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1     AN ACT concerning child support.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5 changing Section 10-10 and by adding Section 10-28 as follows:
 
6     (305 ILCS 5/10-10)  (from Ch. 23, par. 10-10)
7     Sec. 10-10. Court enforcement; applicability also to
8 persons who are not applicants or recipients. Except where the
9 Illinois Department, by agreement, acts for the local
10 governmental unit, as provided in Section 10-3.1, local
11 governmental units shall refer to the State's Attorney or to
12 the proper legal representative of the governmental unit, for
13 judicial enforcement as herein provided, instances of
14 non-support or insufficient support when the dependents are
15 applicants or recipients under Article VI. The Child and Spouse
16 Support Unit established by Section 10-3.1 may institute in
17 behalf of the Illinois Department any actions under this
18 Section for judicial enforcement of the support liability when
19 the dependents are (a) applicants or recipients under Articles
20 III, IV, V or VII; (b) applicants or recipients in a local
21 governmental unit when the Illinois Department, by agreement,
22 acts for the unit; or (c) non-applicants or non-recipients who
23 are receiving child support enforcement services under this
24 Article X, as provided in Section 10-1. Where the Child and
25 Spouse Support Unit has exercised its option and discretion not
26 to apply the provisions of Sections 10-3 through 10-8, the
27 failure by the Unit to apply such provisions shall not be a bar
28 to bringing an action under this Section.
29     Action shall be brought in the circuit court to obtain
30 support, or for the recovery of aid granted during the period
31 such support was not provided, or both for the obtainment of
32 support and the recovery of the aid provided. Actions for the

 

 

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1 recovery of aid may be taken separately or they may be
2 consolidated with actions to obtain support. Such actions may
3 be brought in the name of the person or persons requiring
4 support, or may be brought in the name of the Illinois
5 Department or the local governmental unit, as the case
6 requires, in behalf of such persons.
7     The court may enter such orders for the payment of moneys
8 for the support of the person as may be just and equitable and
9 may direct payment thereof for such period or periods of time
10 as the circumstances require, including support for a period
11 before the date the order for support is entered. The order may
12 be entered against any or all of the defendant responsible
13 relatives and may be based upon the proportionate ability of
14 each to contribute to the person's support.
15     The Court shall determine the amount of child support
16 (including child support for a period before the date the order
17 for child support is entered) by using the guidelines and
18 standards set forth in subsection (a) of Section 505 and in
19 Section 505.2 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
20 Marriage Act. For purposes of determining the amount of child
21 support to be paid for a period before the date the order for
22 child support is entered, there is a rebuttable presumption
23 that the responsible relative's net income for that period was
24 the same as his or her net income at the time the order is
25 entered.
26     If (i) the responsible relative was properly served with a
27 request for discovery of financial information relating to the
28 responsible relative's ability to provide child support, (ii)
29 the responsible relative failed to comply with the request,
30 despite having been ordered to do so by the court, and (iii)
31 the responsible relative is not present at the hearing to
32 determine support despite having received proper notice, then
33 any relevant financial information concerning the responsible
34 relative's ability to provide child support that was obtained
35 pursuant to subpoena and proper notice shall be admitted into
36 evidence without the need to establish any further foundation

 

 

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1 for its admission.
2     An order entered under this Section shall include a
3 provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee and to
4 the clerk of court within 10 days each time the obligor obtains
5 new employment, and each time the obligor's employment is
6 terminated for any reason. The report shall be in writing and
7 shall, in the case of new employment, include the name and
8 address of the new employer. Failure to report new employment
9 or the termination of current employment, if coupled with
10 nonpayment of support for a period in excess of 60 days, is
11 indirect criminal contempt. For any obligor arrested for
12 failure to report new employment bond shall be set in the
13 amount of the child support that should have been paid during
14 the period of unreported employment. An order entered under
15 this Section shall also include a provision requiring the
16 obligor and obligee parents to advise each other of a change in
17 residence within 5 days of the change except when the court
18 finds that the physical, mental, or emotional health of a party
19 or that of a minor child, or both, would be seriously
20 endangered by disclosure of the party's address.
21     The Court shall determine the amount of maintenance using
22 the standards set forth in Section 504 of the Illinois Marriage
23 and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
24     Any new or existing support order entered by the court
25 under this Section shall be deemed to be a series of judgments
26 against the person obligated to pay support thereunder, each
27 such judgment to be in the amount of each payment or
28 installment of support and each such judgment to be deemed
29 entered as of the date the corresponding payment or installment
30 becomes due under the terms of the support order. Each such
31 judgment shall have the full force, effect and attributes of
32 any other judgment of this State, including the ability to be
33 enforced. Any such judgment is subject to modification or
34 termination only in accordance with Section 510 of the Illinois
35 Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. A lien arises by
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1 noncustodial parent for each installment of overdue support
2 owed by the noncustodial parent.
3     When an order is entered for the support of a minor, the
4 court may provide therein for reasonable visitation of the
5 minor by the person or persons who provided support pursuant to
6 the order. Whoever willfully refuses to comply with such
7 visitation order or willfully interferes with its enforcement
8 may be declared in contempt of court and punished therefor.
9     Except where the local governmental unit has entered into
10 an agreement with the Illinois Department for the Child and
11 Spouse Support Unit to act for it, as provided in Section
12 10-3.1, support orders entered by the court in cases involving
13 applicants or recipients under Article VI shall provide that
14 payments thereunder be made directly to the local governmental
15 unit. Orders for the support of all other applicants or
16 recipients shall provide that payments thereunder be made
17 directly to the Illinois Department. In accordance with federal
18 law and regulations, the Illinois Department may continue to
19 collect current maintenance payments or child support
20 payments, or both, after those persons cease to receive public
21 assistance and until termination of services under Article X.
22 The Illinois Department shall pay the net amount collected to
23 those persons after deducting any costs incurred in making the
24 collection or any collection fee from the amount of any
25 recovery made. In both cases the order shall permit the local
26 governmental unit or the Illinois Department, as the case may
27 be, to direct the responsible relative or relatives to make
28 support payments directly to the needy person, or to some
29 person or agency in his behalf, upon removal of the person from
30 the public aid rolls or upon termination of services under
31 Article X.
32     If the notice of support due issued pursuant to Section
33 10-7 directs that support payments be made directly to the
34 needy person, or to some person or agency in his behalf, and
35 the recipient is removed from the public aid rolls, court
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1 if he fails to furnish support in accordance with the terms of
2 such notice.
3     Actions may also be brought under this Section in behalf of
4 any person who is in need of support from responsible
5 relatives, as defined in Section 2-11 of Article II who is not
6 an applicant for or recipient of financial aid under this Code.
7 In such instances, the State's Attorney of the county in which
8 such person resides shall bring action against the responsible
9 relatives hereunder. If the Illinois Department, as authorized
10 by Section 10-1, extends the child support enforcement services
11 provided by this Article to spouses and dependent children who
12 are not applicants or recipients under this Code, the Child and
13 Spouse Support Unit established by Section 10-3.1 shall bring
14 action against the responsible relatives hereunder and any
15 support orders entered by the court in such cases shall provide
16 that payments thereunder be made directly to the Illinois
17 Department.
18     Whenever it is determined in a proceeding to establish or
19 enforce a child support or maintenance obligation that the
20 person owing a duty of support is unemployed, the court may
21 order the person to seek employment and report periodically to
22 the court with a diary, listing or other memorandum of his or
23 her efforts in accordance with such order. Additionally, the
24 court may order the unemployed person to report to the
25 Department of Employment Security for job search services or to
26 make application with the local Job Training Partnership Act
27 provider for participation in job search, training or work
28 programs and where the duty of support is owed to a child
29 receiving child support enforcement services under this
30 Article X, the court may order the unemployed person to report
31 to the Illinois Department for participation in job search,
32 training or work programs established under Section 9-6 and
33 Article IXA of this Code.
34     Whenever it is determined that a person owes past-due
35 support for a child receiving assistance under this Code, the
36 court shall order at the request of the Illinois Department:

 

 

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1         (1) that the person pay the past-due support in
2     accordance with a plan approved by the court; or
3         (2) if the person owing past-due support is unemployed,
4     is subject to such a plan, and is not incapacitated, that
5     the person participate in such job search, training, or
6     work programs established under Section 9-6 and Article IXA
7     of this Code as the court deems appropriate.
8     A determination under this Section shall not be
9 administratively reviewable by the procedures specified in
10 Sections 10-12, and 10-13 to 10-13.10. Any determination under
11 these Sections, if made the basis of court action under this
12 Section, shall not affect the de novo judicial determination
13 required under this Section.
14     A one-time charge of 20% is imposable upon the amount of
15 past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which has accrued
16 under a support order entered by the court. The charge shall be
17 imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10-21 of
18 this Code and shall be enforced by the court upon petition.
19     All orders for support, when entered or modified, shall
20 include a provision requiring the non-custodial parent to
21 notify the court and, in cases in which a party is receiving
22 child support enforcement services under this Article X, the
23 Illinois Department, within 7 days, (i) of the name, address,
24 and telephone number of any new employer of the non-custodial
25 parent, (ii) whether the non-custodial parent has access to
26 health insurance coverage through the employer or other group
27 coverage and, if so, the policy name and number and the names
28 of persons covered under the policy, and (iii) of any new
29 residential or mailing address or telephone number of the
30 non-custodial parent. In any subsequent action to enforce a
31 support order, upon a sufficient showing that a diligent effort
32 has been made to ascertain the location of the non-custodial
33 parent, service of process or provision of notice necessary in
34 the case may be made at the last known address of the
35 non-custodial parent in any manner expressly provided by the
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1 sufficient for purposes of due process.
2     An order for support shall include a date on which the
3 current support obligation terminates. The termination date
4 shall be no earlier than the date on which the child covered by
5 the order will attain the age of 18. However, if the child will
6 not graduate from high school until after attaining the age of
7 18, then the termination date shall be no earlier than the
8 earlier of the date on which the child's high school graduation
9 will occur or the date on which the child will attain the age
10 of 19. The order for support shall state that the termination
11 date does not apply to any arrearage that may remain unpaid on
12 that date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
13 prevent the court from modifying the order or terminating the
14 order in the event the child is otherwise emancipated.
15     Upon notification in writing or by electronic transmission
16 from the Illinois Department to the clerk of the court that a
17 person who is receiving support payments under this Section is
18 receiving services under the Child Support Enforcement Program
19 established by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, any
20 support payments subsequently received by the clerk of the
21 court shall be transmitted in accordance with the instructions
22 of the Illinois Department until the Illinois Department gives
23 notice to the clerk of the court to cease the transmittal.
24 After providing the notification authorized under this
25 paragraph, the Illinois Department shall be entitled as a party
26 to notice of any further proceedings in the case. The clerk of
27 the court shall file a copy of the Illinois Department's
28 notification in the court file. The clerk's failure to file a
29 copy of the notification in the court file shall not, however,
30 affect the Illinois Department's right to receive notice of
31 further proceedings.
32     Payments under this Section to the Illinois Department
33 pursuant to the Child Support Enforcement Program established
34 by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act shall be paid into the
35 Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund. All payments under this
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1 deposited in the DHS Recoveries Trust Fund. Disbursements from
2 these funds shall be as provided in Sections 12-9.1 and 12-10.2
3 of this Code. Payments received by a local governmental unit
4 shall be deposited in that unit's General Assistance Fund.
5     To the extent the provisions of this Section are
6 inconsistent with the requirements pertaining to the State
7 Disbursement Unit under Sections 10-10.4 and 10-26 of this
8 Code, the requirements pertaining to the State Disbursement
9 Unit shall apply.
10 (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-590, eff. 7-1-02; 92-876,
11 eff. 6-1-03; revised 9-27-03.)
 
12     (305 ILCS 5/10-28 new)
13     Sec. 10-28. Notice of child support enforcement services.
14 The Illinois Department may provide notice at any time to the
15 parties to a judicial action filed under this Code, or under
16 any other law providing for support of a spouse or dependent
17 child, that child support enforcement services are being
18 provided by the Illinois Department under this Article X. The
19 notice shall be sent by regular mail to the party's last known
20 address on file with the clerk of the court or the State Case
21 Registry established under Section 10-27. After notice is
22 provided pursuant to this Section, the Illinois Department
23 shall be entitled, as if it were a party, to notice of any
24 further proceedings brought in the case. The Illinois
25 Department shall provide the clerk of the court with copies of
26 the notices sent to the parties. The clerk shall file the
27 copies in the court file.
 
28     Section 10. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
29 Marriage Act is amended by changing Sections 507, 705, and 709
30 and by adding Section 517 as follows:
 
31     (750 ILCS 5/507)  (from Ch. 40, par. 507)
32     Sec. 507. Payment of maintenance or support to court.
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1 order that maintenance and support payments be made to the
2 clerk of court as trustee for remittance to the person entitled
3 to receive the payments. However, the court in its discretion
4 may direct otherwise where circumstances so warrant.
5     Upon notification in writing or by electronic transmission
6 from the Illinois Department of Public Aid to the clerk of the
7 court that a person who is receiving support payments under
8 this Section is receiving services under the Child Support
9 Enforcement Program established by Title IV-D of the Social
10 Security Act, any support payments subsequently received by the
11 clerk of the court shall be transmitted in accordance with the
12 instructions of the Illinois Department of Public Aid until the
13 Department gives notice to the clerk of the court to cease the
14 transmittal. After providing the notification authorized under
15 this paragraph, the Illinois Department of Public Aid shall be
16 entitled as a party to notice of any further proceedings in the
17 case. The clerk of the court shall file a copy of the Illinois
18 Department of Public Aid's notification in the court file. The
19 failure of the clerk to file a copy of the notification in the
20 court file shall not, however, affect the Illinois Department
21 of Public Aid's right to receive notice of further proceedings.
22     (b) The clerk of court shall maintain records listing the
23 amount of payments, the date payments are required to be made
24 and the names and addresses of the parties affected by the
25 order. For those cases in which support is payable to the clerk
26 of the circuit court for transmittal to the Illinois Department
27 of Public Aid by order of the court or upon notification of the
28 Illinois Department of Public Aid, and the Illinois Department
29 of Public Aid collects support by assignment, offset,
30 withholding, deduction or other process permitted by law, the
31 Illinois Department shall notify the clerk of the date and
32 amount of such collection. Upon notification, the clerk shall
33 record the collection on the payment record for the case.
34     (c) The parties affected by the order shall inform the
35 clerk of court of any change of address or of other condition
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1     (d) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to cases
2 that come under the provisions of Sections 709 through 712.
3     (e) To the extent the provisions of this Section are
4 inconsistent with the requirements pertaining to the State
5 Disbursement Unit under Section 507.1 of this Act and Section
6 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the requirements
7 pertaining to the State Disbursement Unit shall apply.
8 (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97; 90-673, eff. 1-1-99; 90-790,
9 eff. 8-14-98; 91-212, eff. 7-20-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
10     (750 ILCS 5/517 new)
11     Sec. 517. Notice of child support enforcement services. The
12 Illinois Department of Public Aid may provide notice at any
13 time to the parties to an action filed under this Act that
14 child support enforcement services are being provided by the
15 Illinois Department under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid
16 Code. The notice shall be sent by regular mail to the party's
17 last known address on file with the clerk of the court or the
18 State Case Registry established under Section 10-27 of the
19 Illinois Public Aid Code. After notice is provided pursuant to
20 this Section, the Illinois Department shall be entitled, as if
21 it were a party, to notice of any further proceedings brought
22 in the case. The Illinois Department shall provide the clerk of
23 the court with copies of the notices sent to the parties. The
24 clerk shall file the copies in the court file.
 
25     (750 ILCS 5/705)  (from Ch. 40, par. 705)
26     Sec. 705. Support payments; receiving and disbursing
27 agents.
28     (1) The provisions of this Section shall apply, except as
29 provided in Sections 709 through 712.
30     (2) In a dissolution of marriage action filed in a county
31 of less than 3 million population in which an order or judgment
32 for child support is entered, and in supplementary proceedings
33 in any such county to enforce or vary the terms of such order
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1 marriage filed in such county, the court, except as it
2 otherwise orders, under subsection (4) of this Section, may
3 direct that child support payments be made to the clerk of the
4 court.
5     (3) In a dissolution of marriage action filed in any county
6 of 3 million or more population in which an order or judgment
7 for child support is entered, and in supplementary proceedings
8 in any such county to enforce or vary the terms of such order
9 or judgment arising out of an action for dissolution of
10 marriage filed in such county, the court, except as it
11 otherwise orders under subsection (4) of this Section, may
12 direct that child support payments be made either to the clerk
13 of the court or to the Court Service Division of the County
14 Department of Public Aid. After the effective date of this Act,
15 the court, except as it otherwise orders under subsection (4)
16 of this Section, may direct that child support payments be made
17 either to the clerk of the court or to the Illinois Department
18 of Public Aid.
19     (4) In a dissolution of marriage action or supplementary
20 proceedings involving maintenance or child support payments,
21 or both, to persons who are recipients of aid under the
22 Illinois Public Aid Code, the court shall direct that such
23 payments be made to (a) the Illinois Department of Public Aid
24 if the persons are recipients under Articles III, IV, or V of
25 the Code, or (b) the local governmental unit responsible for
26 their support if they are recipients under Articles VI or VII
27 of the Code. In accordance with federal law and regulations,
28 the Illinois Department of Public Aid may continue to collect
29 current maintenance payments or child support payments, or
30 both, after those persons cease to receive public assistance
31 and until termination of services under Article X of the
32 Illinois Public Aid Code. The Illinois Department of Public Aid
33 shall pay the net amount collected to those persons after
34 deducting any costs incurred in making the collection or any
35 collection fee from the amount of any recovery made. The order
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1 governmental unit, as the case may be, to direct that payments
2 be made directly to the former spouse, the children, or both,
3 or to some person or agency in their behalf, upon removal of
4 the former spouse or children from the public aid rolls or upon
5 termination of services under Article X of the Illinois Public
6 Aid Code; and upon such direction, the Illinois Department or
7 local governmental unit, as the case requires, shall give
8 notice of such action to the court in writing or by electronic
9 transmission.
10     (5) All clerks of the court and the Court Service Division
11 of a County Department of Public Aid and, after the effective
12 date of this Act, all clerks of the court and the Illinois
13 Department of Public Aid, receiving child support payments
14 under subsections (2) and (3) of this Section shall disburse
15 the payments to the person or persons entitled thereto under
16 the terms of the order or judgment. They shall establish and
17 maintain current records of all moneys received and disbursed
18 and of defaults and delinquencies in required payments. The
19 court, by order or rule, shall make provision for the carrying
20 out of these duties.
21     Upon notification in writing or by electronic transmission
22 from the Illinois Department of Public Aid to the clerk of the
23 court that a person who is receiving support payments under
24 this Section is receiving services under the Child Support
25 Enforcement Program established by Title IV-D of the Social
26 Security Act, any support payments subsequently received by the
27 clerk of the court shall be transmitted in accordance with the
28 instructions of the Illinois Department of Public Aid until the
29 Department gives notice to the clerk of the court to cease the
30 transmittal. After providing the notification authorized under
31 this paragraph, the Illinois Department of Public Aid shall be
32 entitled as a party to notice of any further proceedings in the
33 case. The clerk of the court shall file a copy of the Illinois
34 Department of Public Aid's notification in the court file. The
35 failure of the clerk to file a copy of the notification in the
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1 of Public Aid's right to receive notice of further proceedings.
2     Payments under this Section to the Illinois Department of
3 Public Aid pursuant to the Child Support Enforcement Program
4 established by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act shall be
5 paid into the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund. All
6 payments under this Section to the Illinois Department of Human
7 Services shall be deposited in the DHS Recoveries Trust Fund.
8 Disbursements from these funds shall be as provided in the
9 Illinois Public Aid Code. Payments received by a local
10 governmental unit shall be deposited in that unit's General
11 Assistance Fund. Any order of court directing payment of child
12 support to a clerk of court or the Court Service Division of a
13 County Department of Public Aid, which order has been entered
14 on or after August 14, 1961, and prior to the effective date of
15 this Act, may be amended by the court in line with this Act;
16 and orders involving payments of maintenance or child support
17 to recipients of public aid may in like manner be amended to
18 conform to this Act.
19     (6) No filing fee or costs will be required in any action
20 brought at the request of the Illinois Department of Public Aid
21 in any proceeding under this Act. However, any such fees or
22 costs may be assessed by the court against the respondent in
23 the court's order of support or any modification thereof in a
24 proceeding under this Act.
25     (7) For those cases in which child support is payable to
26 the clerk of the circuit court for transmittal to the Illinois
27 Department of Public Aid by order of court or upon notification
28 by the Illinois Department of Public Aid, the clerk shall
29 transmit all such payments, within 4 working days of receipt,
30 to insure that funds are available for immediate distribution
31 by the Department to the person or entity entitled thereto in
32 accordance with standards of the Child Support Enforcement
33 Program established under Title IV-D of the Social Security
34 Act. The clerk shall notify the Department of the date of
35 receipt and amount thereof at the time of transmittal. Where
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1 Department to record the terms of child support orders and
2 payments made thereunder directly into the Department's
3 automated data processing system, the clerk shall account for,
4 transmit and otherwise distribute child support payments in
5 accordance with such agreement in lieu of the requirements
6 contained herein.
7     In any action filed in a county with a population of
8 1,000,000 or less, the court shall assess against the
9 respondent in any order of maintenance or child support any sum
10 up to $36 annually authorized by ordinance of the county board
11 to be collected by the clerk of the court as costs for
12 administering the collection and disbursement of maintenance
13 and child support payments. Such sum shall be in addition to
14 and separate from amounts ordered to be paid as maintenance or
15 child support.
16     (8) To the extent the provisions of this Section are
17 inconsistent with the requirements pertaining to the State
18 Disbursement Unit under Section 507.1 of this Act and Section
19 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the requirements
20 pertaining to the State Disbursement Unit shall apply.
21 (Source: P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-212, eff. 7-20-99; 91-357,
22 eff. 7-29-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
 
23     (750 ILCS 5/709)  (from Ch. 40, par. 709)
24     Sec. 709. Mandatory child support payments to clerk.
25     (a) As of January 1, 1982, child support orders entered in
26 any county covered by this subsection shall be made pursuant to
27 the provisions of Sections 709 through 712 of this Act. For
28 purposes of these Sections, the term "child support payment" or
29 "payment" shall include any payment ordered to be made solely
30 for the purpose of the support of a child or children or any
31 payment ordered for general support which includes any amount
32 for support of any child or children.
33     The provisions of Sections 709 through 712 shall be
34 applicable to any county with a population of 2 million or more
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1 desire to be included within the coverage of these Sections and
2 is certified pursuant to Supreme Court Rules.
3     The effective date of inclusion, however, shall be subject
4 to approval of the application for reimbursement of the costs
5 of the support program by the Department of Public Aid as
6 provided in Section 712.
7     (b) In any proceeding for a dissolution of marriage, legal
8 separation, or declaration of invalidity of marriage, or in any
9 supplementary proceedings in which a judgment or modification
10 thereof for the payment of child support is entered on or after
11 January 1, 1982, in any county covered by Sections 709 through
12 712, and the person entitled to payment is receiving a grant of
13 financial aid under Article IV of the Illinois Public Aid Code
14 or has applied and qualified for child support enforcement
15 services under Section 10-1 of that Code, the court shall
16 direct: (1) that such payments be made to the clerk of the
17 court and (2) that the parties affected shall each thereafter
18 notify the clerk of any change of address or change in other
19 conditions that may affect the administration of the order,
20 including the fact that a party who was previously not on
21 public aid has become a recipient of public aid, within 10 days
22 of such change. All notices sent to the obligor's last known
23 address on file with the clerk shall be deemed sufficient to
24 proceed with enforcement pursuant to the provisions of Sections
25 709 through 712.
26     In all other cases, the court may direct that payments be
27 made to the clerk of the court.
28     (c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this Section,
29 the clerk shall disburse the payments to the person or persons
30 entitled thereto under the terms of the order or judgment.
31     (d) The court shall determine, prior to the entry of the
32 support order, if the party who is to receive the support is
33 presently receiving public aid or has a current application for
34 public aid pending and shall enter the finding on the record.
35     If the person entitled to payment is a recipient of aid
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1 informed of this fact by finding of the court, by notification
2 by the party entitled to payment, by the Illinois Department of
3 Public Aid or by the local governmental unit, shall make all
4 payments to: (1) the Illinois Department of Public Aid if the
5 person is a recipient under Article III, IV, or V of the Code
6 or (2) the local governmental unit responsible for his or her
7 support if the person is a recipient under Article VI or VII of
8 the Code. In accordance with federal law and regulations, the
9 Illinois Department of Public Aid may continue to collect
10 current maintenance payments or child support payments, or
11 both, after those persons cease to receive public assistance
12 and until termination of services under Article X of the
13 Illinois Public Aid Code. The Illinois Department of Public Aid
14 shall pay the net amount collected to those persons after
15 deducting any costs incurred in making the collection or any
16 collection fee from the amount of any recovery made. Upon
17 termination of public aid payments to such a recipient or
18 termination of services under Article X of the Illinois Public
19 Aid Code, the Illinois Department of Public Aid or the
20 appropriate local governmental unit shall notify the clerk in
21 writing or by electronic transmission that all subsequent
22 payments are to be sent directly to the person entitled
23 thereto.
24     Upon notification in writing or by electronic transmission
25 from the Illinois Department of Public Aid to the clerk of the
26 court that a person who is receiving support payments under
27 this Section is receiving services under the Child Support
28 Enforcement Program established by Title IV-D of the Social
29 Security Act, any support payments subsequently received by the
30 clerk of the court shall be transmitted in accordance with the
31 instructions of the Illinois Department of Public Aid until the
32 Department gives notice to the clerk of the court to cease the
33 transmittal. After providing the notification authorized under
34 this paragraph, the Illinois Department of Public Aid shall be
35 entitled as a party to notice of any further proceedings in the
36 case. The clerk of the court shall file a copy of the Illinois

 

 

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1 Department of Public Aid's notification in the court file. The
2 failure of the clerk to file a copy of the notification in the
3 court file shall not, however, affect the Illinois Department
4 of Public Aid's right to receive notice of further proceedings.
5     Payments under this Section to the Illinois Department of
6 Public Aid pursuant to the Child Support Enforcement Program
7 established by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act shall be
8 paid into the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund. All
9 payments under this Section to the Illinois Department of Human
10 Services shall be deposited in the DHS Recoveries Trust Fund.
11 Disbursements from these funds shall be as provided in the
12 Illinois Public Aid Code. Payments received by a local
13 governmental unit shall be deposited in that unit's General
14 Assistance Fund.
15     (e) Any order or judgment may be amended by the court, upon
16 its own motion or upon the motion of either party, to conform
17 with the provisions of Sections 709 through 712, either as to
18 the requirement of making payments to the clerk or, where
19 payments are already being made to the clerk, as to the
20 statutory fees provided for under Section 711.
21     (f) The clerk may invest in any interest bearing account or
22 in any securities, monies collected for the benefit of a payee,
23 where such payee cannot be found; however, the investment may
24 be only for the period until the clerk is able to locate and
25 present the payee with such monies. The clerk may invest in any
26 interest bearing account, or in any securities, monies
27 collected for the benefit of any other payee; however, this
28 does not alter the clerk's obligation to make payments to the
29 payee in a timely manner. Any interest or capital gains accrued
30 shall be for the benefit of the county and shall be paid into
31 the special fund established in subsection (b) of Section 711.
32     (g) The clerk shall establish and maintain a payment record
33 of all monies received and disbursed and such record shall
34 constitute prima facie evidence of such payment and
35 non-payment, as the case may be.
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1 the clerk of the circuit court for transmittal to the Illinois
2 Department of Public Aid by order of court or upon notification
3 by the Illinois Department of Public Aid, the clerk shall
4 transmit all such payments, within 4 working days of receipt,
5 to insure that funds are available for immediate distribution
6 by the Department to the person or entity entitled thereto in
7 accordance with standards of the Child Support Enforcement
8 Program established under Title IV-D of the Social Security
9 Act. The clerk shall notify the Department of the date of
10 receipt and amount thereof at the time of transmittal. Where
11 the clerk has entered into an agreement of cooperation with the
12 Department to record the terms of child support orders and
13 payments made thereunder directly into the Department's
14 automated data processing system, the clerk shall account for,
15 transmit and otherwise distribute child support payments in
16 accordance with such agreement in lieu of the requirements
17 contained herein.
18     (i) To the extent the provisions of this Section are
19 inconsistent with the requirements pertaining to the State
20 Disbursement Unit under Section 507.1 of this Act and Section
21 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the requirements
22 pertaining to the State Disbursement Unit shall apply.
23 (Source: P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-212, eff. 7-20-99; 92-16,
24 eff. 6-28-01; 92-590, eff. 7-1-02.)
 
25     Section 15. The Non-Support Punishment Act is amended by
26 changing Section 25 as follows:
 
27     (750 ILCS 16/25)
28     Sec. 25. Payment of support to State Disbursement Unit;
29 clerk of the court.
30     (a) As used in this Section, "order for support",
31 "obligor", "obligee", and "payor" mean those terms as defined
32 in the Income Withholding for Support Act.
33     (b) Each order for support entered or modified under
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1 made to the State Disbursement Unit established under the
2 Illinois Public Aid Code, under the following circumstances:
3         (1) when a party to the order is receiving child
4     support enforcement services under Article X of the
5     Illinois Public Aid Code; or
6         (2) when no party to the order is receiving child
7     support enforcement services, but the support payments are
8     made through income withholding.
9     (c) When no party to the order is receiving child support
10 enforcement services, and payments are not being made through
11 income withholding, the court shall order the obligor to make
12 support payments to the clerk of the court.
13     (d) At any time, and notwithstanding the existence of an
14 order directing payments to be made elsewhere, the Department
15 of Public Aid may provide notice to the obligor and, where
16 applicable, to the obligor's payor:
17         (1) to make support payments to the State Disbursement
18     Unit if:
19             (A) a party to the order for support is receiving
20         child support enforcement services under Article X of
21         the Illinois Public Aid Code; or
22             (B) no party to the order for support is receiving
23         child support enforcement services under Article X of
24         the Illinois Public Aid Code, but the support payments
25         are made through income withholding; or
26         (2) to make support payments to the State Disbursement
27     Unit of another state upon request of another state's Title
28     IV-D child support enforcement agency, in accordance with
29     the requirements of Title IV, Part D of the Social Security
30     Act and regulations promulgated under that Part D.
31     The Department of Public Aid shall provide a copy of the
32 notice to the obligee and to the clerk of the circuit court.
33     (e) If a State Disbursement Unit as specified by federal
34 law has not been created in Illinois upon the effective date of
35 this Act, then, until the creation of a State Disbursement Unit
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1 payment and disbursement of support payments shall control and
2 the provisions in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall be
3 inoperative. Upon the creation of a State Disbursement Unit as
4 specified by federal law, the payment and disbursement
5 provisions of subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall control,
6 and this subsection (e) shall be inoperative to the extent that
7 it conflicts with those subsections.
8         (1) In cases in which an order for support is entered
9     under Section 20 of this Act, the court shall order that
10     maintenance and support payments be made to the clerk of
11     the court for remittance to the person or agency entitled
12     to receive the payments. However, the court in its
13     discretion may direct otherwise where exceptional
14     circumstances so warrant.
15         (2) The court shall direct that support payments be
16     sent by the clerk to (i) the Illinois Department of Public
17     Aid if the person in whose behalf payments are made is
18     receiving aid under Articles III, IV, or V of the Illinois
19     Public Aid Code, or child support enforcement services
20     under Article X of the Code, or (ii) to the local
21     governmental unit responsible for the support of the person
22     if he or she is a recipient under Article VI of the Code.
23     In accordance with federal law and regulations, the
24     Illinois Department of Public Aid may continue to collect
25     current maintenance payments or child support payments, or
26     both, after those persons cease to receive public
27     assistance and until termination of services under Article
28     X of the Illinois Public Aid Code. The Illinois Department
29     shall pay the net amount collected to those persons after
30     deducting any costs incurred in making the collection or
31     any collection fee from the amount of any recovery made.
32     The order shall permit the Illinois Department of Public
33     Aid or the local governmental unit, as the case may be, to
34     direct that support payments be made directly to the
35     spouse, children, or both, or to some person or agency in
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1     the public aid rolls or upon termination of services under
2     Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code; and upon such
3     direction, the Illinois Department or the local
4     governmental unit, as the case requires, shall give notice
5     of such action to the court in writing or by electronic
6     transmission.
7         (3) The clerk of the court shall establish and maintain
8     current records of all moneys received and disbursed and of
9     delinquencies and defaults in required payments. The
10     court, by order or rule, shall make provision for the
11     carrying out of these duties.
12         (4) (Blank). Upon notification in writing or by
13     electronic transmission from the Illinois Department of
14     Public Aid to the clerk of the court that a person who is
15     receiving support payments under this Section is receiving
16     services under the Child Support Enforcement Program
17     established by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, any
18     support payments subsequently received by the clerk of the
19     court shall be transmitted in accordance with the
20     instructions of the Illinois Department of Public Aid until
21     the Department gives notice to cease the transmittal. After
22     providing the notification authorized under this
23     paragraph, the Illinois Department of Public Aid shall be a
24     party and entitled to notice of any further proceedings in
25     the case. The clerk of the court shall file a copy of the
26     Illinois Department of Public Aid's notification in the
27     court file. The failure of the clerk to file a copy of the
28     notification in the court file shall not, however, affect
29     the Illinois Department of Public Aid's rights as a party
30     or its right to receive notice of further proceedings.
31         (5) Payments under this Section to the Illinois
32     Department of Public Aid pursuant to the Child Support
33     Enforcement Program established by Title IV-D of the Social
34     Security Act shall be paid into the Child Support
35     Enforcement Trust Fund. All other payments under this
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1     deposited in the Public Assistance Recoveries Trust Fund.
2     Disbursements from these funds shall be as provided in the
3     Illinois Public Aid Code. Payments received by a local
4     governmental unit shall be deposited in that unit's General
5     Assistance Fund.
6         (6) For those cases in which child support is payable
7     to the clerk of the circuit court for transmittal to the
8     Illinois Department of Public Aid by order of court or upon
9     notification by the Illinois Department of Public Aid, the
10     clerk shall transmit all such payments, within 4 working
11     days of receipt, to insure that funds are available for
12     immediate distribution by the Department to the person or
13     entity entitled thereto in accordance with standards of the
14     Child Support Enforcement Program established under Title
15     IV-D of the Social Security Act. The clerk shall notify the
16     Department of the date of receipt and amount thereof at the
17     time of transmittal. Where the clerk has entered into an
18     agreement of cooperation with the Department to record the
19     terms of child support orders and payments made thereunder
20     directly into the Department's automated data processing
21     system, the clerk shall account for, transmit and otherwise
22     distribute child support payments in accordance with such
23     agreement in lieu of the requirements contained herein.
24 (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; 92-590, eff. 7-1-02.)
 
25     Section 20. The Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 is amended
26 by changing Section 21 and by adding Section 28 as follows:
 
27     (750 ILCS 45/21)  (from Ch. 40, par. 2521)
28     Sec. 21. Support payments; receiving and disbursing
29 agents.
30     (1) In an action filed in a county of less than 3 million
31 population in which an order for child support is entered, and
32 in supplementary proceedings in such a county to enforce or
33 vary the terms of such order arising out of an action filed in
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1 proceedings in which the pregnancy and delivery expenses of the
2 mother or the child support payments are for a recipient of aid
3 under the Illinois Public Aid Code, shall direct that child
4 support payments be made to the clerk of the court unless in
5 the discretion of the court exceptional circumstances warrant
6 otherwise. In cases where payment is to be made to persons
7 other than the clerk of the court the judgment or order of
8 support shall set forth the facts of the exceptional
9 circumstances.
10     (2) In an action filed in a county of 3 million or more
11 population in which an order for child support is entered, and
12 in supplementary proceedings in such a county to enforce or
13 vary the terms of such order arising out of an action filed in
14 such a county, the court, except in actions or supplementary
15 proceedings in which the pregnancy and delivery expenses of the
16 mother or the child support payments are for a recipient of aid
17 under the Illinois Public Aid Code, shall direct that child
18 support payments be made either to the clerk of the court or to
19 the Court Service Division of the County Department of Public
20 Aid, or to the clerk of the court or to the Illinois Department
21 of Public Aid, unless in the discretion of the court
22 exceptional circumstances warrant otherwise. In cases where
23 payment is to be made to persons other than the clerk of the
24 court, the Court Service Division of the County Department of
25 Public Aid, or the Illinois Department of Public Aid, the
26 judgment or order of support shall set forth the facts of the
27 exceptional circumstances.
28     (3) Where the action or supplementary proceeding is in
29 behalf of a mother for pregnancy and delivery expenses or for
30 child support, or both, and the mother, child, or both, are
31 recipients of aid under the Illinois Public Aid Code, the court
32 shall order that the payments be made directly to (a) the
33 Illinois Department of Public Aid if the mother or child, or
34 both, are recipients under Articles IV or V of the Code, or (b)
35 the local governmental unit responsible for the support of the
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1 VI or VII of the Code. In accordance with federal law and
2 regulations, the Illinois Department of Public Aid may continue
3 to collect current maintenance payments or child support
4 payments, or both, after those persons cease to receive public
5 assistance and until termination of services under Article X of
6 the Illinois Public Aid Code. The Illinois Department of Public
7 Aid shall pay the net amount collected to those persons after
8 deducting any costs incurred in making the collection or any
9 collection fee from the amount of any recovery made. The
10 Illinois Department of Public Aid or the local governmental
11 unit, as the case may be, may direct that payments be made
12 directly to the mother of the child, or to some other person or
13 agency in the child's behalf, upon the removal of the mother
14 and child from the public aid rolls or upon termination of
15 services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code; and
16 upon such direction, the Illinois Department or the local
17 governmental unit, as the case requires, shall give notice of
18 such action to the court in writing or by electronic
19 transmission.
20     (4) All clerks of the court and the Court Service Division
21 of a County Department of Public Aid and the Illinois
22 Department of Public Aid, receiving child support payments
23 under paragraphs (1) or (2) shall disburse the same to the
24 person or persons entitled thereto under the terms of the
25 order. They shall establish and maintain clear and current
26 records of all moneys received and disbursed and of defaults
27 and delinquencies in required payments. The court, by order or
28 rule, shall make provision for the carrying out of these
29 duties.
30     Upon notification in writing or by electronic transmission
31 from the Illinois Department of Public Aid to the clerk of the
32 court that a person who is receiving support payments under
33 this Section is receiving services under the Child Support
34 Enforcement Program established by Title IV-D of the Social
35 Security Act, any support payments subsequently received by the
36 clerk of the court shall be transmitted in accordance with the

 

 

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1 instructions of the Illinois Department of Public Aid until the
2 Department gives notice to cease the transmittal. After
3 providing the notification authorized under this paragraph,
4 the Illinois Department of Public Aid shall be entitled as a
5 party to notice of any further proceedings in the case. The
6 clerk of the court shall file a copy of the Illinois Department
7 of Public Aid's notification in the court file. The failure of
8 the clerk to file a copy of the notification in the court file
9 shall not, however, affect the Illinois Department of Public
10 Aid's right to receive notice of further proceedings.
11     Payments under this Section to the Illinois Department of
12 Public Aid pursuant to the Child Support Enforcement Program
13 established by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act shall be
14 paid into the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund. All
15 payments under this Section to the Illinois Department of Human
16 Services shall be deposited in the DHS Recoveries Trust Fund.
17 Disbursement from these funds shall be as provided in the
18 Illinois Public Aid Code. Payments received by a local
19 governmental unit shall be deposited in that unit's General
20 Assistance Fund.
21     (5) The moneys received by persons or agencies designated
22 by the court shall be disbursed by them in accordance with the
23 order. However, the court, on petition of the state's attorney,
24 may enter new orders designating the clerk of the court or the
25 Illinois Department of Public Aid, as the person or agency
26 authorized to receive and disburse child support payments and,
27 in the case of recipients of public aid, the court, on petition
28 of the Attorney General or State's Attorney, shall direct
29 subsequent payments to be paid to the Illinois Department of
30 Public Aid or to the appropriate local governmental unit, as
31 provided in paragraph (3). Payments of child support by
32 principals or sureties on bonds, or proceeds of any sale for
33 the enforcement of a judgment shall be made to the clerk of the
34 court, the Illinois Department of Public Aid or the appropriate
35 local governmental unit, as the respective provisions of this
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1     (6) For those cases in which child support is payable to
2 the clerk of the circuit court for transmittal to the Illinois
3 Department of Public Aid by order of court or upon notification
4 by the Illinois Department of Public Aid, the clerk shall
5 transmit all such payments, within 4 working days of receipt,
6 to insure that funds are available for immediate distribution
7 by the Department to the person or entity entitled thereto in
8 accordance with standards of the Child Support Enforcement
9 Program established under Title IV-D of the Social Security
10 Act. The clerk shall notify the Department of the date of
11 receipt and amount thereof at the time of transmittal. Where
12 the clerk has entered into an agreement of cooperation with the
13 Department to record the terms of child support orders and
14 payments made thereunder directly into the Department's
15 automated data processing system, the clerk shall account for,
16 transmit and otherwise distribute child support payments in
17 accordance with such agreement in lieu of the requirements
18 contained herein.
19     (7) To the extent the provisions of this Section are
20 inconsistent with the requirements pertaining to the State
21 Disbursement Unit under Section 21.1 of this Act and Section
22 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the requirements
23 pertaining to the State Disbursement Unit shall apply.
24 (Source: P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-212, eff. 7-20-99; 91-357,
25 eff. 7-29-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
 
26     (750 ILCS 45/28 new)
27     Sec. 28. Notice of child support enforcement services. The
28 Illinois Department of Public Aid may provide notice at any
29 time to the parties to an action filed under this Act that
30 child support enforcement services are being provided by the
31 Illinois Department under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid
32 Code. The notice shall be sent by regular mail to the party's
33 last known address on file with the clerk of the court or the
34 State Case Registry established under Section 10-27 of the
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1 this Section, the Illinois Department shall be entitled, as if
2 it were a party, to notice of any further proceedings brought
3 in the case. The Illinois Department shall provide the clerk of
4 the court with copies of the notices sent to the parties. The
5 clerk shall file the copies in the court file.