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90_HB0966
750 ILCS 22/318
Amends the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
Provides that, upon request by a tribunal of another state,
a tribunal of this State shall issue or cause to be issued a
subpoena or a subpoena duces tecum requiring a person in this
State to appear at a deposition or before a tribunal and
answer questions or produce documents or other tangible
things for the purpose of obtaining information regarding
the person's assets, income, and ability to pay a support
order or judgment entered in the other state. Provides that
a tribunal of this State may make similar requests of a
tribunal in another state.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
2 by changing Section 318.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act is
6 amended by changing Section 318 as follows:
7 (750 ILCS 22/318)
8 Sec. 318. Assistance with discovery. A tribunal of this
9 State may:
10 (1) request a tribunal of another state to assist in
11 obtaining discovery; and
12 (2) upon request, compel a person over whom it has
13 jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a
14 tribunal of another state;.
15 (3) upon request by a tribunal of another state, issue a
16 subpoena or a subpoena duces tecum (in the case of a
17 tribunal authorized to issue subpoenas) or direct the clerk
18 of the circuit court to issue a subpoena or a subpoena duces
19 tecum (in the case of the circuit court) requiring a person
20 in this State to appear at a deposition or before a tribunal
21 and answer questions or produce documents or other tangible
22 things for the purpose of obtaining information regarding
23 the person's assets, income, and ability to pay a support
24 order or judgment entered in the other state; and
25 (4) request a tribunal of another state to issue or
26 cause to be issued a subpoena or a subpoena duces tecum
27 requiring a person in the other state to appear at a
28 deposition or before a tribunal in that state and answer
29 questions or produce documents or other tangible things for
30 the purpose of obtaining information regarding the person's
31 assets, income, and ability to pay a support order or
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1 judgment entered in this State.
2 The clerk of the circuit court shall issue a subpoena or
3 a subpoena duces tecum when directed to do so by the circuit
4 court in accordance with this Section.
5 (Source: P.A. 88-550, eff. date changed from 1-1-95 to 1-1-96
6 by P.A. 88-691.)