093_HB2937

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning visitation.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Code of Criminal  Procedure  of  1963  is
 5    amended by changing Section 112A-14 as follows:

 6        (725 ILCS 5/112A-14) (from Ch. 38, par. 112A-14)
 7        Sec. 112A-14.  Order of protection; remedies.
 8        (a)  Issuance   of   order.   If  the  court  finds  that
 9    petitioner has been abused by a family or  household  member,
10    as   defined   in   this  Article,  an  order  of  protection
11    prohibiting such abuse shall issue; provided that  petitioner
12    must  also  satisfy  the requirements of one of the following
13    Sections,  as  appropriate:  Section  112A-17  on   emergency
14    orders, Section 112A-18 on interim orders, or Section 112A-19
15    on  plenary  orders.  Petitioner shall not be denied an order
16    of protection because petitioner or respondent  is  a  minor.
17    The  court, when determining whether or not to issue an order
18    of protection, shall not require physical  manifestations  of
19    abuse   on  the  person  of  the  victim.   Modification  and
20    extension  of  prior  orders  of  protection  shall   be   in
21    accordance with this Article.
22        (b)  Remedies and standards.  The remedies to be included
23    in  an  order of protection shall be determined in accordance
24    with this Section and  one  of  the  following  Sections,  as
25    appropriate:  Section  112A-17  on  emergency orders, Section
26    112A-18 on interim orders, and  Section  112A-19  on  plenary
27    orders.    The remedies listed in this subsection shall be in
28    addition to other civil or  criminal  remedies  available  to
29    petitioner.
30             (1)  Prohibition  of  abuse.   Prohibit respondent's
31        harassment,   interference   with    personal    liberty,
 
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 1        intimidation  of  a  dependent, physical abuse or willful
 2        deprivation, as defined in this Article,  if  such  abuse
 3        has  occurred or otherwise appears likely to occur if not
 4        prohibited.
 5             (2)  Grant of  exclusive  possession  of  residence.
 6        Prohibit  respondent  from  entering  or remaining in any
 7        residence or household of the petitioner,  including  one
 8        owned  or leased by respondent, if petitioner has a right
 9        to occupancy thereof.  The grant of exclusive  possession
10        of the residence shall not affect title to real property,
11        nor  shall the court be limited by the standard set forth
12        in Section 701 of the Illinois Marriage  and  Dissolution
13        of Marriage Act.
14                  (A)  Right  to  occupancy.  A party has a right
15             to occupancy of a residence or household  if  it  is
16             solely  or  jointly  owned  or leased by that party,
17             that party's spouse, a person with a legal  duty  to
18             support  that party or a minor child in that party's
19             care, or by any person  or  entity  other  than  the
20             opposing   party   that   authorizes   that  party's
21             occupancy  (e.g.,  a  domestic  violence   shelter).
22             Standards  set  forth  in subparagraph (B) shall not
23             preclude equitable relief.
24                  (B)  Presumption of hardships.   If  petitioner
25             and  respondent each has the right to occupancy of a
26             residence or household, the court shall balance  (i)
27             the  hardships  to respondent and any minor child or
28             dependent adult in respondent's care resulting  from
29             entry  of  this  remedy  with  (ii) the hardships to
30             petitioner and any minor child or dependent adult in
31             petitioner's care resulting from continued  exposure
32             to  the  risk  of abuse (should petitioner remain at
33             the  residence  or  household)  or  from   loss   of
34             possession  of  the  residence  or household (should
 
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 1             petitioner leave to avoid the risk of abuse).   When
 2             determining  the  balance  of  hardships,  the court
 3             shall also take into account  the  accessibility  of
 4             the  residence  or household.  Hardships need not be
 5             balanced if respondent does  not  have  a  right  to
 6             occupancy.
 7                  The  balance  of hardships is presumed to favor
 8             possession by petitioner unless the  presumption  is
 9             rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence, showing
10             that   the  hardships  to  respondent  substantially
11             outweigh the hardships to petitioner and  any  minor
12             child  or dependent adult in petitioner's care.  The
13             court, on the request of petitioner or  on  its  own
14             motion,  may  order  respondent to provide suitable,
15             accessible, alternate housing for petitioner instead
16             of excluding respondent from a mutual  residence  or
17             household.
18             (3)  Stay  away  order  and additional prohibitions.
19        Order respondent to stay  away  from  petitioner  or  any
20        other  person  protected  by  the order of protection, or
21        prohibit respondent from entering or remaining present at
22        petitioner's  school,  place  of  employment,  or   other
23        specified  places at times when petitioner is present, or
24        both, if reasonable,  given  the  balance  of  hardships.
25        Hardships  need  not be balanced for the court to enter a
26        stay away order or prohibit entry if  respondent  has  no
27        right to enter the premises.
28             If   an   order   of  protection  grants  petitioner
29        exclusive  possession  of  the  residence,  or  prohibits
30        respondent  from  entering  the  residence,   or   orders
31        respondent   to   stay  away  from  petitioner  or  other
32        protected persons, then the court  may  allow  respondent
33        access  to  the residence to remove items of clothing and
34        personal  adornment  used  exclusively   by   respondent,
 
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 1        medications,  and  other items as the court directs.  The
 2        right to access shall be exercised on only  one  occasion
 3        as   the   court  directs  and  in  the  presence  of  an
 4        agreed-upon adult third party or law enforcement officer.
 5             (4)  Counseling.    Require   or    recommend    the
 6        respondent to undergo counseling for a specified duration
 7        with    a    social    worker,   psychologist,   clinical
 8        psychologist,  psychiatrist,   family   service   agency,
 9        alcohol  or substance abuse program, mental health center
10        guidance counselor, agency providing services to  elders,
11        program  designed  for  domestic  violence abusers or any
12        other guidance service the court deems appropriate.
13             (5)  Physical  care  and  possession  of  the  minor
14        child.  In order to protect the minor child  from  abuse,
15        neglect,  or  unwarranted  separation from the person who
16        has been the  minor  child's  primary  caretaker,  or  to
17        otherwise  protect the well-being of the minor child, the
18        court may do either or both of the following:  (i)  grant
19        petitioner  physical  care  or  possession  of  the minor
20        child, or both, or (ii)  order  respondent  to  return  a
21        minor  child  to,  or  not remove a minor child from, the
22        physical care of a parent or person in loco parentis.
23             If a court finds, after a hearing,  that  respondent
24        has  committed  abuse (as defined in Section 112A-3) of a
25        minor child, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that
26        awarding physical care to respondent would not be in  the
27        minor child's best interest.
28             (6)  Temporary  legal custody. Award temporary legal
29        custody to petitioner in accordance  with  this  Section,
30        the  Illinois  Marriage  and Dissolution of Marriage Act,
31        the Illinois Parentage Act  of  1984,  and  this  State's
32        Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act.
33             If  a  court finds, after a hearing, that respondent
34        has committed abuse (as defined in Section 112A-3)  of  a
 
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 1        minor child, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that
 2        awarding  temporary legal custody to respondent would not
 3        be in the child's best interest.
 4             (7)  Visitation.  Determine the  visitation  rights,
 5        if  any,  of  respondent  in  any case in which the court
 6        awards physical care or  temporary  legal  custody  of  a
 7        minor  child  to petitioner.  The court shall restrict or
 8        deny respondent's visitation with a minor  child  if  the
 9        court  finds  that respondent has done or is likely to do
10        any of the following: (i) abuse  or  endanger  the  minor
11        child  during  visitation;  (ii) use the visitation as an
12        opportunity to abuse or harass petitioner or petitioner's
13        family or household members; (iii) improperly conceal  or
14        detain the minor child; or (iv) otherwise act in a manner
15        that  is  not  in  the best interests of the minor child.
16        The court shall not be limited by the standards set forth
17        in Section 607.1 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution
18        of Marriage Act.  If the  court  grants  visitation,  the
19        order shall specify dates and times for the visitation to
20        take  place  or  other  specific parameters or conditions
21        that are appropriate.   No  order  for  visitation  shall
22        refer merely to the term "reasonable visitation".
23             Petitioner  may  deny respondent access to the minor
24        child  if,  when  respondent  arrives   for   visitation,
25        respondent is under the influence of drugs or alcohol and
26        constitutes  a  threat  to  the  safety and well-being of
27        petitioner or petitioner's minor children or is  behaving
28        in a violent or abusive manner.
29             If  necessary  to protect any member of petitioner's
30        family or household from future abuse,  respondent  shall
31        be  prohibited  from  coming to petitioner's residence to
32        meet the minor child  for  visitation,  and  the  parties
33        shall  submit  to  the  court  their  recommendations for
34        reasonable alternative arrangements  for  visitation.   A
 
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 1        person may be approved to supervise visitation only after
 2        filing  an  affidavit  accepting  that responsibility and
 3        acknowledging accountability to the court.
 4             If an order of protection has been  entered  against
 5        one of the parties or in other appropriate circumstances,
 6        the  court  may  appoint  or may direct the Department of
 7        Children and Family Services to appoint a  neutral  third
 8        party  to  be  present  when  the  child is exchanged for
 9        visitation.
10             (8)  Removal  or   concealment   of   minor   child.
11        Prohibit  respondent from removing a minor child from the
12        State or concealing the child within the State.
13             (9)  Order  to  appear.   Order  the  respondent  to
14        appear in court, alone or with a minor child, to  prevent
15        abuse,  neglect,  removal or concealment of the child, to
16        return the child to the custody or care of the petitioner
17        or to permit any court-ordered interview  or  examination
18        of the child or the respondent.
19             (10)  Possession   of   personal   property.   Grant
20        petitioner exclusive possession of personal property and,
21        if  respondent  has   possession   or   control,   direct
22        respondent  to  promptly make it available to petitioner,
23        if:
24                  (i)  petitioner, but not respondent,  owns  the
25             property; or
26                  (ii)  the  parties  own  the  property jointly;
27             sharing  it  would  risk  abuse  of  petitioner   by
28             respondent  or  is impracticable; and the balance of
29             hardships favors temporary possession by petitioner.
30             If petitioner's  sole  claim  to  ownership  of  the
31        property  is  that  it is marital property, the court may
32        award petitioner temporary possession thereof  under  the
33        standards  of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph only if
34        a proper proceeding has been  filed  under  the  Illinois
 
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 1        Marriage  and  Dissolution  of  Marriage  Act,  as now or
 2        hereafter amended.
 3             No order under this provision shall affect title  to
 4        property.
 5             (11)  Protection of property.  Forbid the respondent
 6        from   taking,   transferring,  encumbering,  concealing,
 7        damaging or otherwise disposing of any real  or  personal
 8        property,  except  as explicitly authorized by the court,
 9        if:
10                  (i)  petitioner, but not respondent,  owns  the
11             property; or
12                  (ii)  the parties own the property jointly, and
13             the   balance  of  hardships  favors  granting  this
14             remedy.
15             If petitioner's  sole  claim  to  ownership  of  the
16        property  is  that  it is marital property, the court may
17        grant petitioner relief under subparagraph (ii)  of  this
18        paragraph  only  if  a  proper  proceeding has been filed
19        under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution  of  Marriage
20        Act, as now or hereafter amended.
21             The  court  may  further  prohibit  respondent  from
22        improperly  using  the financial or other resources of an
23        aged member of the family or household for the profit  or
24        advantage of respondent or of any other person.
25             (12)  Order   for   payment   of   support.    Order
26        respondent to pay temporary support for the petitioner or
27        any  child  in the petitioner's care or custody, when the
28        respondent has a legal obligation to support that person,
29        in accordance with the Illinois Marriage and  Dissolution
30        of Marriage Act, which shall govern, among other matters,
31        the  amount  of  support,  payment  through the clerk and
32        withholding of income to secure payment.   An  order  for
33        child  support may be granted to a petitioner with lawful
34        physical care or custody of  a  child,  or  an  order  or
 
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 1        agreement for physical care or custody, prior to entry of
 2        an  order  for legal custody.  Such a support order shall
 3        expire upon entry of a valid order granting legal custody
 4        to another, unless  otherwise  provided  in  the  custody
 5        order.
 6             (13)  Order  for payment of losses. Order respondent
 7        to pay petitioner for losses suffered as a direct  result
 8        of  the  abuse.   Such  losses  shall include, but not be
 9        limited to, medical  expenses,  lost  earnings  or  other
10        support,  repair  or  replacement  of property damaged or
11        taken, reasonable attorney's fees, court costs and moving
12        or other travel expenses, including additional reasonable
13        expenses for temporary shelter and restaurant meals.
14                  (i)  Losses affecting family needs.  If a party
15             is entitled to seek maintenance,  child  support  or
16             property distribution from the other party under the
17             Illinois  Marriage  and Dissolution of Marriage Act,
18             as now or hereafter amended,  the  court  may  order
19             respondent  to reimburse petitioner's actual losses,
20             to the  extent  that  such  reimbursement  would  be
21             "appropriate  temporary  relief",  as  authorized by
22             subsection (a)(3) of Section 501 of that Act.
23                  (ii)  Recovery of expenses.  In the case of  an
24             improper  concealment  or  removal of a minor child,
25             the court may order respondent to pay the reasonable
26             expenses incurred or to be incurred  in  the  search
27             for  and  recovery of the minor child, including but
28             not limited to  legal  fees,  court  costs,  private
29             investigator fees, and travel costs.
30             (14)  Prohibition of entry.  Prohibit the respondent
31        from  entering or remaining in the residence or household
32        while the respondent is under the influence of alcohol or
33        drugs  and  constitutes  a  threat  to  the  safety   and
34        well-being   of   the   petitioner  or  the  petitioner's
 
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 1        children.
 2             (14.5)  Prohibition of firearm possession.  (a) When
 3        a complaint is made under  a  request  for  an  order  of
 4        protection,  that  the  respondent  has  threatened or is
 5        likely to use firearms illegally against the  petitioner,
 6        and  the respondent is present in court, or has failed to
 7        appear after receiving actual  notice,  the  court  shall
 8        examine on oath the petitioner, and any witnesses who may
 9        be produced.  If the court is satisfied that there is any
10        danger  of  the illegal use of firearms, it shall include
11        in the order  of  protection  the  requirement  that  any
12        firearms  in  the possession of the respondent, except as
13        provided in subsection (b),  be turned over to the  local
14        law   enforcement   agency   for   safekeeping.   If  the
15        respondent fails  to  appear,  or  refuses  or  fails  to
16        surrender  his  or  her firearms, the court shall issue a
17        warrant for seizure of any firearm in the  possession  of
18        the  respondent. The period of safekeeping shall be for a
19        stated period of time not to exceed 2 years.  The firearm
20        or firearms shall be returned to the  respondent  at  the
21        end of the stated period or at expiration of the order of
22        protection, whichever is sooner. (b) If the respondent is
23        a  peace  officer  as  defined  in  Section  2-13  of the
24        Criminal Code of 1961, the court  shall  order  that  any
25        firearms used by the respondent in the performance of his
26        or  her  duties  as a peace officer be surrendered to the
27        chief law enforcement executive of the  agency  in  which
28        the respondent is employed, who shall retain the firearms
29        for  safekeeping  for  the  stated period not to exceed 2
30        years as set forth in the court order.
31             (15)  Prohibition of access to records.  If an order
32        of protection prohibits respondent  from  having  contact
33        with  the  minor  child,  or  if  petitioner's address is
34        omitted under subsection (b) of  Section  112A-5,  or  if
 
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 1        necessary   to  prevent  abuse  or  wrongful  removal  or
 2        concealment of  a  minor  child,  the  order  shall  deny
 3        respondent   access  to,  and  prohibit  respondent  from
 4        inspecting,  obtaining,  or  attempting  to  inspect   or
 5        obtain,  school  or  any other records of the minor child
 6        who is in the care of petitioner.
 7             (16)  Order for payment of shelter services.   Order
 8        respondent  to  reimburse  a  shelter providing temporary
 9        housing and counseling services to the petitioner for the
10        cost of the services, as certified  by  the  shelter  and
11        deemed reasonable by the court.
12             (17)  Order for injunctive relief.  Enter injunctive
13        relief  necessary or appropriate to prevent further abuse
14        of a family or household member or to effectuate  one  of
15        the  granted  remedies,  if  supported  by the balance of
16        hardships.  If the harm to be prevented by the injunction
17        is abuse or any other  harm  that  one  of  the  remedies
18        listed  in paragraphs (1) through (16) of this subsection
19        is designed to prevent, no further evidence is  necessary
20        to establish that the harm is an irreparable injury.
21        (c)  Relevant factors; findings.
22             (1)  In  determining  whether  to  grant  a specific
23        remedy, other than payment of support,  the  court  shall
24        consider  relevant  factors, including but not limited to
25        the following:
26                  (i)  the nature, frequency,  severity,  pattern
27             and  consequences  of the respondent's past abuse of
28             the petitioner or any family  or  household  member,
29             including  the concealment of his or her location in
30             order to evade service of process or notice, and the
31             likelihood of danger of future abuse  to  petitioner
32             or any member of petitioner's or respondent's family
33             or household; and
34                  (ii)  the  danger  that any minor child will be
 
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 1             abused or neglected or improperly removed  from  the
 2             jurisdiction,  improperly concealed within the State
 3             or improperly separated  from  the  child's  primary
 4             caretaker.
 5             (2)  In  comparing  relative  hardships resulting to
 6        the parties from loss of possession of the  family  home,
 7        the  court shall consider relevant factors, including but
 8        not limited to the following:
 9                  (i)  availability, accessibility, cost, safety,
10             adequacy,  location  and  other  characteristics  of
11             alternate housing for each party and any minor child
12             or dependent adult in the party's care;
13                  (ii)  the effect on the party's employment; and
14                  (iii)  the effect on the  relationship  of  the
15             party, and any minor child or dependent adult in the
16             party's   care,   to   family,  school,  church  and
17             community.
18             (3)  Subject  to  the  exceptions   set   forth   in
19        paragraph  (4)  of  this subsection, the court shall make
20        its findings in an official record  or  in  writing,  and
21        shall at a minimum set forth the following:
22                  (i)  That   the   court   has   considered  the
23             applicable relevant factors described in  paragraphs
24             (1) and (2) of this subsection.
25                  (ii)  Whether   the   conduct   or  actions  of
26             respondent, unless  prohibited,  will  likely  cause
27             irreparable harm or continued abuse.
28                  (iii)  Whether  it  is  necessary  to grant the
29             requested relief in order to protect  petitioner  or
30             other alleged abused persons.
31             (4)  For  purposes  of issuing an ex parte emergency
32        order of protection, the court, as an alternative  to  or
33        as  a  supplement  to  making  the  findings described in
34        paragraphs  (c)(3)(i)   through   (c)(3)(iii)   of   this
 
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 1        subsection, may use the following procedure:
 2             When  a  verified petition for an emergency order of
 3        protection  in  accordance  with  the   requirements   of
 4        Sections  112A-5  and  112A-17 is presented to the court,
 5        the  court  shall   examine   petitioner   on   oath   or
 6        affirmation.   An  emergency order of protection shall be
 7        issued by the court if it appears from  the  contents  of
 8        the  petition  and the examination of petitioner that the
 9        averments are sufficient to indicate abuse by  respondent
10        and  to support the granting of relief under the issuance
11        of the emergency order of protection.
12             (5)  Never   married   parties.    No   rights    or
13        responsibilities  for  a  minor  child  born  outside  of
14        marriage  attach  to a putative father until a father and
15        child  relationship  has  been  established   under   the
16        Illinois   Parentage   Act   of  1984.   Absent  such  an
17        adjudication,  no  putative  father  shall   be   granted
18        temporary custody of the minor child, visitation with the
19        minor child, or physical care and possession of the minor
20        child,  nor  shall an order of payment for support of the
21        minor child be entered.
22        (d)  Balance of hardships; findings.  If the court  finds
23    that  the  balance of hardships does not support the granting
24    of a remedy governed by paragraph (2), (3),  (10),  (11),  or
25    (16)  of  subsection  (b)  of this Section, which may require
26    such balancing, the court's findings shall  so  indicate  and
27    shall  include  a  finding  as to whether granting the remedy
28    will  result   in   hardship   to   respondent   that   would
29    substantially outweigh the hardship to petitioner from denial
30    of  the  remedy.  The findings shall be an official record or
31    in writing.
32        (e)  Denial of remedies.  Denial of any remedy shall  not
33    be based, in whole or in part, on evidence that:
34             (1)  Respondent  has  cause  for  any  use of force,
 
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 1        unless that cause satisfies the standards for justifiable
 2        use of force provided by Article VII of the Criminal Code
 3        of 1961;
 4             (2)  Respondent was voluntarily intoxicated;
 5             (3)  Petitioner acted in self-defense or defense  of
 6        another,  provided  that,  if  petitioner utilized force,
 7        such force was  justifiable  under  Article  VII  of  the
 8        Criminal Code of 1961;
 9             (4)  Petitioner  did  not  act  in  self-defense  or
10        defense of another;
11             (5)  Petitioner  left  the residence or household to
12        avoid further abuse by respondent;
13             (6)  Petitioner  did  not  leave  the  residence  or
14        household to avoid further abuse by respondent;
15             (7)  Conduct  by  any  family  or  household  member
16        excused the abuse by respondent, unless that same conduct
17        would have excused such abuse if the parties had not been
18        family or household members.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-367, eff. 1-1-96.)

20        Section 10.  The Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of
21    Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 607 as follows:

22        (750 ILCS 5/607) (from Ch. 40, par. 607)
23        Sec. 607.  Visitation.
24        (a)  A  parent  not  granted  custody  of  the  child  is
25    entitled  to  reasonable  visitation  rights unless the court
26    finds,  after  a  hearing,  that  visitation  would  endanger
27    seriously the child's physical, mental,  moral  or  emotional
28    health.  If the custodian's street address is not identified,
29    pursuant  to Section 708, the court shall require the parties
30    to   identify   reasonable   alternative   arrangements   for
31    visitation by  a  non-custodial  parent,  including  but  not
32    limited  to visitation of the minor child at the residence of
 
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 1    another person or at a local public or private facility.
 2        (b) (1)  The  court  may  grant   reasonable   visitation
 3    privileges to a grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling of
 4    any   minor   child   upon  petition  to  the  court  by  the
 5    grandparents  or  great-grandparents  or  on  behalf  of  the
 6    sibling, with notice to the parties required to  be  notified
 7    under  Section  601 of this Act, if the court determines that
 8    it is in the best interests and welfare of the child, and may
 9    issue  any  necessary  orders  to  enforce  such   visitation
10    privileges.   Except  as  provided  in  paragraph (2) of this
11    subsection (b), a petition for visitation privileges  may  be
12    filed  under  this  paragraph  (1)  whether or not a petition
13    pursuant  to  this  Act  has  been  previously  filed  or  is
14    currently  pending  if  one  or   more   of   the   following
15    circumstances exist:
16             (A)  the  parents  are not currently cohabiting on a
17        permanent or an indefinite basis;
18             (B)  one of the parents has  been  absent  from  the
19        marital  abode for more than one month without the spouse
20        knowing his or her whereabouts;
21             (C)  one of the parents is deceased;
22             (D)  one of the parents joins in the  petition  with
23        the grandparents, great-grandparents, or sibling; or
24             (E)  a sibling is in State custody.
25        (1.5)  The   Court   may   grant   reasonable  visitation
26    privileges to a stepparent upon petition to the court by  the
27    stepparent,  with  notice  to  the  parties  required  to  be
28    notified  under  Section  601  of  this  Act,  if  the  court
29    determines  that  it  is in the best interests and welfare of
30    the child, and may issue  any  necessary  orders  to  enforce
31    those  visitation  privileges.    A  petition  for visitation
32    privileges may be filed under this paragraph (1.5) whether or
33    not a petition pursuant to this Act has been previously filed
34    or is currently pending if the  following  circumstances  are
 
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 1    met:
 2             (A)  the child is at least 12 years old;
 3             (B)  the  child resided continuously with the parent
 4        and stepparent for at least 5 years;
 5             (C)  the parent is deceased or is  disabled  and  is
 6        unable to care for the child;
 7             (D)  the  child wishes to have reasonable visitation
 8        with the stepparent; and
 9             (E)  the stepparent  was  providing  for  the  care,
10        control, and welfare to the child prior to the initiation
11        of the petition for visitation.
12        (2)(A)  A petition for visitation privileges shall not be
13    filed  pursuant  to  this  subsection  (b)  by the parents or
14    grandparents of a putative father if  the  paternity  of  the
15    putative father has not been legally established.
16        (B)  A  petition  for  visitation  privileges  may not be
17    filed under this subsection (b)  if  the  child  who  is  the
18    subject  of the grandparents' or great-grandparents' petition
19    has been voluntarily surrendered by the  parent  or  parents,
20    except for a surrender to the Illinois Department of Children
21    and  Family  Services  or a foster care facility, or has been
22    previously adopted by an individual or  individuals  who  are
23    not  related to the biological parents of the child or is the
24    subject of a pending adoption petition by  an  individual  or
25    individuals  who are not related to the biological parents of
26    the child.
27        (3)  When one parent is deceased,  the  surviving  parent
28    shall  not  interfere  with  the  visitation  rights  of  the
29    grandparents.
30        (c)  The  court  may  modify an order granting or denying
31    visitation rights of a  parent  whenever  modification  would
32    serve  the  best  interest  of the child; but the court shall
33    not restrict a parent's visitation  rights  unless  it  finds
34    that  the  visitation  would  endanger  seriously the child's
 
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 1    physical, mental, moral or emotional health.  The  court  may
 2    modify  an  order  granting,  denying, or limiting visitation
 3    rights of a grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling of any
 4    minor child whenever a change of circumstances  has  occurred
 5    based  on  facts occurring subsequent to the judgment and the
 6    court  finds  by  clear  and  convincing  evidence  that  the
 7    modification is in the best interest of the minor child.
 8        (d)  If any court has  entered  an  order  prohibiting  a
 9    non-custodial parent of a child from any contact with a child
10    or  restricting  the  non-custodial parent's contact with the
11    child, the following provisions shall apply:
12             (1)  If  an  order   has   been   entered   granting
13        visitation  privileges with the child to a grandparent or
14        great-grandparent who is related to the child through the
15        non-custodial parent, the visitation  privileges  of  the
16        grandparent or great-grandparent may be revoked if:
17                  (i)  a  court  has entered an order prohibiting
18             the non-custodial parent from any contact  with  the
19             child,  and  the grandparent or great-grandparent is
20             found to have used his or her visitation  privileges
21             to  facilitate  contact  between  the  child and the
22             non-custodial parent; or
23                  (ii)  a court has entered an order  restricting
24             the  non-custodial  parent's contact with the child,
25             and the grandparent or great-grandparent is found to
26             have  used  his  or  her  visitation  privileges  to
27             facilitate  contact  between  the  child   and   the
28             non-custodial  parent  in a manner that violates the
29             terms of the  order  restricting  the  non-custodial
30             parent's contact with the child.
31             Nothing in this subdivision (1) limits the authority
32        of  the  court  to  enforce  its  orders  in  any  manner
33        permitted by law.
34             (2)  Any  order  granting visitation privileges with
 
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 1        the child to a grandparent or  great-grandparent  who  is
 2        related  to  the  child  through the non-custodial parent
 3        shall contain the following provision:
 4             "If the (grandparent or great-grandparent, whichever
 5        is applicable) who has been granted visitation privileges
 6        under  this  order  uses  the  visitation  privileges  to
 7        facilitate contact between  the  child  and  the  child's
 8        non-custodial  parent,  the visitation privileges granted
 9        under this order shall be permanently revoked."
10        (e)  No parent, not granted  custody  of  the  child,  or
11    grandparent,  or great-grandparent, or stepparent, or sibling
12    of any minor child, convicted of  any  offense  involving  an
13    illegal  sex act perpetrated upon a victim less than 18 years
14    of age including but not limited to offenses  for  violations
15    of  Article  12  of the Criminal Code of 1961, is entitled to
16    visitation rights while  incarcerated  or  while  on  parole,
17    probation,  conditional  discharge, periodic imprisonment, or
18    mandatory supervised  release  for  that  offense,  and  upon
19    discharge  from  incarceration  for  a misdemeanor offense or
20    upon discharge from parole, probation, conditional discharge,
21    periodic imprisonment, or mandatory supervised release for  a
22    felony  offense,  visitation shall be denied until the person
23    successfully completes a treatment program  approved  by  the
24    court.
25        (f)  Unless  the  court determines, after considering all
26    relevant factors, including but  not  limited  to  those  set
27    forth  in  Section  602(a),  that  it  would  be  in the best
28    interests of the child to allow visitation, the  court  shall
29    not  enter  an order providing visitation rights and pursuant
30    to a motion to  modify  visitation  shall  revoke  visitation
31    rights  previously  granted to any person who would otherwise
32    be entitled to petition  for  visitation  rights  under  this
33    Section  who has been convicted of first degree murder of the
34    parent, grandparent, great-grandparent,  or  sibling  of  the
 
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 1    child  who  is  the  subject of the order.  Until an order is
 2    entered pursuant to this subsection, no person  shall  visit,
 3    with  the  child  present, a person who has been convicted of
 4    first   degree   murder   of   the    parent,    grandparent,
 5    great-grandparent,  or  sibling  of  the  child  without  the
 6    consent  of the child's parent, other than a parent convicted
 7    of  first  degree  murder  as  set  forth  herein,  or  legal
 8    guardian.
 9        (h-5)  If an order of protection has been entered against
10    one of the parties or in other appropriate circumstances, the
11    court may appoint or may direct the  Department  of  Children
12    and  Family  Services  to appoint a neutral third party to be
13    present when the child is exchanged for visitation.
14        (g)  If an order has been entered limiting, for cause,  a
15    minor  child's  contact  or  visitation  with  a grandparent,
16    great-grandparent, or sibling on the grounds that it  was  in
17    the  best  interest  of the child to do so, that order may be
18    modified only upon a  showing  of  a  substantial  change  in
19    circumstances  occurring subsequent to the entry of the order
20    with proof by clear and convincing evidence that modification
21    is in the best interest of the minor child.
22    (Source: P.A. 90-782,  eff.  8-14-98;  90-801,  eff.  6-1-99;
23    91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-610, eff. 8-19-99.)

24        Section  15.  The  Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986
25    is amended by changing Section 214 as follows:

26        (750 ILCS 60/214) (from Ch. 40, par. 2312-14)
27        Sec. 214.  Order of protection; remedies.
28        (a)  Issuance  of  order.   If  the  court   finds   that
29    petitioner has been abused by a family or household member or
30    that  petitioner  is  a  high-risk adult who has been abused,
31    neglected, or exploited, as defined in this Act, an order  of
32    protection  prohibiting  the  abuse, neglect, or exploitation
 
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 1    shall issue; provided that petitioner must also  satisfy  the
 2    requirements   of   one   of   the   following  Sections,  as
 3    appropriate: Section 217 on emergency orders, Section 218  on
 4    interim orders, or Section 219 on plenary orders.  Petitioner
 5    shall not be denied an order of protection because petitioner
 6    or respondent is a minor. The court, when determining whether
 7    or  not  to  issue  an order of protection, shall not require
 8    physical manifestations of abuse on the person of the victim.
 9    Modification and extension  of  prior  orders  of  protection
10    shall be in accordance with this Act.
11        (b)  Remedies and standards.  The remedies to be included
12    in  an  order of protection shall be determined in accordance
13    with this Section and  one  of  the  following  Sections,  as
14    appropriate:  Section 217 on emergency orders, Section 218 on
15    interim orders, and  Section  219  on  plenary  orders.   The
16    remedies  listed  in  this subsection shall be in addition to
17    other civil or criminal remedies available to petitioner.
18             (1)  Prohibition of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
19        Prohibit  respondent's  harassment,   interference   with
20        personal  liberty,  intimidation of a dependent, physical
21        abuse, or willful deprivation, neglect  or  exploitation,
22        as defined in this Act, or stalking of the petitioner, as
23        defined  in  Section 12-7.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961,
24        if such abuse, neglect,  exploitation,  or  stalking  has
25        occurred  or  otherwise  appears  likely  to occur if not
26        prohibited.
27             (2)  Grant of  exclusive  possession  of  residence.
28        Prohibit  respondent  from  entering  or remaining in any
29        residence or household of the petitioner,  including  one
30        owned  or leased by respondent, if petitioner has a right
31        to occupancy thereof. The grant of  exclusive  possession
32        of the residence shall not affect title to real property,
33        nor  shall the court be limited by the standard set forth
34        in Section 701 of the Illinois Marriage  and  Dissolution
 
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 1        of Marriage Act.
 2                  (A)  Right  to  occupancy.  A party has a right
 3             to occupancy of a residence or household  if  it  is
 4             solely  or  jointly  owned  or leased by that party,
 5             that party's spouse, a person with a legal  duty  to
 6             support  that party or a minor child in that party's
 7             care, or by any person  or  entity  other  than  the
 8             opposing   party   that   authorizes   that  party's
 9             occupancy  (e.g.,  a  domestic  violence   shelter).
10             Standards  set  forth  in subparagraph (B) shall not
11             preclude equitable relief.
12                  (B)  Presumption of hardships.   If  petitioner
13             and  respondent each has the right to occupancy of a
14             residence or household, the court shall balance  (i)
15             the  hardships  to respondent and any minor child or
16             dependent adult in respondent's care resulting  from
17             entry  of  this  remedy  with  (ii) the hardships to
18             petitioner and any minor child or dependent adult in
19             petitioner's care resulting from continued  exposure
20             to  the  risk  of abuse (should petitioner remain at
21             the  residence  or  household)  or  from   loss   of
22             possession  of  the  residence  or household (should
23             petitioner leave to avoid the risk of abuse).   When
24             determining  the  balance  of  hardships,  the court
25             shall also take into account  the  accessibility  of
26             the  residence  or  household. Hardships need not be
27             balanced if respondent does  not  have  a  right  to
28             occupancy.
29                  The  balance  of hardships is presumed to favor
30             possession by petitioner unless the  presumption  is
31             rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence, showing
32             that   the  hardships  to  respondent  substantially
33             outweigh the hardships to petitioner and  any  minor
34             child  or dependent adult in petitioner's care.  The
 
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 1             court, on the request of petitioner or  on  its  own
 2             motion,  may  order  respondent to provide suitable,
 3             accessible, alternate housing for petitioner instead
 4             of excluding respondent from a mutual  residence  or
 5             household.
 6             (3)  Stay  away  order  and additional prohibitions.
 7        Order respondent to stay  away  from  petitioner  or  any
 8        other  person  protected  by  the order of protection, or
 9        prohibit respondent from entering or remaining present at
10        petitioner's  school,  place  of  employment,  or   other
11        specified  places at times when petitioner is present, or
12        both, if reasonable,  given  the  balance  of  hardships.
13        Hardships  need  not be balanced for the court to enter a
14        stay away order or prohibit entry if  respondent  has  no
15        right to enter the premises.
16             If   an   order   of  protection  grants  petitioner
17        exclusive  possession  of  the  residence,  or  prohibits
18        respondent  from  entering  the  residence,   or   orders
19        respondent   to   stay  away  from  petitioner  or  other
20        protected persons, then the court  may  allow  respondent
21        access  to  the residence to remove items of clothing and
22        personal  adornment  used  exclusively   by   respondent,
23        medications,  and  other  items as the court directs. The
24        right to access shall be exercised on only  one  occasion
25        as   the   court  directs  and  in  the  presence  of  an
26        agreed-upon adult third party or law enforcement officer.
27             (4)  Counseling.    Require   or    recommend    the
28        respondent to undergo counseling for a specified duration
29        with    a    social    worker,   psychologist,   clinical
30        psychologist,  psychiatrist,   family   service   agency,
31        alcohol  or substance abuse program, mental health center
32        guidance counselor, agency providing services to  elders,
33        program  designed  for  domestic  violence abusers or any
34        other guidance service the court deems appropriate.
 
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 1             (5)  Physical  care  and  possession  of  the  minor
 2        child.  In order to protect the minor child  from  abuse,
 3        neglect,  or  unwarranted  separation from the person who
 4        has been the  minor  child's  primary  caretaker,  or  to
 5        otherwise  protect the well-being of the minor child, the
 6        court may do either or both of the following:  (i)  grant
 7        petitioner  physical  care  or  possession  of  the minor
 8        child, or both, or (ii)  order  respondent  to  return  a
 9        minor  child  to,  or  not remove a minor child from, the
10        physical care of a parent or person in loco parentis.
11             If a court finds, after a hearing,  that  respondent
12        has  committed  abuse  (as  defined  in Section 103) of a
13        minor child, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that
14        awarding physical care to respondent would not be in  the
15        minor child's best interest.
16             (6)  Temporary  legal custody. Award temporary legal
17        custody to petitioner in accordance  with  this  Section,
18        the  Illinois  Marriage  and Dissolution of Marriage Act,
19        the Illinois Parentage Act  of  1984,  and  this  State's
20        Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act.
21             If  a  court finds, after a hearing, that respondent
22        has committed abuse (as defined  in  Section  103)  of  a
23        minor child, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that
24        awarding  temporary legal custody to respondent would not
25        be in the child's best interest.
26             (7)  Visitation.  Determine the  visitation  rights,
27        if  any,  of  respondent  in  any case in which the court
28        awards physical care or  temporary  legal  custody  of  a
29        minor  child  to petitioner.  The court shall restrict or
30        deny respondent's visitation with a minor  child  if  the
31        court  finds  that respondent has done or is likely to do
32        any of the following: (i) abuse  or  endanger  the  minor
33        child  during  visitation;  (ii) use the visitation as an
34        opportunity to abuse or harass petitioner or petitioner's
 
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 1        family or household members; (iii) improperly conceal  or
 2        detain the minor child; or (iv) otherwise act in a manner
 3        that  is  not  in  the best interests of the minor child.
 4        The court shall not be limited by the standards set forth
 5        in Section 607.1 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution
 6        of Marriage Act.  If the  court  grants  visitation,  the
 7        order shall specify dates and times for the visitation to
 8        take  place  or  other  specific parameters or conditions
 9        that are appropriate.   No  order  for  visitation  shall
10        refer merely to the term "reasonable visitation".
11             Petitioner  may  deny respondent access to the minor
12        child  if,  when  respondent  arrives   for   visitation,
13        respondent is under the influence of drugs or alcohol and
14        constitutes  a  threat  to  the  safety and well-being of
15        petitioner or petitioner's minor children or is  behaving
16        in a violent or abusive manner.
17             If  necessary  to protect any member of petitioner's
18        family or household from future abuse,  respondent  shall
19        be  prohibited  from  coming to petitioner's residence to
20        meet the minor child  for  visitation,  and  the  parties
21        shall  submit  to  the  court  their  recommendations for
22        reasonable alternative arrangements  for  visitation.   A
23        person may be approved to supervise visitation only after
24        filing  an  affidavit  accepting  that responsibility and
25        acknowledging accountability to the court.
26             If an order of protection has been  entered  against
27        one of the parties or in other appropriate circumstances,
28        the  court  may  appoint  or may direct the Department of
29        Children and Family Services to appoint a  neutral  third
30        party  to  be  present  when  the  child is exchanged for
31        visitation.
32             (8)  Removal or concealment of minor child. Prohibit
33        respondent from removing a minor child from the State  or
34        concealing the child within the State.
 
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 1             (9)  Order  to  appear.   Order  the  respondent  to
 2        appear  in court, alone or with a minor child, to prevent
 3        abuse, neglect, removal or concealment of the  child,  to
 4        return the child to the custody or care of the petitioner
 5        or  to  permit any court-ordered interview or examination
 6        of the child or the respondent.
 7             (10)  Possession  of   personal   property.    Grant
 8        petitioner exclusive possession of personal property and,
 9        if   respondent   has   possession   or  control,  direct
10        respondent to promptly make it available  to  petitioner,
11        if:
12                  (i)  petitioner,  but  not respondent, owns the
13             property; or
14                  (ii)  the parties  own  the  property  jointly;
15             sharing   it  would  risk  abuse  of  petitioner  by
16             respondent or is impracticable; and the  balance  of
17             hardships favors temporary possession by petitioner.
18             If  petitioner's  sole  claim  to  ownership  of the
19        property is that it is marital property,  the  court  may
20        award  petitioner  temporary possession thereof under the
21        standards of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph only  if
22        a  proper  proceeding  has  been filed under the Illinois
23        Marriage and Dissolution  of  Marriage  Act,  as  now  or
24        hereafter amended.
25             No  order under this provision shall affect title to
26        property.
27             (11)  Protection of property.  Forbid the respondent
28        from  taking,  transferring,   encumbering,   concealing,
29        damaging  or  otherwise disposing of any real or personal
30        property, except as explicitly authorized by  the  court,
31        if:
32                  (i)  petitioner,  but  not respondent, owns the
33             property; or
34                  (ii)  the parties own the property jointly, and
 
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 1             the  balance  of  hardships  favors  granting   this
 2             remedy.
 3             If  petitioner's  sole  claim  to  ownership  of the
 4        property is that it is marital property,  the  court  may
 5        grant  petitioner  relief under subparagraph (ii) of this
 6        paragraph only if a  proper  proceeding  has  been  filed
 7        under  the  Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage
 8        Act, as now or hereafter amended.
 9             The  court  may  further  prohibit  respondent  from
10        improperly using the financial or other resources  of  an
11        aged  member of the family or household for the profit or
12        advantage of respondent or of any other person.
13             (12)  Order   for   payment   of   support.    Order
14        respondent to pay temporary support for the petitioner or
15        any child in the petitioner's care or custody,  when  the
16        respondent has a legal obligation to support that person,
17        in  accordance with the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution
18        of Marriage Act, which shall govern, among other matters,
19        the amount of support,  payment  through  the  clerk  and
20        withholding  of  income  to secure payment.  An order for
21        child support may be granted to a petitioner with  lawful
22        physical  care  or  custody  of  a  child, or an order or
23        agreement for physical care or custody, prior to entry of
24        an order for legal custody.  Such a support  order  shall
25        expire upon entry of a valid order granting legal custody
26        to  another,  unless  otherwise  provided  in the custody
27        order.
28             (13)  Order for payment of losses. Order  respondent
29        to  pay petitioner for losses suffered as a direct result
30        of the abuse, neglect,  or  exploitation.    Such  losses
31        shall  include,  but not be limited to, medical expenses,
32        lost earnings or other support, repair or replacement  of
33        property  damaged  or  taken, reasonable attorney's fees,
34        court  costs  and  moving  or  other   travel   expenses,
 
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 1        including  additional  reasonable  expenses for temporary
 2        shelter and restaurant meals.
 3                  (i)  Losses affecting family needs.  If a party
 4             is entitled to seek maintenance,  child  support  or
 5             property distribution from the other party under the
 6             Illinois  Marriage  and Dissolution of Marriage Act,
 7             as now or hereafter amended,  the  court  may  order
 8             respondent  to reimburse petitioner's actual losses,
 9             to the  extent  that  such  reimbursement  would  be
10             "appropriate  temporary  relief",  as  authorized by
11             subsection (a)(3) of Section 501 of that Act.
12                  (ii)  Recovery of expenses.  In the case of  an
13             improper  concealment  or  removal of a minor child,
14             the court may order respondent to pay the reasonable
15             expenses incurred or to be incurred  in  the  search
16             for  and  recovery of the minor child, including but
17             not limited to  legal  fees,  court  costs,  private
18             investigator fees, and travel costs.
19             (14)  Prohibition of entry.  Prohibit the respondent
20        from  entering or remaining in the residence or household
21        while the respondent is under the influence of alcohol or
22        drugs  and  constitutes  a  threat  to  the  safety   and
23        well-being   of   the   petitioner  or  the  petitioner's
24        children.
25             (14.5)  Prohibition of firearm possession.
26                  (a)  When a complaint is made under  a  request
27             for  an order of protection, that the respondent has
28             threatened or is likely to  use  firearms  illegally
29             against   the  petitioner,  and  the  respondent  is
30             present in court, or  has  failed  to  appear  after
31             receiving  actual notice, the court shall examine on
32             oath the petitioner, and any witnesses  who  may  be
33             produced.   If  the court is satisfied that there is
34             any danger of the illegal use of firearms, it  shall
 
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 1             issue  an  order that any firearms in the possession
 2             of the respondent, except as provided in  subsection
 3             (b),  be  turned  over  to the local law enforcement
 4             agency  for  safekeeping.   If  the  respondent  has
 5             failed to appear, the court shall  issue  a  warrant
 6             for  seizure of any firearm in the possession of the
 7             respondent. The period of safekeeping shall be for a
 8             stated period of time not to exceed  2  years.   The
 9             firearm   or  firearms  shall  be  returned  to  the
10             respondent at the end of the  stated  period  or  at
11             expiration  of the order of protection, whichever is
12             sooner.
13                  (b)  If the respondent is a  peace  officer  as
14             defined  in  Section  2-13  of  the Criminal Code of
15             1961, the court shall order that any  firearms  used
16             by  the  respondent in the performance of his or her
17             duties as a peace  officer  be  surrendered  to  the
18             chief  law  enforcement  executive  of the agency in
19             which the respondent is employed, who  shall  retain
20             the  firearms  for safekeeping for the stated period
21             not to exceed 2 years as  set  forth  in  the  court
22             order.
23             (15)  Prohibition of access to records.  If an order
24        of  protection  prohibits  respondent from having contact
25        with the minor  child,  or  if  petitioner's  address  is
26        omitted  under  subsection  (b)  of  Section  203,  or if
27        necessary  to  prevent  abuse  or  wrongful  removal   or
28        concealment  of  a  minor  child,  the  order  shall deny
29        respondent  access  to,  and  prohibit  respondent   from
30        inspecting,   obtaining,  or  attempting  to  inspect  or
31        obtain, school or any other records of  the  minor  child
32        who is in the care of petitioner.
33             (16)  Order  for payment of shelter services.  Order
34        respondent to reimburse  a  shelter  providing  temporary
 
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 1        housing and counseling services to the petitioner for the
 2        cost  of  the  services,  as certified by the shelter and
 3        deemed reasonable by the court.
 4             (17)  Order for injunctive relief.  Enter injunctive
 5        relief necessary or appropriate to prevent further  abuse
 6        of  a  family  or  household  member  or  further  abuse,
 7        neglect,  or  exploitation  of  a  high-risk  adult  with
 8        disabilities   or   to  effectuate  one  of  the  granted
 9        remedies, if supported by the balance of  hardships.   If
10        the  harm  to  be prevented by the injunction is abuse or
11        any other  harm  that  one  of  the  remedies  listed  in
12        paragraphs   (1)  through  (16)  of  this  subsection  is
13        designed to prevent, no  further  evidence  is  necessary
14        that the harm is an irreparable injury.
15        (c)  Relevant factors; findings.
16             (1)  In  determining  whether  to  grant  a specific
17        remedy, other than payment of support,  the  court  shall
18        consider  relevant  factors, including but not limited to
19        the following:
20                  (i)  the nature, frequency,  severity,  pattern
21             and  consequences  of  the  respondent's past abuse,
22             neglect or exploitation of  the  petitioner  or  any
23             family    or   household   member,   including   the
24             concealment of his or her location in order to evade
25             service of process or notice, and the likelihood  of
26             danger  of future abuse, neglect, or exploitation to
27             petitioner  or  any  member   of   petitioner's   or
28             respondent's family or household; and
29                  (ii)  the  danger  that any minor child will be
30             abused or neglected or improperly removed  from  the
31             jurisdiction,  improperly concealed within the State
32             or improperly separated  from  the  child's  primary
33             caretaker.
34             (2)  In  comparing  relative  hardships resulting to
 
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 1        the parties from loss of possession of the  family  home,
 2        the  court shall consider relevant factors, including but
 3        not limited to the following:
 4                  (i)  availability, accessibility, cost, safety,
 5             adequacy,  location  and  other  characteristics  of
 6             alternate housing for each party and any minor child
 7             or dependent adult in the party's care;
 8                  (ii)  the effect on the party's employment; and
 9                  (iii)  the effect on the  relationship  of  the
10             party, and any minor child or dependent adult in the
11             party's   care,   to   family,  school,  church  and
12             community.
13             (3)  Subject  to  the  exceptions   set   forth   in
14        paragraph  (4)  of  this subsection, the court shall make
15        its findings in an official record  or  in  writing,  and
16        shall at a minimum set forth the following:
17                  (i)  That   the   court   has   considered  the
18             applicable relevant factors described in  paragraphs
19             (1) and (2) of this subsection.
20                  (ii)  Whether   the   conduct   or  actions  of
21             respondent, unless  prohibited,  will  likely  cause
22             irreparable harm or continued abuse.
23                  (iii)  Whether  it  is  necessary  to grant the
24             requested relief in order to protect  petitioner  or
25             other alleged abused persons.
26             (4)  For  purposes  of issuing an ex parte emergency
27        order of protection, the court, as an alternative  to  or
28        as  a  supplement  to  making  the  findings described in
29        paragraphs  (c)(3)(i)   through   (c)(3)(iii)   of   this
30        subsection, may use the following procedure:
31             When  a  verified petition for an emergency order of
32        protection  in  accordance  with  the   requirements   of
33        Sections 203 and 217 is presented to the court, the court
34        shall  examine  petitioner  on  oath  or affirmation.  An
 
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 1        emergency order of protection  shall  be  issued  by  the
 2        court if it appears from the contents of the petition and
 3        the  examination  of  petitioner  that  the averments are
 4        sufficient to indicate abuse by respondent and to support
 5        the  granting  of  relief  under  the  issuance  of   the
 6        emergency order of protection.
 7             (5)  Never    married   parties.    No   rights   or
 8        responsibilities  for  a  minor  child  born  outside  of
 9        marriage attach to a putative father until a  father  and
10        child   relationship   has  been  established  under  the
11        Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, the Illinois  Public  Aid
12        Code,  Section  12 of the Vital Records Act, the Juvenile
13        Court Act of 1987, the Probate Act of 1985,  the  Revised
14        Uniform   Reciprocal  Enforcement  of  Support  Act,  the
15        Uniform Interstate  Family  Support  Act,  the  Expedited
16        Child  Support Act of 1990, any judicial, administrative,
17        or other act of another state  or  territory,  any  other
18        Illinois  statute,  or by any foreign nation establishing
19        the father and child relationship, any  other  proceeding
20        substantially    in    conformity   with   the   Personal
21        Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
22        1996 (Pub. L. 104-193), or where both parties appeared in
23        open court or at an administrative hearing  acknowledging
24        under   oath or admitting by affirmation the existence of
25        a  father  and  child  relationship.   Absent   such   an
26        adjudication,  finding,  or  acknowledgement, no putative
27        father shall be granted temporary custody  of  the  minor
28        child,  visitation with the minor child, or physical care
29        and possession of the minor child, nor shall an order  of
30        payment for support of the minor child be entered.
31        (d)  Balance  of hardships; findings.  If the court finds
32    that the balance of hardships does not support  the  granting
33    of  a  remedy  governed by paragraph (2), (3), (10), (11), or
34    (16) of subsection (b) of this  Section,  which  may  require
 
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 1    such  balancing,  the  court's findings shall so indicate and
 2    shall include a finding as to  whether  granting  the  remedy
 3    will   result   in   hardship   to   respondent   that  would
 4    substantially outweigh the hardship to petitioner from denial
 5    of the remedy. The findings shall be an official record or in
 6    writing.
 7        (e)  Denial of remedies.  Denial of any remedy shall  not
 8    be based, in whole or in part, on evidence that:
 9             (1)  Respondent  has  cause  for  any  use of force,
10        unless that cause satisfies the standards for justifiable
11        use of force provided by Article VII of the Criminal Code
12        of 1961;
13             (2)  Respondent was voluntarily intoxicated;
14             (3)  Petitioner acted in self-defense or defense  of
15        another,  provided  that,  if  petitioner utilized force,
16        such force was  justifiable  under  Article  VII  of  the
17        Criminal Code of 1961;
18             (4)  Petitioner  did  not  act  in  self-defense  or
19        defense of another;
20             (5)  Petitioner  left  the residence or household to
21        avoid  further  abuse,  neglect,   or   exploitation   by
22        respondent;
23             (6)  Petitioner  did  not  leave  the  residence  or
24        household   to   avoid   further   abuse,   neglect,   or
25        exploitation by respondent;
26             (7)  Conduct  by  any  family  or  household  member
27        excused   the   abuse,   neglect,   or   exploitation  by
28        respondent, unless that same conduct would  have  excused
29        such  abuse,  neglect, or exploitation if the parties had
30        not been family or household members.
31    (Source: P.A. 89-367, eff. 1-1-96; 90-118, eff. 1-1-98.)

32        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
33    becoming law.