96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0931


 
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		







  



750 ILCS 5/507
  from Ch. 40, par. 507








    Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Makes a technical
change in a Section concerning the payment of support or maintenance to the
clerk of the circuit court.
















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    AN ACT concerning civil 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 Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of 
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Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 507 as follows:
 



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    (750 ILCS 5/507)  (from Ch. 40, par. 507)



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    Sec. 507. Payment of maintenance or support to court. 

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    (a) In actions instituted under this Act, the
the court 
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shall order that
maintenance and support payments be made to 
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the clerk of court as trustee for
remittance to the person 
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entitled to receive the payments.  However, the court
in its 
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discretion may direct otherwise where circumstances so 
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warrant.
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    (b) The clerk of court shall maintain records listing the 
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amount of
payments, the date payments are required to be made 
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and the names and
addresses of the parties affected by the 
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order. For those cases in which
support is payable to the clerk 
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of the circuit court for transmittal to
the Department of 
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Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department 
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of Public Aid) by order of the court or upon
notification of 
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the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly

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Illinois Department of Public Aid), and the
Department collects 
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support by assignment, offset, withholding,
deduction or other 
 


 






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process permitted by law, the Department shall
notify the clerk 
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of the date and amount of such collection. Upon notification,

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the clerk shall record the collection on the payment record for 
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the case.

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    (c) The parties affected by the order shall inform the 
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clerk of
court of any change of address or of other condition 
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that may affect the
administration of the order.

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    (d) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to cases 
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that come
under the provisions of Sections 709 through 712.

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    (e) To the extent the provisions of this Section are 
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inconsistent with the
requirements pertaining to the State 
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Disbursement Unit under Section 507.1 of
this Act and Section 
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10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the requirements

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pertaining to the State Disbursement Unit shall apply.

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(Source: P.A. 94-88, eff. 1-1-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)