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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2162
Introduced 11/4/2005, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984. Prohibits the custody of or visitation with a child by a person found to be the father of the child under the Act, if the father has been convicted or pled guilty to one of the listed offenses and that offense was related to his conduct in the fathering the child. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB094 14996 LCT 50100 b |
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| AN ACT concerning families.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 is amended by |
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| adding Section 6.5 as follows:
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| (750 ILCS 45/6.5 new) |
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| Sec. 6.5. Custody or visitation by sex offender prohibited.
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| A person found to be the father of a child under this Act, and |
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| who has been convicted of or who has pled guilty to a violation |
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| of Section 11-11 (sexual relations within families), Section |
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| 12-13 (criminal sexual assault), Section 12-14 (aggravated |
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| criminal sexual assault), Section 12-14.1 (predatory criminal |
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| sexual assault of a child), Section 12-15 (criminal sexual |
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| abuse), or Section 12-16 (aggravated criminal sexual abuse) of |
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| the Criminal Code of 1961 for his conduct in fathering that |
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| child, shall not be entitled to custody of or visitation with |
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| that child without the consent of the mother of the child. |
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| Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, nothing in |
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| this Section shall be construed to relieve the father of any |
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| support and maintenance obligations to the child under this |
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| Act.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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