Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

Filed: 3/20/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2630

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2630, AS AMENDED,
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
6Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 609 as follows:
 
7    (750 ILCS 5/609)  (from Ch. 40, par. 609)
8    Sec. 609. Leave to Remove Children.)
9    (a) The court may grant leave, before or after judgment, to
10any party having custody of any minor child or children to
11remove such child or children from Illinois whenever such
12approval is in the best interests of such child or children.
13The burden of proving that such removal is in the best
14interests of such child or children is on the party seeking the
15removal. When such removal is permitted, the court may require
16the party removing such child or children from Illinois to give

 

 

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1reasonable security guaranteeing the return of such children.
2    (b) Before a minor child is temporarily removed from
3Illinois, the parent responsible for the removal shall inform
4the other parent, or the other parent's attorney, of the
5address and telephone number where the child may be reached
6during the period of temporary removal, and the date on which
7the child shall return to Illinois.
8    The State of Illinois retains jurisdiction when the minor
9child is absent from the State pursuant to this subsection.
10    (c) The court may not use the availability of electronic
11communication as a factor in support of a removal of a child by
12the custodial parent from Illinois.
13    (d) If raised as an issue by either party, the court shall
14consider a parent's current or future lack of legal immigration
15status as a factor when deciding the issue of permanent removal
16of a child or children from this State.
17(Source: P.A. 96-331, eff. 1-1-10.)".