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90_HB3673
750 ILCS 60/201 from Ch. 40, par. 2312-1
Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
Includes as a person protected by the Act any person abused
as a result of his or her relationship with a person who is
or has been a family or household member of the abuser.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of
2 1986 by changing Section 201.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 is
6 amended by changing Section 201 as follows:
7 (750 ILCS 60/201) (from Ch. 40, par. 2312-1)
8 Sec. 201. Persons protected by this Act.
9 (a) The following persons are protected by this Act:
10 (i) any person abused by a family or household
11 member or any person abused as a result of his or her
12 relationship with a person who is or has been a family or
13 household member of the abuser;
14 (ii) any high-risk adult with disabilities who is
15 abused, neglected, or exploited by a family or household
16 member;
17 (iii) any minor child or dependent adult in the
18 care of such person; and
19 (iv) any person residing or employed at a private
20 home or public shelter which is housing an abused family
21 or household member.
22 (b) A petition for an order of protection may be filed
23 only: (i) by a person who has been abused by a family or
24 household member or by any person on behalf of a minor child
25 or an adult who has been abused by a family or household
26 member and who, because of age, health, disability, or
27 inaccessibility, cannot file the petition, or (ii) by any
28 person on behalf of a high-risk adult with disabilities who
29 has been abused, neglected, or exploited by a family or
30 household member. However, any petition properly filed under
31 this Act may seek protection for any additional persons
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1 protected by this Act.
2 (Source: P.A. 86-542; 87-1186.)