Rep. Kelly Burke

Filed: 3/19/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1243

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1243 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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"ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 
5    Section 101. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6Illinois Parentage Act of 2013.
 
7    Section 102. Public policy. Illinois recognizes the right
8of every child to the physical, mental, emotional, and
9financial support of his or her parents. The parent-child
10relationship, including support obligations, extends equally
11to every child and to every parent, regardless of the legal
12relationship of the parents, and regardless of whether a parent
13is a minor.
 
14    Section 103. Definitions. In this Act:

 

 

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1    (a) "Acknowledged father" means a man who has established a
2father-child relationship under Article 3.
3    (b) "Adjudicated father" means a man who has been
4adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction, or as
5authorized under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, to
6be the father of a child.
7    (c) "Alleged father" means a man who alleges himself to be,
8or is alleged to be, the biological father or a possible
9biological father of a child, but whose paternity has not been
10established. The term does not include:
11        (1) a presumed parent or acknowledged father;
12        (2) a man whose parental rights have been terminated or
13    declared not to exist; or
14        (3) a male donor.
15    (d) "Assisted reproduction" means any method of causing
16pregnancy other than sexual intercourse. The term includes but
17is not limited to:
18        (1) intrauterine insemination;
19        (2) donation of eggs;
20        (3) donation of embryos;
21        (4) in-vitro fertilization and transfer of embryos;
22        (5) intracytoplasmic sperm injection; and
23        (6) artificial insemination.
24    (e) "Child" means an individual of any age whose parentage
25may be established under this Act.
26    (f) "Combined paternity index" means the likelihood of

 

 

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1paternity calculated by computing the ratio between:
2        (1) the likelihood that the tested man is the father,
3    based on the genetic markers of the tested man, mother, and
4    child, conditioned on the hypothesis that the tested man is
5    the father of the child; and
6        (2) the likelihood that the tested man is not the
7    father, based on the genetic markers of the tested man,
8    mother, and child, conditioned on the hypothesis that the
9    tested man is not the father of the child and that the
10    father is of the same ethnic or racial group as the tested
11    man.
12    (g) "Commence" means to file the initial pleading seeking
13an adjudication of parentage in the circuit court of this
14State.
15    (h) "Determination of parentage" means the establishment
16of the parent-child relationship by the signing of a voluntary
17acknowledgment under Article 3 of this Act or adjudication by
18the court or as authorized under Article X of the Illinois
19Public Aid Code.
20    (i) "Donor" means an individual who contributes sperm,
21eggs, or gametes used for assisted reproduction, whether or not
22for consideration. The term does not include:
23        (1) an intended parent who provides sperm, or an
24    intended parent who provides eggs, to be used for assisted
25    reproduction by the intended parent or parents;
26        (2) a woman who gives birth to a child by means of

 

 

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1    assisted reproduction, except as otherwise provided in the
2    Gestational Surrogacy Act or a valid gestational surrogacy
3    contract; or
4        (3) a parent under Article 7 of this Act, or an
5    intended parent under the Gestational Surrogacy Act or a
6    valid gestational surrogacy contract.
7    (j) "Ethnic or racial group" means, for purposes of genetic
8testing, a recognized group that an individual identifies as
9all or part of the individual's ancestry or that is so
10identified by other information.
11    (k) "Gamete" means either a sperm or an egg.
12    (l) "Genetic testing" means an analysis of genetic markers
13to exclude or identify a man as the father or a woman as the
14mother of a child as provided in Article 4 of this Act.
15    (m) "Gestational mother" means an adult woman who gives
16birth to a child pursuant to the terms of a valid gestational
17surrogacy contract.
18    (n) "Parent" means an individual who has established a
19parent-child relationship under Section 201 of this Act.
20    (o) "Parent-child relationship" means the legal
21relationship between a child and a parent of the child.
22    (p) "Presumed parent" means an individual who, by operation
23of law under Section 204 of this Act, is recognized as the
24parent of a child until that status is rebutted or confirmed in
25a judicial or administrative proceeding.
26    (q) "Probability of paternity" means the measure, for the

 

 

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1ethnic or racial group to which the alleged father belongs, of
2the probability that the man in question is the father of the
3child, compared with a random, unrelated man of the same ethnic
4or racial group, expressed as a percentage incorporating the
5combined paternity index and a prior probability.
6    (r) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a
7tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other
8medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
9    (s) "Signatory" means an individual who authenticates a
10record and is bound by its terms.
11    (t) "State" means a state of the United States, the
12District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin
13Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the
14jurisdiction of the United States.
15    (u) "Substantially similar legal relationship" means a
16relationship recognized in this State under Section 60 of the
17Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act.
18    (v) "Support-enforcement agency" means a public official
19or agency authorized to seek:
20        (1) enforcement of support orders or laws relating to
21    the duty of support;
22        (2) establishment or modification of child support;
23        (3) determination of parentage; or
24        (4) location of child-support obligors and their
25    income and assets.
 

 

 

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1    Section 104. Scope of Act; choice of law; other legal
2rights and duties preserved.
3    (a) This Act applies to determination of parentage in this
4State.
5    (b) The court shall apply the law of this State to
6adjudicate the parent-child relationship. The applicable law
7does not depend on:
8        (1) the place of birth of the child; or
9        (2) the past or present residence of the child.
10    (c) This Act does not create, enlarge, abrogate, or
11diminish parental rights or duties under other law of this
12State; including the common law.
 
13    Section 105. Authority to establish parentage. The circuit
14courts are authorized to establish parentage under this Act.
15The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may make
16administrative determinations of paternity and nonpaternity in
17accordance with Section 10-17.7 of the Illinois Public Aid
18Code. Such administrative determinations shall have the full
19force and effect of court judgments entered under this Act.
 
20    Section 106. Protection of participants. Proceedings under
21this Act are subject to other law of this State governing the
22health, safety, privacy, and liberty of a child or other
23individual who could be jeopardized by disclosure of
24identifying information, including address, telephone number,

 

 

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1place of employment, social security number, and the child's
2day-care facility and school.
 
3    Section 107. Applicability. Insofar as practicable, the
4provisions of this Act applicable to the father and child
5relationship shall apply to the mother and child relationship
6including, but not limited to, the obligation to support.
 
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ARTICLE 2. PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP

 
8    Section 201. Establishment of parent-child relationship.
9    (a) The parent-child relationship is established between a
10woman and a child by:
11        (1) the woman having given birth to the child, except
12    as otherwise provided in a valid gestational surrogacy
13    contract;
14        (2) an adjudication of the woman's parentage;
15        (3) adoption of the child by the woman;
16        (4) the woman having consented to assisted
17    reproduction by a woman under Article 7 of this Act which
18    resulted in the birth of the child;
19        (5) a valid gestational surrogacy contract under the
20    Gestational Surrogacy Act or other law; or
21        (6) an unrebutted presumption of the woman's parentage
22    of the child under Section 204 of this Act.
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1man and a child by:
2        (1) an unrebutted presumption of the man's parentage of
3    the child under Section 204 of this Act;
4        (2) an effective voluntary acknowledgment of paternity
5    by the man under Article 3 of this Act, unless the
6    acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully
7    challenged;
8        (3) an adjudication of the man's parentage;
9        (4) adoption of the child by the man;
10        (5) the man having consented to assisted reproduction
11    by a woman under Article 7 of this Act which resulted in
12    the birth of the child; or
13        (6) a valid gestational surrogacy contract under the
14    Gestational Surrogacy Act or other law.
15    (c) Insofar as practicable, the provisions of this Act
16applicable to parent-child relationships shall apply equally
17to men and women as parents, including, but not limited to, the
18obligation to support.
 
19    Section 202. Parents' legal relationship. Every child has
20equal rights under the law regardless of the parents' legal
21relationship.
 
22    Section 203. Consequences of establishment of parentage. A
23parent-child relationship established under this Act applies
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1other law of this State.
 
2    Section 204. Presumption of parentage.
3    (a) A man is presumed to be the parent of a child if:
4        (1) he and the mother of the child have entered into a
5    marriage, civil union, or substantially similar legal
6    relationship, and the child is born to the mother during
7    the marriage, civil union, or substantially similar legal
8    relationship, except as provided by a valid gestational
9    surrogacy contract, Article 7 of this Act, or other law;
10        (2) he and the mother of the child were in a marriage,
11    civil union, or substantially similar legal relationship
12    and the child is born to the mother within 300 days after
13    the marriage, civil union, or substantially similar legal
14    relationship is terminated by death, declaration of
15    invalidity of marriage, judgment for dissolution of
16    marriage, civil union, or substantially similar legal
17    relationship, or after a judgment for legal separation,
18    except as provided by a valid gestational surrogacy
19    contract, Article 7 of this Act, or other law;
20        (3) before the birth of the child, he and the mother of
21    the child entered into a marriage, civil union, or
22    substantially similar legal relationship in apparent
23    compliance with law, even if the attempted marriage, civil
24    union, or substantially similar legal relationship is or
25    could be declared invalid, and the child is born during the

 

 

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1    invalid marriage, civil union, or substantially similar
2    legal relationship or within 300 days after its termination
3    by death, declaration of invalidity of marriage, judgment
4    for dissolution of marriage, civil union, or substantially
5    similar legal relationship, or after a judgment for legal
6    separation, except as provided by a valid gestational
7    surrogacy contract, Article 7 of this Act, or other law;
8        (4) after the child's birth, he and the child's mother
9    have entered into a marriage, civil union, or substantially
10    similar legal relationship, even if the marriage, civil
11    union, or substantially similar legal relationship is or
12    could be declared invalid, and he is named, with his
13    written consent, as the child's father on the child's birth
14    certificate; or
15        (5) for the first 2 years after the birth of the child,
16    he resided in a household with the child, openly held out
17    the child as his own during that time, the child had only
18    one parent under law at that time, and that parent
19    consented to the man's holding out the child as his own.
20    (b) A woman is presumed to be the parent of a child if:
21        (1) she and the birth mother of the child have entered
22    into a marriage, civil union, or substantially similar
23    legal relationship, and the child is born to the birth
24    mother during the marriage, civil union, or substantially
25    similar legal relationship, except as provided by a valid
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1    other law;
2        (2) she and the birth mother of the child were in a
3    marriage, civil union, or substantially similar legal
4    relationship and the child is born to the birth mother
5    within 300 days after the marriage, civil union, or
6    substantially similar legal relationship is terminated by
7    death, declaration of invalidity of marriage, judgment for
8    dissolution of marriage, civil union, or substantially
9    similar legal relationship, or after a judgment for legal
10    separation, except as provided by a valid gestational
11    surrogacy contract, Article 7 of this Act, or other law;
12        (3) before the birth of the child, she and the birth
13    mother of the child entered into a marriage, civil union,
14    or substantially similar legal relationship in apparent
15    compliance with law, even if the attempted marriage, civil
16    union, or substantially similar legal relationship is or
17    could be declared invalid, and the child is born during the
18    invalid marriage, civil union, or substantially similar
19    legal relationship or within 300 days after its termination
20    by death, declaration of invalidity of marriage, judgment
21    for dissolution of marriage, civil union, or substantially
22    similar legal relationship, or after a judgment for legal
23    separation, except as provided by a valid gestational
24    surrogacy contract, Article 7 of this Act, or other law;
25        (4) after the child's birth, she and the birth mother
26    have entered into a marriage, civil union, or substantially

 

 

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1    similar legal relationship, even if the marriage, civil
2    union, or substantially similar legal relationship is or
3    could be declared invalid, and she is named, with her
4    written consent, as the child's parent on the child's birth
5    certificate; or
6        (5) for the first 2 years after the birth of the child,
7    she resided in a household with the child, openly held out
8    the child as her own during that time, the child had only
9    one parent under law at that time, and that parent
10    consented to the woman's holding out the child as her own.
 
11    Section 205. Proceedings to declare the non-existence of
12the parent-child relationship.
13    (a) An action to declare the non-existence of the
14parent-child relationship may be brought by the child, the
15birth mother, or a man or woman presumed to be the parent under
16Section 204 of this Act. Actions brought by the child, the
17birth mother, or a presumed parent shall be brought by verified
18complaint, which shall be designated a petition. After a
19presumption under Section 204 of this Act has been rebutted,
20parentage of the child by another man or woman may be
21established in the same action, if he or she has been made a
22party.
23    (b) An action to declare the non-existence of the
24parent-child relationship brought under subsection (a) of this
25Section shall be barred if brought later than 2 years after the

 

 

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1petitioner knew or should have known of the relevant facts. The
22-year period for bringing an action to declare the
3non-existence of the parent-child relationship shall not
4extend beyond the date on which the child reaches the age of 18
5years. Failure to bring an action within 2 years shall not bar
6any party from asserting a defense in any action to declare the
7existence of the parent-child relationship.
8    (c) An action to declare the non-existence of the
9parent-child relationship may be brought subsequent to an
10adjudication of parentage in any judgment by the man
11adjudicated to be the parent pursuant to a presumption in
12paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(4) of Section 204 if, as a result
13of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing, it is discovered that
14the man adjudicated to be the parent is not the father of the
15child. Actions brought by the adjudicated father shall be
16brought by verified petition. If, as a result of the
17deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing, the petitioner is
18determined not to be the father of the child, the adjudication
19of paternity and any orders regarding custody, parenting time,
20and future payments of support may be vacated.
21    (d) An action to declare the non-existence of the
22parent-child relationship brought under subsection (c) of this
23Section shall be barred if brought more than 2 years after the
24petitioner obtains actual knowledge of relevant facts. The
252-year period shall not apply to periods of time where the
26birth mother or the child refuses to submit to deoxyribonucleic

 

 

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1acid (DNA) testing. The 2-year period for bringing an action to
2declare the non-existence of the parent-child relationship
3shall not extend beyond the date on which the child reaches the
4age of 18 years.
 
5    Section 206. Presumption; burden of proof. A presumption
6under Section 204 of this Act may be rebutted only by clear and
7convincing evidence.
 
8    Section 207. Resolution of conflicts. If 2 or more
9presumptions arise under Section 204 of this Act that conflict
10with each other, the controlling presumption is the one which
11on the facts is founded on the weightier considerations of
12logic and policy, especially the policy of promoting the
13child's best interest.
 
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ARTICLE 3. VOLUNTARY ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 
15    Section 301. Voluntary acknowledgment. A parent-child
16relationship may be established voluntarily by the signing and
17witnessing of a voluntary acknowledgment in accordance with
18Section 12 of the Vital Records Act and Section 10-17.7 of the
19Illinois Public Aid Code. The voluntary acknowledgment shall
20contain the social security numbers of the persons signing the
21voluntary acknowledgment; however, failure to include the
22social security numbers of the persons signing a voluntary

 

 

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1acknowledgment does not invalidate the voluntary
2acknowledgment.
 
3    Section 302. Execution of voluntary acknowledgment.
4    (a) A voluntary acknowledgment described in Section 301 of
5this Act must:
6        (1) be in a record;
7        (2) be signed, or otherwise authenticated, under
8    penalty of perjury by the mother and by the man seeking to
9    establish his parentage;
10        (3) state that the child whose parentage is being
11    acknowledged:
12            (A) does not have a presumed father, or has a
13        presumed father whose full name is stated; and
14            (B) does not have another acknowledged or
15        adjudicated father;
16        (4) be witnessed; and
17        (5) state that the signatories understand that the
18    acknowledgment is the equivalent of a judicial
19    adjudication of parentage of the child and that a challenge
20    to the acknowledgment is permitted only under limited
21    circumstances and is barred after 2 years.
22    (b) An acknowledgment is void if it:
23        (1) states that another man is a presumed father,
24    unless a denial signed or otherwise authenticated by the
25    presumed father is filed with the Department of Healthcare

 

 

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1    and Family Services, as provided by law;
2        (2) states that another man is an acknowledged or
3    adjudicated father; or
4        (3) falsely denies the existence of a presumed,
5    acknowledged, or adjudicated father of the child.
6    (c) A presumed father may sign or otherwise authenticate an
7acknowledgment.
 
8    Section 303. Denial of parentage. A presumed father may
9sign a denial of his parentage. The denial is valid only if:
10    (a) a voluntary acknowledgment described in Section 301 of
11this Act signed, or otherwise authenticated, by another man is
12filed pursuant to Section 305 of this Act;
13    (b) the denial is in a record, and is signed, or otherwise
14authenticated, under penalty of perjury; and
15    (c) the presumed father has not previously:
16        (1) acknowledged his parentage, unless the previous
17    acknowledgment has been rescinded under Section 307 of this
18    Act or successfully challenged under Section 308 of this
19    Act; or
20        (2) been adjudicated to be the father of the child.
 
21    Section 304. Rules for acknowledgment and denial of
22parentage.
23    (a) An acknowledgment as described in Section 301 of this
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1be signed in counterparts, and may be filed separately or
2simultaneously. If the acknowledgment and denial are both
3necessary, neither is valid until both are filed.
4    (b) An acknowledgment or a denial may be signed before the
5birth of the child.
6    (c) Subject to subsection (a), an acknowledgment or denial
7takes effect on the birth of the child or the filing of the
8document with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services,
9as provided by law, whichever occurs later.
10    (d) An acknowledgment or denial signed by a minor is valid
11if it is otherwise in compliance with this Act.
 
12    Section 305. Effect of acknowledgment or denial of
13parentage.
14    (a) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 307 and 308 of
15this Act, a valid acknowledgment filed with the Department of
16Healthcare and Family Services, as provided by law, is
17equivalent to an adjudication of the parentage of a child and
18confers upon the acknowledged father all of the rights and
19duties of a parent.
20    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
21parentage established in accordance with Section 301 of this
22Act has the full force and effect of a judgment entered under
23this Act and serves as a basis for seeking a child support
24order without any further proceedings to establish parentage.
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1this Act, a valid denial by a presumed father filed with the
2Department of Healthcare and Family Services, as provided by
3law, in conjunction with a voluntary acknowledgment, is
4equivalent to an adjudication of the nonparentage of the
5presumed father and discharges the presumed father from all
6rights and duties of a parent.
 
7    Section 306. No filing fee. The Department of Healthcare
8and Family Services, as provided by law, may not charge a fee
9for filing a voluntary acknowledgment or denial.
 
10    Section 307. Proceeding for rescission. A signatory may
11rescind a voluntary acknowledgment or denial by filing a signed
12and witnessed rescission with the Department of Healthcare and
13Family Services as provided in Section 12 of the Vital Records
14Act, before the earlier of:
15    (a) 60 days after the effective date of the acknowledgment
16or denial, as provided in Section 304 of this Act; or
17    (b) the date of a judicial or administrative proceeding
18relating to the child (including a proceeding to establish a
19support order) in which the signatory is a party.
 
20    Section 308. Challenge after expiration of period for
21rescission. After the period for rescission under Section 307
22of this Act has expired, a signatory of a voluntary
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1the acknowledgment or denial only as provided in Section 309 of
2this Act.
 
3    Section 309. Procedure for challenge.
4    (a) A voluntary acknowledgment and any related denial may
5be challenged only on the basis of fraud, duress, or material
6mistake of fact by filing a verified petition under this
7Section within 2 years after the effective date of the
8acknowledgment or denial, as provided in Section 304 of this
9Act. Time during which the person challenging the
10acknowledgment or denial is under legal disability or duress or
11the ground for relief is fraudulently concealed shall be
12excluded in computing the period of 2 years.
13    (b) The verified complaint, which shall be designated a
14petition, shall be filed in the county where a proceeding
15relating to the child was brought, such as a support proceeding
16or, if none exists, in the county where the child resides.
17Every signatory to the voluntary acknowledgment and any related
18denial must be made a party to a proceeding to challenge the
19acknowledgment or denial. The party challenging the
20acknowledgment or denial shall have the burden of proof.
21    (c) For the purpose of a challenge to an acknowledgment or
22denial, a signatory submits to personal jurisdiction of this
23State by signing the acknowledgment and any related denial,
24effective upon the filing of the acknowledgment and any related
25denial with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services,

 

 

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1as provided in Section 12 of the Vital Records Act.
2    (d) Except for good cause shown, during the pendency of a
3proceeding to challenge an acknowledgment or denial, the court
4may not suspend the legal responsibilities of a signatory
5arising from the acknowledgment, including the duty to pay
6child support.
7    (e) At the conclusion of a proceeding to challenge an
8acknowledgment or denial, the court shall order the Department
9of Public Health to amend the birth record of the child, if
10appropriate. A copy of an order entered at the conclusion of a
11proceeding to challenge shall be provided to the Department of
12Healthcare and Family Services.
 
13    Section 310. Ratification barred. A court or
14administrative agency conducting a judicial or administrative
15proceeding is not required or permitted to ratify an
16unchallenged acknowledgment described in Section 301 of this
17Act.
 
18    Section 311. Full faith and credit. A court of this State
19shall give full faith and credit to a valid acknowledgment or
20denial of parentage effective in another state if the
21acknowledgment or denial has been signed and is otherwise in
22compliance with the law of the other state.
 
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1parentage.
2    (a) To facilitate compliance with this Article, the
3Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall prescribe
4forms for the acknowledgment and the denial of parentage and
5for the rescission of acknowledgment or denial consistent with
6Section 307 of this Act.
7    (b) A voluntary acknowledgment or denial of parentage is
8not affected by a later modification of the prescribed form.
 
9    Section 313. Release of information. The Department of
10Healthcare and Family Services may release information
11relating to the acknowledgment described in Section 301 of this
12Act, or the related denial, to a signatory of the
13acknowledgment or denial; to the child's guardian, the
14emancipated child, or the legal representatives of those
15individuals; to appropriate federal agencies; and to courts and
16appropriate agencies of this State or another state.
 
17    Section 314. Adoption of rules. The Department of Public
18Health and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may
19adopt rules to implement this Article.
 
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ARTICLE 4. GENETIC TESTING

 
21    Section 401. Proceeding authorized. As soon as
22practicable, the court or administrative hearing officer in an

 

 

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1Expedited Child Support System may, and upon the request of a
2party shall, order or direct the mother, child, and alleged
3father to submit to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing to
4determine inherited characteristics. If any party refuses to
5submit to genetic testing, the court may resolve the question
6of paternity against that party or enforce its order if the
7rights of others and the interests of justice so require.
 
8    Section 402. Requirements for genetic testing.
9    (a) The genetic testing shall be conducted by an expert
10qualified as an examiner of blood or tissue types and appointed
11by the court. The expert shall determine the genetic testing
12procedures. However, any interested party, for good cause
13shown, in advance of the scheduled genetic testing, may request
14a hearing to object to the qualifications of the expert or the
15genetic testing procedures. The expert appointed by the court
16shall testify at the pre-test hearing at the expense of the
17party requesting the hearing, except for an indigent party as
18provided in Section 405 of this Act. An expert not appointed by
19the court shall testify at the pre-test hearing at the expense
20of the party retaining the expert. Inquiry into an expert's
21qualifications at the pre-test hearing shall not affect either
22party's right to have the expert qualified at trial.
23    (b) Genetic testing must be of a type reasonably relied
24upon by experts in the field of genetic testing and performed
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1of Blood Banks or a successor to its functions.
2    (c) A specimen used in genetic testing may consist of one
3or more samples, or a combination of samples, of blood, buccal
4cells, bone, hair, or other body tissue or fluid.
5    (d) The testing laboratory shall determine the databases
6from which to select frequencies for use in calculation of the
7probability of paternity based on the ethnic or racial group of
8an individual or individuals. If there is disagreement as to
9the testing laboratory's choice, the following rules apply:
10        (1) The individual objecting may require the testing
11    laboratory, within 30 days after receipt of the report of
12    the genetic testing, to recalculate the probability of
13    paternity using an ethnic or racial group different from
14    that used by the laboratory.
15        (2) The individual objecting to the testing
16    laboratory's initial choice shall:
17            (A) if the frequencies are not available to the
18        testing laboratory for the ethnic or racial group
19        requested, provide the requested frequencies compiled
20        in a manner recognized by accrediting bodies; or
21            (B) engage another testing laboratory to perform
22        the calculations.
23    (e) If, after recalculation using a different ethnic or
24racial group, genetic testing does not reputably identify a man
25as the father of a child, an individual who has been tested may
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1    Section 403. Genetic test results.
2    (a) The expert shall prepare a written report of the
3genetic test results. If the genetic test results show that the
4alleged father is not excluded, the report shall contain
5statistics based upon the statistical formula of combined
6paternity index (CPI) and the probability of paternity as
7determined by the probability of exclusion (Random Man Not
8Excluded = RMNE). The expert may be called by the court as a
9witness to testify to his or her findings and, if called, shall
10be subject to cross-examination by the parties. If the genetic
11test results show that the alleged father is not excluded, any
12party may demand that other experts, qualified as examiners of
13blood or tissue types, perform independent genetic testing
14under order of court, including, but not limited to, blood
15types or other testing of genetic markers. The results of the
16genetic testing may be offered into evidence. The number and
17qualifications of the experts shall be determined by the court.
18    (b) Documentation of the chain of custody of the blood or
19tissue samples, accompanied by an affidavit or certification in
20accordance with Section 1-109 of the Code of Civil Procedure,
21is competent evidence to establish the chain of custody.
22    (c) The report of the genetic test results prepared by the
23appointed expert shall be made by affidavit or by certification
24as provided in Section 1-109 of the Code of Civil Procedure and
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1filed with the court. The verified report shall be admitted
2into evidence at trial without foundation testimony or other
3proof of authenticity or accuracy, unless a written motion
4challenging the admissibility of the report is filed by either
5party within 28 days of receipt of the report, in which case
6expert testimony shall be required. A party may not file such a
7motion challenging the admissibility of the report later than
828 days before commencement of trial. Before trial, the court
9shall determine whether the motion is sufficient to deny
10admission of the report by verification. Failure to make that
11timely motion constitutes a waiver of the right to object to
12admission by verification and shall not be grounds for a
13continuance of the hearing to establish paternity.
 
14    Section 404. Effect of genetic testing. Genetic testing
15taken under this Article shall have the following effect:
16    (a) If the court finds that the conclusion of the expert or
17experts, as disclosed by the evidence based upon the genetic
18testing, is that the alleged father is not the parent of the
19child, the question of paternity shall be resolved accordingly.
20    (b) If the experts disagree in their findings or
21conclusions, the question shall be weighed with other competent
22evidence of paternity.
23    (c) If the genetic testing results indicate that the
24alleged father is not excluded and that the combined paternity
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1probability of paternity, the alleged father is presumed to be
2the father, and this evidence shall be admitted.
3    (d) A man identified under subsection (c) of this Section
4as the father of the child may rebut the genetic testing
5results by other genetic testing satisfying the requirements of
6this Article which:
7        (1) excludes the man as a genetic father of the child;
8    or
9        (2) identifies another man as the possible father of
10    the child.
11    (e) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, if more
12than one man is identified by genetic testing as the possible
13father of the child, the court shall order them to submit to
14further genetic testing to identify the genetic father.
 
15    Section 405. Cost of genetic testing. The expense of the
16genetic testing shall be paid by the party who requests the
17genetic testing, except that the court may apportion the costs
18between the parties, upon request. When the genetic testing is
19requested by the party seeking to establish paternity and that
20party is found to be indigent by the court, the expense shall
21be paid by the public agency providing representation; except
22that where a public agency is not providing representation, the
23expense shall be paid by the county in which the action is
24brought. When the genetic testing is ordered by the court on
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1father and that father is found to be indigent by the court,
2the expense shall be paid by the county in which the action is
3brought. Any part of the expense may be taxed as costs in the
4action, except that no costs may be taxed against a public
5agency that has not requested the genetic testing.
 
6    Section 406. Compensation of expert. The compensation of
7each expert witness appointed by the court shall be paid as
8provided in Section 405 of this Act. Any part of the payment
9may be taxed as costs in the action, except that no costs may
10be taxed against a public agency that has not requested the
11services of the expert witness.
 
12    Section 407. Independent genetic testing. Nothing in this
13Article shall prevent a party from obtaining genetic testing of
14his or her own blood or tissue independent of those ordered by
15the court or from presenting expert testimony interpreting
16those tests or any other blood tests ordered under this
17Article. Reports of all the independent tests, accompanied by
18affidavit or certification pursuant to Section 1-109 of the
19Code of Civil Procedure, and notice of any expert witnesses to
20be called to testify to the results of those tests shall be
21submitted to all parties at least 30 days before any hearing
22set to determine the issue of parentage.
 
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1    (a) Subject to subsection (b), if a genetic-testing
2specimen is not available from a man who may be the father of a
3child, for good cause and under circumstances the court
4considers to be just, the court may order the following
5individuals to submit specimens for genetic testing:
6        (1) the parents of the man;
7        (2) brothers and sisters of the man;
8        (3) other children of the man and their mothers; and
9        (4) other relatives of the man necessary to complete
10    genetic testing.
11    (b) Issuance of an order under this Section requires a
12finding that a need for genetic testing outweighs the
13legitimate interests of the individual sought to be tested, and
14in no event shall an order be issued until the individual is
15joined as a party and given notice as required under the Code
16of Civil Procedure.
 
17
ARTICLE 5. TEMPORARY RELIEF

 
18    Section 501. Temporary orders.
19    (a) On a motion by a party and a showing of clear and
20convincing evidence of parentage, the court shall issue a
21temporary order for support of a child if the order is
22appropriate and the individual ordered to pay support is:
23        (1) a presumed parent of the child;
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1        (3) identified as the father through genetic testing
2    under Article 4 of this Act;
3        (4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to
4    genetic testing;
5        (5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the
6    child's father;
7        (6) the mother of the child; or
8        (7) anyone else determined to be the child's parent.
9    In determining the amount of a temporary child support
10award, the court shall use the guidelines and standards set
11forth in Sections 505 and 505.2 of the Illinois Marriage and
12Dissolution of Marriage Act.
13    (b) A temporary order may include provisions for custody
14and parenting time as provided by the Illinois Marriage and
15Dissolution of Marriage Act.
16    (c) Temporary orders issued under this Section shall not
17have prejudicial effect with respect to final support, custody,
18or parenting time orders.
 
19    Section 502. Injunctive relief.
20    (a) In any action brought under this Act for the initial
21determination of parentage, custody or parenting time of a
22child, or for modification of a prior custody or parenting time
23order, the court, upon application of a party, may enjoin a
24party having physical possession or custody of a child from
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1adjudication of the issues of parentage, custody, and parenting
2time. When deciding whether to enjoin removal of a child, or to
3order a party to return the child to this State, the court
4shall consider factors including, but not limited to:
5        (1) the extent of previous involvement with the child
6    by the party seeking to enjoin removal or to have the
7    absent party return the child to this State;
8        (2) the likelihood that parentage will be established;
9    and
10        (3) the impact on the financial, physical, and
11    emotional health of the party being enjoined from removing
12    the child or the party being ordered to return the child to
13    this State.
14    (b) A temporary restraining order or preliminary
15injunction under this Act shall be governed by the relevant
16provisions of Part 1 of Article XI of the Code of Civil
17Procedure.
18    (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of
19this Section, the court may decline to enjoin a domestic
20violence victim having physical possession or custody of a
21child from temporarily or permanently removing the child from
22this State pending the adjudication of issues of custody or
23parenting time. In determining whether a person is a domestic
24violence victim, the court shall consider the following
25factors:
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1    has good reason to believe that he or she is the victim of
2    domestic violence or stalking;
3            (2) a sworn statement that the person fears for his
4    or her safety or the safety of his or her children;
5            (3) evidence from police, court, or other
6    government agency records or files;
7            (4) documentation from a domestic violence program
8    if the person is alleged to be a victim of domestic
9    violence;
10            (5) documentation from a legal, clerical, medical,
11    or other professional from whom the person has sought
12    assistance in dealing with the alleged domestic violence;
13    and
14            (6) any other evidence that supports the sworn
15    statements, such as a statement from any other individual
16    with knowledge of the circumstances that provides the basis
17    for the claim, or physical evidence of the domestic
18    violence.
 
19
ARTICLE 6. PROCEEDING TO ADJUDICATE PARENTAGE

 
20    Section 601. Proceeding authorized. A civil proceeding may
21be maintained to adjudicate the parentage of a child. The
22proceeding is governed by the Code of Civil Procedure and
23Illinois Supreme Court Rules. Administrative proceedings
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1the Illinois Public Aid Code.
 
2    Section 602. Standing. A complaint to adjudicate parentage
3shall be verified, shall be designated a petition, and shall
4name the person or persons alleged to be the parent of the
5child. Subject to Article 3 and Sections 607, 608, and 609 of
6this Act, a proceeding to adjudicate parentage may be
7maintained by:
8    (a) the child;
9    (b) the mother of the child;
10    (c) a pregnant woman;
11    (d) a man or woman presumed or alleging himself or herself
12to be the parent of the child;
13    (e) the support-enforcement agency or other governmental
14agency authorized by other law;
15    (f) any person or public agency that has custody of, is
16providing financial support to, or has provided financial
17support to the child;
18    (g) the Department of Healthcare and Family Services if it
19is providing, or has provided, financial support to the child
20or if it is assisting with child support collections services;
21    (h) an authorized adoption agency or licensed
22child-placing agency;
23    (i) a representative authorized by law to act for an
24individual who would otherwise be entitled to maintain a
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1    (j) an intended parent pursuant to the terms of a valid
2gestational surrogacy contract; or
3    (k) an individual who has consented or has allegedly
4consented to assisted reproduction pursuant to Article 7 of
5this Act.
 
6    Section 603. Subject matter and personal jurisdiction.
7    (a) The circuit courts of this State shall have
8jurisdiction of an action brought under this Act. In a civil
9action not brought under this Act, the provisions of this Act
10shall apply if parentage is at issue. The court may join any
11action under this Act with any other civil action in which this
12Act is applicable.
13    (b) An individual may not be adjudicated to be a parent
14unless the court has personal jurisdiction over the individual.
15    (c) A court of this State having jurisdiction to adjudicate
16parentage may exercise personal jurisdiction over a
17nonresident individual, or the guardian or conservator of the
18individual, if the conditions prescribed in Section 201 of the
19Uniform Interstate Family Support Act are fulfilled.
20    (d) Lack of jurisdiction over one individual does not
21preclude the court from making an adjudication of parentage
22binding on another individual over whom the court has personal
23jurisdiction.
 
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1    (a) Venue for a proceeding to adjudicate parentage is any
2county of this State in which a party resides, or if the
3presumed or alleged father is deceased, in which a proceeding
4for probate or administration of the presumed or alleged
5father's estate has been commenced, or could be commenced.
6    (b) A child custody proceeding is commenced in the county
7where the child resides.
 
8    Section 605. Notice to presumed parent.
9    (a) In any action brought under Article 3 or Article 6 of
10this Act where the individual signing the petition for an order
11establishing the existence of the parent-child relationship by
12consent or the individual alleged to be the parent in a
13petition is different from an individual who is presumed to be
14parent of the child under Article 2 of this Act, a notice shall
15be served on the presumed parent in the same manner as
16summonses are served in other civil proceedings or, in lieu of
17personal service, service may be made as follows:
18        (1) The person requesting notice shall pay to the clerk
19    of the circuit court a mailing fee of $1.50 and furnish to
20    the clerk of the circuit court an original and one copy of
21    a notice together with an affidavit setting forth the
22    presumed parent's last known address. The original notice
23    shall be retained by the clerk of the circuit court.
24        (2) The clerk of the circuit court shall promptly mail
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1    affidavit, the copy of the notice by certified mail, return
2    receipt requested. The envelope and return receipt shall
3    bear the return address of the clerk of the circuit court.
4    The receipt for certified mail shall state the name and
5    address of the addressee and the date of mailing and shall
6    be attached to the original notice.
7        (3) The return receipt, when returned to the clerk of
8    the circuit court, shall be attached to the original notice
9    and shall constitute proof of service.
10        (4) The clerk of the circuit court shall note the fact
11    of service in a permanent record.
12    (b) The notice shall read as follows:
13    "IN THE MATTER OF NOTICE TO .......... PRESUMED PARENT.
14    You have been identified as the presumed parent of
15......... , born on ......... The birth parent of the child is
16.........
17    An action is being brought to establish the parent-child
18relationship between the named child and a parent named by the
19person filing this action, .........
20    As the presumed parent, you have certain legal rights with
21respect to the named child, including the right to notice of
22the filing of proceedings instituted for the establishment of
23parentage of the named child and, if named as a parent in a
24petition to establish parentage, the right to submit to, along
25with the birth parent and child, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
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1Section 610 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013. If you wish
2to assert your rights with respect to the child named in this
3notice, you must file with the Clerk of this Circuit Court of
4......... County, Illinois, whose address is ........ , within
530 days after the date of receipt of this notice, a declaration
6of parentage stating that you are, in fact, the parent of the
7named child and that you intend to assert your legal rights
8with respect to the child, or that you request to be notified
9of any further proceedings with respect to the parentage of the
10child.
11    If you do not file a declaration of parentage or a request
12for notice, then whatever legal rights you have with respect to
13the named child, including the right to notice of any future
14proceedings for the establishment of parentage of the child,
15may be terminated without any further notice to you. When your
16legal rights with respect to the named child are terminated,
17you will not be entitled to notice of any future proceedings.".
18    (c) The notice to a presumed parent under this Section in
19any action brought by a public agency shall be prepared and
20mailed by the public agency, and the mailing fee to the clerk
21of the circuit court shall be waived.
 
22    Section 606. Summons. The summons that is served on a
23respondent shall include the return date on or by which the
24respondent must appear and shall contain the following
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1in addition to the information required to be provided under
2the laws of this State: "If you do not appear as instructed in
3this summons, you may be required to support the child named in
4this petition until the child is at least 18 years old. You may
5also have to pay the pregnancy and delivery costs of the
6mother.".
 
7    Section 607. No limitation; child having no presumed,
8acknowledged, or adjudicated parent. A proceeding to
9adjudicate the parentage of a child having no presumed,
10acknowledged, or adjudicated parent may be commenced at any
11time, even after:
12    (a) the child becomes an adult, but only if the child
13initiates the proceeding; or
14    (b) an earlier proceeding to adjudicate parentage has been
15dismissed based on the application of a statute of limitations
16then in effect.
 
17    Section 608. Limitation; child having presumed parent.
18    (a) An alleged father, as that term is defined in Section
19103 of this Act, must commence an action to establish a
20parent-child relationship not later than 2 years after the
21petitioner knew or should have known of the relevant fact. The
22time the petitioner is under legal disability or duress or the
23ground for relief is fraudulently concealed shall be excluded
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1    (b) A proceeding seeking to declare the non-existence of
2the parent-child relationship between a child and the child's
3presumed father may be maintained at any time if the court
4determines that the presumed father and the mother of the child
5neither cohabited nor engaged in sexual intercourse with each
6other during the probable time of conception.
 
7    Section 609. Limitation; child having acknowledged or
8adjudicated parent.
9    (a) If a child has an acknowledged parent, a signatory to
10the acknowledgment described in Section 301 of this Act or
11related denial may commence a proceeding seeking to challenge
12the acknowledgment or denial or challenge the paternity of the
13child only within the time allowed under Section 309 of this
14Act.
15    (b) If a child has an acknowledged parent or an adjudicated
16parent, an individual, other than the child, who is neither a
17signatory to the acknowledgment nor a party to the adjudication
18and who seeks an adjudication of parentage of the child must
19commence a proceeding not later than 2 years after the
20effective date of the acknowledgment or adjudication.
21    (c) A proceeding under this Section is subject to the
22application of the principles of estoppel established in
23Section 610 of this Act.
 
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1    (a) In a proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a child
2having a presumed parent, the court may deny a motion seeking
3an order for genetic testing of the parents and child if the
4court determines that:
5        (1) the conduct of the parent or the presumed parent
6    estops that party from denying parentage; and
7        (2) it would be inequitable to disprove the
8    parent-child relationship between the child and the
9    presumed parent.
10    (b) In determining whether to deny a motion seeking an
11order for genetic testing, the court shall consider the best
12interest of the child, including the following factors:
13        (1) the length of time between the proceeding to
14    adjudicate parentage and the time that the presumed parent
15    was placed on notice that he or she might not be the
16    biological parent;
17        (2) the length of time during which the presumed parent
18    has assumed the role of parent of the child;
19        (3) the facts surrounding the presumed parent's
20    discovery of his or her possible nonparentage;
21        (4) the nature of the relationship between the child
22    and the presumed parent;
23        (5) the age of the child;
24        (6) the harm that may result to the child if the
25    presumed parentage is successfully disproved;
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1    and any alleged parent;
2        (8) the extent to which the passage of time reduces the
3    chances of establishing the parentage of another person and
4    a child support obligation in favor of the child;
5        (9) other factors that may affect the equities arising
6    from the disruption of the parent-child relationship
7    between the child and the presumed parent or the chance of
8    other harm to the child; and
9        (10) any other factors the court determines to be
10    equitable.
11    (c) In a proceeding involving the application of this
12Section, a minor or incapacitated child must be represented by
13a guardian ad litem.
14    (d) If the court denies a motion seeking an order for
15genetic testing, it shall issue an order adjudicating the
16presumed parent to be the parent of the child.
 
17    Section 611. Joinder of proceedings.
18    (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a
19proceeding to adjudicate parentage may be joined with a
20proceeding for adoption, termination of parental rights, child
21custody or parenting time, child support, dissolution of
22marriage or civil union, declaration of invalidity of marriage
23or civil union, legal separation, probate or administration of
24an estate, or other appropriate proceeding.
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1subsection (a) with a proceeding to adjudicate parentage
2brought under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
 
3    Section 612. Proceeding before birth. A proceeding to
4establish parentage may be commenced before the birth of the
5child, but may not be concluded until after the birth of the
6child. The following actions may be taken before the birth of
7the child:
8    (a) service of process;
9    (b) the taking of depositions to perpetuate testimony; and
10    (c) except as prohibited by Article 4 of this Act,
11collection of specimens for genetic testing.
 
12    Section 613. Child as party; representation.
13    (a) A minor child is a permissible party, but is not a
14necessary party to a proceeding under this Article.
15    (b) The court shall appoint a guardian ad litem to
16represent a minor or incapacitated child if the child is a
17party or the court finds that the interests of the child are
18not adequately represented.
 
19    Section 614. Admissibility of results of genetic testing;
20expenses.
21    (a) If a child has a presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated
22parent, the results of genetic testing are inadmissible to
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1        (1) with the consent of both the mother and the
2    presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated parent; or
3        (2) pursuant to an order of the court under Section 402
4    of this Act.
5    (b) Copies of bills for genetic testing and for prenatal
6and postnatal health care for the mother and child which are
7furnished to the adverse party not less than 10 days before the
8date of a hearing are admissible to establish:
9        (1) the amount of the charges billed; and
10        (2) that the charges were reasonable, necessary, and
11    customary.
12    (c) Certified copies of the bills for costs incurred for
13pregnancy and childbirth shall be admitted into evidence at
14judicial or administrative proceedings without foundation
15testimony or other proof of authenticity or accuracy.
 
16    Section 615. Consequences of declining genetic testing.
17    (a) An order for genetic testing is enforceable through a
18proceeding for adjudication of contempt.
19    (b) If an individual whose parentage is being determined
20declines to submit to genetic testing ordered by the court or
21administrative agency, the court or administrative agency may
22adjudicate parentage contrary to the position of that
23individual.
24    (c) Genetic testing of the mother of a child is not a
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1whose paternity is being determined. If the mother is
2unavailable or declines to submit to genetic testing, the court
3or administrative agency may order the genetic testing of the
4child and every man whose paternity is being adjudicated.
 
5    Section 616. Admission of parentage authorized.
6    (a) A respondent in a proceeding to adjudicate parentage
7may admit to the parentage of a child by filing a pleading to
8that effect or by admitting parentage under penalty of perjury
9when making an appearance or during a hearing.
10    (b) If the court finds that the admission of parentage
11satisfies the requirements of this Section and finds that there
12is no reason to question the admission, the court shall enter
13an order adjudicating the child to be the child of the person
14admitting parentage.
 
15    Section 617. Rules for adjudication of parentage. The court
16shall apply the following rules to adjudicate the parentage of
17a child:
18    (a) The parentage of a child having an adjudicated parent
19may be disproved only by admissible results of genetic testing,
20or other means, excluding that person as the parent of the
21child or identifying another person as the parent of the child.
22    (b) Unless the results of the genetic testing or other
23evidence are admitted to rebut other results of genetic
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1Section 404 of this Act may be adjudicated the parent of the
2child.
3    (c) If the court finds that genetic testing under Section
4404 neither identifies nor excludes a person as the parent of a
5child, the court may not dismiss the proceeding. In that event,
6the results of genetic testing and other evidence are
7admissible to adjudicate the issue of parentage.
8    (d) Unless the results of genetic testing are admitted to
9rebut other results of genetic testing, a person excluded as
10the parent of a child by genetic testing may be adjudicated not
11to be the parent of the child.
 
12    Section 618. Pre-trial proceedings. As soon as practicable
13after an action to declare the existence or non-existence of
14the parent-child relationship has been brought, and the parties
15are at issue, the court may conduct a pre-trial conference.
 
16    Section 619. Jury prohibited. Trial by jury is not
17available under this Act.
 
18    Section 620. Order on default. The court may issue an order
19adjudicating the parentage of a person who is in default after
20service of process.
 
21    Section 621. Binding effect of determination of parentage.
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1Section, a determination of parentage is binding on:
2        (1) all signatories to an acknowledgment or denial as
3    provided in Article 3 of this Act; and
4        (2) all parties to an adjudication by a court acting
5    under circumstances that satisfy the jurisdictional
6    requirements of Section 201 of the Uniform Interstate
7    Family Support Act.
8    (b) A child is not bound by a determination of parentage
9under this Act unless:
10        (1) the determination was based on an unrescinded
11    acknowledgment as provided in Article 3 of this Act and the
12    acknowledgment is consistent with the results of genetic
13    testing;
14        (2) the adjudication of parentage was based on a
15    finding consistent with the results of genetic testing and
16    the consistency is declared in the determination or is
17    otherwise shown; or
18        (3) the child was a party or was represented in the
19    proceeding determining parentage by a guardian ad litem.
20    (c) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, civil
21union, or substantially similar legal relationship,
22declaration of invalidity of marriage, civil union, or
23substantially similar legal relationship, or legal separation,
24the court is deemed to have made an adjudication of the
25parentage of a child if the court acts under circumstances that
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1Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, and the final order:
2        (1) expressly identifies a child as a "child of the
3    marriage, civil union, or substantially similar legal
4    relationship", "issue of the marriage, civil union, or
5    substantially similar legal relationship", or uses similar
6    words indicating that a party to the marriage, civil union,
7    or substantially similar legal relationship is the parent
8    of the child; or
9        (2) provides for support of the child by the parties to
10    the marriage, civil union, or substantially similar legal
11    relationship, unless parentage is specifically disclaimed
12    in the order.
13    (d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this
14Section, a determination of parentage may be a defense in a
15subsequent proceeding seeking to adjudicate parentage by an
16individual who was not a party to the earlier proceeding.
17    (e) A party to an adjudication of parentage may challenge
18the adjudication only under the laws of this State relating to
19appeal, vacation of judgments, or other judicial review.
 
20
ARTICLE 7. CHILD OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION

 
21    Section 701. Scope of Article. This Article does not apply
22to the birth of a child conceived by means of sexual
23intercourse or as a result of a valid gestational surrogacy
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1    Section 702. Parental status of donor. Except as provided
2in this Act, a donor is not a parent of a child conceived by
3means of assisted reproduction.
 
4    Section 703. Parentage of a child of assisted reproduction.
5A person who provides gametes for, or consents to, assisted
6reproduction by a woman as provided in Section 704 of this Act
7with the intent to be the parent of her child is a parent of the
8resulting child.
 
9    Section 704. Consent to assisted reproduction.
10    (a) Consent by an individual who intends to be a parent of
11a child born to a woman must be in a writing signed by the woman
12and the individual consenting to be the parent. A writing
13includes a certificate of birth naming both intended parents or
14a written ratification of a prior oral agreement to assisted
15reproduction.
16    (b) Failure to establish the consent required by subsection
17(a) of this Section, before or after the birth of the child,
18does not preclude a presumption under Section 204 of this Act.
19    (c) In order to be valid, both parties signing a consent
20under this Section must be at least 18 years of age at the time
21the writing is executed.
22    (d) A consent may not be entered that would result in the
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1blood relatives of the first degree.
 
2    Section 705. Effect of petition or withdrawal of consent.
3    (a) If a petition for legal separation or for the
4dissolution or declaration of invalidity of a marriage, civil
5union, or substantially similar legal relationship is filed and
6properly served or notice is given of the filing of the
7petition to the other party before implantation of existing
8gametes or an embryo or embryos, then consent to assisted
9reproduction shall be treated as being withdrawn unless the
10party and the woman, after the filing of the petition or the
11giving of notice of the filing of the petition to the other
12party, sign a new writing consenting to the assisted
13reproduction or ratify, in writing, a prior written consent.
14    (b) Consent to assisted reproduction may be withdrawn by an
15individual in a writing given with proper notice to the other
16party at any time before implantation of the gametes or an
17embryo or embryos. An individual who withdraws consent under
18this Section is not a parent of any resulting child.
 
19    Section 706. Parental status of deceased individual. If an
20individual does not consent in a record to be a parent by
21assisted reproduction after death and dies before the
22implantation of eggs, sperm, or an embryo or embryos, the
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1    Section 707. Burden of proof. A consent executed under
2Section 704 of this Act or a withdrawal of consent under
3Section 705 of this Act must be proven by clear and convincing
4evidence.
 
5
ARTICLE 8. SUPPORT AND JUDGMENT

 
6    Section 801. Child support orders.
7    (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, pending
8the outcome of a judicial determination of parentage, the court
9shall issue an order for child support upon motion by a party
10and a showing of clear and convincing evidence of parentage. In
11determining the amount of the child support award, the court
12shall use the guidelines and standards set forth in Sections
13505 and 505.2 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
14Marriage Act.
15    (b) Any new or existing support order entered by the court
16under this Section shall be deemed to be a series of judgments
17against the person obligated to pay support thereunder, each
18judgment to be in the amount of each payment or installment of
19support and each judgment to be deemed entered as of the date
20the corresponding payment or installment becomes due under the
21terms of the support order. Each judgment shall have the full
22force, effect, and attributes of any other judgment of this
23State, including the ability to be enforced. A judgment under
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1accordance with Section 510 of the Illinois Marriage and
2Dissolution of Marriage Act. Notwithstanding any other state or
3local law to the contrary, a lien arises by operation of law
4against the real and personal property of the noncustodial
5parent for each installment of overdue support owed by the
6noncustodial parent.
7    (c) An order for support, when entered or modified, shall
8include a provision requiring the non-custodial parent to
9notify the court and, in cases in which a party is receiving
10child support enforcement services under Article X of the
11Illinois Public Aid Code, the Department of Healthcare and
12Family Services, within 7 days: (i) of the name and address of
13any new employer of the non-custodial parent; (ii) whether the
14non-custodial parent has access to health insurance coverage
15through the employer or other group coverage and, if so, of the
16policy name and number and the names of persons covered under
17the policy; and (iii) of any new residential or mailing address
18or telephone number of the non-custodial parent. In any
19subsequent action to enforce a support order, upon a sufficient
20showing that a diligent effort has been made to ascertain the
21location of the non-custodial parent, service of process or
22provision of notice necessary in the case may be made at the
23last known address of the non-custodial parent in any manner
24expressly provided by this Act or the Code of Civil Procedure,
25and shall be sufficient for purposes of due process.
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1current support obligation terminates. The termination date
2shall be no earlier than the date on which the child covered by
3the order will attain the age of 18. However, if the child will
4not graduate from high school until after attaining the age of
518, then the termination date shall be no earlier than the
6earlier of the date on which the child's high school graduation
7will occur or the date on which the child will attain the age
8of 19. The order for support shall state that the termination
9date does not apply to any arrearage that may remain unpaid on
10that date. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
11prevent the court from modifying the order or terminating the
12order in the event the child is otherwise emancipated.
13    (e) If there is an unpaid arrearage or delinquency (as
14those terms are defined in the Income Withholding for Support
15Act) equal to at least one month's support obligation on the
16termination date stated in the order for support or, if there
17is no termination date stated in the order, on the date the
18child attains the age of majority or is otherwise emancipated,
19the periodic amount required to be paid for current support of
20that child immediately prior to that date shall automatically
21continue to be an obligation, not as current support but as
22periodic payment toward satisfaction of the unpaid arrearage or
23delinquency. The periodic payment shall be in addition to any
24periodic payment previously required for satisfaction of the
25arrearage or delinquency. The total periodic amount to be paid
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1enforced and collected by any method provided by law for the
2enforcement and collection of child support including, but not
3limited to, income withholding under the Income Withholding for
4Support Act. Each order for support entered or modified must
5contain a statement notifying the parties of the requirements
6of this subsection. Failure to include the statement in the
7order for support does not affect the validity of the order or
8the operation of the provisions of this subsection with regard
9to the order. This subsection shall not be construed to prevent
10or affect the establishment or modification of an order for the
11support of a minor child or the establishment or modification
12of an order for the support of a non-minor child or educational
13expenses under Section 513 of the Illinois Marriage and
14Dissolution of Marriage Act.
15    (f) An order entered under this Section shall include a
16provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee and to
17the clerk of the circuit court within 7 days each time the
18obligor obtains new employment, and each time the obligor's
19employment is terminated for any reason. The report shall be in
20writing and shall, in the case of new employment, include the
21name and address of the new employer. Failure to report new
22employment or the termination of current employment, if coupled
23with nonpayment of support for a period in excess of 60 days,
24is indirect criminal contempt. For an obligor arrested for
25failure to report new employment, bond shall be set in the
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1the period of unreported employment. An order entered under
2this Section shall also include a provision requiring the
3obligor and obligee parents to advise each other of a change in
4residence within 5 days of the change except when the court
5finds that the physical, mental, or emotional health of a party
6or that of a minor child, or both, would be seriously
7endangered by disclosure of the party's address.
 
8    Section 802. Judgment.
9    (a) The court shall issue an order adjudicating whether a
10person alleged or claiming to be the parent is the parent of
11the child. An order adjudicating parentage must identify the
12child by name and date of birth.
13    The court may assess filing fees, reasonable attorney's
14fees, fees for genetic testing, other costs, necessary travel
15expenses, and other reasonable expenses incurred in a
16proceeding under this Act. The court may award attorney's fees,
17which may be paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the
18order in the attorney's own name. The court may not assess
19fees, costs, or expenses against the support-enforcement
20agency of this State or another state, except as provided by
21other law.
22    The judgment shall contain or explicitly reserve
23provisions concerning any duty and amount of child support and
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1furnishing of bond or other security for the payment of the
2judgment, which the court shall determine in accordance with
3the relevant factors set forth in the Illinois Marriage and
4Dissolution of Marriage Act and any other applicable law of
5this State, to guide the court in a finding in the best
6interests of the child. In determining custody, joint custody,
7removal, parenting time, parenting time interference, support
8for a non-minor disabled child, educational expenses for a
9non-minor child, and related post-judgment issues, the court
10shall apply the relevant standards of the Illinois Marriage and
11Dissolution of Marriage Act. Specifically, in determining the
12amount of a child support award, the court shall use the
13guidelines and standards set forth in subsection (a) of Section
14505 and in Section 505.2 of the Illinois Marriage and
15Dissolution of Marriage Act. The court shall order all child
16support payments, determined in accordance with such
17guidelines, to commence with the date summons is served. The
18level of current periodic support payments shall not be reduced
19because of payments set for the period prior to the date of
20entry of the support order.
21    (b) In an action brought within 2 years after a child's
22birth, the judgment or order may direct either parent to pay
23the reasonable expenses incurred by either parent or the
24Department of Healthcare and Family Services related to the
25mother's pregnancy and the delivery of the child.
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1of custody, the establishment of a child support obligation or
2of parenting time rights in one parent shall be considered a
3judgment granting custody to the other parent. If the parentage
4judgment contains no such provisions, custody shall be presumed
5to be with the mother; however, the presumption shall not apply
6if the father has had physical custody for at least 6 months
7prior to the date that the mother seeks to enforce custodial
8rights.
9    (d) The court, if necessary to protect and promote the best
10interests of the child, may set aside a portion of the
11separately held estates of the parties in a separate fund or
12trust for the support, education, physical and mental health,
13and general welfare of a minor or mentally or physically
14disabled child of the parties.
15    (e) The court may order child support payments to be made
16for a period prior to the commencement of the action. In
17determining whether and to what extent the payments shall be
18made for the prior period, the court shall consider all
19relevant facts, including but not limited to:
20        (1) The factors for determining the amount of support
21    specified in the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
22    Marriage Act.
23        (2) The father's prior knowledge of the fact and
24    circumstances of the child's birth.
25        (3) The father's prior willingness or refusal to help
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1        (4) The extent to which the mother or the public agency
2    bringing the action previously informed the father of the
3    child's needs or attempted to seek or require his help in
4    raising or supporting the child.
5        (5) The reasons the mother or the public agency did not
6    file the action earlier.
7        (6) The extent to which the father would be prejudiced
8    by the delay in bringing the action.
9    For purposes of determining the amount of child support to
10be paid for the period before the date the order for current
11child support is entered, there is a rebuttable presumption
12that the father's net income for the prior period was the same
13as his net income at the time the order for current child
14support is entered.
15    If (i) the non-custodial parent was properly served with a
16request for discovery of financial information relating to the
17non-custodial parent's ability to provide child support; (ii)
18the non-custodial parent failed to comply with the request,
19despite having been ordered to do so by the court; and (iii)
20the non-custodial parent is not present at the hearing to
21determine support despite having received proper notice, then
22any relevant financial information concerning the
23non-custodial parent's ability to provide child support that
24was obtained pursuant to subpoena and proper notice shall be
25admitted into evidence without the need to establish any
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1    (f) A new or existing support order entered by the court
2under this Section shall be deemed to be a series of judgments
3against the person obligated to pay support thereunder, each
4judgment to be in the amount of each payment or installment of
5support and each judgment to be deemed entered as of the date
6the corresponding payment or installment becomes due under the
7terms of the support order. Each judgment shall have the full
8force, effect, and attributes of any other judgment of this
9State, including the ability to be enforced. A judgment under
10this Section is subject to modification or termination only in
11accordance with Section 510 of the Illinois Marriage and
12Dissolution of Marriage Act. Notwithstanding any State or local
13law to the contrary, a lien arises by operation of law against
14the real and personal property of the noncustodial parent for
15each installment of overdue support owed by the noncustodial
16parent.
17    (g) If the judgment or order of the court is at variance
18with the child's birth certificate, the court shall order that
19a new birth certificate be issued under the Vital Records Act.
20    (h) On the request of both parents, the court shall order a
21change in the child's name.
22    (i) After hearing evidence, the court may stay payment of
23support during the period of the father's minority or period of
24disability.
25    (j) If, upon a showing of proper service, the father fails
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1court may proceed to hear the cause upon testimony of the
2mother or other parties taken in open court and shall enter a
3judgment by default. The court may reserve any order as to the
4amount of child support until the father has received notice,
5by regular mail, of a hearing on the matter.
6    (k) An order for support, when entered or modified, shall
7include a provision requiring the non-custodial parent to
8notify the court and, in cases in which a party is receiving
9child support enforcement services under Article X of the
10Illinois Public Aid Code, the Department of Healthcare and
11Family Services, within 7 days: (i) of the name and address of
12any new employer of the non-custodial parent; (ii) whether the
13non-custodial parent has access to health insurance coverage
14through the employer or other group coverage and, if so, of the
15policy name and number and the names of persons covered under
16the policy; and (iii) of any new residential or mailing address
17or telephone number of the non-custodial parent. In a
18subsequent action to enforce a support order, upon a sufficient
19showing that a diligent effort has been made to ascertain the
20location of the non-custodial parent, service of process or
21provision of notice necessary in the case may be made at the
22last known address of the non-custodial parent in any manner
23expressly provided by this Act or the Code of Civil Procedure,
24and shall be sufficient for purposes of due process.
25    (l) An order for support shall include a date on which the
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1shall be no earlier than the date on which the child covered by
2the order will attain the age of 18. However, if the child will
3not graduate from high school until after attaining the age of
418, then the termination date shall be no earlier than the
5earlier of the date on which the child's high school graduation
6will occur or the date on which the child will attain the age
7of 19. The order for support shall state that the termination
8date does not apply to any arrearage that may remain unpaid on
9that date. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
10prevent the court from modifying the order or terminating the
11order in the event the child is otherwise emancipated.
12    (m) If there is an unpaid arrearage or delinquency (as
13those terms are defined in the Income Withholding for Support
14Act) equal to at least one month's support obligation on the
15termination date stated in the order for support or, if there
16is no termination date stated in the order, on the date the
17child attains the age of majority or is otherwise emancipated,
18the periodic amount required to be paid for current support of
19that child immediately prior to that date shall automatically
20continue to be an obligation, not as current support but as
21periodic payment toward satisfaction of the unpaid arrearage or
22delinquency. The periodic payment shall be in addition to any
23periodic payment previously required for satisfaction of the
24arrearage or delinquency. The total periodic amount to be paid
25toward satisfaction of the arrearage or delinquency may be
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1enforcement and collection of child support, including but not
2limited to income withholding under the Income Withholding for
3Support Act. Each order for support entered or modified must
4contain a statement notifying the parties of the requirements
5of this subsection. Failure to include the statement in the
6order for support does not affect the validity of the order or
7the operation of the provisions of this subsection with regard
8to the order. This subsection shall not be construed to prevent
9or affect the establishment or modification of an order for
10support of a minor child or the establishment or modification
11of an order for support of a non-minor child or educational
12expenses under Section 513 of the Illinois Marriage and
13Dissolution of Marriage Act.
14    (n) An order entered under this Section shall include a
15provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee and to
16the clerk of court within 7 days each time the obligor obtains
17new employment, and each time the obligor's employment is
18terminated for any reason. The report shall be in writing and
19shall, in the case of new employment, include the name and
20address of the new employer. Failure to report new employment
21or the termination of current employment, if coupled with
22nonpayment of support for a period in excess of 60 days, is
23indirect criminal contempt. For an obligor arrested for failure
24to report new employment bond shall be set in the amount of the
25child support that should have been paid during the period of
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1shall also include a provision requiring the obligor and
2obligee parents to advise each other of a change in residence
3within 5 days of the change except when the court finds that
4the physical, mental, or emotional health of a party or that of
5a minor child, or both, would be seriously endangered by
6disclosure of the party's address.
 
7    Section 803. Information to State Case Registry.
8    (a) In this Section:
9    "Order for support", "obligor", "obligee", and "business
10day" are defined as set forth in the Income Withholding for
11Support Act.
12    "State Case Registry" means the State Case Registry
13established under Section 10-27 of the Illinois Public Aid
14Code.
15    (b) Each order for support entered or modified by the
16circuit court under this Act shall require that the obligor and
17obligee file with the clerk of the circuit court (i) the
18information required by this Section (and any other information
19required under Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act or
20by the federal Department of Health and Human Services) at the
21time of entry or modification of the order for support; and
22(ii) updated information within 5 business days of any change.
23Failure of the obligor or obligee to file or update the
24required information shall be punishable as in cases of
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1or modifying the order for support, however.
2    (c) The obligor shall file the following information: the
3obligor's name, date of birth, social security number, and
4mailing address. If either the obligor or the obligee receives
5child support enforcement services from the Department of
6Healthcare and Family Services under Article X of the Illinois
7Public Aid Code, the obligor shall also file the following
8information: the obligor's telephone number, driver's license
9number, residential address (if different from the obligor's
10mailing address), and the name, address, and telephone number
11of the obligor's employer or employers.
12    (d) The obligee shall file the following information:
13        (1) The names of the obligee and the child or children
14    covered by the order for support.
15        (2) The dates of birth of the obligee and the child or
16    children covered by the order for support.
17        (3) The social security numbers of the obligee and the
18    child or children covered by the order for support.
19        (4) The obligee's mailing address.
20    (e) In cases in which the obligee receives child support
21enforcement services from the Department of Healthcare and
22Family Services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid
23Code, the order for support shall (i) require that the obligee
24file the information required under subsection (d) with the
25Department of Healthcare and Family Services for inclusion in
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1the clerk, and (ii) require that the obligee include the
2following additional information:
3        (1) The obligee's telephone and driver's license
4    numbers.
5        (2) The obligee's residential address, if different
6    from the obligee's mailing address.
7        (3) The name, address, and telephone number of the
8    obligee's employer or employers.
9    The order for support shall also require that the obligee
10update the information filed with the Department of Healthcare
11and Family Services within 5 business days of any change.
12    (f) The clerk of the circuit court shall provide the
13information filed under this Section, together with the court
14docket number and county in which the order for support was
15entered, to the State Case Registry within 5 business days
16after receipt of the information.
17    (g) In a case in which a party is receiving child support
18enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid
19Code, the clerk of the circuit court shall provide the
20following additional information to the State Case Registry
21within 5 business days after entry or modification of an order
22for support or request from the Department of Healthcare and
23Family Services:
24        (1) the amount of monthly or other periodic support
25    owed under the order for support and other amounts,
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1    and fees, due or overdue under the order; and
2        (2) any amounts that have been received by the clerk,
3    and the distribution of those amounts by the clerk.
4    (h) Information filed by the obligor and obligee under this
5Section that is not specifically required to be included in the
6body of an order for support under other laws is not a public
7record and shall be treated as confidential and subject to
8disclosure only in accordance with the provisions of this
9Section, Section 10-27 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, and
10Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act.
 
11    Section 804. Information to locate putative fathers and
12noncustodial parents.
13    (a) Upon request by a public office, employers, labor
14unions, and telephone companies shall provide location
15information concerning putative fathers and noncustodial
16parents for the purpose of establishing the parentage of a
17child or establishing, enforcing, or modifying a child support
18obligation. As used in this Section, the term "public office"
19is defined as set forth in the Income Withholding for Support
20Act, and "location information" means information about (i) the
21physical whereabouts of a putative father or noncustodial
22parent; (ii) the employer of the putative father or
23noncustodial parent; or (iii) the salary, wages, and other
24compensation paid and the health insurance coverage provided to
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1the putative father or noncustodial parent or by a labor union
2of which the putative father or noncustodial parent is a
3member. An employer, labor union, or telephone company shall
4respond to the request of the public office within 15 days
5after receiving the request. An employer, labor union, or
6telephone company that willfully fails to fully respond within
7the 15-day period shall be subject to a penalty of $100 for
8each day that the response is not provided to the public office
9after the 15-day period has expired. The penalty may be
10collected in a civil action, which may be brought against the
11employer, labor union, or telephone company in favor of the
12public office.
13    (b) Upon being served with a subpoena (including an
14administrative subpoena as authorized by law), a utility
15company or cable television company must provide location
16information to a public office for the purpose of establishing
17the parentage of a child or establishing, enforcing, or
18modifying a child support obligation.
19    (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other State or
20local law to the contrary, an employer, labor union, telephone
21company, utility company, or cable television company shall not
22be liable to any person for disclosure of location information
23under the requirements of this Section, except for willful and
24wanton misconduct.
 
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1    (a) If the existence of the parent-child relationship is
2declared, or if parentage or a duty of support has been
3established under this Act or under prior law or under the law
4of any other jurisdiction, the judgment rendered thereunder may
5be enforced in the same or in other proceedings by any party or
6any person or agency that has furnished or may furnish
7financial assistance or services to the child. The Income
8Withholding for Support Act and Sections 802 and 808 of this
9Act shall also be applicable with respect to the entry,
10modification, and enforcement of a support judgment entered
11under the Paternity Act, approved July 5, 1957 and repealed
12July 1, 1985.
13    (b) Failure to comply with an order of the court shall be
14punishable as contempt as in other cases of failure to comply
15under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. In
16addition to other penalties provided by law, the court may,
17after finding the party guilty of contempt, take the following
18action:
19        (1) Order that the party be placed on probation with
20    such conditions of probation as the court deems advisable.
21        (2) Order that the party be sentenced to periodic
22    imprisonment for a period not to exceed 6 months. However,
23    the court may permit the party to be released for periods
24    of time during the day or night to work, conduct business,
25    or engage in other self-employed occupation. The court may
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1    during a sentence of periodic imprisonment to be paid to
2    the clerk of the circuit court or to the person or parent
3    having custody of the minor child for the support of the
4    child until further order of the court.
5        (3) Pierce the ownership veil of a person, persons, or
6    business entity to discover assets of a non-custodial
7    parent held in the name of that person, those persons, or
8    that business entity, if there is a unity of interest and
9    ownership sufficient to render no financial separation
10    between the non-custodial parent and that person, those
11    persons, or the business entity. The following
12    circumstances are sufficient for a court to order discovery
13    of the assets of a person, persons, or business entity and
14    to compel the application of any discovered assets toward
15    payment of the judgment for support:
16            (A) the non-custodial parent and the person,
17        persons, or business entity maintain records together.
18            (B) the non-custodial parent and the person,
19        persons, or business entity fail to maintain an arms
20        length relationship between themselves with regard to
21        any assets.
22            (C) the non-custodial parent transfers assets to
23        the person, persons, or business entity with the intent
24        to perpetrate a fraud on the custodial parent. With
25        respect to assets which are real property, no order
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1        rights of bona fide purchasers, mortgagees, judgment
2        creditors, or other lien holders who acquire their
3        interests in the property prior to the time a notice of
4        lis pendens under the Code of Civil Procedure or a copy
5        of the order is placed of record in the office of the
6        recorder of deeds for the county in which the real
7        property is located.
8        (4) Order that, in cases where the party is 90 days or
9    more delinquent in payment of support or has been
10    adjudicated in arrears in an amount equal to 90 days
11    obligation or more, the party's Illinois driving
12    privileges be suspended until the court determines that the
13    party is in compliance with the judgment or duty of
14    support. The court may also order that the parent be issued
15    a family financial responsibility driving permit that
16    would allow limited driving privileges for employment and
17    medical purposes in accordance with Section 7-702.1 of the
18    Illinois Vehicle Code. The clerk of the circuit court shall
19    certify the order suspending the driving privileges of the
20    parent or granting the issuance of a family financial
21    responsibility driving permit to the Secretary of State on
22    forms prescribed by the Secretary. Upon receipt of the
23    authenticated documents, the Secretary of State shall
24    suspend the party's driving privileges until further order
25    of the court and shall, if ordered by the court and subject
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1    Vehicle Code, issue a family financial responsibility
2    driving permit to the parent.
3    In addition to the penalties or punishment that may be
4imposed under this Section, a person whose conduct constitutes
5a violation of Section 15 of the Non-Support Punishment Act may
6be prosecuted under that Act, and a person convicted under that
7Act may be sentenced in accordance with that Act. The sentence
8may include, but need not be limited to, a requirement that the
9person perform community service under Section 50 of that Act
10or participate in a work alternative program under Section 50
11of that Act. A person may not be required to participate in a
12work alternative program under Section 50 of the Non-Support
13Punishment Act if the person is currently participating in a
14work program under Section 806 of this Act.
15    (c) In a post-judgment proceeding to enforce or modify the
16judgment, the parties shall continue to be designated as in the
17original proceeding.
 
18    Section 806. Unemployment of person owing duty of support.
19    (a) Whenever it is determined in a proceeding to establish
20or enforce a child support obligation that the person owing a
21duty of support is unemployed, the court may order the person
22to seek employment and report periodically to the court with a
23diary, listing, or other memorandum of his or her efforts to
24seek employment in accordance with the order. Additionally, the
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1Department of Employment Security for job search services and
2to participate in job training or work programs. When the duty
3of support is owed to a child receiving child support
4enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid
5Code, the court may order the unemployed person to report to
6the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for
7participation in job search, training, or work programs
8established under Section 9-6 and Article IXA of that Code.
9    (b) Whenever it is determined that a person owes past-due
10support for a child, and the child is receiving assistance
11under the Illinois Public Aid Code, the court shall, at the
12request of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services,
13order the following:
14        (1) that the person pay the past-due support in
15    accordance with a payment plan approved by the court; or
16        (2) if the person owing past-due support is unemployed,
17    is subject to a payment plan, and is not incapacitated,
18    that the person participate in job search, training, or
19    work programs established under Section 9-6 and Article IXA
20    of the Illinois Public Aid Code as the court deems
21    appropriate.
 
22    Section 807. Order of protection; status. Whenever relief
23is sought under this Act, the court, before granting relief,
24shall determine whether an order of protection has previously
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1in which any party, or a child of any party, or both, if
2relevant, has been designated as either a respondent or a
3protected person.
 
4    Section 808. Modification of judgment. The court has
5continuing jurisdiction to modify an order for support,
6custody, parenting time, or removal included in a judgment
7entered under this Act. Any custody, parenting time, or removal
8judgment modification shall be in accordance with the relevant
9factors specified in the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
10Marriage Act. Any support judgment is subject to modification
11or termination only in accordance with Section 510 of the
12Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
 
13    Section 809. Right to counsel.
14    (a) Any party may be represented by counsel at all
15proceedings under this Act. Except as otherwise provided in
16this Act, the court may order, in accordance with the relevant
17factors specified in Section 508 of the Illinois Marriage and
18Dissolution of Marriage Act, reasonable fees of counsel,
19experts, and other costs of the action, pre-trial proceedings,
20post-judgment proceedings to enforce or modify the judgment,
21and the appeal or the defense of an appeal of the judgment to
22be paid by the parties. The court may not order payment by the
23Department of Healthcare and Family Services in cases in which
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1under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
2    (b) In any proceedings involving the support, custody,
3parenting time, education, parentage, property interest, or
4general welfare of a minor or dependent child, the court may,
5on its own motion or that of any party, appoint an attorney to
6serve in one of the capacities specified in Section 506 of the
7Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
 
8    Section 810. Withholding of income to secure payment of
9support. Orders for support entered under this Act are subject
10to the Income Withholding for Support Act.
 
11    Section 811. Information concerning obligors.
12    (a) In this Section:
13    "Arrearage", "delinquency", "obligor", and "order for
14support" have the meanings attributed to those terms in the
15Income Withholding for Support Act.
16    "Consumer reporting agency" has the meaning attributed to
17that term in Section 603(f) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act,
1815 U.S.C. 1681a(f).
19    (b) Whenever a court of competent jurisdiction finds that
20an obligor either owes an arrearage of more than $10,000 or is
21delinquent in payment of an amount equal to at least 3 months'
22support obligation pursuant to an order for support, the court
23shall direct the clerk of the circuit court to make information
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1agencies.
2    (c) Whenever a court of competent jurisdiction finds that
3an obligor either owes an arrearage of more than $10,000 or is
4delinquent in payment of an amount equal to at least 3 months'
5support obligation pursuant to an order for support, the court
6shall direct the clerk of the circuit court to cause the
7obligor's name and address to be published in a newspaper of
8general circulation in the area in which the obligor resides.
9The clerk of the circuit court shall cause the obligor's name
10and address to be published only after sending to the obligor
11at the obligor's last known address, by certified mail, return
12receipt requested, a notice of intent to publish the
13information. This subsection (c) applies only if the obligor
14resides in the county in which the clerk of the circuit court
15holds office.
 
16    Section 812. Interest on support obligations. A support
17obligation, or any portion of a support obligation, which
18becomes due and remains unpaid as of the end of each month,
19excluding the child support that was due for that month to the
20extent that it was not paid in that month, shall accrue simple
21interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of the Code of Civil
22Procedure. An order for support shall contain a statement that
23a support obligation required under the order, or any portion
24of a support obligation required under the order, that becomes
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1the child support that was due for that month to the extent
2that it was not paid in that month, shall accrue simple
3interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of the Code of Civil
4Procedure. Failure to include the statement in the order for
5support does not affect the validity of the order or the
6accrual of interest as provided in this Section.
 
7    Section 813. Support payments; receiving and disbursing
8agents.
9    (a) In an action filed in a county with less than 3,000,000
10inhabitants in which an order for child support is entered, and
11in supplementary proceedings to enforce or vary the terms of
12the order arising out of an action filed in such a county, the
13court, except in actions or supplementary proceedings in which
14the pregnancy and delivery expenses of the mother or the child
15support payments are for a recipient of aid under the Illinois
16Public Aid Code, shall direct that child support payments be
17made to the clerk of the circuit court, unless in the
18discretion of the court exceptional circumstances warrant
19otherwise. In cases where payment is to be made to persons
20other than the clerk of the circuit court, the judgment or
21order of support shall set forth the facts of the exceptional
22circumstances.
23    (b) In an action filed in a county of 3,000,000 or more
24inhabitants in which an order for child support is entered, and
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1the order arising out of an action filed in such a county, the
2court, except in actions or supplementary proceedings in which
3the pregnancy and delivery expenses of the mother or the child
4support payments are for a recipient of aid under the Illinois
5Public Aid Code, shall direct that child support payments be
6made either to the clerk of the circuit court or to the Court
7Service Division of the Department of Human Services local
8office or offices or its successor or to the Department of
9Healthcare and Family Services, unless in the discretion of the
10court exceptional circumstances warrant otherwise. In cases
11where payment is to be made to persons other than the clerk of
12the circuit court, the Court Service Division of the Department
13of Human Services local office or offices or its successor, or
14the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the judgment
15or order of support shall set forth the facts of the
16exceptional circumstances.
17    (c) When the action or supplementary proceeding is on
18behalf of a mother for pregnancy and delivery expenses or for
19child support, or both, and the mother, child, or both, are
20recipients of aid under the Illinois Public Aid Code, the court
21shall order that the payments be made directly to (1) the
22Department of Healthcare and Family Services, if the mother or
23child, or both, are recipients under Article IV or V of the
24Illinois Public Aid Code; or (2) the local governmental unit
25responsible for the support of the mother or child, or both, if
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1Code. In accordance with federal law and regulations, the
2Department of Healthcare and Family Services may continue to
3collect current maintenance payments or child support
4payments, or both, after those persons cease to receive public
5assistance and until termination of services under Article X of
6the Illinois Public Aid Code. The Department of Healthcare and
7Family Services shall pay the net amount collected to those
8persons after deducting any costs incurred in making the
9collection or any collection fee from the amount of any
10recovery made. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services
11or the local governmental unit, as the case may be, may direct
12that payments be made directly to the mother of the child, or
13to some other person or agency on the child's behalf, upon the
14removal of the mother and child from the public aid rolls or
15upon termination of services under Article X of the Illinois
16Public Aid Code; upon such direction, the Department of
17Healthcare and Family Services or the local governmental unit
18shall give notice of the action to the court in writing or by
19electronic transmission.
20    (d) All clerks of the circuit court and the Court Service
21Division of the Department of Human Services local office or
22offices or its successor and the Department of Healthcare and
23Family Services, receiving child support payments under
24subsection (a) or (b) shall disburse the payments to the person
25or persons entitled to the payments under the terms of the
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1maintain clear and current records of all moneys received and
2disbursed and of defaults and delinquencies in required
3payments. The court, by order or rule, shall make provision for
4the carrying out of these duties. Payments under this Section
5to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services made
6pursuant to the Child Support Enforcement Program established
7by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act shall be paid into the
8Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund. All payments under this
9Section to the Illinois Department of Human Services shall be
10deposited in the DHS Recoveries Trust Fund. Disbursement from
11these funds shall be as provided in the Illinois Public Aid
12Code. Payments received by a local governmental unit shall be
13deposited in that unit's General Assistance Fund.
14    (e) The moneys received by persons or agencies designated
15by the court shall be disbursed by them in accordance with the
16order. However, the court, on petition of the State's Attorney,
17may enter new orders designating the clerk of the circuit court
18or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services as the
19person or agency authorized to receive and disburse child
20support payments and, in the case of a recipient of public aid,
21the court, on petition of the Attorney General or State's
22Attorney, shall direct subsequent payments to be paid to the
23Department of Healthcare and Family Services or to the
24appropriate local governmental unit, as provided in subsection
25(c) of this Section. Payments of child support by principals or
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1of a judgment shall be made to the clerk of the circuit court,
2the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, or the
3appropriate local governmental unit, as required by this
4Section.
5    (f) For those cases in which child support is payable to
6the clerk of the circuit court for transmittal to the
7Department of Healthcare and Family Services by order of court
8or upon notification by the Department of Healthcare and Family
9Services, the clerk of the circuit court shall transmit all
10payments, within 4 working days of receipt, to insure that
11funds are available for immediate distribution by the
12Department of Healthcare and Family Services to the person or
13entity entitled to them in accordance with the Child Support
14Enforcement Program under Title IV-D of the Social Security
15Act. The clerk of the circuit court shall notify the Department
16of Healthcare and Family Services of the date of receipt and
17the amount of the funds at the time of transmittal. If the
18clerk of the circuit court has entered into an agreement of
19cooperation with the Department of Healthcare and Family
20Services to record the terms of child support orders and
21payments made thereunder directly into the Department's
22automated data processing system, the clerk of the circuit
23court shall account for, transmit and otherwise distribute
24child support payments in accordance with the agreement in lieu
25of the requirements contained in this Section.
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1inconsistent with the requirements pertaining to the State
2Disbursement Unit under Section 815 of this Act and Section
310-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the requirements
4pertaining to the State Disbursement Unit shall apply.
 
5    Section 814. Notice of child support enforcement services.
6The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may provide
7notice at any time to the parties to an action filed under this
8Act that child support enforcement services are being provided
9by the Department under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid
10Code. After notice is provided, the Department of Healthcare
11and Family Services shall be entitled, as if it were a party,
12to notice of any further proceedings brought in the case. The
13Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall provide the
14clerk of the circuit court with copies of the notices sent to
15the parties. The clerk of the circuit court shall file the
16copies in the court file.
 
17    Section 815. Payment of support to State Disbursement Unit.
18    (a) As used in this Section, "order for support",
19"obligor", "obligee", and "payor" have the meanings ascribed to
20them in the Income Withholding for Support Act, except that
21"order for support" does not mean an order for spousal
22maintenance under which there is no child support obligation.
23    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the
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1after October 1, 1999 shall require that support payments be
2made to the State Disbursement Unit established under Section
310-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code if:
4        (1) a party to the order is receiving child support
5    enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public
6    Aid Code; or
7        (2) no party to the order is receiving child support
8    enforcement services, but the support payments are made
9    through income withholding.
10    (c) Support payments shall be made to the State
11Disbursement Unit if:
12        (1) the order for support was entered before October 1,
13    1999, and a party to the order is receiving child support
14    enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public
15    Aid Code; or
16        (2) no party to the order is receiving child support
17    enforcement services, and the support payments are being
18    made through income withholding.
19    (d) If no party to the order is receiving child support
20enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid
21Code and the support payments are not made through income
22withholding, then support payments shall be made as directed by
23the order for support.
24    (e) At any time, and notwithstanding the existence of an
25order directing payments to be made elsewhere, the Department
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1obligor and, where applicable, to the obligor's payor:
2        (1) to make support payments to the State Disbursement
3    Unit if:
4            (A) a party to the order for support is receiving
5        child support enforcement services under Article X of
6        the Illinois Public Aid Code; or
7            (B) no party to the order for support is receiving
8        child support enforcement services under Article X of
9        the Illinois Public Aid Code, but the support payments
10        are made through income withholding; or
11        (2) to make support payments to the State Disbursement
12    Unit of another state upon request of another state's Title
13    IV-D child support enforcement agency, in accordance with
14    the requirements of Title IV, Part D of the Social Security
15    Act and regulations promulgated under that Part D.
16    The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
17provide a copy of the notice sent under this subsection to the
18obligee and to the clerk of the circuit court.
19    (f) The clerk of the circuit court shall provide written
20notice to the obligor to make payments directly to the clerk of
21the circuit court if no party to the order is receiving child
22support enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois
23Public Aid Code, the support payments are not made through
24income withholding, and the order for support requires support
25payments to be made directly to the clerk of the circuit court.
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1notice to the obligee.
2    (g) If the State Disbursement Unit receives a support
3payment that was not appropriately made to the Unit under this
4Section, the Unit shall immediately return the payment to the
5sender, including, if possible, instructions detailing where
6to send the support payments.
7    (h) The notices under subsections (e) and (f) may be sent
8by ordinary mail, certified mail with return receipt requested,
9facsimile transmission, other electronic process, or any
10method provided by law for service of a summons.
 
11    Section 816. Notice to the clerk of circuit court of
12payment received by Department of Healthcare and Family
13Services. For those cases in which support is payable to the
14clerk of the circuit court for transmittal to the Department of
15Healthcare and Family Services by order of court, and the
16Department of Healthcare and Family Services collects support
17by assignment, offset, withhold, deduction, or other process
18permitted by law, the Department of Healthcare and Family
19Services shall notify the clerk of the circuit court of the
20date and amount of the collection. Upon notification, the clerk
21of the circuit court shall record the collection on the payment
22record for the case.
 
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1    Section 901. Burden of proof. Absent a burden of proof
2specifically set forth in this Act, the burden of proof shall
3be by a preponderance of the evidence.
 
4    Section 902. Severability clause. If any provision of this
5Act or its application to an individual or circumstance is held
6invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or
7applications of this Act which can be given effect without the
8invalid provision or application, and to this end the
9provisions of this Act are severable.
 
10    Section 903. Transitional provision. A proceeding to
11adjudicate parentage which was commenced before the effective
12date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time
13the proceeding was commenced.
 
14    Section 904. Savings provision. The repeal of the Illinois
15Parentage Act of 1984 and the Illinois Parentage Act shall not
16affect rights or liabilities under those Act which have been
17determined, settled, or adjudicated prior to the effective date
18of this Act or which are the subject of proceedings pending on
19the effective date of this Act. This Act shall not be construed
20to bar an action which would have been barred because the
21action had not been filed within a time limitation under the
22Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 and the Illinois Parentage Act,
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1long as the action is not barred by a limitations period set
2forth in this Act.
 
3    Section 905. Other states' establishments of parentage.
4Establishments of parentage made under the laws of other states
5shall be given full faith and credit in this State regardless
6of whether parentage was established through voluntary
7acknowledgment or through judicial or administrative
8processes.
 
9    Section 951. The Department of Employment Security Law of
10the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
11changing Section 1005-130 as follows:
 
12    (20 ILCS 1005/1005-130)  (was 20 ILCS 1005/43a.14)
13    Sec. 1005-130. Exchange of information for child support
14enforcement.
15    (a) The Department has the power to exchange with the
16Department of Healthcare and Family Services information that
17may be necessary for the enforcement of child support orders
18entered pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois
19Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of
20Spouse and Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the
21Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the
22Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, or the Illinois
23Parentage Act of 1984, or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013.

 

 

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1    (b) Notwithstanding any provisions in the Civil
2Administrative Code of Illinois to the contrary, the Department
3of Employment Security shall not be liable to any person for
4any disclosure of information to the Department of Healthcare
5and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of Public
6Aid) under subsection (a) or for any other action taken in good
7faith to comply with the requirements of subsection (a).
8(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
9    Section 952. The Department of Professional Regulation Law
10of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
11changing Section 2105-15 as follows:
 
12    (20 ILCS 2105/2105-15)
13    Sec. 2105-15. General powers and duties.
14    (a) The Department has, subject to the provisions of the
15Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the following powers and
16duties:
17        (1) To authorize examinations in English to ascertain
18    the qualifications and fitness of applicants to exercise
19    the profession, trade, or occupation for which the
20    examination is held.
21        (2) To prescribe rules and regulations for a fair and
22    wholly impartial method of examination of candidates to
23    exercise the respective professions, trades, or
24    occupations.

 

 

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1        (3) To pass upon the qualifications of applicants for
2    licenses, certificates, and authorities, whether by
3    examination, by reciprocity, or by endorsement.
4        (4) To prescribe rules and regulations defining, for
5    the respective professions, trades, and occupations, what
6    shall constitute a school, college, or university, or
7    department of a university, or other institution,
8    reputable and in good standing, and to determine the
9    reputability and good standing of a school, college, or
10    university, or department of a university, or other
11    institution, reputable and in good standing, by reference
12    to a compliance with those rules and regulations; provided,
13    that no school, college, or university, or department of a
14    university, or other institution that refuses admittance
15    to applicants solely on account of race, color, creed, sex,
16    or national origin shall be considered reputable and in
17    good standing.
18        (5) To conduct hearings on proceedings to revoke,
19    suspend, refuse to renew, place on probationary status, or
20    take other disciplinary action as authorized in any
21    licensing Act administered by the Department with regard to
22    licenses, certificates, or authorities of persons
23    exercising the respective professions, trades, or
24    occupations and to revoke, suspend, refuse to renew, place
25    on probationary status, or take other disciplinary action
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1    Department with regard to those licenses, certificates, or
2    authorities. The Department shall issue a monthly
3    disciplinary report. The Department shall deny any license
4    or renewal authorized by the Civil Administrative Code of
5    Illinois to any person who has defaulted on an educational
6    loan or scholarship provided by or guaranteed by the
7    Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any governmental
8    agency of this State; however, the Department may issue a
9    license or renewal if the aforementioned persons have
10    established a satisfactory repayment record as determined
11    by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission or other
12    appropriate governmental agency of this State.
13    Additionally, beginning June 1, 1996, any license issued by
14    the Department may be suspended or revoked if the
15    Department, after the opportunity for a hearing under the
16    appropriate licensing Act, finds that the licensee has
17    failed to make satisfactory repayment to the Illinois
18    Student Assistance Commission for a delinquent or
19    defaulted loan. For the purposes of this Section,
20    "satisfactory repayment record" shall be defined by rule.
21    The Department shall refuse to issue or renew a license to,
22    or shall suspend or revoke a license of, any person who,
23    after receiving notice, fails to comply with a subpoena or
24    warrant relating to a paternity or child support
25    proceeding. However, the Department may issue a license or
26    renewal upon compliance with the subpoena or warrant.

 

 

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1        The Department, without further process or hearings,
2    shall revoke, suspend, or deny any license or renewal
3    authorized by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to
4    a person who is certified by the Department of Healthcare
5    and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of
6    Public Aid) as being more than 30 days delinquent in
7    complying with a child support order or who is certified by
8    a court as being in violation of the Non-Support Punishment
9    Act for more than 60 days. The Department may, however,
10    issue a license or renewal if the person has established a
11    satisfactory repayment record as determined by the
12    Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
13    Illinois Department of Public Aid) or if the person is
14    determined by the court to be in compliance with the
15    Non-Support Punishment Act. The Department may implement
16    this paragraph as added by Public Act 89-6 through the use
17    of emergency rules in accordance with Section 5-45 of the
18    Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. For purposes of the
19    Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, the adoption of
20    rules to implement this paragraph shall be considered an
21    emergency and necessary for the public interest, safety,
22    and welfare.
23        (6) To transfer jurisdiction of any realty under the
24    control of the Department to any other department of the
25    State Government or to acquire or accept federal lands when
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1    to the State and is approved in writing by the Governor.
2        (7) To formulate rules and regulations necessary for
3    the enforcement of any Act administered by the Department.
4        (8) To exchange with the Department of Healthcare and
5    Family Services information that may be necessary for the
6    enforcement of child support orders entered pursuant to the
7    Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Marriage and
8    Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of Spouse and
9    Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the Revised
10    Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the Uniform
11    Interstate Family Support Act, or the Illinois Parentage
12    Act of 1984, or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013.
13    Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code to the
14    contrary, the Department of Professional Regulation shall
15    not be liable under any federal or State law to any person
16    for any disclosure of information to the Department of
17    Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois
18    Department of Public Aid) under this paragraph (8) or for
19    any other action taken in good faith to comply with the
20    requirements of this paragraph (8).
21        (9) To perform other duties prescribed by law.
22    (a-5) Except in cases involving default on an educational
23loan or scholarship provided by or guaranteed by the Illinois
24Student Assistance Commission or any governmental agency of
25this State or in cases involving delinquency in complying with
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1Punishment Act, no person or entity whose license, certificate,
2or authority has been revoked as authorized in any licensing
3Act administered by the Department may apply for restoration of
4that license, certification, or authority until 3 years after
5the effective date of the revocation.
6    (b) The Department may, when a fee is payable to the
7Department for a wall certificate of registration provided by
8the Department of Central Management Services, require that
9portion of the payment for printing and distribution costs be
10made directly or through the Department to the Department of
11Central Management Services for deposit into the Paper and
12Printing Revolving Fund. The remainder shall be deposited into
13the General Revenue Fund.
14    (c) For the purpose of securing and preparing evidence, and
15for the purchase of controlled substances, professional
16services, and equipment necessary for enforcement activities,
17recoupment of investigative costs, and other activities
18directed at suppressing the misuse and abuse of controlled
19substances, including those activities set forth in Sections
20504 and 508 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the
21Director and agents appointed and authorized by the Director
22may expend sums from the Professional Regulation Evidence Fund
23that the Director deems necessary from the amounts appropriated
24for that purpose. Those sums may be advanced to the agent when
25the Director deems that procedure to be in the public interest.
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1services, and equipment necessary for enforcement activities
2and other activities as set forth in this Section shall be
3advanced to the agent who is to make the purchase from the
4Professional Regulation Evidence Fund on vouchers signed by the
5Director. The Director and those agents are authorized to
6maintain one or more commercial checking accounts with any
7State banking corporation or corporations organized under or
8subject to the Illinois Banking Act for the deposit and
9withdrawal of moneys to be used for the purposes set forth in
10this Section; provided, that no check may be written nor any
11withdrawal made from any such account except upon the written
12signatures of 2 persons designated by the Director to write
13those checks and make those withdrawals. Vouchers for those
14expenditures must be signed by the Director. All such
15expenditures shall be audited by the Director, and the audit
16shall be submitted to the Department of Central Management
17Services for approval.
18    (d) Whenever the Department is authorized or required by
19law to consider some aspect of criminal history record
20information for the purpose of carrying out its statutory
21powers and responsibilities, then, upon request and payment of
22fees in conformance with the requirements of Section 2605-400
23of the Department of State Police Law (20 ILCS 2605/2605-400),
24the Department of State Police is authorized to furnish,
25pursuant to positive identification, the information contained
26in State files that is necessary to fulfill the request.

 

 

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1    (e) The provisions of this Section do not apply to private
2business and vocational schools as defined by Section 15 of the
3Private Business and Vocational Schools Act of 2012.
4    (f) Beginning July 1, 1995, this Section does not apply to
5those professions, trades, and occupations licensed under the
6Real Estate License Act of 2000, nor does it apply to any
7permits, certificates, or other authorizations to do business
8provided for in the Land Sales Registration Act of 1989 or the
9Illinois Real Estate Time-Share Act.
10    (g) Notwithstanding anything that may appear in any
11individual licensing statute or administrative rule, the
12Department shall deny any license application or renewal
13authorized under any licensing Act administered by the
14Department to any person who has failed to file a return, or to
15pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed return, or
16to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest, as
17required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department
18of Revenue, until such time as the requirement of any such tax
19Act are satisfied; however, the Department may issue a license
20or renewal if the person has established a satisfactory
21repayment record as determined by the Illinois Department of
22Revenue. For the purpose of this Section, "satisfactory
23repayment record" shall be defined by rule.
24    In addition, a complaint filed with the Department by the
25Illinois Department of Revenue that includes a certification,
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1the unpaid tax liability or the years for which a return was
2not filed, or both, is prima facia evidence of the licensee's
3failure to comply with the tax laws administered by the
4Illinois Department of Revenue. Upon receipt of that
5certification, the Department shall, without a hearing,
6immediately suspend all licenses held by the licensee.
7Enforcement of the Department's order shall be stayed for 60
8days. The Department shall provide notice of the suspension to
9the licensee by mailing a copy of the Department's order by
10certified and regular mail to the licensee's last known address
11as registered with the Department. The notice shall advise the
12licensee that the suspension shall be effective 60 days after
13the issuance of the Department's order unless the Department
14receives, from the licensee, a request for a hearing before the
15Department to dispute the matters contained in the order.
16    Any suspension imposed under this subsection (g) shall be
17terminated by the Department upon notification from the
18Illinois Department of Revenue that the licensee is in
19compliance with all tax laws administered by the Illinois
20Department of Revenue.
21    The Department shall promulgate rules for the
22administration of this subsection (g).
23    (h) The Department may grant the title "Retired", to be
24used immediately adjacent to the title of a profession
25regulated by the Department, to eligible retirees. The use of
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1current licensure, registration, or certification. Any person
2without an active license, registration, or certificate in a
3profession that requires licensure, registration, or
4certification shall not be permitted to practice that
5profession.
6    (i) Within 180 days after December 23, 2009 (the effective
7date of Public Act 96-852), the Department shall promulgate
8rules which permit a person with a criminal record, who seeks a
9license or certificate in an occupation for which a criminal
10record is not expressly a per se bar, to apply to the
11Department for a non-binding, advisory opinion to be provided
12by the Board or body with the authority to issue the license or
13certificate as to whether his or her criminal record would bar
14the individual from the licensure or certification sought,
15should the individual meet all other licensure requirements
16including, but not limited to, the successful completion of the
17relevant examinations.
18(Source: P.A. 96-459, eff. 8-14-09; 96-852, eff. 12-23-09;
1996-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-650, eff. 2-1-12.)
 
20    Section 953. The Department of Revenue Law of the Civil
21Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
222505-65 as follows:
 
23    (20 ILCS 2505/2505-65)  (was 20 ILCS 2505/39b12)
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1    (a) The Department has the power to exchange with any
2state, with any local subdivisions of any state, or with the
3federal government, except when specifically prohibited by
4law, any information that may be necessary to efficient tax
5administration and that may be acquired as a result of the
6administration of the laws set forth in the Sections following
7Section 95-10 and preceding Section 2505-60.
8    (b) The Department has the power to exchange with the
9Department of Healthcare and Family Services information that
10may be necessary for the enforcement of child support orders
11entered pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois
12Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of
13Spouse and Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the
14Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the
15Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, or the Illinois
16Parentage Act of 1984, or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013.
17Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code to the contrary,
18the Department of Revenue shall not be liable to any person for
19any disclosure of information to the Department of Healthcare
20and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of Public
21Aid) under this subsection (b) or for any other action taken in
22good faith to comply with the requirements of this subsection
23(b).
24(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
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1Section 3-5036.5 as follows:
 
2    (55 ILCS 5/3-5036.5)
3    Sec. 3-5036.5. Exchange of information for child support
4enforcement.
5    (a) The Recorder shall exchange with the Department of
6Healthcare and Family Services information that may be
7necessary for the enforcement of child support orders entered
8pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Marriage
9and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of Spouse and
10Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the Revised
11Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the Uniform
12Interstate Family Support Act, or the Illinois Parentage Act of
131984, or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013.
14    (b) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code to the
15contrary, the Recorder shall not be liable to any person for
16any disclosure of information to the Department of Healthcare
17and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of Public
18Aid) under subsection (a) or for any other action taken in good
19faith to comply with the requirements of subsection (a).
20(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
21    Section 955. The Collection Agency Act is amended by
22changing Section 2.04 as follows:
 
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1    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
2    Sec. 2.04. Child support indebtedness.
3    (a) Persons, associations, partnerships, corporations, or
4other legal entities engaged in the business of collecting
5child support indebtedness owing under a court order as
6provided under the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois
7Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of
8Spouse and Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the
9Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, the Illinois Parentage Act of
102013, or similar laws of other states are not restricted (i) in
11the frequency of contact with an obligor who is in arrears,
12whether by phone, mail, or other means, (ii) from contacting
13the employer of an obligor who is in arrears, (iii) from
14publishing or threatening to publish a list of obligors in
15arrears, (iv) from disclosing or threatening to disclose an
16arrearage that the obligor disputes, but for which a verified
17notice of delinquency has been served under the Income
18Withholding for Support Act (or any of its predecessors,
19Section 10-16.2 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, Section 706.1
20of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act,
21Section 4.1 of the Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act,
22Section 26.1 of the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
23Support Act, or Section 20 of the Illinois Parentage Act of
241984), or (v) from engaging in conduct that would not cause a
25reasonable person mental or physical illness. For purposes of
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1to make periodic payments, under a court order, for the support
2of a child. "Arrearage" means the total amount of an obligor's
3unpaid child support obligations.
4    (a-5) A collection agency may not impose a fee or charge,
5including costs, for any child support payments collected
6through the efforts of a federal, State, or local government
7agency, including but not limited to child support collected
8from federal or State tax refunds, unemployment benefits, or
9Social Security benefits.
10    No collection agency that collects child support payments
11shall (i) impose a charge or fee, including costs, for
12collection of a current child support payment, (ii) fail to
13apply collections to current support as specified in the order
14for support before applying collection to arrears or other
15amounts, or (iii) designate a current child support payment as
16arrears or other amount owed. In all circumstances, the
17collection agency shall turn over to the obligee all support
18collected in a month up to the amount of current support
19required to be paid for that month.
20    As to any fees or charges, including costs, retained by the
21collection agency, that agency shall provide documentation to
22the obligee demonstrating that the child support payments
23resulted from the actions of the agency.
24    After collection of the total amount or arrearage,
25including statutory interest, due as of the date of execution
26of the collection contract, no further fees may be charged.

 

 

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1    (a-10) The Department of Professional Regulation shall
2determine a fee rate of not less than 25% but not greater than
335%, based upon presentation by the licensees as to costs to
4provide the service and a fair rate of return. This rate shall
5be established by administrative rule.
6    Without prejudice to the determination by the Department of
7the appropriate rate through administrative rule, a collection
8agency shall impose a fee of not more than 29% of the amount of
9child support actually collected by the collection agency
10subject to the provisions of subsection (a-5). This interim
11rate is based upon the March 2002 General Account Office report
12"Child Support Enforcement", GAO-02-349. This rate shall apply
13until a fee rate is established by administrative rule.
14    (b) The Department shall adopt rules necessary to
15administer and enforce the provisions of this Section.
16(Source: P.A. 93-896, eff. 8-10-04; 94-414, eff. 12-31-05.)
 
17    Section 956. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
18changing Sections 10-3.1, 10-16.7, 10-17, 10-17.7, 10-19,
1910-25, 10-25.5, 10-27, and 12-4.7c as follows:
 
20    (305 ILCS 5/10-3.1)  (from Ch. 23, par. 10-3.1)
21    Sec. 10-3.1. Child and Spouse Support Unit. The Illinois
22Department shall establish within its administrative staff a
23Child and Spouse Support Unit to search for and locate absent
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1in this State and to exercise the support enforcement powers
2and responsibilities assigned the Department by this Article.
3The unit shall cooperate with all law enforcement officials in
4this State and with the authorities of other States in locating
5persons responsible for the support of persons resident in
6other States and shall invite the cooperation of these
7authorities in the performance of its duties.
8    In addition to other duties assigned the Child and Spouse
9Support Unit by this Article, the Unit may refer to the
10Attorney General or units of local government with the approval
11of the Attorney General, any actions under Sections 10-10 and
1210-15 for judicial enforcement of the support liability. The
13Child and Spouse Support Unit shall act for the Department in
14referring to the Attorney General support matters requiring
15judicial enforcement under other laws. If requested by the
16Attorney General to so act, as provided in Section 12-16,
17attorneys of the Unit may assist the Attorney General or
18themselves institute actions on in behalf of the Illinois
19Department under the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
20Support Act; under the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or under
21the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013; under the Non-Support of
22Spouse and Children Act; under the Non-Support Punishment Act;
23or under any other law, State or Federal, providing for support
24of a spouse or dependent child.
25    The Illinois Department shall also have the authority to
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1individuals, with the approval of the Attorney General, for the
2collection of moneys owing because of the failure of a parent
3to make child support payments for any child receiving services
4under this Article. Such agreements may be on a contingent fee
5basis, but such contingent fee shall not exceed 25% of the
6total amount collected.
7    An attorney who provides representation pursuant to this
8Section shall represent the Illinois Department exclusively.
9Regardless of the designation of the plaintiff in an action
10brought pursuant to this Section, an attorney-client
11relationship does not exist for purposes of that action between
12that attorney and (i) an applicant for or recipient of child
13support enforcement services or (ii) any other party to the
14action other than the Illinois Department. Nothing in this
15Section shall be construed to modify any power or duty
16(including a duty to maintain confidentiality) of the Child and
17Spouse Support Unit or the Illinois Department otherwise
18provided by law.
19    The Illinois Department may also enter into agreements with
20local governmental units for the Child and Spouse Support Unit
21to exercise the investigative and enforcement powers
22designated in this Article, including the issuance of
23administrative orders under Section 10-11, in locating
24responsible relatives and obtaining support for persons
25applying for or receiving aid under Article VI. Payments for
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1obtained shall be deposited into the DHS Recoveries Trust Fund.
2Support payments shall be paid over to the General Assistance
3Fund of the local governmental unit at such time or times as
4the agreement may specify.
5    With respect to those cases in which it has support
6enforcement powers and responsibilities under this Article,
7the Illinois Department may provide by rule for periodic or
8other review of each administrative and court order for support
9to determine whether a modification of the order should be
10sought. The Illinois Department shall provide for and conduct
11such review in accordance with any applicable federal law and
12regulation.
13    As part of its process for review of orders for support,
14the Illinois Department, through written notice, may require
15the responsible relative to disclose his or her Social Security
16Number and past and present information concerning the
17relative's address, employment, gross wages, deductions from
18gross wages, net wages, bonuses, commissions, number of
19dependent exemptions claimed, individual and dependent health
20insurance coverage, and any other information necessary to
21determine the relative's ability to provide support in a case
22receiving child support enforcement services under this
23Article X.
24    The Illinois Department may send a written request for the
25same information to the relative's employer. The employer shall
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1date the employer receives the request. If the employer
2willfully fails to fully respond within the 15-day period, the
3employer shall pay a penalty of $100 for each day that the
4response is not provided to the Illinois Department after the
515-day period has expired. The penalty may be collected in a
6civil action which may be brought against the employer in favor
7of the Illinois Department.
8    A written request for information sent to an employer
9pursuant to this Section shall consist of (i) a citation of
10this Section as the statutory authority for the request and for
11the employer's obligation to provide the requested
12information, (ii) a returnable form setting forth the
13employer's name and address and listing the name of the
14employee with respect to whom information is requested, and
15(iii) a citation of this Section as the statutory authority
16authorizing the employer to withhold a fee of up to $20 from
17the wages or income to be paid to each responsible relative for
18providing the information to the Illinois Department within the
1915-day period. If the employer is withholding support payments
20from the responsible relative's income pursuant to an order for
21withholding, the employer may withhold the fee provided for in
22this Section only after withholding support as required under
23the order. Any amounts withheld from the responsible relative's
24income for payment of support and the fee provided for in this
25Section shall not be in excess of the amounts permitted under
26the federal Consumer Credit Protection Act.

 

 

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1    In a case receiving child support enforcement services, the
2Illinois Department may request and obtain information from a
3particular employer under this Section no more than once in any
412-month period, unless the information is necessary to conduct
5a review of a court or administrative order for support at the
6request of the person receiving child support enforcement
7services.
8    The Illinois Department shall establish and maintain an
9administrative unit to receive and transmit to the Child and
10Spouse Support Unit information supplied by persons applying
11for or receiving child support enforcement services under
12Section 10-1. In addition, the Illinois Department shall
13address and respond to any alleged deficiencies that persons
14receiving or applying for services from the Child and Spouse
15Support Unit may identify concerning the Child and Spouse
16Support Unit's provision of child support enforcement
17services. Within 60 days after an action or failure to act by
18the Child and Spouse Support Unit that affects his or her case,
19a recipient of or applicant for child support enforcement
20services under Article X of this Code may request an
21explanation of the Unit's handling of the case. At the
22requestor's option, the explanation may be provided either
23orally in an interview, in writing, or both. If the Illinois
24Department fails to respond to the request for an explanation
25or fails to respond in a manner satisfactory to the applicant
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1explanation, the applicant or recipient may request a
2conference for further review of the matter by the Office of
3the Administrator of the Child and Spouse Support Unit. A
4request for a conference may be submitted at any time within 60
5days after the explanation has been provided by the Child and
6Spouse Support Unit or within 60 days after the time for
7providing the explanation has expired.
8    The applicant or recipient may request a conference
9concerning any decision denying or terminating child support
10enforcement services under Article X of this Code, and the
11applicant or recipient may also request a conference concerning
12the Unit's failure to provide services or the provision of
13services in an amount or manner that is considered inadequate.
14For purposes of this Section, the Child and Spouse Support Unit
15includes all local governmental units or individuals with whom
16the Illinois Department has contracted under Section 10-3.1.
17    Upon receipt of a timely request for a conference, the
18Office of the Administrator shall review the case. The
19applicant or recipient requesting the conference shall be
20entitled, at his or her option, to appear in person or to
21participate in the conference by telephone. The applicant or
22recipient requesting the conference shall be entitled to be
23represented and to be afforded a reasonable opportunity to
24review the Illinois Department's file before or at the
25conference. At the conference, the applicant or recipient
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1present all relevant matters in support of his or her claim.
2Conferences shall be without cost to the applicant or recipient
3requesting the conference and shall be conducted by a
4representative of the Child or Spouse Support Unit who did not
5participate in the action or inaction being reviewed.
6    The Office of the Administrator shall conduct a conference
7and inform all interested parties, in writing, of the results
8of the conference within 60 days from the date of filing of the
9request for a conference.
10    In addition to its other powers and responsibilities
11established by this Article, the Child and Spouse Support Unit
12shall conduct an annual assessment of each institution's
13program for institution based paternity establishment under
14Section 12 of the Vital Records Act.
15(Source: P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; 92-16,
16eff. 6-28-01; 92-590, eff. 7-1-02.)
 
17    (305 ILCS 5/10-16.7)
18    Sec. 10-16.7. Child support enforcement debit
19authorization.
20    (a) For purposes of this Section:
21    "Financial institution" and "account" are defined as set
22forth in Section 10-24.
23    "Payor" is defined as set forth in Section 15 of the Income
24Withholding for Support Act.
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1funds to the State Disbursement Unit for the support of a child
2or, where applicable, for support of a child and a parent with
3whom the child resides, that is entered or modified under this
4Code or under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage
5Act, the Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act, the
6Non-Support Punishment Act, or the Illinois Parentage Act of
71984, or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013, or that is entered
8or registered for modification or enforcement under the Uniform
9Interstate Family Support Act.
10    "Obligor" means an individual who owes a duty to make
11payments under an order for support in a case in which child
12support enforcement services are being provided under this
13Article X.
14    (b) The Department of Public Aid (now Healthcare and Family
15Services) shall adopt a child support enforcement debit
16authorization form that, upon being signed by an obligor,
17authorizes a financial institution holding an account on the
18obligor's behalf to debit the obligor's account periodically in
19an amount equal to the amount of child support that the obligor
20is required to pay periodically and transfer that amount to the
21State Disbursement Unit. The form shall include instructions to
22the financial institution concerning the debiting of accounts
23held on behalf of obligors and the transfer of the debited
24amounts to the State Disbursement Unit. In adopting the form,
25the Department may consult with the Office of Banks and Real
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1Department must adopt the form within 6 months after the
2effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
3Assembly. Promptly after adopting the form, the Department must
4notify each financial institution conducting business in this
5State that the form has been adopted and is ready for use.
6    (c) An obligor who does not have a payor may sign a child
7support debit authorization form adopted by the Department
8under this Section. The obligor may sign a form in relation to
9any or all of the financial institutions holding an account on
10the obligor's behalf. Promptly after an obligor signs a child
11support debit authorization form, the Department shall send the
12original signed form to the appropriate financial institution.
13Subject to subsection (e), upon receiving the form, the
14financial institution shall debit the account and transfer the
15debited amounts to the State Disbursement Unit according to the
16instructions in the form. A financial institution that complies
17with a child support debit authorization form signed by an
18obligor and issued under this Section shall not be subject to
19civil liability with respect to any individual or any agency.
20    (d) The signing and issuance of a child support debit
21authorization form under this Section does not relieve the
22obligor from responsibility for compliance with any
23requirement under the order for support.
24    (e) A financial institution is obligated to debit the
25account of an obligor pursuant to this Section only if or to
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1        (1) the financial institution reasonably believes the
2    debit authorization form is a true and authentic original
3    document;     
4        (2) there are finally collected funds in the account;
5    and
6        (3) the account is not subject to offsetting claims of
7    the financial institution, whether due at the time of
8    receipt of the debit authorization form or thereafter to
9    become due and whether liquidated or unliquidated.
10    To the extent the account of the obligor is pledged or held
11by the financial institution as security for a loan or other
12obligation, or that the financial institution has any other
13claim or lien against the account, the financial institution is
14entitled to retain the account.
15(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
16    (305 ILCS 5/10-17)  (from Ch. 23, par. 10-17)
17    Sec. 10-17. Other Actions and Remedies for Support. The
18procedures, actions and remedies provided in this Article shall
19in no way be exclusive, but shall be available in addition to
20other actions and remedies of support, including, but not by
21way of limitation, the remedies provided in (a) the Illinois
22Parentage Act of 2013 "Paternity Act", approved July 5, 1957,
23as amended; (b) the "Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act",
24approved June 24, 1915, as amended; (b-5) the Non-Support
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1Enforcement of Support Act", approved August 28, 1969, as
2amended.
3(Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)
 
4    (305 ILCS 5/10-17.7)
5    Sec. 10-17.7. Administrative determination of paternity.
6The Illinois Department may provide by rule for the
7administrative determination of paternity by the Child and
8Spouse Support Unit in cases involving applicants for or
9recipients of financial aid under Article IV of this Act and
10other persons who are given access to the child support
11enforcement services of this Article as provided in Section
1210-1, including persons similarly situated and receiving
13similar services in other states. The rules shall extend to
14cases in which the mother and alleged father voluntarily
15acknowledge paternity in the form required by the Illinois
16Department or agree to be bound by the results of genetic
17testing or in which the alleged father has failed to respond to
18a notification of support obligation issued under Section 10-4
19and to cases of contested paternity. The Illinois Department's
20form for voluntary acknowledgement of paternity shall be the
21same form prepared by the Illinois Department for use under the
22requirements of Section 12 of the Vital Records Act. Any
23presumption provided for under the Illinois Parentage Act of
241984 or under the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013 on and after
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1paternity is determined under the rules of the Illinois
2Department. The rules shall provide for notice and an
3opportunity to be heard by the responsible relative and the
4person receiving child support enforcement services under this
5Article if paternity is not voluntarily acknowledged, and any
6final administrative decision rendered by the Illinois
7Department shall be reviewed only under and in accordance with
8the Administrative Review Law. Determinations of paternity
9made by the Illinois Department under the rules authorized by
10this Section shall have the full force and effect of a court
11judgment of paternity entered under the Illinois Parentage Act
12of 1984 or under the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013.
13    In determining paternity in contested cases, the Illinois
14Department shall conduct the evidentiary hearing in accordance
15with Article 4 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013 Section 11
16of the Parentage Act of 1984, except that references in that
17Article Section to "the court" shall be deemed to mean the
18Illinois Department's hearing officer in cases in which
19paternity is determined administratively by the Illinois
20Department.
21    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, a
22default determination of paternity may be made if service of
23the notice under Section 10-4 was made by publication under the
24rules for administrative paternity determination authorized by
25this Section. The rules as they pertain to service by
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12-206 and 2-207 of the Code of Civil Procedure, (ii) provide
2for service by publication in cases in which the whereabouts of
3the alleged father are unknown after diligent location efforts
4by the Child and Spouse Support Unit, and (iii) provide for
5publication of a notice of default paternity determination in
6the same manner that the notice under Section 10-4 was
7published.
8    The Illinois Department may implement this Section through
9the use of emergency rules in accordance with Section 5-45 of
10the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. For purposes of the
11Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, the adoption of rules to
12implement this Section shall be considered an emergency and
13necessary for the public interest, safety, and welfare.
14(Source: P.A. 96-333, eff. 8-11-09; 96-474, eff. 8-14-09.)
 
15    (305 ILCS 5/10-19)  (from Ch. 23, par. 10-19)
16    Sec. 10-19. Support Payments Ordered Under Other Laws;
17where deposited. The Illinois Department and local
18governmental units are authorized to receive payments directed
19by court order for the support of recipients, as provided in
20the following Acts:
21    1. "Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act", approved June
2224, 1915, as amended,
23    1.5. The Non-Support Punishment Act,
24    2. "Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act", as
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1    3. The Illinois Parentage Act, as amended,
2    3.5. The Illinois Parentage Act of 2013,
3    4. "Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support
4Act", approved August 28, 1969, as amended,
5    5. The Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of
61987, as amended,
7    6. The "Unified Code of Corrections", approved July 26,
81972, as amended,
9    7. Part 7 of Article XII of the Code of Civil Procedure, as
10amended,
11    8. Part 8 of Article XII of the Code of Civil Procedure, as
12amended, and
13    9. Other laws which may provide by judicial order for
14direct payment of support moneys.
15    Payments under this Section to the Illinois Department
16pursuant to the Child Support Enforcement Program established
17by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act shall be paid into the
18Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund. All payments under this
19Section to the Illinois Department of Human Services shall be
20deposited in the DHS Recoveries Trust Fund. Disbursements from
21these funds shall be as provided in Sections 12-9.1 and 12-10.2
22of this Code. Payments received by a local governmental unit
23shall be deposited in that unit's General Assistance Fund.
24    To the extent the provisions of this Section are
25inconsistent with the requirements pertaining to the State
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1Code, the requirements pertaining to the State Disbursement
2Unit shall apply.
3(Source: P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-212, eff. 7-20-99; 91-613,
4eff. 10-1-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
 
5    (305 ILCS 5/10-25)
6    Sec. 10-25. Administrative liens and levies on real
7property for past-due child support.
8    (a) Notwithstanding any other State or local law to the
9contrary, the State shall have a lien on all legal and
10equitable interests of responsible relatives in their real
11property in the amount of past-due child support owing pursuant
12to an order for child support entered under Sections 10-10 and
1310-11 of this Code, or under the Illinois Marriage and
14Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of Spouse and
15Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the Uniform
16Interstate Family Support Act, or the Illinois Parentage Act of
171984, or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013.
18    (b) The Illinois Department shall provide by rule for
19notice to and an opportunity to be heard by each responsible
20relative affected, and any final administrative decision
21rendered by the Illinois Department shall be reviewed only
22under and in accordance with the Administrative Review Law.
23    (c) When enforcing a lien under subsection (a) of this
24Section, the Illinois Department shall have the authority to
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1contain the name and address of the responsible relative, a
2legal description of the real property to be levied, the fact
3that a lien is being claimed for past-due child support, and
4such other information as the Illinois Department may by rule
5prescribe. The Illinois Department shall record the notice of
6lien with the recorder or registrar of titles of the county or
7counties in which the real estate is located.
8    (d) The State's lien under subsection (a) shall be
9enforceable upon the recording or filing of a notice of lien
10with the recorder or registrar of titles of the county or
11counties in which the real estate is located. The lien shall be
12prior to any lien thereafter recorded or filed and shall be
13notice to a subsequent purchaser, assignor, or encumbrancer of
14the existence and nature of the lien. The lien shall be
15inferior to the lien of general taxes, special assessment, and
16special taxes heretofore or hereafter levied by any political
17subdivision or municipal corporation of the State.
18    In the event that title to the land to be affected by the
19notice of lien is registered under the Registered Titles
20(Torrens) Act, the notice shall be filed in the office of the
21registrar of titles as a memorial or charge upon each folium of
22the register of titles affected by the notice; but the State
23shall not have a preference over the rights of any bona fide
24purchaser, mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lien holders
25registered prior to the registration of the notice.
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1shall procure a file labeled "Child Support Lien Notices" and
2an index book labeled "Child Support Lien Notices". When notice
3of any lien is presented to the recorder or registrar of titles
4for filing, the recorder or registrar of titles shall file it
5in numerical order in the file and shall enter it
6alphabetically in the index. The entry shall show the name and
7last known address of the person named in the notice, the
8serial number of the notice, the date and hour of filing, and
9the amount of child support due at the time when the lien is
10filed.
11    (f) The Illinois Department shall not be required to
12furnish bond or make a deposit for or pay any costs or fees of
13any court or officer thereof in any legal proceeding involving
14the lien.
15    (g) To protect the lien of the State for past-due child
16support, the Illinois Department may, from funds that are
17available for that purpose, pay or provide for the payment of
18necessary or essential repairs, purchase tax certificates, pay
19balances due on land contracts, or pay or cause to be satisfied
20any prior liens on the property to which the lien hereunder
21applies.
22    (h) A lien on real property under this Section shall be
23released pursuant to Section 12-101 of the Code of Civil
24Procedure.
25    (i) The Illinois Department, acting in behalf of the State,
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1extent and in the same manner as in the enforcement of other
2liens. The process, practice, and procedure for the foreclosure
3shall be the same as provided in the Code of Civil Procedure.
4(Source: P.A. 97-186, eff. 7-22-11.)
 
5    (305 ILCS 5/10-25.5)
6    Sec. 10-25.5. Administrative liens and levies on personal
7property for past-due child support.
8    (a) Notwithstanding any other State or local law to the
9contrary, the State shall have a lien on all legal and
10equitable interests of responsible relatives in their personal
11property, including any account in a financial institution as
12defined in Section 10-24, or in the case of an insurance
13company or benefit association only in accounts as defined in
14Section 10-24, in the amount of past-due child support owing
15pursuant to an order for child support entered under Sections
1610-10 and 10-11 of this Code, or under the Illinois Marriage
17and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of Spouse and
18Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the Uniform
19Interstate Family Support Act, or the Illinois Parentage Act of
201984, or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013.
21    (b) The Illinois Department shall provide by rule for
22notice to and an opportunity to be heard by each responsible
23relative affected, and any final administrative decision
24rendered by the Illinois Department shall be reviewed only
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1    (c) When enforcing a lien under subsection (a) of this
2Section, the Illinois Department shall have the authority to
3execute notices of administrative liens and levies, which shall
4contain the name and address of the responsible relative, a
5description of the property to be levied, the fact that a lien
6is being claimed for past-due child support, and such other
7information as the Illinois Department may by rule prescribe.
8The Illinois Department may serve the notice of lien or levy
9upon any financial institution where the accounts as defined in
10Section 10-24 of the responsible relative may be held, for
11encumbrance or surrender of the accounts as defined in Section
1210-24 by the financial institution.
13    (d) The Illinois Department shall enforce its lien against
14the responsible relative's personal property, other than
15accounts as defined in Section 10-24 in financial institutions,
16and levy upon such personal property in the manner provided for
17enforcement of judgments contained in Article XII of the Code
18of Civil Procedure.
19    (e) The Illinois Department shall not be required to
20furnish bond or make a deposit for or pay any costs or fees of
21any court or officer thereof in any legal proceeding involving
22the lien.
23    (f) To protect the lien of the State for past-due child
24support, the Illinois Department may, from funds that are
25available for that purpose, pay or provide for the payment of
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1pay or cause to be satisfied any prior liens on the property to
2which the lien hereunder applies.
3    (g) A lien on personal property under this Section shall be
4released in the manner provided under Article XII of the Code
5of Civil Procedure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a lien under
6this Section on accounts as defined in Section 10-24 shall
7expire upon the passage of 120 days from the date of issuance
8of the Notice of Lien or Levy by the Illinois Department.
9However, the lien shall remain in effect during the pendency of
10any appeal or protest.
11    (h) A lien created under this Section is subordinate to any
12prior lien of the financial institution or any prior lien
13holder or any prior right of set-off that the financial
14institution may have against the assets, or in the case of an
15insurance company or benefit association only in the accounts
16as defined in Section 10-24.
17    (i) A financial institution has no obligation under this
18Section to hold, encumber, or surrender the assets, or in the
19case of an insurance company or benefit association only the
20accounts as defined in Section 10-24, until the financial
21institution has been properly served with a subpoena, summons,
22warrant, court or administrative order, or administrative lien
23and levy requiring that action.
24(Source: P.A. 97-186, eff. 7-22-11.)
 
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1    Sec. 10-27. State Case Registry.
2    (a) The Illinois Department shall establish an automated
3State Case Registry to contain records concerning child support
4orders for parties receiving child support enforcement
5services under this Article X, and for all child support orders
6entered or modified on or after October 1, 1998. The State Case
7Registry shall include (i) the information filed with the
8Illinois Department, or filed with the clerk of the circuit
9court and provided to the Illinois Department, under the
10provisions of Sections 10-10.5 and 10-11.2 of this Code,
11Section 505.3 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
12Marriage Act, Section 30 of the Non-Support Punishment Act, and
13Section 803 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013, and Section
1414.1 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, and (ii) any other
15information required under Title IV, Part D of the Social
16Security Act or by the federal Department of Health and Human
17Services.
18    (b) (Blank).
19    (c) The Illinois Department shall maintain the following
20payment information on child support orders for parties
21receiving child support enforcement services under this
22Article X:
23        (1) the amount of monthly or other periodic support
24    owed under the order and other amounts, including
25    arrearages, interest or late payment penalties, and fees,
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1        (2) any amounts described in subdivision (1) of
2    subsection (d) that have been collected;
3        (3) the distribution of the collected amounts; and
4        (4) the amount of any lien imposed with respect to the
5    order pursuant to Section 10-25 or Section 10-25.5 of this
6    Code.
7    (d) The Illinois Department shall establish, update,
8maintain, and monitor case records in the Registry of parties
9receiving child support enforcement services under this
10Article X, on the bases of:
11        (1) information on administrative actions and
12    administrative and judicial proceedings and orders
13    relating to paternity and support;
14        (2) information obtained from comparison with federal,
15    State, and local sources of information;
16        (3) information on support collections and
17    distribution; and
18        (4) any other relevant information.
19    (e) The Illinois Department shall use the automated State
20Case Registry to share and compare information with, and
21receive information from, other data bases and information
22comparison services in order to obtain (or provide) information
23necessary to enable the Illinois Department (or the federal
24Department of Health and Human Services or other State or
25federal agencies) to carry out the requirements of the child
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1of the Social Security Act. Such information comparison
2activities shall include the following:
3        (1) Furnishing to the Federal Case Registry of Child
4    Support Orders (and updating as necessary, with
5    information including notice of expiration of orders) the
6    information specified by the federal Department of Health
7    and Human Services in regulations.
8        (2) Exchanging information with the Federal Parent
9    Locator Service for the purposes specified in Section 453
10    of the Social Security Act.
11        (3) Exchanging information with State agencies (of
12    this State and of other states) administering programs
13    funded under Title IV, Part A and Title XIX of the Social
14    Security Act and other programs designated by the federal
15    Department of Health and Human Services, as necessary to
16    perform responsibilities under Title IV, Part D of the
17    Social Security Act and under such other programs.
18        (4) Exchanging information with other agencies of this
19    State, agencies of other states, and interstate
20    information networks, as necessary and appropriate to
21    carry out (or assist other states to carry out) the
22    purposes of Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act.
23        (5) Disclosing information to any other entities as
24    required under Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act.
25    (f) The Illinois Department shall adopt rules establishing
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1included in the State Case Registry, that are designed to
2protect the privacy rights of persons concerning whom
3information is on record in the State Case Registry. Such
4safeguards shall include, but not be limited to the following:
5        (1) Prohibitions against the release of information on
6    the whereabouts of one party or the child to another party
7    against whom a protective order with respect to the former
8    party or the child has been entered.
9        (2) Prohibitions against the release of information on
10    the whereabouts of one party or the child to another party
11    if the Illinois Department has reasonable evidence of
12    domestic violence or child abuse (that is, allegations of
13    domestic violence or child abuse, unless the Illinois
14    Department has an independent, reasonable basis to find the
15    person making the allegation not credible) to the former
16    party or child by the party requesting information.
17        (3) Prohibitions against the release of information on
18    the whereabouts of one party or the child to another person
19    if the Illinois Department has reason to believe the
20    release of information to that person may result in
21    physical or emotional harm to the party or child.
22(Source: P.A. 92-463, eff. 8-22-01.)
 
23    (305 ILCS 5/12-4.7c)
24    Sec. 12-4.7c. Exchange of information after July 1, 1997.
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1the Department of Healthcare and Family Services information
2that may be necessary for the enforcement of child support
3orders entered pursuant to Sections 10-10 and 10-11 of this
4Code or pursuant to the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
5Marriage Act, the Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act, the
6Non-Support Punishment Act, the Revised Uniform Reciprocal
7Enforcement of Support Act, the Uniform Interstate Family
8Support Act, or the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, or the
9Illinois Parentage Act of 2013.
10    (b) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code to the
11contrary, the Department of Human Services shall not be liable
12to any person for any disclosure of information to the
13Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
14Illinois Department of Public Aid) under subsection (a) or for
15any other action taken in good faith to comply with the
16requirements of subsection (a).
17(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
18    Section 957. The Genetic Information Privacy Act is amended
19by changing Sections 22 and 30 as follows:
 
20    (410 ILCS 513/22)
21    Sec. 22. Tests to determine inherited characteristics in
22paternity proceedings. Nothing in this Act shall be construed
23to affect or restrict in any way the ordering of or use of
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1to determine inherited characteristics by the court in a
2judicial proceeding under the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or
3under the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013 on and after the
4effective date of that Act or by the Department of Healthcare
5and Family Services in an administrative paternity proceeding
6under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code and rules
7promulgated under that Article.
8(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
9    (410 ILCS 513/30)
10    Sec. 30. Disclosure of person tested and test results.
11    (a) No person may disclose or be compelled to disclose the
12identity of any person upon whom a genetic test is performed or
13the results of a genetic test in a manner that permits
14identification of the subject of the test, except to the
15following persons:
16        (1) The subject of the test or the subject's legally
17    authorized representative. This paragraph does not create
18    a duty or obligation under which a health care provider
19    must notify the subject's spouse or legal guardian of the
20    test results, and no such duty or obligation shall be
21    implied. No civil liability or criminal sanction under this
22    Act shall be imposed for any disclosure or nondisclosure of
23    a test result to a spouse by a physician acting in good
24    faith under this paragraph. For the purpose of any
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1    physician acting under this paragraph shall be presumed.
2        (2) Any person designated in a specific written legally
3    effective release of the test results executed by the
4    subject of the test or the subject's legally authorized
5    representative.
6        (3) An authorized agent or employee of a health
7    facility or health care provider if the health facility or
8    health care provider itself is authorized to obtain the
9    test results, the agent or employee provides patient care,
10    and the agent or employee has a need to know the
11    information in order to conduct the tests or provide care
12    or treatment.
13        (4) A health facility or health care provider that
14    procures, processes, distributes, or uses:
15            (A) a human body part from a deceased person with
16        respect to medical information regarding that person;
17        or
18            (B) semen provided prior to the effective date of
19        this Act for the purpose of artificial insemination.
20        (5) Health facility staff committees for the purposes
21    of conducting program monitoring, program evaluation, or
22    service reviews.
23        (6) In the case of a minor under 18 years of age, the
24    health care provider who ordered the test shall make a
25    reasonable effort to notify the minor's parent or legal
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1    care provider, notification would be in the best interest
2    of the minor and the health care provider has first sought
3    unsuccessfully to persuade the minor to notify the parent
4    or legal guardian or after a reasonable time after the
5    minor has agreed to notify the parent or legal guardian,
6    the health care provider has reason to believe that the
7    minor has not made the notification. This paragraph shall
8    not create a duty or obligation under which a health care
9    provider must notify the minor's parent or legal guardian
10    of the test results, nor shall a duty or obligation be
11    implied. No civil liability or criminal sanction under this
12    Act shall be imposed for any notification or
13    non-notification of a minor's test result by a health care
14    provider acting in good faith under this paragraph. For the
15    purpose of any proceeding, civil or criminal, the good
16    faith of any health care provider acting under this
17    paragraph shall be presumed.
18        (7) All information and records held by a State agency
19    or local health authority pertaining to genetic
20    information shall be strictly confidential and exempt from
21    copying and inspection under the Freedom of Information
22    Act. The information and records shall not be released or
23    made public by the State agency or local health authority
24    and shall not be admissible as evidence nor discoverable in
25    any action of any kind in any court or before any tribunal,
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1    manner as the information and those records subject to the
2    provisions of Part 21 of Article VIII of the Code of Civil
3    Procedure except under the following circumstances:
4            (A) when made with the written consent of all
5        persons to whom the information pertains;
6            (B) when authorized by Section 5-4-3 of the Unified
7        Code of Corrections;
8            (C) when made for the sole purpose of implementing
9        the Newborn Metabolic Screening Act and rules; or
10            (D) when made under the authorization of the
11        Illinois Parentage Act of 2013 1984.
12    Disclosure shall be limited to those who have a need to
13know the information, and no additional disclosures may be
14made.
15    (b) Disclosure by an insurer in accordance with the
16requirements of the Article XL of the Illinois Insurance Code
17shall be deemed compliance with this Section.
18(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)
 
19    Section 958. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing
20Sections 12 and 24 as follows:
 
21    (410 ILCS 535/12)
22    Sec. 12. Live births; place of registration.
23    (1) Each live birth which occurs in this State shall be
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1which the birth occurred as provided in this Section, within 7
2days after the birth. When a birth occurs on a moving
3conveyance, the city, village, township, or road district in
4which the child is first removed from the conveyance shall be
5considered the place of birth and a birth certificate shall be
6filed in the registration district in which the place is
7located.
8    (2) When a birth occurs in an institution, the person in
9charge of the institution or his designated representative
10shall obtain and record all the personal and statistical
11particulars relative to the parents of the child that are
12required to properly complete the live birth certificate; shall
13secure the required personal signatures on the hospital
14worksheet; shall prepare the certificate from this worksheet;
15and shall file the certificate with the local registrar. The
16institution shall retain the hospital worksheet permanently or
17as otherwise specified by rule. The physician in attendance
18shall verify or provide the date of birth and medical
19information required by the certificate, within 24 hours after
20the birth occurs.
21    (3) When a birth occurs outside an institution, the
22certificate shall be prepared and filed by one of the following
23in the indicated order of priority:
24        (a) The physician in attendance at or immediately after
25    the birth, or in the absence of such a person,
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1    after the birth, or in the absence of such a person,
2        (c) The father, the mother, or in the absence of the
3    father and the inability of the mother, the person in
4    charge of the premises where the birth occurred.
5    (4) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, if the mother
6was not married to the father of the child at either the time
7of conception or the time of birth, the name of the father
8shall be entered on the child's birth certificate only if the
9mother and the person to be named as the father have signed an
10acknowledgment of parentage in accordance with subsection (5).
11    Unless otherwise provided in this Act, if the mother was
12married at the time of conception or birth and the presumed
13father (that is, the mother's husband) is not the biological
14father of the child, the name of the biological father shall be
15entered on the child's birth certificate only if, in accordance
16with subsection (5), (i) the mother and the person to be named
17as the father have signed an acknowledgment of parentage and
18(ii) the mother and presumed father have signed a denial of
19paternity.
20    (5) Upon the birth of a child to an unmarried woman, or
21upon the birth of a child to a woman who was married at the time
22of conception or birth and whose husband is not the biological
23father of the child, the institution at the time of birth and
24the local registrar or county clerk after the birth shall do
25the following:
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1    and father to sign an acknowledgment of parentage and (ii)
2    if the presumed father is not the biological father, an
3    opportunity for the mother and presumed father to sign a
4    denial of paternity. The signing and witnessing of the
5    acknowledgment of parentage or, if the presumed father of
6    the child is not the biological father, the acknowledgment
7    of parentage and denial of paternity conclusively
8    establishes a parent and child relationship in accordance
9    with Sections 5 and 6 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984
10    and with the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013 on and after
11    the effective date of that Act.
12        The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
13    furnish the acknowledgment of parentage and denial of
14    paternity form to institutions, county clerks, and State
15    and local registrars' offices. The form shall include
16    instructions to send the original signed and witnessed
17    acknowledgment of parentage and denial of paternity to the
18    Department of Healthcare and Family Services. The
19    acknowledgement of paternity and denial of paternity form
20    shall also include a statement informing the mother, the
21    alleged father, and the presumed father, if any, that they
22    have the right to request deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) tests
23    regarding the issue of the child's paternity and that by
24    signing the form, they expressly waive such tests. The
25    statement shall be set forth in bold-face capital letters
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1        (b) Provide the following documents, furnished by the
2    Department of Healthcare and Family Services, to the
3    child's mother, biological father, and (if the person
4    presumed to be the child's father is not the biological
5    father) presumed father for their review at the time the
6    opportunity is provided to establish a parent and child
7    relationship:
8            (i) An explanation of the implications of,
9        alternatives to, legal consequences of, and the rights
10        and responsibilities that arise from signing an
11        acknowledgment of parentage and, if necessary, a
12        denial of paternity, including an explanation of the
13        parental rights and responsibilities of child support,
14        visitation, custody, retroactive support, health
15        insurance coverage, and payment of birth expenses.
16            (ii) An explanation of the benefits of having a
17        child's parentage established and the availability of
18        parentage establishment and child support enforcement
19        services.
20            (iii) A request for an application for child
21        support enforcement services from the Department of
22        Healthcare and Family Services.
23            (iv) Instructions concerning the opportunity to
24        speak, either by telephone or in person, with staff of
25        the Department of Healthcare and Family Services who
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1        questions about paternity establishment.
2            (v) Instructions for completing and signing the
3        acknowledgment of parentage and denial of paternity.
4        (c) Provide an oral explanation of the documents and
5    instructions set forth in subdivision (5)(b), including an
6    explanation of the implications of, alternatives to, legal
7    consequences of, and the rights and responsibilities that
8    arise from signing an acknowledgment of parentage and, if
9    necessary, a denial of paternity. The oral explanation may
10    be given in person or through the use of video or audio
11    equipment.
12    (6) The institution, State or local registrar, or county
13clerk shall provide an opportunity for the child's father or
14mother to sign a rescission of parentage. The signing and
15witnessing of the rescission of parentage voids the
16acknowledgment of parentage and nullifies the presumption of
17paternity if executed and filed with the Department of
18Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department
19of Public Aid) within the time frame contained in Section 5 of
20the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or Section 307 of the
21Illinois Parentage Act of 2013 on and after the effective date
22of that Act. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services
23shall furnish the rescission of parentage form to institutions,
24county clerks, and State and local registrars' offices. The
25form shall include instructions to send the original signed and
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1Healthcare and Family Services.
2    (7) An acknowledgment of paternity signed pursuant to
3Section 6 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or Section 302
4of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013 on and after the
5effective date of that Act may be challenged in court only on
6the basis of fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact, with
7the burden of proof upon the challenging party. Pending outcome
8of a challenge to the acknowledgment of paternity, the legal
9responsibilities of the signatories shall remain in full force
10and effect, except upon order of the court upon a showing of
11good cause.
12    (8) When the process for acknowledgment of parentage as
13provided for under subsection (5) establishes the paternity of
14a child whose certificate of birth is on file in another state,
15the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall forward
16a copy of the acknowledgment of parentage, the denial of
17paternity, if applicable, and the rescission of parentage, if
18applicable, to the birth record agency of the state where the
19child's certificate of birth is on file.
20    (9) In the event the parent-child relationship has been
21established in accordance with subdivision (a)(1) of Section 6
22of the Parentage Act of 1984, the names of the biological
23mother and biological father so established shall be entered on
24the child's birth certificate, and the names of the surrogate
25mother and surrogate mother's husband, if any, shall not be on
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1(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-333, eff. 8-11-09;
296-474, eff. 8-14-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
 
3    (410 ILCS 535/24)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-24)
4    Sec. 24. (1) To protect the integrity of vital records, to
5insure their proper use, and to insure the efficient and proper
6administration of the vital records system, access to vital
7records, and indexes thereof, including vital records in the
8custody of local registrars and county clerks originating prior
9to January 1, 1916, is limited to the custodian and his
10employees, and then only for administrative purposes, except
11that the indexes of those records in the custody of local
12registrars and county clerks, originating prior to January 1,
131916, shall be made available to persons for the purpose of
14genealogical research. Original, photographic or
15microphotographic reproductions of original records of births
16100 years old and older and deaths 50 years old and older, and
17marriage records 75 years old and older on file in the State
18Office of Vital Records and in the custody of the county clerks
19may be made available for inspection in the Illinois State
20Archives reference area, Illinois Regional Archives
21Depositories, and other libraries approved by the Illinois
22State Registrar and the Director of the Illinois State
23Archives, provided that the photographic or microphotographic
24copies are made at no cost to the county or to the State of
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1of, or to disclose information contained in, vital records, or
2to copy or permit to be copied, all or part of any such record
3except as authorized by this Act or regulations adopted
4pursuant thereto.
5    (2) The State Registrar of Vital Records, or his agent, and
6any municipal, county, multi-county, public health district,
7or regional health officer recognized by the Department may
8examine vital records for the purpose only of carrying out the
9public health programs and responsibilities under his
10jurisdiction.
11    (3) The State Registrar of Vital Records, may disclose, or
12authorize the disclosure of, data contained in the vital
13records when deemed essential for bona fide research purposes
14which are not for private gain.
15    This amendatory Act of 1973 does not apply to any home rule
16unit.
17    (4) The State Registrar shall exchange with the Department
18of Healthcare and Family Services information that may be
19necessary for the establishment of paternity and the
20establishment, modification, and enforcement of child support
21orders entered pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code, the
22Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the
23Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act, the Non-Support
24Punishment Act, the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
25Support Act, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, or the
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1of 2013. Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to the
2contrary, the State Registrar shall not be liable to any person
3for any disclosure of information to the Department of
4Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department
5of Public Aid) under this subsection or for any other action
6taken in good faith to comply with the requirements of this
7subsection.
8(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
9    Section 959. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
10changing Sections 2-109.1 and 7-703 as follows:
 
11    (625 ILCS 5/2-109.1)
12    Sec. 2-109.1. Exchange of information.
13    (a) The Secretary of State shall exchange information with
14the Department of Healthcare and Family Services which may be
15necessary for the establishment of paternity and the
16establishment, modification, and enforcement of child support
17orders pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois
18Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of
19Spouse and Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the
20Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the
21Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, or the Illinois
22Parentage Act of 1984, or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013.
23    (b) Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code to the
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1person for any disclosure of information to the Department of
2Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department
3of Public Aid) under subsection (a) or for any other action
4taken in good faith to comply with the requirements of
5subsection (a).
6(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
7    (625 ILCS 5/7-703)
8    Sec. 7-703. Courts to report non-payment of court ordered
9support or orders concerning driving privileges.
10    (a) The clerk of the circuit court, as provided in
11subsection (b) of Section 505 of the Illinois Marriage and
12Dissolution of Marriage Act or as provided in Section 15 of the
13Illinois Parentage Act of 2013 1984, shall forward to the
14Secretary of State, on a form prescribed by the Secretary, an
15authenticated document certifying the court's order suspending
16the driving privileges of the obligor. For any such
17certification, the clerk of the court shall charge the obligor
18a fee of $5 as provided in the Clerks of Courts Act.
19    (b) If an obligor has been adjudicated in arrears in court
20ordered child support payments in an amount equal to 90 days
21obligation or more but has not been held in contempt of court,
22the circuit court may order that the obligor's driving
23privileges be suspended. If the circuit court orders that the
24obligor's driving privileges be suspended, it shall forward to
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1an authenticated document certifying the court's order
2suspending the driving privileges of the obligor. The
3authenticated document shall be forwarded to the Secretary of
4State by the court no later than 45 days after entry of the
5order suspending the obligor's driving privileges.
6    (c) The clerk of the circuit court, as provided in
7subsection (c-1) of Section 607.1 of the Illinois Marriage and
8Dissolution of Marriage Act, shall forward to the Secretary of
9State, on a form prescribed by the Secretary, an authenticated
10document certifying the court's order suspending the driving
11privileges of the party. For any such certification, the clerk
12of the court shall charge the party a fee of $5 as provided in
13the Clerks of Courts Act.
14    (d) If a party has been adjudicated to have engaged in
15visitation abuse, the circuit court may order that the party's
16driving privileges be suspended. If the circuit court orders
17that the party's driving privileges be suspended, it shall
18forward to the Secretary of State, on a form prescribed by the
19Secretary, an authenticated document certifying the court's
20order suspending the driving privileges of the party. The
21authenticated document shall be forwarded to the Secretary of
22State by the court no later than 45 days after entry of the
23order suspending the party's driving privileges.
24(Source: P.A. 97-1047, eff. 8-21-12.)
 
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1changing Section 27.1a as follows:
 
2    (705 ILCS 105/27.1a)  (from Ch. 25, par. 27.1a)
3    Sec. 27.1a. The fees of the clerks of the circuit court in
4all counties having a population of not more than 500,000
5inhabitants in the instances described in this Section shall be
6as provided in this Section. In those instances where a minimum
7and maximum fee is stated, the clerk of the circuit court must
8charge the minimum fee listed and may charge up to the maximum
9fee if the county board has by resolution increased the fee.
10The fees shall be paid in advance and shall be as follows:
11(a) Civil Cases.
12        The fee for filing a complaint, petition, or other
13    pleading initiating a civil action, with the following
14    exceptions, shall be a minimum of $40 and a maximum of
15    $160.
16            (A) When the amount of money or damages or the
17        value of personal property claimed does not exceed
18        $250, $10.
19            (B) When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
20        exceed $500, a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $20.
21            (C) When that amount exceeds $500 but does not
22        exceed $2500, a minimum of $25 and a maximum of $40.
23            (D) When that amount exceeds $2500 but does not
24        exceed $15,000, a minimum of $25 and a maximum of $75.
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1        of $45 and a maximum of $150. For each additional lot
2        or tract of land or right or interest therein subject
3        to be condemned, the damages in respect to which shall
4        require separate assessment by a jury, a minimum of $45
5        and a maximum of $150.
6(a-1) Family.
7        For filing a petition under the Juvenile Court Act of
8    1987, $25.
9        For filing a petition for a marriage license, $10.
10        For performing a marriage in court, $10.
11        For filing a petition under the Illinois Parentage Act
12    of 2013 1984, $40.
13(b) Forcible Entry and Detainer.
14        In each forcible entry and detainer case when the
15    plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
16    claim for possession of the property a claim for rent or
17    damages or both in the amount of $15,000 or less, a minimum
18    of $10 and a maximum of $50. When the plaintiff unites his
19    or her claim for possession with a claim for rent or
20    damages or both exceeding $15,000, a minimum of $40 and a
21    maximum of $160.
22(c) Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
23        When any defendant files a counterclaim as part of his
24    or her answer or otherwise or joins another party as a
25    third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay a
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1    amount equal to the fee he or she would have had to pay had
2    he or she brought a separate action for the relief sought
3    in the counterclaim or against the third party defendant,
4    less the amount of the appearance fee, if that has been
5    paid.
6(d) Confession of Judgment.
7        In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
8    exceed $1500, a minimum of $20 and a maximum of $50. When
9    the amount exceeds $1500, but does not exceed $15,000, a
10    minimum of $40 and a maximum of $115. When the amount
11    exceeds $15,000, a minimum of $40 and a maximum of $200.
12(e) Appearance.
13        The fee for filing an appearance in each civil case
14    shall be a minimum of $15 and a maximum of $60, except as
15    follows:
16            (A) When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
17        detainer case seeks possession only, a minimum of $10
18        and a maximum of $50.
19            (B) When the amount in the case does not exceed
20        $1500, a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $30.
21            (C) When that amount exceeds $1500 but does not
22        exceed $15,000, a minimum of $15 and a maximum of $60.
23(f) Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
24        In garnishment affidavit, wage deduction affidavit,
25    and citation petition when the amount does not exceed
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1    amount exceeds $1,000 but does not exceed $5,000, a minimum
2    of $5 and a maximum of $30; and when the amount exceeds
3    $5,000, a minimum of $5 and a maximum of $50.
4(g) Petition to Vacate or Modify.
5        (1) Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment or
6    order of court, except in forcible entry and detainer cases
7    and small claims cases or a petition to reopen an estate,
8    to modify, terminate, or enforce a judgment or order for
9    child or spousal support, or to modify, suspend, or
10    terminate an order for withholding, if filed before 30 days
11    after the entry of the judgment or order, a minimum of $20
12    and a maximum of $50.
13        (2) Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment or
14    order of court, except a petition to modify, terminate, or
15    enforce a judgment or order for child or spousal support or
16    to modify, suspend, or terminate an order for withholding,
17    if filed later than 30 days after the entry of the judgment
18    or order, a minimum of $20 and a maximum of $75.
19        (3) Petition to vacate order of bond forfeiture, a
20    minimum of $10 and a maximum of $40.
21(h) Mailing.
22        When the clerk is required to mail, the fee will be a
23    minimum of $2 and a maximum of $10, plus the cost of
24    postage.
25(i) Certified Copies.
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1    except in small claims and forcible entry and detainer
2    cases, a minimum of $2 and a maximum of $10.
3(j) Habeas Corpus.
4        For filing a petition for relief by habeas corpus, a
5    minimum of $60 and a maximum of $100.
6(k) Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
7        (1) Each certification or authentication for taking
8    the acknowledgment of a deed or other instrument in writing
9    with the seal of office, a minimum of $2 and a maximum of
10    $6.
11        (2) Court appeals when original documents are
12    forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, a
13    minimum of $20 and a maximum of $60.
14        (3) Court appeals when original documents are
15    forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, a
16    minimum of $50 and a maximum of $150.
17        (4) Court appeals when original documents are
18    forwarded, over 200 pages, an additional fee of a minimum
19    of 20 cents and a maximum of 25 cents per page.
20        (5) For reproduction of any document contained in the
21    clerk's files:
22            (A) First page, a minimum of $1 and a maximum of
23        $2.
24            (B) Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
25            (C) All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
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1        In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court from the
2    Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
3    clerk shall file the remanding order and reinstate the case
4    with either its original number or a new number. The Clerk
5    shall not charge any new or additional fee for the
6    reinstatement. Upon reinstatement the Clerk shall advise
7    the parties of the reinstatement. A party shall have the
8    same right to a jury trial on remand and reinstatement as
9    he or she had before the appeal, and no additional or new
10    fee or charge shall be made for a jury trial after remand.
11(m) Record Search.
12        For each record search, within a division or municipal
13    district, the clerk shall be entitled to a search fee of a
14    minimum of $4 and a maximum of $6 for each year searched.
15(n) Hard Copy.
16        For each page of hard copy print output, when case
17    records are maintained on an automated medium, the clerk
18    shall be entitled to a fee of a minimum of $4 and a maximum
19    of $6.
20(o) Index Inquiry and Other Records.
21        No fee shall be charged for a single
22    plaintiff/defendant index inquiry or single case record
23    inquiry when this request is made in person and the records
24    are maintained in a current automated medium, and when no
25    hard copy print output is requested. The fees to be charged
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1    multiple journal records may be specified by the Chief
2    Judge pursuant to the guidelines for access and
3    dissemination of information approved by the Supreme
4    Court.
5(p) (Blank).
6(q) Alias Summons.
7        For each alias summons or citation issued by the clerk,
8    a minimum of $2 and a maximum of $5.
9(r) Other Fees.
10        Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
11    rule or administrative order of the Circuit Court with the
12    approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
13    Courts.
14        The clerk of the circuit court may provide additional
15    services for which there is no fee specified by statute in
16    connection with the operation of the clerk's office as may
17    be requested by the public and agreed to by the clerk and
18    approved by the chief judge of the circuit court. Any
19    charges for additional services shall be as agreed to
20    between the clerk and the party making the request and
21    approved by the chief judge of the circuit court. Nothing
22    in this subsection shall be construed to require any clerk
23    to provide any service not otherwise required by law.
24(s) Jury Services.
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1    and a maximum of $212.50, as a fee for the services of a
2    jury in every civil action not quasi-criminal in its nature
3    and not a proceeding for the exercise of the right of
4    eminent domain and in every other action wherein the right
5    of trial by jury is or may be given by law. The jury fee
6    shall be paid by the party demanding a jury at the time of
7    filing the jury demand. If the fee is not paid by either
8    party, no jury shall be called in the action or proceeding,
9    and the same shall be tried by the court without a jury.
10(t) Voluntary Assignment.
11        For filing each deed of voluntary assignment, a minimum
12    of $10 and a maximum of $20; for recording the same, a
13    minimum of 25 cents and a maximum of 50 cents for each 100
14    words. Exceptions filed to claims presented to an assignee
15    of a debtor who has made a voluntary assignment for the
16    benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
17    the purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in which
18    the party or parties filing the exceptions shall be
19    considered as party or parties plaintiff, and the claimant
20    or claimants as party or parties defendant, and those
21    parties respectively shall pay to the clerk the same fees
22    as provided by this Section to be paid in other actions.
23(u) Expungement Petition.
24        The clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of a
25    minimum of $15 and a maximum of $60 for each expungement
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1    a maximum of $4 for each certified copy of an order to
2    expunge arrest records.
3(v) Probate.
4        The clerk is entitled to receive the fees specified in
5    this subsection (v), which shall be paid in advance, except
6    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce,
7    or release the costs payable under this subsection:
8        (1) For administration of the estate of a decedent
9    (whether testate or intestate) or of a missing person, a
10    minimum of $50 and a maximum of $150, plus the fees
11    specified in subsection (v)(3), except:
12            (A) When the value of the real and personal
13        property does not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be a
14        minimum of $25 and a maximum of $40.
15            (B) When (i) proof of heirship alone is made, (ii)
16        a domestic or foreign will is admitted to probate
17        without administration (including proof of heirship),
18        or (iii) letters of office are issued for a particular
19        purpose without administration of the estate, the fee
20        shall be a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $40.
21            (C) For filing a petition to sell Real Estate, $50.
22        (2) For administration of the estate of a ward, a
23    minimum of $50 and a maximum of $75, plus the fees
24    specified in subsection (v)(3), except:
25            (A) When the value of the real and personal
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1        minimum of $25 and a maximum of $40.
2            (B) When (i) letters of office are issued to a
3        guardian of the person or persons, but not of the
4        estate or (ii) letters of office are issued in the
5        estate of a ward without administration of the estate,
6        including filing or joining in the filing of a tax
7        return or releasing a mortgage or consenting to the
8        marriage of the ward, the fee shall be a minimum of $10
9        and a maximum of $20.
10            (C) For filing a Petition to sell Real Estate, $50.
11        (3) In addition to the fees payable under subsection
12    (v)(1) or (v)(2) of this Section, the following fees are
13    payable:
14            (A) For each account (other than one final account)
15        filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward, a minimum
16        of $10 and a maximum of $25.
17            (B) For filing a claim in an estate when the amount
18        claimed is $150 or more but less than $500, a minimum
19        of $10 and a maximum of $25; when the amount claimed is
20        $500 or more but less than $10,000, a minimum of $10
21        and a maximum of $40; when the amount claimed is
22        $10,000 or more, a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $60;
23        provided that the court in allowing a claim may add to
24        the amount allowed the filing fee paid by the claimant.
25            (C) For filing in an estate a claim, petition, or
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1        equitable relief including the construction or contest
2        of a will, enforcement of a contract to make a will,
3        and proceedings involving testamentary trusts or the
4        appointment of testamentary trustees, a minimum of $40
5        and a maximum of $60.
6            (D) For filing in an estate (i) the appearance of
7        any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
8        appearance of an executor, administrator,
9        administrator to collect, guardian, guardian ad litem,
10        or special administrator, no fee.
11            (E) Except as provided in subsection (v)(3)(D),
12        for filing the appearance of any person or persons, a
13        minimum of $10 and a maximum of $30.
14            (F) For each jury demand, a minimum of $62.50 and a
15        maximum of $137.50.
16            (G) For disposition of the collection of a judgment
17        or settlement of an action or claim for wrongful death
18        of a decedent or of any cause of action of a ward, when
19        there is no other administration of the estate, a
20        minimum of $30 and a maximum of $50, less any amount
21        paid under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B) except
22        that if the amount involved does not exceed $5,000, the
23        fee, including any amount paid under subsection
24        (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be a minimum of $10 and a
25        maximum of $20.
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1        of court order or other certification, a minimum of $1
2        and a maximum of $2, plus a minimum of 50 cents and a
3        maximum of $1 per page in excess of 3 pages for the
4        document certified.
5            (I) For each exemplification, a minimum of $1 and a
6        maximum of $2, plus the fee for certification.
7        (4) The executor, administrator, guardian, petitioner,
8    or other interested person or his or her attorney shall pay
9    the cost of publication by the clerk directly to the
10    newspaper.
11        (5) The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred for
12    witness, court reporter, appraiser, or other miscellaneous
13    fee shall pay the same directly to the person entitled
14    thereto.
15        (6) The executor, administrator, guardian, petitioner,
16    or other interested person or his or her attorney shall pay
17    to the clerk all postage charges incurred by the clerk in
18    mailing petitions, orders, notices, or other documents
19    pursuant to the provisions of the Probate Act of 1975.
20(w) Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
21        (1) The clerk shall be entitled to costs in all
22    criminal and quasi-criminal cases from each person
23    convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
24            (A) Felony complaints, a minimum of $40 and a
25        maximum of $100.
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1        maximum of $75.
2            (C) Business offense complaints, a minimum of $25
3        and a maximum of $75.
4            (D) Petty offense complaints, a minimum of $25 and
5        a maximum of $75.
6            (E) Minor traffic or ordinance violations, $10.
7            (F) When court appearance required, $15.
8            (G) Motions to vacate or amend final orders, a
9        minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
10            (H) Motions to vacate bond forfeiture orders, a
11        minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
12            (I) Motions to vacate ex parte judgments, whenever
13        filed, a minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
14            (J) Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
15        whenever filed, a minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
16            (K) Motions to vacate "failure to appear" or
17        "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
18        State, a minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
19        (2) In counties having a population of not more than
20    500,000 inhabitants, when the violation complaint is
21    issued by a municipal police department, the clerk shall be
22    entitled to costs from each person convicted therein as
23    follows:
24            (A) Minor traffic or ordinance violations, $10.
25            (B) When court appearance required, $15.
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1    only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
2    receive, unless the fee is excused upon a finding by the
3    court that the defendant is indigent, in addition to other
4    fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of a
5    minimum of $62.50 and a maximum of $137.50 as a fee for the
6    services of a jury. The jury fee shall be paid by the
7    defendant at the time of filing his or her jury demand. If
8    the fee is not so paid by the defendant, no jury shall be
9    called, and the case shall be tried by the court without a
10    jury.
11(x) Transcripts of Judgment.
12        For the filing of a transcript of judgment, the clerk
13    shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
14    commencement of a new suit.
15(y) Change of Venue.
16        (1) For the filing of a change of case on a change of
17    venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it
18    were the commencement of a new suit.
19        (2) The fee for the preparation and certification of a
20    record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction, when
21    original documents are forwarded, a minimum of $10 and a
22    maximum of $40.
23(z) Tax objection complaints.
24        For each tax objection complaint containing one or more
25    tax objections, regardless of the number of parcels
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1    complaint, a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $50.
2(aa) Tax Deeds.
3        (1) Petition for tax deed, if only one parcel is
4    involved, a minimum of $45 and a maximum of $200.
5        (2) For each additional parcel, add a fee of a minimum
6    of $10 and a maximum of $60.
7(bb) Collections.
8        (1) For all collections made of others, except the
9    State and county and except in maintenance or child support
10    cases, a sum equal to a minimum of 2% and a maximum of 2.5%
11    of the amount collected and turned over.
12        (2) Interest earned on any funds held by the clerk
13    shall be turned over to the county general fund as an
14    earning of the office.
15        (3) For any check, draft, or other bank instrument
16    returned to the clerk for non-sufficient funds, account
17    closed, or payment stopped, $25.
18        (4) In child support and maintenance cases, the clerk,
19    if authorized by an ordinance of the county board, may
20    collect an annual fee of up to $36 from the person making
21    payment for maintaining child support records and the
22    processing of support orders to the State of Illinois KIDS
23    system and the recording of payments issued by the State
24    Disbursement Unit for the official record of the Court.
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1    shall be deposited into a Separate Maintenance and Child
2    Support Collection Fund, of which the clerk shall be the
3    custodian, ex-officio, to be used by the clerk to maintain
4    child support orders and record all payments issued by the
5    State Disbursement Unit for the official record of the
6    Court. The clerk may recover from the person making the
7    maintenance or child support payment any additional cost
8    incurred in the collection of this annual fee.
9        The clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5 for
10    certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
11    in Section 7-703 of the Family Financial Responsibility Law
12    and these fees shall also be deposited into the Separate
13    Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
14(cc) Corrections of Numbers.
15        For correction of the case number, case title, or
16    attorney computer identification number, if required by
17    rule of court, on any document filed in the clerk's office,
18    to be charged against the party that filed the document, a
19    minimum of $10 and a maximum of $25.
20(dd) Exceptions.
21        (1) The fee requirements of this Section shall not
22    apply to police departments or other law enforcement
23    agencies. In this Section, "law enforcement agency" means
24    an agency of the State or a unit of local government which
25    is vested by law or ordinance with the duty to maintain
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1    "Law enforcement agency" also means the Attorney General or
2    any state's attorney.
3        (2) No fee provided herein shall be charged to any unit
4    of local government or school district.
5        (3) The fee requirements of this Section shall not
6    apply to any action instituted under subsection (b) of
7    Section 11-31-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code by a private
8    owner or tenant of real property within 1200 feet of a
9    dangerous or unsafe building seeking an order compelling
10    the owner or owners of the building to take any of the
11    actions authorized under that subsection.
12        (4) The fee requirements of this Section shall not
13    apply to the filing of any commitment petition or petition
14    for an order authorizing the administration of
15    psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy under
16    the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.
17(ee) Adoptions.
18        (1) For an adoption...............................$65
19        (2) Upon good cause shown, the court may waive the
20    adoption filing fee in a special needs adoption. The term
21    "special needs adoption" shall have the meaning ascribed to
22    it by the Illinois Department of Children and Family
23    Services.
24(ff) Adoption exemptions.
25        No fee other than that set forth in subsection (ee)
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1    adoption proceeding nor may any fee be charged for
2    proceedings for the appointment of a confidential
3    intermediary under the Adoption Act.
4(Source: P.A. 95-172, eff. 8-14-07; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
5    Section 961. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
6changing Sections 1-3 and 6-9 as follows:
 
7    (705 ILCS 405/1-3)  (from Ch. 37, par. 801-3)
8    Sec. 1-3. Definitions. Terms used in this Act, unless the
9context otherwise requires, have the following meanings
10ascribed to them:
11    (1) "Adjudicatory hearing" means a hearing to determine
12whether the allegations of a petition under Section 2-13, 3-15
13or 4-12 that a minor under 18 years of age is abused, neglected
14or dependent, or requires authoritative intervention, or
15addicted, respectively, are supported by a preponderance of the
16evidence or whether the allegations of a petition under Section
175-520 that a minor is delinquent are proved beyond a reasonable
18doubt.
19    (2) "Adult" means a person 21 years of age or older.
20    (3) "Agency" means a public or private child care facility
21legally authorized or licensed by this State for placement or
22institutional care or for both placement and institutional
23care.
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1private, engaged in welfare functions which include services to
2or on behalf of children but does not include "agency" as
3herein defined.
4    (4.05) Whenever a "best interest" determination is
5required, the following factors shall be considered in the
6context of the child's age and developmental needs:
7        (a) the physical safety and welfare of the child,
8    including food, shelter, health, and clothing;
9        (b) the development of the child's identity;
10        (c) the child's background and ties, including
11    familial, cultural, and religious;
12        (d) the child's sense of attachments, including:
13            (i) where the child actually feels love,
14        attachment, and a sense of being valued (as opposed to
15        where adults believe the child should feel such love,
16        attachment, and a sense of being valued);
17            (ii) the child's sense of security;
18            (iii) the child's sense of familiarity;
19            (iv) continuity of affection for the child;
20            (v) the least disruptive placement alternative for
21        the child;
22        (e) the child's wishes and long-term goals;
23        (f) the child's community ties, including church,
24    school, and friends;
25        (g) the child's need for permanence which includes the
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1    with parent figures and with siblings and other relatives;
2        (h) the uniqueness of every family and child;
3        (i) the risks attendant to entering and being in
4    substitute care; and
5        (j) the preferences of the persons available to care
6    for the child.
7    (4.1) "Chronic truant" shall have the definition ascribed
8to it in Section 26-2a of the School Code.
9    (5) "Court" means the circuit court in a session or
10division assigned to hear proceedings under this Act.
11    (6) "Dispositional hearing" means a hearing to determine
12whether a minor should be adjudged to be a ward of the court,
13and to determine what order of disposition should be made in
14respect to a minor adjudged to be a ward of the court.
15    (7) "Emancipated minor" means any minor 16 years of age or
16over who has been completely or partially emancipated under the
17Emancipation of Minors Act or under this Act.
18    (8) "Guardianship of the person" of a minor means the duty
19and authority to act in the best interests of the minor,
20subject to residual parental rights and responsibilities, to
21make important decisions in matters having a permanent effect
22on the life and development of the minor and to be concerned
23with his or her general welfare. It includes but is not
24necessarily limited to:
25        (a) the authority to consent to marriage, to enlistment
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1    medical, psychiatric, and surgical treatment; to represent
2    the minor in legal actions; and to make other decisions of
3    substantial legal significance concerning the minor;
4        (b) the authority and duty of reasonable visitation,
5    except to the extent that these have been limited in the
6    best interests of the minor by court order;
7        (c) the rights and responsibilities of legal custody
8    except where legal custody has been vested in another
9    person or agency; and
10        (d) the power to consent to the adoption of the minor,
11    but only if expressly conferred on the guardian in
12    accordance with Section 2-29, 3-30, or 4-27.
13    (9) "Legal custody" means the relationship created by an
14order of court in the best interests of the minor which imposes
15on the custodian the responsibility of physical possession of a
16minor and the duty to protect, train and discipline him and to
17provide him with food, shelter, education and ordinary medical
18care, except as these are limited by residual parental rights
19and responsibilities and the rights and responsibilities of the
20guardian of the person, if any.
21    (9.1) "Mentally capable adult relative" means a person 21
22years of age or older who is not suffering from a mental
23illness that prevents him or her from providing the care
24necessary to safeguard the physical safety and welfare of a
25minor who is left in that person's care by the parent or
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1    (10) "Minor" means a person under the age of 21 years
2subject to this Act.
3    (11) "Parent" means the father or mother of a child and
4includes any adoptive parent. It also includes a man (i) whose
5paternity is presumed or has been established under the law of
6this or another jurisdiction or (ii) who has registered with
7the Putative Father Registry in accordance with Section 12.1 of
8the Adoption Act and whose paternity has not been ruled out
9under the law of this or another jurisdiction. It does not
10include a parent whose rights in respect to the minor have been
11terminated in any manner provided by law. It does not include a
12person who has been or could be determined to be a parent under
13the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or the Illinois Parentage
14Act of 2013, or similar parentage law in any other state, if
15that person has been convicted of or pled nolo contendere to a
16crime that resulted in the conception of the child under
17Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-11, 12-13, 12-14,
1812-14.1, subsection (a) or (b) (but not subsection (c)) of
19Section 11-1.50 or 12-15, or subsection (a), (b), (c), (e), or
20(f) (but not subsection (d)) of Section 11-1.60 or 12-16 of the
21Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or similar
22statute in another jurisdiction unless upon motion of any
23party, other than the offender, to the juvenile court
24proceedings the court finds it is in the child's best interest
25to deem the offender a parent for purposes of the juvenile
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1    (11.1) "Permanency goal" means a goal set by the court as
2defined in subdivision (2) of Section 2-28.
3    (11.2) "Permanency hearing" means a hearing to set the
4permanency goal and to review and determine (i) the
5appropriateness of the services contained in the plan and
6whether those services have been provided, (ii) whether
7reasonable efforts have been made by all the parties to the
8service plan to achieve the goal, and (iii) whether the plan
9and goal have been achieved.
10    (12) "Petition" means the petition provided for in Section
112-13, 3-15, 4-12 or 5-520, including any supplemental petitions
12thereunder in Section 3-15, 4-12 or 5-520.
13    (12.1) "Physically capable adult relative" means a person
1421 years of age or older who does not have a severe physical
15disability or medical condition, or is not suffering from
16alcoholism or drug addiction, that prevents him or her from
17providing the care necessary to safeguard the physical safety
18and welfare of a minor who is left in that person's care by the
19parent or parents or other person responsible for the minor's
20welfare.
21    (12.2) "Post Permanency Sibling Contact Agreement" has the
22meaning ascribed to the term in Section 7.4 of the Children and
23Family Services Act.
24    (13) "Residual parental rights and responsibilities" means
25those rights and responsibilities remaining with the parent
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1person, including, but not necessarily limited to, the right to
2reasonable visitation (which may be limited by the court in the
3best interests of the minor as provided in subsection (8)(b) of
4this Section), the right to consent to adoption, the right to
5determine the minor's religious affiliation, and the
6responsibility for his support.
7    (14) "Shelter" means the temporary care of a minor in
8physically unrestricting facilities pending court disposition
9or execution of court order for placement.
10    (14.1) "Sibling Contact Support Plan" has the meaning
11ascribed to the term in Section 7.4 of the Children and Family
12Services Act.
13    (15) "Station adjustment" means the informal handling of an
14alleged offender by a juvenile police officer.
15    (16) "Ward of the court" means a minor who is so adjudged
16under Section 2-22, 3-23, 4-20 or 5-705, after a finding of the
17requisite jurisdictional facts, and thus is subject to the
18dispositional powers of the court under this Act.
19    (17) "Juvenile police officer" means a sworn police officer
20who has completed a Basic Recruit Training Course, has been
21assigned to the position of juvenile police officer by his or
22her chief law enforcement officer and has completed the
23necessary juvenile officers training as prescribed by the
24Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, or in the
25case of a State police officer, juvenile officer training
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1    (18) "Secure child care facility" means any child care
2facility licensed by the Department of Children and Family
3Services to provide secure living arrangements for children
4under 18 years of age who are subject to placement in
5facilities under the Children and Family Services Act and who
6are not subject to placement in facilities for whom standards
7are established by the Department of Corrections under Section
83-15-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections. "Secure child care
9facility" also means a facility that is designed and operated
10to ensure that all entrances and exits from the facility, a
11building, or a distinct part of the building are under the
12exclusive control of the staff of the facility, whether or not
13the child has the freedom of movement within the perimeter of
14the facility, building, or distinct part of the building.
15(Source: P.A. 96-168, eff. 8-10-09; 97-568, eff. 8-25-11;
1697-1076, eff. 8-24-12; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
17    (705 ILCS 405/6-9)  (from Ch. 37, par. 806-9)
18    Sec. 6-9. Enforcement of liability of parents and others.
19    (1) If parentage is at issue in any proceeding under this
20Act, other than cases involving those exceptions to the
21definition of parent set out in item (11) in Section 1-3, then
22the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013 1984 shall apply and the
23court shall enter orders consistent with that Act. If it
24appears at any hearing that a parent or any other person named
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1minor, is able to contribute to his or her support, the court
2shall enter an order requiring that parent or other person to
3pay the clerk of the court, or to the guardian or custodian
4appointed under Sections 2-27, 3-28, 4-25 or 5-740, a
5reasonable sum from time to time for the care, support and
6necessary special care or treatment, of the minor. If the court
7determines at any hearing that a parent or any other person
8named in the petition, liable under the law for the support of
9the minor, is able to contribute to help defray the costs
10associated with the minor's detention in a county or regional
11detention center, the court shall enter an order requiring that
12parent or other person to pay the clerk of the court a
13reasonable sum for the care and support of the minor. The court
14may require reasonable security for the payments. Upon failure
15to pay, the court may enforce obedience to the order by a
16proceeding as for contempt of court.
17    If it appears that the person liable for the support of the
18minor is able to contribute to legal fees for representation of
19the minor, the court shall enter an order requiring that person
20to pay a reasonable sum for the representation, to the attorney
21providing the representation or to the clerk of the court for
22deposit in the appropriate account or fund. The sum may be paid
23as the court directs, and the payment thereof secured and
24enforced as provided in this Section for support.
25    If it appears at the detention or shelter care hearing of a
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1other person liable for support of the minor is able to
2contribute to his or her support, that parent or other person
3shall be required to pay a fee for room and board at a rate not
4to exceed $10 per day established, with the concurrence of the
5chief judge of the judicial circuit, by the county board of the
6county in which the minor is detained unless the court
7determines that it is in the best interest and welfare of the
8minor to waive the fee. The concurrence of the chief judge
9shall be in the form of an administrative order. Each week, on
10a day designated by the clerk of the circuit court, that parent
11or other person shall pay the clerk for the minor's room and
12board. All fees for room and board collected by the circuit
13court clerk shall be disbursed into the separate county fund
14under Section 6-7.
15    Upon application, the court shall waive liability for
16support or legal fees under this Section if the parent or other
17person establishes that he or she is indigent and unable to pay
18the incurred liability, and the court may reduce or waive
19liability if the parent or other person establishes
20circumstances showing that full payment of support or legal
21fees would result in financial hardship to the person or his or
22her family.
23    (2) When a person so ordered to pay for the care and
24support of a minor is employed for wages, salary or commission,
25the court may order him to make the support payments for which
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1commission and to assign so much thereof as will pay the
2support. The court may also order him to make discovery to the
3court as to his place of employment and the amounts earned by
4him. Upon his failure to obey the orders of court he may be
5punished as for contempt of court.
6    (3) If the minor is a recipient of public aid under the
7Illinois Public Aid Code, the court shall order that payments
8made by a parent or through assignment of his wages, salary or
9commission be made directly to (a) the Department of Healthcare
10and Family Services if the minor is a recipient of aid under
11Article V of the Code, (b) the Department of Human Services if
12the minor is a recipient of aid under Article IV of the Code,
13or (c) the local governmental unit responsible for the support
14of the minor if he is a recipient under Articles VI or VII of
15the Code. The order shall permit the Department of Healthcare
16and Family Services, the Department of Human Services, or the
17local governmental unit, as the case may be, to direct that
18subsequent payments be made directly to the guardian or
19custodian of the minor, or to some other person or agency in
20the minor's behalf, upon removal of the minor from the public
21aid rolls; and upon such direction and removal of the minor
22from the public aid rolls, the Department of Healthcare and
23Family Services, Department of Human Services, or local
24governmental unit, as the case requires, shall give written
25notice of such action to the court. Payments received by the
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1Human Services, or local governmental unit are to be covered,
2respectively, into the General Revenue Fund of the State
3Treasury or General Assistance Fund of the governmental unit,
4as provided in Section 10-19 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
5(Source: P.A. 97-568, eff. 8-25-11.)
 
6    Section 962. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
7amended by changing Section 112A-14 as follows:
 
8    (725 ILCS 5/112A-14)  (from Ch. 38, par. 112A-14)
9    Sec. 112A-14. Order of protection; remedies.
10    (a) Issuance of order. If the court finds that petitioner
11has been abused by a family or household member, as defined in
12this Article, an order of protection prohibiting such abuse
13shall issue; provided that petitioner must also satisfy the
14requirements of one of the following Sections, as appropriate:
15Section 112A-17 on emergency orders, Section 112A-18 on interim
16orders, or Section 112A-19 on plenary orders. Petitioner shall
17not be denied an order of protection because petitioner or
18respondent is a minor. The court, when determining whether or
19not to issue an order of protection, shall not require physical
20manifestations of abuse on the person of the victim.
21Modification and extension of prior orders of protection shall
22be in accordance with this Article.
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1this Section and one of the following Sections, as appropriate:
2Section 112A-17 on emergency orders, Section 112A-18 on interim
3orders, and Section 112A-19 on plenary orders. The remedies
4listed in this subsection shall be in addition to other civil
5or criminal remedies available to petitioner.
6        (1) Prohibition of abuse. Prohibit respondent's
7    harassment, interference with personal liberty,
8    intimidation of a dependent, physical abuse or willful
9    deprivation, as defined in this Article, if such abuse has
10    occurred or otherwise appears likely to occur if not
11    prohibited.
12        (2) Grant of exclusive possession of residence.
13    Prohibit respondent from entering or remaining in any
14    residence, household, or premises of the petitioner,
15    including one owned or leased by respondent, if petitioner
16    has a right to occupancy thereof. The grant of exclusive
17    possession of the residence, household, or premises shall
18    not affect title to real property, nor shall the court be
19    limited by the standard set forth in Section 701 of the
20    Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
21            (A) Right to occupancy. A party has a right to
22        occupancy of a residence or household if it is solely
23        or jointly owned or leased by that party, that party's
24        spouse, a person with a legal duty to support that
25        party or a minor child in that party's care, or by any
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1        authorizes that party's occupancy (e.g., a domestic
2        violence shelter). Standards set forth in subparagraph
3        (B) shall not preclude equitable relief.
4            (B) Presumption of hardships. If petitioner and
5        respondent each has the right to occupancy of a
6        residence or household, the court shall balance (i) the
7        hardships to respondent and any minor child or
8        dependent adult in respondent's care resulting from
9        entry of this remedy with (ii) the hardships to
10        petitioner and any minor child or dependent adult in
11        petitioner's care resulting from continued exposure to
12        the risk of abuse (should petitioner remain at the
13        residence or household) or from loss of possession of
14        the residence or household (should petitioner leave to
15        avoid the risk of abuse). When determining the balance
16        of hardships, the court shall also take into account
17        the accessibility of the residence or household.
18        Hardships need not be balanced if respondent does not
19        have a right to occupancy.
20            The balance of hardships is presumed to favor
21        possession by petitioner unless the presumption is
22        rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence, showing
23        that the hardships to respondent substantially
24        outweigh the hardships to petitioner and any minor
25        child or dependent adult in petitioner's care. The
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1        motion, may order respondent to provide suitable,
2        accessible, alternate housing for petitioner instead
3        of excluding respondent from a mutual residence or
4        household.
5        (3) Stay away order and additional prohibitions. Order
6    respondent to stay away from petitioner or any other person
7    protected by the order of protection, or prohibit
8    respondent from entering or remaining present at
9    petitioner's school, place of employment, or other
10    specified places at times when petitioner is present, or
11    both, if reasonable, given the balance of hardships.
12    Hardships need not be balanced for the court to enter a
13    stay away order or prohibit entry if respondent has no
14    right to enter the premises.
15        If an order of protection grants petitioner exclusive
16    possession of the residence, or prohibits respondent from
17    entering the residence, or orders respondent to stay away
18    from petitioner or other protected persons, then the court
19    may allow respondent access to the residence to remove
20    items of clothing and personal adornment used exclusively
21    by respondent, medications, and other items as the court
22    directs. The right to access shall be exercised on only one
23    occasion as the court directs and in the presence of an
24    agreed-upon adult third party or law enforcement officer.
25        (4) Counseling. Require or recommend the respondent to
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1    worker, psychologist, clinical psychologist, psychiatrist,
2    family service agency, alcohol or substance abuse program,
3    mental health center guidance counselor, agency providing
4    services to elders, program designed for domestic violence
5    abusers or any other guidance service the court deems
6    appropriate. The court may order the respondent in any
7    intimate partner relationship to report to an Illinois
8    Department of Human Services protocol approved partner
9    abuse intervention program for an assessment and to follow
10    all recommended treatment.
11        (5) Physical care and possession of the minor child. In
12    order to protect the minor child from abuse, neglect, or
13    unwarranted separation from the person who has been the
14    minor child's primary caretaker, or to otherwise protect
15    the well-being of the minor child, the court may do either
16    or both of the following: (i) grant petitioner physical
17    care or possession of the minor child, or both, or (ii)
18    order respondent to return a minor child to, or not remove
19    a minor child from, the physical care of a parent or person
20    in loco parentis.
21        If a court finds, after a hearing, that respondent has
22    committed abuse (as defined in Section 112A-3) of a minor
23    child, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that
24    awarding physical care to respondent would not be in the
25    minor child's best interest.
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1    custody to petitioner in accordance with this Section, the
2    Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the
3    Illinois Parentage Act of 2013 1984, and this State's
4    Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.
5        If a court finds, after a hearing, that respondent has
6    committed abuse (as defined in Section 112A-3) of a minor
7    child, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that
8    awarding temporary legal custody to respondent would not be
9    in the child's best interest.
10        (7) Visitation. Determine the visitation rights, if
11    any, of respondent in any case in which the court awards
12    physical care or temporary legal custody of a minor child
13    to petitioner. The court shall restrict or deny
14    respondent's visitation with a minor child if the court
15    finds that respondent has done or is likely to do any of
16    the following: (i) abuse or endanger the minor child during
17    visitation; (ii) use the visitation as an opportunity to
18    abuse or harass petitioner or petitioner's family or
19    household members; (iii) improperly conceal or detain the
20    minor child; or (iv) otherwise act in a manner that is not
21    in the best interests of the minor child. The court shall
22    not be limited by the standards set forth in Section 607.1
23    of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
24    If the court grants visitation, the order shall specify
25    dates and times for the visitation to take place or other
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1    order for visitation shall refer merely to the term
2    "reasonable visitation".
3        Petitioner may deny respondent access to the minor
4    child if, when respondent arrives for visitation,
5    respondent is under the influence of drugs or alcohol and
6    constitutes a threat to the safety and well-being of
7    petitioner or petitioner's minor children or is behaving in
8    a violent or abusive manner.
9        If necessary to protect any member of petitioner's
10    family or household from future abuse, respondent shall be
11    prohibited from coming to petitioner's residence to meet
12    the minor child for visitation, and the parties shall
13    submit to the court their recommendations for reasonable
14    alternative arrangements for visitation. A person may be
15    approved to supervise visitation only after filing an
16    affidavit accepting that responsibility and acknowledging
17    accountability to the court.
18        (8) Removal or concealment of minor child. Prohibit
19    respondent from removing a minor child from the State or
20    concealing the child within the State.
21        (9) Order to appear. Order the respondent to appear in
22    court, alone or with a minor child, to prevent abuse,
23    neglect, removal or concealment of the child, to return the
24    child to the custody or care of the petitioner or to permit
25    any court-ordered interview or examination of the child or
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1        (10) Possession of personal property. Grant petitioner
2    exclusive possession of personal property and, if
3    respondent has possession or control, direct respondent to
4    promptly make it available to petitioner, if:
5            (i) petitioner, but not respondent, owns the
6        property; or
7            (ii) the parties own the property jointly; sharing
8        it would risk abuse of petitioner by respondent or is
9        impracticable; and the balance of hardships favors
10        temporary possession by petitioner.
11        If petitioner's sole claim to ownership of the property
12    is that it is marital property, the court may award
13    petitioner temporary possession thereof under the
14    standards of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph only if a
15    proper proceeding has been filed under the Illinois
16    Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as now or
17    hereafter amended.
18        No order under this provision shall affect title to
19    property.
20        (11) Protection of property. Forbid the respondent
21    from taking, transferring, encumbering, concealing,
22    damaging or otherwise disposing of any real or personal
23    property, except as explicitly authorized by the court, if:
24            (i) petitioner, but not respondent, owns the
25        property; or
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1        balance of hardships favors granting this remedy.
2        If petitioner's sole claim to ownership of the property
3    is that it is marital property, the court may grant
4    petitioner relief under subparagraph (ii) of this
5    paragraph only if a proper proceeding has been filed under
6    the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as
7    now or hereafter amended.
8        The court may further prohibit respondent from
9    improperly using the financial or other resources of an
10    aged member of the family or household for the profit or
11    advantage of respondent or of any other person.
12        (11.5) Protection of animals. Grant the petitioner the
13    exclusive care, custody, or control of any animal owned,
14    possessed, leased, kept, or held by either the petitioner
15    or the respondent or a minor child residing in the
16    residence or household of either the petitioner or the
17    respondent and order the respondent to stay away from the
18    animal and forbid the respondent from taking,
19    transferring, encumbering, concealing, harming, or
20    otherwise disposing of the animal.
21        (12) Order for payment of support. Order respondent to
22    pay temporary support for the petitioner or any child in
23    the petitioner's care or custody, when the respondent has a
24    legal obligation to support that person, in accordance with
25    the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act,
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1    support, payment through the clerk and withholding of
2    income to secure payment. An order for child support may be
3    granted to a petitioner with lawful physical care or
4    custody of a child, or an order or agreement for physical
5    care or custody, prior to entry of an order for legal
6    custody. Such a support order shall expire upon entry of a
7    valid order granting legal custody to another, unless
8    otherwise provided in the custody order.
9        (13) Order for payment of losses. Order respondent to
10    pay petitioner for losses suffered as a direct result of
11    the abuse. Such losses shall include, but not be limited
12    to, medical expenses, lost earnings or other support,
13    repair or replacement of property damaged or taken,
14    reasonable attorney's fees, court costs and moving or other
15    travel expenses, including additional reasonable expenses
16    for temporary shelter and restaurant meals.
17            (i) Losses affecting family needs. If a party is
18        entitled to seek maintenance, child support or
19        property distribution from the other party under the
20        Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as
21        now or hereafter amended, the court may order
22        respondent to reimburse petitioner's actual losses, to
23        the extent that such reimbursement would be
24        "appropriate temporary relief", as authorized by
25        subsection (a)(3) of Section 501 of that Act.
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1        improper concealment or removal of a minor child, the
2        court may order respondent to pay the reasonable
3        expenses incurred or to be incurred in the search for
4        and recovery of the minor child, including but not
5        limited to legal fees, court costs, private
6        investigator fees, and travel costs.
7        (14) Prohibition of entry. Prohibit the respondent
8    from entering or remaining in the residence or household
9    while the respondent is under the influence of alcohol or
10    drugs and constitutes a threat to the safety and well-being
11    of the petitioner or the petitioner's children.
12        (14.5) Prohibition of firearm possession.
13            (a) Prohibit a respondent against whom an order of
14        protection was issued from possessing any firearms
15        during the duration of the order if the order:
16                (1) was issued after a hearing of which such
17            person received actual notice, and at which such
18            person had an opportunity to participate;
19                (2) restrains such person from harassing,
20            stalking, or threatening an intimate partner of
21            such person or child of such intimate partner or
22            person, or engaging in other conduct that would
23            place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of
24            bodily injury to the partner or child; and
25                (3)(i) includes a finding that such person
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1            safety of such intimate partner or child; or (ii)
2            by its terms explicitly prohibits the use,
3            attempted use, or threatened use of physical force
4            against such intimate partner or child that would
5            reasonably be expected to cause bodily injury.
6        Any firearms in the possession of the respondent,
7        except as provided in subsection (b), shall be ordered
8        by the court to be turned over to the local law
9        enforcement agency for safekeeping. The court shall
10        issue an order that the respondent's Firearm Owner's
11        Identification Card be turned over to the local law
12        enforcement agency, which in turn shall immediately
13        mail the card to the Department of State Police Firearm
14        Owner's Identification Card Office for safekeeping.
15        The period of safekeeping shall be for the duration of
16        the order of protection. The firearm or firearms and
17        Firearm Owner's Identification Card, if unexpired,
18        shall at the respondent's request be returned to the
19        respondent at expiration of the order of protection.
20            (b) If the respondent is a peace officer as defined
21        in Section 2-13 of the Criminal Code of 2012, the court
22        shall order that any firearms used by the respondent in
23        the performance of his or her duties as a peace officer
24        be surrendered to the chief law enforcement executive
25        of the agency in which the respondent is employed, who
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1        duration of the order of protection.
2            (c) Upon expiration of the period of safekeeping,
3        if the firearms or Firearm Owner's Identification Card
4        cannot be returned to respondent because respondent
5        cannot be located, fails to respond to requests to
6        retrieve the firearms, or is not lawfully eligible to
7        possess a firearm, upon petition from the local law
8        enforcement agency, the court may order the local law
9        enforcement agency to destroy the firearms, use the
10        firearms for training purposes, or for any other
11        application as deemed appropriate by the local law
12        enforcement agency; or that the firearms be turned over
13        to a third party who is lawfully eligible to possess
14        firearms, and who does not reside with respondent.
15        (15) Prohibition of access to records. If an order of
16    protection prohibits respondent from having contact with
17    the minor child, or if petitioner's address is omitted
18    under subsection (b) of Section 112A-5, or if necessary to
19    prevent abuse or wrongful removal or concealment of a minor
20    child, the order shall deny respondent access to, and
21    prohibit respondent from inspecting, obtaining, or
22    attempting to inspect or obtain, school or any other
23    records of the minor child who is in the care of
24    petitioner.
25        (16) Order for payment of shelter services. Order
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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 of
6    a family or household member or to effectuate one of the
7    granted remedies, if supported by the balance of hardships.
8    If the harm to be prevented by the injunction is abuse or
9    any other harm that one of the remedies listed in
10    paragraphs (1) through (16) of this subsection is designed
11    to prevent, no further evidence is necessary to establish
12    that the harm is an irreparable injury.
13    (c) Relevant factors; findings.
14        (1) In determining whether to grant a specific remedy,
15    other than payment of support, the court shall consider
16    relevant factors, including but not limited to the
17    following:
18            (i) the nature, frequency, severity, pattern and
19        consequences of the respondent's past abuse of the
20        petitioner or any family or household member,
21        including the concealment of his or her location in
22        order to evade service of process or notice, and the
23        likelihood of danger of future abuse to petitioner or
24        any member of petitioner's or respondent's family or
25        household; and
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1        or neglected or improperly removed from the
2        jurisdiction, improperly concealed within the State or
3        improperly separated from the child's primary
4        caretaker.
5        (2) In comparing relative hardships resulting to the
6    parties from loss of possession of the family home, the
7    court shall consider relevant factors, including but not
8    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 or
12        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 party,
15        and any minor child or dependent adult in the party's
16        care, to family, school, church and community.
17        (3) Subject to the exceptions set forth in paragraph
18    (4) of this subsection, the court shall make its findings
19    in an official record or in writing, and shall at a minimum
20    set forth the following:
21            (i) That the court has considered the applicable
22        relevant factors described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of
23        this subsection.
24            (ii) Whether the conduct or actions of respondent,
25        unless prohibited, will likely cause irreparable harm
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1            (iii) Whether it is necessary to grant the
2        requested relief in order to protect petitioner or
3        other alleged abused persons.
4        (4) For purposes of issuing an ex parte emergency order
5    of protection, the court, as an alternative to or as a
6    supplement to making the findings described in paragraphs
7    (c)(3)(i) through (c)(3)(iii) of this subsection, may use
8    the following procedure:
9        When a verified petition for an emergency order of
10    protection in accordance with the requirements of Sections
11    112A-5 and 112A-17 is presented to the court, the court
12    shall examine petitioner on oath or affirmation. An
13    emergency order of protection shall be issued by the court
14    if it appears from the contents of the petition and the
15    examination of petitioner that the averments are
16    sufficient to indicate abuse by respondent and to support
17    the granting of relief under the issuance of the emergency
18    order of protection.
19        (5) Never married parties. No rights or
20    responsibilities for a minor child born outside of marriage
21    attach to a putative father until a father and child
22    relationship has been established under the Illinois
23    Parentage Act of 1984 or under the Illinois Parentage Act
24    of 2013 on and after the effective date of that Act. Absent
25    such an adjudication, no putative father shall be granted
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1    minor child, or physical care and possession of the minor
2    child, nor shall an order of payment for support of the
3    minor child be entered.
4    (d) Balance of hardships; findings. If the court finds that
5the balance of hardships does not support the granting of a
6remedy governed by paragraph (2), (3), (10), (11), or (16) of
7subsection (b) of this Section, which may require such
8balancing, the court's findings shall so indicate and shall
9include a finding as to whether granting the remedy will result
10in hardship to respondent that would substantially outweigh the
11hardship to petitioner from denial of the remedy. The findings
12shall be an official record or in writing.
13    (e) Denial of remedies. Denial of any remedy shall not be
14based, in whole or in part, on evidence that:
15        (1) Respondent has cause for any use of force, unless
16    that cause satisfies the standards for justifiable use of
17    force provided by Article 7 of the Criminal Code of 2012;
18        (2) Respondent was voluntarily intoxicated;
19        (3) Petitioner acted in self-defense or defense of
20    another, provided that, if petitioner utilized force, such
21    force was justifiable under Article 7 of the Criminal Code
22    of 2012;
23        (4) Petitioner did not act in self-defense or defense
24    of another;
25        (5) Petitioner left the residence or household to avoid
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1        (6) Petitioner did not leave the residence or household
2    to avoid further abuse by respondent;
3        (7) Conduct by any family or household member excused
4    the abuse by respondent, unless that same conduct would
5    have excused such abuse if the parties had not been family
6    or household members.
7(Source: P.A. 96-701, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1239, eff. 1-1-11;
897-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1131, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff.
91-25-13.)
 
10    Section 963. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
11changing Section 3-5-4 as follows:
 
12    (730 ILCS 5/3-5-4)
13    Sec. 3-5-4. Exchange of information for child support
14enforcement.
15    (a) The Department shall exchange with the Department of
16Healthcare and Family Services information that may be
17necessary for the enforcement of child support orders entered
18pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Marriage
19and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of Spouse and
20Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the Revised
21Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the Uniform
22Interstate Family Support Act, or the Illinois Parentage Act of
231984, or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013.
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1contrary, the Department shall not be liable to any person for
2any disclosure of information to the Department of Healthcare
3and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of Public
4Aid) under subsection (a) or for any other action taken in good
5faith to comply with the requirements of subsection (a).
6(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
7    Section 964. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
8changing Sections 2-209, 2-1401, 12-112, and 12-819 as follows:
 
9    (735 ILCS 5/2-209)  (from Ch. 110, par. 2-209)
10    Sec. 2-209. Act submitting to jurisdiction - Process.
11    (a) Any person, whether or not a citizen or resident of
12this State, who in person or through an agent does any of the
13acts hereinafter enumerated, thereby submits such person, and,
14if an individual, his or her personal representative, to the
15jurisdiction of the courts of this State as to any cause of
16action arising from the doing of any of such acts:
17        (1) The transaction of any business within this State;
18        (2) The commission of a tortious act within this State;
19        (3) The ownership, use, or possession of any real
20    estate situated in this State;
21        (4) Contracting to insure any person, property or risk
22    located within this State at the time of contracting;
23        (5) With respect to actions of dissolution of marriage,
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1    separation, the maintenance in this State of a matrimonial
2    domicile at the time this cause of action arose or the
3    commission in this State of any act giving rise to the
4    cause of action;
5        (6) With respect to actions brought under the Illinois
6    Parentage Act of 1984, as now or hereafter amended, or
7    under the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013 on and after the
8    effective date of that Act, the performance of an act of
9    sexual intercourse within this State during the possible
10    period of conception;
11        (7) The making or performance of any contract or
12    promise substantially connected with this State;
13        (8) The performance of sexual intercourse within this
14    State which is claimed to have resulted in the conception
15    of a child who resides in this State;
16        (9) The failure to support a child, spouse or former
17    spouse who has continued to reside in this State since the
18    person either formerly resided with them in this State or
19    directed them to reside in this State;
20        (10) The acquisition of ownership, possession or
21    control of any asset or thing of value present within this
22    State when ownership, possession or control was acquired;
23        (11) The breach of any fiduciary duty within this
24    State;
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1    having its principal place of business within this State;
2        (13) The ownership of an interest in any trust
3    administered within this State; or
4        (14) The exercise of powers granted under the authority
5    of this State as a fiduciary.
6    (b) A court may exercise jurisdiction in any action arising
7within or without this State against any person who:
8        (1) Is a natural person present within this State when
9    served;
10        (2) Is a natural person domiciled or resident within
11    this State when the cause of action arose, the action was
12    commenced, or process was served;
13        (3) Is a corporation organized under the laws of this
14    State; or
15        (4) Is a natural person or corporation doing business
16    within this State.
17    (b-5) Foreign defamation judgment. The courts of this State
18shall have personal jurisdiction over any person who obtains a
19judgment in a defamation proceeding outside the United States
20against any person who is a resident of Illinois or, if not a
21natural person, has its principal place of business in
22Illinois, for the purposes of rendering declaratory relief with
23respect to that resident's liability for the judgment, or for
24the purpose of determining whether said judgment should be
25deemed non-recognizable pursuant to this Code, to the fullest
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1        (1) the publication at issue was published in Illinois,
2    and
3        (2) that resident (i) has assets in Illinois which
4    might be used to satisfy the foreign defamation judgment,
5    or (ii) may have to take actions in Illinois to comply with
6    the foreign defamation judgment.
7    The provisions of this subsection (b-5) shall apply to
8persons who obtained judgments in defamation proceedings
9outside the United States prior to, on, or after the effective
10date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
11    (c) A court may also exercise jurisdiction on any other
12basis now or hereafter permitted by the Illinois Constitution
13and the Constitution of the United States.
14    (d) Service of process upon any person who is subject to
15the jurisdiction of the courts of this State, as provided in
16this Section, may be made by personally serving the summons
17upon the defendant outside this State, as provided in this Act,
18with the same force and effect as though summons had been
19personally served within this State.
20    (e) Service of process upon any person who resides or whose
21business address is outside the United States and who is
22subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this State, as
23provided in this Section, in any action based upon product
24liability may be made by serving a copy of the summons with a
25copy of the complaint attached upon the Secretary of State. The
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1Secretary of State. The plaintiff shall forthwith mail a copy
2of the summons, upon which the date of service upon the
3Secretary is clearly shown, together with a copy of the
4complaint to the defendant at his or her last known place of
5residence or business address. Plaintiff shall file with the
6circuit clerk an affidavit of the plaintiff or his or her
7attorney stating the last known place of residence or the last
8known business address of the defendant and a certificate of
9mailing a copy of the summons and complaint to the defendant at
10such address as required by this subsection (e). The
11certificate of mailing shall be prima facie evidence that the
12plaintiff or his or her attorney mailed a copy of the summons
13and complaint to the defendant as required. Service of the
14summons shall be deemed to have been made upon the defendant on
15the date it is served upon the Secretary and shall have the
16same force and effect as though summons had been personally
17served upon the defendant within this State.
18    (f) Only causes of action arising from acts enumerated
19herein may be asserted against a defendant in an action in
20which jurisdiction over him or her is based upon subsection
21(a).
22    (g) Nothing herein contained limits or affects the right to
23serve any process in any other manner now or hereafter provided
24by law.
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1    (735 ILCS 5/2-1401)  (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1401)
2    Sec. 2-1401. Relief from judgments.
3    (a) Relief from final orders and judgments, after 30 days
4from the entry thereof, may be had upon petition as provided in
5this Section. Writs of error coram nobis and coram vobis, bills
6of review and bills in the nature of bills of review are
7abolished. All relief heretofore obtainable and the grounds for
8such relief heretofore available, whether by any of the
9foregoing remedies or otherwise, shall be available in every
10case, by proceedings hereunder, regardless of the nature of the
11order or judgment from which relief is sought or of the
12proceedings in which it was entered. Except as provided in
13Section 6 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013 1984, there
14shall be no distinction between actions and other proceedings,
15statutory or otherwise, as to availability of relief, grounds
16for relief or the relief obtainable.
17    (b) The petition must be filed in the same proceeding in
18which the order or judgment was entered but is not a
19continuation thereof. The petition must be supported by
20affidavit or other appropriate showing as to matters not of
21record. All parties to the petition shall be notified as
22provided by rule.
23    (c) Except as provided in Section 20b of the Adoption Act
24and Section 2-32 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or in a
25petition based upon Section 116-3 of the Code of Criminal
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1years after the entry of the order or judgment. Time during
2which the person seeking relief is under legal disability or
3duress or the ground for relief is fraudulently concealed shall
4be excluded in computing the period of 2 years.
5    (d) The filing of a petition under this Section does not
6affect the order or judgment, or suspend its operation.
7    (e) Unless lack of jurisdiction affirmatively appears from
8the record proper, the vacation or modification of an order or
9judgment pursuant to the provisions of this Section does not
10affect the right, title or interest in or to any real or
11personal property of any person, not a party to the original
12action, acquired for value after the entry of the order or
13judgment but before the filing of the petition, nor affect any
14right of any person not a party to the original action under
15any certificate of sale issued before the filing of the
16petition, pursuant to a sale based on the order or judgment.
17    (f) Nothing contained in this Section affects any existing
18right to relief from a void order or judgment, or to employ any
19existing method to procure that relief.
20(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
21    (735 ILCS 5/12-112)  (from Ch. 110, par. 12-112)
22    Sec. 12-112. What liable to enforcement. All the lands,
23tenements, real estate, goods and chattels (except such as is
24by law declared to be exempt) of every person against whom any
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1for any debt, damages, costs, or other sum of money, shall be
2liable to be sold upon such judgment. Any real property, any
3beneficial interest in a land trust, or any interest in real
4property held in a revocable inter vivos trust or revocable
5inter vivos trusts created for estate planning purposes, held
6in tenancy by the entirety shall not be liable to be sold upon
7judgment entered on or after October 1, 1990 against only one
8of the tenants, except if the property was transferred into
9tenancy by the entirety with the sole intent to avoid the
10payment of debts existing at the time of the transfer beyond
11the transferor's ability to pay those debts as they become due.
12However, any income from such property shall be subject to
13garnishment as provided in Part 7 of this Article XII, whether
14judgment has been entered against one or both of the tenants.
15    If the court authorizes the piercing of the ownership veil
16pursuant to Section 505 of the Illinois Marriage and
17Dissolution of Marriage Act or Section 805 15 of the Illinois
18Parentage Act of 2013 1984, any assets determined to be those
19of the non-custodial parent, although not held in name of the
20non-custodial parent, shall be subject to attachment or other
21provisional remedy in accordance with the procedure prescribed
22by this Code. The court may not authorize attachment of
23property or any other provisional remedy under this paragraph
24unless it has obtained jurisdiction over the entity holding
25title to the property by proper service on that entity. With
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1described in this paragraph shall affect the rights of bona
2fide purchasers, mortgagees, judgment creditors, or other lien
3holders who acquire their interests in the property prior to
4the time a notice of lis pendens pursuant to this Code or a
5copy of the order is placed of record in the office of the
6recorder of deeds for the county in which the real property is
7located.
8    This amendatory Act of 1995 (P.A. 89-438) is declarative of
9existing law.
10    This amendatory Act of 1997 (P.A. 90-514) is intended as a
11clarification of existing law and not as a new enactment.
12(Source: P.A. 96-1145, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
13    (735 ILCS 5/12-819)  (from Ch. 110, par. 12-819)
14    Sec. 12-819. Limitations on part 8 of Article XII. The
15provisions of this Part 8 of Article XII of this Act do not
16apply to orders for withholding of income entered by the court
17under provisions of The Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois
18Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of
19Spouse and Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the
20Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the
21Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, and the Illinois Parentage Act
22of 2013 and the Paternity Act for support of a child or
23maintenance of a spouse.
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1    Section 965. The Illinois Wage Assignment Act is amended by
2changing Section 11 as follows:
 
3    (740 ILCS 170/11)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39.12)
4    Sec. 11. The provisions of this Act do not apply to orders
5for withholding of income entered by the court under provisions
6of The Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Marriage and
7Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of Spouse and
8Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the Revised
9Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the Illinois
10Parentage Act of 1984, and the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013
11and the Paternity Act for support of a child or maintenance of
12a spouse.
13(Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)
 
14    Section 966. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
15Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 713 as follows:
 
16    (750 ILCS 5/713)  (from Ch. 40, par. 713)
17    Sec. 713. Attachment of the Body. As used in this Section,
18"obligor" has the same meaning ascribed to such term in the
19Income Withholding for Support Act.
20    (a) In any proceeding to enforce an order for support,
21where the obligor has failed to appear in court pursuant to
22order of court and after due notice thereof, the court may
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1Notices under this Section shall be served upon the obligor by
2any means authorized under subsection (a-5) of Section 505. The
3attachment order shall fix an amount of escrow which is equal
4to a minimum of 20% of the total child support arrearage
5alleged by the obligee in sworn testimony to be due and owing.
6The attachment order shall direct the Sheriff of any county in
7Illinois to take the obligor into custody and shall set the
8number of days following release from custody for a hearing to
9be held at which the obligor must appear, if he is released
10under subsection (b) of this Section.
11    (b) If the obligor is taken into custody, the Sheriff shall
12take the obligor before the court which entered the attachment
13order. However, the Sheriff may release the person after he or
14she has deposited the amount of escrow ordered by the court
15pursuant to local procedures for the posting of bond. The
16Sheriff shall advise the obligor of the hearing date at which
17the obligor is required to appear.
18    (c) Any escrow deposited pursuant to this Section shall be
19transmitted to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the county in
20which the order for attachment of the body of the obligor was
21entered. Any Clerk who receives money deposited into escrow
22pursuant to this Section shall notify the obligee, public
23office or legal counsel whose name appears on the attachment
24order of the court date at which the obligor is required to
25appear and the amount deposited into escrow. The Clerk shall
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1court that entered the attachment order pursuant to this
2Section.
3    (d) Whenever an obligor is taken before the court by the
4Sheriff, or appears in court after the court has ordered the
5attachment of his body, the court shall:
6        (1) hold a hearing on the complaint or petition that
7    gave rise to the attachment order. For purposes of
8    determining arrearages that are due and owing by the
9    obligor, the court shall accept the previous sworn
10    testimony of the obligee as true and the appearance of the
11    obligee shall not be required. The court shall require
12    sworn testimony of the obligor as to his or her Social
13    Security number, income, employment, bank accounts,
14    property and any other assets. If there is a dispute as to
15    the total amount of arrearages, the court shall proceed as
16    in any other case as to the undisputed amounts; and
17        (2) order the Clerk of the Circuit Court to disburse to
18    the obligee or public office money held in escrow pursuant
19    to this Section if the court finds that the amount of
20    arrearages exceeds the amount of the escrow. Amounts
21    received by the obligee or public office shall be deducted
22    from the amount of the arrearages.
23    (e) If the obligor fails to appear in court after being
24notified of the court date by the Sheriff upon release from
25custody, the court shall order any monies deposited into escrow
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1shall proceed under subsection (a) of this Section by entering
2another order for the attachment of the body of the obligor.
3    (f) This Section shall apply to any order for support
4issued under the "Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage
5Act", approved September 22, 1977, as amended; the Illinois
6Parentage Act of 2013; the "Illinois Parentage Act of 1984",
7effective July 1, 1985, as amended; the "Revised Uniform
8Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act", approved August 28,
91969, as amended; "The Illinois Public Aid Code", approved
10April 11, 1967, as amended; the Non-Support Punishment Act; and
11the "Non-support of Spouse and Children Act", approved June 8,
121953, as amended.
13    (g) Any escrow established pursuant to this Section for the
14purpose of providing support shall not be subject to fees
15collected by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for any other
16escrow.
17(Source: P.A. 91-113, eff. 7-15-99; 91-613, eff. 10-1-99;
1892-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
 
19    Section 967. The Non-Support Punishment Act is amended by
20changing Section 50 as follows:
 
21    (750 ILCS 16/50)
22    Sec. 50. Community service; work alternative program.
23    (a) In addition to any other penalties imposed against an
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1perform community service for not less than 30 and not more
2than 120 hours per month, if community service is available in
3the jurisdiction and is funded and approved by the county board
4of the county where the offense was committed. In addition,
5whenever any person is placed on supervision for committing an
6offense under this Act, the supervision shall be conditioned on
7the performance of the community service.
8    (b) In addition to any other penalties imposed against an
9offender under this Act, the court may sentence the offender to
10service in a work alternative program administered by the
11sheriff. The conditions of the program are that the offender
12obtain or retain employment and participate in a work
13alternative program administered by the sheriff during
14non-working hours. A person may not be required to participate
15in a work alternative program under this subsection if the
16person is currently participating in a work program pursuant to
17another provision of this Act, Section 10-11.1 of the Illinois
18Public Aid Code, Section 505.1 of the Illinois Marriage and
19Dissolution of Marriage Act, or Section 806 15.1 of the
20Illinois Parentage Act of 2013 1984.
21    (c) In addition to any other penalties imposed against an
22offender under this Act, the court may order, in cases where
23the offender has been in violation of this Act for 90 days or
24more, that the offender's Illinois driving privileges be
25suspended until the court determines that the offender is in
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1    The court may determine that the offender is in compliance
2with this Act if the offender has agreed (i) to pay all
3required amounts of support and maintenance as determined by
4the court or (ii) to the garnishment of his or her income for
5the purpose of paying those amounts.
6    The court may also order that the offender be issued a
7family financial responsibility driving permit that would
8allow limited driving privileges for employment and medical
9purposes in accordance with Section 7-702.1 of the Illinois
10Vehicle Code. The clerk of the circuit court shall certify the
11order suspending the driving privileges of the offender or
12granting the issuance of a family financial responsibility
13driving permit to the Secretary of State on forms prescribed by
14the Secretary. Upon receipt of the authenticated documents, the
15Secretary of State shall suspend the offender's driving
16privileges until further order of the court and shall, if
17ordered by the court, subject to the provisions of Section
187-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, issue a family financial
19responsibility driving permit to the offender.
20    (d) If the court determines that the offender has been in
21violation of this Act for more than 60 days, the court may
22determine whether the offender has applied for or been issued a
23professional license by the Department of Professional
24Regulation or another licensing agency. If the court determines
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1Professional Regulation or other licensing agency that the
2offender has been in violation of this Act for more than 60
3days so that the Department or other agency may take
4appropriate steps with respect to the license or application as
5provided in Section 10-65 of the Illinois Administrative
6Procedure Act and Section 2105-15 of the Department of
7Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of
8Illinois. The court may take the actions required under this
9subsection in addition to imposing any other penalty authorized
10under this Act.
11(Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
 
12    Section 968. The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act is
13amended by changing Section 102 as follows:
 
14    (750 ILCS 22/102)  (was 750 ILCS 22/101)
15    Sec. 102. Definitions. In this Act:
16    "Child" means an individual, whether over or under the age
17of 18, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the
18individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the
19beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent.
20    "Child-support order" means a support order for a child,
21including a child who has attained the age of 18.
22    "Duty of support" means an obligation imposed or imposable
23by law to provide support for a child, spouse, or former spouse
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1    "Home state" means the state in which a child lived with a
2parent or a person acting as parent for at least 6 consecutive
3months immediately preceding the time of filing of a petition
4or comparable pleading for support, and if a child is less than
56 months old, the state in which the child lived from birth
6with any of them. A period of temporary absence of any of them
7is counted as part of the 6-month or other period.
8    "Income" includes earnings or other periodic entitlements
9to money from any source and any other property subject to
10withholding for support under the law of this State.
11    "Income-withholding order" means an order or other legal
12process directed to an obligor's employer or other debtor, as
13defined by the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage
14Act, the Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act, the
15Non-Support Punishment Act the Illinois Public Aid Code, and
16the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013 1984, to withhold support
17from the income of the obligor.
18    "Initiating state" means a state from which a proceeding is
19forwarded or in which a proceeding is filed for forwarding to a
20responding state under this Act or a law or procedure
21substantially similar to this Act.
22    "Initiating tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in an
23initiating state.
24    "Issuing state" means the state in which a tribunal issues
25a support order or renders a judgment determining parentage.
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1order or renders a judgment determining parentage.
2    "Obligee" means:
3        (A) an individual to whom a duty of support is or is
4    alleged to be owed or in whose favor a support order has
5    been issued or a judgment determining parentage has been
6    rendered;
7        (B) a state or political subdivision to which the
8    rights under a duty of support or support order have been
9    assigned or which has independent claims based on financial
10    assistance provided to an individual obligee; or
11        (C) an individual seeking a judgment determining
12    parentage of the individual's child.
13    "Obligor" means an individual, or the estate of a decedent:
14            (i) who owes or is alleged to owe a duty of
15        support;
16            (ii) who is alleged but has not been adjudicated to
17        be a parent of a child; or
18            (iii) who is liable under a support order.
19    "Person means an individual, corporation, business trust,
20estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company,
21association, joint venture, government, governmental
22subdivision, agency, instrumentality, public corporation, or
23any other legal or commercial entity.
24    "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible
25medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and
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1    "Register" means to record a support order or judgment
2determining parentage in the appropriate Registry of Foreign
3Support Orders.
4    "Registering tribunal" means a tribunal in which a support
5order is registered.
6    "Responding state" means a state in which a proceeding is
7filed or to which a proceeding is forwarded for filing from an
8initiating state under this Act or a law or procedure
9substantially similar to this Act.
10    "Responding tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in a
11responding state.
12    "Spousal-support order" means a support order for a spouse
13or former spouse of the obligor.
14    "State" means a state of the United States, the District of
15Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any
16territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of
17the United States. The term includes:
18        (A) an Indian tribe; and
19        (B) a foreign country or political subdivision that:
20            (i) has been declared to be a foreign reciprocating
21        country or political subdivision under federal law;
22            (ii) has established a reciprocal arrangement for
23        child support with this State as provided in Section
24        308; or
25            (iii) has enacted a law or established procedures
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1        are substantially similar to the procedures under this
2        Act.
3    "Support enforcement agency" means a public official or
4agency authorized to seek:
5        (A) enforcement of support orders or laws relating to
6    the duty of support;
7        (B) establishment or modification of child support;
8        (C) determination of parentage;
9        (D) to locate obligors or their assets; or
10        (E) determination of the controlling child support
11    order.
12    "Support order" means a judgment, decree, order, or
13directive, whether temporary, final, or subject to
14modification, issued by a tribunal for the benefit of a child,
15a spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for monetary
16support, health care, arrearages, or reimbursement, and may
17include related costs and fees, interest, income withholding,
18attorney's fees, and other relief.
19    "Tribunal" means a court, administrative agency, or
20quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or
21modify support orders or to determine parentage.
22(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
23    Section 969. The Expedited Child Support Act of 1990 is
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1    (750 ILCS 25/6)  (from Ch. 40, par. 2706)
2    Sec. 6. Authority of hearing officers.
3    (a) With the exception of judicial functions exclusively
4retained by the court in Section 8 of this Act and in
5accordance with Supreme Court rules promulgated pursuant to
6this Act, Administrative Hearing Officers shall be authorized
7to:
8        (1) Accept voluntary agreements reached by the parties
9    setting the amount of child support to be paid and medical
10    support liability and recommend the entry of orders
11    incorporating such agreements.
12        (2) Accept voluntary acknowledgments of parentage and
13    recommend entry of an order establishing parentage based on
14    such acknowledgement. Prior to accepting such
15    acknowledgment, the Administrative Hearing Officer shall
16    advise the putative father of his rights and obligations in
17    accordance with Supreme Court rules promulgated pursuant
18    to this Act.
19        (3) Manage all stages of discovery, including setting
20    deadlines by which discovery must be completed; and
21    directing the parties to submit to appropriate tests
22    pursuant to Section 11 of the Illinois Parentage Act of
23    2013 1984.
24        (4) Cause notices to be issued requiring the Obligor to
25    appear either before the Administrative Hearing Officer or
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1        (5) Administer the oath or affirmation and take
2    testimony under oath or affirmation.
3        (6) Analyze the evidence and prepare written
4    recommendations based on such evidence, including but not
5    limited to: (i) proposed findings as to the amount of the
6    Obligor's income; (ii) proposed findings as to the amount
7    and nature of appropriate deductions from the Obligor's
8    income to determine the Obligor's net income; (iii)
9    proposed findings as to the existence of relevant factors
10    as set forth in subsection (a)(2) of Section 505 of the
11    Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, which
12    justify setting child support payment levels above or below
13    the guidelines; (iv) recommended orders for temporary
14    child support; (v) recommended orders setting the amount of
15    current child support to be paid; (vi) proposed findings as
16    to the existence and amount of any arrearages; (vii)
17    recommended orders reducing any arrearages to judgement
18    and for the payment of amounts towards such arrearages;
19    (viii) proposed findings as to whether there has been a
20    substantial change of circumstances since the entry of the
21    last child support order, or other circumstances
22    justifying a modification of the child support order; and
23    (ix) proposed findings as to whether the Obligor is
24    employed.
25        (7) With respect to any unemployed Obligor who is not
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1    provide support, recommend that the Obligor be ordered to
2    seek employment and report periodically of his or her
3    efforts in accordance with such order. Additionally, the
4    Administrative Hearing Officer may recommend that the
5    Obligor be ordered to report to the Department of
6    Employment Security for job search services or to make
7    application with the local Job Training Partnership Act
8    provider for participation in job search, training or work
9    programs and, where the duty of support is owed to a child
10    receiving child support enforcement services under Article
11    X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Administrative
12    Hearing Officer may recommend that the Obligor be ordered
13    to report to the Department of Healthcare and Family
14    Services for participation in the job search, training or
15    work programs established under Section 9-6 of the Illinois
16    Public Aid Code.
17        (8) Recommend the registration of any foreign support
18    judgments or orders as the judgments or orders of Illinois.
19    (b) In any case in which the Obligee is not participating
20in the IV-D program or has not applied to participate in the
21IV-D program, the Administrative Hearing Officer shall:
22        (1) inform the Obligee of the existence of the IV-D
23    program and provide applications on request; and
24        (2) inform the Obligee and the Obligor of the option of
25    requesting payment to be made through the Clerk of the
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1    If a request for payment through the Clerk is made, the
2Administrative Hearing Officer shall note this fact in the
3recommendations to the court.
4    (c) The Administrative Hearing Officer may make
5recommendations in addition to the proposed findings of fact
6and recommended order to which the parties have agreed.
7(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
8    Section 970. The Income Withholding for Support Act is
9amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
10    (750 ILCS 28/15)
11    Sec. 15. Definitions.
12    (a) "Order for support" means any order of the court which
13provides for periodic payment of funds for the support of a
14child or maintenance of a spouse, whether temporary or final,
15and includes any such order which provides for:
16        (1) modification or resumption of, or payment of
17    arrearage, including interest, accrued under, a previously
18    existing order;
19        (2) reimbursement of support;
20        (3) payment or reimbursement of the expenses of
21    pregnancy and delivery (for orders for support entered
22    under the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or its predecessor
23    the Paternity Act or under the Illinois Parentage Act of
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1        (4) enrollment in a health insurance plan that is
2    available to the obligor through an employer or labor union
3    or trade union.
4    (b) "Arrearage" means the total amount of unpaid support
5obligations, including interest, as determined by the court and
6incorporated into an order for support.
7    (b-5) "Business day" means a day on which State offices are
8open for regular business.
9    (c) "Delinquency" means any payment, including a payment of
10interest, under an order for support which becomes due and
11remains unpaid after entry of the order for support.
12    (d) "Income" means any form of periodic payment to an
13individual, regardless of source, including, but not limited
14to: wages, salary, commission, compensation as an independent
15contractor, workers' compensation, disability, annuity,
16pension, and retirement benefits, lottery prize awards,
17insurance proceeds, vacation pay, bonuses, profit-sharing
18payments, severance pay, interest, and any other payments, made
19by any person, private entity, federal or state government, any
20unit of local government, school district or any entity created
21by Public Act; however, "income" excludes:
22        (1) any amounts required by law to be withheld, other
23    than creditor claims, including, but not limited to,
24    federal, State and local taxes, Social Security and other
25    retirement and disability contributions;
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1        (3) any amounts exempted by the federal Consumer Credit
2    Protection Act;
3        (4) public assistance payments; and
4        (5) unemployment insurance benefits except as provided
5    by law.
6    Any other State or local laws which limit or exempt income
7or the amount or percentage of income that can be withheld
8shall not apply.
9    (e) "Obligor" means the individual who owes a duty to make
10payments under an order for support.
11    (f) "Obligee" means the individual to whom a duty of
12support is owed or the individual's legal representative.
13    (g) "Payor" means any payor of income to an obligor.
14    (h) "Public office" means any elected official or any State
15or local agency which is or may become responsible by law for
16enforcement of, or which is or may become authorized to
17enforce, an order for support, including, but not limited to:
18the Attorney General, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and
19Family Services, the Illinois Department of Human Services, the
20Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, and the
21various State's Attorneys, Clerks of the Circuit Court and
22supervisors of general assistance.
23    (i) "Premium" means the dollar amount for which the obligor
24is liable to his employer or labor union or trade union and
25which must be paid to enroll or maintain a child in a health
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1employer or labor union or trade union.
2    (j) "State Disbursement Unit" means the unit established to
3collect and disburse support payments in accordance with the
4provisions of Section 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
5    (k) "Title IV-D Agency" means the agency of this State
6charged by law with the duty to administer the child support
7enforcement program established under Title IV, Part D of the
8Social Security Act and Article X of the Illinois Public Aid
9Code.
10    (l) "Title IV-D case" means a case in which an obligee or
11obligor is receiving child support enforcement services under
12Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act and Article X of
13the Illinois Public Aid Code.
14    (m) "National Medical Support Notice" means the notice
15required for enforcement of orders for support providing for
16health insurance coverage of a child under Title IV, Part D of
17the Social Security Act, the Employee Retirement Income
18Security Act of 1974, and federal regulations promulgated under
19those Acts.
20    (n) "Employer" means a payor or labor union or trade union
21with an employee group health insurance plan and, for purposes
22of the National Medical Support Notice, also includes but is
23not limited to:
24        (1) any State or local governmental agency with a group
25    health plan; and
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1    covered under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
2    of 1974.
3(Source: P.A. 94-90, eff. 1-1-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-685,
4eff. 10-23-07.)
 
5    Section 971. The Gestational Surrogacy Act is amended by
6changing Section 35 as follows:
 
7    (750 ILCS 47/35)
8    Sec. 35. Establishment of the parent-child relationship.
9    (a) For purposes of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013
101984, a parent-child relationship shall be established prior to
11the birth of a child born through gestational surrogacy if, in
12addition to satisfying the requirements of Articles 2 and 3
13Sections 5 and 6 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013 1984,
14the attorneys representing both the gestational surrogate and
15the intended parent or parents certify that the parties entered
16into a gestational surrogacy contract intended to satisfy the
17requirements of Section 25 of this Act with respect to the
18child.
19    (b) The attorneys' certifications required by subsection
20(a) of this Section shall be filed on forms prescribed by the
21Illinois Department of Public Health and in a manner consistent
22with the requirement of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013
231984.
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1    Section 972. The Adoption Act is amended by changing
2Sections 1, 8, 12a, and 18.06 as follows:
 
3    (750 ILCS 50/1)  (from Ch. 40, par. 1501)
4    Sec. 1. Definitions. When used in this Act, unless the
5context otherwise requires:
6    A. "Child" means a person under legal age subject to
7adoption under this Act.
8    B. "Related child" means a child subject to adoption where
9either or both of the adopting parents stands in any of the
10following relationships to the child by blood or marriage:
11parent, grand-parent, brother, sister, step-parent,
12step-grandparent, step-brother, step-sister, uncle, aunt,
13great-uncle, great-aunt, or cousin of first degree. A child
14whose parent has executed a final irrevocable consent to
15adoption or a final irrevocable surrender for purposes of
16adoption, or whose parent has had his or her parental rights
17terminated, is not a related child to that person, unless the
18consent is determined to be void or is void pursuant to
19subsection O of Section 10.
20    C. "Agency" for the purpose of this Act means a public
21child welfare agency or a licensed child welfare agency.
22    D. "Unfit person" means any person whom the court shall
23find to be unfit to have a child, without regard to the
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1grounds of unfitness are any one or more of the following,
2except that a person shall not be considered an unfit person
3for the sole reason that the person has relinquished a child in
4accordance with the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act:
5        (a) Abandonment of the child.
6        (a-1) Abandonment of a newborn infant in a hospital.
7        (a-2) Abandonment of a newborn infant in any setting
8    where the evidence suggests that the parent intended to
9    relinquish his or her parental rights.
10        (b) Failure to maintain a reasonable degree of
11    interest, concern or responsibility as to the child's
12    welfare.
13        (c) Desertion of the child for more than 3 months next
14    preceding the commencement of the Adoption proceeding.
15        (d) Substantial neglect of the child if continuous or
16    repeated.
17        (d-1) Substantial neglect, if continuous or repeated,
18    of any child residing in the household which resulted in
19    the death of that child.
20        (e) Extreme or repeated cruelty to the child.
21        (f) There is a rebuttable presumption, which can be
22    overcome only by clear and convincing evidence, that a
23    parent is unfit if:
24            (1) Two or more findings of physical abuse have
25        been entered regarding any children under Section 2-21
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1        which was determined by the juvenile court hearing the
2        matter to be supported by clear and convincing
3        evidence; or
4            (2) The parent has been convicted or found not
5        guilty by reason of insanity and the conviction or
6        finding resulted from the death of any child by
7        physical abuse; or
8            (3) There is a finding of physical child abuse
9        resulting from the death of any child under Section
10        2-21 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
11            No conviction or finding of delinquency pursuant
12        to Article 5 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall be
13        considered a criminal conviction for the purpose of
14        applying any presumption under this item (f).
15        (g) Failure to protect the child from conditions within
16    his environment injurious to the child's welfare.
17        (h) Other neglect of, or misconduct toward the child;
18    provided that in making a finding of unfitness the court
19    hearing the adoption proceeding shall not be bound by any
20    previous finding, order or judgment affecting or
21    determining the rights of the parents toward the child
22    sought to be adopted in any other proceeding except such
23    proceedings terminating parental rights as shall be had
24    under either this Act, the Juvenile Court Act or the
25    Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
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1    crimes shall create a presumption that a parent is depraved
2    which can be overcome only by clear and convincing
3    evidence: (1) first degree murder in violation of paragraph
4    1 or 2 of subsection (a) of Section 9-1 of the Criminal
5    Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 or conviction of
6    second degree murder in violation of subsection (a) of
7    Section 9-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
8    Code of 2012 of a parent of the child to be adopted; (2)
9    first degree murder or second degree murder of any child in
10    violation of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code
11    of 2012; (3) attempt or conspiracy to commit first degree
12    murder or second degree murder of any child in violation of
13    the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; (4)
14    solicitation to commit murder of any child, solicitation to
15    commit murder of any child for hire, or solicitation to
16    commit second degree murder of any child in violation of
17    the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; (5)
18    predatory criminal sexual assault of a child in violation
19    of Section 11-1.40 or 12-14.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961
20    or the Criminal Code of 2012; (6) heinous battery of any
21    child in violation of the Criminal Code of 1961; or (7)
22    aggravated battery of any child in violation of the
23    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
24        There is a rebuttable presumption that a parent is
25    depraved if the parent has been criminally convicted of at
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1    state, or under federal law, or the criminal laws of any
2    United States territory; and at least one of these
3    convictions took place within 5 years of the filing of the
4    petition or motion seeking termination of parental rights.
5        There is a rebuttable presumption that a parent is
6    depraved if that parent has been criminally convicted of
7    either first or second degree murder of any person as
8    defined in the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code
9    of 2012 within 10 years of the filing date of the petition
10    or motion to terminate parental rights.
11        No conviction or finding of delinquency pursuant to
12    Article 5 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall be
13    considered a criminal conviction for the purpose of
14    applying any presumption under this item (i).
15        (j) Open and notorious adultery or fornication.
16        (j-1) (Blank).
17        (k) Habitual drunkenness or addiction to drugs, other
18    than those prescribed by a physician, for at least one year
19    immediately prior to the commencement of the unfitness
20    proceeding.
21        There is a rebuttable presumption that a parent is
22    unfit under this subsection with respect to any child to
23    which that parent gives birth where there is a confirmed
24    test result that at birth the child's blood, urine, or
25    meconium contained any amount of a controlled substance as
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1    Controlled Substances Act or metabolites of such
2    substances, the presence of which in the newborn infant was
3    not the result of medical treatment administered to the
4    mother or the newborn infant; and the biological mother of
5    this child is the biological mother of at least one other
6    child who was adjudicated a neglected minor under
7    subsection (c) of Section 2-3 of the Juvenile Court Act of
8    1987.
9        (l) Failure to demonstrate a reasonable degree of
10    interest, concern or responsibility as to the welfare of a
11    new born child during the first 30 days after its birth.
12        (m) Failure by a parent (i) to make reasonable efforts
13    to correct the conditions that were the basis for the
14    removal of the child from the parent, or (ii) to make
15    reasonable progress toward the return of the child to the
16    parent within 9 months after an adjudication of neglected
17    or abused minor under Section 2-3 of the Juvenile Court Act
18    of 1987 or dependent minor under Section 2-4 of that Act,
19    or (iii) to make reasonable progress toward the return of
20    the child to the parent during any 9-month period after the
21    end of the initial 9-month period following the
22    adjudication of neglected or abused minor under Section 2-3
23    of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or dependent minor under
24    Section 2-4 of that Act. If a service plan has been
25    established as required under Section 8.2 of the Abused and
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1    that were the basis for the removal of the child from the
2    parent and if those services were available, then, for
3    purposes of this Act, "failure to make reasonable progress
4    toward the return of the child to the parent" includes (I)
5    the parent's failure to substantially fulfill his or her
6    obligations under the service plan and correct the
7    conditions that brought the child into care within 9 months
8    after the adjudication under Section 2-3 or 2-4 of the
9    Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and (II) the parent's failure to
10    substantially fulfill his or her obligations under the
11    service plan and correct the conditions that brought the
12    child into care during any 9-month period after the end of
13    the initial 9-month period following the adjudication
14    under Section 2-3 or 2-4 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
15    Notwithstanding any other provision, when a petition or
16    motion seeks to terminate parental rights on the basis of
17    item (iii) of this subsection (m), the petitioner shall
18    file with the court and serve on the parties a pleading
19    that specifies the 9-month period or periods relied on. The
20    pleading shall be filed and served on the parties no later
21    than 3 weeks before the date set by the court for closure
22    of discovery, and the allegations in the pleading shall be
23    treated as incorporated into the petition or motion.
24    Failure of a respondent to file a written denial of the
25    allegations in the pleading shall not be treated as an
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1        (m-1) Pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, a
2    child has been in foster care for 15 months out of any 22
3    month period which begins on or after the effective date of
4    this amendatory Act of 1998 unless the child's parent can
5    prove by a preponderance of the evidence that it is more
6    likely than not that it will be in the best interests of
7    the child to be returned to the parent within 6 months of
8    the date on which a petition for termination of parental
9    rights is filed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. The
10    15 month time limit is tolled during any period for which
11    there is a court finding that the appointed custodian or
12    guardian failed to make reasonable efforts to reunify the
13    child with his or her family, provided that (i) the finding
14    of no reasonable efforts is made within 60 days of the
15    period when reasonable efforts were not made or (ii) the
16    parent filed a motion requesting a finding of no reasonable
17    efforts within 60 days of the period when reasonable
18    efforts were not made. For purposes of this subdivision
19    (m-1), the date of entering foster care is the earlier of:
20    (i) the date of a judicial finding at an adjudicatory
21    hearing that the child is an abused, neglected, or
22    dependent minor; or (ii) 60 days after the date on which
23    the child is removed from his or her parent, guardian, or
24    legal custodian.
25        (n) Evidence of intent to forgo his or her parental
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1    (1) as manifested by his or her failure for a period of 12
2    months: (i) to visit the child, (ii) to communicate with
3    the child or agency, although able to do so and not
4    prevented from doing so by an agency or by court order, or
5    (iii) to maintain contact with or plan for the future of
6    the child, although physically able to do so, or (2) as
7    manifested by the father's failure, where he and the mother
8    of the child were unmarried to each other at the time of
9    the child's birth, (i) to commence legal proceedings to
10    establish his paternity under the Illinois Parentage Act of
11    1984, the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013, or the law of the
12    jurisdiction of the child's birth within 30 days of being
13    informed, pursuant to Section 12a of this Act, that he is
14    the father or the likely father of the child or, after
15    being so informed where the child is not yet born, within
16    30 days of the child's birth, or (ii) to make a good faith
17    effort to pay a reasonable amount of the expenses related
18    to the birth of the child and to provide a reasonable
19    amount for the financial support of the child, the court to
20    consider in its determination all relevant circumstances,
21    including the financial condition of both parents;
22    provided that the ground for termination provided in this
23    subparagraph (n)(2)(ii) shall only be available where the
24    petition is brought by the mother or the husband of the
25    mother.
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1    child that does not demonstrate affection and concern does
2    not constitute reasonable contact and planning under
3    subdivision (n). In the absence of evidence to the
4    contrary, the ability to visit, communicate, maintain
5    contact, pay expenses and plan for the future shall be
6    presumed. The subjective intent of the parent, whether
7    expressed or otherwise, unsupported by evidence of the
8    foregoing parental acts manifesting that intent, shall not
9    preclude a determination that the parent has intended to
10    forgo his or her parental rights. In making this
11    determination, the court may consider but shall not require
12    a showing of diligent efforts by an authorized agency to
13    encourage the parent to perform the acts specified in
14    subdivision (n).
15        It shall be an affirmative defense to any allegation
16    under paragraph (2) of this subsection that the father's
17    failure was due to circumstances beyond his control or to
18    impediments created by the mother or any other person
19    having legal custody. Proof of that fact need only be by a
20    preponderance of the evidence.
21        (o) Repeated or continuous failure by the parents,
22    although physically and financially able, to provide the
23    child with adequate food, clothing, or shelter.
24        (p) Inability to discharge parental responsibilities
25    supported by competent evidence from a psychiatrist,
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1    of mental impairment, mental illness or an intellectual
2    disability as defined in Section 1-116 of the Mental Health
3    and Developmental Disabilities Code, or developmental
4    disability as defined in Section 1-106 of that Code, and
5    there is sufficient justification to believe that the
6    inability to discharge parental responsibilities shall
7    extend beyond a reasonable time period. However, this
8    subdivision (p) shall not be construed so as to permit a
9    licensed clinical social worker to conduct any medical
10    diagnosis to determine mental illness or mental
11    impairment.
12        (q) (Blank).
13        (r) The child is in the temporary custody or
14    guardianship of the Department of Children and Family
15    Services, the parent is incarcerated as a result of
16    criminal conviction at the time the petition or motion for
17    termination of parental rights is filed, prior to
18    incarceration the parent had little or no contact with the
19    child or provided little or no support for the child, and
20    the parent's incarceration will prevent the parent from
21    discharging his or her parental responsibilities for the
22    child for a period in excess of 2 years after the filing of
23    the petition or motion for termination of parental rights.
24        (s) The child is in the temporary custody or
25    guardianship of the Department of Children and Family
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1    petition or motion for termination of parental rights is
2    filed, the parent has been repeatedly incarcerated as a
3    result of criminal convictions, and the parent's repeated
4    incarceration has prevented the parent from discharging
5    his or her parental responsibilities for the child.
6        (t) A finding that at birth the child's blood, urine,
7    or meconium contained any amount of a controlled substance
8    as defined in subsection (f) of Section 102 of the Illinois
9    Controlled Substances Act, or a metabolite of a controlled
10    substance, with the exception of controlled substances or
11    metabolites of such substances, the presence of which in
12    the newborn infant was the result of medical treatment
13    administered to the mother or the newborn infant, and that
14    the biological mother of this child is the biological
15    mother of at least one other child who was adjudicated a
16    neglected minor under subsection (c) of Section 2-3 of the
17    Juvenile Court Act of 1987, after which the biological
18    mother had the opportunity to enroll in and participate in
19    a clinically appropriate substance abuse counseling,
20    treatment, and rehabilitation program.
21    E. "Parent" means the father or mother of a lawful child of
22the parties or child born out of wedlock. For the purpose of
23this Act, a person who has executed a final and irrevocable
24consent to adoption or a final and irrevocable surrender for
25purposes of adoption, or whose parental rights have been
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1subject of the consent or surrender, unless the consent is void
2pursuant to subsection O of Section 10.
3    F. A person is available for adoption when the person is:
4        (a) a child who has been surrendered for adoption to an
5    agency and to whose adoption the agency has thereafter
6    consented;
7        (b) a child to whose adoption a person authorized by
8    law, other than his parents, has consented, or to whose
9    adoption no consent is required pursuant to Section 8 of
10    this Act;
11        (c) a child who is in the custody of persons who intend
12    to adopt him through placement made by his parents;
13        (c-1) a child for whom a parent has signed a specific
14    consent pursuant to subsection O of Section 10;
15        (d) an adult who meets the conditions set forth in
16    Section 3 of this Act; or
17        (e) a child who has been relinquished as defined in
18    Section 10 of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act.
19    A person who would otherwise be available for adoption
20shall not be deemed unavailable for adoption solely by reason
21of his or her death.
22    G. The singular includes the plural and the plural includes
23the singular and the "male" includes the "female", as the
24context of this Act may require.
25    H. "Adoption disruption" occurs when an adoptive placement
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1child to be removed from placement before the adoption is
2finalized.
3    I. "Foreign placing agency" is an agency or individual
4operating in a country or territory outside the United States
5that is authorized by its country to place children for
6adoption either directly with families in the United States or
7through United States based international agencies.
8    J. "Immediate relatives" means the biological parents, the
9parents of the biological parents and siblings of the
10biological parents.
11    K. "Intercountry adoption" is a process by which a child
12from a country other than the United States is adopted.
13    L. "Intercountry Adoption Coordinator" is a staff person of
14the Department of Children and Family Services appointed by the
15Director to coordinate the provision of services by the public
16and private sector to prospective parents of foreign-born
17children.
18    M. "Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children" is a
19law enacted by most states for the purpose of establishing
20uniform procedures for handling the interstate placement of
21children in foster homes, adoptive homes, or other child care
22facilities.
23    N. "Non-Compact state" means a state that has not enacted
24the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
25    O. "Preadoption requirements" are any conditions
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1Government or of each state that must be met prior to the
2placement of a child in an adoptive home.
3    P. "Abused child" means a child whose parent or immediate
4family member, or any person responsible for the child's
5welfare, or any individual residing in the same home as the
6child, or a paramour of the child's parent:
7        (a) inflicts, causes to be inflicted, or allows to be
8    inflicted upon the child physical injury, by other than
9    accidental means, that causes death, disfigurement,
10    impairment of physical or emotional health, or loss or
11    impairment of any bodily function;
12        (b) creates a substantial risk of physical injury to
13    the child by other than accidental means which would be
14    likely to cause death, disfigurement, impairment of
15    physical or emotional health, or loss or impairment of any
16    bodily function;
17        (c) commits or allows to be committed any sex offense
18    against the child, as sex offenses are defined in the
19    Criminal Code of 2012 and extending those definitions of
20    sex offenses to include children under 18 years of age;
21        (d) commits or allows to be committed an act or acts of
22    torture upon the child; or
23        (e) inflicts excessive corporal punishment.
24    Q. "Neglected child" means any child whose parent or other
25person responsible for the child's welfare withholds or denies
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1care denied solely on the basis of the present or anticipated
2mental or physical impairment as determined by a physician
3acting alone or in consultation with other physicians or
4otherwise does not provide the proper or necessary support,
5education as required by law, or medical or other remedial care
6recognized under State law as necessary for a child's
7well-being, or other care necessary for his or her well-being,
8including adequate food, clothing and shelter; or who is
9abandoned by his or her parents or other person responsible for
10the child's welfare.
11    A child shall not be considered neglected or abused for the
12sole reason that the child's parent or other person responsible
13for his or her welfare depends upon spiritual means through
14prayer alone for the treatment or cure of disease or remedial
15care as provided under Section 4 of the Abused and Neglected
16Child Reporting Act. A child shall not be considered neglected
17or abused for the sole reason that the child's parent or other
18person responsible for the child's welfare failed to vaccinate,
19delayed vaccination, or refused vaccination for the child due
20to a waiver on religious or medical grounds as permitted by
21law.
22    R. "Putative father" means a man who may be a child's
23father, but who (1) is not married to the child's mother on or
24before the date that the child was or is to be born and (2) has
25not established paternity of the child in a court proceeding
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1The term includes a male who is less than 18 years of age.
2"Putative father" does not mean a man who is the child's father
3as a result of criminal sexual abuse or assault as defined
4under Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
5    S. "Standby adoption" means an adoption in which a parent
6consents to custody and termination of parental rights to
7become effective upon the occurrence of a future event, which
8is either the death of the parent or the request of the parent
9for the entry of a final judgment of adoption.
10    T. (Blank).
11(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12;
1297-1109, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
13    (750 ILCS 50/8)  (from Ch. 40, par. 1510)
14    Sec. 8. Consents to adoption and surrenders for purposes of
15adoption.
16    (a) Except as hereinafter provided in this Section consents
17or surrenders shall be required in all cases, unless the person
18whose consent or surrender would otherwise be required shall be
19found by the court:
20        (1) to be an unfit person as defined in Section 1 of
21    this Act, by clear and convincing evidence; or
22        (2) not to be the biological or adoptive father of the
23    child; or
24        (3) to have waived his parental rights to the child
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1    this Act; or
2        (4) to be the parent of an adult sought to be adopted;
3    or
4        (5) to be the father of the child as a result of
5    criminal sexual abuse or assault as defined under Article
6    11 of the Criminal Code of 2012; or
7        (6) to be the father of a child who:
8            (i) is a family member of the mother of the child,
9        and the mother is under the age of 18 at the time of
10        the child's conception; for purposes of this
11        subsection, a "family member" is a parent,
12        step-parent, grandparent, step-grandparent, sibling,
13        or cousin of the first degree, whether by whole blood,
14        half-blood, or adoption, as well as a person age 18 or
15        over at the time of the child's conception who has
16        resided in the household with the mother continuously
17        for at least one year; or
18            (ii) is at least 5 years older than the child's
19        mother, and the mother was under the age of 17 at the
20        time of the child's conception, unless the mother and
21        father voluntarily acknowledge the father's paternity
22        of the child by marrying or by establishing the
23        father's paternity by consent of the parties pursuant
24        to the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013 1984 or pursuant
25        to a substantially similar statute in another state.
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1    Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60,
2    11-1.70, 12C-5, 12C-10, 12C-35, 12C-40, 12C-45, 18-6,
3    19-6, or Article 12 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
4    Criminal Code of 2012 is not required.
5    (b) Where consents are required in the case of an adoption
6of a minor child, the consents of the following persons shall
7be sufficient:
8        (1) (A) The mother of the minor child; and
9            (B) The father of the minor child, if the father:
10                (i) was married to the mother on the date of
11            birth of the child or within 300 days before the
12            birth of the child, except for a husband or former
13            husband who has been found by a court of competent
14            jurisdiction not to be the biological father of the
15            child; or
16                (ii) is the father of the child under a
17            judgment for adoption, an order of parentage, or an
18            acknowledgment of parentage or paternity pursuant
19            to subsection (a) of Section 5 of the Illinois
20            Parentage Act of 1984 or pursuant to Article 3 of
21            the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013; or
22                (iii) in the case of a child placed with the
23            adopting parents less than 6 months after birth,
24            openly lived with the child, the child's
25            biological mother, or both, and held himself out to
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1            30 days following the birth of the child; or
2                (iv) in the case of a child placed with the
3            adopting parents less than 6 months after birth,
4            made a good faith effort to pay a reasonable amount
5            of the expenses related to the birth of the child
6            and to provide a reasonable amount for the
7            financial support of the child before the
8            expiration of 30 days following the birth of the
9            child, provided that the court may consider in its
10            determination all relevant circumstances,
11            including the financial condition of both
12            biological parents; or
13                (v) in the case of a child placed with the
14            adopting parents more than 6 months after birth,
15            has maintained substantial and continuous or
16            repeated contact with the child as manifested by:
17            (I) the payment by the father toward the support of
18            the child of a fair and reasonable sum, according
19            to the father's means, and either (II) the father's
20            visiting the child at least monthly when
21            physically and financially able to do so and not
22            prevented from doing so by the person or authorized
23            agency having lawful custody of the child, or (III)
24            the father's regular communication with the child
25            or with the person or agency having the care or
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1            financially unable to visit the child or prevented
2            from doing so by the person or authorized agency
3            having lawful custody of the child. The subjective
4            intent of the father, whether expressed or
5            otherwise unsupported by evidence of acts
6            specified in this sub-paragraph as manifesting
7            such intent, shall not preclude a determination
8            that the father failed to maintain substantial and
9            continuous or repeated contact with the child; or
10                (vi) in the case of a child placed with the
11            adopting parents more than six months after birth,
12            openly lived with the child for a period of six
13            months within the one year period immediately
14            preceding the placement of the child for adoption
15            and openly held himself out to be the father of the
16            child; or
17                (vii) has timely registered with Putative
18            Father Registry, as provided in Section 12.1 of
19            this Act, and prior to the expiration of 30 days
20            from the date of such registration, commenced
21            legal proceedings to establish paternity under the
22            Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, under the Illinois
23            Parentage Act of 2013, or under the law of the
24            jurisdiction of the child's birth; or
25        (2) The legal guardian of the person of the child, if
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1        (3) An agency, if the child has been surrendered for
2    adoption to such agency; or
3        (4) Any person or agency having legal custody of a
4    child by court order if the parental rights of the parents
5    have been judicially terminated, and the court having
6    jurisdiction of the guardianship of the child has
7    authorized the consent to the adoption; or
8        (5) The execution and verification of the petition by
9    any petitioner who is also a parent of the child sought to
10    be adopted shall be sufficient evidence of such parent's
11    consent to the adoption.
12    (c) Where surrenders to an agency are required in the case
13of a placement for adoption of a minor child by an agency, the
14surrenders of the following persons shall be sufficient:
15        (1) (A) The mother of the minor child; and
16            (B) The father of the minor child, if the father:
17                (i) was married to the mother on the date of
18            birth of the child or within 300 days before the
19            birth of the child, except for a husband or former
20            husband who has been found by a court of competent
21            jurisdiction not to be the biological father of the
22            child; or
23                (ii) is the father of the child under a
24            judgment for adoption, an order of parentage, or an
25            acknowledgment of parentage or paternity pursuant
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1            Parentage Act of 1984 or pursuant to Article 3 of
2            the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013; or
3                (iii) in the case of a child placed with the
4            adopting parents less than 6 months after birth,
5            openly lived with the child, the child's
6            biological mother, or both, and held himself out to
7            be the child's biological father during the first
8            30 days following the birth of a child; or
9                (iv) in the case of a child placed with the
10            adopting parents less than 6 months after birth,
11            made a good faith effort to pay a reasonable amount
12            of the expenses related to the birth of the child
13            and to provide a reasonable amount for the
14            financial support of the child before the
15            expiration of 30 days following the birth of the
16            child, provided that the court may consider in its
17            determination all relevant circumstances,
18            including the financial condition of both
19            biological parents; or
20                (v) in the case of a child placed with the
21            adopting parents more than six months after birth,
22            has maintained substantial and continuous or
23            repeated contact with the child as manifested by:
24            (I) the payment by the father toward the support of
25            the child of a fair and reasonable sum, according
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1            visiting the child at least monthly when
2            physically and financially able to do so and not
3            prevented from doing so by the person or authorized
4            agency having lawful custody of the child or (III)
5            the father's regular communication with the child
6            or with the person or agency having the care or
7            custody of the child, when physically and
8            financially unable to visit the child or prevented
9            from doing so by the person or authorized agency
10            having lawful custody of the child. The subjective
11            intent of the father, whether expressed or
12            otherwise, unsupported by evidence of acts
13            specified in this sub-paragraph as manifesting
14            such intent, shall not preclude a determination
15            that the father failed to maintain substantial and
16            continuous or repeated contact with the child; or
17                (vi) in the case of a child placed with the
18            adopting parents more than six months after birth,
19            openly lived with the child for a period of six
20            months within the one year period immediately
21            preceding the placement of the child for adoption
22            and openly held himself out to be the father of the
23            child; or
24                (vii) has timely registered with the Putative
25            Father Registry, as provided in Section 12.1 of
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1            from the date of such registration, commenced
2            legal proceedings to establish paternity under the
3            Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, under the Illinois
4            Parentage Act of 2013, or under the law of the
5            jurisdiction of the child's birth.
6    (d) In making a determination under subparagraphs (b)(1)
7and (c)(1), no showing shall be required of diligent efforts by
8a person or agency to encourage the father to perform the acts
9specified therein.
10    (e) In the case of the adoption of an adult, only the
11consent of such adult shall be required.
12(Source: P.A. 97-493, eff. 8-22-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
13    (750 ILCS 50/12a)  (from Ch. 40, par. 1515)
14    Sec. 12a. Notice to putative father.
15    1. Upon the written request to any Clerk of any Circuit
16Court, and upon the payment of a filing fee of $10.00, by any
17interested party, including persons intending to adopt a child,
18a child welfare agency with whom the mother has placed or has
19given written notice of her intention to place a child for
20adoption, the mother of a child, or any attorney representing
21an interested party, a notice, the declaration of paternity and
22the disclaimer of paternity may be served on a putative father
23in the same manner as Summons is served in other civil
24proceedings, or, in lieu of personal service, service may be
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1        (a) The person requesting notice shall pay to the Clerk
2    of the Court a mailing fee of $2 plus the cost of U. S.
3    postage for certified or registered mail and furnish to the
4    Clerk an original and one copy of a notice, the declaration
5    of paternity and the disclaimer of paternity together with
6    an Affidavit setting forth the putative father's last known
7    address. The original notice, the declaration of paternity
8    and the disclaimer of paternity shall be retained by the
9    Clerk.
10        (b) The Clerk shall forthwith mail to the putative
11    father, at the address appearing in the Affidavit, the copy
12    of the notice, the declaration of paternity and the
13    disclaimer of paternity, by certified mail, return receipt
14    requested; the envelope and return receipt shall bear the
15    return address of the Clerk. The receipt for certified mail
16    shall state the name and address of the addressee, and the
17    date of mailing, and shall be attached to the original
18    notice.
19        (c) The return receipt, when returned to the Clerk,
20    shall be attached to the original notice, the declaration
21    of paternity and the disclaimer of paternity, and shall
22    constitute proof of service.
23        (d) The Clerk shall note the fact of service in a
24    permanent record.
25    2. The notice shall be signed by the Clerk, and may be
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1shall read as follows:
2    "IN THE MATTER OF NOTICE TO ....., PUTATIVE FATHER.
3    You have been identified as the father of a child born or
4expected to be born on or about (insert date).
5    The mother of the child is.....
6    The mother has indicated that she intends to place the
7child for adoption.
8    As the alleged father of the child, you have certain legal
9rights with respect to the child, including the right to notice
10of the filing of proceedings instituted for the adoption of the
11child. If you wish to retain your rights with respect to the
12child, you must file with the Clerk of this Circuit Court of
13.... County, Illinois, whose address is ...., Illinois, within
1430 days after the date of receipt of this notice, the
15declaration of paternity enclosed herewith stating that you
16are, in fact, the father of the child and that you intend to
17retain your legal rights with respect to the child, or request
18to be notified of any further proceedings with respect to
19custody or adoption of the child.
20    If you do not file such a declaration of paternity, or a
21request for notice, then whatever legal rights you have with
22respect to the child, including the right to notice of any
23future proceedings for the adoption of the child, may be
24terminated without any further notice to you. When your legal
25rights with respect to the child are so terminated, you will
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1adoption of the child.
2    If you are not the father of the child, you may file with
3the Clerk of this Court the disclaimer of paternity enclosed
4herewith which will be noted in the Clerk's file and you will
5receive no further notice with respect to the child."
6    The declaration of paternity shall be substantially as
7follows:
8
"IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
9
.......... JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ILLINOIS
10
.......... County
 
11             )  
12             )  
13             )  No.              )  
14             )
15
DECLARATION OF PATERNITY WITH ENTRY OF APPEARANCE
16I, ........., state as follows:
17    (1) That I am ......... years of age; and I reside at
18......... in the County of ........., State of .........
19    (2) That I have been advised that ........ is the mother of
20a ...male child named ........ born or expected to be born on
21or about ......... and that such mother has stated that I am
22the father of this child.
23    (3) I declare that I am the father of this child.
24    (4) I understand that the mother of this child wishes to
25consent to the adoption of this child. I do not consent to the
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1this initial declaration of parentage form to the Clerk of the
2Circuit Court of ....... County, located at ........., within
330 days of receipt of this notice.
4    (5) I further understand that I am also obligated to
5establish my paternity pursuant to the Illinois Parentage Act
6of 2013 1984 within 30 days of my receiving this notice or, if
7the child is not yet born, within 30 days after the birth of
8the child. This proceeding is separate and distinct from the
9above mailing of initial declaration of paternity; in this
10second notice, I must state that I am, in fact, the father of
11said child, and that I intend to retain my legal rights with
12respect to said child, and request to be notified of any
13further proceedings with respect to custody or adoption of the
14child.
15    (6) I hereby enter my appearance in the above entitled
16cause.
17
OATH
18    I have been duly sworn and I say under oath that I have
19read and understand this Declaration of Paternity With Entry of
20Appearance. The facts that it contains are true and correct to
21the best of my knowledge, and I understand that by signing this
22document I admit my paternity. I have signed this document as
23my free and voluntary act.
24
...........
25
(signature)
26Dated (insert date).

 

 

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1Signed and sworn before me on (insert date).
2
................
3
(notary public)".

 
4
5    The disclaimer of paternity shall be substantially as
6follows:
7
"IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
8
.......... JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ILLINOIS
9
.......... County
 
10             )  
11             )  
12             )  No.              )  
13             )
14
DENIAL OF PATERNITY WITH ENTRY OF APPEARANCE
15
AND CONSENT TO ADOPTION
16I, .........., state as follows:
17    (1) That I am ..... years of age; and I reside at
18.......... in the County of .........., State of ...........
19    (2) That I have been advised that .......... is the mother
20of a .....male child named ..... born or expected to be born on
21or about ..... and that such mother has stated that I am the
22father of this child.
23    (3) I deny that I am the father of this child.
24    (4) I further understand that the mother of this child
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1consent to the adoption of this child, and waive any rights,
2remedies and defenses that I may now or in the future have as a
3result of the mother's allegation of the paternity of this
4child. This consent is being given in order to facilitate the
5adoption of the child and so that the court may terminate what
6rights I may have to the child as a result of being named the
7father by the mother. This consent is not in any manner an
8admission of paternity.
9    (5) I hereby enter my appearance in the above entitled
10cause and waive service of summons and other pleading.
11
OATH
12    I have been duly sworn and I say under oath that I have
13read and understood this Denial of Paternity With Entry of
14Appearance and Consent to Adoption. The facts it contains are
15true and correct to the best of my knowledge, and I understand
16that by signing this document I have not admitted paternity. I
17have signed this document as my free and voluntary act in order
18to facilitate the adoption of the child.
19
...........
20
(signature)
21Dated (insert date).
22Signed and sworn before me on (insert date).
23
.................
24
(notary public)".

 
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1    The names of adoptive parents shall not be included in the
2notice.
3    3. If the putative father files a disclaimer of paternity,
4he shall be deemed not to be the father of the child with
5respect to any adoption or other proceeding held to terminate
6the rights of parents as respects such child.
7    4. In the event the putative father does not file a
8declaration of paternity of the child or request for notice
9within 30 days of service of the above notice, he need not be
10made a party to or given notice of any proceeding brought for
11the adoption of the child. An Order or judgment may be entered
12in such proceeding terminating all of his rights with respect
13to the child without further notice to him.
14    5. If the putative father files a declaration of paternity
15or a request for notice in accordance with subsection 2, with
16respect to the child, he shall be given notice in event any
17proceeding is brought for the adoption of the child.
18    6. The Clerk shall maintain separate numbered files and
19records of requests and proofs of service and all other
20documents filed pursuant to this article. All such records
21shall be impounded.
22(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
23    (750 ILCS 50/18.06)
24    Sec. 18.06. Definitions. When used in Sections 18.05
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1    "Adopted person" means a person who was adopted pursuant to
2the laws in effect at the time of the adoption.
3    "Adoptive parent" means a person who has become a parent
4through the legal process of adoption.
5    "Adult child" means the biological child 21 years of age or
6over of a deceased adopted or surrendered person.
7    "Adult Adopted or Surrendered Person" means an adopted or
8surrendered person 21 years of age or over.
9    "Agency" means a public child welfare agency or a licensed
10child welfare agency.
11    "Birth aunt" means the adult full or half sister of a
12deceased birth parent.
13    "Birth father" means the biological father of an adopted or
14surrendered person who is named on the original certificate of
15live birth or on a consent or surrender document, or a
16biological father whose paternity has been established by a
17judgment or order of the court, pursuant to the Illinois
18Parentage Act of 1984 or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013.
19    "Birth mother" means the biological mother of an adopted or
20surrendered person.
21    "Birth parent" means a birth mother or birth father of an
22adopted or surrendered person.
23    "Birth Parent Preference Form" means the form prepared by
24the Department of Public Health pursuant to Section 18.2
25completed by a birth parent registrant and filed with the
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1regarding contact and, if applicable, the release of his or her
2identifying information on the non-certified copy of the
3original birth certificate released to an adult adopted or
4surrendered person or to the surviving adult child or surviving
5spouse of a deceased adopted or surrendered person who has
6filed a Request for a Non-Certified Copy of an Original Birth
7Certificate.
8    "Birth relative" means a birth mother, birth father, birth
9sibling, birth aunt, or birth uncle.
10    "Birth sibling" means the adult full or half sibling of an
11adopted or surrendered person.
12    "Birth uncle" means the adult full or half brother of a
13deceased birth parent.
14    "Confidential intermediary" means an individual certified
15by the Department of Children and Family Services pursuant to
16Section 18.3a(e).
17    "Denial of Information Exchange" means an affidavit
18completed by a registrant with the Illinois Adoption Registry
19and Medical Information Exchange denying the release of
20identifying information which has been filed with the Registry.
21    "Information Exchange Authorization" means an affidavit
22completed by a registrant with the Illinois Adoption Registry
23and Medical Information Exchange authorizing the release of
24identifying information which has been filed with the Registry.
25    "Medical Information Exchange Questionnaire" means the
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1Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical Information Exchange.
2    "Non-certified Copy of the Original Birth Certificate"
3means a non-certified copy of the original certificate of live
4birth of an adult adopted or surrendered person who was born in
5Illinois.
6    "Proof of death" means a death certificate.
7    "Registrant" or "Registered Party" means a birth parent,
8birth sibling, birth aunt, birth uncle, adopted or surrendered
9person 21 years of age or over, adoptive parent or legal
10guardian of an adopted or surrendered person under the age of
1121, or adoptive parent, surviving spouse, or adult child of a
12deceased adopted or surrendered person who has filed an
13Illinois Adoption Registry Application or Registration
14Identification Form with the Registry.
15    "Registry" means the Illinois Adoption Registry and
16Medical Information Exchange.
17    "Request for a Non-Certified Copy of an Original Birth
18Certificate" means an affidavit completed by an adult adopted
19or surrendered person or by the surviving adult child or
20surviving spouse of a deceased adopted or surrendered person
21and filed with the Registry requesting a non-certified copy of
22an adult adopted or surrendered person's original certificate
23of live birth in Illinois.
24    "Surrendered person" means a person whose parents' rights
25have been surrendered or terminated but who has not been
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1    "Surviving spouse" means the wife or husband, 21 years of
2age or older, of a deceased adopted or surrendered person who
3would be 21 years of age or older if still alive and who has one
4or more surviving biological children who are under the age of
521.
6    "18.3 Statement" means a statement regarding the
7disclosure of identifying information signed by a birth parent
8under Section 18.3 of this Act as it existed immediately prior
9to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th
10General Assembly.
11(Source: P.A. 96-895, eff. 5-21-10; 97-110, eff. 7-14-11.)
 
12    Section 973. The Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 is
13amended by changing Sections 202 and 214 as follows:
 
14    (750 ILCS 60/202)  (from Ch. 40, par. 2312-2)
15    Sec. 202. Commencement of action; filing fees; dismissal.
16    (a) How to commence action. Actions for orders of
17protection are commenced:
18        (1) Independently: By filing a petition for an order of
19    protection in any civil court, unless specific courts are
20    designated by local rule or order.
21        (2) In conjunction with another civil proceeding: By
22    filing a petition for an order of protection under the same
23    case number as another civil proceeding involving the
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1    under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage
2    Act, Illinois Parentage Act of 2013 1984, Nonsupport of
3    Spouse and Children Act, Revised Uniform Reciprocal
4    Enforcement of Support Act or an action for nonsupport
5    brought under Article 10 of the Illinois Public Aid Code,
6    provided that a petitioner and the respondent are a party
7    to or the subject of that proceeding or (ii) a guardianship
8    proceeding under the Probate Act of 1975, or a proceeding
9    for involuntary commitment under the Mental Health and
10    Developmental Disabilities Code, or any proceeding, other
11    than a delinquency petition, under the Juvenile Court Act
12    of 1987, provided that a petitioner or the respondent is a
13    party to or the subject of such proceeding.
14        (3) In conjunction with a delinquency petition or a
15    criminal prosecution: By filing a petition for an order of
16    protection, under the same case number as the delinquency
17    petition or criminal prosecution, to be granted during
18    pre-trial release of a defendant, with any dispositional
19    order issued under Section 5-710 of the Juvenile Court Act
20    of 1987 or as a condition of release, supervision,
21    conditional discharge, probation, periodic imprisonment,
22    parole or mandatory supervised release, or in conjunction
23    with imprisonment or a bond forfeiture warrant; provided
24    that:
25            (i) the violation is alleged in an information,
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1        and the alleged offender and victim are family or
2        household members or persons protected by this Act; and
3            (ii) the petition, which is filed by the State's
4        Attorney, names a victim of the alleged crime as a
5        petitioner.
6    (b) Filing, certification, and service fees. No fee shall
7be charged by the clerk for filing, amending, vacating,
8certifying, or photocopying petitions or orders; or for issuing
9alias summons; or for any related filing service. No fee shall
10be charged by the sheriff for service by the sheriff of a
11petition, rule, motion, or order in an action commenced under
12this Section.
13    (c) Dismissal and consolidation. Withdrawal or dismissal
14of any petition for an order of protection prior to
15adjudication where the petitioner is represented by the State
16shall operate as a dismissal without prejudice. No action for
17an order of protection shall be dismissed because the
18respondent is being prosecuted for a crime against the
19petitioner. An independent action may be consolidated with
20another civil proceeding, as provided by paragraph (2) of
21subsection (a) of this Section. For any action commenced under
22paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) of this Section,
23dismissal of the conjoined case (or a finding of not guilty)
24shall not require dismissal of the action for the order of
25protection; instead, it may be treated as an independent action
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1court or division. Dismissal of any conjoined case shall not
2affect the validity of any previously issued order of
3protection, and thereafter subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2) of
4Section 220 shall be inapplicable to such order.
5    (d) Pro se petitions. The court shall provide, through the
6office of the clerk of the court, simplified forms and clerical
7assistance to help with the writing and filing of a petition
8under this Section by any person not represented by counsel. In
9addition, that assistance may be provided by the state's
10attorney.
11(Source: P.A. 93-458, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
12    (750 ILCS 60/214)  (from Ch. 40, par. 2312-14)
13    Sec. 214. Order of protection; remedies.
14    (a) Issuance of order. If the court finds that petitioner
15has been abused by a family or household member or that
16petitioner is a high-risk adult who has been abused, neglected,
17or exploited, as defined in this Act, an order of protection
18prohibiting the abuse, neglect, or exploitation shall issue;
19provided that petitioner must also satisfy the requirements of
20one of the following Sections, as appropriate: Section 217 on
21emergency orders, Section 218 on interim orders, or Section 219
22on plenary orders. Petitioner shall not be denied an order of
23protection because petitioner or respondent is a minor. The
24court, when determining whether or not to issue an order of
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1on the person of the victim. Modification and extension of
2prior orders of protection shall be in accordance with this
3Act.
4    (b) Remedies and standards. The remedies to be included in
5an order of protection shall be determined in accordance with
6this Section and one of the following Sections, as appropriate:
7Section 217 on emergency orders, Section 218 on interim orders,
8and Section 219 on plenary orders. The remedies listed in this
9subsection shall be in addition to other civil or criminal
10remedies available to petitioner.
11        (1) Prohibition of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
12    Prohibit respondent's harassment, interference with
13    personal liberty, intimidation of a dependent, physical
14    abuse, or willful deprivation, neglect or exploitation, as
15    defined in this Act, or stalking of the petitioner, as
16    defined in Section 12-7.3 of the Criminal Code of 2012, if
17    such abuse, neglect, exploitation, or stalking has
18    occurred or otherwise appears likely to occur if not
19    prohibited.
20        (2) Grant of exclusive possession of residence.
21    Prohibit respondent from entering or remaining in any
22    residence, household, or premises of the petitioner,
23    including one owned or leased by respondent, if petitioner
24    has a right to occupancy thereof. The grant of exclusive
25    possession of the residence, household, or premises shall
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1    limited by the standard set forth in Section 701 of the
2    Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
3            (A) Right to occupancy. A party has a right to
4        occupancy of a residence or household if it is solely
5        or jointly owned or leased by that party, that party's
6        spouse, a person with a legal duty to support that
7        party or a minor child in that party's care, or by any
8        person or entity other than the opposing party that
9        authorizes that party's occupancy (e.g., a domestic
10        violence shelter). Standards set forth in subparagraph
11        (B) shall not preclude equitable relief.
12            (B) Presumption of hardships. If petitioner and
13        respondent each has the right to occupancy of a
14        residence or household, the court shall balance (i) the
15        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 to
20        the risk of abuse (should petitioner remain at the
21        residence or household) or from loss of possession of
22        the residence or household (should petitioner leave to
23        avoid the risk of abuse). When determining the balance
24        of hardships, the court shall also take into account
25        the accessibility of the residence or household.
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1        have a right to occupancy.
2            The balance of hardships is presumed to favor
3        possession by petitioner unless the presumption is
4        rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence, showing
5        that the hardships to respondent substantially
6        outweigh the hardships to petitioner and any minor
7        child or dependent adult in petitioner's care. The
8        court, on the request of petitioner or on its own
9        motion, may order respondent to provide suitable,
10        accessible, alternate housing for petitioner instead
11        of excluding respondent from a mutual residence or
12        household.
13        (3) Stay away order and additional prohibitions. Order
14    respondent to stay away from petitioner or any other person
15    protected by the order of protection, or prohibit
16    respondent from entering or remaining present at
17    petitioner's school, place of employment, or other
18    specified places at times when petitioner is present, or
19    both, if reasonable, given the balance of hardships.
20    Hardships need not be balanced for the court to enter a
21    stay away order or prohibit entry if respondent has no
22    right to enter the premises.
23            (A) If an order of protection grants petitioner
24        exclusive possession of the residence, or prohibits
25        respondent from entering the residence, or orders
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1        protected persons, then the court may allow respondent
2        access to the residence to remove items of clothing and
3        personal adornment used exclusively by respondent,
4        medications, and other items as the court directs. The
5        right to access shall be exercised on only one occasion
6        as the court directs and in the presence of an
7        agreed-upon adult third party or law enforcement
8        officer.
9            (B) When the petitioner and the respondent attend
10        the same public, private, or non-public elementary,
11        middle, or high school, the court when issuing an order
12        of protection and providing relief shall consider the
13        severity of the act, any continuing physical danger or
14        emotional distress to the petitioner, the educational
15        rights guaranteed to the petitioner and respondent
16        under federal and State law, the availability of a
17        transfer of the respondent to another school, a change
18        of placement or a change of program of the respondent,
19        the expense, difficulty, and educational disruption
20        that would be caused by a transfer of the respondent to
21        another school, and any other relevant facts of the
22        case. The court may order that the respondent not
23        attend the public, private, or non-public elementary,
24        middle, or high school attended by the petitioner,
25        order that the respondent accept a change of placement
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1        district or private or non-public school, or place
2        restrictions on the respondent's movements within the
3        school attended by the petitioner. The respondent
4        bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the
5        evidence that a transfer, change of placement, or
6        change of program of the respondent is not available.
7        The respondent also bears the burden of production with
8        respect to the expense, difficulty, and educational
9        disruption that would be caused by a transfer of the
10        respondent to another school. A transfer, change of
11        placement, or change of program is not unavailable to
12        the respondent solely on the ground that the respondent
13        does not agree with the school district's or private or
14        non-public school's transfer, change of placement, or
15        change of program or solely on the ground that the
16        respondent fails or refuses to consent or otherwise
17        does not take an action required to effectuate a
18        transfer, change of placement, or change of program.
19        When a court orders a respondent to stay away from the
20        public, private, or non-public school attended by the
21        petitioner and the respondent requests a transfer to
22        another attendance center within the respondent's
23        school district or private or non-public school, the
24        school district or private or non-public school shall
25        have sole discretion to determine the attendance
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1        event the court order results in a transfer of the
2        minor respondent to another attendance center, a
3        change in the respondent's placement, or a change of
4        the respondent's program, the parents, guardian, or
5        legal custodian of the respondent is responsible for
6        transportation and other costs associated with the
7        transfer or change.
8            (C) The court may order the parents, guardian, or
9        legal custodian of a minor respondent to take certain
10        actions or to refrain from taking certain actions to
11        ensure that the respondent complies with the order. In
12        the event the court orders a transfer of the respondent
13        to another school, the parents, guardian, or legal
14        custodian of the respondent is responsible for
15        transportation and other costs associated with the
16        change of school by the respondent.
17        (4) Counseling. Require or recommend the respondent to
18    undergo counseling for a specified duration with a social
19    worker, psychologist, clinical psychologist, psychiatrist,
20    family service agency, alcohol or substance abuse program,
21    mental health center guidance counselor, agency providing
22    services to elders, program designed for domestic violence
23    abusers or any other guidance service the court deems
24    appropriate. The Court may order the respondent in any
25    intimate partner relationship to report to an Illinois
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1    abuse intervention program for an assessment and to follow
2    all recommended treatment.
3        (5) Physical care and possession of the minor child. In
4    order to protect the minor child from abuse, neglect, or
5    unwarranted separation from the person who has been the
6    minor child's primary caretaker, or to otherwise protect
7    the well-being of the minor child, the court may do either
8    or both of the following: (i) grant petitioner physical
9    care or possession of the minor child, or both, or (ii)
10    order respondent to return a minor child to, or not remove
11    a minor child from, the physical care of a parent or person
12    in loco parentis.
13        If a court finds, after a hearing, that respondent has
14    committed abuse (as defined in Section 103) of a minor
15    child, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that
16    awarding physical care to respondent would not be in the
17    minor child's best interest.
18        (6) Temporary legal custody. Award temporary legal
19    custody to petitioner in accordance with this Section, the
20    Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the
21    Illinois Parentage Act of 2013 1984, and this State's
22    Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.
23        If a court finds, after a hearing, that respondent has
24    committed abuse (as defined in Section 103) of a minor
25    child, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that
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1    in the child's best interest.
2        (7) Visitation. Determine the visitation rights, if
3    any, of respondent in any case in which the court awards
4    physical care or temporary legal custody of a minor child
5    to petitioner. The court shall restrict or deny
6    respondent's visitation with a minor child if the court
7    finds that respondent has done or is likely to do any of
8    the following: (i) abuse or endanger the minor child during
9    visitation; (ii) use the visitation as an opportunity to
10    abuse or harass petitioner or petitioner's family or
11    household members; (iii) improperly conceal or detain the
12    minor child; or (iv) otherwise act in a manner that is not
13    in the best interests of the minor child. The court shall
14    not be limited by the standards set forth in Section 607.1
15    of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
16    If the court grants visitation, the order shall specify
17    dates and times for the visitation to take place or other
18    specific parameters or conditions that are appropriate. No
19    order for visitation shall refer merely to the term
20    "reasonable visitation".
21        Petitioner may deny respondent access to the minor
22    child if, when respondent arrives for visitation,
23    respondent is under the influence of drugs or alcohol and
24    constitutes a threat to the safety and well-being of
25    petitioner or petitioner's minor children or is behaving in
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1        If necessary to protect any member of petitioner's
2    family or household from future abuse, respondent shall be
3    prohibited from coming to petitioner's residence to meet
4    the minor child for visitation, and the parties shall
5    submit to the court their recommendations for reasonable
6    alternative arrangements for visitation. A person may be
7    approved to supervise visitation only after filing an
8    affidavit accepting that responsibility and acknowledging
9    accountability to the court.
10        (8) Removal or concealment of minor child. Prohibit
11    respondent from removing a minor child from the State or
12    concealing the child within the State.
13        (9) Order to appear. Order the respondent to appear in
14    court, alone or with a minor child, to prevent abuse,
15    neglect, removal or concealment of the child, to return the
16    child to the custody or care of the petitioner or to permit
17    any court-ordered interview or examination of the child or
18    the respondent.
19        (10) Possession of personal property. Grant petitioner
20    exclusive possession of personal property and, if
21    respondent has possession or control, direct respondent to
22    promptly make it available to petitioner, if:
23            (i) petitioner, but not respondent, owns the
24        property; or
25            (ii) the parties own the property jointly; sharing
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1        impracticable; and the balance of hardships favors
2        temporary possession by petitioner.
3        If petitioner's sole claim to ownership of the property
4    is that it is marital property, the court may award
5    petitioner temporary possession thereof under the
6    standards of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph only if a
7    proper proceeding has been filed under the Illinois
8    Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as now or
9    hereafter amended.
10        No order under this provision shall affect title to
11    property.
12        (11) Protection of property. Forbid the respondent
13    from taking, transferring, encumbering, concealing,
14    damaging or otherwise disposing of any real or personal
15    property, except as explicitly authorized by the court, if:
16            (i) petitioner, but not respondent, owns the
17        property; or
18            (ii) the parties own the property jointly, and the
19        balance of hardships favors granting this remedy.
20        If petitioner's sole claim to ownership of the property
21    is that it is marital property, the court may grant
22    petitioner relief under subparagraph (ii) of this
23    paragraph only if a proper proceeding has been filed under
24    the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as
25    now or hereafter amended.
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1    improperly using the financial or other resources of an
2    aged member of the family or household for the profit or
3    advantage of respondent or of any other person.
4        (11.5) Protection of animals. Grant the petitioner the
5    exclusive care, custody, or control of any animal owned,
6    possessed, leased, kept, or held by either the petitioner
7    or the respondent or a minor child residing in the
8    residence or household of either the petitioner or the
9    respondent and order the respondent to stay away from the
10    animal and forbid the respondent from taking,
11    transferring, encumbering, concealing, harming, or
12    otherwise disposing of the animal.
13        (12) Order for payment of support. Order respondent to
14    pay temporary support for the petitioner or any child in
15    the petitioner's care or custody, when the respondent has a
16    legal obligation to support that person, in accordance with
17    the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act,
18    which shall govern, among other matters, the amount of
19    support, payment through the clerk and withholding of
20    income to secure payment. An order for child support may be
21    granted to a petitioner with lawful physical care or
22    custody of a child, or an order or agreement for physical
23    care or custody, prior to entry of an order for legal
24    custody. Such a support order shall expire upon entry of a
25    valid order granting legal custody to another, unless
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1        (13) Order for payment of losses. Order respondent to
2    pay petitioner for losses suffered as a direct result of
3    the abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Such losses shall
4    include, but not be limited to, medical expenses, lost
5    earnings or other support, repair or replacement of
6    property damaged or taken, reasonable attorney's fees,
7    court costs and moving or other travel expenses, including
8    additional reasonable expenses for temporary shelter and
9    restaurant meals.
10            (i) Losses affecting family needs. If a party is
11        entitled to seek maintenance, child support or
12        property distribution from the other party under the
13        Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as
14        now or hereafter amended, the court may order
15        respondent to reimburse petitioner's actual losses, to
16        the extent that such reimbursement would be
17        "appropriate temporary relief", as authorized by
18        subsection (a)(3) of Section 501 of that Act.
19            (ii) Recovery of expenses. In the case of an
20        improper concealment or removal of a minor child, the
21        court may order respondent to pay the reasonable
22        expenses incurred or to be incurred in the search for
23        and recovery of the minor child, including but not
24        limited to legal fees, court costs, private
25        investigator fees, and travel costs.
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1    from entering or remaining in the residence or household
2    while the respondent is under the influence of alcohol or
3    drugs and constitutes a threat to the safety and well-being
4    of the petitioner or the petitioner's children.
5        (14.5) Prohibition of firearm possession.
6            (a) Prohibit a respondent against whom an order of
7        protection was issued from possessing any firearms
8        during the duration of the order if the order:
9                (1) was issued after a hearing of which such
10            person received actual notice, and at which such
11            person had an opportunity to participate;
12                (2) restrains such person from harassing,
13            stalking, or threatening an intimate partner of
14            such person or child of such intimate partner or
15            person, or engaging in other conduct that would
16            place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of
17            bodily injury to the partner or child; and
18                (3)(i) includes a finding that such person
19            represents a credible threat to the physical
20            safety of such intimate partner or child; or (ii)
21            by its terms explicitly prohibits the use,
22            attempted use, or threatened use of physical force
23            against such intimate partner or child that would
24            reasonably be expected to cause bodily injury.
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1        subsection (b), shall be ordered by the court to be
2        turned over to the local law enforcement agency. The
3        local law enforcement agency shall immediately mail
4        the card to the Department of State Police Firearm
5        Owner's Identification Card Office for safekeeping.
6        The court shall issue a warrant for seizure of any
7        firearm in the possession of the respondent, to be kept
8        by the local law enforcement agency for safekeeping,
9        except as provided in subsection (b). The period of
10        safekeeping shall be for the duration of the order of
11        protection. The firearm or firearms and Firearm
12        Owner's Identification Card, if unexpired, shall at
13        the respondent's request, be returned to the
14        respondent at the end of the order of protection. It is
15        the respondent's responsibility to notify the
16        Department of State Police Firearm Owner's
17        Identification Card Office.
18            (b) If the respondent is a peace officer as defined
19        in Section 2-13 of the Criminal Code of 2012, the court
20        shall order that any firearms used by the respondent in
21        the performance of his or her duties as a peace officer
22        be surrendered to the chief law enforcement executive
23        of the agency in which the respondent is employed, who
24        shall retain the firearms for safekeeping for the
25        duration of the order of protection.
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1        if the firearms or Firearm Owner's Identification Card
2        cannot be returned to respondent because respondent
3        cannot be located, fails to respond to requests to
4        retrieve the firearms, or is not lawfully eligible to
5        possess a firearm, upon petition from the local law
6        enforcement agency, the court may order the local law
7        enforcement agency to destroy the firearms, use the
8        firearms for training purposes, or for any other
9        application as deemed appropriate by the local law
10        enforcement agency; or that the firearms be turned over
11        to a third party who is lawfully eligible to possess
12        firearms, and who does not reside with respondent.
13        (15) Prohibition of access to records. If an order of
14    protection prohibits respondent from having contact with
15    the minor child, or if petitioner's address is omitted
16    under subsection (b) of Section 203, or if necessary to
17    prevent abuse or wrongful removal or concealment of a minor
18    child, the order shall deny respondent access to, and
19    prohibit respondent from inspecting, obtaining, or
20    attempting to inspect or obtain, school or any other
21    records of the minor child who is in the care of
22    petitioner.
23        (16) Order for payment of shelter services. Order
24    respondent to reimburse a shelter providing temporary
25    housing and counseling services to the petitioner for the
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1    deemed reasonable by the court.
2        (17) Order for injunctive relief. Enter injunctive
3    relief necessary or appropriate to prevent further abuse of
4    a family or household member or further abuse, neglect, or
5    exploitation of a high-risk adult with disabilities or to
6    effectuate one of the granted remedies, if supported by the
7    balance of hardships. If the harm to be prevented by the
8    injunction is abuse or any other harm that one of the
9    remedies listed in paragraphs (1) through (16) of this
10    subsection is designed to prevent, no further evidence is
11    necessary that the harm is an irreparable injury.
12    (c) Relevant factors; findings.
13        (1) In determining whether to grant a specific remedy,
14    other than payment of support, the court shall consider
15    relevant factors, including but not limited to the
16    following:
17            (i) the nature, frequency, severity, pattern and
18        consequences of the respondent's past abuse, neglect
19        or exploitation of the petitioner or any family or
20        household member, including the concealment of his or
21        her location in order to evade service of process or
22        notice, and the likelihood of danger of future abuse,
23        neglect, or exploitation to petitioner or any member of
24        petitioner's or respondent's family or household; and
25            (ii) the danger that any minor child will be abused
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1        jurisdiction, improperly concealed within the State or
2        improperly separated from the child's primary
3        caretaker.
4        (2) In comparing relative hardships resulting to the
5    parties from loss of possession of the family home, the
6    court shall consider relevant factors, including but not
7    limited to the following:
8            (i) availability, accessibility, cost, safety,
9        adequacy, location and other characteristics of
10        alternate housing for each party and any minor child or
11        dependent adult in the party's care;
12            (ii) the effect on the party's employment; and
13            (iii) the effect on the relationship of the party,
14        and any minor child or dependent adult in the party's
15        care, to family, school, church and community.
16        (3) Subject to the exceptions set forth in paragraph
17    (4) of this subsection, the court shall make its findings
18    in an official record or in writing, and shall at a minimum
19    set forth the following:
20            (i) That the court has considered the applicable
21        relevant factors described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of
22        this subsection.
23            (ii) Whether the conduct or actions of respondent,
24        unless prohibited, will likely cause irreparable harm
25        or continued abuse.
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1        requested relief in order to protect petitioner or
2        other alleged abused persons.
3        (4) For purposes of issuing an ex parte emergency order
4    of protection, the court, as an alternative to or as a
5    supplement to making the findings described in paragraphs
6    (c)(3)(i) through (c)(3)(iii) of this subsection, may use
7    the following procedure:
8        When a verified petition for an emergency order of
9    protection in accordance with the requirements of Sections
10    203 and 217 is presented to the court, the court shall
11    examine petitioner on oath or affirmation. An emergency
12    order of protection shall be issued by the court if it
13    appears from the contents of the petition and the
14    examination of petitioner that the averments are
15    sufficient to indicate abuse by respondent and to support
16    the granting of relief under the issuance of the emergency
17    order of protection.
18        (5) Never married parties. No rights or
19    responsibilities for a minor child born outside of marriage
20    attach to a putative father until a father and child
21    relationship has been established under the Illinois
22    Parentage Act of 1984, the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013,
23    the Illinois Public Aid Code, Section 12 of the Vital
24    Records Act, the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the Probate
25    Act of 1985, the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
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1    Expedited Child Support Act of 1990, any judicial,
2    administrative, or other act of another state or territory,
3    any other Illinois statute, or by any foreign nation
4    establishing the father and child relationship, any other
5    proceeding substantially in conformity with the Personal
6    Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
7    1996 (Pub. L. 104-193), or where both parties appeared in
8    open court or at an administrative hearing acknowledging
9    under oath or admitting by affirmation the existence of a
10    father and child relationship. Absent such an
11    adjudication, finding, or acknowledgement, no putative
12    father shall be granted temporary custody of the minor
13    child, visitation with the minor child, or physical care
14    and possession of the minor child, nor shall an order of
15    payment for support of the minor child be entered.
16    (d) Balance of hardships; findings. If the court finds that
17the balance of hardships does not support the granting of a
18remedy governed by paragraph (2), (3), (10), (11), or (16) of
19subsection (b) of this Section, which may require such
20balancing, the court's findings shall so indicate and shall
21include a finding as to whether granting the remedy will result
22in hardship to respondent that would substantially outweigh the
23hardship to petitioner from denial of the remedy. The findings
24shall be an official record or in writing.
25    (e) Denial of remedies. Denial of any remedy shall not be
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1        (1) Respondent has cause for any use of force, unless
2    that cause satisfies the standards for justifiable use of
3    force provided by Article 7 of the Criminal Code of 2012;
4        (2) Respondent was voluntarily intoxicated;
5        (3) Petitioner acted in self-defense or defense of
6    another, provided that, if petitioner utilized force, such
7    force was justifiable under Article 7 of the Criminal Code
8    of 2012;
9        (4) Petitioner did not act in self-defense or defense
10    of another;
11        (5) Petitioner left the residence or household to avoid
12    further abuse, neglect, or exploitation by respondent;
13        (6) Petitioner did not leave the residence or household
14    to avoid further abuse, neglect, or exploitation by
15    respondent;
16        (7) Conduct by any family or household member excused
17    the abuse, neglect, or exploitation by respondent, unless
18    that same conduct would have excused such abuse, neglect,
19    or exploitation if the parties had not been family or
20    household members.
21(Source: P.A. 96-701, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1239, eff. 1-1-11;
2297-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-294, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12;
2397-1131, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
24    Section 974. The Business Corporation Act of 1983 is
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1    (805 ILCS 5/1.25)  (from Ch. 32, par. 1.25)
2    Sec. 1.25. List of corporations; exchange of information.
3    (a) The Secretary of State shall publish each year a list
4of corporations filing an annual report for the preceding year
5in accordance with the provisions of this Act, which report
6shall state the name of the corporation and the respective
7names and addresses of the president, secretary, and registered
8agent thereof and the address of the registered office in this
9State of each such corporation. The Secretary of State shall
10furnish without charge a copy of such report to each recorder
11of this State, and to each member of the General Assembly and
12to each State agency or department requesting the same. The
13Secretary of State shall, upon receipt of a written request and
14a fee as determined by the Secretary, furnish such report to
15anyone else.
16    (b) (1) The Secretary of State shall publish daily a list
17of all newly formed corporations, business and not for profit,
18chartered by him on that day issued after receipt of the
19application. The daily list shall contain the same information
20as to each corporation as is provided for the corporation list
21published under subsection (a) of this Section. The daily list
22may be obtained at the Secretary's office by any person,
23newspaper, State department or agency, or local government for
24a reasonable charge to be determined by the Secretary.
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1office during normal business hours without charge by any
2person, newspaper, State department or agency, or local
3government.
4    (2) The Secretary shall compile the daily list mentioned in
5paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of this Section monthly, or
6more often at the Secretary's discretion. The compilation shall
7be immediately mailed free of charge to all local governments
8requesting in writing receipt of such publication, or shall be
9automatically mailed by the Secretary without charge to local
10governments as determined by the Secretary. The Secretary shall
11mail a copy of the compilations free of charge to all State
12departments or agencies making a written request. A request for
13a compilation of the daily list once made by a local government
14or State department or agency need not be renewed. However, the
15Secretary may request from time to time whether the local
16governments or State departments or agencies desire to continue
17receiving the compilation.
18    (3) The compilations of the daily list mentioned in
19paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section shall be mailed
20to newspapers, or any other person not included as a recipient
21in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section, upon
22receipt of a written application signed by the applicant and
23accompanied by the payment of a fee as determined by the
24Secretary.
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1has been newly formed or is otherwise and in any manner
2registered with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State
3shall exchange with the Department of Healthcare and Family
4Services any information concerning that corporation that may
5be necessary for the enforcement of child support orders
6entered pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois
7Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of
8Spouse and Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the
9Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the
10Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, or the Illinois
11Parentage Act of 1984, or the Illinois Parentage Act of 2013.
12    Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to the contrary,
13the Secretary of State shall not be liable to any person for
14any disclosure of information to the Department of Healthcare
15and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of Public
16Aid) under this subsection or for any other action taken in
17good faith to comply with the requirements of this subsection.
18(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
19    Section 975. The Limited Liability Company Act is amended
20by changing Section 50-5 as follows:
 
21    (805 ILCS 180/50-5)
22    Sec. 50-5. List of limited liability companies; exchange of
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1limited liability companies and foreign limited liability
2companies, as often, in the format, and for the fees as the
3Secretary of State may in his or her discretion provide by
4rule. The Secretary of State may disseminate information
5concerning limited liability companies and foreign limited
6liability companies by computer network in the format and for
7the fees as may be determined by rule.
8    (b) Upon written request, any list published under
9subsection (a) shall be free to each member of the General
10Assembly, to each State agency or department, and to each
11recorder in this State. An appropriate fee established by rule
12to cover the cost of producing the list shall be charged to all
13others.
14    (c) If a domestic or foreign limited liability company has
15filed with the Secretary of State an annual report for the
16preceding year or has been newly formed or is otherwise and in
17any manner registered with the Secretary of State, the
18Secretary of State shall exchange with the Department of
19Healthcare and Family Services any information concerning that
20limited liability company that may be necessary for the
21enforcement of child support orders entered pursuant to the
22Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution
23of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act,
24the Non-Support Punishment Act, the Revised Uniform Reciprocal
25Enforcement of Support Act, the Uniform Interstate Family
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1Illinois Parentage Act of 2013.
2    Notwithstanding any provisions in this Act to the contrary,
3the Secretary of State shall not be liable to any person for
4any disclosure of information to the Department of Healthcare
5and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of Public
6Aid) under this subsection or for any other action taken in
7good faith to comply with the requirements of this subsection.
8(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
9    (750 ILCS 40/Act rep.)
10    Section 976. The Illinois Parentage Act is repealed.
 
11    (750 ILCS 45/Act rep.)
12    Section 977. The Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 is
13repealed.".