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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) If raised as an issue by either party, the court shall
6consider a parent's current or future lack of legal immigration
7status as a factor when deciding the issue of permanent removal
8of a child or children from this State.
9(Source: P.A. 96-331, eff. 1-1-10.)