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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB0026 Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015. Provides that the court shall apply Illinois law, including the rules on choice of law, to adjudicate the parent-child relationship, and that such applicable law may (rather than does not) depend on the place of birth of the child or the past or present residence of the child. Effective immediately. |
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB0026 | | LRB104 02911 LNS 12924 b |
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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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 is amended |
| 5 | | by changing Section 104 as follows:
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| 6 | | (750 ILCS 46/104) |
| 7 | | Sec. 104. Scope of Act; choice of law; other legal rights |
| 8 | | and duties preserved. |
| 9 | | (a) This Act applies to determination of parentage in this |
| 10 | | State. |
| 11 | | (b) The court shall apply the law of this State, including |
| 12 | | the rules on choice of law, to adjudicate the parent-child |
| 13 | | relationship. The applicable law may does not depend on: |
| 14 | | (1) the place of birth of the child; or |
| 15 | | (2) the past or present residence of the child. |
| 16 | | (c) This Act does not create, enlarge, abrogate, or |
| 17 | | diminish parental rights or duties under other laws of this |
| 18 | | State, including the common law. |
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16.)
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| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 21 | | becoming law. |