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91_HB1845

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution  of
 2    Marriage Act by changing Section 607.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of
 6    Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 607 as follows:

 7        (750 ILCS 5/607) (from Ch. 40, par. 607)
 8        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 90-801)
 9        Sec. 607. Visitation.
10        (a)  A  parent  not  granted  custody  of  the  child  is
11    entitled  to  reasonable  visitation  rights unless the court
12    finds,  after  a  hearing,  that  visitation  would  endanger
13    seriously the child's physical, mental,  moral  or  emotional
14    health.  If the custodian's street address is not identified,
15    pursuant  to Section 708, the court shall require the parties
16    to   identify   reasonable   alternative   arrangements   for
17    visitation by  a  non-custodial  parent,  including  but  not
18    limited  to visitation of the minor child at the residence of
19    another person or at a local public or private facility.
20        (b) (1)  The  court  may  grant   reasonable   visitation
21    privileges to a grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling of
22    any   minor   child   upon  petition  to  the  court  by  the
23    grandparents  or  great-grandparents  or  on  behalf  of  the
24    sibling, with notice to the parties required to  be  notified
25    under  Section  601 of this Act, if the court determines that
26    it is in the best interests and welfare of the child, and may
27    issue  any  necessary  orders  to  enforce  such   visitation
28    privileges.   Except  as  provided  in  paragraph (2) of this
29    subsection (b), a petition for visitation privileges  may  be
30    filed  under  this  paragraph  (1)  whether or not a petition
31    pursuant  to  this  Act  has  been  previously  filed  or  is
 
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 1    currently  pending  if  one  or   more   of   the   following
 2    circumstances exist:
 3             (A)  the  parents  are not currently cohabiting on a
 4        permanent or an indefinite basis;
 5             (B)  one of the parents has  been  absent  from  the
 6        marital  abode for more than one month without the spouse
 7        knowing his or her whereabouts;
 8             (C)  one of the parents is deceased;
 9             (D)  one of the parents joins in the  petition  with
10        the grandparents, great-grandparents, or sibling; or
11             (E)  a sibling is in State custody.
12        (1.2)  Except  as  provided  in  paragraph  (2)  of  this
13    subsection  (b),  the grandparent of a minor child may file a
14    petition for visitation privileges, with notice to parties as
15    required under Section 601, if the  grandparent  has  had  an
16    established  relationship  with the child but has been denied
17    an opportunity to visit the  child  for  more  than  90  days
18    preceding  the  date of filing of the petition.  If the court
19    finds that visitation with the grandparent  is  in  the  best
20    interests  and  welfare  of  the child, the court shall grant
21    reasonable  visitation  privileges  to  the  grandparent.   A
22    petition for visitation privileges may be  filed  under  this
23    paragraph  (1.2)  whether  or not a petition pursuant to this
24    Act has been previously filed or is currently pending.
25        (1.5)  The  Court   may   grant   reasonable   visitation
26    privileges  to a stepparent upon petition to the court by the
27    stepparent,  with  notice  to  the  parties  required  to  be
28    notified  under  Section  601  of  this  Act,  if  the  court
29    determines that it is in the best interests  and  welfare  of
30    the  child,  and  may  issue  any necessary orders to enforce
31    those visitation privileges.     A  petition  for  visitation
32    privileges may be filed under this paragraph (1.5) whether or
33    not a petition pursuant to this Act has been previously filed
34    or  is  currently  pending if the following circumstances are
 
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 1    met:
 2             (A)  the child is at least 12 years old;
 3             (B)  the child resided continuously with the  parent
 4        and stepparent for at least 5 years;
 5             (C)  the  parent  is  deceased or is disabled and is
 6        unable to care for the child;
 7             (D)  the child wishes to have reasonable  visitation
 8        with the stepparent; and
 9             (E)  the  stepparent  was  providing  for  the care,
10        control, and welfare to the child prior to the initiation
11        of the petition for visitation.
12        (2)(A)  A petition for visitation privileges shall not be
13    filed pursuant to this  subsection  (b)  by  the  parents  or
14    grandparents  of  a  putative  father if the paternity of the
15    putative father has not been legally established.
16        (B)  A petition for  visitation  privileges  may  not  be
17    filed  under  this  subsection  (b)  if  the child who is the
18    subject of the grandparents' or great-grandparents'  petition
19    has  been  voluntarily  surrendered by the parent or parents,
20    except for a surrender to the Illinois Department of Children
21    and Family Services or a foster care facility,  or  has  been
22    previously  adopted  by  an individual or individuals who are
23    not related to the biological parents of the child or is  the
24    subject  of  a  pending adoption petition by an individual or
25    individuals who are not related to the biological parents  of
26    the child.
27        (3)  When  one  parent  is deceased, the surviving parent
28    shall  not  interfere  with  the  visitation  rights  of  the
29    grandparents.
30        (c)  The court may modify an order  granting  or  denying
31    visitation  rights whenever modification would serve the best
32    interest of the child; but the court shall   not  restrict  a
33    parent's   visitation   rights   unless  it  finds  that  the
34    visitation would endanger  seriously  the  child's  physical,
 
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 1    mental, moral or emotional health.
 2        (d)  If  any  court  has  entered  an order prohibiting a
 3    non-custodial parent of a child from any contact with a child
 4    or restricting the non-custodial parent's  contact  with  the
 5    child, the following provisions shall apply:
 6             (1)  If   an   order   has   been  entered  granting
 7        visitation privileges with the child to a grandparent  or
 8        great-grandparent who is related to the child through the
 9        non-custodial  parent,  the  visitation privileges of the
10        grandparent or great-grandparent may be revoked if:
11                  (i)  a court has entered an  order  prohibiting
12             the  non-custodial  parent from any contact with the
13             child, and the grandparent or  great-grandparent  is
14             found  to have used his or her visitation privileges
15             to facilitate contact  between  the  child  and  the
16             non-custodial parent; or
17                  (ii)  a  court has entered an order restricting
18             the non-custodial parent's contact with  the  child,
19             and the grandparent or great-grandparent is found to
20             have  used  his  or  her  visitation  privileges  to
21             facilitate   contact   between  the  child  and  the
22             non-custodial parent in a manner that  violates  the
23             terms  of  the  order  restricting the non-custodial
24             parent's contact with the child.
25             Nothing in this subdivision (1) limits the authority
26        of  the  court  to  enforce  its  orders  in  any  manner
27        permitted by law.
28             (2)  Any order granting visitation  privileges  with
29        the  child  to  a grandparent or great-grandparent who is
30        related to the child  through  the  non-custodial  parent
31        shall contain the following provision:
32             "If the (grandparent or great-grandparent, whichever
33        is applicable) who has been granted visitation privileges
34        under  this  order  uses  the  visitation  privileges  to
 
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 1        facilitate  contact  between  the  child  and the child's
 2        non-custodial parent, the visitation  privileges  granted
 3        under this order shall be permanently revoked."
 4        (e)  No  parent,  not  granted  custody  of the child, or
 5    grandparent, or great-grandparent, or stepparent, or  sibling
 6    of  any  minor  child,  convicted of any offense involving an
 7    illegal sex act perpetrated upon a victim less than 18  years
 8    of  age  including but not limited to offenses for violations
 9    of Article 12 of the Criminal Code of 1961,  is  entitled  to
10    visitation  rights  while  incarcerated  or  while on parole,
11    probation, conditional discharge, periodic  imprisonment,  or
12    mandatory  supervised  release  for  that  offense,  and upon
13    discharge from incarceration for  a  misdemeanor  offense  or
14    upon discharge from parole, probation, conditional discharge,
15    periodic  imprisonment, or mandatory supervised release for a
16    felony offense, visitation shall be denied until  the  person
17    successfully  completes  a  treatment program approved by the
18    court.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-488, eff. 6-21-96; 90-782, eff. 8-14-98.)

20        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 90-801)
21        Sec. 607. Visitation.
22        (a)  A  parent  not  granted  custody  of  the  child  is
23    entitled to reasonable visitation  rights  unless  the  court
24    finds,  after  a  hearing,  that  visitation  would  endanger
25    seriously  the  child's  physical, mental, moral or emotional
26    health.  If the custodian's street address is not identified,
27    pursuant to Section 708, the court shall require the  parties
28    to   identify   reasonable   alternative   arrangements   for
29    visitation  by  a  non-custodial  parent,  including  but not
30    limited to visitation of the minor child at the residence  of
31    another person or at a local public or private facility.
32        (b) (1)  The   court   may  grant  reasonable  visitation
33    privileges to a grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling of
34    any  minor  child  upon  petition  to  the   court   by   the
 
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 1    grandparents  or  great-grandparents  or  on  behalf  of  the
 2    sibling,  with  notice to the parties required to be notified
 3    under Section 601 of this Act, if the court  determines  that
 4    it is in the best interests and welfare of the child, and may
 5    issue   any  necessary  orders  to  enforce  such  visitation
 6    privileges.  Except as provided  in  paragraph  (2)  of  this
 7    subsection  (b),  a petition for visitation privileges may be
 8    filed under this paragraph (1)  whether  or  not  a  petition
 9    pursuant  to  this  Act  has  been  previously  filed  or  is
10    currently   pending   if   one   or  more  of  the  following
11    circumstances exist:
12             (A)  the parents are not currently cohabiting  on  a
13        permanent or an indefinite basis;
14             (B)  one  of  the  parents  has been absent from the
15        marital abode for more than one month without the  spouse
16        knowing his or her whereabouts;
17             (C)  one of the parents is deceased;
18             (D)  one  of  the parents joins in the petition with
19        the grandparents, great-grandparents, or sibling; or
20             (E)  a sibling is in State custody.
21        (1.2)  Except  as  provided  in  paragraph  (2)  of  this
22    subsection (b), the grandparent of a minor child may  file  a
23    petition for visitation privileges, with notice to parties as
24    required  under  Section  601,  if the grandparent has had an
25    established relationship with the child but has  been  denied
26    an  opportunity  to  visit  the  child  for more than 90 days
27    preceding the date of filing of the petition.  If  the  court
28    finds  that  visitation  with  the grandparent is in the best
29    interests and welfare of the child,  the  court  shall  grant
30    reasonable  visitation  privileges  to  the  grandparent.   A
31    petition  for  visitation  privileges may be filed under this
32    paragraph (1.2) whether or not a petition  pursuant  to  this
33    Act has been previously filed or is currently pending.
34        (1.5)  The   Court   may   grant   reasonable  visitation
 
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 1    privileges to a stepparent upon petition to the court by  the
 2    stepparent,  with  notice  to  the  parties  required  to  be
 3    notified  under  Section  601  of  this  Act,  if  the  court
 4    determines  that  it  is in the best interests and welfare of
 5    the child, and may issue  any  necessary  orders  to  enforce
 6    those  visitation  privileges.    A  petition  for visitation
 7    privileges may be filed under this paragraph (1.5) whether or
 8    not a petition pursuant to this Act has been previously filed
 9    or is currently pending if the  following  circumstances  are
10    met:
11             (A)  the child is at least 12 years old;
12             (B)  the  child resided continuously with the parent
13        and stepparent for at least 5 years;
14             (C)  the parent is deceased or is  disabled  and  is
15        unable to care for the child;
16             (D)  the  child wishes to have reasonable visitation
17        with the stepparent; and
18             (E)  the stepparent  was  providing  for  the  care,
19        control, and welfare to the child prior to the initiation
20        of the petition for visitation.
21        (2)(A)  A petition for visitation privileges shall not be
22    filed  pursuant  to  this  subsection  (b)  by the parents or
23    grandparents of a putative father if  the  paternity  of  the
24    putative father has not been legally established.
25        (B)  A  petition  for  visitation  privileges  may not be
26    filed under this subsection (b)  if  the  child  who  is  the
27    subject  of the grandparents' or great-grandparents' petition
28    has been voluntarily surrendered by the  parent  or  parents,
29    except for a surrender to the Illinois Department of Children
30    and  Family  Services  or a foster care facility, or has been
31    previously adopted by an individual or  individuals  who  are
32    not  related to the biological parents of the child or is the
33    subject of a pending adoption petition by  an  individual  or
34    individuals  who are not related to the biological parents of
 
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 1    the child.
 2        (3)  When one parent is deceased,  the  surviving  parent
 3    shall  not  interfere  with  the  visitation  rights  of  the
 4    grandparents.
 5        (c)  The  court  may  modify an order granting or denying
 6    visitation rights whenever modification would serve the  best
 7    interest  of  the  child; but the court shall  not restrict a
 8    parent's  visitation  rights  unless  it   finds   that   the
 9    visitation  would  endanger  seriously  the child's physical,
10    mental, moral or emotional health.
11        (d)  If any court has  entered  an  order  prohibiting  a
12    non-custodial parent of a child from any contact with a child
13    or  restricting  the  non-custodial parent's contact with the
14    child, the following provisions shall apply:
15             (1)  If  an  order   has   been   entered   granting
16        visitation  privileges with the child to a grandparent or
17        great-grandparent who is related to the child through the
18        non-custodial parent, the visitation  privileges  of  the
19        grandparent or great-grandparent may be revoked if:
20                  (i)  a  court  has entered an order prohibiting
21             the non-custodial parent from any contact  with  the
22             child,  and  the grandparent or great-grandparent is
23             found to have used his or her visitation  privileges
24             to  facilitate  contact  between  the  child and the
25             non-custodial parent; or
26                  (ii)  a court has entered an order  restricting
27             the  non-custodial  parent's contact with the child,
28             and the grandparent or great-grandparent is found to
29             have  used  his  or  her  visitation  privileges  to
30             facilitate  contact  between  the  child   and   the
31             non-custodial  parent  in a manner that violates the
32             terms of the  order  restricting  the  non-custodial
33             parent's contact with the child.
34             Nothing in this subdivision (1) limits the authority
 
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 1        of  the  court  to  enforce  its  orders  in  any  manner
 2        permitted by law.
 3             (2)  Any  order  granting visitation privileges with
 4        the child to a grandparent or  great-grandparent  who  is
 5        related  to  the  child  through the non-custodial parent
 6        shall contain the following provision:
 7             "If the (grandparent or great-grandparent, whichever
 8        is applicable) who has been granted visitation privileges
 9        under  this  order  uses  the  visitation  privileges  to
10        facilitate contact between  the  child  and  the  child's
11        non-custodial  parent,  the visitation privileges granted
12        under this order shall be permanently revoked."
13        (e)  No parent, not granted  custody  of  the  child,  or
14    grandparent,  or great-grandparent, or stepparent, or sibling
15    of any minor child, convicted of  any  offense  involving  an
16    illegal  sex act perpetrated upon a victim less than 18 years
17    of age including but not limited to offenses  for  violations
18    of  Article  12  of the Criminal Code of 1961, is entitled to
19    visitation rights while  incarcerated  or  while  on  parole,
20    probation,  conditional  discharge, periodic imprisonment, or
21    mandatory supervised  release  for  that  offense,  and  upon
22    discharge  from  incarceration  for  a misdemeanor offense or
23    upon discharge from parole, probation, conditional discharge,
24    periodic imprisonment, or mandatory supervised release for  a
25    felony  offense,  visitation shall be denied until the person
26    successfully completes a treatment program  approved  by  the
27    court.
28        (f)  Unless  the  court determines, after considering all
29    relevant factors, including but  not  limited  to  those  set
30    forth  in  Section  602(a),  that  it  would  be  in the best
31    interests of the child to allow visitation, the  court  shall
32    not  enter  an order providing visitation rights and pursuant
33    to a motion to  modify  visitation  shall  revoke  visitation
34    rights  previously  granted to any person who would otherwise
 
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 1    be entitled to petition  for  visitation  rights  under  this
 2    Section  who has been convicted of first degree murder of the
 3    parent, grandparent, great-grandparent,  or  sibling  of  the
 4    child  who  is  the  subject of the order.  Until an order is
 5    entered pursuant to this subsection, no person  shall  visit,
 6    with  the  child  present, a person who has been convicted of
 7    first   degree   murder   of   the    parent,    grandparent,
 8    great-grandparent,  or  sibling  of  the  child  without  the
 9    consent  of the child's parent, other than a parent convicted
10    of  first  degree  murder  as  set  forth  herein,  or  legal
11    guardian.
12    (Source: P.A. 89-488, eff.  6-21-96;  90-782,  eff.  8-14-98;
13    90-801, eff. 6-1-99; revised 12-22-98.)

14        Section  95.   No  acceleration or delay.  Where this Act
15    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
16    text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for  example,  a
17    Section  represented  by  multiple versions), the use of that
18    text does not accelerate or delay the taking  effect  of  (i)
19    the  changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
20    any other Public Act.

21        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
22    becoming law.

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