98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2630

 

Introduced 12/3/2013, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
750 ILCS 5/609  from Ch. 40, par. 609

    Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, a party to a custody action who is residing in the United States under an H-4 or L-2 visa shall be allowed to permanently return to his or her country of origin with the minor child or children and commence child custody proceedings in his or her country of origin.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
5Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 609 as follows:
 
6    (750 ILCS 5/609)  (from Ch. 40, par. 609)
7    Sec. 609. Leave to Remove Children.)
8    (a) The court may grant leave, before or after judgment, to
9any party having custody of any minor child or children to
10remove such child or children from Illinois whenever such
11approval is in the best interests of such child or children.
12The burden of proving that such removal is in the best
13interests of such child or children is on the party seeking the
14removal. When such removal is permitted, the court may require
15the party removing such child or children from Illinois to give
16reasonable security guaranteeing the return of such children.
17    (b) Before a minor child is temporarily removed from
18Illinois, the parent responsible for the removal shall inform
19the other parent, or the other parent's attorney, of the
20address and telephone number where the child may be reached
21during the period of temporary removal, and the date on which
22the child shall return to Illinois.
23    The State of Illinois retains jurisdiction when the minor

 

 

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1child is absent from the State pursuant to this subsection.
2    (c) The court may not use the availability of electronic
3communication as a factor in support of a removal of a child by
4the custodial parent from Illinois.
5    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a party to
6a custody action who is residing in the United States under an
7H-4 or L-2 visa shall be allowed to permanently return to his
8or her country of origin with the minor child or children and
9commence child custody proceedings in his or her country of
10origin.
11(Source: P.A. 96-331, eff. 1-1-10.)