98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2473

 

Introduced , by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 5/12-107.5

    Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the requirements or limitations of the Section concerning body attachment orders do not apply to the enforcement of any order or judgment for child support.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5changing Section 12-107.5 as follows:
 
6    (735 ILCS 5/12-107.5)
7    Sec. 12-107.5. Body attachment order.
8    (a) No order of body attachment or other civil order for
9the incarceration or detention of a natural person respondent
10to answer for a charge of indirect civil contempt shall issue
11unless the respondent has first had an opportunity, after
12personal service or abode service of notice as provided in
13Supreme Court Rule 105, to appear in court to show cause why
14the respondent should not be held in contempt.
15    (b) The notice shall be an order to show cause.
16    (c) Any order issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall
17expire one year after the date of issue.
18    (d) The first order issued pursuant to subsection (a) and
19directed to a respondent may be in the nature of a recognizance
20bond in the sum of no more than $1,000.
21    (e) Upon discharge of any bond secured by the posting of
22funds, the funds shall be returned to the respondent or other
23party posting the bond, less applicable fees, unless the court

 

 

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1after inquiry determines that: (1) the judgment debtor
2willfully has refused to comply with a payment order entered in
3accordance with Section 2-1402 or an otherwise validly entered
4order; (2) the bond money belongs to the debtor as opposed to a
5third party; and (3) that any part of the funds constitute
6non-exempt funds of the judgment debtor, in which case the
7court may cause the non-exempt portion of the funds to be paid
8over to the judgment creditor.
9    (f) The requirements or limitations of this Section do not
10apply to the enforcement of any order or judgment for child
11support, any order or judgment resulting from an adjudication
12of a municipal ordinance violation that is subject to Supreme
13Court Rules 570 through 579, or from an administrative
14adjudication of such an ordinance violation.
15(Source: P.A. 97-848, eff. 7-25-12.)