Full Text of HB5342 101st General Assembly
HB5342 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB5342 Introduced , by Rep. Mary Edly-Allen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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750 ILCS 60/214 | from Ch. 40, par. 2312-14 |
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Amends the Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that the court shall include, as a remedy in an order of protection, a requirement that the respondent complete an anger management course.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning domestic violence.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 214 as follows:
| 6 | | (750 ILCS 60/214) (from Ch. 40, par. 2312-14)
| 7 | | Sec. 214. Order of protection; remedies.
| 8 | | (a) Issuance of order. If the court finds that petitioner | 9 | | has been
abused by a family or household member or that | 10 | | petitioner is a high-risk
adult who has been abused, neglected, | 11 | | or exploited, as defined in this Act,
an order of protection | 12 | | prohibiting the abuse, neglect, or exploitation
shall issue; | 13 | | provided that petitioner must also satisfy the requirements of
| 14 | | one of the following Sections, as appropriate: Section 217 on | 15 | | emergency
orders, Section 218 on interim orders, or Section 219 | 16 | | on plenary orders.
Petitioner shall not be denied an order of | 17 | | protection because petitioner or
respondent is a minor. The | 18 | | court, when determining whether or not to issue
an order of | 19 | | protection, shall not require physical manifestations of abuse
| 20 | | on the person of the victim. Modification and extension of | 21 | | prior
orders of protection shall be in accordance with this | 22 | | Act.
| 23 | | (b) Remedies and standards. The remedies to be included in |
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| 1 | | an order of
protection shall be determined in accordance with | 2 | | this Section and one of
the following Sections, as appropriate: | 3 | | Section 217 on emergency orders,
Section 218 on interim orders, | 4 | | and Section 219 on plenary orders. The
remedies listed in this | 5 | | subsection shall be in addition to other civil or
criminal | 6 | | remedies available to petitioner.
| 7 | | (1) Prohibition of abuse, neglect, or exploitation. | 8 | | Prohibit
respondent's harassment, interference with | 9 | | personal liberty, intimidation
of a dependent, physical | 10 | | abuse, or willful deprivation, neglect or
exploitation, as | 11 | | defined in this Act, or stalking of the petitioner, as | 12 | | defined
in Section 12-7.3 of the Criminal Code of 2012, if | 13 | | such abuse, neglect,
exploitation, or stalking has | 14 | | occurred or otherwise appears likely to occur if
not | 15 | | prohibited.
| 16 | | (2) Grant of exclusive possession of residence. | 17 | | Prohibit respondent from
entering or remaining in any | 18 | | residence, household, or premises of the petitioner,
| 19 | | including one owned or leased by respondent, if petitioner | 20 | | has a right to
occupancy thereof. The grant of exclusive | 21 | | possession of the residence, household, or premises shall | 22 | | not
affect title to real property, nor shall the court be | 23 | | limited by the standard
set forth in subsection (c-2) of | 24 | | Section 501 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of | 25 | | Marriage
Act.
| 26 | | (A) Right to occupancy. A party has a right to |
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| 1 | | occupancy of a
residence or household if it is solely | 2 | | or jointly owned or leased by that
party, that party's | 3 | | spouse, a person with a legal duty to support that | 4 | | party or
a minor child in that party's care, or by any | 5 | | person or entity other than the
opposing party that | 6 | | authorizes that party's occupancy (e.g., a domestic
| 7 | | violence shelter). Standards set forth in subparagraph | 8 | | (B) shall not preclude
equitable relief.
| 9 | | (B) Presumption of hardships. If petitioner and | 10 | | respondent
each has the right to occupancy of a | 11 | | residence or household, the court
shall balance (i) the | 12 | | hardships to respondent and any minor child or
| 13 | | dependent adult in respondent's care resulting from | 14 | | entry of this remedy with
(ii) the hardships to | 15 | | petitioner and any minor child or dependent adult in
| 16 | | petitioner's care resulting from continued exposure to | 17 | | the risk of abuse
(should petitioner remain at the | 18 | | residence or household) or from loss of
possession of | 19 | | the residence or household (should petitioner leave to | 20 | | avoid the
risk of abuse). When determining the balance | 21 | | of hardships, the court shall
also take into account | 22 | | the accessibility of the residence or household.
| 23 | | Hardships need not be balanced if respondent does not | 24 | | have a right to
occupancy.
| 25 | | The balance of hardships is presumed to favor | 26 | | possession by
petitioner unless the presumption is |
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| 1 | | rebutted by a preponderance of the
evidence, showing | 2 | | that the hardships to respondent substantially | 3 | | outweigh
the hardships to petitioner and any minor | 4 | | child or dependent adult in
petitioner's care. The | 5 | | court, on the request of petitioner or on its own
| 6 | | motion, may order respondent to provide suitable, | 7 | | accessible, alternate housing
for petitioner instead | 8 | | of excluding respondent from a mutual residence or
| 9 | | household.
| 10 | | (3) Stay away order and additional prohibitions.
Order | 11 | | respondent to stay away from petitioner or any other person
| 12 | | protected by the order of protection, or prohibit | 13 | | respondent from entering
or remaining present at | 14 | | petitioner's school, place of employment, or other
| 15 | | specified places at times when petitioner is present, or | 16 | | both, if
reasonable, given the balance of hardships. | 17 | | Hardships need not be balanced for
the court to enter a | 18 | | stay away order or prohibit entry if respondent has no
| 19 | | right to enter the premises.
| 20 | | (A) If an order of protection grants petitioner | 21 | | exclusive possession
of the residence, or prohibits | 22 | | respondent from entering the residence,
or orders | 23 | | respondent to stay away from petitioner or other
| 24 | | protected persons, then the court may allow respondent | 25 | | access to the
residence to remove items of clothing and | 26 | | personal adornment
used exclusively by respondent, |
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| 1 | | medications, and other items as the court
directs. The | 2 | | right to access shall be exercised on only one occasion | 3 | | as the
court directs and in the presence of an | 4 | | agreed-upon adult third party or law
enforcement | 5 | | officer.
| 6 | | (B) When the petitioner and the respondent attend | 7 | | the same public, private, or non-public elementary, | 8 | | middle, or high school, the court when issuing an order | 9 | | of protection and providing relief shall consider the | 10 | | severity of the act, any continuing physical danger or | 11 | | emotional distress to the petitioner, the educational | 12 | | rights guaranteed to the petitioner and respondent | 13 | | under federal and State law, the availability of a | 14 | | transfer of the respondent to another school, a change | 15 | | of placement or a change of program of the respondent, | 16 | | the expense, difficulty, and educational disruption | 17 | | that would be caused by a transfer of the respondent to | 18 | | another school, and any other relevant facts of the | 19 | | case. The court may order that the respondent not | 20 | | attend the public, private, or non-public elementary, | 21 | | middle, or high school attended by the petitioner, | 22 | | order that the respondent accept a change of placement | 23 | | or change of program, as determined by the school | 24 | | district or private or non-public school, or place | 25 | | restrictions on the respondent's movements within the | 26 | | school attended by the petitioner.
The respondent |
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| 1 | | bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the | 2 | | evidence that a transfer, change of placement, or | 3 | | change of program of the respondent is not available. | 4 | | The respondent also bears the burden of production with | 5 | | respect to the expense, difficulty, and educational | 6 | | disruption that would be caused by a transfer of the | 7 | | respondent to another school. A transfer, change of | 8 | | placement, or change of program is not unavailable to | 9 | | the respondent solely on the ground that the respondent | 10 | | does not agree with the school district's or private or | 11 | | non-public school's transfer, change of placement, or | 12 | | change of program or solely on the ground that the | 13 | | respondent fails or refuses to consent or otherwise | 14 | | does not take an action required to effectuate a | 15 | | transfer, change of placement, or change of program.
| 16 | | When a court orders a respondent to stay away from the | 17 | | public, private, or non-public school attended by the | 18 | | petitioner and the respondent requests a transfer to | 19 | | another attendance center within the respondent's | 20 | | school district or private or non-public school, the | 21 | | school district or private or non-public school shall | 22 | | have sole discretion to determine the attendance | 23 | | center to which the respondent is transferred.
In the | 24 | | event the court order results in a transfer of the | 25 | | minor respondent to another attendance center, a | 26 | | change in the respondent's placement, or a change of |
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| 1 | | the respondent's program, the parents, guardian, or | 2 | | legal custodian of the respondent is responsible for | 3 | | transportation and other costs associated with the | 4 | | transfer or change. | 5 | | (C) The court may order the parents, guardian, or | 6 | | legal custodian of a minor respondent to take certain | 7 | | actions or to refrain from taking certain actions to | 8 | | ensure that the respondent complies with the order. In | 9 | | the event the court orders a transfer of the respondent | 10 | | to another school, the parents, guardian, or legal | 11 | | custodian of the respondent is responsible for | 12 | | transportation and other costs associated with the | 13 | | change of school by the respondent. | 14 | | (4) Counseling. Require or recommend the respondent to | 15 | | undergo
counseling for a specified duration with a social | 16 | | worker, psychologist,
clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, | 17 | | family service agency, alcohol or
substance abuse program, | 18 | | mental health center guidance counselor, agency
providing | 19 | | services to elders, program designed for domestic violence
| 20 | | abusers , or any other guidance service the court deems | 21 | | appropriate. The Court may order the respondent in any | 22 | | intimate partner relationship to report to an Illinois | 23 | | Department of Human Services protocol approved partner | 24 | | abuse intervention program for an assessment and to follow | 25 | | all recommended treatment.
| 26 | | (4.5) Require the respondent to complete an anger |
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| 1 | | management course. | 2 | | (5) Physical care and possession of the minor child. In | 3 | | order to protect
the minor child from abuse, neglect, or | 4 | | unwarranted separation from the person
who has been the | 5 | | minor child's primary caretaker, or to otherwise protect | 6 | | the
well-being of the minor child, the court may do either | 7 | | or both of the
following: (i) grant petitioner physical | 8 | | care or possession of the minor child,
or both, or (ii) | 9 | | order respondent to return a minor child to, or not remove | 10 | | a
minor child from, the physical care of a parent or person | 11 | | in loco parentis.
| 12 | | If a court finds, after a hearing, that respondent has | 13 | | committed abuse
(as defined in Section 103) of a minor | 14 | | child, there shall be a
rebuttable presumption that | 15 | | awarding physical care to respondent would not
be in the | 16 | | minor child's best interest.
| 17 | | (6) Temporary allocation of parental responsibilities: | 18 | | significant decision-making. Award temporary | 19 | | decision-making responsibility to petitioner
in accordance | 20 | | with this Section, the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
| 21 | | Marriage Act, the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015, and this | 22 | | State's Uniform
Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement | 23 | | Act.
| 24 | | If a court finds, after a hearing, that respondent has | 25 | | committed abuse (as
defined in Section 103) of a minor | 26 | | child, there shall be a rebuttable
presumption that |
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| 1 | | awarding temporary significant decision-making | 2 | | responsibility to respondent would not be in
the child's | 3 | | best interest.
| 4 | | (7) Parenting time. Determine the parenting time, if | 5 | | any, of respondent in
any case in which the court awards | 6 | | physical care or allocates temporary significant | 7 | | decision-making responsibility of
a minor child to | 8 | | petitioner. The court shall restrict or deny respondent's | 9 | | parenting time
with a minor child if the court finds that | 10 | | respondent has done or is
likely to do any of the | 11 | | following: (i) abuse or endanger the minor child during | 12 | | parenting time; (ii) use the parenting time as an | 13 | | opportunity to abuse or harass
petitioner or petitioner's | 14 | | family or household members; (iii) improperly
conceal or | 15 | | detain the minor child; or (iv) otherwise act in a manner | 16 | | that is
not in the best interests of the minor child. The | 17 | | court shall not be limited
by the standards set forth in | 18 | | Section 603.10 of the Illinois Marriage and
Dissolution of | 19 | | Marriage Act. If the court grants parenting time, the order | 20 | | shall
specify dates and times for the parenting time to | 21 | | take place or other specific
parameters or conditions that | 22 | | are appropriate. No order for parenting time shall
refer | 23 | | merely to the term "reasonable parenting time".
| 24 | | Petitioner may deny respondent access to the minor | 25 | | child if, when
respondent arrives for parenting time, | 26 | | respondent is under the influence of drugs
or alcohol and |
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| 1 | | constitutes a threat to the safety and well-being of
| 2 | | petitioner or petitioner's minor children or is behaving in | 3 | | a violent or
abusive manner.
| 4 | | If necessary to protect any member of petitioner's | 5 | | family or
household from future abuse, respondent shall be | 6 | | prohibited from coming to
petitioner's residence to meet | 7 | | the minor child for parenting time, and the
parties shall | 8 | | submit to the court their recommendations for reasonable
| 9 | | alternative arrangements for parenting time. A person may | 10 | | be approved to
supervise parenting time only after filing | 11 | | an affidavit accepting
that responsibility and | 12 | | acknowledging accountability to the court.
| 13 | | (8) Removal or concealment of minor child. Prohibit | 14 | | respondent from
removing a minor child from the State or | 15 | | concealing the child within the State.
| 16 | | (9) Order to appear. Order the respondent to appear in | 17 | | court, alone
or with a minor child, to prevent abuse, | 18 | | neglect, removal or concealment of
the child, to return the | 19 | | child to the custody or care of the petitioner or
to permit | 20 | | any court-ordered interview or examination of the child or | 21 | | the
respondent.
| 22 | | (10) Possession of personal property. Grant petitioner | 23 | | exclusive
possession of personal property and, if | 24 | | respondent has possession or
control, direct respondent to | 25 | | promptly make it available to petitioner, if:
| 26 | | (i) petitioner, but not respondent, owns the |
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| 1 | | property; or
| 2 | | (ii) the parties own the property jointly; sharing | 3 | | it would risk
abuse of petitioner by respondent or is | 4 | | impracticable; and the balance of
hardships favors | 5 | | temporary possession by petitioner.
| 6 | | If petitioner's sole claim to ownership of the property | 7 | | is that it is
marital property, the court may award | 8 | | petitioner temporary possession
thereof under the | 9 | | standards of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph only if
a | 10 | | proper proceeding has been filed under the Illinois | 11 | | Marriage and
Dissolution of Marriage Act, as now or | 12 | | hereafter amended.
| 13 | | No order under this provision shall affect title to | 14 | | property.
| 15 | | (11) Protection of property. Forbid the respondent | 16 | | from taking,
transferring, encumbering, concealing, | 17 | | damaging or otherwise disposing of
any real or personal | 18 | | property, except as explicitly authorized by the
court, if:
| 19 | | (i) petitioner, but not respondent, owns the | 20 | | property; or
| 21 | | (ii) the parties own the property jointly,
and the | 22 | | balance of hardships favors granting this remedy.
| 23 | | If petitioner's sole claim to ownership of the property | 24 | | is that it is
marital property, the court may grant | 25 | | petitioner relief under subparagraph
(ii) of this | 26 | | paragraph only if a proper proceeding has been filed under |
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| 1 | | the
Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as | 2 | | now or hereafter amended.
| 3 | | The court may further prohibit respondent from | 4 | | improperly using the
financial or other resources of an | 5 | | aged member of the family or household
for the profit or | 6 | | advantage of respondent or of any other person.
| 7 | | (11.5) Protection of animals. Grant the petitioner the | 8 | | exclusive care, custody, or control of any animal owned, | 9 | | possessed, leased, kept, or held by either the petitioner | 10 | | or the respondent or a minor child residing in the | 11 | | residence or household of either the petitioner or the | 12 | | respondent and order the respondent to stay away from the | 13 | | animal and forbid the respondent from taking, | 14 | | transferring, encumbering, concealing, harming, or | 15 | | otherwise disposing of the animal.
| 16 | | (12) Order for payment of support. Order respondent to | 17 | | pay temporary
support for the petitioner or any child in | 18 | | the petitioner's care or over whom the petitioner has been | 19 | | allocated parental responsibility, when the respondent has | 20 | | a legal obligation to support that person,
in accordance | 21 | | with the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution
of Marriage Act, | 22 | | which shall govern, among other matters, the amount of
| 23 | | support, payment through the clerk and withholding of | 24 | | income to secure
payment. An order for child support may be | 25 | | granted to a petitioner with
lawful physical care of a | 26 | | child, or an order or agreement for
physical care of a |
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| 1 | | child, prior to entry of an order allocating significant | 2 | | decision-making responsibility.
Such a support order shall | 3 | | expire upon entry of a valid order allocating parental | 4 | | responsibility differently and vacating the petitioner's | 5 | | significant decision-making authority, unless otherwise | 6 | | provided in the order.
| 7 | | (13) Order for payment of losses. Order respondent to | 8 | | pay petitioner for
losses suffered as a direct result of | 9 | | the abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
Such losses shall | 10 | | include, but not be limited to, medical expenses, lost
| 11 | | earnings or other support, repair or replacement of | 12 | | property damaged or taken,
reasonable attorney's fees, | 13 | | court costs and moving or other travel expenses,
including | 14 | | additional reasonable expenses for temporary shelter and | 15 | | restaurant
meals.
| 16 | | (i) Losses affecting family needs. If a party is | 17 | | entitled to seek
maintenance, child support or | 18 | | property distribution from the other party
under the | 19 | | Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as | 20 | | now or
hereafter amended, the court may order | 21 | | respondent to reimburse petitioner's
actual losses, to | 22 | | the extent that such reimbursement would be | 23 | | "appropriate
temporary relief", as authorized by | 24 | | subsection (a)(3) of Section 501 of
that Act.
| 25 | | (ii) Recovery of expenses. In the case of an | 26 | | improper concealment
or removal of a minor child, the |
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| 1 | | court may order respondent to pay the
reasonable | 2 | | expenses incurred or to be incurred in the search for | 3 | | and recovery
of the minor child, including but not | 4 | | limited to legal fees, court costs,
private | 5 | | investigator fees, and travel costs.
| 6 | | (14) Prohibition of entry. Prohibit the respondent | 7 | | from entering or
remaining in the residence or household | 8 | | while the respondent is under the
influence of alcohol or | 9 | | drugs and constitutes a threat to the safety and
well-being | 10 | | of the petitioner or the petitioner's children.
| 11 | | (14.5) Prohibition of firearm possession.
| 12 | | (a) Prohibit a respondent against whom an order of | 13 | | protection was issued from possessing any firearms | 14 | | during the duration of the order if the order: | 15 | | (1) was issued after a hearing of which such | 16 | | person received
actual notice, and at which such | 17 | | person had an opportunity to
participate; | 18 | | (2) restrains such person from harassing, | 19 | | stalking, or
threatening an intimate partner of | 20 | | such person or child of such
intimate partner or | 21 | | person, or engaging in other conduct that
would | 22 | | place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of | 23 | | bodily
injury to the partner or child; and | 24 | | (3)(i) includes a finding that such person | 25 | | represents a
credible threat to the physical | 26 | | safety of such intimate partner
or child; or
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| 1 | | by its terms explicitly prohibits the use, | 2 | | attempted
use, or threatened use of physical force | 3 | | against such intimate
partner or child that would | 4 | | reasonably be expected to cause
bodily injury. | 5 | | Any Firearm Owner's Identification Card in the
| 6 | | possession of the respondent, except as provided in | 7 | | subsection (b), shall be ordered by the court to be | 8 | | turned
over to the local law enforcement agency. The | 9 | | local law enforcement agency shall immediately mail | 10 | | the card to the Department of State Police Firearm | 11 | | Owner's Identification Card Office
for safekeeping. | 12 | | The court shall
issue a warrant for seizure of any | 13 | | firearm in the possession of the respondent, to be kept | 14 | | by the local law enforcement agency for safekeeping, | 15 | | except as provided in subsection (b).
The period of | 16 | | safekeeping shall be for the duration of the order of | 17 | | protection. The firearm or firearms and Firearm | 18 | | Owner's Identification Card, if unexpired, shall at | 19 | | the respondent's request, be returned to the | 20 | | respondent at the end
of the order of protection. It is | 21 | | the respondent's responsibility to notify the | 22 | | Department of State Police Firearm Owner's | 23 | | Identification Card Office.
| 24 | | (b) If the respondent is a peace officer as defined | 25 | | in Section 2-13 of
the
Criminal Code of 2012, the court | 26 | | shall order that any firearms used by the
respondent in |
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| 1 | | the performance of his or her duties as a
peace officer | 2 | | be surrendered to
the chief law enforcement executive | 3 | | of the agency in which the respondent is
employed, who | 4 | | shall retain the firearms for safekeeping for the | 5 | | duration of the order of protection.
| 6 | | (c) Upon expiration of the period of safekeeping, | 7 | | if the firearms or Firearm Owner's Identification Card | 8 | | cannot be returned to respondent because respondent | 9 | | cannot be located, fails to respond to requests to | 10 | | retrieve the firearms, or is not lawfully eligible to | 11 | | possess a firearm, upon petition from the local law | 12 | | enforcement agency, the court may order the local law | 13 | | enforcement agency to destroy the firearms, use the | 14 | | firearms for training purposes, or for any other | 15 | | application as deemed appropriate by the local law | 16 | | enforcement agency; or that the firearms be turned over | 17 | | to a third party who is lawfully eligible to possess | 18 | | firearms, and who does not reside with respondent. | 19 | | (15) Prohibition of access to records. If an order of | 20 | | protection
prohibits respondent from having contact with | 21 | | the minor child,
or if petitioner's address is omitted | 22 | | under subsection (b) of
Section 203, or if necessary to | 23 | | prevent abuse or wrongful removal or
concealment of a minor | 24 | | child, the order shall deny respondent access to, and
| 25 | | prohibit respondent from inspecting, obtaining, or | 26 | | attempting to
inspect or obtain, school or any other |
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| 1 | | records of the minor child
who is in the care of | 2 | | petitioner.
| 3 | | (16) Order for payment of shelter services. Order | 4 | | respondent to
reimburse a shelter providing temporary | 5 | | housing and counseling services to
the petitioner for the | 6 | | cost of the services, as certified by the shelter
and | 7 | | deemed reasonable by the court.
| 8 | | (17) Order for injunctive relief. Enter injunctive | 9 | | relief necessary
or appropriate to prevent further abuse of | 10 | | a family or household member
or further abuse, neglect, or | 11 | | exploitation of a high-risk adult with
disabilities or to | 12 | | effectuate one of the granted remedies, if supported by the
| 13 | | balance of hardships. If the harm to be prevented by the | 14 | | injunction is abuse
or any other harm that one of the | 15 | | remedies listed in paragraphs (1) through
(16) of this | 16 | | subsection is designed to prevent, no further evidence is
| 17 | | necessary that the harm is an irreparable injury.
| 18 | | (18) Telephone services. | 19 | | (A) Unless a condition described in subparagraph | 20 | | (B) of this paragraph exists, the court may, upon | 21 | | request by the petitioner, order a wireless telephone | 22 | | service provider to transfer to the petitioner the | 23 | | right to continue to use a telephone number or numbers | 24 | | indicated by the petitioner and the financial | 25 | | responsibility associated with the number or numbers, | 26 | | as set forth in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph. For |
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| 1 | | purposes of this paragraph (18), the term "wireless | 2 | | telephone service provider" means a provider of | 3 | | commercial mobile service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 332. | 4 | | The petitioner may request the transfer of each | 5 | | telephone number that the petitioner, or a minor child | 6 | | in his or her custody, uses. The clerk of the court | 7 | | shall serve the order on the wireless telephone service | 8 | | provider's agent for service of process provided to the | 9 | | Illinois Commerce Commission. The order shall contain | 10 | | all of the following: | 11 | | (i) The name and billing telephone number of | 12 | | the account holder including the name of the | 13 | | wireless telephone service provider that serves | 14 | | the account. | 15 | | (ii) Each telephone number that will be | 16 | | transferred. | 17 | | (iii) A statement that the provider transfers | 18 | | to the petitioner all financial responsibility for | 19 | | and right to the use of any telephone number | 20 | | transferred under this paragraph. | 21 | | (B) A wireless telephone service provider shall | 22 | | terminate the respondent's use of, and shall transfer | 23 | | to the petitioner use of, the telephone number or | 24 | | numbers indicated in subparagraph (A) of this | 25 | | paragraph unless it notifies the petitioner, within 72 | 26 | | hours after it receives the order, that one of the |
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| 1 | | following applies: | 2 | | (i) The account holder named in the order has | 3 | | terminated the account. | 4 | | (ii) A difference in network technology would | 5 | | prevent or impair the functionality of a device on | 6 | | a network if the transfer occurs. | 7 | | (iii) The transfer would cause a geographic or | 8 | | other limitation on network or service provision | 9 | | to the petitioner. | 10 | | (iv) Another technological or operational | 11 | | issue would prevent or impair the use of the | 12 | | telephone number if the transfer occurs. | 13 | | (C) The petitioner assumes all financial | 14 | | responsibility for and right to the use of any | 15 | | telephone number transferred under this paragraph. In | 16 | | this paragraph, "financial responsibility" includes | 17 | | monthly service costs and costs associated with any | 18 | | mobile device associated with the number. | 19 | | (D) A wireless telephone service provider may | 20 | | apply to the petitioner its routine and customary | 21 | | requirements for establishing an account or | 22 | | transferring a number, including requiring the | 23 | | petitioner to provide proof of identification, | 24 | | financial information, and customer preferences.
| 25 | | (E) Except for willful or wanton misconduct, a | 26 | | wireless telephone service provider is immune from |
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| 1 | | civil liability for its actions taken in compliance | 2 | | with a court order issued under this paragraph. | 3 | | (F) All wireless service providers that provide | 4 | | services to residential customers shall provide to the | 5 | | Illinois Commerce Commission the name and address of an | 6 | | agent for service of orders entered under this | 7 | | paragraph (18). Any change in status of the registered | 8 | | agent must be reported to the Illinois Commerce | 9 | | Commission within 30 days of such change. | 10 | | (G) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall | 11 | | maintain the list of registered agents for service for | 12 | | each wireless telephone service provider on the | 13 | | Commission's website. The Commission may consult with | 14 | | wireless telephone service providers and the Circuit | 15 | | Court Clerks on the manner in which this information is | 16 | | provided and displayed. | 17 | | (c) Relevant factors; findings.
| 18 | | (1) In determining whether to grant a specific remedy, | 19 | | other than
payment of support, the court shall consider
| 20 | | relevant factors, including but not limited to the | 21 | | following:
| 22 | | (i) the nature, frequency, severity, pattern and | 23 | | consequences of the
respondent's past abuse, neglect | 24 | | or exploitation of the petitioner or
any family or | 25 | | household member, including the concealment of his or | 26 | | her
location in order to evade service of process or |
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| 1 | | notice, and the likelihood of
danger of future abuse, | 2 | | neglect, or exploitation to petitioner or any member of
| 3 | | petitioner's or respondent's family or household; and
| 4 | | (ii) the danger that any minor child will be abused | 5 | | or neglected or
improperly relocated from the | 6 | | jurisdiction, improperly concealed within the
State or | 7 | | improperly separated from the child's primary | 8 | | caretaker.
| 9 | | (2) In comparing relative hardships resulting to the | 10 | | parties from loss
of possession of the family home, the | 11 | | court shall consider relevant
factors, including but not | 12 | | limited to the following:
| 13 | | (i) availability, accessibility, cost, safety, | 14 | | adequacy, location and
other characteristics of | 15 | | alternate housing for each party and any minor child
or | 16 | | dependent adult in the party's care;
| 17 | | (ii) the effect on the party's employment; and
| 18 | | (iii) the effect on the relationship of the party, | 19 | | and any minor
child or dependent adult in the party's | 20 | | care, to family, school, church
and community.
| 21 | | (3) Subject to the exceptions set forth in paragraph | 22 | | (4) of this
subsection, the court shall make its findings | 23 | | in an official record or in
writing, and shall at a minimum | 24 | | set forth the following:
| 25 | | (i) That the court has considered the applicable | 26 | | relevant factors
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of |
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| 1 | | this subsection.
| 2 | | (ii) Whether the conduct or actions of respondent, | 3 | | unless
prohibited, will likely cause irreparable harm | 4 | | or continued abuse.
| 5 | | (iii) Whether it is necessary to grant the | 6 | | requested relief in order
to protect petitioner or | 7 | | other alleged abused persons.
| 8 | | (4) For purposes of issuing an ex parte emergency order | 9 | | of protection,
the court, as an alternative to or as a | 10 | | supplement to making the findings
described in paragraphs | 11 | | (c)(3)(i) through (c)(3)(iii) of this subsection, may
use | 12 | | the following procedure:
| 13 | | When a verified petition for an emergency order of | 14 | | protection in
accordance with the requirements of Sections | 15 | | 203 and 217 is
presented to the court, the court shall | 16 | | examine petitioner on oath or
affirmation. An emergency | 17 | | order of protection shall be issued by the court
if it | 18 | | appears from the contents of the petition and the | 19 | | examination of
petitioner that the averments are | 20 | | sufficient to indicate abuse by
respondent and to support | 21 | | the granting of relief under the issuance of the
emergency | 22 | | order of protection.
| 23 | | (5) Never married parties. No rights or | 24 | | responsibilities for a minor
child born outside of marriage | 25 | | attach to a putative father until a father and
child | 26 | | relationship has been established under the Illinois |
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| 1 | | Parentage Act of
1984, the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015, | 2 | | the Illinois Public Aid Code, Section 12 of the Vital | 3 | | Records Act, the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the Probate | 4 | | Act of 1975, the Revised Uniform
Reciprocal Enforcement of | 5 | | Support Act, the Uniform Interstate Family Support
Act, the | 6 | | Expedited Child Support Act of 1990, any judicial, | 7 | | administrative, or
other act of another state or territory, | 8 | | any other Illinois statute, or by any
foreign nation | 9 | | establishing the father and child relationship, any other
| 10 | | proceeding substantially in conformity with the Personal | 11 | | Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of | 12 | | 1996 (Pub. L. 104-193), or where both
parties appeared in | 13 | | open court or at an administrative hearing acknowledging
| 14 | | under
oath or admitting by affirmation the existence of a | 15 | | father and child
relationship.
Absent such an | 16 | | adjudication, finding, or acknowledgment, no putative
| 17 | | father shall be granted
temporary allocation of parental | 18 | | responsibilities, including parenting time with the minor | 19 | | child, or
physical care and possession of the minor child, | 20 | | nor shall an order of payment
for support of the minor | 21 | | child be entered.
| 22 | | (d) Balance of hardships; findings. If the court finds that | 23 | | the balance
of hardships does not support the granting of a | 24 | | remedy governed by
paragraph (2), (3), (10), (11), or (16) of | 25 | | subsection (b) of this Section,
which may require such | 26 | | balancing, the court's findings shall so
indicate and shall |
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| 1 | | include a finding as to whether granting the remedy will
result | 2 | | in hardship to respondent that would substantially outweigh the | 3 | | hardship
to petitioner from denial of the remedy. The findings | 4 | | shall be an official
record or in writing.
| 5 | | (e) Denial of remedies. Denial of any remedy shall not be | 6 | | based, in
whole or in part, on evidence that:
| 7 | | (1) Respondent has cause for any use of force, unless | 8 | | that cause
satisfies the standards for justifiable use of | 9 | | force provided by Article
7 of the Criminal Code of 2012;
| 10 | | (2) Respondent was voluntarily intoxicated;
| 11 | | (3) Petitioner acted in self-defense or defense of | 12 | | another, provided
that, if petitioner utilized force, such | 13 | | force was justifiable under
Article 7 of the Criminal Code | 14 | | of 2012;
| 15 | | (4) Petitioner did not act in self-defense or defense | 16 | | of another;
| 17 | | (5) Petitioner left the residence or household to avoid | 18 | | further abuse,
neglect, or exploitation by respondent;
| 19 | | (6) Petitioner did not leave the residence or household | 20 | | to avoid further
abuse, neglect, or exploitation by | 21 | | respondent;
| 22 | | (7) Conduct by any family or household member excused | 23 | | the abuse,
neglect, or exploitation by respondent, unless | 24 | | that same conduct would have
excused such abuse, neglect, | 25 | | or exploitation if the parties had not been
family or | 26 | | household members.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16; 99-90, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, | 2 | | eff. 7-28-16; 100-388, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; | 3 | | 100-923, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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