(305 ILCS 5/10-3.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-3.2)
Sec. 10-3.2.
Parent Locator Service.
The Illinois Department through
its Child and Spouse Support Unit shall enter into agreements with the
Secretary
of Health and Human Services or his designee under which the services of
the federal Parent Locator Service established by the Social Security Act
are made available to this State and the Illinois Department for the purpose
of locating an absent parent or child when the child has been abducted or
otherwise improperly removed or retained from the physical custody of a
parent or other person entitled to custody of the child, or in connection
with the making or enforcing of a child custody determination in custody
proceedings instituted under the Uniform
Child Custody Jurisdiction Act or the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction
and Enforcement Act,
or otherwise in accordance with law.
The Illinois Department shall provide general information to the public
about the availability and
use of the Parent Locator Service in relation to child abduction and
custody determination proceedings, shall promptly respond to inquiries made
by those parties specified by federal regulations upon receipt of
information as to the location of an absent parent or child from the
federal Parent Locator Service and shall maintain accurate records as to
the number of such inquiries received and processed by the Department.
(Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04.)
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