97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2197

 

Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Mattie Hunter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
750 ILCS 5/602  from Ch. 40, par. 602
750 ILCS 5/603  from Ch. 40, par. 603

    Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that it is presumed that each parent is fit and that a fit parent acts in the best interest of his or her child, unless either presumption is rebutted. It is presumed that, absent a written parental agreement on residential time-sharing arrangements for a child, it is in the best interest of the child to reside with each parent for an equal period of time. Provides that in a proceeding for a temporary child custody order or a parenting time order, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that it is in the best interest of the child to order joint custody and to allocate parenting time to each parent for an equal period of time, absent a written parental agreement to the contrary. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
5Marriage Act is amended by changing Sections 602 and 603 as
6follows:
 
7    (750 ILCS 5/602)  (from Ch. 40, par. 602)
8    Sec. 602. Best Interest of Child.
9    (a) The court shall determine custody in accordance with
10the best interest of the child. The court shall consider all
11relevant factors including:
12        (1) the wishes of the child's parent or parents as to
13    his custody;
14        (2) the wishes of the child as to his custodian;
15        (3) the interaction and interrelationship of the child
16    with his parent or parents, his siblings and any other
17    person who may significantly affect the child's best
18    interest;
19        (4) the child's adjustment to his home, school and
20    community;
21        (5) the mental and physical health of all individuals
22    involved;
23        (6) the physical violence or threat of physical

 

 

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1    violence by the child's potential custodian, whether
2    directed against the child or directed against another
3    person;
4        (7) the occurrence of ongoing or repeated abuse as
5    defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence
6    Act of 1986, whether directed against the child or directed
7    against another person;
8        (8) the willingness and ability of each parent to
9    facilitate and encourage a close and continuing
10    relationship between the other parent and the child;
11        (9) whether one of the parents is a sex offender; and
12        (10) the terms of a parent's military family-care plan
13    that a parent must complete before deployment if a parent
14    is a member of the United States Armed Forces who is being
15    deployed.
16    In the case of a custody proceeding in which a stepparent
17has standing under Section 601, it is presumed to be in the
18best interest of the minor child that the natural parent have
19the custody of the minor child unless the presumption is
20rebutted by the stepparent.
21    (a-2) It is presumed that each parent is fit and that a fit
22parent acts in the best interest of his or her child, unless
23either presumption is rebutted.
24    (a-3) It is presumed that, absent a written parental
25agreement on residential time-sharing arrangements for a
26child, it is in the best interest of the child to reside with

 

 

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1each parent for an equal period of time.
2    (b) The court shall not consider conduct of a present or
3proposed custodian that does not affect his relationship to the
4child.
5    (c) Unless the court finds the occurrence of ongoing abuse
6as defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act
7of 1986, the court shall presume that the maximum involvement
8and cooperation of both parents regarding the physical, mental,
9moral, and emotional well-being of their child is in the best
10interest of the child. There shall be no presumption in favor
11of or against joint custody.
12(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-676, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
13    (750 ILCS 5/603)  (from Ch. 40, par. 603)
14    Sec. 603. Temporary Orders.
15    (a) A party to a custody proceeding, including a proceeding
16to modify custody, may move for a temporary custody order. The
17court may award temporary custody under the standards of
18Section 602 and the standards and procedures of Section 602.1,
19after a hearing, or, if there is no objection, solely on the
20basis of the affidavits.
21    (b) If a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal
22separation or declaration of invalidity of marriage is
23dismissed, any temporary custody order is vacated unless a
24parent or the child's custodian moves that the proceeding
25continue as a custody proceeding and the court finds, after a

 

 

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1hearing, that the circumstances of the parents and the best
2interest of the child requires that a custody judgment be
3issued.
4    (c) If a custody proceeding commenced in the absence of a
5petition for dissolution of marriage or legal separation, under
6either subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (1), or paragraph (2), of
7subsection (d) of Section 601, is dismissed, any temporary
8custody order is vacated.
9    (d) In a proceeding for a temporary child custody order or
10a parenting time order, there shall be a rebuttable presumption
11that it is the best interest of the child for there to be joint
12custody and an allocation of parenting time to each parent for
13an equal period of time, absent a written parental agreement to
14the contrary.
15(Source: P.A. 86-530; 87-1255.)
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.