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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2630
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2630, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
| 3 | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
| 4 | following:
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| 5 | "Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of | ||||||
| 6 | Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 609 as follows:
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| 7 | (750 ILCS 5/609) (from Ch. 40, par. 609)
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| 8 | Sec. 609. Leave to Remove Children.) | ||||||
| 9 | (a) The court may grant leave, before
or after judgment, to | ||||||
| 10 | any party having custody of any minor child or children
to | ||||||
| 11 | remove such child or children from Illinois whenever such | ||||||
| 12 | approval is
in the best interests of such child or children. | ||||||
| 13 | The burden of proving that
such removal is in the best | ||||||
| 14 | interests of such child or children is on the
party seeking the | ||||||
| 15 | removal. When such removal is permitted, the court may
require | ||||||
| 16 | the party removing such child or children from Illinois
to give | ||||||
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| 1 | reasonable security guaranteeing the return of such children.
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| 2 | (b) Before a minor child is temporarily removed from | ||||||
| 3 | Illinois, the
parent responsible for the removal shall inform | ||||||
| 4 | the other parent, or the
other parent's attorney, of the | ||||||
| 5 | address and telephone number where the
child may be reached | ||||||
| 6 | during the period of temporary removal, and the date
on which | ||||||
| 7 | the child shall return to Illinois.
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| 8 | The State of Illinois retains jurisdiction when the minor | ||||||
| 9 | child is
absent from the State pursuant to this subsection.
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| 10 | (c) The court may not use the availability of electronic | ||||||
| 11 | communication as a factor in support of a removal of a child by | ||||||
| 12 | the custodial parent from Illinois. | ||||||
| 13 | (d) If raised as an issue by either party, the court shall | ||||||
| 14 | consider a parent's current or future lack of legal immigration | ||||||
| 15 | status as a factor when deciding the issue of permanent removal | ||||||
| 16 | of a child or children from this State. | ||||||
| 17 | (Source: P.A. 96-331, eff. 1-1-10.)".
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