period for breach of contract shall apply. In an independent
10proceeding under subdivision (e)(1) in which the former counsel
11had represented a former client in a dissolution case that is
12still pending, the former client may bring in his or her spouse
13as a third-party defendant, provided on or before the final
14date for filing a petition (or praecipe) under subsection (c),
15the party files an appropriate third-party complaint under
16Section 2-406 of the Code of Civil Procedure. In any such case,
17any judgment later obtained by the former counsel shall be
18against both spouses or ex-spouses, jointly and severally
19(except that, if a hearing under subsection (j) of Section 503
20has already been concluded and the court hearing the
21contribution issue has imposed a percentage allocation between
22the parties as to fees and costs otherwise being adjudicated in
23the independent proceeding, the allocation shall be applied
24without deviation by the court in the independent proceeding
25and a separate judgment shall be entered against each spouse
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1commencement of a proceeding under subsection (c), the
2provisions of this Section (other than the standard set forth
3in subdivision (c)(3) and the terms respecting consent security
4arrangements in subsection (d) of this Section 508) shall be
5inapplicable.
6    The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 94th General
7Assembly are declarative of existing law.
8    (f) Unless the Supreme Court by rule addresses the matters
9set out in this subsection (f), a written engagement agreement
10within the scope of subdivision (c)(2) shall have appended to
11it verbatim the following Statement:
 
12
"STATEMENT OF CLIENT'S RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
13    (1) WRITTEN ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT. The written engagement
14agreement, prepared by the counsel, shall clearly address the
15objectives of representation and detail the fee arrangement,
16including all material terms. If fees are to be based on
17criteria apart from, or in addition to, hourly rates, such
18criteria (e.g., unique time demands and/or utilization of
19unique expertise) shall be delineated. The client shall receive
20a copy of the written engagement agreement and any additional
21clarification requested and is advised not to sign any such
22agreement which the client finds to be unsatisfactory or does
23not understand.
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1provide competent representation, which requires legal
2knowledge, skill, thoroughness and preparation to handle those
3matters set forth in the written engagement agreement. Once
4employed, the counsel will act with reasonable diligence and
5promptness, as well as use his best efforts on behalf of the
6client, but he cannot guarantee results. The counsel will abide
7by the client's decision concerning the objectives of
8representation, including whether or not to accept an offer of
9settlement, and will endeavor to explain any matter to the
10extent reasonably necessary to permit the client to make
11informed decisions regarding representation. During the course
12of representation and afterwards, the counsel may not use or
13reveal a client's confidence or secrets, except as required or
14permitted by law.
15    (3) COMMUNICATION. The counsel will keep the client
16reasonably informed about the status of representation and will
17promptly respond to reasonable requests for information,
18including any reasonable request for an estimate respecting
19future costs of the representation or an appropriate portion of
20it. The client shall be truthful in all discussions with the
21counsel and provide all information or documentation required
22to enable the counsel to provide competent representation.
23During representation, the client is entitled to receive all
24pleadings and substantive documents prepared on behalf of the
25client and every document received from any other counsel of
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1from the client, the counsel will return to the client all
2original documents and exhibits. In the event that the counsel
3withdraws from representation, or is discharged by the client,
4the counsel will turn over to the substituting counsel (or, if
5no substitutions, to the client) all original documents and
6exhibits together with complete copies of all pleadings and
7discovery within thirty (30) days of the counsel's withdrawal
8or discharge.
9    (4) ETHICAL CONDUCT. The counsel cannot be required to
10engage in conduct which is illegal, unethical, or fraudulent.
11In matters involving minor children, the counsel may refuse to
12engage in conduct which, in the counsel's professional
13judgment, would be contrary to the best interest of the
14client's minor child or children. A counsel who cannot
15ethically abide by his client's directions shall be allowed to
16withdraw from representation.
17    (5) FEES. The counsel's fee for services may not be
18contingent upon the securing of a dissolution of marriage or ,
19upon being allocated parental responsibility obtaining
20custody, or be based upon the amount of maintenance, child
21support, or property settlement received, except as
22specifically permitted under Supreme Court rules. The counsel
23may not require a non-refundable retainer fee, but must remit
24back any overpayment at the end of the representation. The
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1payment of legal fees or costs, but only if the counsel first
2obtains approval of the Court. The counsel will prepare and
3provide the client with an itemized billing statement detailing
4hourly rates (and/or other criteria), time spent, tasks
5performed, and costs incurred on a regular basis, at least
6quarterly. The client should review each billing statement
7promptly and address any objection or error in a timely manner.
8The client will not be billed for time spent to explain or
9correct a billing statement. If an appropriately detailed
10written estimate is submitted to a client as to future costs
11for a counsel's representation or a portion of the contemplated
12services (i.e., relative to specific steps recommended by the
13counsel in the estimate) and, without objection from the
14client, the counsel then performs the contemplated services,
15all such services are presumptively reasonable and necessary,
16as well as to be deemed pursuant to the client's direction. In
17an appropriate case, the client may pursue contribution to his
18or her fees and costs from the other party.
19    (6) DISPUTES. The counsel-client relationship is regulated
20by the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct (Article VIII of
21the Illinois Supreme Court Rules), and any dispute shall be
22reviewed under the terms of such Rules."
23    (g) The changes to this Section 508 made by this amendatory
24Act of 1996 apply to cases pending on or after June 1, 1997,
25except as follows:
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1    as well as provisions of subdivision (c)(3) of this Section
2    508 pertaining to written engagement agreements, apply
3    only to cases filed on or after June 1, 1997.
4        (2) The following do not apply in the case of a hearing
5    under this Section that began before June 1, 1997:
6            (A) Subsection (c-1) of Section 501.
7            (B) Subsection (j) of Section 503.
8            (C) The changes to this Section 508 made by this
9        amendatory Act of 1996 pertaining to the final setting
10        of fees.
11(Source: P.A. 96-583, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
12    (750 ILCS 5/510)  (from Ch. 40, par. 510)
13    Sec. 510. Modification and termination of provisions for
14maintenance, support, educational expenses, and property
15disposition.
16    (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (f) of
17Section 502 and in subsection (b), clause (3) of Section 505.2,
18the provisions of any judgment respecting maintenance or
19support may be modified only as to installments accruing
20subsequent to due notice by the moving party of the filing of
21the motion for modification. An order for child support may be
22modified as follows:
23        (1) upon a showing of a substantial change in
24    circumstances; and
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1    change in circumstances, as follows:
2            (A) upon a showing of an inconsistency of at least
3        20%, but no less than $10 per month, between the amount
4        of the existing order and the amount of child support
5        that results from application of the guidelines
6        specified in Section 505 of this Act unless the
7        inconsistency is due to the fact that the amount of the
8        existing order resulted from a deviation from the
9        guideline amount and there has not been a change in the
10        circumstances that resulted in that deviation; or
11            (B) upon a showing of a need to provide for the
12        health care needs of the child under the order through
13        health insurance or other means. In no event shall the
14        eligibility for or receipt of medical assistance be
15        considered to meet the need to provide for the child's
16        health care needs.
17    The provisions of subparagraph (a)(2)(A) shall apply only
18in cases in which a party is receiving child support
19enforcement services from the Department of Healthcare and
20Family Services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid
21Code, and only when at least 36 months have elapsed since the
22order for child support was entered or last modified.
23    (a-5) An order for maintenance may be modified or
24terminated only upon a showing of a substantial change in
25circumstances. In all such proceedings, as well as in
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1shall consider the applicable factors set forth in subsection
2(a) of Section 504 and the following factors:
3        (1) any change in the employment status of either party
4    and whether the change has been made in good faith;
5        (2) the efforts, if any, made by the party receiving
6    maintenance to become self-supporting, and the
7    reasonableness of the efforts where they are appropriate;
8        (3) any impairment of the present and future earning
9    capacity of either party;
10        (4) the tax consequences of the maintenance payments
11    upon the respective economic circumstances of the parties;
12        (5) the duration of the maintenance payments
13    previously paid (and remaining to be paid) relative to the
14    length of the marriage;
15        (6) the property, including retirement benefits,
16    awarded to each party under the judgment of dissolution of
17    marriage, judgment of legal separation, or judgment of
18    declaration of invalidity of marriage and the present
19    status of the property;
20        (7) the increase or decrease in each party's income
21    since the prior judgment or order from which a review,
22    modification, or termination is being sought;
23        (8) the property acquired and currently owned by each
24    party after the entry of the judgment of dissolution of
25    marriage, judgment of legal separation, or judgment of
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1        (9) any other factor that the court expressly finds to
2    be just and equitable.
3    (b) The provisions as to property disposition may not be
4revoked or modified, unless the court finds the existence of
5conditions that justify the reopening of a judgment under the
6laws of this State.
7    (c) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties in a written
8agreement set forth in the judgment or otherwise approved by
9the court, the obligation to pay future maintenance is
10terminated upon the death of either party, or the remarriage of
11the party receiving maintenance, or if the party receiving
12maintenance cohabits with another person on a resident,
13continuing conjugal basis. Any obligation of a payor party for
14premium payments respecting insurance on such party's life
15imposed under subsection (f) of Section 504 is also terminated
16on the occurrence of any of the foregoing events, unless
17otherwise agreed by the parties. Any termination of an
18obligation for maintenance as a result of the death of the
19payor party, however, shall be inapplicable to any right of the
20other party or such other party's designee to receive a death
21benefit under such insurance on the payor party's life. A party
22receiving maintenance must advise the payor of his or her
23intention to marry at least 30 days before the remarriage,
24unless the decision is made within said time period. In that
25event, he or she must notify the other party within 72 hours of
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1this subsection allows any subsequent petition for termination
2to be made retroactive, to the date of marriage, with
3reimbursement permitted for the amount paid prior to
4notification.
5    (c-5) The court shall make specific factual findings as to
6the reason for the modification as well as the amount, nature,
7and duration of the modified maintenance reward.
8    (d) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, or as agreed in
9writing or expressly provided in the judgment, provisions for
10the support of a child are terminated by emancipation of the
11child, or if the child has attained the age of 18 and is still
12attending high school, provisions for the support of the child
13are terminated upon the date that the child graduates from high
14school or the date the child attains the age of 19, whichever
15is earlier, but not by the death of a parent obligated to
16support or educate the child. An existing obligation to pay for
17support or educational expenses, or both, is not terminated by
18the death of a parent. When a parent obligated to pay support
19or educational expenses, or both, dies, the amount of support
20or educational expenses, or both, may be enforced, modified,
21revoked or commuted to a lump sum payment, as equity may
22require, and that determination may be provided for at the time
23of the dissolution of the marriage or thereafter.
24    (e) The right to petition for support or educational
25expenses, or both, under Sections 505 and 513 is not
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1before or after a parent's death, the court may award sums of
2money out of the decedent's estate for the child's support or
3educational expenses, or both, as equity may require. The time
4within which a claim may be filed against the estate of a
5decedent under Sections 505 and 513 and subsection (d) and this
6subsection shall be governed by the provisions of the Probate
7Act of 1975, as a barrable, noncontingent claim.
8    (f) A petition to modify or terminate child support,
9allocation of parental responsibilities custody, or visitation
10shall not delay any child support enforcement litigation or
11supplementary proceeding on behalf of the obligee, including,
12but not limited to, a petition for a rule to show cause, for
13non-wage garnishment, or for a restraining order.
14(Source: P.A. 97-608, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
15    (750 ILCS 5/512)  (from Ch. 40, par. 512)
16    Sec. 512. Post-Judgment Venue.) After 30 days from the
17entry of a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal
18separation or the last modification thereof, any further
19proceedings to enforce or modify the judgment shall be as
20follows:
21    (a) If the respondent does not then reside within this
22State, further proceedings shall be had either in the judicial
23circuit wherein the moving party resides or where the judgment
24was entered or last modified.
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1judicial circuit wherein the judgment was entered or last
2modified, further proceedings shall be had in the judicial
3circuit that last exercised jurisdiction in the matter;
4provided, however, that the court may in its discretion,
5transfer matters involving a change in the allocation of
6parental responsibility child custody to the judicial circuit
7where the minor or dependent child resides.
8    (c) If neither party then resides in the judicial circuit
9wherein the judgment was entered or last modified, further
10proceedings shall be had in that circuit or in the judicial
11circuit wherein either party resides or where the respondent is
12actively employed; provided, however, that the court may, in
13its discretion, transfer matters involving a change in the
14allocation of parental responsibility child custody to the
15judicial circuit where the minor or dependent child resides.
16    (d) Objection to venue is waived if not made within such
17time as the respondent's answer is due. Counter relief shall be
18heard and determined by the court hearing any matter already
19pending.
20(Source: P.A. 80-923.)
 
21    (750 ILCS 5/513)  (from Ch. 40, par. 513)
22    Sec. 513. Educational Expenses Support for a Non-minor
23Child Children and Educational Expenses.
24    (a) The court may award sums of money out of the property
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1deceased parent, as equity may require, for the educational
2expenses support of any the child or children of the parties.
3Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, all educational
4expenses which are the subject of a petition brought pursuant
5to this Section shall be incurred no later than the student's
623rd birthday.
7    (b) Regardless of whether an award has been made under
8subsection (a), the court may require both parties and the
9child to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
10(FAFSA) and other financial aid forms and to submit any form of
11that type prior to the designated submission deadline for the
12form. The court may require either or both parties to provide
13funds for the child so as to pay for the cost of up to 5 college
14applications, the cost of 2 standardized college entrance
15examinations, and the cost of one standardized college entrance
16examination preparatory course.
17    (c) The authority under this Section to make provision for
18educational expenses extends not only to periods of college
19education or vocational or professional or other training after
20graduation from high school, but also to any period during
21which the child of the parties is still attending high school,
22even though he or she attained the age of 19.
23    (d) Educational expenses may include, but shall not be
24limited to, the following:
25        (1) except for good cause shown, the actual cost of the
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1    fees, provided that the cost for tuition and fees does not
2    exceed the amount of tuition and fees paid by a student at
3    the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for the same
4    academic year;
5        (2) except for good cause shown, the actual costs of
6    the child's housing expenses, whether on-campus and
7    off-campus, provided that the housing expenses do not
8    exceed the cost for the same academic year of a
9    double-occupancy student room, with a standard meal plan,
10    in a residence hall operated by the University of Illinois
11    at Urbana-Champaign;
12        (3) the actual costs of the child's medical expenses,
13    including medical insurance, and dental expenses; and
14        (4) the reasonable living expenses of the child during
15    the academic year and periods of recess:
16            (A) if the child is a resident student attending a
17        post-secondary educational program; or
18            (B) if the child is living with one party at that
19        party's home and attending a post-secondary
20        educational program as a non-resident student, in
21        which case the living expenses include an amount that
22        pays for the reasonable cost of the child's food,
23        utilities, and transportation.
24    (e) Sums may be ordered payable to the child, to either
25party, or to the educational institution, directly or through a
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1sees fit.
2    (f) If educational expenses are ordered payable, each party
3and the child shall sign any consent necessary for the
4educational institution to provide a supporting party with
5access to the child's academic transcripts, records, and grade
6reports. The consent shall not apply to any non-academic
7records. Failure to execute the required consent may be a basis
8for a modification or termination of any order entered under
9this Section. Unless the court specifically finds that the
10child's safety would be jeopardized, each party is entitled to
11know the name of the educational institution the child attends.
12    (g) The authority under this Section to make provision for
13educational expenses terminates when the child: fails to
14maintain a cumulative "C" grade point average, except in the
15event of illness or other good cause shown; attains the age of
1623; receives a baccalaureate degree; or marries. A child's
17enlisting in the armed forces, being incarcerated, or becoming
18pregnant does not terminate the court's authority to make
19provisions for the educational expenses for the child under
20this Section.
21    (h) An account established prior to the dissolution that is
22to be used for the child's post-secondary education, that is an
23account in a state tuition program under Section 529 of the
24Internal Revenue Code, or that is some other college savings
25plan, is to be considered by the court to be a resource of the
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1party to such an account is to be considered a contribution
2from that party.
3    (i) The child is not a third party beneficiary to the
4settlement agreement or judgment between the parties after
5trial and is not entitled to file a petition for contribution.
6If the parties' settlement agreement describes the manner in
7which a child's educational expenses will be paid, or if the
8court makes an award pursuant to this Section, then the parties
9are responsible pursuant to that agreement or award for the
10child's educational expenses, but in no event shall the court
11consider the child a third party beneficiary of that provision.
12In the event of the death of a party who would have the right to
13file a petition for contribution, the child of the party may
14file a petition for contribution.
15who have attained majority in the following instances:
16        (1) When the child is mentally or physically disabled
17    and not otherwise emancipated, an application for support
18    may be made before or after the child has attained
19    majority.
20        (2) The court may also make provision for the
21    educational expenses of the child or children of the
22    parties, whether of minor or majority age, and an
23    application for educational expenses may be made before or
24    after the child has attained majority, or after the death
25    of either parent. The authority under this Section to make
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1    periods of college education or professional or other
2    training after graduation from high school, but also to any
3    period during which the child of the parties is still
4    attending high school, even though he or she attained the
5    age of 19. The educational expenses may include, but shall
6    not be limited to, room, board, dues, tuition,
7    transportation, books, fees, registration and application
8    costs, medical expenses including medical insurance,
9    dental expenses, and living expenses during the school year
10    and periods of recess, which sums may be ordered payable to
11    the child, to either parent, or to the educational
12    institution, directly or through a special account or trust
13    created for that purpose, as the court sees fit.
14        If educational expenses are ordered payable, each
15    parent and the child shall sign any consents necessary for
16    the educational institution to provide the supporting
17    parent with access to the child's academic transcripts,
18    records, and grade reports. The consents shall not apply to
19    any non-academic records. Failure to execute the required
20    consent may be a basis for a modification or termination of
21    any order entered under this Section. Unless the court
22    specifically finds that the child's safety would be
23    jeopardized, each parent is entitled to know the name of
24    the educational institution the child attends. This
25    amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly applies to all
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1    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
2    Assembly.
3        The authority under this Section to make provision for
4    educational expenses, except where the child is mentally or
5    physically disabled and not otherwise emancipated,
6    terminates when the child receives a baccalaureate degree.
7    (j) (b) In making awards under this Section paragraph (1)
8or (2) of subsection (a), or pursuant to a petition or motion
9to decrease, modify, or terminate any such award, the court
10shall consider all relevant factors that appear reasonable and
11necessary, including:
12        (1) The present and future financial resources of both
13    parties to meet their needs, including, but not limited to,
14    savings for retirement The financial resources of both
15    parents.
16        (2) The standard of living the child would have enjoyed
17    had the marriage not been dissolved. The court may consider
18    factors that are just and equitable.
19        (3) The financial resources of the child.
20        (4) The child's academic performance.
21    (k) Relief under this Section is retroactive only to the
22date of filing of a petition, and shall not apply to
23enforcement under this Section by either of the parties.
24(Source: P.A. 95-954, eff. 8-29-08.)
 
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1    Sec. 513.5. Support for a non-minor child with a
2disability.
3    (a) The court may award sums of money out of the property
4and income of either or both parties or the estate of a
5deceased parent, as equity may require, for the support of a
6child of the parties who has attained majority when the child
7is mentally or physically disabled and not otherwise
8emancipated. The sums awarded may be paid to one of the
9parents, to a trust created by the parties for the benefit of
10the non-minor child with a disability, or irrevocably to a
11special needs trust, established by the parties and for the
12sole benefit of the non-minor child with a disability, pursuant
13to subdivisions (d)(4)(A) or (d)(4)(C) of 42 U.S.C. 1396p,
14Section 15.1 of the Trusts and Trustees Act, and applicable
15provisions of the Social Security Administration Program
16Operating Manual System. An application for support for a
17non-minor disabled child may be made before or after the child
18has attained majority. Unless an application for educational
19expenses is made for a mentally or physically disabled child
20under Section 513, the disability that is the basis for the
21application for support must have arisen while the child was
22eligible for support under Section 505 or 513 of this Act.
23    (b) In making awards under this Section, or pursuant to a
24petition or motion to decrease, modify, or terminate any such
25award, the court shall consider all relevant factors that
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1        (1) the present and future financial resources of both
2    parties to meet their needs, including, but not limited to,
3    savings for retirement;
4        (2) the standard of living the child would have enjoyed
5    had the marriage not been dissolved. The court may consider
6    factors that are just and equitable;
7        (3) the financial resources of the child; and
8        (4) any financial or other resource provided to or for
9    the child including, but not limited to, any Supplemental
10    Security Income, any home-based support provided pursuant
11    to the Home-Based Support Services Law for Mentally
12    Disabled Adults, and any other State, federal, or local
13    benefit available to the non-minor disabled child.
14    (c) As used in this Section:
15    A "disabled" individual means an individual who has a
16physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major
17life activity, has a record of such an impairment, or is
18regarded as having such an impairment.
19    "Disability" means a mental or physical impairment that
20substantially limits a major life activity.
 
21    (750 ILCS 5/Pt. VI heading)
22
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1    Sec. 600. Definitions. For purposes of this Part VI:
2    (a) "Abuse" has the meaning ascribed to that term in
3Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
4    (b) "Allocation judgment" means a judgment allocating
5parental responsibilities.
6    (c) "Caretaking functions" means tasks that involve
7interaction with a child or that direct, arrange, and supervise
8the interaction with and care of a child provided by others, or
9for obtaining the resources allowing for the provision of these
10functions. The term includes, but is not limited to, the
11following:
12        (1) satisfying a child's nutritional needs; managing a
13    child's bedtime and wake-up routines; caring for a child
14    when the child is sick or injured; being attentive to a
15    child's personal hygiene needs, including washing,
16    grooming, and dressing; playing with a child and ensuring
17    the child attends scheduled extracurricular activities;
18    protecting a child's physical safety; and providing
19    transportation for a child;
20        (2) directing a child's various developmental needs,
21    including the acquisition of motor and language skills,
22    toilet training, self-confidence, and maturation;
23        (3) providing discipline, giving instruction in
24    manners, assigning and supervising chores, and performing
25    other tasks that attend to a child's needs for behavioral
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1        (4) ensuring the child attends school, including
2    remedial and special services appropriate to the child's
3    needs and interests, communicating with teachers and
4    counselors, and supervising homework;
5        (5) helping a child develop and maintain appropriate
6    interpersonal relationships with peers, siblings, and
7    other family members;
8        (6) ensuring the child attends medical appointments
9    and is available for medical follow-up and meeting the
10    medical needs of the child in the home;
11        (7) providing moral and ethical guidance for a child;
12    and
13        (8) arranging alternative care for a child by a family
14    member, babysitter, or other child care provider or
15    facility, including investigating such alternatives,
16    communicating with providers, and supervising such care.
17    (d) "Parental responsibilities" means both parenting time
18and significant decision-making responsibilities with respect
19to a child.
20    (e) "Parenting time" means the time during which a parent
21is responsible for exercising caretaking functions and
22non-significant decision-making responsibilities with respect
23to the child.
24    (f) "Parenting plan" means a written agreement that
25allocates significant decision-making responsibilities,
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1    (g) "Relocation" means:
2        (1) a change of residence from the child's current
3    primary residence located in the county of Cook, DuPage,
4    Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will to a new residence that is
5    more than 25 miles from the child's current residence;
6        (2) a change of residence from the child's current
7    primary residence located in a county not listed in
8    paragraph (1) to a location within the borders of this
9    State that is more than 50 miles from the child's current
10    primary residence;
11        (3) a change of residence from the child's current
12    primary residence to a residence outside the borders of
13    this State that is more than 25 miles from the current
14    primary residence; or
15        (4) a change of residence from the child's current
16    primary residence to a residence outside the borders of
17    this State that is no more than 25 miles from the child's
18    current primary residence, regardless of the county of the
19    child's current primary residence.
20    (h) "Religious upbringing" means the choice of religion or
21denomination of a religion, religious schooling, religious
22training, or participation in religious customs or practices.
23    (i) "Residential responsibility" means the amount of time a
24child spends in a parent's care.
25    (j) "Restriction of parenting time" means any limitation or
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1    (k) "Right of first refusal" has the meaning provided in
2subsection (b) of Section 602.3 of this Act.
3    (l) "Significant decision-making" means deciding issues of
4long-term importance in the life of a child.
5    (m) "Step-parent" means a person married to a child's
6parent, including a person married to the child's parent
7immediately prior to the parent's death.
8    (n) "Supervision" means the presence of a third party
9during a parent's exercise of parenting time.
 
10    (750 ILCS 5/601.2 new)
11    Sec. 601.2. Jurisdiction; commencement of proceeding.
12    (a) A court of this State that is competent to allocate
13parental responsibilities has jurisdiction to make such an
14allocation in original or modification proceedings as provided
15in Section 201 of the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and
16Enforcement Act as adopted by this State.
17    (b) A proceeding for allocation of parental
18responsibilities with respect to a child is commenced in the
19court:
20        (1) by filing a petition for dissolution of marriage or
21    legal separation or declaration of invalidity of marriage;
22        (2) by filing a petition for allocation of parental
23    responsibilities with respect to the child in the county in
24    which the child resides;
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1    petition for allocation of parental responsibilities in
2    the county in which the child is permanently resident or
3    found, but only if he or she is not in the physical custody
4    of one of his or her parents;
5        (4) by a step-parent, by filing a petition, if all of
6    the following circumstances are met:
7            (A) the parent having the majority of residential
8        responsibility is deceased or is disabled and cannot
9        perform the duties of a parent to the child;
10            (B) the step-parent provided for the care,
11        control, and welfare of the child prior to the
12        initiation of proceedings for allocation of parental
13        responsibilities;
14            (C) the child wishes to live with the step-parent;
15        and
16            (D) it is alleged to be in the best interests and
17        welfare of the child to live with the step-parent as
18        provided in Section 602.5 of this Act; or
19        (5) when one of the parents is deceased, by a
20    grandparent who is a parent or step-parent of a deceased
21    parent, by filing a petition, if one or more of the
22    following existed at the time of the parent's death:
23            (A) the surviving parent had been absent from the
24        marital abode for more than one month without the
25        spouse knowing his or her whereabouts;
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1        custody; or
2            (C) the surviving parent had: (i) received
3        supervision for or been convicted of any violation of
4        Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60,
5        11-1.70, 12C-5, 12C-10, 12C-35, 12C-40, 12C-45, 18-6,
6        19-6, or Article 12 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
7        Criminal Code of 2012 directed towards the deceased
8        parent or the child; or (ii) received supervision or
9        been convicted of violating an order of protection
10        entered under Section 217, 218, or 219 of the Illinois
11        Domestic Violence Act of 1986 for the protection of the
12        deceased parent or the child.
13    (c) When a proceeding for allocation of parental
14responsibilities is commenced, the party commencing the action
15must, at least 30 days before any hearing on the petition,
16serve a written notice and a copy of the petition on the
17child's parent and on any party previously appearing in any
18prior proceeding for allocation of parental responsibilities
19with respect to the child. Nothing in this Section shall
20preclude a party in a proceeding for allocation of parental
21responsibilities from moving for a temporary order under
22Section 602.5.
 
23    (750 ILCS 5/602.3)
24    Sec. 602.3. Care of minor children; right of first refusal.
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1responsibilities custody under Section 602.5 602.1 or
2parenting time visitation rights under Section 607 602.7 or
3602.8, the court may consider, consistent with the best
4interests interest of the child as defined in Sections 602.5
5and 602.7 Section 602, whether to award to one or both of the
6parties the right of first refusal to provide child care for
7the minor child or children during the other parent's normal
8parenting time, unless the need for child care is attributable
9to an emergency.
10    (b) As used in this Section, "right of first refusal" means
11that if a party intends to leave the minor child or children
12with a substitute child-care provider for a significant period
13of time, that party must first offer the other party an
14opportunity to personally care for the minor child or children.
15The parties may agree to a right of first refusal that is
16consistent with the best interests interest of the minor child
17or children. If there is no agreement and the court determines
18that a right of first refusal is in the best interests interest
19of the minor child or children, the court shall consider and
20make provisions in its order for:
21        (1) the length and kind of child-care requirements
22    invoking the right of first refusal;
23        (2) notification to the other parent and for his or her
24    response;
25        (3) transportation requirements; and
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1    the best interest of the minor child or children.
2    (c) The right of first refusal may be enforced under
3Section 607.5 607.1 of this Act.
4    (d) The right of first refusal is terminated upon the
5termination of the allocation of parental responsibilities or
6parenting time custody or visitation rights.
7(Source: P.A. 98-462, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
8    (750 ILCS 5/602.5 new)
9    Sec. 602.5. Allocation of parental responsibilities:
10decision-making.
11    (a) Generally. The court shall allocate decision-making
12responsibilities according to the child's best interests.
13Nothing in this Act requires that each parent be allocated
14decision-making responsibilities.
15    (b) Allocation of significant decision-making
16responsibilities. Unless the parents otherwise agree in
17writing on an allocation of significant decision-making
18responsibilities, the court shall make the determination. The
19court shall allocate to one or both of the parents the
20significant decision-making responsibility for each
21significant issue affecting the child. Those significant
22issues shall include, without limitation, the following:
23        (1) Education, including the choice of schools and
24    tutors.
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1    medical, dental, and psychological needs of the child and
2    to the treatments arising or resulting from those needs.
3        (3) Religion, subject to the following provisions:
4            (A) The court shall allocate parental
5        responsibility for the child's religious upbringing in
6        accordance with any express or implied agreement
7        between the parents.
8            (B) The court shall consider evidence of the
9        parents' past conduct as to the child's religious
10        upbringing in allocating parental responsibilities
11        consistent with demonstrated past conduct in the
12        absence of an express or implied agreement between the
13        parents.
14            (C) The court shall not allocate any aspect of the
15        child's religious upbringing if it determines that the
16        parents do not or did not have an express or implied
17        agreement for such religious upbringing or that there
18        is insufficient evidence to demonstrate a course of
19        conduct regarding the child's religious upbringing
20        that could serve as a basis for any such order.
21        (4) Extracurricular activities.
22    (c) Determination of child's best interests. In
23determining the child's best interests for purposes of
24allocating significant decision-making responsibilities, the
25court shall consider all relevant factors, including, without
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1        (1) the wishes of a child who is sufficiently mature to
2    express reasoned and independent preferences as to
3    significant decisions;
4        (2) the child's adjustment to his or her home, school,
5    and community;
6        (3) the mental and physical health of all individuals
7    involved;
8        (4) the ability of the parents to cooperate to make
9    decisions, or the level of conflict between the parties
10    that may affect their ability to share decision-making;
11        (5) the level of each parent's participation in past
12    significant decision-making with respect to the child;
13        (6) any prior agreement or course of conduct between
14    the parents relating to decision-making with respect to the
15    child;
16        (7) the wishes of the parents;
17        (8) the child's needs in light of economic, physical,
18    or other circumstances;
19        (9) the distance between the parents' residences, the
20    cost and difficulty of transporting the child, each
21    parent's and the child's daily schedules, and the ability
22    of the parents to cooperate in the arrangement;
23        (10) whether a restriction on decision-making is
24    appropriate under Section 603.10;
25        (11) the willingness and ability of each parent to
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1    relationship between the other parent and the child;
2        (12) the physical violence or threat of physical
3    violence by the child's parent, whether directed against
4    the child or directed against another person;
5        (13) the occurrence of ongoing or repeated abuse,
6    including, but not limited to, abuse as defined by the
7    Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 and the Abused and
8    Neglected Child Reporting Act;
9        (14) whether one of the parents is a sex offender, and
10    if so, the exact nature of the offense and what, if any,
11    treatment in which the parent has successfully
12    participated; and
13        (15) any other factor that the court expressly finds to
14    be relevant.
15    (d) A parent shall have sole responsibility for making
16routine decisions with respect to the child and for emergency
17decisions affecting the child's health and safety during that
18parent's parenting time.
19    (e) In allocating significant decision-making
20responsibilities, the court shall not consider conduct of a
21parent that does not affect that parent's relationship to the
22child.
 
23    (750 ILCS 5/602.7 new)
24    Sec. 602.7. Parenting time.
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1according to the child's best interests.
2    (b) Allocation of parenting time. Unless the parents
3present a mutually agreed written parenting plan and that plan
4is approved by the court, the court shall allocate parenting
5time. It is presumed both parents are fit and the court shall
6not place any restrictions on parenting time as defined in
7Section 600 and described in Section 603.10, unless it finds by
8a preponderance of the evidence that a parent's exercise of
9parenting time would seriously endanger the child's physical,
10mental, moral, or emotional health.
11    In determining the child's best interests for purposes of
12allocating parenting time, the court shall consider all
13relevant factors, including, without limitation, the
14following:
15        (1) the wishes of each parent seeking parenting time;
16        (2) the wishes of a child who is sufficiently mature to
17    express reasoned and independent preferences as to
18    parenting time;
19        (3) the amount of time each parent spent performing
20    caretaking functions with respect to the child in the 24
21    months preceding the filing of any petition for allocation
22    of parental responsibilities or, if the child is under 2
23    years of age, since the child's birth;
24        (4) any prior agreement or course of conduct between
25    the parents relating to caretaking functions with respect
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1        (5) the interaction and interrelationship of the child
2    with his or her parents and siblings and with any other
3    person who may significantly affect the child's best
4    interests;
5        (6) the child's adjustment to his or her home, school,
6    and community;
7        (7) the mental and physical health of all individuals
8    involved;
9        (8) the child's needs in light of economic, physical,
10    or other circumstances;
11        (9) the distance between the parents' residences, the
12    cost and difficulty of transporting the child, each
13    parent's and the child's daily schedules, and the ability
14    of the parents to cooperate in the arrangement;
15        (10) whether a restriction on parenting time is
16    appropriate;
17        (11) the physical violence or threat of physical
18    violence by a parent, whether directed against the child or
19    directed against another person;
20        (12) the willingness and ability of each parent to
21    place the needs of the child ahead of his or her own needs;
22        (13) the willingness and ability of each parent to
23    facilitate and encourage a close and continuing
24    relationship between the other parent and the child;
25        (14) the occurrence of abuse, including, but not
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1    Violence Act of 1986 and the Abused and Neglected Child
2    Reporting Act, whether against the child or another person;
3        (15) whether one of the parents is a convicted sex
4    offender or lives with a convicted sex offender and, if so,
5    the exact nature of the offense and what if any treatment
6    the offender has successfully participated in; the parties
7    are entitled to a hearing on the issues raised in this
8    paragraph (15);
9        (16) the terms of a parent's military family-care plan
10    that a parent must complete before deployment if a parent
11    is a member of the United States Armed Forces who is being
12    deployed; and
13        (17) any other factor that the court expressly finds to
14    be relevant.
15    (c) In allocating parenting time, the court shall not
16consider conduct of a parent that does not affect that parent's
17relationship to the child.
18    (d) A parent who is not allocated parenting time is not
19entitled to access to the child's school or health care records
20unless a court finds that it is in the child's best interests
21to provide those records to the parent.
22    (e) Upon motion, the court may allow a parent who is
23deployed or who has orders to be deployed as a member of the
24United States Armed Forces to designate a person known to the
25child to exercise reasonable substitute parenting time on
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1substitute parenting time is in the best interests of the
2child. In determining whether substitute parenting time is in
3the best interests of the child, the court shall consider all
4of the relevant factors listed in subsection (b) of this
5Section and apply those factors to the person designated as a
6substitute for the deployed parent for parenting time purposes.
 
7    (750 ILCS 5/602.8 new)
8    Sec. 602.8. Parenting time by parents not allocated
9parental responsibilities.
10    (a) A parent who has established parentage under the laws
11of this State and who is not granted parental responsibilities
12of a child is entitled to reasonable parenting time with the
13child, subject to subsections (d) and (e) of Section 603.10 of
14this Act, unless the court finds, after a hearing, that the
15parenting time would seriously endanger the child's mental,
16moral, or physical health or significantly impair the child's
17emotional development. The order setting forth parenting time
18shall be in the child's best interests pursuant to the factors
19set forth in subsection (b) of Section 602.7 of this Section.
20    (b) The court may modify an order granting or denying
21parenting time pursuant to Section 610.5 of this Act. The court
22may restrict parenting time, and modify an order restricting
23parenting time, pursuant to Section 603.10 of this Act.
24    (c) If the street address of the parent allocated parental
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1this Act, the court shall require the parties to identify
2reasonable alternative arrangements for parenting time by a
3parent not allocated parental responsibilities, including but
4not limited to parenting time of the minor child at the
5residence of another person or at a local public or private
6facility.
 
7    (750 ILCS 5/602.9 new)
8    Sec. 602.9. Visitation by certain non-parents.
9    (a) As used in this Section:
10        (1) "electronic communication" means time that a
11    grandparent, great-grandparent, sibling, or step-parent
12    spends with a child during which the child is not in the
13    person's actual physical custody, but which is facilitated
14    by the use of communication tools such as the telephone,
15    electronic mail, instant messaging, video conferencing or
16    other wired or wireless technologies via the Internet, or
17    another medium of communication;
18        (2) "sibling" means a brother or sister either of the
19    whole blood or the half blood, stepbrother, or stepsister
20    of the minor child;
21        (3) "step-parent" means a person married to a child's
22    parent, including a person married to the child's parent
23    immediately prior to the parent's death; and
24        (4) "visitation" means in-person time spent between a
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1    sibling, or step-parent. In appropriate circumstances,
2    visitation may include electronic communication under
3    conditions and at times determined by the court.
4    (b) General provisions.
5        (1) An appropriate person, as identified in subsection
6    (c) of this Section, may bring an action in circuit court
7    by petition, or by filing a petition in a pending
8    dissolution proceeding or any other proceeding that
9    involves parental responsibilities, parenting time, or
10    visitation issues regarding the child, requesting
11    visitation with the child pursuant to this Section. If
12    there is not a pending proceeding involving parental
13    responsibilities, parenting time, or visitation with the
14    child, the petition for visitation with the child must be
15    filed in the county in which the child resides. Notice of
16    the petition shall be given as provided in subsection (c)
17    of Section 601.2 of this Act.
18        (2) This Section does not apply to a child:
19            (A) in whose interests a petition is pending under
20        Section 2-13 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987; or
21            (B) in whose interests a petition to adopt by an
22        unrelated person is pending under the Adoption Act; or
23            (C) who has been voluntarily surrendered by the
24        parent or parents, except for a surrender to the
25        Department of Children and Family Services or a foster
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1            (D) who has been previously adopted by an
2        individual or individuals who are not related to the
3        biological parents of the child or who is the subject
4        of a pending adoption petition by an individual or
5        individuals who are not related to the biological
6        parents of the child.
7        (3) A petition for visitation may be filed under this
8    Section only if there has been an unreasonable denial of
9    visitation by a parent and the denial has caused the child
10    undue mental, physical, or emotional harm.
11        (4) There is a rebuttable presumption that a fit
12    parent's actions and decisions regarding grandparent,
13    great-grandparent, sibling, or step-parent visitation are
14    not harmful to the child's mental, physical, or emotional
15    health. The burden is on the party filing a petition under
16    this Section to prove that the parent's actions and
17    decisions regarding visitation will cause undue harm to the
18    child's mental, physical, or emotional health.
19        (5) In determining whether to grant visitation, the
20    court shall consider the following:
21            (A) the preference of the child, taking into
22        account the child's age and maturity and ability to
23        express independent preferences as to decision-making;
24            (B) the mental and physical health of the child;
25            (C) the mental and physical health of the
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1        step-parent;
2            (D) the length and quality of the prior
3        relationship between the child and the grandparent,
4        great-grandparent, sibling, or step-parent;
5            (E) the good faith of the party in filing the
6        petition;
7            (F) the good faith of the person denying
8        visitation;
9            (G) the quantity of the visitation time requested
10        and the potential adverse impact that visitation would
11        have on the child's customary activities;
12            (H) any other fact that establishes that the loss
13        of the relationship between the petitioner and the
14        child is likely to unduly harm the child's mental,
15        physical, or emotional health; and
16            (I) whether visitation can be structured in way to
17        minimize the child's exposure to conflicts between the
18        adults.
19        (6) Any visitation rights granted under this Section
20    before the filing of a petition for adoption of the child
21    shall automatically terminate by operation of law upon the
22    entry of an order terminating parental rights or granting
23    the adoption of the child, whichever is earlier. If the
24    person or persons who adopted the child are related to the
25    child, as defined by Section 1 of the Adoption Act, any
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1    great-grandparent, or sibling prior to the adoption shall
2    have standing to bring an action under this Section
3    requesting visitation with the child.
4        (7) The court may order visitation rights for the
5    grandparent, great-grandparent, sibling, or step-parent
6    that include reasonable access without requiring overnight
7    or possessory visitation.
8    (c) Visitation by grandparents, great-grandparents,
9step-parents, and siblings.
10        (1) Grandparents, great-grandparents, step-parents,
11    and siblings of a minor child who is one year old or older
12    may bring a petition for visitation and electronic
13    communication under this Section if there is an
14    unreasonable denial of visitation by a parent that causes
15    undue mental, physical, or emotional harm to the child and
16    if at least one of the following conditions exists:
17            (A) the child's other parent is deceased or has
18        been missing for at least 90 days. For the purposes of
19        this subsection a parent is considered to be missing if
20        the parent's location has not been determined and the
21        parent has been reported as missing to a law
22        enforcement agency; or
23            (B) a parent of the child is incompetent as a
24        matter of law; or
25            (C) a parent has been incarcerated in jail or
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1        prior to the filing of the petition; or
2            (D) the child's mother and father have been granted
3        a dissolution of marriage or have been legally
4        separated from each other or there is pending a
5        dissolution proceeding involving a parent of the child
6        or another court proceeding involving parental
7        responsibilities, parenting time, or visitation of the
8        child (other than any adoption proceeding of an
9        unrelated child or a proceeding under Article II of the
10        Juvenile Court Act of 1987) and at least one parent
11        does not object to the grandparent, great-grandparent,
12        step-parent, or sibling having visitation with the
13        child. The visitation of the grandparent,
14        great-grandparent, step-parent, or sibling must not
15        diminish the parenting time of the parent who is not
16        related to the grandparent, great-grandparent,
17        step-parent, or sibling seeking visitation; or
18            (E) the child is born to parents who are not
19        married to each other, the parents are not living
20        together, and the petitioner is a grandparent,
21        great-grandparent, step-parent, or sibling of the
22        child, and parentage has been established by a court of
23        competent jurisdiction.
24        (2) In addition to the factors set forth in subdivision
25    (b)(5) of this Section, the court should consider:
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1        for at least 6 consecutive months with or without a
2        parent present;
3            (B) whether the child had frequent and regular
4        contact or visitation with the petitioner for at least
5        12 consecutive months; and
6            (C) whether the grandparent, great-grandparent,
7        sibling, or step-parent was a primary caretaker of the
8        child for a period of not less than 6 consecutive
9        months within the 24-month period immediately
10        preceding the commencement of the proceeding.
11        (3) Any order granting visitation privileges with the
12    child to a grandparent or great-grandparent who is related
13    to the child through a parent whose contact with the child
14    is prohibited or restricted shall contain the following
15    provision:
16        "If the (grandparent or great-grandparent, whichever
17    is applicable) who has been granted visitation privileges
18    under this order uses the visitation privileges to
19    facilitate contact between the child and the child's parent
20    whose contact with the child has been prohibited or
21    restricted, the visitation privileges granted under this
22    order shall be permanently revoked."
23        (4) A petition for visitation privileges may not be
24    filed pursuant to this subsection (c) by the parents or
25    grandparents of a parent of the child if parentage between
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1    established.
2    (d) Modification of visitation orders.
3        (1) Unless by stipulation of the parties, no motion to
4    modify a grandparent, great-grandparent, sibling, or
5    step-parent visitation order may be made earlier than 2
6    years after the date the order was filed, unless the court
7    permits it to be made on the basis of affidavits that there
8    is reason to believe the child's present environment may
9    endanger seriously the child's mental, physical, or
10    emotional health.
11        (2) The court shall not modify an order that grants
12    visitation to a grandparent, great-grandparent, sibling,
13    or step-parent unless it finds by clear and convincing
14    evidence, upon the basis of facts that have arisen since
15    the prior visitation order or that were unknown to the
16    court at the time of entry of the prior visitation order,
17    that a change has occurred in the circumstances of the
18    child or his or her parent, and that the modification is
19    necessary to protect the mental, physical, or emotional
20    health of the child. The court shall state in its decision
21    specific findings of fact in support of its modification or
22    termination of the grandparent, great-grandparent,
23    sibling, or step-parent visitation. A child's parent may
24    always petition to modify visitation upon changed
25    circumstances when necessary to promote the child's best
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1        (3) Notice of a motion requesting modification of a
2    visitation order shall be provided as set forth in
3    subsection (c) of Section 601.2 of this Act.
4        (4) Attorney's fees and costs shall be assessed against
5    a party seeking modification of the visitation order if the
6    court finds that the modification action is vexatious and
7    constitutes harassment.
8        (5) If any court has entered an order prohibiting a
9    parent of a child from any contact with a child or
10    restricting the parent's contact with the child, the
11    following provisions shall apply:
12            (A) If an order has been entered granting
13        visitation privileges with the child to a grandparent
14        or great-grandparent who is related to the child
15        through the parent whose contact with the child is
16        prohibited or restricted, the visitation privileges of
17        the grandparent or great-grandparent may be revoked
18        if:
19                (i) a court has entered an order prohibiting
20            the parent from any contact with the child, and the
21            grandparent or great-grandparent is found to have
22            used his or her visitation privileges to
23            facilitate contact between the child and the
24            parent; or
25                (ii) a court has entered an order restricting
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1            grandparent or great-grandparent is found to have
2            used his or her visitation privileges to
3            facilitate contact between the child and the
4            parent in a manner that violates the terms of the
5            order restricting the parent's contact with the
6            child.
7        Nothing in this paragraph (5) limits the authority of
8    the court to enforce its orders in any manner permitted by
9    law.
10    (e) No child's grandparent, great-grandparent, sibling, or
11step-parent who was convicted of any offense involving an
12illegal sex act perpetrated upon a victim less than 18 years of
13age including, but not limited to, offenses for violations of
14Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-1.70,
15or Article 12 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code
16of 2012, is entitled to visitation while incarcerated or while
17on parole, probation, conditional discharge, periodic
18imprisonment, or mandatory supervised release for that
19offense, and upon discharge from incarceration for a
20misdemeanor offense or upon discharge from parole, probation,
21conditional discharge, periodic imprisonment, or mandatory
22supervised release for a felony offense. Visitation shall be
23denied until the person successfully completes a treatment
24program approved by the court. Upon completion of treatment,
25the court may deny visitation based on the factors listed in
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1    (f) No child's grandparent, great-grandparent, sibling, or
2step-parent may be granted visitation under this Section if he
3or she has been convicted of first degree murder of a parent,
4grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling of the child who is
5the subject of the visitation request. Pursuant to a motion to
6modify visitation, the court shall revoke visitation rights
7previously granted to any person who would otherwise be
8entitled to petition for visitation rights under this Section,
9if the person has been convicted of first degree murder of a
10parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling of the
11child who is the subject of the visitation order. Until an
12order is entered pursuant to this subsection, no person may
13visit, with the child present, a person who has been convicted
14of first degree murder of the parent, grandparent,
15great-grandparent, or sibling of the child without the consent
16of the child's parent, other than a parent convicted of first
17degree murder as set forth herein, or legal guardian.
 
18    (750 ILCS 5/602.10 new)
19    Sec. 602.10. Parenting plan.
20    (a) Filing of parenting plan. All parents, within 120 days
21after service or filing of any petition for allocation of
22parental responsibilities, must file with the court, either
23jointly or separately, a proposed parenting plan. The time
24period for filing a parenting plan may be extended by the court
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1    (b) No parenting plan filed. In the absence of filing of
2one or more parenting plans, the court must conduct an
3evidentiary hearing to allocate parental responsibilities.
4    (c) Mediation. The court shall order mediation to assist
5the parents in formulating or modifying a parenting plan or in
6implementing a parenting plan. Costs under this subsection
7shall be allocated between the parties pursuant to the
8applicable statute or Supreme Court Rule.
9    (d) Parents' agreement on parenting plan. The parents may
10agree on a parenting plan at any time. The parenting plan must
11be in writing and signed by both parents. The parents must
12submit the parenting plan to the court for approval within 120
13days after service of a petition for allocation of parental
14responsibilities, parenting time, or the filing of an
15appearance, except for good cause shown. If the court does not
16approve the parenting plan, the court shall make express
17findings of the reason or reasons for its refusal to approve
18the plan. The court, on its own motion, may conduct an
19evidentiary hearing to determine whether the parenting plan is
20in the child's best interests.
21    (e) Parents cannot agree on parenting plan. When parents
22fail to submit an agreed parenting plan, each parent must file
23and submit a written, signed parenting plan to the court within
24120 days after the filing of an appearance, except for good
25cause shown. The determination of residential parenting time
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1the plan may be excused by the court if:
2        (1) the parties have commenced mediation for the
3    purpose of formulating a parenting plan; or
4        (2) the parents have agreed in writing to extend the
5    time for filing a proposed plan and the court has approved
6    such an extension; or
7        (3) the court orders otherwise for good cause shown.
8    (f) Parenting plan contents. At a minimum, a parenting plan
9must set forth the following:
10        (1) an allocation of significant decision-making
11    responsibilities;
12        (2) provisions for the child's living arrangements and
13    for each parent's parenting time, including either:
14            (A) a schedule that designates in which parent's
15        home the minor child will reside on given days; or
16            (B) a formula or method for determining such a
17        schedule in sufficient detail to be enforced in a
18        subsequent proceeding;
19        (3) a mediation provision addressing any proposed
20    revisions or disputes, except that this provision is not
21    required if one parent is allocated all significant
22    decision-making responsibilities;
23        (4) each parent's right of access to medical, dental,
24    and psychological records (subject to the Mental Health and
25    Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act), child
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1    reports, and schedules, unless expressly denied by a court
2    order or denied under subsection (g) of Section 602.5;
3        (5) a designation of the parent who will be denominated
4    as the parent with the majority of the residential
5    responsibility for purposes of Section 606.10;
6        (6) the child's residential address for school
7    enrollment purposes only;
8        (7) each parent's residence address and phone number,
9    and each parent's place of employment and employment
10    address and phone number;
11        (8) a requirement that a parent changing his or her
12    residence provide at least 60 days prior written notice of
13    the change to any other parent under the parenting plan or
14    allocation judgment, unless such notice is impracticable
15    or unless otherwise ordered by the court. If such notice is
16    impracticable, written notice shall be given at the
17    earliest date practicable. At a minimum, the notice shall
18    set forth the following:
19            (A) the intended date of the change of residence;
20        and
21            (B) the address of the new residence;
22        (9) provisions requiring each parent to notify the
23    other of emergencies, health care, travel plans, or other
24    significant child-related issues;
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1    during the other parent's parenting time;
2        (12) provisions for resolving issues arising from a
3    parent's future relocation, if applicable;
4        (13) provisions for future modifications of the
5    parenting plan, if specified events occur;
6        (14) provisions for the exercise of the right of first
7    refusal, if so desired, that are consistent with the best
8    interests of the minor child; provisions in the plan for
9    the exercise of the right of first refusal must include:
10            (i) the length and kind of child-care requirements
11        invoking the right of first refusal;
12            (ii) notification to the other parent and for his
13        or her response;
14            (iii) transportation requirements; and
15            (iv) any other provision related to the exercise of
16        the right of first refusal necessary to protect and
17        promote the best interests of the minor child; and
18        (15) any other provision that addresses the child's
19    best interests or that will otherwise facilitate
20    cooperation between the parents.
21    The personal information under items (6), (7), and (8) of
22this subsection is not required if there is evidence of or the
23parenting plan states that there is a history of domestic
24violence or abuse, or it is shown that the release of the
25information is not in the child's or parent's best interests.
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1a plan which it finds to be in the best interests of the child
2and maximizes the child's relationship and access to both
3parents. The court shall take the parenting plans into
4consideration when determining parenting time and
5responsibilities at trial or hearing.
6    (h) The court may consider, consistent with the best
7interests of the child as defined in Section 602.7 of this Act,
8whether to award to one or both of the parties the right of
9first refusal in accordance with Section 602.3 of this Act.
 
10    (750 ILCS 5/603.5 new)
11    Sec. 603.5. Temporary orders.
12    (a) A court may order a temporary allocation of parental
13responsibilities in the child's best interests before the entry
14of a final allocation judgment. Any temporary allocation shall
15be made in accordance with the standards set forth in Sections
16602.5 and 602.7: (i) after a hearing; or (ii) if there is no
17objection, on the basis of a parenting plan that, at a minimum,
18complies with subsection (f) of Section 602.10.
19    (b) A temporary order allocating parental responsibilities
20shall be deemed vacated when the action in which it was granted
21is dismissed, unless a parent moves to continue the action for
22allocation of parental responsibilities filed under Section
23601.5.
 
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1    Sec. 603.10. Restriction of parental responsibilities.
2    (a) After a hearing, if the court finds by a preponderance
3of the evidence that a parent engaged in any conduct that
4seriously endangered the child's mental, moral, or physical
5health or that significantly impaired the child's emotional
6development, the court shall enter orders as necessary to
7protect the child. Such orders may include, but are not limited
8to, orders for one or more of the following:
9        (1) a reduction, elimination, or other adjustment of
10    the parent's decision-making responsibilities or parenting
11    time, or both decision-making responsibilities and
12    parenting time;
13        (2) supervision, including ordering the Department of
14    Children and Family Services to exercise continuing
15    supervision under Section 5 of the Children and Family
16    Services Act to ensure compliance with the allocation
17    judgment;
18        (3) requiring the exchange of the child between the
19    parents through an intermediary or in a protected setting;
20        (4) restraining a parent's communication with or
21    proximity to the other parent or the child;
22        (5) requiring a parent to abstain from possessing or
23    consuming alcohol or non-prescribed drugs while exercising
24    parenting time with the child and within a specified period
25    immediately preceding the exercise of parenting time;
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1    a parent is exercising parenting time with the child;
2        (7) requiring a parent to post a bond to secure the
3    return of the child following the parent's exercise of
4    parenting time or to secure other performance required by
5    the court;
6        (8) requiring a parent to complete a treatment program
7    for perpetrators of abuse, for drug or alcohol abuse, or
8    for other behavior that is the basis for restricting
9    parental responsibilities under this Section; and
10        (9) any other constraints or conditions that the court
11    deems necessary to provide for the child's safety or
12    welfare.
13    (b) The court may modify an order restricting parental
14responsibilities if, after a hearing, the court finds by a
15preponderance of the evidence that a modification is in the
16child's best interests based on (i) a change of circumstances
17that occurred after the entry of an order restricting parental
18responsibilities; or (ii) conduct of which the court was
19previously unaware that seriously endangers the child. In
20determining whether to modify an order under this subsection,
21the court must consider factors that include, but need not be
22limited to, the following:
23        (1) abuse, neglect, or abandonment of the child as
24    determined by any findings of the Department of Children
25    and Family Services, including an indicated report filed
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1        (2) abusing or allowing abuse of another person that
2    had an impact upon the child;
3        (3) use of drugs, alcohol, or any other substance in a
4    way that interferes with the parent's ability to perform
5    caretaking functions with respect to the child; and
6        (4) persistent continuing interference with the other
7    parent's access to the child, except for actions taken with
8    a reasonable, good-faith belief that they are necessary to
9    protect the child's safety pending adjudication of the
10    facts underlying that belief, provided that the
11    interfering parent initiates a proceeding to determine
12    those facts as soon as practicable.
13    (c) An order granting parenting time to a parent or other
14person may be revoked by the court if that parent is found to
15have knowingly used his or her parenting time to facilitate
16contact between the child and a parent who has been barred from
17contact with the child or to have knowingly used his or her
18parenting time to facilitate contact with the child that
19violates any restrictions imposed on the parent's parenting
20time by a court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this
21subsection limits a court's authority to enforce its orders in
22any other manner authorized by law.
23    (d) An order granting parenting time with a child whose
24parent is prohibited from contact with the child, or whose
25parenting time is restricted, shall contain the following
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1        "If a person granted parenting time under this order
2    uses that time to facilitate contact between the child and
3    a parent whose parenting time is restricted, or if such a
4    person violates any restrictions placed on his or her
5    parenting time by the court, the parenting time granted
6    under this order shall be revoked until further order of
7    court."
8    (e) A parent who, after a hearing, is determined by the
9court to have been convicted of any offense involving an
10illegal sex act perpetrated upon a victim less than 18 years of
11age, including but not limited to an offense under Article 11
12of the Criminal Code of 2012, is not entitled to parenting time
13while incarcerated or while on parole, probation, conditional
14discharge, periodic imprisonment, or mandatory supervised
15release for a felony offense, until the parent complies with
16such terms and conditions as the court determines are in the
17child's best interests, taking into account the exact nature of
18the offense and what, if any, treatment in which the parent
19successfully participated.
20    (f) A parent may not, while the child is present, visit any
21other parent of the child who has been convicted of first
22degree murder, unless the court finds, after considering all
23relevant factors, including those set forth in subsection (c)
24of Section 602.5, that it would be in the child's best
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1    (750 ILCS 5/604.10 new)
2    Sec. 604.10. Interviews; evaluations; investigation.
3    (a) Court's interview of child. The court may interview the
4child in chambers to ascertain the child's wishes as to the
5allocation of parental responsibilities. Counsel shall be
6present at the interview unless otherwise agreed upon by the
7parties. The entire interview shall be recorded by a court
8reporter. The transcript of the interview shall be filed under
9seal and released only upon order of the court. The cost of the
10court reporter and transcript shall be paid by the court.
11    (b) Court's professional. The court may seek the advice of
12any professional, whether or not regularly employed by the
13court, to assist the court in determining the child's best
14interests. The advice to the court shall be in writing and sent
15by the professional to counsel for the parties and to the
16court, under seal. The writing may be admitted into evidence
17without testimony from its author, unless a party objects. A
18professional consulted by the court shall testify as the
19court's witness and be subject to cross-examination. The court
20shall order all costs and fees of the professional to be paid
21by one or more of the parties, subject to reallocation in
22accordance with subsection (a) of Section 508.
23    The professional's report must, at a minimum, set forth the
24following:
25        (1) a description of the procedures employed during the
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1        (2) a report of the data collected;
2        (3) all test results;
3        (4) any conclusions of the professional relating to the
4    allocation of parental responsibilities under Sections
5    602.5 and 602.7;
6        (5) any recommendations of the professional concerning
7    the allocation of parental responsibilities or the child's
8    relocation; and
9        (6) an explanation of any limitations in the evaluation
10    or any reservations of the professional regarding the
11    resulting recommendations.
12    The professional shall send his or her report to all
13attorneys of record, and to any party not represented, at least
1460 days before the hearing on the allocation of parental
15responsibilities. The court shall examine and consider the
16professionals report only after it has been admitted into
17evidence or after the parties have waived their right to
18cross-examine the professional.
19    (c) Evaluation by a party's retained professional. In a
20proceeding to allocate parental responsibilities or to
21relocate a child, upon notice and motion made by a parent or
22any party to the litigation within a reasonable time before
23trial, the court shall order an evaluation to assist the court
24in determining the child's best interests unless the court
25finds that an evaluation under this Section is untimely or not
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1place of or in addition to any advice given to the court by a
2professional under subsection (b). A motion for an evaluation
3under this subsection must, at a minimum, identify the proposed
4evaluator and the evaluator's specialty or discipline. An order
5for an evaluation under this subsection must set forth the
6evaluator's name, address, and telephone number and the time,
7place, conditions, and scope of the evaluation. No person shall
8be required to travel an unreasonable distance for the
9evaluation. The party requesting the evaluation shall pay the
10evaluator's fees and costs unless otherwise ordered by the
11court.
12    The evaluator's report must, at a minimum, set forth the
13following:
14        (1) a description of the procedures employed during the
15    evaluation;
16        (2) a report of the data collected;
17        (3) all test results;
18        (4) any conclusions of the evaluator relating to the
19    allocation of parental responsibilities under Sections
20    602.5 and 602.7;
21        (5) any recommendations of the evaluator concerning
22    the allocation of parental responsibilities or the child's
23    relocation; and
24        (6) an explanation of any limitations in the evaluation
25    or any reservations of the evaluator regarding the
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1    A party who retains a professional to conduct an evaluation
2under this subsection shall cause the evaluator's written
3report to be sent to the attorneys of record no less than 60
4days before the hearing on the allocation of parental
5responsibilities, unless otherwise ordered by the court; if a
6party fails to comply with this provision, the court may not
7admit the evaluator's report into evidence and may not allow
8the evaluator to testify.
9    The party calling an evaluator to testify at trial shall
10disclose the evaluator as a controlled expert witness in
11accordance with the Supreme Court Rules.
12    Any party to the litigation may call the evaluator as a
13witness. That party shall pay the evaluator's fees and costs
14for testifying, unless otherwise ordered by the court.
15    (d) Investigation. Upon notice and a motion by a parent or
16any party to the litigation, or upon the court's own motion,
17the court may order an investigation and report to assist the
18court in allocating parental responsibilities. The
19investigation may be made by any agency, private entity, or
20individual deemed appropriate by the court. The court shall
21specify the purpose and scope of the investigation.
22    The investigator's report must, at a minimum, set forth the
23following:
24        (1) a description of the procedures employed during the
25    investigation;
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1        (3) all test results;
2        (4) any conclusions of the investigator relating to the
3    allocation of parental responsibilities under Sections
4    602.5 and 602.7;
5        (5) any recommendations of the investigator concerning
6    the allocation of parental responsibilities or the child's
7    relocation; and
8        (6) an explanation of any limitations in the
9    investigation or any reservations of the investigator
10    regarding the resulting recommendations.
11    The investigator shall send his or her report to all
12attorneys of record, and to any party not represented, at least
1360 days before the hearing on the allocation of parental
14responsibilities. The court shall examine and consider the
15investigator's report only after it has been admitted into
16evidence or after the parties have waived their right to
17cross-examine the investigator.
18    The investigator shall make available to all attorneys of
19record, and to any party not represented, the investigator's
20file, and the names and addresses of all persons whom the
21investigator has consulted. Any party to the proceeding may
22call the investigator, or any person consulted by the
23investigator as a court's witness, for cross-examination. No
24fees shall be paid for any investigation by a governmental
25agency. The fees incurred by any other investigator shall be
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1    (750 ILCS 5/606.5 new)
2    Sec. 606.5. Hearings.
3    (a) Proceedings to allocate parental responsibilities
4shall receive priority in being set for hearing.
5    (b) The court, without a jury, shall determine questions of
6law and fact.
7    (c) Previous statements made by the child relating to any
8allegations that the child is an abused or neglected child
9within the meaning of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
10Act, or an abused or neglected minor within the meaning of the
11Juvenile Court Act of 1987, shall be admissible in evidence in
12a hearing concerning allocation of parental responsibilities
13in accordance with Section 11.1 of the Abused and Neglected
14Child Reporting Act. No such statement, however, if
15uncorroborated and not subject to cross examination, shall be
16sufficient in itself to support a finding of abuse or neglect.
17    (d) If the court finds that a public hearing may be
18detrimental to the child's best interests, the court shall
19exclude the public from the hearing, but the court may admit
20any person having:
21        (1) a direct and legitimate interest in the case; or
22        (2) a legitimate educational or research interest in
23    the work of the court, but only with the permission of both
24    parties and subject to court approval.
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1records of any interview, report, investigation, or testimony.
 
2    (750 ILCS 5/606.10 new)
3    Sec. 606.10. Designation of custodian for purposes of other
4statutes. Solely for the purposes of all State and federal
5statutes that require a designation or determination of custody
6or a custodian, a parenting plan shall designate the parent who
7is allocated the majority of residential responsibility. This
8designation shall not affect parents' rights and
9responsibilities under the parenting plan.
 
10    (750 ILCS 5/607.5 new)
11    Sec. 607.5. Abuse of allocated parenting time.
12    (a) The court shall provide an expedited procedure for the
13enforcement of allocated parenting time.
14    (b) An action for the enforcement of allocated parenting
15time may be commenced by a parent or a person appointed under
16Section 506 by filing a petition setting forth: (i) the
17petitioner's name and residence address or mailing address,
18except that if the petition states that disclosure of
19petitioner's address would risk abuse of petitioner or any
20member of petitioner's family or household or reveal the
21confidential address of a shelter for domestic violence
22victims, that address may be omitted from the petition; (ii)
23the respondent's name and place of residence, place of
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1parenting plan or allocation judgment then in effect; (iv) the
2nature of the violation of the allocation of parenting time,
3giving dates and other relevant information; and (v) that a
4reasonable attempt was made to resolve the dispute.
5    (c) If the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence
6that a parent has not complied with allocated parenting time
7according to an approved parenting plan or a court order, the
8court, in the child's best interests, shall issue an order that
9may include one or more of the following:
10        (1) an imposition of additional terms and conditions
11    consistent with the court's previous allocation of
12    parenting time or other order;
13        (2) a requirement that either or both of the parties
14    attend a parental education program at the expense of the
15    non-complying parent;
16        (3) a requirement that the parties participate in
17    family or individual counseling, the expense of which shall
18    be allocated by the court upon consideration of all
19    relevant factors;
20        (4) a requirement that the non-complying parent post a
21    cash bond or other security to ensure future compliance,
22    including a provision that the bond or other security may
23    be forfeited to the other parent for payment of expenses on
24    behalf of the child as the court shall direct;
25        (5) a requirement that makeup parenting time be
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1    following conditions:
2            (A) that the parenting time is of the same type and
3        duration as the parenting time that was denied,
4        including but not limited to parenting time during
5        weekends, on holidays, and on weekdays and during times
6        when the child is not in school;
7            (B) that the parenting time is made up within 6
8        months after the noncompliance occurs, unless the
9        period of time or holiday cannot be made up within 6
10        months, in which case the parenting time shall be made
11        up within one year after the noncompliance occurs;
12        (6) a finding that the non-complying parent is in
13    contempt of court;
14        (7) an imposition on the non-complying parent of an
15    appropriate civil fine per incident of denied parenting
16    time;
17        (8) a requirement that the non-complying parent
18    reimburse the other parent for all reasonable expenses
19    incurred as a result of the violation of the parenting plan
20    or court order; and
21        (9) any other provision that may promote the child's
22    best interests.
23    (d) In addition to any other order entered under subsection
24(c), except for good cause shown, the court shall order a
25parent who has failed to provide allocated parenting time or to
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1his or her reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and
2expenses associated with an action brought under this Section.
3If the court finds that the respondent in an action brought
4under this Section has not violated the allocated parenting
5time, the court may order the petitioner to pay the
6respondent's reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and
7expenses incurred in the action.
8    (e) Nothing in this Section precludes a party from
9maintaining any other action as provided by law.
10    (f) When the court issues an order holding a party in
11contempt for violation of a parenting time order and finds that
12the party engaged in parenting time abuse, the court may order
13one or more of the following:
14        (1) Suspension of a party's Illinois driving
15    privileges pursuant to Section 7-703 of the Illinois
16    Vehicle Code until the court determines that the party is
17    in compliance with the parenting time order. The court may
18    also order that a party be issued a family financial
19    responsibility driving permit that would allow limited
20    driving privileges for employment, for medical purposes,
21    and to transport a child to or from scheduled parenting
22    time in order to comply with a parenting time order in
23    accordance with subsection (a-1) of Section 7-702.1 of the
24    Illinois Vehicle Code.
25        (2) Placement of a party on probation with such
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1        (3) Sentencing of a party to periodic imprisonment for
2    a period not to exceed 6 months; provided, that the court
3    may permit the party to be released for periods of time
4    during the day or night to:
5            (A) work; or
6            (B) conduct a business or other self-employed
7        occupation.
8        (4) Find that a party in engaging in parenting time
9    abuse is guilty of a petty offense and should be fined an
10    amount of no more than $500 for each finding of parenting
11    time abuse.
12    (g) When the court issues an order holding a party in
13contempt of court for violation of a parenting order, the clerk
14shall transmit a copy of the contempt order to the sheriff of
15the county. The sheriff shall furnish a copy of each contempt
16order to the Department of State Police on a daily basis in the
17form and manner required by the Department. The Department
18shall maintain a complete record and index of the contempt
19orders and make this data available to all local law
20enforcement agencies.
21    (h) Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to
22limit the court's contempt power.
 
23    (750 ILCS 5/609.2 new)
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1in circumstances for purposes of Section 610.5.
2    (b) Only a parent who has been allocated a majority of
3parenting time may seek to relocate with a child, except that
4when parents have equal parenting time, either parent may seek
5to relocate with a child.
6    (c) A parent intending a relocation, as that term is
7defined in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (g) of
8Section 600 of this Act, must provide at least 60 days' prior
9written notice to any other parent under the parenting plan or
10allocation judgment unless such notice is impracticable (in
11which case written notice shall be given at the earliest date
12practicable) or unless otherwise ordered by the court. A copy
13of the notice required under this Section shall be filed with
14the clerk of the circuit court. At a minimum, the notice must
15set forth the following:
16        (1) the intended date of the parent's relocation;
17        (2) the address of the parent's intended new residence,
18    if known; and
19        (3) the length of time the relocation will last, if the
20    relocation is not for an indefinite or permanent period.
21    The court may consider a parent's failure to comply with
22the notice requirements of this Section without good cause (i)
23as a factor in determining whether the parent's relocation is
24in good faith; and (ii) as a basis for awarding reasonable
25attorney's fees and costs resulting from the parent's failure
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1    (d) If the parent who is not seeking to relocate signs the
2notice that was provided pursuant to subsection (c) and the
3relocating parent files the notice with the court, relocation
4shall be allowed without any further court action. If the
5non-relocating parent objects to or fails to sign the notice
6provided pursuant to subsection (c), the parent seeking
7relocation must file a petition seeking permission to relocate.
8    (e) The court shall modify the parenting plan or allocation
9judgment to accommodate a parent's relocation as agreed by the
10parents, as long as the agreed modification is in the child's
11best interests.
12    (f) The court shall modify the parenting plan or allocation
13judgment to accommodate the relocation without changing the
14proportion of parental responsibilities between the parties,
15if practicable, as long as such a modification is in the
16child's best interests.
17    (g) If a parent's relocation makes it impracticable to
18maintain the same proportion of parental responsibilities
19between the parties, the court shall modify the parenting plan
20or allocation judgment in accordance with the child's best
21interests. The court shall consider the following factors:
22        (1) the factors set forth in subsection (c) of this
23    Section;
24        (2) the reasons, if any, why a parent is objecting to
25    the intended relocation;
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1    relationship with the child since the implementation of any
2    previous parenting plan or allocation judgment;
3        (4) the educational opportunities for the child at the
4    existing location and at the proposed new location;
5        (5) the presence or absence of extended family at the
6    existing location and at the proposed new location;
7        (6) the anticipated impact of the relocation on the
8    child;
9        (7) whether the court will be able to fashion a
10    reasonable allocation of parental responsibilities between
11    all parents if the relocation occurs;
12        (8) the wishes of the child after taking into
13    consideration the child's age and maturity;
14        (9) whether the intended relocation is valid, in good
15    faith, and to a location that is reasonable in light of the
16    purpose;
17        (10) possible arrangements for the exercise of
18    parental responsibilities appropriate to the parents'
19    resources and circumstances and the developmental level of
20    the child;
21        (11) minimization of the impairment to a parent-child
22    relationship caused by a parent's relocation; and
23        (12) any other relevant factors bearing on the child's
24    best interests.
25    (h) Unless the non-relocating parent demonstrates that a
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1prevent harm to the child, the court shall deny the
2non-relocating parent's request for a reallocation of parental
3responsibilities based on relocation if the non-relocating
4parent either:
5        (1) failed to object to the relocation within the time
6    allowed; or
7        (2) has substantially failed or refused to exercise the
8    parental responsibilities allocated to him or her under the
9    parenting plan or allocation judgment.
10    (i) If a parent is intending a relocation, as that term is
11defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (g) of Section 600 of
12this Act, the parent is not required to comply with the notice
13requirements of subsection (c) of this Section or seek the
14permission of the court to accomplish the relocation, provided
15that Illinois continues to be considered the home state of the
16child for all purposes and the court retains jurisdiction of
17the parties and the child.
 
18    (750 ILCS 5/610.5 new)
19    Sec. 610.5. Modification.
20    (a) Unless by stipulation of the parties or except as
21provided in subsection (b) of this Section, no motion to modify
22an order allocating parental responsibilities may be made
23earlier than 2 years after its date, unless the court permits
24it to be made on the basis of affidavits that there is reason
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1seriously his or her mental, moral, or physical health or
2significantly impair the child's emotional development.
3    (b) A motion to modify an order allocating parental
4responsibilities may be made at any time by a party who has
5been informed of the existence of facts requiring notice to be
6given under Section 607.5 of this Act.
7    (c) Except in a case concerning the modification of any
8restriction of parental responsibilities under Section 603.10,
9the court shall modify a parenting plan or allocation judgment
10when necessary to serve the child's best interests if the court
11finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, that on the basis of
12facts that have arisen since the entry of the existing
13parenting plan or allocation judgment or were not anticipated
14therein, a substantial change has occurred in the circumstances
15of the child or of either parent and that a modification is
16necessary to serve the child's best interests.
17    (d) The court shall modify a parenting plan or allocation
18judgment in accordance with a parental agreement, unless it
19finds that the modification is not in the child's best
20interests.
21    (e) The court may modify a parenting plan or allocation
22judgment without a showing of changed circumstances if (i) the
23modification is in the child's best interests; and (ii) any of
24the following are proven as to the modification:
25        (1) the modification reflects the actual arrangement
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1    parental objection, for the 6 months preceding the filing
2    of the petition for modification, provided that the
3    arrangement is not the result of a parent's acquiescence
4    resulting from circumstances that negated the parent's
5    ability to give meaningful consent;
6        (2) the modification constitutes a minor modification
7    in the parenting plan or allocation judgment;
8        (3) the modification is necessary to modify an agreed
9    parenting plan or allocation judgment that the court would
10    not have ordered or approved under Section 602.5 or 602.7
11    had the court been aware of the circumstances at the time
12    of the order or approval; or
13        (4) the parties agree to the modification.
14    (f) Attorney's fees and costs shall be assessed against a
15party seeking modification if the court finds that the
16modification action is vexatious or constitutes harassment. If
17the court finds that a parent has repeatedly filed frivolous
18motions for modification, the court may bar the parent from
19filing a motion for modification for a period of time.
 
20    (750 ILCS 5/612 new)
21    Sec. 612. Application of provisions concerning allocation
22of parental responsibilities.
23    (a) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 98th
24General Assembly apply to all proceedings concerning
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1the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
2Assembly.
3    (b) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 98th
4General Assembly apply to all actions concerning allocation of
5parental responsibilities pending on the effective date of this
6amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly and to all
7proceedings concerning allocation of parental responsibilities
8commenced on or before that effective date with respect to
9issues on which a judgment has not been entered. Evidence
10adduced after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
1198th General Assembly shall comply with the changes made by
12this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
13    (c) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 98th
14General Assembly apply to all proceedings commenced on or after
15the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
16Assembly for the modification of a judgment or order concerning
17allocation of parental responsibilities entered before that
18effective date.
19    (d) In any action or proceeding concerning allocation of
20parental responsibilities in which an appeal was pending or a
21new trial was ordered before the effective date of this
22amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, the law in effect
23at the time of the order sustaining the appeal or the new trial
24governs the appeal, the new trial, and any subsequent trial or
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1    (750 ILCS 5/406 rep.)
2    (750 ILCS 5/407 rep.)
3    (750 ILCS 5/408 rep.)
4    (750 ILCS 5/412 rep.)
5    (750 ILCS 5/514 rep.)
6    (750 ILCS 5/515 rep.)
7    (750 ILCS 5/516 rep.)
8    (750 ILCS 5/517 rep.)
9    (750 ILCS 5/601 rep.)
10    (750 ILCS 5/601.5 rep.)
11    (750 ILCS 5/602 rep.)
12    (750 ILCS 5/602.1 rep.)
13    (750 ILCS 5/603 rep.)
14    (750 ILCS 5/604 rep.)
15    (750 ILCS 5/604.5 rep.)
16    (750 ILCS 5/605 rep.)
17    (750 ILCS 5/606 rep.)
18    (750 ILCS 5/607 rep.)
19    (750 ILCS 5/607.1 rep.)
20    (750 ILCS 5/608 rep.)
21    (750 ILCS 5/609 rep.)
22    (750 ILCS 5/610 rep.)
23    (750 ILCS 5/611 rep.)
24    (750 ILCS 5/701 rep.)
25    (750 ILCS 5/703 rep.)
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1Marriage Act is amended by repealing Sections 406, 407, 408,
2412, 514, 515, 516, 517, 601, 601.5, 602, 602.1, 603, 604,
3604.5, 605, 606, 607, 607.1, 608, 609, 610, 611, 701, and 703.
 
4    Section 5-23. The Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and
5Enforcement Act is amended by changing Section 201 as follows:
 
6    (750 ILCS 36/201)
7    Sec. 201. Initial Child-Custody Jurisdiction.
8    (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 204, a court of
9this State has jurisdiction to make an initial child-custody
10determination only if:
11        (1) this State is the home state of the child on the
12    date of the commencement of the proceeding, or was the home
13    state of the child within six months before the
14    commencement of the proceeding and the child is absent from
15    this State but a parent or person acting as a parent
16    continues to live in this State;
17        (2) a court of another state does not have jurisdiction
18    under paragraph (1), or a court of the home state of the
19    child has declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground
20    that this State is the more appropriate forum under Section
21    207 or 208, and:
22            (A) the child and the child's parents, or the child
23        and at least one parent or a person acting as a parent,
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1        than mere physical presence; and
2            (B) substantial evidence is available in this
3        State concerning the child's care, protection,
4        training, and personal relationships;
5        (3) all courts having jurisdiction under paragraph (1)
6    or (2) have declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground
7    that a court of this State is the more appropriate forum to
8    determine the custody of the child under Section 207 or
9    208; or
10        (4) no court of any other state would have jurisdiction
11    under the criteria specified in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).
12    (b) Subsection (a) is the exclusive jurisdictional basis
13for making a child-custody determination by a court of this
14State; provided, however, that for purposes of this Act, this
15State remains the home state of the child even after a
16relocation, as that term is defined in paragraph (4) of
17subsection (g) of Section 600 of the Illinois Marriage and
18Dissolution of Marriage Act.
19    (c) Physical presence of, or personal jurisdiction over, a
20party or a child is not necessary or sufficient to make a
21child-custody determination.
22(Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
23    Section 5-25. The Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 is
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1    (750 ILCS 60/214)  (from Ch. 40, par. 2312-14)
2    Sec. 214. Order of protection; remedies.
3    (a) Issuance of order. If the court finds that petitioner
4has been abused by a family or household member or that
5petitioner is a high-risk adult who has been abused, neglected,
6or exploited, as defined in this Act, an order of protection
7prohibiting the abuse, neglect, or exploitation shall issue;
8provided that petitioner must also satisfy the requirements of
9one of the following Sections, as appropriate: Section 217 on
10emergency orders, Section 218 on interim orders, or Section 219
11on plenary orders. Petitioner shall not be denied an order of
12protection because petitioner or respondent is a minor. The
13court, when determining whether or not to issue an order of
14protection, shall not require physical manifestations of abuse
15on the person of the victim. Modification and extension of
16prior orders of protection shall be in accordance with this
17Act.
18    (b) Remedies and standards. The remedies to be included in
19an order of protection shall be determined in accordance with
20this Section and one of the following Sections, as appropriate:
21Section 217 on emergency orders, Section 218 on interim orders,
22and Section 219 on plenary orders. The remedies listed in this
23subsection shall be in addition to other civil or criminal
24remedies available to petitioner.
25        (1) Prohibition of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
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1    personal liberty, intimidation of a dependent, physical
2    abuse, or willful deprivation, neglect or exploitation, as
3    defined in this Act, or stalking of the petitioner, as
4    defined in Section 12-7.3 of the Criminal Code of 2012, if
5    such abuse, neglect, exploitation, or stalking has
6    occurred or otherwise appears likely to occur if not
7    prohibited.
8        (2) Grant of exclusive possession of residence.
9    Prohibit respondent from entering or remaining in any
10    residence, household, or premises of the petitioner,
11    including one owned or leased by respondent, if petitioner
12    has a right to occupancy thereof. The grant of exclusive
13    possession of the residence, household, or premises shall
14    not affect title to real property, nor shall the court be
15    limited by the standard set forth in Section 701 of the
16    Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
17            (A) Right to occupancy. A party has a right to
18        occupancy of a residence or household if it is solely
19        or jointly owned or leased by that party, that party's
20        spouse, a person with a legal duty to support that
21        party or a minor child in that party's care, or by any
22        person or entity other than the opposing party that
23        authorizes that party's occupancy (e.g., a domestic
24        violence shelter). Standards set forth in subparagraph
25        (B) shall not preclude equitable relief.
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1        respondent each has the right to occupancy of a
2        residence or household, the court shall balance (i) the
3        hardships to respondent and any minor child or
4        dependent adult in respondent's care resulting from
5        entry of this remedy with (ii) the hardships to
6        petitioner and any minor child or dependent adult in
7        petitioner's care resulting from continued exposure to
8        the risk of abuse (should petitioner remain at the
9        residence or household) or from loss of possession of
10        the residence or household (should petitioner leave to
11        avoid the risk of abuse). When determining the balance
12        of hardships, the court shall also take into account
13        the accessibility of the residence or household.
14        Hardships need not be balanced if respondent does not
15        have a right to occupancy.
16            The balance of hardships is presumed to favor
17        possession by petitioner unless the presumption is
18        rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence, showing
19        that the hardships to respondent substantially
20        outweigh the hardships to petitioner and any minor
21        child or dependent adult in petitioner's care. The
22        court, on the request of petitioner or on its own
23        motion, may order respondent to provide suitable,
24        accessible, alternate housing for petitioner instead
25        of excluding respondent from a mutual residence or
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1        (3) Stay away order and additional prohibitions. Order
2    respondent to stay away from petitioner or any other person
3    protected by the order of protection, or prohibit
4    respondent from entering or remaining present at
5    petitioner's school, place of employment, or other
6    specified places at times when petitioner is present, or
7    both, if reasonable, given the balance of hardships.
8    Hardships need not be balanced for the court to enter a
9    stay away order or prohibit entry if respondent has no
10    right to enter the premises.
11            (A) If an order of protection grants petitioner
12        exclusive possession of the residence, or prohibits
13        respondent from entering the residence, or orders
14        respondent to stay away from petitioner or other
15        protected persons, then the court may allow respondent
16        access to the residence to remove items of clothing and
17        personal adornment used exclusively by respondent,
18        medications, and other items as the court directs. The
19        right to access shall be exercised on only one occasion
20        as the court directs and in the presence of an
21        agreed-upon adult third party or law enforcement
22        officer.
23            (B) When the petitioner and the respondent attend
24        the same public, private, or non-public elementary,
25        middle, or high school, the court when issuing an order
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1        severity of the act, any continuing physical danger or
2        emotional distress to the petitioner, the educational
3        rights guaranteed to the petitioner and respondent
4        under federal and State law, the availability of a
5        transfer of the respondent to another school, a change
6        of placement or a change of program of the respondent,
7        the expense, difficulty, and educational disruption
8        that would be caused by a transfer of the respondent to
9        another school, and any other relevant facts of the
10        case. The court may order that the respondent not
11        attend the public, private, or non-public elementary,
12        middle, or high school attended by the petitioner,
13        order that the respondent accept a change of placement
14        or change of program, as determined by the school
15        district or private or non-public school, or place
16        restrictions on the respondent's movements within the
17        school attended by the petitioner. The respondent
18        bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the
19        evidence that a transfer, change of placement, or
20        change of program of the respondent is not available.
21        The respondent also bears the burden of production with
22        respect to the expense, difficulty, and educational
23        disruption that would be caused by a transfer of the
24        respondent to another school. A transfer, change of
25        placement, or change of program is not unavailable to
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1        does not agree with the school district's or private or
2        non-public school's transfer, change of placement, or
3        change of program or solely on the ground that the
4        respondent fails or refuses to consent or otherwise
5        does not take an action required to effectuate a
6        transfer, change of placement, or change of program.
7        When a court orders a respondent to stay away from the
8        public, private, or non-public school attended by the
9        petitioner and the respondent requests a transfer to
10        another attendance center within the respondent's
11        school district or private or non-public school, the
12        school district or private or non-public school shall
13        have sole discretion to determine the attendance
14        center to which the respondent is transferred. In the
15        event the court order results in a transfer of the
16        minor respondent to another attendance center, a
17        change in the respondent's placement, or a change of
18        the respondent's program, the parents, guardian, or
19        legal custodian of the respondent is responsible for
20        transportation and other costs associated with the
21        transfer or change.
22            (C) The court may order the parents, guardian, or
23        legal custodian of a minor respondent to take certain
24        actions or to refrain from taking certain actions to
25        ensure that the respondent complies with the order. In
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1        to another school, the parents, guardian, or legal
2        custodian of the respondent is responsible for
3        transportation and other costs associated with the
4        change of school by the respondent.
5        (4) Counseling. Require or recommend the respondent to
6    undergo counseling for a specified duration with a social
7    worker, psychologist, clinical psychologist, psychiatrist,
8    family service agency, alcohol or substance abuse program,
9    mental health center guidance counselor, agency providing
10    services to elders, program designed for domestic violence
11    abusers or any other guidance service the court deems
12    appropriate. The Court may order the respondent in any
13    intimate partner relationship to report to an Illinois
14    Department of Human Services protocol approved partner
15    abuse intervention program for an assessment and to follow
16    all recommended treatment.
17        (5) Physical care and possession of the minor child. In
18    order to protect the minor child from abuse, neglect, or
19    unwarranted separation from the person who has been the
20    minor child's primary caretaker, or to otherwise protect
21    the well-being of the minor child, the court may do either
22    or both of the following: (i) grant petitioner physical
23    care or possession of the minor child, or both, or (ii)
24    order respondent to return a minor child to, or not remove
25    a minor child from, the physical care of a parent or person
26    in loco parentis.

 

 

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1        If a court finds, after a hearing, that respondent has
2    committed abuse (as defined in Section 103) of a minor
3    child, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that
4    awarding physical care to respondent would not be in the
5    minor child's best interest.
6        (6) Temporary allocation of parental responsibilities
7    legal custody. Award temporary parental responsibility
8    legal custody to petitioner in accordance with this
9    Section, the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage
10    Act, the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, and this State's
11    Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.
12        If a court finds, after a hearing, that respondent has
13    committed abuse (as defined in Section 103) of a minor
14    child, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that
15    awarding temporary parental responsibility legal custody
16    to respondent would not be in the child's best interest.
17        (7) Parenting time Visitation. Determine the parenting
18    time visitation rights, if any, of respondent in any case
19    in which the court awards physical care or allocates
20    temporary parental responsibility legal custody of a minor
21    child to petitioner. The court shall restrict or deny
22    respondent's parenting time visitation with a minor child
23    if the court finds that respondent has done or is likely to
24    do any of the following: (i) abuse or endanger the minor
25    child during parenting time visitation; (ii) use the
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1    harass petitioner or petitioner's family or household
2    members; (iii) improperly conceal or detain the minor
3    child; or (iv) otherwise act in a manner that is not in the
4    best interests of the minor child. The court shall not be
5    limited by the standards set forth in Section 603.10 607.1
6    of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
7    If the court grants parenting time visitation, the order
8    shall specify dates and times for the parenting time
9    visitation to take place or other specific parameters or
10    conditions that are appropriate. No order for parenting
11    time visitation shall refer merely to the term "reasonable
12    parenting time visitation".
13        Petitioner may deny respondent access to the minor
14    child if, when respondent arrives for parenting time
15    visitation, respondent is under the influence of drugs or
16    alcohol and constitutes a threat to the safety and
17    well-being of petitioner or petitioner's minor children or
18    is behaving in a violent or abusive manner.
19        If necessary to protect any member of petitioner's
20    family or household from future abuse, respondent shall be
21    prohibited from coming to petitioner's residence to meet
22    the minor child for parenting time visitation, and the
23    parties shall submit to the court their recommendations for
24    reasonable alternative arrangements for parenting time
25    visitation. A person may be approved to supervise parenting
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1    that responsibility and acknowledging accountability to
2    the court.
3        (8) Removal or concealment of minor child. Prohibit
4    respondent from removing a minor child from the State or
5    concealing the child within the State.
6        (9) Order to appear. Order the respondent to appear in
7    court, alone or with a minor child, to prevent abuse,
8    neglect, removal or concealment of the child, to return the
9    child to the custody or care of the petitioner or to permit
10    any court-ordered interview or examination of the child or
11    the respondent.
12        (10) Possession of personal property. Grant petitioner
13    exclusive possession of personal property and, if
14    respondent has possession or control, direct respondent to
15    promptly make it available to petitioner, if:
16            (i) petitioner, but not respondent, owns the
17        property; or
18            (ii) the parties own the property jointly; sharing
19        it would risk abuse of petitioner by respondent or is
20        impracticable; and the balance of hardships favors
21        temporary possession by petitioner.
22        If petitioner's sole claim to ownership of the property
23    is that it is marital property, the court may award
24    petitioner temporary possession thereof under the
25    standards of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph only if a
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1    Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as now or
2    hereafter amended.
3        No order under this provision shall affect title to
4    property.
5        (11) Protection of property. Forbid the respondent
6    from taking, transferring, encumbering, concealing,
7    damaging or otherwise disposing of any real or personal
8    property, except as explicitly authorized by the court, if:
9            (i) petitioner, but not respondent, owns the
10        property; or
11            (ii) the parties own the property jointly, and the
12        balance of hardships favors granting this remedy.
13        If petitioner's sole claim to ownership of the property
14    is that it is marital property, the court may grant
15    petitioner relief under subparagraph (ii) of this
16    paragraph only if a proper proceeding has been filed under
17    the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as
18    now or hereafter amended.
19        The court may further prohibit respondent from
20    improperly using the financial or other resources of an
21    aged member of the family or household for the profit or
22    advantage of respondent or of any other person.
23        (11.5) Protection of animals. Grant the petitioner the
24    exclusive care, custody, or control of any animal owned,
25    possessed, leased, kept, or held by either the petitioner
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1    residence or household of either the petitioner or the
2    respondent and order the respondent to stay away from the
3    animal and forbid the respondent from taking,
4    transferring, encumbering, concealing, harming, or
5    otherwise disposing of the animal.
6        (12) Order for payment of support. Order respondent to
7    pay temporary support for the petitioner or any child in
8    the petitioner's care or over whom the petitioner has been
9    allocated parental responsibility custody, when the
10    respondent has a legal obligation to support that person,
11    in accordance with the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
12    Marriage Act, which shall govern, among other matters, the
13    amount of support, payment through the clerk and
14    withholding of income to secure payment. An order for child
15    support may be granted to a petitioner with lawful physical
16    care or custody of a child, or an order or agreement for
17    physical care of a child or custody, prior to entry of an
18    order allocating parental responsibility for legal
19    custody. Such a support order shall expire upon entry of a
20    valid order allocating parental responsibility differently
21    granting legal custody to another, unless otherwise
22    provided in the custody order.
23        (13) Order for payment of losses. Order respondent to
24    pay petitioner for losses suffered as a direct result of
25    the abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Such losses shall
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1    earnings or other support, repair or replacement of
2    property damaged or taken, reasonable attorney's fees,
3    court costs and moving or other travel expenses, including
4    additional reasonable expenses for temporary shelter and
5    restaurant meals.
6            (i) Losses affecting family needs. If a party is
7        entitled to seek maintenance, child support or
8        property distribution from the other party under the
9        Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as
10        now or hereafter amended, the court may order
11        respondent to reimburse petitioner's actual losses, to
12        the extent that such reimbursement would be
13        "appropriate temporary relief", as authorized by
14        subsection (a)(3) of Section 501 of that Act.
15            (ii) Recovery of expenses. In the case of an
16        improper concealment or removal of a minor child, the
17        court may order respondent to pay the reasonable
18        expenses incurred or to be incurred in the search for
19        and recovery of the minor child, including but not
20        limited to legal fees, court costs, private
21        investigator fees, and travel costs.
22        (14) Prohibition of entry. Prohibit the respondent
23    from entering or remaining in the residence or household
24    while the respondent is under the influence of alcohol or
25    drugs and constitutes a threat to the safety and well-being
26    of the petitioner or the petitioner's children.

 

 

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1        (14.5) Prohibition of firearm possession.
2            (a) Prohibit a respondent against whom an order of
3        protection was issued from possessing any firearms
4        during the duration of the order if the order:
5                (1) was issued after a hearing of which such
6            person received actual notice, and at which such
7            person had an opportunity to participate;
8                (2) restrains such person from harassing,
9            stalking, or threatening an intimate partner of
10            such person or child of such intimate partner or
11            person, or engaging in other conduct that would
12            place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of
13            bodily injury to the partner or child; and
14                (3)(i) includes a finding that such person
15            represents a credible threat to the physical
16            safety of such intimate partner or child; or (ii)
17            by its terms explicitly prohibits the use,
18            attempted use, or threatened use of physical force
19            against such intimate partner or child that would
20            reasonably be expected to cause bodily injury.
21        Any Firearm Owner's Identification Card in the
22        possession of the respondent, except as provided in
23        subsection (b), shall be ordered by the court to be
24        turned over to the local law enforcement agency. The
25        local law enforcement agency shall immediately mail
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1        Owner's Identification Card Office for safekeeping.
2        The court shall issue a warrant for seizure of any
3        firearm in the possession of the respondent, to be kept
4        by the local law enforcement agency for safekeeping,
5        except as provided in subsection (b). The period of
6        safekeeping shall be for the duration of the order of
7        protection. The firearm or firearms and Firearm
8        Owner's Identification Card, if unexpired, shall at
9        the respondent's request, be returned to the
10        respondent at the end of the order of protection. It is
11        the respondent's responsibility to notify the
12        Department of State Police Firearm Owner's
13        Identification Card Office.
14            (b) If the respondent is a peace officer as defined
15        in Section 2-13 of the Criminal Code of 2012, the court
16        shall order that any firearms used by the respondent in
17        the performance of his or her duties as a peace officer
18        be surrendered to the chief law enforcement executive
19        of the agency in which the respondent is employed, who
20        shall retain the firearms for safekeeping for the
21        duration of the order of protection.
22            (c) Upon expiration of the period of safekeeping,
23        if the firearms or Firearm Owner's Identification Card
24        cannot be returned to respondent because respondent
25        cannot be located, fails to respond to requests to
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1        possess a firearm, upon petition from the local law
2        enforcement agency, the court may order the local law
3        enforcement agency to destroy the firearms, use the
4        firearms for training purposes, or for any other
5        application as deemed appropriate by the local law
6        enforcement agency; or that the firearms be turned over
7        to a third party who is lawfully eligible to possess
8        firearms, and who does not reside with respondent.
9        (15) Prohibition of access to records. If an order of
10    protection prohibits respondent from having contact with
11    the minor child, or if petitioner's address is omitted
12    under subsection (b) of Section 203, or if necessary to
13    prevent abuse or wrongful removal or concealment of a minor
14    child, the order shall deny respondent access to, and
15    prohibit respondent from inspecting, obtaining, or
16    attempting to inspect or obtain, school or any other
17    records of the minor child who is in the care of
18    petitioner.
19        (16) Order for payment of shelter services. Order
20    respondent to reimburse a shelter providing temporary
21    housing and counseling services to the petitioner for the
22    cost of the services, as certified by the shelter and
23    deemed reasonable by the court.
24        (17) Order for injunctive relief. Enter injunctive
25    relief necessary or appropriate to prevent further abuse of
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1    exploitation of a high-risk adult with disabilities or to
2    effectuate one of the granted remedies, if supported by the
3    balance of hardships. If the harm to be prevented by the
4    injunction is abuse or any other harm that one of the
5    remedies listed in paragraphs (1) through (16) of this
6    subsection is designed to prevent, no further evidence is
7    necessary that the harm is an irreparable injury.
8    (c) Relevant factors; findings.
9        (1) In determining whether to grant a specific remedy,
10    other than payment of support, the court shall consider
11    relevant factors, including but not limited to the
12    following:
13            (i) the nature, frequency, severity, pattern and
14        consequences of the respondent's past abuse, neglect
15        or exploitation of the petitioner or any family or
16        household member, including the concealment of his or
17        her location in order to evade service of process or
18        notice, and the likelihood of danger of future abuse,
19        neglect, or exploitation to petitioner or any member of
20        petitioner's or respondent's family or household; and
21            (ii) the danger that any minor child will be abused
22        or neglected or improperly relocated removed from the
23        jurisdiction, improperly concealed within the State or
24        improperly separated from the child's primary
25        caretaker.
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1    parties from loss of possession of the family home, the
2    court shall consider relevant factors, including but not
3    limited to the following:
4            (i) availability, accessibility, cost, safety,
5        adequacy, location and other characteristics of
6        alternate housing for each party and any minor child or
7        dependent adult in the party's care;
8            (ii) the effect on the party's employment; and
9            (iii) the effect on the relationship of the party,
10        and any minor child or dependent adult in the party's
11        care, to family, school, church and community.
12        (3) Subject to the exceptions set forth in paragraph
13    (4) of this subsection, the court shall make its findings
14    in an official record or in writing, and shall at a minimum
15    set forth the following:
16            (i) That the court has considered the applicable
17        relevant factors described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of
18        this subsection.
19            (ii) Whether the conduct or actions of respondent,
20        unless prohibited, will likely cause irreparable harm
21        or continued abuse.
22            (iii) Whether it is necessary to grant the
23        requested relief in order to protect petitioner or
24        other alleged abused persons.
25        (4) For purposes of issuing an ex parte emergency order
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1    supplement to making the findings described in paragraphs
2    (c)(3)(i) through (c)(3)(iii) of this subsection, may use
3    the following procedure:
4        When a verified petition for an emergency order of
5    protection in accordance with the requirements of Sections
6    203 and 217 is presented to the court, the court shall
7    examine petitioner on oath or affirmation. An emergency
8    order of protection shall be issued by the court if it
9    appears from the contents of the petition and the
10    examination of petitioner that the averments are
11    sufficient to indicate abuse by respondent and to support
12    the granting of relief under the issuance of the emergency
13    order of protection.
14        (5) Never married parties. No rights or
15    responsibilities for a minor child born outside of marriage
16    attach to a putative father until a father and child
17    relationship has been established under the Illinois
18    Parentage Act of 1984, the Illinois Public Aid Code,
19    Section 12 of the Vital Records Act, the Juvenile Court Act
20    of 1987, the Probate Act of 1985, the Revised Uniform
21    Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the Uniform
22    Interstate Family Support Act, the Expedited Child Support
23    Act of 1990, any judicial, administrative, or other act of
24    another state or territory, any other Illinois statute, or
25    by any foreign nation establishing the father and child
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1    conformity with the Personal Responsibility and Work
2    Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-193),
3    or where both parties appeared in open court or at an
4    administrative hearing acknowledging under oath or
5    admitting by affirmation the existence of a father and
6    child relationship. Absent such an adjudication, finding,
7    or acknowledgement, no putative father shall be granted
8    temporary allocation of parental responsibilities,
9    including parenting time custody of the minor child,
10    visitation with the minor child, or physical care and
11    possession of the minor child, nor shall an order of
12    payment for support of the minor child be entered.
13    (d) Balance of hardships; findings. If the court finds that
14the balance of hardships does not support the granting of a
15remedy governed by paragraph (2), (3), (10), (11), or (16) of
16subsection (b) of this Section, which may require such
17balancing, the court's findings shall so indicate and shall
18include a finding as to whether granting the remedy will result
19in hardship to respondent that would substantially outweigh the
20hardship to petitioner from denial of the remedy. The findings
21shall be an official record or in writing.
22    (e) Denial of remedies. Denial of any remedy shall not be
23based, in whole or in part, on evidence that:
24        (1) Respondent has cause for any use of force, unless
25    that cause satisfies the standards for justifiable use of
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1        (2) Respondent was voluntarily intoxicated;
2        (3) Petitioner acted in self-defense or defense of
3    another, provided that, if petitioner utilized force, such
4    force was justifiable under Article 7 of the Criminal Code
5    of 2012;
6        (4) Petitioner did not act in self-defense or defense
7    of another;
8        (5) Petitioner left the residence or household to avoid
9    further abuse, neglect, or exploitation by respondent;
10        (6) Petitioner did not leave the residence or household
11    to avoid further abuse, neglect, or exploitation by
12    respondent;
13        (7) Conduct by any family or household member excused
14    the abuse, neglect, or exploitation by respondent, unless
15    that same conduct would have excused such abuse, neglect,
16    or exploitation if the parties had not been family or
17    household members.
18(Source: P.A. 96-701, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1239, eff. 1-1-11;
1997-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-294, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12;
2097-1131, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
21    (750 ILCS 60/223)  (from Ch. 40, par. 2312-23)
22    Sec. 223. Enforcement of orders of protection.
23    (a) When violation is crime. A violation of any order of
24protection, whether issued in a civil or criminal proceeding,
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1        (1) The respondent commits the crime of violation of an
2    order of protection pursuant to Section 12-3.4 or 12-30 of
3    the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, by
4    having knowingly violated:
5            (i) remedies described in paragraphs (1), (2),
6        (3), (14), or (14.5) of subsection (b) of Section 214
7        of this Act; or
8            (ii) a remedy, which is substantially similar to
9        the remedies authorized under paragraphs (1), (2),
10        (3), (14), and (14.5) of subsection (b) of Section 214
11        of this Act, in a valid order of protection which is
12        authorized under the laws of another state, tribe, or
13        United States territory; or
14            (iii) any other remedy when the act constitutes a
15        crime against the protected parties as defined by the
16        Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
17        Prosecution for a violation of an order of protection
18    shall not bar concurrent prosecution for any other crime,
19    including any crime that may have been committed at the
20    time of the violation of the order of protection; or
21        (2) The respondent commits the crime of child abduction
22    pursuant to Section 10-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
23    the Criminal Code of 2012, by having knowingly violated:
24            (i) remedies described in paragraphs (5), (6) or
25        (8) of subsection (b) of Section 214 of this Act; or
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1        the remedies authorized under paragraphs (5), (6), or
2        (8) of subsection (b) of Section 214 of this Act, in a
3        valid order of protection which is authorized under the
4        laws of another state, tribe, or United States
5        territory.
6    (b) When violation is contempt of court. A violation of any
7valid Illinois order of protection, whether issued in a civil
8or criminal proceeding, may be enforced through civil or
9criminal contempt procedures, as appropriate, by any court with
10jurisdiction, regardless where the act or acts which violated
11the order of protection were committed, to the extent
12consistent with the venue provisions of this Act. Nothing in
13this Act shall preclude any Illinois court from enforcing any
14valid order of protection issued in another state. Illinois
15courts may enforce orders of protection through both criminal
16prosecution and contempt proceedings, unless the action which
17is second in time is barred by collateral estoppel or the
18constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy.
19        (1) In a contempt proceeding where the petition for a
20    rule to show cause sets forth facts evidencing an immediate
21    danger that the respondent will flee the jurisdiction,
22    conceal a child, or inflict physical abuse on the
23    petitioner or minor children or on dependent adults in
24    petitioner's care, the court may order the attachment of
25    the respondent without prior service of the rule to show
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1    be set unless specifically denied in writing.
2        (2) A petition for a rule to show cause for violation
3    of an order of protection shall be treated as an expedited
4    proceeding.
5    (b-1) The court shall not hold a school district or private
6or non-public school or any of its employees in civil or
7criminal contempt unless the school district or private or
8non-public school has been allowed to intervene.
9    (b-2) The court may hold the parents, guardian, or legal
10custodian of a minor respondent in civil or criminal contempt
11for a violation of any provision of any order entered under
12this Act for conduct of the minor respondent in violation of
13this Act if the parents, guardian, or legal custodian directed,
14encouraged, or assisted the respondent minor in such conduct.
15    (c) Violation of custody or support orders or temporary or
16final judgments allocating parental responsibilities. A
17violation of remedies described in paragraphs (5), (6), (8), or
18(9) of subsection (b) of Section 214 of this Act may be
19enforced by any remedy provided by Section 607.5 611 of the
20Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. The court
21may enforce any order for support issued under paragraph (12)
22of subsection (b) of Section 214 in the manner provided for
23under Parts V and VII of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution
24of Marriage Act.
25    (d) Actual knowledge. An order of protection may be
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1the order after the respondent has actual knowledge of its
2contents as shown through one of the following means:
3        (1) By service, delivery, or notice under Section 210.
4        (2) By notice under Section 210.1 or 211.
5        (3) By service of an order of protection under Section
6    222.
7        (4) By other means demonstrating actual knowledge of
8    the contents of the order.
9    (e) The enforcement of an order of protection in civil or
10criminal court shall not be affected by either of the
11following:
12        (1) The existence of a separate, correlative order,
13    entered under Section 215.
14        (2) Any finding or order entered in a conjoined
15    criminal proceeding.
16    (f) Circumstances. The court, when determining whether or
17not a violation of an order of protection has occurred, shall
18not require physical manifestations of abuse on the person of
19the victim.
20    (g) Penalties.
21        (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this
22    subsection, where the court finds the commission of a crime
23    or contempt of court under subsections (a) or (b) of this
24    Section, the penalty shall be the penalty that generally
25    applies in such criminal or contempt proceedings, and may
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1    payment of restitution, a fine, payment of attorneys' fees
2    and costs, or community service.
3        (2) The court shall hear and take into account evidence
4    of any factors in aggravation or mitigation before deciding
5    an appropriate penalty under paragraph (1) of this
6    subsection.
7        (3) To the extent permitted by law, the court is
8    encouraged to:
9            (i) increase the penalty for the knowing violation
10        of any order of protection over any penalty previously
11        imposed by any court for respondent's violation of any
12        order of protection or penal statute involving
13        petitioner as victim and respondent as defendant;
14            (ii) impose a minimum penalty of 24 hours
15        imprisonment for respondent's first violation of any
16        order of protection; and
17            (iii) impose a minimum penalty of 48 hours
18        imprisonment for respondent's second or subsequent
19        violation of an order of protection
20    unless the court explicitly finds that an increased penalty
21    or that period of imprisonment would be manifestly unjust.
22        (4) In addition to any other penalties imposed for a
23    violation of an order of protection, a criminal court may
24    consider evidence of any violations of an order of
25    protection:
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1        an underlying criminal charge pursuant to Section
2        110-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
3            (ii) to revoke or modify an order of probation,
4        conditional discharge or supervision, pursuant to
5        Section 5-6-4 of the Unified Code of Corrections;
6            (iii) to revoke or modify a sentence of periodic
7        imprisonment, pursuant to Section 5-7-2 of the Unified
8        Code of Corrections.
9        (5) In addition to any other penalties, the court shall
10    impose an additional fine of $20 as authorized by Section
11    5-9-1.11 of the Unified Code of Corrections upon any person
12    convicted of or placed on supervision for a violation of an
13    order of protection. The additional fine shall be imposed
14    for each violation of this Section.
15(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-294, eff. 1-1-12;
1697-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
17    Section 5-30. The Probate Act of 1975 is amended by
18changing Section 11-7.1 as follows:
 
19    (755 ILCS 5/11-7.1)  (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 11-7.1)
20    Sec. 11-7.1. Parenting time Visitation rights.
21    (a) Whenever both natural or adoptive parents of a minor
22are deceased, an allocation of parenting time visitation rights
23shall be granted to the grandparents of the minor who are the
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1such parenting time visitation would be detrimental to the best
2interests and welfare of the minor. In the discretion of the
3court, reasonable parenting time visitation rights may be
4granted to any other relative of the minor or other person
5having an interest in the welfare of the child. However, the
6court shall not grant parenting time visitation privileges to
7any person who otherwise might have parenting time visitation
8privileges under this Section where the minor has been adopted
9subsequent to the death of both his legal parents except where
10such adoption is by a close relative. For the purpose of this
11Section, "close relative" shall include, but not be limited to,
12a grandparent, aunt, uncle, first cousin, or adult brother or
13sister.
14    Where such adoption is by a close relative, the court shall
15not grant parenting time visitation privileges under this
16Section unless the petitioner alleges and proves that he or she
17has been unreasonably denied parenting time visitation with the
18child. The court may grant reasonable parenting time visitation
19privileges upon finding that such parenting time visitation
20would be in the best interest of the child.
21    An order denying parenting time visitation rights to
22grandparents of the minor shall be in writing and shall state
23the reasons for denial. An order denying parenting time
24visitation rights is a final order for purposes of appeal.
25    (b) Unless the court determines, after considering all
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1in Section 602.7 602(a) of the Illinois Marriage and
2Dissolution of Marriage Act, that it would be in the best
3interests of the child to allow parenting time visitation, the
4court shall not enter an order providing parenting time
5visitation rights and pursuant to a motion to modify parenting
6time visitation brought under Section 610.5 607(f) of the
7Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act shall revoke
8parenting time visitation rights previously granted to any
9person who would otherwise be entitled to petition for
10parenting time visitation rights under this Section who has
11been convicted of first degree murder of the parent,
12grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling of the child who is
13the subject of the order. Until an order is entered pursuant to
14this subsection, no person shall visit, with the child present,
15a person who has been convicted of first degree murder of the
16parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling of the
17child without the consent of the child's parent, other than a
18parent convicted of first degree murder as set forth herein, or
19legal guardian.
20(Source: P.A. 90-801, eff. 6-1-99.)".