Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
Filed: 5/5/2009
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2283
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2283 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of | ||||||
5 | Marriage Act is amended by changing Sections 602 and 610 as | ||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (750 ILCS 5/602) (from Ch. 40, par. 602)
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8 | Sec. 602. Best Interest of Child.
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9 | (a) The court shall determine
custody in accordance with | ||||||
10 | the best interest of the child. The court
shall consider all | ||||||
11 | relevant factors including:
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12 | (1) the wishes of the child's parent or parents as to | ||||||
13 | his custody;
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14 | (2) the wishes of the child as to his custodian;
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15 | (3) the interaction and interrelationship of the child | ||||||
16 | with his
parent or parents, his siblings and any other |
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1 | person who may
significantly affect the child's best | ||||||
2 | interest;
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3 | (4) the child's adjustment to his home, school and | ||||||
4 | community;
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5 | (5) the mental and physical health of all individuals | ||||||
6 | involved;
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7 | (6) the physical violence or threat of physical | ||||||
8 | violence by the child's
potential custodian, whether | ||||||
9 | directed against the child or directed against
another | ||||||
10 | person;
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11 | (7) the occurrence of ongoing or repeated abuse as | ||||||
12 | defined in Section 103 of the
Illinois Domestic Violence | ||||||
13 | Act of 1986, whether directed against the child
or directed | ||||||
14 | against another person;
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15 | (8) the willingness and ability of each parent to | ||||||
16 | facilitate and
encourage a close and continuing | ||||||
17 | relationship between the other parent
and the child; and
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18 | (9) whether one of the parents is a sex offender ; and .
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19 | (10) the terms of a parent's military family-care plan | ||||||
20 | that a parent must complete before deployment if a parent | ||||||
21 | is a member of the United States armed forces who is being | ||||||
22 | deployed. | ||||||
23 | In the case of a custody proceeding in which a stepparent | ||||||
24 | has standing
under Section 601, it is presumed to be in the | ||||||
25 | best interest of the minor child
that the natural parent have | ||||||
26 | the custody of the minor child unless the
presumption is |
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1 | rebutted by the stepparent.
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2 | (b) The court shall not consider conduct of a present or | ||||||
3 | proposed
custodian that does not affect his relationship to the | ||||||
4 | child.
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5 | (c) Unless the court finds the occurrence of ongoing abuse | ||||||
6 | as defined
in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act | ||||||
7 | of 1986, the court
shall presume that the maximum involvement | ||||||
8 | and cooperation
of both parents regarding the physical, mental, | ||||||
9 | moral, and emotional
well-being of
their child is in the best | ||||||
10 | interest of the child. There shall be no
presumption in favor | ||||||
11 | of or against joint custody.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 94-377, eff. 7-29-05; 94-643, eff. 1-1-06; | ||||||
13 | 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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14 | (750 ILCS 5/610) (from Ch. 40, par. 610)
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15 | Sec. 610. Modification.
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16 | (a) Unless by stipulation of the parties or except as | ||||||
17 | provided in subsection (a-5), no motion
to modify a custody | ||||||
18 | judgment may be made earlier than 2 years after its
date, | ||||||
19 | unless the court permits it to be made on the basis of | ||||||
20 | affidavits
that there is reason to believe the child's present | ||||||
21 | environment may endanger
seriously his physical, mental, moral | ||||||
22 | or emotional health.
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23 | (a-5) A motion to modify a custody judgment may be made at | ||||||
24 | any time by a party who has been informed of the existence of | ||||||
25 | facts requiring notice to be given under Section 609.5.
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1 | (b) The court shall not modify a prior custody judgment | ||||||
2 | unless it finds by
clear and convincing evidence, upon the | ||||||
3 | basis of facts that have arisen since
the prior judgment or | ||||||
4 | that were unknown to the court at the time of entry of
the | ||||||
5 | prior judgment, that a change has occurred in the circumstances | ||||||
6 | of the
child or his custodian, or in the case of a joint | ||||||
7 | custody arrangement that a
change has occurred in the | ||||||
8 | circumstances of the child or either or both parties
having | ||||||
9 | custody, and that the modification is necessary to serve the | ||||||
10 | best
interest of the child. The existence of facts requiring | ||||||
11 | notice to be given under Section 609.5 of this Act shall be | ||||||
12 | considered a change in circumstance. In the case of joint | ||||||
13 | custody, if the parties agree to a
termination of a joint | ||||||
14 | custody arrangement, the court shall so terminate the
joint | ||||||
15 | custody and make any modification which is in the child's best | ||||||
16 | interest.
The court shall state in its decision specific | ||||||
17 | findings of fact in support of
its modification or termination | ||||||
18 | of joint custody if either parent opposes the
modification or | ||||||
19 | termination.
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20 | (c) Attorney fees and costs shall be assessed against a | ||||||
21 | party seeking
modification if the court finds that the | ||||||
22 | modification action is vexatious
and constitutes harassment.
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23 | (d) Notice under this Section shall be given as provided in
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24 | subsections (c) and (d) of Section 601.
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25 | (e) A party's absence, relocation, or failure to comply | ||||||
26 | with the court's orders on custody, visitation, or parenting |
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1 | time may not, by itself, be sufficient to justify a | ||||||
2 | modification of a prior order if the reason for the absence, | ||||||
3 | relocation, or failure to comply is the party's deployment as a | ||||||
4 | member of the United States armed forces. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 94-643, eff. 1-1-06.)".
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