96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6221


 
Introduced 2/11/2010, by Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		












720 ILCS 5/17-30 new











    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of paternity
fraud. Provides that a person commits the offense by knowingly alleging
that a person is the biological father of a child when that person knows that
the allegation is false and may result in the person alleged to be the biological
father of the child being erroneously adjudicated as the father of the child.  Provides that the penalty is a Class A misdemeanor.
















LRB096 19436 RLC 34828 b

















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HB6221

LRB096 19436 RLC 34828 b






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    AN ACT in relation to criminal law. 

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


 
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    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding 
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Section
17-30 as follows:


 
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    (720 ILCS 5/17-30 new)
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    Sec. 17-30. Paternity fraud.
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    (a) A person commits the offense of paternity fraud when: 
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        (1) he or she knowingly alleges that a person is the

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    biological father of a child; and
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        (2) he or she knows, at the time that he or she makes 
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    the allegation, that
the
allegation: (A) is false and (B) 
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    may result in the person alleged to be the
biological 
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    father of a child being erroneously adjudicated as the 
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    father of the
child. 
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    (b) Sentence. Paternity fraud is a Class A misdemeanor.