093_HB0084

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to support.

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

 4        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution of
 5    Marriage Act is amended by adding Sections  714  and  715  as
 6    follows:

 7        (750 ILCS 5/714 new)
 8        Sec.   714.  Willful   default   on  support;  penalties.
 9    Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
10    93rd General Assembly, a person who willfully defaults on  an
11    order  for  child  support issued by an Illinois court may be
12    subject to summary criminal contempt proceedings.
13        Each State agency,  as  defined  in  the  Illinois  State
14    Auditing  Act,  shall  suspend,  refuse to renew or issue, or
15    restrict a license or certificate issued by that agency to  a
16    person  found guilty of criminal contempt under this Section,
17    except that no license or certificate may be suspended  while
18    an  appeal of a finding of criminal contempt is pending.  The
19    suspension, refused to renew or issue, or  restriction  shall
20    remain  in  effect  until  all defaults on an order for child
21    support are satisfied.
22        This Section applies to an order for child support issued
23    under the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Marriage and
24    Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support  of  Spouse  and
25    Children  Act,  the  Non-Support Punishment Act, the Illinois
26    Parentage Act of 1984, the Uniform Interstate Family  Support
27    Act, or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support
28    Act.

29        (750 ILCS 5/715 new)
30        Sec.  715.  Information  to  locate obligors.  As used in
 
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 1    this Section, "obligor" means an individual who owes  a  duty
 2    to  make  payments  under  an  order  for child support.  The
 3    State's Attorney or any other appropriate State official  may
 4    request   and   is   entitled  to  receive  information  from
 5    employers, telephone  companies,  and  utility  companies  to
 6    locate   an  obligor  who  has  defaulted  on  child  support
 7    payments.

 8        Section 10.  The Illinois Public Aid Code is  amended  by
 9    changing 10-10 as follows:

10        (305 ILCS 5/10-10) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-10)
11        Sec.  10-10.  Court  enforcement;  applicability  also to
12    persons who are not applicants or recipients.   Except  where
13    the  Illinois  Department,  by  agreement, acts for the local
14    governmental unit,  as  provided  in  Section  10-3.1,  local
15    governmental  units shall refer to the State's Attorney or to
16    the proper legal representative of the governmental unit, for
17    judicial  enforcement  as  herein  provided,   instances   of
18    non-support  or  insufficient support when the dependents are
19    applicants or recipients under Article  VI.   The  Child  and
20    Spouse   Support  Unit  established  by  Section  10-3.1  may
21    institute in behalf of the Illinois  Department  any  actions
22    under  this  Section  for judicial enforcement of the support
23    liability  when  the  dependents  are   (a)   applicants   or
24    recipients  under  Articles III, IV, V or VII; (b) applicants
25    or recipients in a local governmental unit when the  Illinois
26    Department,   by   agreement,  acts  for  the  unit;  or  (c)
27    non-applicants or  non-recipients  who  are  receiving  child
28    support   enforcement  services  under  this  Article  X,  as
29    provided in Section 10-1.  Where the Child and Spouse Support
30    Unit has exercised its option and discretion not to apply the
31    provisions of Sections 10-3 through 10-8, the failure by  the
32    Unit  to apply such provisions shall not be a bar to bringing
 
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 1    an action under this Section.
 2        Action shall be brought in the circuit  court  to  obtain
 3    support, or for the recovery of aid granted during the period
 4    such  support was not provided, or both for the obtainment of
 5    support and the recovery of the aid  provided.   Actions  for
 6    the  recovery  of  aid may be taken separately or they may be
 7    consolidated with actions to obtain  support.   Such  actions
 8    may be brought in the name of the person or persons requiring
 9    support,  or  may  be  brought  in  the  name of the Illinois
10    Department or  the  local  governmental  unit,  as  the  case
11    requires, in behalf of such persons.
12        The court may enter such orders for the payment of moneys
13    for  the  support  of the person as may be just and equitable
14    and may direct payment thereof for such period or periods  of
15    time  as  the  circumstances require, including support for a
16    period before the date the order for support is entered.  The
17    order may be entered against any  or  all  of  the  defendant
18    responsible relatives and may be based upon the proportionate
19    ability of each to contribute to the person's support.
20        The  Court  shall  determine  the amount of child support
21    (including child support for a period  before  the  date  the
22    order  for  child support is entered) by using the guidelines
23    and standards set forth in subsection (a) of Section 505  and
24    in  Section 505.2 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
25    Marriage Act. For purposes of determining the amount of child
26    support to be paid for a period before the date the order for
27    child support is entered, there is a  rebuttable  presumption
28    that  the  responsible  relative's net income for that period
29    was the same as his or her net income at the time  the  order
30    is entered.
31        If  (i) the responsible relative was properly served with
32    a request for discovery of financial information relating  to
33    the  responsible relative's ability to provide child support,
34    (ii) the responsible  relative  failed  to  comply  with  the
 
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 1    request,  despite  having been ordered to do so by the court,
 2    and (iii) the responsible relative  is  not  present  at  the
 3    hearing  to  determine support despite having received proper
 4    notice, then any relevant  financial  information  concerning
 5    the  responsible  relative's ability to provide child support
 6    that was obtained pursuant  to  subpoena  and  proper  notice
 7    shall be admitted into evidence without the need to establish
 8    any further foundation for its admission.
 9        An  order  entered  under  this  Section  shall include a
10    provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee  and
11    to  the  clerk  of court within 10 days each time the obligor
12    obtains  new  employment,  and  each   time   the   obligor's
13    employment  is terminated for any reason. The report shall be
14    in writing and shall, in the case of new employment,  include
15    the  name  and address of the new employer. Failure to report
16    new employment or the termination of current  employment,  if
17    coupled  with nonpayment of support for a period in excess of
18    60 days, is indirect  criminal  contempt.   For  any  obligor
19    arrested  for  failure to report new employment bond shall be
20    set in the amount of the child support that should have  been
21    paid  during  the  period of unreported employment.  An order
22    entered under this Section shall  also  include  a  provision
23    requiring  the  obligor  and  obligee  parents to advise each
24    other of a change in residence within 5 days  of  the  change
25    except  when  the  court  finds that the physical, mental, or
26    emotional health of a party or that  of  a  minor  child,  or
27    both,  would  be  seriously  endangered  by disclosure of the
28    party's address.
29        The Court shall determine the amount of maintenance using
30    the standards set  forth  in  Section  504  of  the  Illinois
31    Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
32        Any  new  or  existing support order entered by the court
33    under this  Section  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  series  of
34    judgments   against  the  person  obligated  to  pay  support
 
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 1    thereunder, each such judgment to be in the  amount  of  each
 2    payment  or  installment of support and each such judgment to
 3    be deemed entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
 4    installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
 5    Each such judgment shall have  the  full  force,  effect  and
 6    attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
 7    ability  to  be  enforced.   Any  such judgment is subject to
 8    modification or termination only in accordance  with  Section
 9    510 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
10    A  lien  arises  by  operation  of  law  against the real and
11    personal  property  of  the  noncustodial  parent  for   each
12    installment  of  overdue  support  owed  by  the noncustodial
13    parent.
14        An order for child support entered under this Section  is
15    subject   to   Section  714  of  the  Illinois  Marriage  and
16    Dissolution of Marriage Act.
17        When an order is entered for the support of a minor,  the
18    court  may  provide  therein for reasonable visitation of the
19    minor by the person or persons who provided support  pursuant
20    to  the order.  Whoever willfully refuses to comply with such
21    visitation order or willfully interferes with its enforcement
22    may be declared in contempt of court and punished therefor.
23        Except where the local governmental unit has entered into
24    an agreement with the Illinois Department for the  Child  and
25    Spouse  Support  Unit  to  act for it, as provided in Section
26    10-3.1,  support  orders  entered  by  the  court  in   cases
27    involving  applicants  or  recipients  under Article VI shall
28    provide that payments thereunder  be  made  directly  to  the
29    local governmental unit.  Orders for the support of all other
30    applicants   or   recipients   shall  provide  that  payments
31    thereunder be made directly to the  Illinois  Department.  In
32    accordance  with  federal  law  and regulations, the Illinois
33    Department  may  continue  to  collect  current   maintenance
34    payments  or  child  support  payments,  or both, after those
 
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 1    persons  cease  to  receive  public  assistance   and   until
 2    termination  of  services  under  Article  X.   The  Illinois
 3    Department  shall  pay  the  net  amount  collected  to those
 4    persons after deducting any  costs  incurred  in  making  the
 5    collection  or  any  collection  fee  from  the amount of any
 6    recovery made.  In both cases  the  order  shall  permit  the
 7    local  governmental  unit  or the Illinois Department, as the
 8    case may be, to direct the responsible relative or  relatives
 9    to  make support payments directly to the needy person, or to
10    some person or agency in his  behalf,  upon  removal  of  the
11    person  from  the  public  aid  rolls  or upon termination of
12    services under Article X.
13        If the notice of support due issued pursuant  to  Section
14    10-7  directs  that  support payments be made directly to the
15    needy person, or to some person or agency in his behalf,  and
16    the  recipient  is  removed  from the public aid rolls, court
17    action  may  be  taken  against  the   responsible   relative
18    hereunder  if  he fails to furnish support in accordance with
19    the terms of such notice.
20        Actions may also be brought under this Section in  behalf
21    of  any  person  who  is  in need of support from responsible
22    relatives, as defined in Section 2-11 of Article  II  who  is
23    not an applicant for or recipient of financial aid under this
24    Code.   In such instances, the State's Attorney of the county
25    in which such person resides shall bring action  against  the
26    responsible relatives hereunder.  If the Illinois Department,
27    as  authorized  by  Section  10-1,  extends the child support
28    enforcement services provided by this Article to spouses  and
29    dependent children who are not applicants or recipients under
30    this  Code,  the Child and Spouse Support Unit established by
31    Section 10-3.1 shall bring  action  against  the  responsible
32    relatives  hereunder  and  any  support orders entered by the
33    court in such cases shall provide that payments thereunder be
34    made directly to the Illinois Department.
 
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 1        Whenever it is determined in a proceeding to establish or
 2    enforce a child support or maintenance  obligation  that  the
 3    person  owing  a duty of support is unemployed, the court may
 4    order the person to seek employment and  report  periodically
 5    to the court with a diary, listing or other memorandum of his
 6    or  her efforts in accordance with such order.  Additionally,
 7    the court may order the unemployed person to  report  to  the
 8    Department  of Employment Security for job search services or
 9    to make application with the local Job  Training  Partnership
10    Act  provider  for  participation  in job search, training or
11    work programs and where the duty of  support  is  owed  to  a
12    child receiving child support enforcement services under this
13    Article  X,  the  court  may  order  the unemployed person to
14    report to the Illinois Department for  participation  in  job
15    search,  training  or work programs established under Section
16    9-6 and Article IXA of this Code.
17        Whenever it is determined that  a  person  owes  past-due
18    support for a child receiving assistance under this Code, the
19    court shall order at the request of the Illinois Department:
20             (1)  that  the  person  pay  the past-due support in
21        accordance with a plan approved by the court; or
22             (2)  if  the  person  owing  past-due   support   is
23        unemployed,  is  subject  to  such  a  plan,  and  is not
24        incapacitated, that the person participate  in  such  job
25        search,  training,  or  work  programs  established under
26        Section 9-6 and Article IXA of this  Code  as  the  court
27        deems appropriate.
28        A   determination   under   this  Section  shall  not  be
29    administratively reviewable by the  procedures  specified  in
30    Sections  10-12,  and  10-13  to 10-13.10.  Any determination
31    under these Sections, if made the basis of court action under
32    this  Section,  shall  not  affect  the  de   novo   judicial
33    determination required under this Section.
34        A  one-time charge of 20% is imposable upon the amount of
 
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 1    past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which has accrued
 2    under a support order entered by the court.  The charge shall
 3    be imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10-21
 4    of this  Code  and  shall  be  enforced  by  the  court  upon
 5    petition.
 6        All  orders  for support, when entered or modified, shall
 7    include a provision requiring  the  non-custodial  parent  to
 8    notify  the court and, in cases in which a party is receiving
 9    child support enforcement services under this Article X,  the
10    Illinois Department, within 7 days, (i) of the name, address,
11    and telephone number of any new employer of the non-custodial
12    parent,  (ii)  whether the non-custodial parent has access to
13    health insurance coverage through the employer or other group
14    coverage and, if so, the policy name and number and the names
15    of persons covered under the policy, and  (iii)  of  any  new
16    residential  or  mailing  address  or telephone number of the
17    non-custodial parent.  In any subsequent action to enforce  a
18    support  order,  upon  a  sufficient  showing that a diligent
19    effort has  been  made  to  ascertain  the  location  of  the
20    non-custodial  parent,  service  of  process  or provision of
21    notice necessary in the case may be made at  the  last  known
22    address  of  the non-custodial parent in any manner expressly
23    provided by the Code of Civil Procedure or this  Code,  which
24    service shall be sufficient for purposes of due process.
25        An  order  for  support shall include a date on which the
26    current support obligation terminates.  The termination  date
27    shall  be no earlier than the date on which the child covered
28    by the order will attain the age of majority or is  otherwise
29    emancipated.   The  order  for  support  shall state that the
30    termination date does not apply to  any  arrearage  that  may
31    remain  unpaid on that date.  Nothing in this paragraph shall
32    be construed to prevent the court from modifying the order.
33        Upon   notification   in   writing   or   by   electronic
34    transmission from the Illinois Department to the clerk of the
 
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 1    court that a person who is receiving support  payments  under
 2    this  Section  is  receiving services under the Child Support
 3    Enforcement Program established by Title IV-D of  the  Social
 4    Security  Act,  any support payments subsequently received by
 5    the clerk of the court shall  be  transmitted  in  accordance
 6    with  the  instructions  of the Illinois Department until the
 7    Illinois Department gives notice to the clerk of the court to
 8    cease  the  transmittal.  After  providing  the  notification
 9    authorized under  this  paragraph,  the  Illinois  Department
10    shall  be  entitled  as  a  party  to  notice  of any further
11    proceedings in the case.  The clerk of the court shall file a
12    copy of the Illinois Department's notification in  the  court
13    file.  The clerk's failure to file a copy of the notification
14    in  the  court  file  shall not, however, affect the Illinois
15    Department's right to receive notice of further proceedings.
16        Payments under this Section to  the  Illinois  Department
17    pursuant to the Child Support Enforcement Program established
18    by  Title  IV-D of the Social Security Act shall be paid into
19    the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund. All payments  under
20    this  Section  to  the  Illinois Department of Human Services
21    shall  be  deposited  in  the  DHS  Recoveries  Trust   Fund.
22    Disbursements  from  these  funds  shall  be  as  provided in
23    Sections 12-9.1 and 12-10.2 of this Code.  Payments  received
24    by  a  local  governmental  unit  shall  be deposited in that
25    unit's General Assistance Fund.
26        To  the  extent  the  provisions  of  this  Section   are
27    inconsistent  with  the  requirements pertaining to the State
28    Disbursement Unit under Sections 10-10.4 and  10-26  of  this
29    Code,  the  requirements pertaining to the State Disbursement
30    Unit shall apply.
31    (Source: P.A.  91-24,  eff.  7-1-99;  91-212,  eff.  7-20-99;
32    91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;  91-767,  eff.  6-9-00;  92-16,  eff.
33    6-28-01; 92-590, eff. 7-1-02.)
 
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 1        Section 15.  The Non-Support Punishment Act is amended by
 2    changing Section 20 as follows:

 3        (750 ILCS 16/20)
 4        Sec. 20.  Entry of order for support; income withholding.
 5        (a)  In  a case in which no court or administrative order
 6    for support is in effect against the defendant:
 7             (1)  at any time before the trial,  upon  motion  of
 8        the  State's  Attorney, or of the Attorney General if the
 9        action has been instituted by his office, and upon notice
10        to the defendant, or at the time of arraignment or  as  a
11        condition  of  postponement of arraignment, the court may
12        enter such temporary order for support as may seem  just,
13        providing for the support or maintenance of the spouse or
14        child  or  children  of  the defendant, or both, pendente
15        lite; or
16             (2)  before trial with the consent of the defendant,
17        or at the trial on entry of a plea of  guilty,  or  after
18        conviction,  instead  of imposing the penalty provided in
19        this Act, or in addition thereto, the court may enter  an
20        order  for  support, subject to modification by the court
21        from time to time as circumstances may require, directing
22        the defendant to pay a certain sum for maintenance of the
23        spouse, or for support of the child or children, or both.
24        (b)  The  court  shall  determine  the  amount  of  child
25    support by using the guidelines and standards  set  forth  in
26    subsection  (a)  of  Section  505 and in Section 505.2 of the
27    Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
28        If (i) the non-custodial parent was properly served  with
29    a  request for discovery of financial information relating to
30    the non-custodial parent's ability to provide child  support,
31    (ii)  the  non-custodial  parent  failed  to  comply with the
32    request, despite having been ordered to do so by  the  court,
33    and  (iii)  the  non-custodial  parent  is not present at the
 
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 1    hearing to determine support despite having  received  proper
 2    notice,  then  any  relevant financial information concerning
 3    the non-custodial parent's ability to  provide  support  that
 4    was  obtained pursuant to subpoena and proper notice shall be
 5    admitted into evidence without  the  need  to  establish  any
 6    further foundation for its admission.
 7        (c)  The  court shall determine the amount of maintenance
 8    using the standards set forth in  Section 504 of the Illinois
 9    Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
10        (d)  The court may, for violation of any order under this
11    Section, punish the offender as for a contempt of court,  but
12    no  pendente  lite order shall remain in effect longer than 4
13    months, or  after  the  discharge  of  any  panel  of  jurors
14    summoned  for  service thereafter in such court, whichever is
15    sooner.
16        (e)  Any order for support entered  by  the  court  under
17    this  Section  shall  be  deemed  to be a series of judgments
18    against  the  person  obligated  to  pay  support  under  the
19    judgments, each such judgment to be in  the  amount  of  each
20    payment  or  installment  of  support and each judgment to be
21    deemed entered as of the date the  corresponding  payment  or
22    installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
23    Each   judgment  shall  have  the  full  force,  effect,  and
24    attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
25    ability  to  be  enforced.   Each  judgment  is  subject   to
26    modification  or  termination only in accordance with Section
27    510 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
28    A lien arises by  operation  of  law  against  the  real  and
29    personal   property  of  the  noncustodial  parent  for  each
30    installment of  overdue  support  owed  by  the  noncustodial
31    parent.
32        (e-5)  An  order  for  child  support  entered under this
33    Section is subject to Section 714 of  the  Illinois  Marriage
34    and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
 
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 1        (f)  An  order  for  support  entered  under this Section
 2    shall include a provision requiring the obligor to report  to
 3    the obligee and to the clerk of the court within 10 days each
 4    time  the  obligor  obtains new employment, and each time the
 5    obligor's employment  is  terminated  for  any  reason.   The
 6    report  shall  be  in  writing  and shall, in the case of new
 7    employment, include the name and address of the new employer.
 8        Failure to report new employment or  the  termination  of
 9    current employment, if coupled with nonpayment of support for
10    a period in excess of 60 days, is indirect criminal contempt.
11    For   any   obligor   arrested  for  failure  to  report  new
12    employment, bond shall be set in  the  amount  of  the  child
13    support  that  should  have  been  paid  during the period of
14    unreported employment.
15        An order for support entered  under  this  Section  shall
16    also  include  a  provision requiring the obligor and obligee
17    parents to advise each other of a change in residence  within
18    5  days  of  the  change except when the court finds that the
19    physical, mental, or emotional health of  a  party  or  of  a
20    minor  child,  or  both,  would  be  seriously  endangered by
21    disclosure of the party's address.
22        (g)  An order for support entered or modified in  a  case
23    in  which  a  party  is  receiving  child support enforcement
24    services under Article X of  the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code
25    shall  include  a provision requiring the noncustodial parent
26    to notify the Illinois Department of  Public  Aid,  within  7
27    days,  of  the  name  and  address of any new employer of the
28    noncustodial parent,  whether  the  noncustodial  parent  has
29    access  to  health insurance coverage through the employer or
30    other group coverage and, if so, the policy name  and  number
31    and the names of persons covered under the policy.
32        (h)  In  any  subsequent  action  to enforce an order for
33    support entered under this Act, upon sufficient showing  that
34    diligent  effort  has  been made to ascertain the location of
 
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 1    the noncustodial parent, service of process or  provision  of
 2    notice necessary in that action may be made at the last known
 3    address  of  the noncustodial parent, in any manner expressly
 4    provided by the Code of Civil Procedure or in this Act, which
 5    service shall be sufficient for purposes of due process.
 6        (i)  An order for support shall include a date  on  which
 7    the  current  support obligation terminates.  The termination
 8    date shall be no earlier than the date  on  which  the  child
 9    covered  by  the  order will attain the age of majority or is
10    otherwise emancipated. The order for support shall state that
11    the termination date does not apply to any arrearage that may
12    remain unpaid on that date.  Nothing in this subsection shall
13    be construed to prevent the court from modifying the order.
14        (j)  A support obligation, or any portion  of  a  support
15    obligation,  which becomes due and remains unpaid for 30 days
16    or more shall accrue simple interest at the rate  of  9%  per
17    annum.  An  order for support entered or modified on or after
18    January 1, 2002 shall contain  a  statement  that  a  support
19    obligation  required  under  the  order,  or any portion of a
20    support obligation required under the order, that becomes due
21    and remains unpaid for 30 days or more  shall  accrue  simple
22    interest at the rate of 9% per annum.  Failure to include the
23    statement  in  the  order  for  support  does  not affect the
24    validity of the order or the accrual of interest as  provided
25    in this Section.
26    (Source:  P.A.  91-613,  eff.  10-1-99;  91-767, eff. 6-9-00;
27    92-374, eff. 8-15-01; 92-590, eff. 7-1-02.)

28        Section  20.  The  Illinois  Parentage  Act  of  1984  is
29    amended by changing Section 14 as follows:

30        (750 ILCS 45/14) (from Ch. 40, par. 2514)
31        Sec. 14.  Judgment.
32        (a) (1)  The judgment shall contain or explicitly reserve
 
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 1    provisions concerning any duty and amount  of  child  support
 2    and   may  contain  provisions  concerning  the  custody  and
 3    guardianship of the child,  visitation  privileges  with  the
 4    child,  the  furnishing  of  bond  or  other security for the
 5    payment of the judgment, which the court shall  determine  in
 6    accordance  with  the  relevant  factors  set  forth  in  the
 7    Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of Marriage Act and any
 8    other applicable law of Illinois, to guide  the  court  in  a
 9    finding  in  the  best interests of the child. In determining
10    custody, joint custody, or visitation, the court shall  apply
11    the   relevant   standards   of  the  Illinois  Marriage  and
12    Dissolution of Marriage Act. Specifically, in determining the
13    amount of any child support award, the court  shall  use  the
14    guidelines  and  standards  set  forth  in  subsection (a) of
15    Section 505 and in Section 505.2 of the Illinois Marriage and
16    Dissolution of Marriage Act.  For purposes of Section 505  of
17    the  Illinois  Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, "net
18    income"  of  the  non-custodial  parent  shall  include   any
19    benefits  available  to that person under the Illinois Public
20    Aid  Code   or   from   other   federal,   State   or   local
21    government-funded  programs.   The  court shall, in any event
22    and regardless of the amount of  the  non-custodial  parent's
23    net income, in its judgment order the non-custodial parent to
24    pay child support to the custodial parent in a minimum amount
25    of not less than $10 per month. In an action brought within 2
26    years after a child's birth, the judgment or order may direct
27    either  parent  to  pay  the  reasonable expenses incurred by
28    either parent related  to  the  mother's  pregnancy  and  the
29    delivery  of  the  child. The judgment or order shall contain
30    the father's social security number, which the  father  shall
31    disclose  to  the  court;  however,  failure  to  include the
32    father's social security number on the judgment or order does
33    not invalidate the judgment or order.
34        (2)  If a judgment  of  parentage  contains  no  explicit
 
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 1    award  of  custody, the establishment of a support obligation
 2    or of visitation rights in one parent shall be  considered  a
 3    judgment  granting  custody  to  the  other  parent.   If the
 4    parentage judgment contains no such provisions, custody shall
 5    be presumed to be with the mother; however,  the  presumption
 6    shall not apply if the father has had physical custody for at
 7    least  6  months  prior  to the date that the mother seeks to
 8    enforce custodial rights.
 9        (b)  The court shall order all  child  support  payments,
10    determined  in  accordance  with such guidelines, to commence
11    with the date  summons  is  served.   The  level  of  current
12    periodic  support  payments  shall  not be reduced because of
13    payments set for the period prior to the date of entry of the
14    support  order.   The  Court  may  order  any  child  support
15    payments to be made for a period prior to the commencement of
16    the action. In determining whether and the  extent  to  which
17    the  payments  shall  be made for any prior period, the court
18    shall consider all relevant facts, including the factors  for
19    determining  the  amount of support specified in the Illinois
20    Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act and other  equitable
21    factors including but not limited to:
22             (1)  The  father's  prior  knowledge of the fact and
23        circumstances of the child's birth.
24             (2)  The father's prior willingness  or  refusal  to
25        help raise or support the child.
26             (3)  The  extent  to  which the mother or the public
27        agency bringing the action previously informed the father
28        of the child's needs or attempted to seek or require  his
29        help in raising or supporting the child.
30             (4)  The reasons the mother or the public agency did
31        not file the action earlier.
32             (5)  The   extent  to  which  the  father  would  be
33        prejudiced by the delay in bringing the action.
34        For purposes of determining the amount of  child  support
 
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 1    to  be  paid  for  any  period  before the date the order for
 2    current child support  is  entered,  there  is  a  rebuttable
 3    presumption that the father's net income for the prior period
 4    was  the  same  as  his  net income at the time the order for
 5    current child support is entered.
 6        If (i) the non-custodial parent was properly served  with
 7    a  request for discovery of financial information relating to
 8    the non-custodial parent's ability to provide child  support,
 9    (ii)  the  non-custodial  parent  failed  to  comply with the
10    request, despite having been ordered to do so by  the  court,
11    and  (iii)  the  non-custodial  parent  is not present at the
12    hearing to determine support despite having  received  proper
13    notice,  then  any  relevant financial information concerning
14    the non-custodial parent's ability to provide  child  support
15    that  was  obtained  pursuant  to  subpoena and proper notice
16    shall be admitted into evidence without the need to establish
17    any further foundation for its admission.
18        (c)  Any new or existing support  order  entered  by  the
19    court  under  this  Section shall be deemed to be a series of
20    judgments  against  the  person  obligated  to  pay   support
21    thereunder, each judgment to be in the amount of each payment
22    or installment of support and each such judgment to be deemed
23    entered   as   of  the  date  the  corresponding  payment  or
24    installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
25    Each  judgment  shall  have  the  full  force,   effect   and
26    attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
27    ability  to  be  enforced.  A lien arises by operation of law
28    against the real and personal property  of  the  noncustodial
29    parent  for  each  installment of overdue support owed by the
30    noncustodial parent.
31        (c-5)  An order for  child  support  entered  under  this
32    Section  is  subject  to Section 714 of the Illinois Marriage
33    and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
34        (d)  If the judgment or order of the court is at variance
 
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 1    with the child's birth certificate,  the  court  shall  order
 2    that  a  new  birth  certificate  be  issued  under the Vital
 3    Records Act.
 4        (e)  On request of the mother and the father,  the  court
 5    shall  order  a  change  in  the  child's name. After hearing
 6    evidence the court may stay payment  of  support  during  the
 7    period of the father's minority or period of disability.
 8        (f)  If,  upon  a  showing  of proper service, the father
 9    fails to appear in court, or otherwise appear as provided  by
10    law,  the  court may proceed to hear the cause upon testimony
11    of the mother or other parties taken in open court and  shall
12    enter a judgment by default.  The court may reserve any order
13    as  to  the  amount  of  child  support  until the father has
14    received notice, by regular mail, of a hearing on the matter.
15        (g)  A one-time charge  of  20%  is  imposable  upon  the
16    amount  of  past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which
17    has accrued under a support order entered by the court.   The
18    charge  shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions of
19    Section 10-21 of the Illinois Public Aid Code  and  shall  be
20    enforced by the court upon petition.
21        (h)  All  orders  for  support, when entered or modified,
22    shall include a provision requiring the non-custodial  parent
23    to notify the court and, in cases in which party is receiving
24    child  support  enforcement  services  under Article X of the
25    Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Department  of  Public
26    Aid,  within  7  days, (i) of the name and address of any new
27    employer  of  the  non-custodial  parent,  (ii)  whether  the
28    non-custodial parent has access to health insurance  coverage
29    through  the employer or other group coverage and, if so, the
30    policy name and number and the names of persons covered under
31    the policy, and (iii)  of  any  new  residential  or  mailing
32    address  or telephone number of the non-custodial parent.  In
33    any subsequent action to enforce  a  support  order,  upon  a
34    sufficient  showing  that  a diligent effort has been made to
 
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 1    ascertain the location of the non-custodial  parent,  service
 2    of  process  or provision of notice necessary in the case may
 3    be made at the last known address of the non-custodial parent
 4    in any  manner  expressly  provided  by  the  Code  of  Civil
 5    Procedure  or this Act, which service shall be sufficient for
 6    purposes of due process.
 7        (i)  An order for support shall include a date  on  which
 8    the  current  support obligation terminates.  The termination
 9    date shall be no earlier than the date  on  which  the  child
10    covered  by  the  order will attain the age of majority or is
11    otherwise emancipated.  The order  for  support  shall  state
12    that  the  termination  date  does not apply to any arrearage
13    that may  remain  unpaid  on  that  date.   Nothing  in  this
14    subsection  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the court from
15    modifying the order.
16        (j)  An order entered under this Section shall include  a
17    provision  requiring the obligor to report to the obligee and
18    to the clerk of court within 10 days each  time  the  obligor
19    obtains   new   employment,   and  each  time  the  obligor's
20    employment is terminated for any reason. The report shall  be
21    in  writing and shall, in the case of new employment, include
22    the name and address of the new employer. Failure  to  report
23    new  employment  or the termination of current employment, if
24    coupled with nonpayment of support for a period in excess  of
25    60  days,  is  indirect  criminal  contempt.  For any obligor
26    arrested for failure to report new employment bond  shall  be
27    set  in the amount of the child support that should have been
28    paid during the period of unreported  employment.   An  order
29    entered  under  this  Section  shall also include a provision
30    requiring the obligor and  obligee  parents  to  advise  each
31    other  of  a  change in residence within 5 days of the change
32    except when the court finds that  the  physical,  mental,  or
33    emotional  health  of  a  party  or that of a minor child, or
34    both, would be seriously  endangered  by  disclosure  of  the
 
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 1    party's address.
 2    (Source: P.A. 91-767, eff. 6-9-00, 92-590, eff. 7-1-02.)

 3        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 4    becoming law.