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720 ILCS 5/11-11

(720 ILCS 5/11-11) (from Ch. 38, par. 11-11)

Sec. 11-11. Sexual Relations Within Families.

(a) A
person commits sexual relations within families if he or she:

(1) Commits an act of sexual penetration as defined

in Section 11-0.1 of this Code; and

(2) The person knows that he or she is related to the

other person as follows: (i) Brother or sister, either of the whole blood or the half blood; or (ii) Father or mother, when the child, regardless of legitimacy and regardless of whether the child was of the whole blood or half-blood or was adopted, was 18 years of age or over when the act was committed; or (iii) Stepfather or stepmother, when the stepchild was 18 years of age or over when the act was committed; or  (iv) Aunt or uncle, when the niece or nephew was 18 years of age or over when the act was committed; or (v) Great-aunt or great-uncle, when the grand-niece or grand-nephew was 18 years of age or over when the act was committed; or (vi)  Grandparent or step-grandparent, when the grandchild or step-grandchild was 18 years of age or over when the act was committed.

(b) Sentence. Sexual relations within families
is a Class 3 felony.

(Source: P.A. 96-233, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)