100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5444

 

Introduced , by Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
750 ILCS 5/505  from Ch. 40, par. 505

    Amends provisions of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act concerning the determination of child support. Provides that, if each parent exercises 73 (rather than 146) or more overnights per year with the child, the basic child support obligation is multiplied by 1.5 to calculate the shared care child support obligation.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
5Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 505 as follows:
 
6    (750 ILCS 5/505)  (from Ch. 40, par. 505)
7    Sec. 505. Child support; contempt; penalties.
8    (a) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal
9separation, declaration of invalidity of marriage, dissolution
10of a civil union, a proceeding for child support following
11dissolution of the marriage or civil union by a court that
12lacked personal jurisdiction over the absent spouse, a
13proceeding for modification of a previous order for child
14support under Section 510 of this Act, or any proceeding
15authorized under Section 501 or 601 of this Act, the court may
16order either or both parents owing a duty of support to a child
17of the marriage or civil union to pay an amount reasonable and
18necessary for support. The duty of support owed to a child
19includes the obligation to provide for the reasonable and
20necessary physical, mental and emotional health needs of the
21child. For purposes of this Section, the term "child" shall
22include any child under age 18 and any child age 19 or younger
23who is still attending high school. For purposes of this

 

 

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1Section, the term "obligor" means the parent obligated to pay
2support to the other parent.
3        (1) Child support guidelines. The Illinois Department
4    of Healthcare and Family Services shall adopt rules
5    establishing child support guidelines which include
6    worksheets to aid in the calculation of the child support
7    obligations and a schedule of basic child support
8    obligations that reflects the percentage of combined net
9    income that parents living in the same household in this
10    State ordinarily spend on their child. The child support
11    guidelines have the following purposes:
12            (A) to establish as State policy an adequate
13        standard of support for a child, subject to the ability
14        of parents to pay;
15            (B) to make child support obligations more
16        equitable by ensuring more consistent treatment of
17        parents in similar circumstances;
18            (C) to improve the efficiency of the court process
19        by promoting settlements and giving courts and the
20        parties guidance in establishing levels of child
21        support;
22            (D) to calculate child support based upon the
23        parents' combined net income estimated to have been
24        allocated for the support of the child if the parents
25        and child were living in an intact household;
26            (E) to adjust child support based upon the needs of

 

 

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1        the child; and
2            (F) to allocate the amount of child support to be
3        paid by each parent based upon a parent's net income
4        and the child's physical care arrangements.
5        (1.5) Computation of basic child support obligation.
6    The court shall compute the basic child support obligation
7    by taking the following steps:
8            (A) determine each parent's monthly net income;
9            (B) add the parents' monthly net incomes together
10        to determine the combined monthly net income of the
11        parents;
12            (C) select the corresponding appropriate amount
13        from the schedule of basic child support obligations
14        based on the parties' combined monthly net income and
15        number of children of the parties; and
16            (D) calculate each parent's percentage share of
17        the basic child support obligation.
18        Although a monetary obligation is computed for each
19    parent as child support, the receiving parent's share is
20    not payable to the other parent and is presumed to be spent
21    directly on the child.
22        (2) Duty of support. The court shall determine child
23    support in each case by applying the child support
24    guidelines unless the court makes a finding that
25    application of the guidelines would be inappropriate,
26    after considering the best interests of the child and

 

 

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1    evidence which shows relevant factors including, but not
2    limited to, one or more of the following:
3            (A) the financial resources and needs of the child;
4            (B) the financial resources and needs of the
5        parents;
6            (C) the standard of living the child would have
7        enjoyed had the marriage or civil union not been
8        dissolved; and
9            (D) the physical and emotional condition of the
10        child and his or her educational needs.
11        (3) Income.
12            (A) As used in this Section, "gross income" means
13        the total of all income from all sources, except "gross
14        income" does not include (i) benefits received by the
15        parent from means-tested public assistance programs,
16        including, but not limited to, Temporary Assistance
17        for to Needy Families, Supplemental Security Income,
18        and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or
19        (ii) benefits and income received by the parent for
20        other children in the household, including, but not
21        limited to, child support, survivor benefits, and
22        foster care payments. Social security disability and
23        retirement benefits paid for the benefit of the subject
24        child must be included in the disabled or retired
25        parent's gross income for purposes of calculating the
26        parent's child support obligation, but the parent is

 

 

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1        entitled to a child support credit for the amount of
2        benefits paid to the other party for the child. "Gross
3        income" also includes spousal maintenance received
4        pursuant to a court order in the pending proceedings or
5        any other proceedings that must be included in the
6        recipient's gross income for purposes of calculating
7        the parent's child support obligation.
8            (B) As used in this Section, "net income" means
9        gross income minus either the standardized tax amount
10        calculated pursuant to subparagraph (C) of this
11        paragraph (3) or the individualized tax amount
12        calculated pursuant to subparagraph (D) of this
13        paragraph (3), and minus any adjustments pursuant to
14        subparagraph (F) of this paragraph (3). The
15        standardized tax amount shall be used unless the
16        requirements for an individualized tax amount set
17        forth in subparagraph (E) of this paragraph (3) are
18        met.
19            (C) As used in this Section, "standardized tax
20        amount" means the total of federal and state income
21        taxes for a single person claiming the standard tax
22        deduction, one personal exemption, and the applicable
23        number of dependency exemptions for the minor child or
24        children of the parties, and Social Security and
25        Medicare tax calculated at the Federal Insurance
26        Contributions Act rate.

 

 

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1                (I) Unless a court has determined otherwise or
2            the parties otherwise agree, the party with the
3            majority of parenting time shall be deemed
4            entitled to claim the dependency exemption for the
5            parties' minor child.
6                (II) The Illinois Department of Healthcare and
7            Family Services shall promulgate a standardized
8            net income conversion table that computes net
9            income by deducting the standardized tax amount
10            from gross income.
11            (D) As used in this Section, "individualized tax
12        amount" means the aggregate of the following taxes:
13                (I) federal income tax (properly calculated
14            withholding or estimated payments);
15                (II) State income tax (properly calculated
16            withholding or estimated payments); and
17                (III) Social Security or self-employment tax,
18            if applicable (or, if none, mandatory retirement
19            contributions required by law or as a condition of
20            employment) and Medicare tax calculated at the
21            Federal Insurance Contributions Act rate.
22            (E) In lieu of a standardized tax amount, a
23        determination of an individualized tax amount may be
24        made under items (I), (II), or (III) below. If an
25        individualized tax amount determination is made under
26        this subparagraph (E), all relevant tax attributes

 

 

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1        (including filing status, allocation of dependency
2        exemptions, and whether a party is to claim the
3        standard deduction or itemized deductions for federal
4        income tax purposes) shall be as the parties agree or
5        as the court determines. To determine a party's
6        reported income, the court may order the party to
7        complete an Internal Revenue Service Form 4506-T,
8        Request for Tax Transcript.
9                (I) Agreement. Irrespective of whether the
10            parties agree on any other issue before the court,
11            if they jointly stipulate for the record their
12            concurrence on a computation method for the
13            individualized tax amount that is different from
14            the method set forth under subparagraph (D), the
15            stipulated method shall be used by the court unless
16            the court rejects the proposed stipulated method
17            for good cause.
18                (II) Summary hearing. If the court determines
19            child support in a summary hearing under Section
20            501 and an eligible party opts in to the
21            individualized tax amount method under this item
22            (II), the individualized tax amount shall be
23            determined by the court on the basis of information
24            contained in one or both parties' Supreme Court
25            approved Financial Affidavit (Family & Divorce
26            Cases) and relevant supporting documents under

 

 

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1            applicable court rules. No party, however, is
2            eligible to opt in unless the party, under
3            applicable court rules, has served the other party
4            with the required Supreme Court approved Financial
5            Affidavit (Family & Divorce Cases) and has
6            substantially produced supporting documents
7            required by the applicable court rules.
8                (III) Evidentiary hearing. If the court
9            determines child support in an evidentiary
10            hearing, whether for purposes of a temporary order
11            or at the conclusion of a proceeding, item (II) of
12            this subparagraph (E) does not apply. In each such
13            case (unless item (I) governs), the individualized
14            tax amount shall be as determined by the court on
15            the basis of the record established.
16            (F) Adjustments to income.
17                (I) Multi-family adjustment. If a parent is
18            also legally responsible for support of a child not
19            shared with the other parent and not subject to the
20            present proceeding, there shall be an adjustment
21            to net income as follows:
22                    (i) Multi-family adjustment with court
23                order. The court shall deduct from the parent's
24                net income the amount of child support actually
25                paid by the parent pursuant to a support order
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1                cause economic hardship to the child.
2                    (ii) Multi-family adjustment without court
3                order. Upon the request or application of a
4                parent actually supporting a presumed,
5                acknowledged, or adjudicated child living in
6                or outside of that parent's household, there
7                shall be an adjustment to child support. The
8                court shall deduct from the parent's net income
9                the amount of financial support actually paid
10                by the parent for the child or 75% of the
11                support the parent should pay under the child
12                support guidelines (before this adjustment),
13                whichever is less, unless the court makes a
14                finding that it would cause economic hardship
15                to the child. The adjustment shall be
16                calculated using that parent's income alone.
17                (II) Spousal Maintenance adjustment.
18            Obligations pursuant to a court order for spousal
19            maintenance in the pending proceeding actually
20            paid or payable to the same party to whom child
21            support is to be payable or actually paid to a
22            former spouse pursuant to a court order shall be
23            deducted from the parent's gross income.
24        (3.1) Business income. For purposes of calculating
25    child support, net business income from the operation of a
26    business means gross receipts minus ordinary and necessary

 

 

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1    expenses required to carry on the trade or business. As
2    used in this paragraph, "business" includes, but is not
3    limited to, sole proprietorships, closely held
4    corporations, partnerships, other flow-through business
5    entities, and self-employment. The court shall apply the
6    following:
7            (A) The accelerated component of depreciation and
8        any business expenses determined either judicially or
9        administratively to be inappropriate or excessive
10        shall be excluded from the total of ordinary and
11        necessary business expenses to be deducted in the
12        determination of net business income from gross
13        business income.
14            (B) Any item of reimbursement or in-kind payment
15        received by a parent from a business, including, but
16        not limited to, a company car, reimbursed meals, free
17        housing, or a housing allowance, shall be counted as
18        income if not otherwise included in the recipient's
19        gross income, if the item is significant in amount and
20        reduces personal expenses.
21        (3.2) Unemployment or underemployment. If a parent is
22    voluntarily unemployed or underemployed, child support
23    shall be calculated based on a determination of potential
24    income. A determination of potential income shall be made
25    by determining employment potential and probable earnings
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1    qualifications, prevailing job opportunities, the
2    ownership by a parent of a substantial non-income producing
3    asset, and earnings levels in the community. If there is
4    insufficient work history to determine employment
5    potential and probable earnings level, there shall be a
6    rebuttable presumption that the parent's potential income
7    is 75% of the most recent United States Department of
8    Health and Human Services Federal Poverty Guidelines for a
9    family of one person.
10        (3.3) Rebuttable presumption in favor of guidelines.
11    There is a rebuttable presumption in any judicial or
12    administrative proceeding for child support that the
13    amount of the child support obligation that would result
14    from the application of the child support guidelines is the
15    correct amount of child support.
16        (3.3a) Minimum child support obligation. There is a
17    rebuttable presumption that a minimum child support
18    obligation of $40 per month, per child, will be entered for
19    an obligor who has actual or imputed gross income at or
20    less than 75% of the most recent United States Department
21    of Health and Human Services Federal Poverty Guidelines for
22    a family of one person, with a maximum total child support
23    obligation for that obligor of $120 per month to be divided
24    equally among all of the obligor's children.
25        (3.3b) Zero dollar child support order. For parents
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1    assistance, or who cannot work due to a medically proven
2    disability, incarceration, or institutionalization, there
3    is a rebuttable presumption that the $40 per month minimum
4    support order is inapplicable and a zero dollar order shall
5    be entered.
6        (3.4) Deviation factors. In any action to establish or
7    modify child support, whether pursuant to a temporary or
8    final administrative or court order, the child support
9    guidelines shall be used as a rebuttable presumption for
10    the establishment or modification of the amount of child
11    support. The court may deviate from the child support
12    guidelines if the application would be inequitable,
13    unjust, or inappropriate. Any deviation from the
14    guidelines shall be accompanied by written findings by the
15    court specifying the reasons for the deviation and the
16    presumed amount under the child support guidelines without
17    a deviation. These reasons may include:
18            (A) extraordinary medical expenditures necessary
19        to preserve the life or health of a party or a child of
20        either or both of the parties;
21            (B) additional expenses incurred for a child
22        subject to the child support order who has special
23        medical, physical, or developmental needs; and
24            (C) any other factor the court determines should be
25        applied upon a finding that the application of the
26        child support guidelines would be inappropriate, after

 

 

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1        considering the best interest of the child.
2        (3.5) Income in excess of the schedule of basic child
3    support obligation. A court may use its discretion to
4    determine child support if the combined adjusted net income
5    of the parties exceeds the highest level of the schedule of
6    basic child support obligation, except that the basic child
7    support obligation shall not be less than the highest level
8    of combined net income set forth in the schedule of basic
9    child support obligation.
10        (3.6) Extracurricular activities and school expenses.
11    The court, in its discretion, in addition to the basic
12    child support obligation, may order either or both parents
13    owing a duty of support to the child to contribute to the
14    reasonable school and extracurricular activity expenses
15    incurred which are intended to enhance the educational,
16    athletic, social, or cultural development of the child.
17        (3.7) Child care expenses. The court, in its
18    discretion, in addition to the basic child support
19    obligation, may order either or both parents owing a duty
20    of support to the child to contribute to the reasonable
21    child care expenses of the child. The child care expenses
22    shall be made payable directly to a party or directly to
23    the child care provider at the time of child care services.
24            (A) "Child care expenses" means actual expenses
25        reasonably necessary to enable a parent or non-parent
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1        vocational training programs to improve employment
2        opportunities, or to search for employment. "Child
3        care expenses" also includes deposits for securing
4        placement in a child care program, the cost of before
5        and after school care, and camps when school is not in
6        session. A child's special needs shall be a
7        consideration in determining reasonable child care
8        expenses.
9            (B) Child care expenses shall be prorated in
10        proportion to each parent's percentage share of
11        combined net income, and may be added to the basic
12        child support obligation if not paid directly by each
13        parent to the provider of child care services. The
14        obligor's and obligee's portion of actual child care
15        expenses shall appear in the support order. If allowed,
16        the value of the federal income tax credit for child
17        care shall be subtracted from the actual cost to
18        determine the net child care costs.
19            (C) The amount of child care expenses shall be
20        adequate to obtain reasonable and necessary child
21        care. The actual child care expenses shall be used to
22        calculate the child care expenses, if available. When
23        actual child care expenses vary, the actual child care
24        expenses may be averaged over the most recent 12-month
25        period. When a parent is temporarily unemployed or
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1        training programs, future child care expenses shall be
2        based upon prospective expenses to be incurred upon
3        return to employment or educational or vocational
4        training programs.
5            (D) An order for child care expenses may be
6        modified upon a showing of a substantial change in
7        circumstances. The party incurring child care expenses
8        shall notify the other party within 14 days of any
9        change in the amount of child care expenses that would
10        affect the annualized child care amount as determined
11        in the support order.
12        (3.8) Shared physical care. If each parent exercises 73
13    146 or more overnights per year with the child, the basic
14    child support obligation is multiplied by 1.5 to calculate
15    the shared care child support obligation. The court shall
16    determine each parent's share of the shared care child
17    support obligation based on the parent's percentage share
18    of combined net income. The child support obligation is
19    then computed for each parent by multiplying that parent's
20    portion of the shared care support obligation by the
21    percentage of time the child spends with the other parent.
22    The respective child support obligations are then offset,
23    with the parent owing more child support paying the
24    difference between the child support amounts. The Illinois
25    Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
26    promulgate a worksheet to calculate child support in cases

 

 

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1    in which the parents have shared physical care and use the
2    standardized tax amount to determine net income.
3        (3.9) Split physical care. When there is more than one
4    child and each parent has physical care of at least one but
5    not all of the children, the support is calculated by using
6    2 child support worksheets to determine the support each
7    parent owes the other. The support shall be calculated as
8    follows:
9            (A) compute the support the first parent would owe
10        to other parent as if the child in his or her care was
11        the only child of the parties; then
12            (B) compute the support the other parent would owe
13        to the first parent as if the child in his or her care
14        were the only child of the parties; then
15            (C) subtract the lesser support obligation from
16        the greater.
17        The parent who owes the greater obligation shall be
18    ordered to pay the difference in support to the other
19    parent, unless the court determines, pursuant to other
20    provisions of this Section, that it should deviate from the
21    guidelines.
22        (4) Health care.
23            (A) A portion of the basic child support obligation
24        is intended to cover basic ordinary out-of-pocket
25        medical expenses. The court, in its discretion, in
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1        also provide for the child's current and future medical
2        needs by ordering either or both parents to initiate
3        health insurance coverage for the child through
4        currently effective health insurance policies held by
5        the parent or parents, purchase one or more or all
6        health, dental, or vision insurance policies for the
7        child, or provide for the child's current and future
8        medical needs through some other manner.
9            (B) The court, in its discretion, may order either
10        or both parents to contribute to the reasonable health
11        care needs of the child not covered by insurance,
12        including, but not limited to, unreimbursed medical,
13        dental, orthodontic, or vision expenses and any
14        prescription medication for the child not covered
15        under the child's health insurance.
16            (C) If neither parent has access to appropriate
17        private health insurance coverage, the court may
18        order:
19                (I) one or both parents to provide health
20            insurance coverage at any time it becomes
21            available at a reasonable cost; or
22                (II) the parent or non-parent custodian with
23            primary physical responsibility for the child to
24            apply for public health insurance coverage for the
25            child and require either or both parents to pay a
26            reasonable amount of the cost of health insurance

 

 

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1            for the child.
2            The order may also provide that any time private
3        health insurance coverage is available at a reasonable
4        cost to that party it will be provided instead of cash
5        medical support. As used in this Section, "cash medical
6        support" means an amount ordered to be paid toward the
7        cost of health insurance provided by a public entity or
8        by another person through employment or otherwise or
9        for other medical costs not covered by insurance.
10            (D) The amount to be added to the basic child
11        support obligation shall be the actual amount of the
12        total health insurance premium that is attributable to
13        the child who is the subject of the order. If this
14        amount is not available or cannot be verified, the
15        total cost of the health insurance premium shall be
16        divided by the total number of persons covered by the
17        policy. The cost per person derived from this
18        calculation shall be multiplied by the number of
19        children who are the subject of the order and who are
20        covered under the health insurance policy. This amount
21        shall be added to the basic child support obligation
22        and shall be allocated between the parents in
23        proportion to their respective net incomes.
24            (E) After the health insurance premium for the
25        child is added to the basic child support obligation
26        and allocated between the parents in proportion to

 

 

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1        their respective incomes for child support purposes,
2        if the obligor is paying the premium, the amount
3        calculated for the obligee's share of the health
4        insurance premium for the child shall be deducted from
5        the obligor's share of the total child support
6        obligation. If the obligee is paying for private health
7        insurance for the child, the child support obligation
8        shall be increased by the obligor's share of the
9        premium payment. The obligor's and obligee's portion
10        of health insurance costs shall appear in the support
11        order.
12            (F) Prior to allowing the health insurance
13        adjustment, the parent requesting the adjustment must
14        submit proof that the child has been enrolled in a
15        health insurance plan and must submit proof of the cost
16        of the premium. The court shall require the parent
17        receiving the adjustment to annually submit proof of
18        continued coverage of the child to the other parent, or
19        as designated by the court.
20            (G) A reasonable cost for providing health
21        insurance coverage for the child may not exceed 5% of
22        the providing parent's gross income. Parents with a net
23        income below 133% of the most recent United States
24        Department of Health and Human Services Federal
25        Poverty Guidelines or whose child is covered by
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1        ordered to contribute toward or provide private
2        coverage, unless private coverage is obtainable
3        without any financial contribution by that parent.
4            (H) If dental or vision insurance is included as
5        part of the employer's medical plan, the coverage shall
6        be maintained for the child. If not included in the
7        employer's medical plan, adding the dental or vision
8        insurance for the child is at the discretion of the
9        court.
10            (I) If a parent has been directed to provide health
11        insurance pursuant to this paragraph and that parent's
12        spouse or legally recognized partner provides the
13        insurance for the benefit of the child either directly
14        or through employment, a credit on the child support
15        worksheet shall be given to that parent in the same
16        manner as if the premium were paid by that parent.
17        (4.5) In a proceeding for child support following
18    dissolution of the marriage or civil union by a court that
19    lacked personal jurisdiction over the absent spouse, and in
20    which the court is requiring payment of support for the
21    period before the date an order for current support is
22    entered, there is a rebuttable presumption that the
23    obligor's net income for the prior period was the same as
24    his or her net income at the time the order for current
25    support is entered.
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1    default or any other reason, the court shall order support
2    in an amount considered reasonable in the particular case.
3    The final order in all cases shall state the support level
4    in dollar amounts. However, if the court finds that the
5    child support amount cannot be expressed exclusively as a
6    dollar amount because all or a portion of the obligor's net
7    income is uncertain as to source, time of payment, or
8    amount, the court may order a percentage amount of support
9    in addition to a specific dollar amount and enter such
10    other orders as may be necessary to determine and enforce,
11    on a timely basis, the applicable support ordered.
12        (6) If (i) the obligor was properly served with a
13    request for discovery of financial information relating to
14    the obligor's ability to provide child support, (ii) the
15    obligor failed to comply with the request, despite having
16    been ordered to do so by the court, and (iii) the obligor
17    is not present at the hearing to determine support despite
18    having received proper notice, then any relevant financial
19    information concerning the obligor's ability to provide
20    child support that was obtained pursuant to subpoena and
21    proper notice shall be admitted into evidence without the
22    need to establish any further foundation for its admission.
23    (a-5) In an action to enforce an order for child support
24based on the obligor's failure to make support payments as
25required by the order, notice of proceedings to hold the
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1obligor by personal service or by regular mail addressed to the
2last known address of the obligor. The last known address of
3the obligor may be determined from records of the clerk of the
4court, from the Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders,
5or by any other reasonable means.
6    (b) Failure of either parent to comply with an order to pay
7support shall be punishable as in other cases of contempt. In
8addition to other penalties provided by law the court may,
9after finding the parent guilty of contempt, order that the
10parent be:
11        (1) placed on probation with such conditions of
12    probation as the court deems advisable;
13        (2) sentenced to periodic imprisonment for a period not
14    to exceed 6 months; provided, however, that the court may
15    permit the parent to be released for periods of time during
16    the day or night to:
17            (A) work; or
18            (B) conduct a business or other self-employed
19        occupation.
20    The court may further order any part or all of the earnings
21of a parent during a sentence of periodic imprisonment paid to
22the Clerk of the Circuit Court or to the parent having physical
23possession of the child or to the non-parent custodian having
24custody of the child of the sentenced parent for the support of
25the child until further order of the court.
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1comply with an order to pay support is a person who conducts a
2business or who is self-employed, the court in addition to
3other penalties provided by law may order that the parent do
4one or more of the following: (i) provide to the court monthly
5financial statements showing income and expenses from the
6business or the self-employment; (ii) seek employment and
7report periodically to the court with a diary, listing, or
8other memorandum of his or her employment search efforts; or
9(iii) report to the Department of Employment Security for job
10search services to find employment that will be subject to
11withholding for child support.
12    If there is a unity of interest and ownership sufficient to
13render no financial separation between an obligor and another
14person or persons or business entity, the court may pierce the
15ownership veil of the person, persons, or business entity to
16discover assets of the obligor held in the name of that person,
17those persons, or that business entity. The following
18circumstances are sufficient to authorize a court to order
19discovery of the assets of a person, persons, or business
20entity and to compel the application of any discovered assets
21toward payment on the judgment for support:
22        (1) the obligor and the person, persons, or business
23    entity maintain records together.
24        (2) the obligor and the person, persons, or business
25    entity fail to maintain an arm's length relationship
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1        (3) the obligor transfers assets to the person,
2    persons, or business entity with the intent to perpetrate a
3    fraud on the obligee.
4    With respect to assets which are real property, no order
5entered under this paragraph shall affect the rights of bona
6fide purchasers, mortgagees, judgment creditors, or other lien
7holders who acquire their interests in the property prior to
8the time a notice of lis pendens pursuant to the Code of Civil
9Procedure or a copy of the order is placed of record in the
10office of the recorder of deeds for the county in which the
11real property is located.
12    The court may also order in cases where the parent is 90
13days or more delinquent in payment of support or has been
14adjudicated in arrears in an amount equal to 90 days obligation
15or more, that the parent's Illinois driving privileges be
16suspended until the court determines that the parent is in
17compliance with the order of support. The court may also order
18that the parent be issued a family financial responsibility
19driving permit that would allow limited driving privileges for
20employment and medical purposes in accordance with Section
217-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. The Clerk of the Circuit
22Court shall certify the order suspending the driving privileges
23of the parent or granting the issuance of a family financial
24responsibility driving permit to the Secretary of State on
25forms prescribed by the Secretary of State. Upon receipt of the
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1the parent's driving privileges until further order of the
2court and shall, if ordered by the court, subject to the
3provisions of Section 7-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
4issue a family financial responsibility driving permit to the
5parent.
6    In addition to the penalties or punishment that may be
7imposed under this Section, any person whose conduct
8constitutes a violation of Section 15 of the Non-Support
9Punishment Act may be prosecuted under that Act, and a person
10convicted under that Act may be sentenced in accordance with
11that Act. The sentence may include but need not be limited to a
12requirement that the person perform community service under
13Section 50 of that Act or participate in a work alternative
14program under Section 50 of that Act. A person may not be
15required to participate in a work alternative program under
16Section 50 of that Act if the person is currently participating
17in a work program pursuant to Section 505.1 of this Act.
18    A support obligation, or any portion of a support
19obligation, which becomes due and remains unpaid as of the end
20of each month, excluding the child support that was due for
21that month to the extent that it was not paid in that month,
22shall accrue simple interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of
23the Code of Civil Procedure. An order for support entered or
24modified on or after January 1, 2006 shall contain a statement
25that a support obligation required under the order, or any
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1becomes due and remains unpaid as of the end of each month,
2excluding the child support that was due for that month to the
3extent that it was not paid in that month, shall accrue simple
4interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of the Code of Civil
5Procedure. Failure to include the statement in the order for
6support does not affect the validity of the order or the
7accrual of interest as provided in this Section.
8    (c) A one-time charge of 20% is imposable upon the amount
9of past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which has
10accrued under a support order entered by the court. The charge
11shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section
1210-21 of the Illinois Public Aid Code and shall be enforced by
13the court upon petition.
14    (d) Any new or existing support order entered by the court
15under this Section shall be deemed to be a series of judgments
16against the person obligated to pay support thereunder, each
17such judgment to be in the amount of each payment or
18installment of support and each such judgment to be deemed
19entered as of the date the corresponding payment or installment
20becomes due under the terms of the support order. Each such
21judgment shall have the full force, effect and attributes of
22any other judgment of this State, including the ability to be
23enforced. Notwithstanding any other State or local law to the
24contrary, a lien arises by operation of law against the real
25and personal property of the obligor for each installment of
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1    (e) When child support is to be paid through the Clerk of
2the Court in a county of 1,000,000 inhabitants or less, the
3order shall direct the obligor to pay to the Clerk, in addition
4to the child support payments, all fees imposed by the county
5board under paragraph (3) of subsection (u) of Section 27.1 of
6the Clerks of Courts Act. Unless paid pursuant to an Income
7Withholding Order/Notice for Support, the payment of the fee
8shall be by payment acceptable to the clerk and shall be made
9to the order of the Clerk.
10    (f) All orders for support, when entered or modified, shall
11include a provision requiring the obligor to notify the court
12and, in cases in which a party is receiving child and spouse
13services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the
14Department of Healthcare and Family Services, within 7 days,
15(i) of the name and address of any new employer of the obligor,
16(ii) whether the obligor has access to health insurance
17coverage through the employer or other group coverage and, if
18so, the policy name and number and the names of persons covered
19under the policy, except only the initials of any covered
20minors shall be included, and (iii) of any new residential or
21mailing address or telephone number of the obligor. In any
22subsequent action to enforce a support order, upon a sufficient
23showing that a diligent effort has been made to ascertain the
24location of the obligor, service of process or provision of
25notice necessary in the case may be made at the last known
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1Code of Civil Procedure or this Act, which service shall be
2sufficient for purposes of due process.
3    (g) An order for support shall include a date on which the
4current support obligation terminates. The termination date
5shall be no earlier than the date on which the child covered by
6the order will attain the age of 18. However, if the child will
7not graduate from high school until after attaining the age of
818, then the termination date shall be no earlier than the
9earlier of the date on which the child's high school graduation
10will occur or the date on which the child will attain the age
11of 19. The order for support shall state that the termination
12date does not apply to any arrearage that may remain unpaid on
13that date. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
14prevent the court from modifying the order or terminating the
15order in the event the child is otherwise emancipated.
16    (g-5) If there is an unpaid arrearage or delinquency (as
17those terms are defined in the Income Withholding for Support
18Act) equal to at least one month's support obligation on the
19termination date stated in the order for support or, if there
20is no termination date stated in the order, on the date the
21child attains the age of majority or is otherwise emancipated,
22the periodic amount required to be paid for current support of
23that child immediately prior to that date shall automatically
24continue to be an obligation, not as current support but as
25periodic payment toward satisfaction of the unpaid arrearage or
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1periodic payment previously required for satisfaction of the
2arrearage or delinquency. The total periodic amount to be paid
3toward satisfaction of the arrearage or delinquency may be
4enforced and collected by any method provided by law for
5enforcement and collection of child support, including but not
6limited to income withholding under the Income Withholding for
7Support Act. Each order for support entered or modified on or
8after January 1, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act
993-1061) this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly must
10contain a statement notifying the parties of the requirements
11of this subsection. Failure to include the statement in the
12order for support does not affect the validity of the order or
13the operation of the provisions of this subsection with regard
14to the order. This subsection shall not be construed to prevent
15or affect the establishment or modification of an order for
16support of a minor child or the establishment or modification
17of an order for support of a non-minor child or educational
18expenses under Section 513 of this Act.
19    (h) An order entered under this Section shall include a
20provision requiring either parent to report to the other parent
21and to the Clerk of Court within 10 days each time either
22parent obtains new employment, and each time either parent's
23employment is terminated for any reason. The report shall be in
24writing and shall, in the case of new employment, include the
25name and address of the new employer. Failure to report new
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1with nonpayment of support for a period in excess of 60 days,
2is indirect criminal contempt. For either parent arrested for
3failure to report new employment bond shall be set in the
4amount of the child support that should have been paid during
5the period of unreported employment. An order entered under
6this Section shall also include a provision requiring either
7obligor and obligee to advise the other of a change in
8residence within 5 days of the change except when the court
9finds that the physical, mental, or emotional health of a party
10or that of a child, or both, would be seriously endangered by
11disclosure of the party's address.
12    (i) The court does not lose the powers of contempt,
13driver's license suspension, or other child support
14enforcement mechanisms, including, but not limited to,
15criminal prosecution as set forth in this Act, upon the
16emancipation of the minor child.
17(Source: P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16; 99-763, eff. 1-1-17; 99-764,
18eff. 7-1-17; 100-15, eff. 7-1-17; revised 10-6-17.)