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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 Civil No Contact Order Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Sections 103, 201, 212, 213, 216, and 217 and by | ||||||
6 | adding Sections 101.1, 204.2, 213.7, 215.5, and Section 220 as | ||||||
7 | follows: | ||||||
8 | (740 ILCS 22/101.1 new)
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9 | Sec. 101.1. Designation of parties. Subsection (e) of | ||||||
10 | Section 2-401 of the Code of Civil Procedure regarding | ||||||
11 | designation of parties applies to petitions under this Act.
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12 | (740 ILCS 22/103)
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13 | Sec. 103. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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14 | "Civil no contact order" means an emergency order or | ||||||
15 | plenary order
granted under this Act, which includes a remedy | ||||||
16 | authorized by Section 213
of this Act.
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17 | "Family or household members" include spouses, parents, | ||||||
18 | children, stepchildren, and persons who share a common | ||||||
19 | dwelling. | ||||||
20 | "Non-consensual" means a lack of freely given agreement.
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21 | "Petitioner" may mean not only any named petitioner for the | ||||||
22 | civil no contact order and any named victim of non-consensual |
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1 | sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration on whose | ||||||
2 | behalf the petition is brought, but also any other person | ||||||
3 | sought to be protected by this Act. | ||||||
4 | "Respondent" in a petition for a civil no contact order may | ||||||
5 | mean not only the person alleged to have committed an act of | ||||||
6 | non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual | ||||||
7 | penetration against the petitioner, but also any other named | ||||||
8 | person alleged to have aided and abetted such an act of | ||||||
9 | non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual | ||||||
10 | penetration. | ||||||
11 | "Petitioner" means any named petitioner for the
no contact | ||||||
12 | order or any named victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or
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13 | non-consensual sexual penetration on whose behalf the
petition | ||||||
14 | is brought.
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15 | "Sexual conduct" means any intentional or knowing touching | ||||||
16 | or
fondling by the petitioner or the respondent, either | ||||||
17 | directly or through
clothing, of the sex organs, anus, or | ||||||
18 | breast of the petitioner or the
respondent, or any part of the | ||||||
19 | body of a child under 13 years of age, or
any transfer or | ||||||
20 | transmission of semen by the respondent upon any part of
the | ||||||
21 | clothed or unclothed body of the petitioner, for the purpose of | ||||||
22 | sexual
gratification or arousal of the petitioner or the | ||||||
23 | respondent.
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24 | "Sexual penetration" means any contact, however slight, | ||||||
25 | between
the sex organ or anus of one person by an object, the | ||||||
26 | sex organ, mouth
or anus of another person, or any intrusion, |
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1 | however slight, of any part
of the body of one person or of any | ||||||
2 | animal or object into the sex organ
or anus of another person, | ||||||
3 | including but not limited to cunnilingus,
fellatio or anal | ||||||
4 | penetration. Evidence of emission of semen is not
required to | ||||||
5 | prove sexual penetration.
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6 | "Stay away" means to refrain from both physical presence | ||||||
7 | and nonphysical contact with the petitioner directly, | ||||||
8 | indirectly, or through third parties who may or may not know of | ||||||
9 | the order. "Nonphysical contact" includes, but is not limited | ||||||
10 | to, telephone calls, mail, e-mail, fax, and written notes. | ||||||
11 | (Source: P.A. 93-236, eff. 1-1-04; 93-811, eff. 1-1-05.)
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12 | (740 ILCS 22/201)
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13 | Sec. 201. Persons protected by this Act. | ||||||
14 | (a) The following persons are protected by this Act: | ||||||
15 | (1) any victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or | ||||||
16 | non-consensual sexual penetration on whose behalf the | ||||||
17 | petition is brought; | ||||||
18 | (2) any family or household member of the named victim; | ||||||
19 | and | ||||||
20 | (3) any employee of or volunteer at a rape crisis | ||||||
21 | center that is providing services to the petitioner or the | ||||||
22 | petitioner's family or household member. | ||||||
23 | (b) A petition for a civil no contact order may be filed:
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24 | (1) by any person who is a victim of non-consensual | ||||||
25 | sexual conduct or
non-consensual sexual penetration, |
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1 | including a single incident of
non-consensual
sexual | ||||||
2 | conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration; or
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3 | (2) by a
person on behalf of a minor child or an adult | ||||||
4 | who is a victim of
non-consensual sexual conduct or | ||||||
5 | non-consensual sexual penetration but,
because of age, | ||||||
6 | disability, health, or inaccessibility, cannot file the
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7 | petition.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 93-236, eff. 1-1-04.)
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9 | (740 ILCS 22/204.2 new) | ||||||
10 | Sec. 204.2. Application of privileges. The filing of a | ||||||
11 | petition for a civil no contact order does not in any way | ||||||
12 | constitute a waiver of any privilege that otherwise protects | ||||||
13 | any medical, mental health, or other records of the petitioner, | ||||||
14 | absent a release by the petitioner, pursuant to federal or | ||||||
15 | State Acts including but not limited to: the federal Health | ||||||
16 | Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); Illinois | ||||||
17 | Medical Patient Rights Act; Mental Health and Developmental | ||||||
18 | Disabilities Confidentiality Act; and Sections 8-802 and | ||||||
19 | 8-802.1 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
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20 | (740 ILCS 22/212)
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21 | Sec. 212. Prior sexual activity or reputation as evidence. | ||||||
22 | Hearsay exception.
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23 | (a) In proceedings for a civil no contact order and | ||||||
24 | prosecutions for violating a
civil no-contact order,
the prior
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1 | sexual activity or the reputation of the petitioner is | ||||||
2 | inadmissible except:
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3 | (1) as evidence concerning the past sexual conduct of | ||||||
4 | the petitioner
with the
respondent when this evidence is | ||||||
5 | offered by the respondent upon the issue of
whether the | ||||||
6 | petitioner consented to the sexual conduct with respect to
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7 | which the offense is alleged; or
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8 | (2) when constitutionally required to
be admitted.
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9 | (b) No evidence admissible under this Section may be | ||||||
10 | introduced
unless ruled admissible by the trial judge after an | ||||||
11 | offer of proof has
been made at a hearing held in camera to | ||||||
12 | determine
whether the respondent has evidence to impeach the | ||||||
13 | witness in the event
that prior sexual activity with the | ||||||
14 | respondent is denied. The offer of
proof shall include | ||||||
15 | reasonably specific information as to the date, time,
and place | ||||||
16 | of the past sexual conduct between the petitioner and the
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17 | respondent. Unless the court finds that reasonably specific | ||||||
18 | information
as to date, time, or place, or some combination | ||||||
19 | thereof, has been offered
as to prior sexual activity with the | ||||||
20 | respondent, counsel for the
respondent shall be ordered to | ||||||
21 | refrain from inquiring into prior sexual
activity between the | ||||||
22 | petitioner and the respondent. The court may not
admit evidence | ||||||
23 | under this Section unless it determines at the hearing
that the | ||||||
24 | evidence is relevant and the probative value of the evidence
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25 | outweighs the danger of unfair prejudice or embarrassment to | ||||||
26 | the petitioner . The evidence shall be
admissible at trial to |
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1 | the extent an order made by the court specifies
the evidence | ||||||
2 | that may be admitted and areas with respect to which the
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3 | petitioner may be examined or cross examined.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 93-236, eff. 1-1-04.)
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5 | (740 ILCS 22/213)
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6 | Sec. 213. Civil no contact order; remedies.
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7 | (a) If the court finds that the petitioner has been a | ||||||
8 | victim of
non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual | ||||||
9 | sexual penetration, a civil no
contact order shall issue; | ||||||
10 | provided that the petitioner must also satisfy the
requirements | ||||||
11 | of Section
214 on emergency orders or Section 215 on plenary | ||||||
12 | orders. The petitioner
shall not be denied a civil no contact | ||||||
13 | order because the petitioner or the
respondent is a minor. The | ||||||
14 | court, when
determining whether or not to issue a civil no | ||||||
15 | contact order, may not
require physical injury on the person of | ||||||
16 | the victim.
Modification and extension of prior civil no | ||||||
17 | contact orders shall be in
accordance with this Act.
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18 | (b) (Blank). A civil no contact order shall order
one or | ||||||
19 | more of the following:
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20 | (1) order the respondent to stay away from the | ||||||
21 | petitioner; or
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22 | (2) other injunctive relief necessary or appropriate.
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23 | (b-5) The court may provide relief as follows: | ||||||
24 | (1) prohibit the respondent from knowingly coming | ||||||
25 | within, or knowingly remaining within, a specified |
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1 | distance from the petitioner; | ||||||
2 | (2) restrain the respondent from having any contact, | ||||||
3 | including nonphysical contact, with the petitioner | ||||||
4 | directly, indirectly, or through third parties, regardless | ||||||
5 | of whether those third parties know of the order; | ||||||
6 | (3) prohibit the respondent from knowingly coming | ||||||
7 | within, or knowingly remaining within, a specified | ||||||
8 | distance from the petitioner's residence, school, day care | ||||||
9 | or other specified location; | ||||||
10 | (4) order the respondent to stay away from any property | ||||||
11 | or animal owned, possessed, leased, kept, or held by the | ||||||
12 | petitioner and forbid the respondent from taking, | ||||||
13 | transferring, encumbering, concealing, harming, or | ||||||
14 | otherwise disposing of the property or animal; and | ||||||
15 | (5) order any other injunctive relief as necessary or | ||||||
16 | appropriate for the protection of the petitioner. | ||||||
17 | (b-6) When the petitioner and the respondent attend the | ||||||
18 | same public or private elementary, middle, or high school, the | ||||||
19 | court when issuing a civil no contact order and providing | ||||||
20 | relief shall consider, among the other facts of the case, the | ||||||
21 | severity of the act, any continuing physical danger or | ||||||
22 | emotional distress to the petitioner, and the expense, | ||||||
23 | difficulty, and educational disruption that would be caused by | ||||||
24 | a transfer of the respondent to another school. The court may | ||||||
25 | order that the respondent not attend the public or private | ||||||
26 | elementary, middle, or high school attended by the petitioner. |
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1 | In the event the court orders a transfer of the respondent to | ||||||
2 | another school, the parents or legal guardians of the | ||||||
3 | respondent are responsible for transportation and other costs | ||||||
4 | associated with the change of school by the respondent. | ||||||
5 | (c) Denial of a remedy may not be based, in whole or in | ||||||
6 | part, on
evidence that:
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7 | (1) the respondent has cause for any use of force, | ||||||
8 | unless that
cause satisfies the standards for justifiable | ||||||
9 | use of force provided
by Article VII of the Criminal Code | ||||||
10 | of 1961;
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11 | (2) the respondent was voluntarily intoxicated;
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12 | (3) the petitioner acted in self-defense or defense of | ||||||
13 | another,
provided that, if the petitioner utilized force, | ||||||
14 | such force was
justifiable under Article VII of the | ||||||
15 | Criminal Code of 1961;
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16 | (4) the petitioner did not act in self-defense or | ||||||
17 | defense of
another;
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18 | (5) the petitioner left the residence or household to | ||||||
19 | avoid
further non-consensual sexual conduct or | ||||||
20 | non-consensual sexual penetration
by the respondent; or
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21 | (6) the petitioner did not leave the residence or | ||||||
22 | household to
avoid further non-consensual sexual conduct | ||||||
23 | or non-consensual sexual
penetration by the respondent.
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24 | (d) Monetary damages are not recoverable as a remedy.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 93-236, eff. 1-1-04; 93-811, eff. 1-1-05; 94-360, | ||||||
26 | eff. 1-1-06.)
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1 | (740 ILCS 22/213.7 new)
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2 | Sec. 213.7. Aiding and abetting non-consensual sexual | ||||||
3 | conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration. A person aids and | ||||||
4 | abets an act of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual | ||||||
5 | sexual penetration when, before or during the commission of an | ||||||
6 | act of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual | ||||||
7 | penetration as defined in Section 103 and with the intent to | ||||||
8 | promote or facilitate such conduct, he or she intentionally | ||||||
9 | aids or abets another in the planning or commission of | ||||||
10 | non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual | ||||||
11 | penetration, unless before the commission of the offense he or | ||||||
12 | she makes proper effort to prevent the commission of the | ||||||
13 | offense. | ||||||
14 | (740 ILCS 22/215.5 new)
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15 | Sec. 215.5. Petitioner testimony at plenary civil no | ||||||
16 | contact order hearing. In a plenary civil no contact order | ||||||
17 | hearing, if a court finds that testimony by the petitioner in | ||||||
18 | the courtroom may result in serious emotional distress to the | ||||||
19 | petitioner, the court may order that the examination of the | ||||||
20 | petitioner be conducted in chambers. Counsel shall be present | ||||||
21 | at the examination unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties. | ||||||
22 | The court shall cause a court reporter to be present who shall | ||||||
23 | make a complete record of the examination instantaneously to be | ||||||
24 | part of the record in the case.
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1 | (740 ILCS 22/216)
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2 | Sec. 216. Duration and extension of orders.
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3 | (a) Unless re-opened or
extended or voided by entry of an | ||||||
4 | order of greater duration, an emergency
order shall be | ||||||
5 | effective for not less than 14 nor more than 21 days.
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6 | (b) Except as otherwise provided in
this Section, a plenary | ||||||
7 | civil no contact order shall be effective for a fixed
period of | ||||||
8 | time, not to exceed 2 years. A plenary civil no contact order
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9 | entered in conjunction with a criminal prosecution shall remain | ||||||
10 | in effect as
follows:
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11 | (1) if entered during pre-trial release, until | ||||||
12 | disposition, withdrawal,
or
dismissal of the underlying | ||||||
13 | charge; if however, the case is continued as an
independent | ||||||
14 | cause of action, the order's duration may be for a fixed | ||||||
15 | period of
time not to exceed 2 years;
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16 | (2) if in effect in conjunction with a bond forfeiture | ||||||
17 | warrant, until
final disposition or an additional period of | ||||||
18 | time not exceeding 2 years; no
civil no contact order, | ||||||
19 | however, shall be terminated by a dismissal that is
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20 | accompanied by the issuance of a bond forfeiture warrant;
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21 | (3) until expiration of any supervision, conditional | ||||||
22 | discharge,
probation, periodic imprisonment, parole, or | ||||||
23 | mandatory supervised release and
for an additional period | ||||||
24 | of time thereafter not exceeding 2 years; or
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25 | (4) until the date set by the court for expiration of |
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1 | any sentence of
imprisonment and subsequent parole or | ||||||
2 | mandatory supervised release and for an
additional period | ||||||
3 | of time thereafter not exceeding 2 years.
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4 | (c) Any emergency or plenary order
may be extended one or | ||||||
5 | more times, as required, provided that the
requirements of | ||||||
6 | Section 214 or 215, as appropriate, are satisfied.
If the | ||||||
7 | motion for extension is uncontested and the petitioner seeks no
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8 | modification of the order, the order may be extended on the | ||||||
9 | basis of
the petitioner's motion or affidavit stating that | ||||||
10 | there has been no material
change in relevant circumstances | ||||||
11 | since entry of the order and stating
the reason for the | ||||||
12 | requested extension. Extensions may be granted only
in open | ||||||
13 | court and not under the provisions of subsection (c) of Section
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14 | 214, which applies only when the court is unavailable at the | ||||||
15 | close of
business or on a court holiday.
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16 | (d) Any civil no contact order which would expire
on a | ||||||
17 | court holiday shall instead expire at the close of the next | ||||||
18 | court
business day.
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19 | (d-5) An extension of a plenary civil no contact order may | ||||||
20 | be granted, upon good cause shown, to remain in effect until | ||||||
21 | the civil no contact order is vacated or modified. | ||||||
22 | (e) The practice of dismissing or suspending
a criminal | ||||||
23 | prosecution in exchange for the issuance of a civil no contact
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24 | order undermines the purposes of this Act. This Section shall | ||||||
25 | not
be construed as encouraging that practice.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 93-236, eff. 1-1-04; 94-360, eff. 1-1-06.)
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1 | (740 ILCS 22/217)
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2 | Sec. 217. Contents of orders.
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3 | (a) Any civil no contact order shall describe each remedy | ||||||
4 | granted by
the court, in reasonable detail and
not by reference | ||||||
5 | to any other document, so that the respondent may
clearly | ||||||
6 | understand what he or she must do or refrain from doing.
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7 | (b) A civil no contact order shall further state the | ||||||
8 | following:
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9 | (1) The name of each petitioner that the court finds | ||||||
10 | was the victim of
non-consensual sexual conduct or | ||||||
11 | non-consensual sexual penetration by the
respondent and | ||||||
12 | the name of each other person protected by the civil no | ||||||
13 | contact order .
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14 | (2) The date and time the civil no contact order was | ||||||
15 | issued,
whether it is an emergency or plenary order, and | ||||||
16 | the
duration of the order.
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17 | (3) The date, time, and place for any scheduled hearing | ||||||
18 | for
extension of that civil no contact order or for another | ||||||
19 | order of
greater duration or scope.
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20 | (4) For each remedy in an emergency civil no contact | ||||||
21 | order, the
reason for entering that remedy without prior | ||||||
22 | notice to the respondent
or greater notice than was | ||||||
23 | actually given.
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24 | (5) For emergency civil no contact orders, that the | ||||||
25 | respondent may petition the court, in accordance with |
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1 | Section 218.5, to reopen the order if he or she did not | ||||||
2 | receive actual prior notice of the hearing as required | ||||||
3 | under Section 209 of this Act and if the respondent alleges | ||||||
4 | that he or she had a meritorious defense to the order or | ||||||
5 | that the order or its remedy is not authorized by this Act.
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6 | (c) A civil no contact order shall include the following | ||||||
7 | notice,
printed in conspicuous type: "Any knowing violation of | ||||||
8 | a civil no contact
order is a Class A misdemeanor. Any second | ||||||
9 | or subsequent violation is a
Class 4 felony."
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10 | (d) A civil no contact order shall state, "This Civil No | ||||||
11 | Contact Order is enforceable, even without registration, in all | ||||||
12 | 50 states, the District of Columbia, tribal lands, and the U.S. | ||||||
13 | territories pursuant to the Violence Against Women Act (18 | ||||||
14 | U.S.C. 2265)." | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 93-236, eff. 1-1-04; 93-811, eff. 1-1-05.)
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16 | (740 ILCS 22/220 new) | ||||||
17 | Sec. 220. Enforcement of a civil no contact order. | ||||||
18 | (a) Nothing in this Act shall preclude any Illinois court | ||||||
19 | from enforcing a valid protective order issued in another | ||||||
20 | state. | ||||||
21 | (b) Illinois courts may enforce civil no contact orders | ||||||
22 | through both criminal proceedings and civil contempt | ||||||
23 | proceedings, unless the action which is second in time is | ||||||
24 | barred by collateral estoppel or the constitutional | ||||||
25 | prohibition against double jeopardy. |
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1 | (c) Criminal prosecution. A violation of any civil no | ||||||
2 | contact order, whether issued in a civil or criminal | ||||||
3 | proceeding, shall be enforced by a criminal court when the | ||||||
4 | respondent commits the crime of violation of a civil no contact | ||||||
5 | order pursuant to Section 219 by having knowingly violated: | ||||||
6 | (1) remedies described in Section 213 and included in a | ||||||
7 | civil no contact order; or | ||||||
8 | (2) a provision of an order, which is substantially | ||||||
9 | similar to provisions of Section 213, in a valid civil no | ||||||
10 | contact order which is authorized under the laws of another | ||||||
11 | state, tribe, or United States territory. | ||||||
12 | Prosecution for a violation of a civil no contact order | ||||||
13 | shall not bar a concurrent prosecution for any other crime, | ||||||
14 | including any crime that may have been committed at the time of | ||||||
15 | the violation of the civil no contact order. | ||||||
16 | (d) Contempt of court. A violation of any valid Illinois | ||||||
17 | civil no contact order, whether issued in a civil or criminal | ||||||
18 | proceeding, may be enforced through civil or criminal contempt | ||||||
19 | procedures, as appropriate, by any court with jurisdiction, | ||||||
20 | regardless of where the act or acts which violated the civil no | ||||||
21 | contact order were committed, to the extent consistent with the | ||||||
22 | venue provisions of this Act. | ||||||
23 | (1) In a contempt proceeding where the petition for a | ||||||
24 | rule to show cause or petition for adjudication of criminal | ||||||
25 | contempt sets forth facts evidencing an immediate danger | ||||||
26 | that the respondent will flee the jurisdiction or inflict |
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1 | physical abuse on the petitioner or minor children or on | ||||||
2 | dependent adults in the petitioner's care, the court may | ||||||
3 | order the attachment of the respondent without prior | ||||||
4 | service of the petition for a rule to show cause, the rule | ||||||
5 | to show cause, the petition for adjudication of criminal | ||||||
6 | contempt or the adjudication of criminal contempt. Bond | ||||||
7 | shall be set unless specifically denied in writing. | ||||||
8 | (2) A petition for a rule to show cause or a petition | ||||||
9 | for adjudication of criminal contempt for violation of a | ||||||
10 | civil no contact order shall be treated as an expedited | ||||||
11 | proceeding. | ||||||
12 | (e) Actual knowledge. A civil no contact order may be | ||||||
13 | enforced pursuant to this Section if the respondent violates | ||||||
14 | the order after the respondent has actual knowledge of its | ||||||
15 | contents as shown through one of the following means: | ||||||
16 | (1) by service, delivery, or notice under Section 208; | ||||||
17 | (2) by notice under Section 218; | ||||||
18 | (3) by service of a civil no contact order under | ||||||
19 | Section 218; or | ||||||
20 | (4) by other means demonstrating actual knowledge of | ||||||
21 | the contents of the order. | ||||||
22 | (f) The enforcement of a civil no contact order in civil or | ||||||
23 | criminal court shall not be affected by either of the | ||||||
24 | following: | ||||||
25 | (1) the existence of a separate, correlative order, | ||||||
26 | entered under Section 202; or |
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1 | (2) any finding or order entered in a conjoined | ||||||
2 | criminal proceeding. | ||||||
3 | (g) Circumstances. The court, when determining whether or | ||||||
4 | not a violation of a civil no contact order has occurred, shall | ||||||
5 | not require physical manifestations of abuse on the person of | ||||||
6 | the victim. | ||||||
7 | (h) Penalties. | ||||||
8 | (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this | ||||||
9 | subsection, where the court finds the commission of a crime | ||||||
10 | or contempt of court under subsection (a) or (b) of this | ||||||
11 | Section, the penalty shall be the penalty that generally | ||||||
12 | applies in such criminal or contempt proceedings, and may | ||||||
13 | include one or more of the following: incarceration, | ||||||
14 | payment of restitution, a fine, payment of attorneys' fees | ||||||
15 | and costs, or community service. | ||||||
16 | (2) The court shall hear and take into account evidence | ||||||
17 | of any factors in aggravation or mitigation before deciding | ||||||
18 | an appropriate penalty under paragraph (1) of this | ||||||
19 | subsection. | ||||||
20 | (3) To the extent permitted by law, the court is | ||||||
21 | encouraged to: | ||||||
22 | (i) increase the penalty for the knowing violation | ||||||
23 | of any civil no contact order over any penalty | ||||||
24 | previously imposed by any court for respondent's | ||||||
25 | violation of any civil no contact order or penal | ||||||
26 | statute involving petitioner as victim and respondent |
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1 | as defendant; | ||||||
2 | (ii) impose a minimum penalty of 24 hours | ||||||
3 | imprisonment for respondent's first violation of any | ||||||
4 | civil no contact order; and | ||||||
5 | (iii) impose a minimum penalty of 48 hours | ||||||
6 | imprisonment for respondent's second or subsequent | ||||||
7 | violation of a civil no contact order unless the court | ||||||
8 | explicitly finds that an increased penalty or that | ||||||
9 | period of imprisonment would be manifestly unjust. | ||||||
10 | (4) In addition to any other penalties imposed for a | ||||||
11 | violation of a civil no contact order, a criminal court may | ||||||
12 | consider evidence of any previous violations of a civil no | ||||||
13 | contact order: | ||||||
14 | (i) to increase, revoke or modify the bail bond on | ||||||
15 | an underlying criminal charge pursuant to Section | ||||||
16 | 110-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963; | ||||||
17 | (ii) to revoke or modify an order of probation, | ||||||
18 | conditional discharge or supervision, pursuant to | ||||||
19 | Section 5-6-4 of the Unified Code of Corrections; or | ||||||
20 | (iii) to revoke or modify a sentence of periodic | ||||||
21 | imprisonment, pursuant to Section 5-7-2 of the Unified | ||||||
22 | Code of Corrections.
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