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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB3036 Introduced 1/5/2022, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 750 ILCS 5/505 | from Ch. 40, par. 505 | 750 ILCS 5/510 | from Ch. 40, par. 510 |
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Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that at the discretion of the court, a child support obligation may be secured, in whole or in part, by reasonably affordable life insurance on the life of one or both parents on such terms as the parties agree or as the court orders. Provides that contemplation or foreseeability of future events shall not be considered as a factor or used as a defense in determining whether a substantial change in circumstances is shown, unless the future event is expressly specified in the court's order or the agreement of the parties incorporated into a court order. Provides that the parties may expressly specify in the agreement incorporated into a court order or the court may expressly specify in the order that the occurrence of a specific future event is contemplated and will not constitute a substantial change in circumstances to warrant modification of the order. Effective immediately.
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1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of |
5 | | Marriage Act is amended by changing Sections 505 and 510 as |
6 | | follows:
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7 | | (750 ILCS 5/505) (from Ch. 40, par. 505)
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8 | | Sec. 505. Child support; contempt; penalties.
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9 | | (a) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal |
10 | | separation,
declaration of invalidity of marriage, or |
11 | | dissolution of a civil union, a proceeding for child support
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12 | | following a legal separation or dissolution of the marriage or |
13 | | civil union by a court that lacked personal
jurisdiction over |
14 | | the absent spouse, a proceeding for modification of a
previous |
15 | | order for child support under Section 510 of this Act, or any
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16 | | proceeding authorized under Section 501 or 601 of this Act, |
17 | | the court may
order either or both parents owing a duty of |
18 | | support to a child of the
marriage or civil union to pay an |
19 | | amount reasonable and necessary for support. The duty of |
20 | | support owed to a child
includes the obligation to provide for |
21 | | the reasonable and necessary physical, mental and emotional |
22 | | health needs of the child.
For purposes of this Section, the |
23 | | term "child" shall include any child under
age 18 and
any child |
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1 | | age 19 or younger who is still attending high school. For |
2 | | purposes of this Section, the term "obligor" means the parent |
3 | | obligated to pay support to the other parent.
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4 | | (1) Child support guidelines. The Illinois Department |
5 | | of Healthcare and Family Services shall adopt rules |
6 | | establishing child support guidelines which include |
7 | | worksheets to aid in the calculation of the child support |
8 | | obligations and a schedule of basic child support |
9 | | obligations that reflects the percentage of combined net |
10 | | income that parents living in the same household in this |
11 | | State ordinarily spend on their child. The child support |
12 | | guidelines have the following purposes: |
13 | | (A) to establish as State policy an adequate |
14 | | standard of support for a child, subject to the |
15 | | ability of parents to pay; |
16 | | (B) to make child support obligations more |
17 | | equitable by ensuring more consistent treatment of |
18 | | parents in similar circumstances; |
19 | | (C) to improve the efficiency of the court process |
20 | | by promoting settlements and giving courts and the |
21 | | parties guidance in establishing levels of child |
22 | | support; |
23 | | (D) to calculate child support based upon the |
24 | | parents' combined net income estimated to have been |
25 | | allocated for the support of the child if the parents |
26 | | and child were living in an intact household; |
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1 | | (E) to adjust child support based upon the needs |
2 | | of the child;
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3 | | (F) to allocate the amount of child support to be |
4 | | paid by each parent based upon a parent's net income |
5 | | and the child's physical care arrangements. |
6 | | (1.5) Computation of basic child support obligation. |
7 | | The court shall compute the basic child support obligation |
8 | | by taking the following steps: |
9 | | (A) determine each parent's monthly net income; |
10 | | (B) add the parents' monthly net incomes together |
11 | | to determine the combined monthly net income of the |
12 | | parents; |
13 | | (C) select the corresponding appropriate amount |
14 | | from the schedule of basic child support obligations |
15 | | based on the parties' combined monthly net income and |
16 | | number of children of the parties; and |
17 | | (D) calculate each parent's percentage share of |
18 | | the basic child support obligation. |
19 | | Although a monetary obligation is computed for each |
20 | | parent as child support, the receiving parent's share is |
21 | | not payable to the other parent and is presumed to be spent |
22 | | directly on the child. |
23 | | (2) Duty of support. The court shall determine child |
24 | | support in each case by applying the child support |
25 | | guidelines unless the court makes a finding that |
26 | | application of the guidelines would be inappropriate, |
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1 | | after considering the best interests of the child and |
2 | | evidence which shows relevant factors including, but not |
3 | | limited to, one or more of the following: |
4 | | (A) the financial resources and needs of the |
5 | | child; |
6 | | (B) the financial resources and needs of the |
7 | | parents; |
8 | | (C) the standard of living the child would have |
9 | | enjoyed had the marriage or civil union not been |
10 | | dissolved; and |
11 | | (D) the physical and emotional condition of the |
12 | | child and his or her educational needs. |
13 | | (3) Income. |
14 | | (A) As used in this Section, "gross income" means |
15 | | the total of all income from all sources, except |
16 | | "gross income" does not include (i) benefits received |
17 | | by the parent from means-tested public assistance |
18 | | programs, including, but not limited to, Temporary |
19 | | Assistance for Needy Families, Supplemental Security |
20 | | Income, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance |
21 | | Program or (ii) benefits and income received by the |
22 | | parent for other children in the household, including, |
23 | | but not limited to, child support, survivor benefits, |
24 | | and foster care payments. Social security disability |
25 | | and retirement benefits paid for the benefit of the |
26 | | subject child must be included in the disabled or |
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1 | | retired parent's gross income for purposes of |
2 | | calculating the parent's child support obligation, but |
3 | | the parent is entitled to a child support credit for |
4 | | the amount of benefits paid to the other party for the |
5 | | child. "Gross income" includes maintenance treated as |
6 | | taxable income for federal income tax purposes to the |
7 | | payee and received pursuant to a court order in the |
8 | | pending proceedings or any other proceedings and shall |
9 | | be included in the payee's gross income for purposes |
10 | | of calculating the parent's child support obligation. |
11 | | (B) As used in this Section, "net income" means |
12 | | gross income minus either the standardized tax amount |
13 | | calculated pursuant to subparagraph (C) of this |
14 | | paragraph (3) or the individualized tax amount |
15 | | calculated pursuant to subparagraph (D) of this |
16 | | paragraph (3), and minus any adjustments pursuant to |
17 | | subparagraph (F) of this paragraph (3). The |
18 | | standardized tax amount shall be used unless the |
19 | | requirements for an individualized tax amount set |
20 | | forth in subparagraph (E) of this paragraph (3) are |
21 | | met. "Net income" includes maintenance not includable |
22 | | in the gross taxable income of the payee for federal |
23 | | income tax purposes under a court order in the pending |
24 | | proceedings or any other proceedings and shall be |
25 | | included in the payee's net income for purposes of |
26 | | calculating the parent's child support obligation. |
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1 | | (C) As used in this Section, "standardized tax |
2 | | amount" means the total of federal and state income |
3 | | taxes for a single person claiming the standard tax |
4 | | deduction, one personal exemption, and the applicable |
5 | | number of dependency exemptions for the minor child or |
6 | | children of the parties, and Social Security and |
7 | | Medicare tax calculated at the Federal Insurance |
8 | | Contributions Act rate. |
9 | | (I) Unless a court has determined otherwise or |
10 | | the parties otherwise agree, the party with the |
11 | | majority of parenting time shall be deemed |
12 | | entitled to claim the dependency exemption for the |
13 | | parties' minor child. |
14 | | (II) The Illinois Department of Healthcare and |
15 | | Family Services shall promulgate a standardized |
16 | | net income conversion table that computes net |
17 | | income by deducting the standardized tax amount |
18 | | from gross income. |
19 | | (D) As used in this Section, "individualized tax |
20 | | amount" means the aggregate of the following taxes: |
21 | | (I) federal income tax (properly calculated |
22 | | withholding or estimated payments); |
23 | | (II) State income tax (properly calculated |
24 | | withholding or estimated payments); and |
25 | | (III) Social Security or self-employment tax, |
26 | | if applicable (or, if none, mandatory retirement |
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1 | | contributions required by law or as a condition of |
2 | | employment) and Medicare tax calculated at the |
3 | | Federal Insurance Contributions Act rate. |
4 | | (E) In lieu of a standardized tax amount, a |
5 | | determination of an individualized tax amount may be |
6 | | made under items (I), (II), or (III) below. If an |
7 | | individualized tax amount determination is made under |
8 | | this subparagraph (E), all relevant tax attributes |
9 | | (including filing status, allocation of dependency |
10 | | exemptions, and whether a party is to claim the use of |
11 | | the standard deduction or itemized deductions for |
12 | | federal income tax purposes) shall be as the parties |
13 | | agree or as the court determines. To determine a |
14 | | party's reported income, the court may order the party |
15 | | to complete an Internal Revenue Service Form 4506-T, |
16 | | Request for Tax Transcript. |
17 | | (I) Agreement. Irrespective of whether the |
18 | | parties agree on any other issue before the court, |
19 | | if they jointly stipulate for the record their |
20 | | concurrence on a computation method for the |
21 | | individualized tax amount that is different from |
22 | | the method set forth under subparagraph (D), the |
23 | | stipulated method shall be used by the court |
24 | | unless the court rejects the proposed stipulated |
25 | | method for good cause. |
26 | | (II) Summary hearing. If the court determines |
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1 | | child support in a summary hearing under Section |
2 | | 501 and an eligible party opts in to the |
3 | | individualized tax amount method under this item |
4 | | (II), the individualized tax amount shall be |
5 | | determined by the court on the basis of |
6 | | information contained in one or both parties' |
7 | | Supreme Court approved Financial Affidavit (Family & |
8 | | Divorce Cases) and relevant supporting documents |
9 | | under applicable court rules. No party, however, |
10 | | is eligible to opt in unless the party, under |
11 | | applicable court rules, has served the other party |
12 | | with the required Supreme Court approved Financial |
13 | | Affidavit (Family & Divorce Cases) and has |
14 | | substantially produced supporting documents |
15 | | required by the applicable court rules. |
16 | | (III) Evidentiary hearing. If the court |
17 | | determines child support in an evidentiary |
18 | | hearing, whether for purposes of a temporary order |
19 | | or at the conclusion of a proceeding, item (II) of |
20 | | this subparagraph (E) does not apply. In each such |
21 | | case (unless item (I) governs), the individualized |
22 | | tax amount shall be as determined by the court on |
23 | | the basis of the record established. |
24 | | (F) Adjustments to income. |
25 | | (I) Multi-family adjustment. If a parent is |
26 | | also legally responsible for support of a child |
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1 | | not shared with the other parent and not subject |
2 | | to the present proceeding, there shall be an |
3 | | adjustment to net income as follows: |
4 | | (i) Multi-family adjustment with court |
5 | | order. The court shall deduct from the |
6 | | parent's net income the amount of child |
7 | | support actually paid by the parent pursuant |
8 | | to a support order unless the court makes a |
9 | | finding that it would cause economic hardship |
10 | | to the child. |
11 | | (ii) Multi-family adjustment without court |
12 | | order. Upon the request or application of a |
13 | | parent actually supporting a presumed, |
14 | | acknowledged, or adjudicated child living in |
15 | | or outside of that parent's household, there |
16 | | shall be an adjustment to child support. The |
17 | | court shall deduct from the parent's net |
18 | | income the amount of financial support |
19 | | actually paid by the parent for the child or |
20 | | 75% of the support the parent should pay under |
21 | | the child support guidelines (before this |
22 | | adjustment), whichever is less, unless the |
23 | | court makes a finding that it would cause |
24 | | economic hardship to the child. The adjustment |
25 | | shall be calculated using that parent's income |
26 | | alone. |
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1 | | (II) Spousal Maintenance adjustment. |
2 | | Obligations pursuant to a court order for spousal |
3 | | maintenance in the pending proceeding actually |
4 | | paid or payable to the same party to whom child |
5 | | support is to be payable or actually paid to a |
6 | | former spouse pursuant to a court order shall be |
7 | | deducted from the parent's after-tax income, |
8 | | unless the maintenance obligation is tax |
9 | | deductible to the payor for federal income tax |
10 | | purposes, in which case it shall be deducted from |
11 | | the payor's gross income for purposes of |
12 | | calculating the parent's child support obligation. |
13 | | (3.1) Business income.
For purposes of calculating |
14 | | child support, net business income from the operation of a |
15 | | business means gross receipts minus ordinary and necessary |
16 | | expenses required to carry on the trade or business. As |
17 | | used in this paragraph, "business" includes, but is not |
18 | | limited to, sole proprietorships, closely held |
19 | | corporations, partnerships, other flow-through business |
20 | | entities, and self-employment. The court shall apply the |
21 | | following: |
22 | | (A) The accelerated component of depreciation and |
23 | | any business expenses determined either judicially or |
24 | | administratively to be inappropriate or excessive |
25 | | shall be excluded from the total of ordinary and |
26 | | necessary business expenses to be deducted in the |
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1 | | determination of net business income from gross |
2 | | business income. |
3 | | (B) Any item of reimbursement or in-kind payment |
4 | | received by a parent from a business, including, but |
5 | | not limited to, a company car, reimbursed meals, free |
6 | | housing, or a housing allowance, shall be counted as |
7 | | income if not otherwise included in the recipient's |
8 | | gross income, if the item is significant in amount and |
9 | | reduces personal expenses. |
10 | | (3.2) Unemployment or underemployment.
If a parent is |
11 | | voluntarily unemployed or underemployed, child support |
12 | | shall be calculated based on a determination of potential |
13 | | income. A determination of potential income shall be made |
14 | | by determining employment potential and probable earnings |
15 | | level based on the obligor's work history, occupational |
16 | | qualifications, prevailing job opportunities, the |
17 | | ownership by a parent of a substantial non-income |
18 | | producing asset, and earnings levels in the community. If |
19 | | there is insufficient work history to determine employment |
20 | | potential and probable earnings level, there shall be a |
21 | | rebuttable presumption that the parent's potential income |
22 | | is 75% of the most recent United States Department of |
23 | | Health and Human Services Federal Poverty Guidelines for a |
24 | | family of one person. |
25 | | (3.3) Rebuttable presumption in favor of guidelines.
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26 | | There is a rebuttable presumption in any judicial or |
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1 | | administrative proceeding for child support that the |
2 | | amount of the child support obligation that would result |
3 | | from the application of the child support guidelines is |
4 | | the correct amount of child support. |
5 | | (3.3a) Minimum child support obligation. There is a |
6 | | rebuttable presumption that a minimum child support |
7 | | obligation of $40 per month, per child, will be entered |
8 | | for an obligor who has actual or imputed gross income at or |
9 | | less than 75% of the most recent United States Department |
10 | | of Health and Human Services Federal Poverty Guidelines |
11 | | for a family of one person, with a maximum total child |
12 | | support obligation for that obligor of $120 per month to |
13 | | be divided equally among all of the obligor's children. |
14 | | (3.3b) Zero dollar child support order. For parents |
15 | | with no gross income, who receive only means-tested |
16 | | assistance, or who cannot work due to a medically proven |
17 | | disability, incarceration, or institutionalization, there |
18 | | is a rebuttable presumption that the $40 per month minimum |
19 | | support order is inapplicable and a zero dollar order |
20 | | shall be entered. |
21 | | (3.4) Deviation factors.
In any action to establish or |
22 | | modify child support, whether pursuant to a temporary or |
23 | | final administrative or court order, the child support |
24 | | guidelines shall be used as a rebuttable presumption for |
25 | | the establishment or modification of the amount of child |
26 | | support. The court may deviate from the child support |
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1 | | guidelines if the application would be inequitable, |
2 | | unjust, or inappropriate. Any deviation from the |
3 | | guidelines shall be accompanied by written findings by the |
4 | | court specifying the reasons for the deviation and the |
5 | | presumed amount under the child support guidelines without |
6 | | a deviation. These reasons may include: |
7 | | (A) extraordinary medical expenditures necessary |
8 | | to preserve the life or health of a party or a child of |
9 | | either or both of the parties; |
10 | | (B) additional expenses incurred for a child |
11 | | subject to the child support order who has special |
12 | | medical, physical, or developmental needs; and |
13 | | (C) any other factor the court determines should |
14 | | be applied upon a finding that the application of the |
15 | | child support guidelines would be inappropriate, after |
16 | | considering the best interest of the child. |
17 | | (3.5) Income in excess of the schedule of basic child |
18 | | support obligation. A court may use its discretion to |
19 | | determine child support if the combined adjusted net |
20 | | income of the parties exceeds the highest level of the |
21 | | schedule of basic child support obligation, except that |
22 | | the basic child support obligation shall not be less than |
23 | | the highest level of combined net income set forth in the |
24 | | schedule of basic child support obligation. |
25 | | (3.6) Extracurricular activities and school expenses.
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26 | | The court, in its discretion, in addition to the basic |
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1 | | child support obligation, may order either or both parents |
2 | | owing a duty of support to the child to contribute to the |
3 | | reasonable school and extracurricular activity expenses |
4 | | incurred which are intended to enhance the educational, |
5 | | athletic, social, or cultural development of the child. |
6 | | (3.7) Child care expenses.
The court, in its |
7 | | discretion, in addition to the basic child support |
8 | | obligation, may order either or both parents owing a duty |
9 | | of support to the child to contribute to the reasonable |
10 | | child care expenses of the child. The child care expenses |
11 | | shall be made payable directly to a party or directly to |
12 | | the child care provider at the time of child care |
13 | | services. |
14 | | (A) "Child care expenses" means actual expenses |
15 | | reasonably necessary to enable a parent or non-parent |
16 | | custodian to be employed, to attend educational or |
17 | | vocational training programs to improve employment |
18 | | opportunities, or to search for employment. "Child |
19 | | care expenses" also includes deposits for securing |
20 | | placement in a child care program, the cost of before |
21 | | and after school care, and camps when school is not in |
22 | | session. A child's special needs shall be a |
23 | | consideration in determining reasonable child care |
24 | | expenses. |
25 | | (B) Child care expenses shall be prorated in |
26 | | proportion to each parent's percentage share of |
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1 | | combined net income, and may be added to the basic |
2 | | child support obligation if not paid directly by each |
3 | | parent to the provider of child care services. The |
4 | | obligor's and obligee's portion of actual child care |
5 | | expenses shall appear in the support order. If |
6 | | allowed, the value of the federal income tax credit |
7 | | for child care shall be subtracted from the actual |
8 | | cost to determine the net child care costs. |
9 | | (C) The amount of child care expenses shall be |
10 | | adequate to obtain reasonable and necessary child |
11 | | care. The actual child care expenses shall be used to |
12 | | calculate the child care expenses, if available. When |
13 | | actual child care expenses vary, the actual child care |
14 | | expenses may be averaged over the most recent 12-month |
15 | | period. When a parent is temporarily unemployed or |
16 | | temporarily not attending educational or vocational |
17 | | training programs, future child care expenses shall be |
18 | | based upon prospective expenses to be incurred upon |
19 | | return to employment or educational or vocational |
20 | | training programs. |
21 | | (D) An order for child care expenses may be |
22 | | modified upon a showing of a substantial change in |
23 | | circumstances. The party incurring child care expenses |
24 | | shall notify the other party within 14 days of any |
25 | | change in the amount of child care expenses that would |
26 | | affect the annualized child care amount as determined |
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1 | | in the support order. |
2 | | (3.8) Shared physical care. If each parent exercises |
3 | | 146 or more overnights per year with the child, the basic |
4 | | child support obligation is multiplied by 1.5 to calculate |
5 | | the shared care child support obligation. The court shall |
6 | | determine each parent's share of the shared care child |
7 | | support obligation based on the parent's percentage share |
8 | | of combined net income. The child support obligation is |
9 | | then computed for each parent by multiplying that parent's |
10 | | portion of the shared care support obligation by the |
11 | | percentage of time the child spends with the other parent. |
12 | | The respective child support obligations are then offset, |
13 | | with the parent owing more child support paying the |
14 | | difference between the child support amounts. The Illinois |
15 | | Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall |
16 | | promulgate a worksheet to calculate child support in cases |
17 | | in which the parents have shared physical care and use the |
18 | | standardized tax amount to determine net income. |
19 | | (3.9) Split physical care. When
there is more than one |
20 | | child and each parent has physical care of at least one but |
21 | | not all of the children, the support is calculated by |
22 | | using 2 child support worksheets to determine the support |
23 | | each parent owes the other. The support shall be |
24 | | calculated as follows: |
25 | | (A) compute the support the first parent would owe |
26 | | to other parent as if the child in his or her care was |
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1 | | the only child of the parties; then |
2 | | (B) compute the support the other parent would owe |
3 | | to the first parent as if the child in his or her care |
4 | | were the only child of the parties; then |
5 | | (C) subtract the lesser support obligation from |
6 | | the greater. |
7 | | The parent who owes the greater obligation shall be |
8 | | ordered to pay the difference in support to the other |
9 | | parent, unless the court determines, pursuant to other |
10 | | provisions of this Section, that it should deviate from |
11 | | the guidelines. |
12 | | (4) Health care to be addressed by the court . |
13 | | (A) A portion of the basic child support |
14 | | obligation is intended to cover basic ordinary |
15 | | out-of-pocket medical expenses. The court, in its |
16 | | discretion, in addition to the basic child support |
17 | | obligation, shall also provide for the child's current |
18 | | and future medical needs by ordering either or both |
19 | | parents to initiate health insurance coverage for the |
20 | | child through currently effective health insurance |
21 | | policies held by the parent or parents, purchase one |
22 | | or more or all health, dental, or vision insurance |
23 | | policies for the child, or provide for the child's |
24 | | current and future medical needs through some other |
25 | | manner. |
26 | | (B) The court, in its discretion, may order either |
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1 | | or both parents to contribute to the reasonable health |
2 | | care needs of the child not covered by insurance, |
3 | | including, but not limited to, unreimbursed medical, |
4 | | dental, orthodontic, or vision expenses and any |
5 | | prescription medication for the child not covered |
6 | | under the child's health insurance. |
7 | | (C) If neither parent has access to appropriate |
8 | | private health insurance coverage, the court may |
9 | | order: |
10 | | (I) one or both parents to provide health |
11 | | insurance coverage at any time it becomes |
12 | | available at a reasonable cost; or |
13 | | (II) the parent or non-parent custodian with |
14 | | primary physical responsibility for the child to |
15 | | apply for public health insurance coverage for the |
16 | | child and require either or both parents to pay a |
17 | | reasonable amount of the cost of health insurance |
18 | | for the child. |
19 | | The order may also provide that any time private |
20 | | health insurance coverage is available at a reasonable |
21 | | cost to that party it will be provided instead of cash |
22 | | medical support. As used in this Section, "cash |
23 | | medical support" means an amount ordered to be paid |
24 | | toward the cost of health insurance provided by a |
25 | | public entity or by another person through employment |
26 | | or otherwise or for other medical costs not covered by |
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1 | | insurance. |
2 | | (D) The amount to be added to the basic child |
3 | | support obligation shall be the actual amount of the |
4 | | total health insurance premium that is attributable to |
5 | | the child who is the subject of the order. If this |
6 | | amount is not available or cannot be verified, the |
7 | | total cost of the health insurance premium shall be |
8 | | divided by the total number of persons covered by the |
9 | | policy. The cost per person derived from this |
10 | | calculation shall be multiplied by the number of |
11 | | children who are the subject of the order and who are |
12 | | covered under the health insurance policy. This amount |
13 | | shall be added to the basic child support obligation |
14 | | and shall be allocated between the parents in |
15 | | proportion to their respective net incomes. |
16 | | (E) After the health insurance premium for the |
17 | | child is added to the basic child support obligation |
18 | | and allocated between the parents in proportion to |
19 | | their respective incomes for child support purposes, |
20 | | if the obligor is paying the premium, the amount |
21 | | calculated for the obligee's share of the health |
22 | | insurance premium for the child shall be deducted from |
23 | | the obligor's share of the total child support |
24 | | obligation. If the obligee is paying for private |
25 | | health insurance for the child, the child support |
26 | | obligation shall be increased by the obligor's share |
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1 | | of the premium payment. The obligor's and obligee's |
2 | | portion of health insurance costs shall appear in the |
3 | | support order. |
4 | | (F) Prior to allowing the health insurance |
5 | | adjustment, the parent requesting the adjustment must |
6 | | submit proof that the child has been enrolled in a |
7 | | health insurance plan and must submit proof of the |
8 | | cost of the premium. The court shall require the |
9 | | parent receiving the adjustment to annually submit |
10 | | proof of continued coverage of the child to the other |
11 | | parent, or as designated by the court. |
12 | | (G) A reasonable cost for providing health |
13 | | insurance coverage for the child may not exceed 5% of |
14 | | the providing parent's gross income. Parents with a |
15 | | net income below 133% of the most recent United States |
16 | | Department of Health and Human Services Federal |
17 | | Poverty Guidelines or whose child is covered by |
18 | | Medicaid based on that parent's income may not be |
19 | | ordered to contribute toward or provide private |
20 | | coverage, unless private coverage is obtainable |
21 | | without any financial contribution by that parent. |
22 | | (H) If dental or vision insurance is included as |
23 | | part of the employer's medical plan, the coverage |
24 | | shall be maintained for the child. If not included in |
25 | | the employer's medical plan, adding the dental or |
26 | | vision insurance for the child is at the discretion of |
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1 | | the court. |
2 | | (I) If a parent has been directed to provide |
3 | | health insurance pursuant to this paragraph and that |
4 | | parent's spouse or legally recognized partner provides |
5 | | the insurance for the benefit of the child either |
6 | | directly or through employment, a credit on the child |
7 | | support worksheet shall be given to that parent in the |
8 | | same manner as if the premium were paid by that parent.
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9 | | (4.5) In a proceeding for child support following |
10 | | dissolution of the
marriage or civil union by a court that |
11 | | lacked personal jurisdiction over the absent spouse,
and |
12 | | in which the court is requiring payment of support for the |
13 | | period before
the date an order for current support is |
14 | | entered, there is a rebuttable
presumption
that the |
15 | | obligor's net income for the prior period was the same as |
16 | | his
or her net income at the time the order for current |
17 | | support is entered.
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18 | | (5) If the net income cannot be determined because of |
19 | | default or any
other reason, the court shall order support |
20 | | in an amount considered
reasonable in the particular case. |
21 | | The final order in all cases shall
state the support level |
22 | | in dollar amounts.
However, if the
court finds that the |
23 | | child support amount cannot be expressed exclusively as a
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24 | | dollar amount because all or a portion of the obligor's |
25 | | net income is uncertain
as to source, time of payment, or |
26 | | amount, the court may order a percentage
amount of support |
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1 | | in addition to a specific dollar amount and enter
such |
2 | | other orders as may be necessary to determine and enforce, |
3 | | on a timely
basis, the applicable support ordered.
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4 | | (6) If (i) the obligor was properly served with a |
5 | | request
for
discovery of financial information relating to |
6 | | the obligor's
ability to
provide child support, (ii) the |
7 | | obligor failed to comply with the
request,
despite having |
8 | | been ordered to do so by the court, and (iii) the obligor |
9 | | is not present at the hearing to determine support despite |
10 | | having
received
proper notice, then any relevant financial |
11 | | information concerning the obligor's
ability to provide |
12 | | child support that was obtained
pursuant to
subpoena and |
13 | | proper notice shall be admitted into evidence without the |
14 | | need to
establish any further foundation for its |
15 | | admission.
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16 | | (a-3) Life insurance to secure support. At the discretion |
17 | | of the court, a child support obligation pursuant to this |
18 | | Section and Sections 510, 513, and 513.5 of this Act may be |
19 | | secured, in whole or in part, by reasonably affordable life |
20 | | insurance on the life of one or both parents on such terms as |
21 | | the parties agree or as the court orders. The court may require |
22 | | such insurance remain in full force and effect until the |
23 | | termination of all obligations of support, subject to the |
24 | | following: |
25 | | (1) Existing life insurance. The court shall be |
26 | | apprised through evidence, stipulation, or otherwise as to |
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1 | | the level, ownership, and type of existing life insurance |
2 | | death benefit coverage available to one or both parents, |
3 | | the cost of the premiums, cost ratings, and escalations |
4 | | and assignment of the policy, if applicable, and all other |
5 | | relevant circumstances. The court shall make findings |
6 | | relative thereto. |
7 | | (2) New life insurance. The court shall be apprised |
8 | | through evidence, stipulation, or otherwise as to the |
9 | | availability of obtaining reasonably affordable new life |
10 | | insurance. To the extent the court determines that the |
11 | | support obligations should be secured, in whole or in |
12 | | part, by new life insurance on the life of one or both |
13 | | parents, the court may order that one or both parents |
14 | | comply with all requirements to obtain such new life |
15 | | insurance through employment, trade union, fraternal |
16 | | organizations, associations, or individual means. |
17 | | In determining the level and type of death benefits |
18 | | coverage to be obtained by a parent, the court shall |
19 | | consider access and availability of life insurance to that |
20 | | parent, the cost of the premium, cost ratings, and |
21 | | escalations, if applicable, and all other relevant |
22 | | circumstances. |
23 | | (3) Other security. If life insurance is unavailable |
24 | | to a parent, the court, in its discretion, or as agreed to |
25 | | by the parties, may order other equitable and reasonable |
26 | | means to secure a child support obligation. |
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1 | | (a-5) In an action to enforce an order for child support |
2 | | based on the obligor's
failure
to make support payments as |
3 | | required by the order, notice of proceedings to
hold the |
4 | | obligor in contempt for that failure may be served on the |
5 | | obligor
by personal service or by regular mail addressed to |
6 | | the last known address of the obligor. The last known address |
7 | | of the obligor may be determined from
records of the clerk of |
8 | | the court, from the Federal Case Registry of Child
Support |
9 | | Orders, or by any other reasonable means.
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10 | | (b) Failure of either parent to comply with an order to pay |
11 | | support shall
be punishable as in other cases of contempt. In |
12 | | addition to other
penalties provided by law the court may, |
13 | | after finding the parent guilty
of contempt, order that the |
14 | | parent be:
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15 | | (1) placed on probation with such conditions of |
16 | | probation as the court
deems advisable;
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17 | | (2) sentenced to periodic imprisonment for a period |
18 | | not to exceed 6
months; provided, however, that the court |
19 | | may permit the parent to be
released for periods of time |
20 | | during the day or night to:
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21 | | (A) work; or
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22 | | (B) conduct a business or other self-employed |
23 | | occupation.
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24 | | The court may further order any part or all of the earnings |
25 | | of a parent
during a sentence of periodic imprisonment paid to |
26 | | the Clerk of the Circuit
Court or to the parent having physical |
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1 | | possession of the child or to the non-parent custodian having |
2 | | custody
of the child of the sentenced parent for the support of |
3 | | the child until further order of the court.
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4 | | If a parent who is found guilty of contempt for failure to |
5 | | comply with an order to pay support is a person who conducts a |
6 | | business or who is self-employed, the court in addition to |
7 | | other penalties provided by law may order that the parent do |
8 | | one or more of the following: (i) provide to the court monthly |
9 | | financial statements showing income and expenses from the |
10 | | business or the self-employment; (ii) seek employment and |
11 | | report periodically to the court with a diary, listing, or |
12 | | other memorandum of his or her employment search efforts; or |
13 | | (iii) report to the Department of Employment Security for job |
14 | | search services to find employment that will be subject to |
15 | | withholding for child support. |
16 | | If there is a unity of interest and ownership sufficient |
17 | | to render no
financial separation between an obligor and |
18 | | another person or
persons or business entity, the court may |
19 | | pierce the ownership veil of the
person, persons, or business |
20 | | entity to discover assets of the obligor held in the name of |
21 | | that person, those persons, or that business entity.
The |
22 | | following circumstances are sufficient to authorize a court to |
23 | | order
discovery of the assets of a person, persons, or |
24 | | business entity and to compel
the application of any |
25 | | discovered assets toward payment on the judgment for
support:
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26 | | (1) the obligor and the person, persons, or business |
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1 | | entity
maintain records together.
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2 | | (2) the obligor and the person, persons, or business |
3 | | entity
fail to maintain an arm's length relationship |
4 | | between themselves with regard to
any assets.
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5 | | (3) the obligor transfers assets to the person, |
6 | | persons,
or business entity with the intent to perpetrate |
7 | | a fraud on the obligee.
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8 | | With respect to assets which
are real property, no order |
9 | | entered under this paragraph shall affect the
rights of bona |
10 | | fide purchasers, mortgagees, judgment creditors, or other lien
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11 | | holders who acquire their interests in the property prior to |
12 | | the time a notice
of lis pendens pursuant to the Code of Civil |
13 | | Procedure or a copy of the order
is placed of record in the |
14 | | office of the recorder of deeds for the county in
which the |
15 | | real property is located.
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16 | | The court may also order in cases where the parent is 90 |
17 | | days or more
delinquent in payment of support or has been |
18 | | adjudicated in arrears in an
amount equal to 90 days |
19 | | obligation or more, that the parent's Illinois driving
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20 | | privileges be suspended until the court
determines that the |
21 | | parent is in compliance with the order of support.
The court |
22 | | may also order that the parent be issued a family financial
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23 | | responsibility driving permit that would allow limited driving |
24 | | privileges for
employment and medical purposes in accordance |
25 | | with Section 7-702.1 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code. The Clerk |
26 | | of the Circuit Court shall certify the order
suspending the |
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1 | | driving privileges of the parent or granting the issuance of a
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2 | | family financial responsibility driving permit to the |
3 | | Secretary of State on
forms prescribed by the Secretary of |
4 | | State. Upon receipt of the authenticated
documents, the |
5 | | Secretary of State shall suspend the parent's driving |
6 | | privileges
until further order of the court and shall, if |
7 | | ordered by the court, subject to
the provisions of Section |
8 | | 7-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, issue a family
financial |
9 | | responsibility driving permit to the parent.
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10 | | In addition to the penalties or punishment that may be |
11 | | imposed under this
Section, any person whose conduct |
12 | | constitutes a violation of Section 15 of the
Non-Support |
13 | | Punishment Act may be prosecuted under that Act, and a person
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14 | | convicted under that Act may be sentenced in accordance with |
15 | | that Act. The
sentence may include but need not be limited to a |
16 | | requirement that the person
perform community service under |
17 | | Section 50 of that Act or participate in a work
alternative |
18 | | program under Section 50 of that Act. A person may not be |
19 | | required
to participate in a work alternative program under |
20 | | Section 50 of that Act if
the person is currently |
21 | | participating in a work program pursuant to Section
505.1 of |
22 | | this Act.
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23 | | A support obligation, or any portion of a support |
24 | | obligation, which becomes
due and remains unpaid as of the end |
25 | | of each month, excluding the child support that was due for |
26 | | that month to the extent that it was not paid in that month, |
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1 | | shall accrue simple interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of |
2 | | the Code of Civil Procedure.
An order for support entered or |
3 | | modified on or after January 1, 2006 shall
contain a statement |
4 | | that a support obligation required under the order, or any
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5 | | portion of a support obligation required under the order, that |
6 | | becomes due and
remains unpaid as of the end of each month, |
7 | | excluding the child support that was due for that month to the |
8 | | extent that it was not paid in that month, shall accrue simple |
9 | | interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of the Code of Civil |
10 | | Procedure. Failure to include the statement in the order for |
11 | | support does
not affect the validity of the order or the |
12 | | accrual of interest as provided in
this Section.
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13 | | (c) A one-time charge of 20% is imposable upon the amount |
14 | | of
past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which has |
15 | | accrued under a
support order entered by the court. The charge |
16 | | shall be imposed in
accordance with the provisions of Section |
17 | | 10-21 of the Illinois Public Aid
Code and shall be enforced by |
18 | | the court upon petition.
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19 | | (d) Any new or existing support order entered by the court
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20 | | under this Section shall be deemed to be a series of judgments |
21 | | against the
person obligated to pay support thereunder, each |
22 | | such judgment to be in the
amount of each payment or |
23 | | installment of support and each such judgment to
be deemed |
24 | | entered as of the date the corresponding payment or |
25 | | installment
becomes due under the terms of the support order. |
26 | | Each such judgment shall
have the full force, effect and |
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1 | | attributes of any other judgment of this
State, including the |
2 | | ability to be enforced.
Notwithstanding any other State or |
3 | | local law to the contrary, a lien arises by operation of law |
4 | | against the real and personal property of
the obligor for each |
5 | | installment of overdue support owed by the obligor.
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6 | | (e) When child support is to be paid through the Clerk of |
7 | | the Court in a
county of 500,000 inhabitants or less, the order |
8 | | shall direct the obligor to pay to the Clerk, in addition to |
9 | | the child support payments, all fees
imposed by the county |
10 | | board under paragraph (4) of subsection (bb) of
Section 27.1a |
11 | | of the Clerks of Courts Act. When child support is to be paid |
12 | | through the clerk of the court in a
county of more than 500,000 |
13 | | but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the order shall direct |
14 | | the obligor
to pay to the clerk, in addition to the child |
15 | | support payments, all fees
imposed by the county board under |
16 | | paragraph (4) of subsection (bb) of
Section 27.2 of the Clerks |
17 | | of Courts Act. Unless paid pursuant to
an Income Withholding |
18 | | Order/Notice for Support, the payment of the fee shall be by |
19 | | payment acceptable to the clerk and shall be made to the order |
20 | | of the
Clerk.
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21 | | (f) All orders for support, when entered or
modified, |
22 | | shall include a provision requiring the obligor to notify
the |
23 | | court and, in cases in which a party is receiving child and |
24 | | spouse
services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid |
25 | | Code, the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services, within |
26 | | 7 days, (i) of the name and address
of any new employer of the |
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1 | | obligor, (ii) whether the obligor has access to
health |
2 | | insurance coverage through the employer or other group |
3 | | coverage and,
if so, the policy name and number and the names |
4 | | of persons covered under
the policy, except only the initials |
5 | | of any covered minors shall be included, and (iii) of any new |
6 | | residential or mailing address or telephone
number of the |
7 | | obligor. In any subsequent action to enforce a
support order, |
8 | | upon a sufficient showing that a diligent effort has been made
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9 | | to ascertain the location of the obligor, service of process |
10 | | or
provision of notice necessary in the case may be made at the |
11 | | last known
address of the obligor in any manner expressly |
12 | | provided by the
Code of Civil Procedure or this Act, which |
13 | | service shall be sufficient for
purposes of due process.
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14 | | (g) An order for support shall include a date on which the |
15 | | current
support obligation terminates. The termination date |
16 | | shall be no earlier than
the date on which the child covered by |
17 | | the order will attain the age of
18. However, if the child will |
18 | | not graduate from high school until after
attaining the age of |
19 | | 18, then the termination date shall be no earlier than the
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20 | | earlier of the date on which the child's high school |
21 | | graduation will occur or
the date on which the child will |
22 | | attain the age of 19. The order for support
shall state that |
23 | | the termination date does not apply to any arrearage that may
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24 | | remain unpaid on that date. Nothing in this subsection shall |
25 | | be construed to
prevent the court from modifying the order or |
26 | | terminating the order in the
event the child is otherwise |
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1 | | emancipated.
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2 | | (g-5) If there is an unpaid arrearage or delinquency (as |
3 | | those terms are defined in the Income Withholding for Support |
4 | | Act) equal to at least one month's support obligation on the |
5 | | termination date stated in the order for support or, if there |
6 | | is no termination date stated in the order, on the date the |
7 | | child attains the age of majority or is otherwise emancipated, |
8 | | the periodic amount required to be paid for current support of |
9 | | that child immediately prior to that date shall automatically |
10 | | continue to be an obligation, not as current support but as |
11 | | periodic payment toward satisfaction of the unpaid arrearage |
12 | | or delinquency. That periodic payment shall be in addition to |
13 | | any periodic payment previously required for satisfaction of |
14 | | the arrearage or delinquency. The total periodic amount to be |
15 | | paid toward satisfaction of the arrearage or delinquency may |
16 | | be enforced and collected by any method provided by law for |
17 | | enforcement and collection of child support, including but not |
18 | | limited to income withholding under the Income Withholding for |
19 | | Support Act. Each order for support entered or modified on or |
20 | | after January 1, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act |
21 | | 93-1061) must contain a statement notifying the parties of the |
22 | | requirements of this subsection. Failure to include the |
23 | | statement in the order for support does not affect the |
24 | | validity of the order or the operation of the provisions of |
25 | | this subsection with regard to the order. This subsection |
26 | | shall not be construed to prevent or affect the establishment |
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1 | | or modification of an order for support of a minor child or the |
2 | | establishment or modification of an order for support of a |
3 | | non-minor child or educational expenses under Section 513 of |
4 | | this Act.
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5 | | (h) An order entered under this Section shall include a |
6 | | provision requiring
either parent to report to the other |
7 | | parent and to the Clerk of Court within 10 days each time |
8 | | either parent obtains new employment, and each time either |
9 | | parent's
employment is terminated for any reason. The report |
10 | | shall be in writing and
shall, in the case of new employment, |
11 | | include the name and address of the new
employer. Failure to |
12 | | report new employment or the termination of current
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13 | | employment, if coupled with nonpayment of support for a period |
14 | | in excess of 60
days, is indirect criminal contempt. For |
15 | | either parent arrested for failure to report new employment |
16 | | bond shall be set in the amount of the child support that |
17 | | should have been paid during the period of unreported |
18 | | employment. An order entered under this Section shall also |
19 | | include a provision requiring either obligor
and obligee to |
20 | | advise the other of a change in residence within 5 days
of the |
21 | | change except when the court finds that the physical, mental, |
22 | | or
emotional health of a party or that of a child, or both, |
23 | | would be
seriously endangered by disclosure of the party's |
24 | | address.
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25 | | (i) The court does not lose the powers of contempt, |
26 | | driver's license
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1 | | enforcement mechanisms, including, but
not limited to, |
2 | | criminal prosecution as set forth in this Act, upon the
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3 | | emancipation of the minor child.
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4 | | (Source: P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16; 99-763, eff. 1-1-17; 99-764, |
5 | | eff. 7-1-17; 100-15, eff. 7-1-17; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; |
6 | | 100-923, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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7 | | (750 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 40, par. 510)
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8 | | Sec. 510. Modification and termination of provisions for
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9 | | maintenance, support, educational expenses, and property |
10 | | disposition. |
11 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (f) of |
12 | | Section 502 and
in subsection (b), clause (3) of Section |
13 | | 505.2, the provisions of any
judgment respecting maintenance |
14 | | or support may be modified only as to
installments accruing |
15 | | subsequent to due notice by the moving party of the
filing of |
16 | | the motion for modification. An order for child
support may be |
17 | | modified as follows:
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18 | | (1) upon a showing of a substantial change in |
19 | | circumstances . Contemplation or foreseeability of future |
20 | | events shall not be considered as a factor or used as a |
21 | | defense in determining whether a substantial change in |
22 | | circumstances is shown, unless the future event is |
23 | | expressly specified in the court's order or the agreement |
24 | | of the parties incorporated into a court order. The |
25 | | parties may expressly specify in the agreement |
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1 | | incorporated into a court order or the court may expressly |
2 | | specify in the order that the occurrence of a specific |
3 | | future event is contemplated and will not constitute a |
4 | | substantial change in circumstances to warrant |
5 | | modification of the order ; and
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6 | | (2) without the necessity of showing a substantial |
7 | | change in
circumstances, as follows:
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8 | | (A) upon a showing of an inconsistency of at least |
9 | | 20%, but no
less than $10 per month, between the amount |
10 | | of the existing order and the
amount of child support |
11 | | that results from application of the guidelines
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12 | | specified in Section 505 of this Act unless the |
13 | | inconsistency is due to the
fact that the amount of the |
14 | | existing order resulted from a deviation from the
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15 | | guideline amount and there has not been a change in the |
16 | | circumstances that
resulted in that deviation; or
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17 | | (B) upon a showing of a need to provide for the |
18 | | health care needs
of the child under the order through |
19 | | health insurance or other means.
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20 | | The provisions of subparagraph (a)(2)(A) shall apply only
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21 | | in cases in which a party is receiving child support
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22 | | enforcement services from the Department of Healthcare and |
23 | | Family Services under
Article X of the Illinois Public Aid |
24 | | Code, and only when at least 36
months have elapsed since the |
25 | | order for child support was entered or last
modified.
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26 | | The court may grant a petition for modification that seeks |
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1 | | to apply the changes made to subsection (a) of Section 505 by |
2 | | Public Act 99-764 to an order entered before the effective |
3 | | date of Public Act 99-764 only upon a finding of a substantial |
4 | | change in circumstances that warrants application of the |
5 | | changes. The enactment of Public Act 99-764 itself does not |
6 | | constitute a substantial change in circumstances warranting a |
7 | | modification. |
8 | | (a-5) An order for maintenance may be modified or |
9 | | terminated only upon a
showing of a substantial change in |
10 | | circumstances. Contemplation or foreseeability of future |
11 | | events shall not be considered as a factor or used as a defense |
12 | | in determining whether a substantial change in circumstances |
13 | | is shown, unless the future event is expressly specified in |
14 | | the court's order or the agreement of the parties incorporated |
15 | | into a court order. The parties may expressly specify in the |
16 | | agreement incorporated into a court order or the court may |
17 | | expressly specify in the order that the occurrence of a |
18 | | specific future event is contemplated and will not constitute |
19 | | a substantial change in circumstances to warrant modification |
20 | | of the order. The court may grant a petition for modification |
21 | | that seeks to apply the changes made to Section 504 by this |
22 | | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly to an order |
23 | | entered before the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
24 | | the 100th General Assembly only upon a finding of a |
25 | | substantial change in circumstances that warrants application |
26 | | of the changes. The enactment of this amendatory Act of the |
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1 | | 100th General Assembly itself does not constitute a |
2 | | substantial change in circumstances warranting a modification. |
3 | | In all such proceedings, as
well as in proceedings in which |
4 | | maintenance is being reviewed, the court shall
consider the |
5 | | applicable factors set forth in subsection (a) of Section 504 |
6 | | and
the following factors:
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7 | | (1) any change in the employment status of either |
8 | | party and whether the
change has been made
in good faith;
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9 | | (2) the efforts, if any, made by the party receiving |
10 | | maintenance to become
self-supporting, and
the |
11 | | reasonableness of the efforts where they are appropriate;
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12 | | (3) any impairment of the present and future earning |
13 | | capacity of either
party;
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14 | | (4) the tax consequences of the maintenance payments |
15 | | upon the respective
economic
circumstances of the parties;
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16 | | (5) the duration of the maintenance payments |
17 | | previously paid (and
remaining to be paid) relative
to the |
18 | | length of the marriage;
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19 | | (6) the property, including retirement benefits, |
20 | | awarded to each party
under the judgment of
dissolution of |
21 | | marriage, judgment of legal separation, or judgment of
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22 | | declaration of invalidity of
marriage and the present |
23 | | status of the property;
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24 | | (7) the increase or decrease in each party's income |
25 | | since the prior
judgment or order from which
a review, |
26 | | modification, or termination is being sought;
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1 | | (8) the property acquired and currently owned by each |
2 | | party after the
entry of the judgment of
dissolution of |
3 | | marriage, judgment of legal separation, or judgment of
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4 | | declaration of invalidity of
marriage; and
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5 | | (9) any other factor that the court expressly finds to |
6 | | be just and
equitable.
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7 | | (a-6) (Blank). |
8 | | (b) The provisions as to property disposition may not be |
9 | | revoked or
modified,
unless the court finds the existence of |
10 | | conditions that justify the
reopening of a judgment under the |
11 | | laws of this State.
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12 | | (c) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties in a written |
13 | | agreement
set forth in the judgment or otherwise approved by |
14 | | the court, the obligation
to pay future maintenance is |
15 | | terminated upon the death of either party, or
the remarriage |
16 | | of the party receiving maintenance, or if the party
receiving |
17 | | maintenance cohabits with another person on a resident,
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18 | | continuing conjugal basis. An obligor's obligation to pay |
19 | | maintenance or unallocated maintenance terminates by operation |
20 | | of law on the date the obligee remarries or the date the court |
21 | | finds cohabitation began. The obligor is entitled to |
22 | | reimbursement for all maintenance paid from that date forward. |
23 | | Any termination of an obligation for maintenance as a result |
24 | | of the death of the obligor, however, shall be inapplicable to |
25 | | any right of the other party or such other party's designee to |
26 | | receive a death benefit under such insurance on the obligor's |
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1 | | life. An obligee must advise the obligor of his or her |
2 | | intention to marry at least 30 days before the remarriage, |
3 | | unless the decision is made within this time period. In that |
4 | | event, he or she must notify the obligor within 72 hours of |
5 | | getting married. |
6 | | (c-5) In an adjudicated case, the court shall make |
7 | | specific factual findings as to the reason for the |
8 | | modification as well as the amount, nature, and duration of |
9 | | the modified maintenance award.
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10 | | (d) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, or as agreed in |
11 | | writing or
expressly
provided in the
judgment, provisions for |
12 | | the support of a child are terminated by emancipation
of the
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13 | | child, or if the child has attained the age of 18 and is still |
14 | | attending
high school,
provisions for the support of the child |
15 | | are terminated upon the date that the
child
graduates from |
16 | | high school or the date the child attains the age of 19,
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17 | | whichever is
earlier, but not by the death of a parent |
18 | | obligated to support or educate the
child.
An existing |
19 | | obligation to pay for support
or educational expenses, or |
20 | | both, is not terminated by the death of a
parent. When a parent |
21 | | obligated to pay support or educational
expenses, or both, |
22 | | dies, the amount of support or educational expenses, or
both, |
23 | | may be enforced, modified, revoked or commuted to a lump sum |
24 | | payment,
as equity may require, and that determination may be |
25 | | provided for at the
time of the dissolution of the marriage or |
26 | | thereafter.
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1 | | (e) The right to petition for support or educational |
2 | | expenses, or both,
under Sections 505, 513, and 513.5 is not |
3 | | extinguished by the death of a parent.
Upon a petition filed |
4 | | before or after a parent's death, the court may award
sums of |
5 | | money out of the decedent's estate for the child's support or
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6 | | educational expenses, or both, as equity may require. The time |
7 | | within
which a claim may be filed against the estate of a |
8 | | decedent under Sections
505 and 513 and subsection (d) and |
9 | | this subsection shall be governed by the
provisions of the |
10 | | Probate Act of 1975, as a barrable, noncontingent claim.
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11 | | (f) A petition to modify or terminate child support or the |
12 | | allocation of parental responsibilities, including parenting |
13 | | time, shall not delay any child support enforcement litigation |
14 | | or
supplementary proceeding on behalf of the obligee, |
15 | | including, but not limited
to, a petition for a rule to show |
16 | | cause, for non-wage garnishment, or for a
restraining order.
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17 | | (Source: P.A. 102-541, eff. 8-20-21.)
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18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
19 | | becoming law.
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