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90_SB0368

      305 ILCS 5/10-10          from Ch. 23, par. 10-10
      305 ILCS 5/10-11          from Ch. 23, par. 10-11
      750 ILCS 5/505            from Ch. 40, par. 505
      750 ILCS 15/3             from Ch. 40, par. 1106
      750 ILCS 15/4             from Ch. 40, par. 1107
      750 ILCS 20/24            from Ch. 40, par. 1224
      750 ILCS 45/14            from Ch. 40, par. 2514
          Amends  the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code,  the   Illinois
      Marriage  and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of
      Spouse and  Children  Act,  the  Revised  Uniform  Reciprocal
      Enforcement of Support Act, and the Illinois Parentage Act of
      1984.  Provides  that  a  child support order shall include a
      provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee each
      time the obligor obtains new employment  and  each  time  the
      obligor's employment is terminated for any reason. Failure to
      so  report  is  indirect criminal contempt, with bond for any
      obligor arrested for failure to report new  employment  being
      set  in the amount of the child support that should have been
      paid during the period of  unreported  employment.   Provides
      the  order shall also include a provision requiring that both
      the obligor and obligee parent advise each other of a  change
      in residence within 5 days of the change.
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                                               LRB9001054SMdv
 1        AN ACT regarding child support obligations.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Public Aid Code  is  amended  by
 5    changing Sections 10-10 and 10-11 as follows:
 6        (305 ILCS 5/10-10) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-10)
 7        Sec.  10-10.   Court  enforcement;  applicability also to
 8    persons who are not applicants or recipients.   Except  where
 9    the  Illinois  Department,  by  agreement, acts for the local
10    governmental unit,  as  provided  in  Section  10-3.1,  local
11    governmental  units shall refer to the State's Attorney or to
12    the proper legal representative of the governmental unit, for
13    judicial  enforcement  as  herein  provided,   instances   of
14    non-support  or  insufficient support when the dependents are
15    applicants or recipients under Article  VI.   The  Child  and
16    Spouse   Support  Unit  established  by  Section  10-3.1  may
17    institute in behalf of the Illinois  Department  any  actions
18    under  this  Section  for judicial enforcement of the support
19    liability  when  the  dependents  are   (a)   applicants   or
20    recipients under Articles III, IV, V or VII (b) applicants or
21    recipients  in  a  local  governmental unit when the Illinois
22    Department,  by  agreement,  acts  for  the  unit;   or   (c)
23    non-applicants  or  non-recipients  who are receiving support
24    enforcement services under this Article  X,  as  provided  in
25    Section  10-1.  Where  the  Child and Spouse Support Unit has
26    exercised  its  option  and  discretion  not  to  apply   the
27    provisions  of Sections 10-3 through 10-8, the failure by the
28    Unit to apply such provisions shall not be a bar to  bringing
29    an action under this Section.
30        Action  shall  be  brought in the circuit court to obtain
31    support, or for the recovery of aid granted during the period
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 1    such support was not provided, or both for the obtainment  of
 2    support  and  the  recovery of the aid provided.  Actions for
 3    the recovery of aid may be taken separately or  they  may  be
 4    consolidated  with  actions  to obtain support.  Such actions
 5    may be brought in the name of the person or persons requiring
 6    support, or may be  brought  in  the  name  of  the  Illinois
 7    Department  or  the  local  governmental  unit,  as  the case
 8    requires, in behalf of such persons.
 9        The court may enter such orders for the payment of moneys
10    for the support of the person as may be  just  and  equitable
11    and  may direct payment thereof for such period or periods of
12    time as the circumstances require, including  support  for  a
13    period before the date the order for support is entered.  The
14    order  may  be  entered  against  any or all of the defendant
15    responsible relatives and may be based upon the proportionate
16    ability of each to contribute to the person's support.
17        The Court shall determine the  amount  of  child  support
18    (including  child  support  for  a period before the date the
19    order for child support is entered) by using  the  guidelines
20    and  standards set forth in subsection (a) of Section 505 and
21    in Section 505.2 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution  of
22    Marriage Act. For purposes of determining the amount of child
23    support to be paid for a period before the date the order for
24    child  support  is entered, there is a rebuttable presumption
25    that the responsible relative's net income  for  that  period
26    was  the  same as his or her net income at the time the order
27    is entered.
28        An order entered  under  this  Section  shall  include  a
29    provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee each
30    time  the  obligor obtains new employment, including the name
31    and address of the new employer, and each time the  obligor's
32    employment  is  terminated for any reason.  Failure to report
33    new employment or the termination of  current  employment  is
34    indirect  criminal  contempt.   For  any obligor arrested for
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 1    failure to report new employment bond shall  be  set  in  the
 2    amount of the child support that should have been paid during
 3    the  period of unreported employment.  An order entered under
 4    this Section shall also include  a  provision  requiring  the
 5    obligor  and  obligee parent to advise each other of a change
 6    in residence within 5 days of the change.
 7        The Court shall determine the amount of maintenance using
 8    the standards set  forth  in  Section  504  of  the  Illinois
 9    Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
10        Any  new  or  existing support order entered by the court
11    under this  Section  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  series  of
12    judgments   against  the  person  obligated  to  pay  support
13    thereunder, each such judgment to be in the  amount  of  each
14    payment  or  installment of support and each such judgment to
15    be deemed entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
16    installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
17    Each such judgment shall have  the  full  force,  effect  and
18    attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
19    ability  to  be  enforced.   Any  such judgment is subject to
20    modification or termination only in accordance  with  Section
21    510 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
22        When  an order is entered for the support of a minor, the
23    court may provide therein for reasonable  visitation  of  the
24    minor  by the person or persons who provided support pursuant
25    to the order.  Whoever willfully refuses to comply with  such
26    visitation order or willfully interferes with its enforcement
27    may be declared in contempt of court and punished therefor.
28        Except where the local governmental unit has entered into
29    an  agreement  with the Illinois Department for the Child and
30    Spouse Support Unit to act for it,  as  provided  in  Section
31    10-3.1,   support  orders  entered  by  the  court  in  cases
32    involving applicants or recipients  under  Article  VI  shall
33    provide  that  payments  thereunder  be  made directly to the
34    local governmental unit.  Orders for the support of all other
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 1    applicants  or  recipients  shall   provide   that   payments
 2    thereunder  be  made  directly to the Illinois Department. In
 3    accordance with federal law  and  regulations,  the  Illinois
 4    Department   may  continue  to  collect  current  maintenance
 5    payments or child support  payments,  or  both,  after  those
 6    persons   cease   to  receive  public  assistance  and  until
 7    termination  of  services  under  Article  X.   The  Illinois
 8    Department shall  pay  the  net  amount  collected  to  those
 9    persons  after  deducting  any  costs  incurred in making the
10    collection or any collection  fee  from  the  amount  of  any
11    recovery  made.   In  both  cases  the order shall permit the
12    local governmental unit or the Illinois  Department,  as  the
13    case  may be, to direct the responsible relative or relatives
14    to make support payments directly to the needy person, or  to
15    some  person  or  agency  in  his behalf, upon removal of the
16    person from the public  aid  rolls  or  upon  termination  of
17    services under Article X.
18        If  the  notice of support due issued pursuant to Section
19    10-7 directs that support payments be made  directly  to  the
20    needy  person, or to some person or agency in his behalf, and
21    the recipient is removed from the  public  aid  rolls,  court
22    action   may   be  taken  against  the  responsible  relative
23    hereunder if he fails to furnish support in  accordance  with
24    the terms of such notice.
25        Actions  may also be brought under this Section in behalf
26    of any person who is in  need  of  support  from  responsible
27    relatives,  as  defined  in Section 2-11 of Article II who is
28    not an applicant for or recipient of financial aid under this
29    Code.  In such instances, the State's Attorney of the  county
30    in  which  such person resides shall bring action against the
31    responsible relatives hereunder.  If the Illinois Department,
32    as authorized by Section 10-1, extends the  support  services
33    provided  by  this  Article to spouses and dependent children
34    who are not applicants or recipients  under  this  Code,  the
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 1    Child  and  Spouse Support Unit established by Section 10-3.1
 2    shall  bring  action  against   the   responsible   relatives
 3    hereunder and any support orders entered by the court in such
 4    cases shall provide that payments thereunder be made directly
 5    to the Illinois Department.
 6        Whenever it is determined in a proceeding to establish or
 7    enforce  a  child  support or maintenance obligation that the
 8    person owing a duty of support is unemployed, the  court  may
 9    order  the  person to seek employment and report periodically
10    to the court with a diary, listing or other memorandum of his
11    or her efforts in accordance with such order.   Additionally,
12    the  court  may  order the unemployed person to report to the
13    Department of Employment Security for job search services  or
14    to  make application with the local Jobs Training Partnership
15    Act provider for participation in  job  search,  training  or
16    work  programs  and  where  the  duty of support is owed to a
17    child receiving support services under this  Article  X,  the
18    court  may  order  the  unemployed  person  to  report to the
19    Illinois Department for participation in job search, training
20    or work programs established under Section 9-6 of this Code.
21        A  determination  under  this  Section   shall   not   be
22    administratively  reviewable  by  the procedures specified in
23    Sections 10-12, and 10-13  to  10-13.10.   Any  determination
24    under these Sections, if made the basis of court action under
25    this   Section,   shall  not  affect  the  de  novo  judicial
26    determination required under this Section.
27        A one-time charge of 20% is imposable upon the amount  of
28    past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which has accrued
29    under a support order entered by the court.  The charge shall
30    be imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10-21
31    of  this  Code  and  shall  be  enforced  by  the  court upon
32    petition.
33        An order for support entered or modified  in  a  case  in
34    which  a party is receiving child and spouse support services
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 1    under this Article X shall include a provision requiring  the
 2    non-custodial  parent  to  notify  the  Illinois  Department,
 3    within 7 days, of the name and address of any new employer of
 4    the  non-custodial  parent,  whether the non-custodial parent
 5    has access to health insurance coverage through the  employer
 6    or  other  group  coverage,  and,  if so, the policy name and
 7    number and the names of persons covered under the policy.
 8        An order for support shall include a date  on  which  the
 9    current  support obligation terminates.  The termination date
10    shall be no earlier than the date on which the child  covered
11    by  the order will attain the age of majority or is otherwise
12    emancipated.  The order for  support  shall  state  that  the
13    termination  date  does  not  apply to any arrearage that may
14    remain unpaid on that date.  Nothing in this paragraph  shall
15    be construed to prevent the court from modifying the order.
16        Upon   notification   in   writing   or   by   electronic
17    transmission from the Illinois Department to the clerk of the
18    court  that  a person who is receiving support payments under
19    this Section is receiving services under  the  Child  Support
20    Enforcement  Program  established by Title IV-D of the Social
21    Security Act, any support payments subsequently  received  by
22    the  clerk  of  the  court shall be transmitted in accordance
23    with the instructions of the Illinois  Department  until  the
24    Illinois Department gives notice to the clerk of the court to
25    cease  the  transmittal.    After  providing the notification
26    authorized under  this  paragraph,  the  Illinois  Department
27    shall  be  entitled  as  a  party  to  notice  of any further
28    proceedings in the case.  The clerk of the court shall file a
29    copy of the Illinois Department's notification in  the  court
30    file.     The   clerk's   failure  to  file  a  copy  of  the
31    notification in the court file shall not, however, affect the
32    Illinois Department's right  to  receive  notice  of  further
33    proceedings.
34        Payments  under  this  Section to the Illinois Department
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 1    pursuant to the Child Support Enforcement Program established
 2    by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act shall be  paid  into
 3    the  Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund. All other payments
 4    under this  Section  to  the  Illinois  Department  shall  be
 5    deposited  in  the  Public  Assistance Recoveries Trust Fund.
 6    Disbursements from  these  funds  shall  be  as  provided  in
 7    Sections  12-9 and 12-10.2 of this Code. Payments received by
 8    a local governmental unit shall be deposited in  that  unit's
 9    General Assistance Fund.
10    (Source: P.A. 88-307; 88-687, eff. 1-24-95.)
11        (305 ILCS 5/10-11) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-11)
12        Sec.  10-11.   Administrative  Orders. In lieu of actions
13    for court enforcement of support  under  Section  10-10,  the
14    Child  and Spouse Support Unit of the Illinois Department, in
15    accordance with the rules of  the  Illinois  Department,  may
16    issue  an  administrative  order  requiring  the  responsible
17    relative  to  comply  with the terms of the determination and
18    notice of support due, determined and issued  under  Sections
19    10-6  and  10-7.    The Unit may also enter an administrative
20    order  under   subsection   (b)   of   Section   10-7.    The
21    administrative  order  shall  be  served upon the responsible
22    relative by United States registered or certified mail.
23        If a responsible relative fails to petition the  Illinois
24    Department   for   release   from   or  modification  of  the
25    administrative order, as provided in Section 10-12, the order
26    shall  become  final  and   there   shall   be   no   further
27    administrative  or  judicial  remedy.  Likewise a decision by
28    the Illinois Department as  a  result  of  an  administrative
29    hearing,  as  provided  in  Sections 10-13 to 10-13.10, shall
30    become final and enforceable if not judicially reviewed under
31    the Administrative Review Law, as provided in Section 10-14.
32        Any new or existing support order entered by the Illinois
33    Department under this Section shall be deemed to be a  series
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 1    of  judgments  against  the  person  obligated to pay support
 2    thereunder, each such judgment to be in the  amount  of  each
 3    payment  or  installment of support and each such judgment to
 4    be deemed entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
 5    installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
 6    Each such  judgment shall have the  full  force,  effect  and
 7    attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
 8    ability  to  be  enforced.   Any  such judgment is subject to
 9    modification or termination only in accordance  with  Section
10    510 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
11        An  order  entered  under  this  Section  shall include a
12    provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee each
13    time the obligor obtains new employment, including  the  name
14    and  address of the new employer, and each time the obligor's
15    employment is terminated for any reason.  Failure  to  report
16    new  employment  or  the termination of current employment is
17    indirect criminal contempt.  For  any  obligor  arrested  for
18    failure  to  report  new  employment bond shall be set in the
19    amount of the child support that should have been paid during
20    the period of unreported employment.  An order entered  under
21    this  Section  shall  also  include a provision requiring the
22    obligor and obligee parent to advise each other of  a  change
23    in residence within 5 days of the change.
24        A  one-time charge of 20% is imposable upon the amount of
25    past-due child support  owed  on  July  1,  1988,  which  has
26    accrued  under  a  support  order  entered  by  the  Illinois
27    Department  under  this Section.  The charge shall be imposed
28    in accordance with the provisions of Section 10-21 and  shall
29    be enforced by the court in a suit filed under Section 10-15.
30    (Source: P.A. 85-1156.)
31        Section  10.   The  Illinois  Marriage and Dissolution of
32    Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 505 as follows:
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 1        (750 ILCS 5/505) (from Ch. 40, par. 505)
 2        Sec. 505.  Child support; contempt; penalties.
 3        (a)  In a proceeding for dissolution of  marriage,  legal
 4    separation,   declaration   of   invalidity  of  marriage,  a
 5    proceeding for child support  following  dissolution  of  the
 6    marriage  by  a court which lacked personal jurisdiction over
 7    the  absent  spouse,  a  proceeding  for  modification  of  a
 8    previous order for child support under Section  510  of  this
 9    Act, or any proceeding authorized under Section 501 or 601 of
10    this  Act, the court may order either or both parents owing a
11    duty of support to a child of the marriage to pay  an  amount
12    reasonable  and  necessary for his support, without regard to
13    marital misconduct. The duty of  support   owed  to  a  minor
14    child  includes  the obligation to provide for the reasonable
15    and necessary physical, mental and emotional health needs  of
16    the child.
17             (1)  The Court shall determine the minimum amount of
18        support by using the following guidelines:
19          Number of Children       Percent of Supporting Party's
20              Net Income
21                  1                             20%
22                  2                             25%
23                  3                             32%
24                  4                             40%
25                  5                             45%
26              6 or more                         50%
27             (2)  The  above  guidelines shall be applied in each
28        case unless the court makes a finding that application of
29        the guidelines would be inappropriate, after  considering
30        the  best  interests  of  the  child in light of evidence
31        including but not limited to one or more of the following
32        relevant factors:
33                  (a)  the financial resources and needs  of  the
34             child;
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 1                  (b)  the  financial  resources and needs of the
 2             custodial parent;
 3                  (c)  the standard of  living  the  child  would
 4             have enjoyed had the marriage not been dissolved;
 5                  (d)  the  physical  and  emotional condition of
 6             the child, and his educational needs; and
 7                  (e)  the financial resources and needs  of  the
 8             non-custodial parent.
 9             If  the  court  deviates  from  the  guidelines, the
10        court's finding shall state the amount  of  support  that
11        would   have  been  required  under  the  guidelines,  if
12        determinable.  The court  shall  include  the  reason  or
13        reasons for the variance from the guidelines.
14             (3)  "Net  income"  is  defined  as the total of all
15        income from all sources, minus the following deductions:
16                  (a)  Federal income  tax  (properly  calculated
17             withholding or estimated payments);
18                  (b)  State   income  tax  (properly  calculated
19             withholding or estimated payments);
20                  (c)  Social Security (FICA payments);
21                  (d)  Mandatory     retirement     contributions
22             required by law or as a condition of employment;
23                  (e)  Union dues;
24                  (f)  Dependent          and          individual
25             health/hospitalization insurance premiums;
26                  (g)  Prior   obligations    of    support    or
27             maintenance actually paid pursuant to a court order;
28                  (h)  Expenditures  for  repayment of debts that
29             represent reasonable and necessary expenses for  the
30             production of income, medical expenditures necessary
31             to  preserve life or health, reasonable expenditures
32             for the benefit of the child and the  other  parent,
33             exclusive  of  gifts.   The  court  shall reduce net
34             income in determining the minimum amount of  support
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 1             to be ordered only for the period that such payments
 2             are   due   and  shall  enter  an  order  containing
 3             provisions for its self-executing modification  upon
 4             termination of such payment period.
 5             (4)  In  cases  where  the  court order provides for
 6        health/hospitalization  insurance  coverage  pursuant  to
 7        Section  505.2  of  this  Act,  the  premiums  for   that
 8        insurance,  or that portion of the premiums for which the
 9        supporting party is responsible in the case of  insurance
10        provided  through  an  employer's  health  insurance plan
11        where the employer pays a portion of the premiums,  shall
12        be  subtracted from net income in determining the minimum
13        amount of support to be ordered.
14             (4.5)  In a proceeding for child  support  following
15        dissolution  of  the  marriage  by  a  court  that lacked
16        personal jurisdiction over  the  absent  spouse,  and  in
17        which  the  court is requiring payment of support for the
18        period before the date an order for  current  support  is
19        entered,  there  is  a  rebuttable  presumption  that the
20        supporting party's net income for the  prior  period  was
21        the  same  as his or her net income at the time the order
22        for current support is entered.
23             (5)  If the net income cannot be determined  because
24        of  default  or  any  other reason, the court shall order
25        support  in  an  amount  considered  reasonable  in   the
26        particular  case.   The  final  order  in all cases shall
27        state the support level in dollar amounts.
28        (b)  Failure of either parent to comply with an order  to
29    pay  support  shall  be  punishable  as  in  other  cases  of
30    contempt.  In addition to other penalties provided by law the
31    Court may, after finding the parent guilty of contempt, order
32    that the parent be:
33             (1)  placed  on  probation  with  such conditions of
34        probation as the Court deems advisable;
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 1             (2)  sentenced to periodic imprisonment for a period
 2        not to exceed 6 months; provided, however, that the Court
 3        may permit the parent to be released for periods of  time
 4        during the day or night to:
 5                  (A)  work; or
 6                  (B)  conduct  a business or other self-employed
 7             occupation.
 8        The Court may further  order  any  part  or  all  of  the
 9    earnings   of   a   parent  during  a  sentence  of  periodic
10    imprisonment paid to the Clerk of the Circuit Court or to the
11    parent having custody or to the guardian  having  custody  of
12    the minor children of the sentenced parent for the support of
13    said minor children until further order of the Court.
14        The  court may also order in cases where the parent is 90
15    days or more delinquent in payment of  support  or  has  been
16    adjudicated  in  arrears  in  an  amount  equal  to  90  days
17    obligation  or  more,  that  the  parent's  Illinois  driving
18    privileges  be  suspended until the court determines that the
19    parent is in compliance with the order of support. The  court
20    may  also  order that the parent be issued a family financial
21    responsibility  driving  permit  that  would  allow   limited
22    driving  privileges  for  employment  and medical purposes in
23    accordance with Section 7-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
24    The clerk of  the  circuit  court  shall  certify  the  order
25    suspending  the  driving privileges of the parent or granting
26    the issuance of a  family  financial  responsibility  driving
27    permit  to  the Secretary of State on forms prescribed by the
28    Secretary. Upon receipt of the authenticated  documents,  the
29    Secretary   of  State  shall  suspend  the  parent's  driving
30    privileges until further order of the  court  and  shall,  if
31    ordered  by  the  court, subject to the provisions of Section
32    7-702.1  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code,  issue  a   family
33    financial responsibility driving permit to the parent.
34        (c)  A  one-time  charge  of  20%  is  imposable upon the
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 1    amount of past-due child support owed on July 1,  1988  which
 2    has  accrued under a support order entered by the court.  The
 3    charge shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions  of
 4    Section  10-21  of  the Illinois Public Aid Code and shall be
 5    enforced by the court upon petition.
 6        (d)  Any new or existing support  order  entered  by  the
 7    court  under  this  Section shall be deemed to be a series of
 8    judgments  against  the  person  obligated  to  pay   support
 9    thereunder,  each  such  judgment to be in the amount of each
10    payment or installment of support and each such  judgment  to
11    be deemed entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
12    installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
13    Each  such  judgment  shall  have  the full force, effect and
14    attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
15    ability to be enforced.
16        (e)  When child support is to be paid through  the  clerk
17    of  the  court  in a county of 1,000,000 inhabitants or less,
18    the order shall direct the obligor to pay to  the  clerk,  in
19    addition  to  the child support payments, all fees imposed by
20    the county board under paragraph (3)  of  subsection  (u)  of
21    Section  27.1  of  the  Clerks of Courts Act.  Unless paid in
22    cash or pursuant to an order for withholding, the payment  of
23    the  fee  shall  be by a separate instrument from the support
24    payment and shall be made to the order of the Clerk.
25        (f)  An order for support entered or modified in  a  case
26    in  which  a  party  is  receiving  child  and spouse support
27    services under Article X of  the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code
28    shall include a provision requiring the obligor to notify the
29    Illinois  Department of Public Aid, within 7 days, (i) of the
30    name and address of any new employer  of  the  obligor,  (ii)
31    whether  the  obligor has access to health insurance coverage
32    through the employer or other group coverage,  and  (iii)  if
33    so,  the  policy  name  and  number  and the names of persons
34    covered under the policy.
                            -14-               LRB9001054SMdv
 1        (g)  An order for support shall include a date  on  which
 2    the  current  support obligation terminates.  The termination
 3    date shall be no earlier than the date  on  which  the  child
 4    covered  by  the  order will attain the age of majority or is
 5    otherwise emancipated.  The order  for  support  shall  state
 6    that  the  termination  date  does not apply to any arrearage
 7    that may  remain  unpaid  on  that  date.   Nothing  in  this
 8    subsection  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the court from
 9    modifying the order.
10        (h)  An order entered under this Section shall include  a
11    provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee each
12    time  the  obligor obtains new employment, including the name
13    and address of the new employer, and each time the  obligor's
14    employment  is  terminated for any reason.  Failure to report
15    new employment or the termination of  current  employment  is
16    indirect  criminal  contempt.   For  any obligor arrested for
17    failure to report new employment bond shall  be  set  in  the
18    amount of the child support that should have been paid during
19    the  period of unreported employment.  An order entered under
20    this Section shall also include  a  provision  requiring  the
21    obligor  and  obligee parent to advise each other of a change
22    in residence within 5 days of the change.
23    (Source: P.A.  88-307;  88-687,  eff.  1-24-95;  89-88,  eff.
24    6-30-95; 89-92, eff. 7-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
25        Section  15.   The Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act
26    is amended by changing Sections 3 and 4 as follows:
27        (750 ILCS 15/3) (from Ch. 40, par. 1106)
28        Sec. 3.  At any time before the trial, upon motion of the
29    State's Attorney, or of the Attorney General  if  the  action
30    has  been  instituted  by  his office, and upon notice to the
31    defendant, or at the time of arraignment or as a condition of
32    the postponement of arraignment, the court at  any  time  may
                            -15-               LRB9001054SMdv
 1    enter  such  temporary  order as may seem just, providing for
 2    the support or maintenance of the spouse or child or children
 3    of the defendant, or both, pendente lite.
 4        The Court shall determine the amount of child support  by
 5    using  the  guidelines  and standards set forth in subsection
 6    (a) of Section 505 and  in  Section  505.2  of  the  Illinois
 7    Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
 8        An  order  entered  under  this  Section  shall include a
 9    provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee each
10    time the obligor obtains new employment, including  the  name
11    and  address of the new employer, and each time the obligor's
12    employment is terminated for any reason.  Failure  to  report
13    new  employment  or  the termination of current employment is
14    indirect criminal contempt.  For  any  obligor  arrested  for
15    failure  to  report  new  employment bond shall be set in the
16    amount of the child support that should have been paid during
17    the period of unreported employment.  An order entered  under
18    this  Section  shall  also  include a provision requiring the
19    obligor and obligee parent to advise each other of  a  change
20    in residence within 5 days of the change.
21        The Court shall determine the amount of maintenance using
22    the  standards  set  forth  in  Section  504  of the Illinois
23    Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
24        The court may for  violation  of  any  order  under  this
25    Section  punish  the offender as for a contempt of court, but
26    no pendente lite order shall remain in  force  for  a  longer
27    term  than  4  months, or after the discharge of any panel of
28    jurors  summoned  for  service  thereafter  in  such   court,
29    whichever is the sooner.
30        Any  new  or  existing support order entered by the court
31    under this  Section  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  series  of
32    judgments   against  the  person  obligated  to  pay  support
33    thereunder, each such judgment to be in the  amount  of  each
34    payment  or  installment of support and each such judgment to
                            -16-               LRB9001054SMdv
 1    be deemed entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
 2    installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
 3    Each such judgment shall have  the  full  force,  effect  and
 4    attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
 5    ability  to  be  enforced.   Any  such judgment is subject to
 6    modification or termination only in accordance  with  Section
 7    510 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
 8        A  one-time  interest charge of 20% is imposable upon the
 9    amount of past-due child support owed on July 1,  1988  which
10    has  accrued under a support order entered by the court.  The
11    charge shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions  of
12    Section  10-21  of  the Illinois Public Aid Code and shall be
13    enforced by the court upon petition.
14        An order for support entered or modified  in  a  case  in
15    which  a party is receiving child and spouse support services
16    under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code shall include
17    a provision requiring the non-custodial parent to notify  the
18    Illinois Department of Public Aid, within 7 days, of the name
19    and  address of any new employer of the non-custodial parent,
20    whether  the  non-custodial  parent  has  access  to   health
21    insurance  coverage  through  the  employer  or  other  group
22    coverage,  and,  if  so,  the  policy name and number and the
23    names of persons covered under the policy.
24        An order for support shall include a date  on  which  the
25    current  support obligation terminates.  The termination date
26    shall be no earlier than the date on which the child  covered
27    by  the order will attain the age of majority or is otherwise
28    emancipated.  The order for  support  shall  state  that  the
29    termination  date  does  not  apply to any arrearage that may
30    remain unpaid on that date.  Nothing in this paragraph  shall
31    be construed to prevent the court from modifying the order.
32    (Source: P.A. 88-307.)
33        (750 ILCS 15/4) (from Ch. 40, par. 1107)
                            -17-               LRB9001054SMdv
 1        Sec. 4.  Whenever a fine is imposed it may be directed by
 2    the  court to be paid, in whole or in part, to the spouse, or
 3    if the support of a minor child or children is  involved,  to
 4    the  clerk,  probation officer, the Court Service Division of
 5    the County Department of Public Aid in counties of 3  million
 6    or  more  population  or to the Illinois Department of Public
 7    Aid or a local governmental unit if a recipient of public aid
 8    is involved, in accordance with  Section  2.1,  as  the  case
 9    requires,  to  be  disbursed  by  such  officers,  agency  or
10    governmental  unit  under  the  terms  of the order. However,
11    before the trial with the consent of the defendant, or at the
12    trial on entry of a plea  of  guilty,  or  after  conviction,
13    instead  of  imposing the penalty provided in this Act, or in
14    addition thereto, the court in its discretion, having  regard
15    to  the  circumstances  and  the financial ability or earning
16    capacity of the defendant, may  make  an  order,  subject  to
17    change  by  the  court from time to time as circumstances may
18    require,  directing  the  defendant  to  pay  a  certain  sum
19    periodically for a term not exceeding 3 years to  the  spouse
20    or,  if the support of a minor child or children is involved,
21    to the clerk, probation officer, the Court  Service  Division
22    of  the  County  Department  of  Public  Aid in counties of 3
23    million or more population or to the Illinois  Department  of
24    Public  Aid  or  a  local governmental unit if a recipient of
25    public aid is involved in accordance with Section 2.1, as the
26    case requires, to be disbursed by such  officers,  agency  or
27    governmental unit under the terms of the order.
28        The  Court shall determine the amount of child support by
29    using the standards set forth in subsection  (a)  of  Section
30    505  and  in  Section  505.2  of  the  Illinois  Marriage and
31    Dissolution of Marriage Act.
32        An order entered  under  this  Section  shall  include  a
33    provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee each
34    time  the  obligor obtains new employment, including the name
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 1    and address of the new employer, and each time the  obligor's
 2    employment  is  terminated for any reason.  Failure to report
 3    new employment or the termination of  current  employment  is
 4    indirect  criminal  contempt.   For  any obligor arrested for
 5    failure to report new employment bond shall  be  set  in  the
 6    amount of the child support that should have been paid during
 7    the  period of unreported employment.  An order entered under
 8    this Section shall also include  a  provision  requiring  the
 9    obligor  and  obligee parent to advise each other of a change
10    in residence within 5 days of the change.
11        The Court shall determine the amount of maintenance using
12    the standards set  forth  in  Section  504  of  the  Illinois
13    Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
14        The  court may also relieve the defendant from custody on
15    probation for the period fixed in the order or judgment  upon
16    his  or  her  entering  into  a recognizance, with or without
17    surety, in such sum as the court  orders  and  approves.  The
18    condition  of  the  recognizance  shall  be  such that if the
19    defendant makes his  or  her  personal  appearance  in  court
20    whenever ordered to do so by the court, during such period as
21    may  be  so fixed, and further complies with the terms of the
22    order of support, or of any subsequent modification  thereof,
23    then  the recognizance shall be void; otherwise in full force
24    and effect.
25        Any new or existing support order entered  by  the  court
26    under  this  Section  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  series of
27    judgments  against  the  person  obligated  to  pay   support
28    thereunder,  each  such  judgment to be in the amount of each
29    payment or installment of support and each such  judgment  to
30    be deemed entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
31    installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
32    Each  such  judgment  shall  have  the full force, effect and
33    attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
34    ability to be enforced.  Any  such  judgment  is  subject  to
                            -19-               LRB9001054SMdv
 1    modification  or  termination only in accordance with Section
 2    510 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
 3        A one-time charge of 20% is imposable upon the amount  of
 4    past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which has accrued
 5    under a support order entered by the court.  The charge shall
 6    be imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10-21
 7    of  the Illinois Public Aid Code and shall be enforced by the
 8    court upon petition.
 9        An order for support entered or modified  in  a  case  in
10    which  a party is receiving child and spouse support services
11    under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code shall include
12    a provision requiring the non-custodial parent to notify  the
13    Illinois Department of Public Aid, within 7 days, of the name
14    and  address of any new employer of the non-custodial parent,
15    whether  the  non-custodial  parent  has  access  to   health
16    insurance  coverage  through  the  employer  or  other  group
17    coverage,  and,  if  so,  the  policy name and number and the
18    names of persons covered under the policy.
19        An order for support shall include a date  on  which  the
20    current  support obligation terminates.  The termination date
21    shall be no earlier than the date on which the child  covered
22    by  the order will attain the age of majority or is otherwise
23    emancipated.  The order for  support  shall  state  that  the
24    termination  date  does  not  apply to any arrearage that may
25    remain unpaid on that date.  Nothing in this paragraph  shall
26    be construed to prevent the court from modifying the order.
27    (Source: P.A. 88-307.)
28        Section  20.   The Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement
29    of Support Act is amended by changing 24 as follows:
30        (750 ILCS 20/24) (from Ch. 40, par. 1224)
31        Sec. 24. Order of Support.  If the responding court finds
32    a duty of support it may order the obligor to furnish support
                            -20-               LRB9001054SMdv
 1    or reimbursement therefor and subject  the  property  of  the
 2    obligor to the order.
 3        Any  new  or existing support order entered by a court or
 4    administrative body of this  or  any  other  State  shall  be
 5    deemed  to  be  a  series  of  judgments  against  the person
 6    obligated to pay support thereunder, each such judgment to be
 7    in the amount of each payment or installment of  support  and
 8    each  such  judgment  to be deemed entered as of the date the
 9    corresponding payment or installment becomes  due  under  the
10    terms of the support order.  Each such judgment shall:
11             (1)  have  the full force, effect, and attributes of
12        any other judgment of such State, including  the  ability
13        to be enforced;
14             (2)  be  entitled  as  a  judgment to full faith and
15        credit in this and any other State; and
16             (3)  not be subject to retroactive  modification  by
17        this  or  any  other  State;  except that modification is
18        permitted with respect to any period during  which  there
19        is pending a petition for modification, but only from the
20        date  that  notice  of  such  petition  has been given in
21        accordance with law.
22        Where the terms of a support order entered by a court  or
23    administrative body of this or any other State are subject to
24    modification,  or  where action is not based upon such order,
25    the Illinois court shall determine the amount of  maintenance
26    or  child  support  by using the guidelines and standards set
27    forth in Section 504, or in subsection (a) of Section 505 and
28    in Section 505.2 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution  of
29    Marriage Act, respectively.
30        When no prior support order exists, but the court finds a
31    duty  of support and enters an order for current support, the
32    court may enter an order for payment of support for a  period
33    before  the  date  the  order for current support is entered.
34    Support for the prior period shall be determined by using the
                            -21-               LRB9001054SMdv
 1    guidelines and standards set forth  in  Section  504,  or  in
 2    subsection  (a)  of  Section 505, and in Section 505.2 of the
 3    Illinois Marriage  and  Dissolution  of  Marriage  Act.   For
 4    purposes  of determining the amount of support to be paid for
 5    the prior period, there is a rebuttable presumption that  the
 6    obligor's  net  income for that period was the same as his or
 7    her net income at the time the order for current  support  is
 8    entered.
 9        Support  orders  made  pursuant to this Act shall require
10    that payments be made to  the  clerk  of  the  court  of  the
11    responding  state.  The court and prosecuting attorney of any
12    county in which the obligor is present or has  property  have
13    the same powers and duties to enforce the order as have those
14    of the county in which it was first issued. If enforcement is
15    impossible  or cannot be completed in the county in which the
16    order was issued,  the  prosecuting  attorney  shall  send  a
17    certified  copy  of  the order to the prosecuting attorney of
18    any county in which it appears that  proceedings  to  enforce
19    the  order  would  be  effective. The prosecuting attorney to
20    whom the certified copy  of  the  order  is  forwarded  shall
21    proceed  with  enforcement  and  report  the  results  of the
22    proceedings to the court first issuing the order.
23        An order entered  under  this  Section  shall  include  a
24    provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee each
25    time  the  obligor obtains new employment, including the name
26    and address of the new employer, and each time the  obligor's
27    employment  is  terminated for any reason.  Failure to report
28    new employment or the termination of  current  employment  is
29    indirect  criminal  contempt.   For  any obligor arrested for
30    failure to report new employment bond shall  be  set  in  the
31    amount of the child support that should have been paid during
32    the  period of unreported employment.  An order entered under
33    this Section shall also include  a  provision  requiring  the
34    obligor  and  obligee parent to advise each other of a change
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 1    in residence within 5 days of the change.
 2        A one-time charge of 20% is imposable upon the amount  of
 3    past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which has accrued
 4    under a support order entered by the court.  The charge shall
 5    be imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10-21
 6    of  the Illinois Public Aid Code and shall be enforced by the
 7    court upon petition.
 8        A court or administrative body of this State may modify a
 9    support order of another state only if that  other  state  no
10    longer   has   continuing,   exclusive  jurisdiction  of  the
11    proceeding in which the support order was entered.  The order
12    must  be  registered  under  Section  609  of   the   Uniform
13    Interstate  Family  Support  Act  and may be modified only if
14    permitted under Section 611 of the Uniform Interstate  Family
15    Support Act.
16        An  order  for  support  entered or modified in a case in
17    which a party is receiving child and spouse support  services
18    under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code shall include
19    a  provision requiring the non-custodial parent to notify the
20    Illinois Department of Public Aid, within 7 days, of the name
21    and address of any new employer of the non-custodial  parent,
22    whether   the  non-custodial  parent  has  access  to  health
23    insurance  coverage  through  the  employer  or  other  group
24    coverage, and, if so, the policy  name  and  number  and  the
25    names of persons covered under the policy.
26        An  order  for  support shall include a date on which the
27    current support obligation terminates.  The termination  date
28    shall  be no earlier than the date on which the child covered
29    by the order will attain the age of majority or is  otherwise
30    emancipated.    The  order  for  support shall state that the
31    termination date does not apply to  any  arrearage  that  may
32    remain  unpaid on that date.  Nothing in this paragraph shall
33    be construed to prevent the court from modifying the order.
34    (Source: P.A. 88-307; 88-550 (eff. date changed  from  1-1-95
                            -23-               LRB9001054SMdv
 1    to 1-1-96 on 1-24-95 by P.A. 88-691); 88-687, eff. 1-24-95.)
 2        Section  25.   The  Illinois  Parentage  Act  of  1984 is
 3    amended by changing Section 14 as follows:
 4        (750 ILCS 45/14) (from Ch. 40, par. 2514)
 5        Sec. 14.  Judgment.
 6        (a) (1)  The judgment shall contain or explicitly reserve
 7    provisions concerning any duty and amount  of  child  support
 8    and   may  contain  provisions  concerning  the  custody  and
 9    guardianship of the child,  visitation  privileges  with  the
10    child,  the  furnishing  of  bond  or  other security for the
11    payment of the judgment, which the court shall  determine  in
12    accordance  with  the  relevant  factors  set  forth  in  the
13    Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of Marriage Act and any
14    other applicable law of Illinois, to guide  the  court  in  a
15    finding  in  the best interests of the child.  In determining
16    custody, joint custody, or visitation, the court shall  apply
17    the   relevant   standards   of  the  Illinois  Marriage  and
18    Dissolution of Marriage Act. Specifically, in determining the
19    amount of any child support award, the court  shall  use  the
20    guidelines  and  standards  set  forth  in  subsection (a) of
21    Section 505 and in Section 505.2 of the Illinois Marriage and
22    Dissolution of Marriage Act.  For purposes of Section 505  of
23    the  Illinois  Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, "net
24    income"  of  the  non-custodial  parent  shall  include   any
25    benefits  available  to that person under the Illinois Public
26    Aid  Code   or   from   other   federal,   State   or   local
27    government-funded  programs.   The  court shall, in any event
28    and regardless of the amount of  the  non-custodial  parent's
29    net income, in its judgment order the non-custodial parent to
30    pay child support to the custodial parent in a minimum amount
31    of  not less than $10 per month.  In an action brought within
32    2 years after a child's birth,  the  judgment  or  order  may
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 1    direct  either parent to pay the reasonable expenses incurred
 2    by either parent related to the mother's  pregnancy  and  the
 3    delivery  of  the child.  The judgment or order shall contain
 4    the father's social security number, which the  father  shall
 5    disclose to the court.
 6        (2)  If  a  judgment  of  parentage  contains no explicit
 7    award of custody, the establishment of a  support  obligation
 8    or  of  visitation rights in one parent shall be considered a
 9    judgment granting custody  to  the  other  parent.    If  the
10    parentage judgment contains no such provisions, custody shall
11    be  presumed  to be with the mother; however, the presumption
12    shall not apply if the father has had physical custody for at
13    least 6 months prior to the date that  the  mother  seeks  to
14    enforce custodial rights.
15        (b)  The  court  shall  order all child support payments,
16    determined in accordance with such  guidelines,  to  commence
17    with  the  date  summons  is  served.   The  level of current
18    periodic support payments shall not  be  reduced  because  of
19    payments set for the period prior to the date of entry of the
20    support  order.   The  Court  may  order  any  child  support
21    payments to be made for a period prior to the commencement of
22    the  action.  In  determining whether and the extent to which
23    the payments shall be made for any prior  period,  the  court
24    shall  consider all relevant facts, including the factors for
25    determining the amount of support specified in  the  Illinois
26    Marriage  and Dissolution of Marriage Act and other equitable
27    factors including but not limited to:
28             (1)  The father's prior knowledge of  the  fact  and
29        circumstances of the child's birth.
30             (2)  The  father's  prior  willingness or refusal to
31        help raise or support the child.
32             (3)  The extent to which the mother  or  the  public
33        agency bringing the action previously informed the father
34        of  the child's needs or attempted to seek or require his
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 1        help in raising or supporting the child.
 2             (4)  The reasons the mother or the public agency did
 3        not file the action earlier.
 4             (5)  The  extent  to  which  the  father  would   be
 5        prejudiced by the delay in bringing the action.
 6        For  purposes  of determining the amount of child support
 7    to be paid for any period  before  the  date  the  order  for
 8    current  child  support  is  entered,  there  is a rebuttable
 9    presumption that the father's net income for the prior period
10    was the same as his net income at  the  time  the  order  for
11    current child support is entered.
12        (c)  Any  new  or  existing  support order entered by the
13    court under this Section shall be deemed to be  a  series  of
14    judgments   against  the  person  obligated  to  pay  support
15    thereunder, each judgment to be in the amount of each payment
16    or installment of support and each such judgment to be deemed
17    entered  as  of  the  date  the  corresponding   payment   or
18    installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
19    Each   judgment   shall  have  the  full  force,  effect  and
20    attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
21    ability to be enforced.
22        (d)  If the judgment or order of the court is at variance
23    with the child's birth certificate,  the  court  shall  order
24    that  a  new  birth  certificate  be  issued  under the Vital
25    Records Act.
26        (e)  On request of the mother and the father,  the  court
27    shall  order  a  change  in  the  child's name. After hearing
28    evidence the court may stay payment  of  support  during  the
29    period of the father's minority or period of disability.
30        (f)  If,  upon proper service, the father fails to appear
31    in court, or otherwise appear as provided by law,  the  court
32    may proceed to hear the cause upon testimony of the mother or
33    other  parties taken in open court and shall enter a judgment
34    by default.  The court may reserve any order as to the amount
                            -26-               LRB9001054SMdv
 1    of child support until the father  has  received  notice,  by
 2    regular mail, of a hearing on the matter.
 3        (g)  A  one-time  charge  of  20%  is  imposable upon the
 4    amount of past-due child support owed on July 1,  1988  which
 5    has  accrued under a support order entered by the court.  The
 6    charge shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions  of
 7    Section  10-21  of  the Illinois Public Aid Code and shall be
 8    enforced by the court upon petition.
 9        (h)  An order for support entered or modified in  a  case
10    in  which  a  party  is  receiving  child  and spouse support
11    services under Article X of  the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code
12    shall  include a provision requiring the non-custodial parent
13    to notify the Illinois Department of  Public  Aid,  within  7
14    days,  of  the  name  and  address of any new employer of the
15    non-custodial parent, whether the  non-custodial  parent  has
16    access  to  health insurance coverage through the employer or
17    other group coverage, and, if so, the policy name and  number
18    and the names of persons covered under the policy.
19        (i)  An  order  for support shall include a date on which
20    the current support obligation terminates.   The  termination
21    date  shall  be  no  earlier than the date on which the child
22    covered by the order will attain the age of  majority  or  is
23    otherwise  emancipated.    The  order for support shall state
24    that the termination date does not  apply  to  any  arrearage
25    that  may  remain  unpaid  on  that  date.   Nothing  in this
26    subsection shall be  construed  to  prevent  the  court  from
27    modifying the order.
28        (j)  An  order entered under this Section shall include a
29    provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee each
30    time the obligor obtains new employment, including  the  name
31    and  address of the new employer, and each time the obligor's
32    employment is terminated for any reason.  Failure  to  report
33    new  employment  or  the termination of current employment is
34    indirect criminal contempt.  For  any  obligor  arrested  for
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 1    failure  to  report  new  employment bond shall be set in the
 2    amount of the child support that should have been paid during
 3    the period of unreported employment.  An order entered  under
 4    this  Section  shall  also  include a provision requiring the
 5    obligor and obligee parent to advise each other of  a  change
 6    in residence within 5 days of the change.
 7    (Source: P.A. 88-307; 88-538; 88-687, eff. 1-24-95.)

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