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90_SB1024

      New Act
      305 ILCS 5/10-16.2        from Ch. 23, par. 10-16.2
      750 ILCS 5/706.1          from Ch. 40, par. 706.1
      750 ILCS 15/4.1           from Ch. 40, par. 1107.1
      750 ILCS 20/26.1          from Ch. 40, par. 1226.1
      750 ILCS 45/20            from Ch. 40, par. 2520
          Creates the New Hire Reporting Act.   Requires  employers
      to   report  newly  hired  employees  to  the  Department  of
      Employment Security, and requires that Department to maintain
      a database of reported information and share that information
      with the  Departments  of  Public  Aid  and  Human  Services,
      circuit  clerks, and federal offices for purposes of enabling
      them to perform their duties concerning collection  of  child
      support.   Provides  penalties  for  failure  to  comply with
      reporting requirements.  Requires the  Department  of  Public
      Aid  to  establish  a community advisory committee to oversee
      implementation of the Act and to take other actions.   Amends
      the income withholding provisions of the Public Aid Code, the
      Marriage  and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of
      Spouse and  Children  Act,  the  Revised  Uniform  Reciprocal
      Enforcement  of  Support  Act, and the Parentage Act of 1984.
      Provides for orders for withholding to be served  by  regular
      or  certified  mail  or  facsimile (now, by certified mail or
      personal delivery).  Requires a payor's nonperformance within
      specified time periods to be  documented  by  certified  mail
      return  receipt.  Provides that an order for withholding need
      not be served again on  a  payor  if  income  withholding  is
      terminated  because  of  an  interruption  in  the  obligor's
      employment of less than 180 days.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT concerning child support.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 1.  Short title.  This Act may be  cited  as  the
 5    New Hire Reporting Act.
 6        Section 5.  Definitions.  In this Act:
 7        "Employee" means any individual permitted to work in this
 8    State  by  an employer in an occupation, but does not include
 9    any individual:
10             (1)  who has been and will continue to be free  from
11        control  and direction over the performance of his or her
12        work, both under his or her contract of service with  his
13        or her employer and in fact; and
14             (2)  who  performs  work  that is either outside the
15        usual course of business or is performed outside  all  of
16        the  places  of  business  of  the  employer  unless  the
17        employer  is  in  the  business of contracting with third
18        parties for the placement of employees; and
19             (3)  who is in an independently  established  trade,
20        occupation, profession, or business.
21        "Employer"    means    any    individual,    partnership,
22    association,  corporation, business trust, or other person or
23    group  of  persons  acting  directly  or  indirectly  in  the
24    interest of an employer in relation to an employee, for which
25    one or more persons is gainfully employed in this State.
26        Section 10.  Reporting employment.  Every employer  shall
27    report to the Department of Employment Security the hiring of
28    any  employee  after  September  30,  1997.  The report shall
29    contain the newly hired employee's name, address, and  social
30    security  number  and   the  employer's  name,  address,  and
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 1    federal  employer  identification  number.  At the employer's
 2    option, the report may include the date on which the employee
 3    was hired and the address at which the employer wants  to  be
 4    served  with  any  order  for  withholding under the Illinois
 5    Public Aid Code, the Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of
 6    Marriage Act, the Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act, the
 7    Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or the
 8    Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, if different from the address
 9    designated  for  purposes  of the employer's federal employer
10    identification number.
11        Section 15.  Reporting procedure.
12        (a)  An employer shall make  the  report  required  under
13    Section  10  within  20  days  after  hiring an employee.  An
14    employer making the reports  magnetically  or  electronically
15    shall  do  so by making 2 reports each month, at least 12 but
16    not more than 16 days apart.
17        (b)  An employer shall make  the  report  required  under
18    Section  10  by  sending a copy of the newly hired employee's
19    W-4  form,  or  any  equivalent  form  or  mechanism  of  the
20    employer's choice  that  includes  the  information  required
21    under Section 10, to the Department of Employment Security by
22    any  of  the following means: electronically or by facsimile,
23    mail, magnetic tape, computer printout, or diskette.
24        (c)  If an employer has employees in 2 or more states and
25    submits the reports required under Section 10 magnetically or
26    electronically, the employer may submit all reports of  newly
27    hired  employees  to  a  single designated state in which the
28    employer has employees,  after  notifying  the  Secretary  of
29    Health and Human Services.
30        Section  20.   Penalty  for  failure  to  comply.  If  an
31    employer  knowingly  and  without  reasonable  cause fails to
32    comply with the reporting requirements  under  this  Act  and
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 1    without  reasonable  cause  continues  to fail to comply with
 2    those requirements for more than 21 days after the Department
 3    of Employment Security mails a notice of noncompliance to the
 4    employer by certified mail,  return  receipt  requested,  the
 5    Department   of  Employment  Security  shall  impose  on  the
 6    employer a civil  administrative  penalty  of  $15.   If  the
 7    employer's  failure to comply with the reporting requirements
 8    under this Act as described in the preceding sentence is  the
 9    result  of a conspiracy between the employer and the employee
10    whose hiring was not reported, the employer is  guilty  of  a
11    Class  B misdemeanor, for which a fine not exceeding $500 may
12    be imposed.  An employer does not commit a  conspiracy  under
13    this  Section  if  the  failure to report was the result of a
14    conspiracy between  the  newly  hired  employee  and  another
15    employee committed without the owner's knowledge.
16        Section 25.  Information database.
17        (a)  The Department of Employment Security shall maintain
18    a  database  containing  the  information reported under this
19    Act.  Reported information shall be maintained for 3 years.
20        (b)  The Department of Employment Security shall make the
21    information in the database available to  the  following  for
22    the  purpose  of  enabling  them  to  perform their duties in
23    connection  with  the  collection  of  child  support:    the
24    Departments  of  Public Aid and Human Services, clerks of the
25    circuit court, and federal offices as required by  law.   The
26    supplying of this information shall be limited to named cases
27    and is subject to all confidentiality requirements of law.
28        Section  30.  Toll-free  telephone  line;  public service
29    announcements.
30        (a)  The  Department   of   Employment   Security   shall
31    establish  a toll-free telephone line for new hire reporting,
32    employer  follow-up  to   correct   errors   and   facilitate
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 1    electronic  transmission,  and  an  expedited  administrative
 2    hearing    process   to   determine   reasonable   cause   in
 3    non-compliance situations.
 4        (b)  The Department of Employment  Security  shall  issue
 5    public service announcements and mailings to inform employers
 6    about  the  new  hire  reporting  requirements and procedures
 7    under this Act, including simple instructions  on  completion
 8    of  the  Form  W-4  and information on electronic or magnetic
 9    transmission of data.
10        Section  35.  Department  of  Public  Aid  duties.    The
11    Department of Public Aid shall establish a community advisory
12    committee   for  oversight  of  the  implementation  process,
13    toll-free telephone lines for employers  with  child  support
14    questions,  an  expedited  hearing  process for non-custodial
15    parents who contest an employer's execution of an  order  for
16    withholding  and  brochures  and public service announcements
17    that inform the general public about the New  Hire  Directory
18    and   how  to  utilize  it,  within  the  federal  and  State
19    confidentiality laws, in pursuit of child support.
20        Section 40.  Emergency judicial hearing.  If the issue of
21    an employer's reasonable cause for failure to comply with the
22    reporting requirements under this Act is not resolved through
23    the expedited administrative hearing process authorized under
24    subsection (a)  of  Section  30,  the  employer  may  file  a
25    petition in the circuit court to seek judicial review of that
26    issue.
27        Section   90.  The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
28    changing Section 10-16.2 as follows:
29        (305 ILCS 5/10-16.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-16.2)
30        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
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 1        Sec. 10-16.2.  Withholding of Income to Secure Payment of
 2    Support.
 3    (A)  Definitions.
 4        (1)  "Order for support" means any  order  of  the  court
 5    which  provides for periodic payment of funds for the support
 6    of a child or maintenance of a spouse, whether  temporary  or
 7    final, and includes any such order which provides for:
 8             (a)  Modification  or  resumption  of, or payment of
 9        arrearage accrued under, a previously existing order;
10             (b)  Reimbursement of support; or
11             (c)  Enrollment in a health insurance plan  that  is
12        available  to  the  obligor  through an employer or labor
13        union or trade union.
14        (2)  "Arrearage" means the total amount of unpaid support
15    obligations.
16        (3)  "Delinquency" means any payment under an  order  for
17    support  which  becomes due and remains unpaid after an order
18    for withholding has been entered under subsection (B) or, for
19    purposes of subsection (K), after the last order for  support
20    was entered for which no order for withholding was entered.
21        (4)  "Income"  means  any  form of periodic payment to an
22    individual, regardless of source, including, but not  limited
23    to: wages, salary, commission, compensation as an independent
24    contractor,  workers'  compensation,  disability, annuity and
25    retirement  benefits,   lottery   prize   awards,   insurance
26    proceeds,  vacation pay, bonuses, profit-sharing payments and
27    any other payments,  made  by  any  person,  private  entity,
28    federal  or  state  government, any unit of local government,
29    school district or any entity created by Public Act; however,
30    "income" excludes:
31             (a)  Any amounts required by  law  to  be  withheld,
32        other  than  creditor  claims, including, but not limited
33        to, federal, State and local taxes, Social  Security  and
34        other retirement and disability contributions;
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 1             (b)  Union dues;
 2             (c)  Any  amounts  exempted  by the federal Consumer
 3        Credit Protection Act;
 4             (d)  Public assistance payments; and
 5             (e)  Unemployment  insurance  benefits   except   as
 6        provided by law.
 7        Any  other  State  or  local  laws  which limit or exempt
 8    income or the amount or percentage  of  income  that  can  be
 9    withheld shall not apply.
10        (5)  "Obligor"  means  the  individual who owes a duty to
11    make payments under an order for support.
12        (6)  "Obligee" means the individual to  whom  a  duty  of
13    support is owed or the individual's legal representative.
14        (7)  "Payor" means any payor of income to an obligor.
15        (8)  "Public  office"  means  any elected official or any
16    State or local agency which is or may become  responsible  by
17    law  for enforcement of, or which is or may become authorized
18    to enforce, an order for support, including, but not  limited
19    to:  the  Attorney General, the Illinois Department of Public
20    Aid,  the  Illinois   Department   of   Mental   Health   and
21    Developmental   Disabilities,   the  Illinois  Department  of
22    Children  and  Family  Services,  and  the  various   State's
23    Attorneys,  Clerks  of  the  Circuit Court and supervisors of
24    general assistance.
25        (9)  "Premium" means the  dollar  amount  for  which  the
26    obligor  is  liable  to  his employer or labor union or trade
27    union and which must be paid to enroll or maintain a child in
28    a health insurance plan that  is  available  to  the  obligor
29    through an employer or labor union or trade union.
30    (B)  Entry of an Order for Withholding.
31        (1)  Upon  entry  of  any  order  for support on or after
32    January 1, 1984, the court shall enter a separate  order  for
33    withholding  which  shall  not take effect unless the obligor
34    becomes delinquent in paying the order  for  support  or  the
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 1    obligor  requests  an earlier effective date; except that the
 2    court may require the order for withholding  to  take  effect
 3    immediately.
 4        On  or after January 1, 1989, the court shall require the
 5    order for withholding to take effect  immediately,  unless  a
 6    written  agreement  is  reached  between  and  signed by both
 7    parties providing for an  alternative  arrangement,  approved
 8    and  entered  into  the  record  by  the court, which insures
 9    payment of support.  In that case, the court shall enter  the
10    order  for  withholding which will not take effect unless the
11    obligor becomes delinquent in paying the order for support.
12        Upon entry of any order of support on or after  September
13    11,  1989, if the obligor is not a United States citizen, the
14    obligor shall  provide  to  the  court  the  obligor's  alien
15    registration  number,  passport  number,  and  home country's
16    social security or national health number, if applicable; the
17    court shall make the information part of the  record  in  the
18    case.
19        (2)  An  order  for  withholding  shall  be  entered upon
20    petition by the obligee or public office where an  order  for
21    withholding has not been previously entered.
22        (3)  The order for withholding shall:
23             (a)  Direct  any  payor  to withhold a dollar amount
24        equal to the order for support; and
25             (b)  Direct any  payor  to  withhold  an  additional
26        dollar  amount,  not  less  than  20%  of  the  order for
27        support, until payment in full of any delinquency  stated
28        in  the  notice of delinquency provided for in subsection
29        (C) or (F) of this Section; and
30             (c)  Direct any payor or labor union or trade  union
31        to  enroll a child as a beneficiary of a health insurance
32        plan  and   withhold  or  cause  to   be   withheld,   if
33        applicable, any required premium; and
34             (d)  State  the  rights,  remedies and duties of the
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 1        obligor under this Section; and
 2             (e)  Include the obligor's Social  Security  Number,
 3        which the obligor shall disclose to the court; and
 4             (f)  Include  the  date that withholding for current
 5        support  terminates,  which  shall   be   the   date   of
 6        termination  of  the current support obligation set forth
 7        in the order for support.
 8        (4)  At the time the order for  withholding  is  entered,
 9    the  Clerk  of  the Circuit Court shall provide a copy of the
10    order for withholding  and  the  order  for  support  to  the
11    obligor  and  shall  make copies available to the obligee and
12    public  office.   Any  copy  of  the  order  for  withholding
13    furnished to the  parties  under  this  subsection  shall  be
14    stamped "Not Valid".
15        (5)  The order for withholding shall remain in effect for
16    as long as the order for support upon which it is based.
17        (6)  The  failure of an order for withholding to state an
18    arrearage is not  conclusive  of  the  issue  of  whether  an
19    arrearage is owing.
20        (7)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of this subsection,
21    if the court finds  at  the  time  of  any  hearing  that  an
22    arrearage  has  accrued  in  an  amount equal to at least one
23    month's support obligation or that the  obligor  is  30  days
24    late  in  paying  all  or  part of the order for support, the
25    court  shall  order  immediate  service  of  the  order   for
26    withholding upon the payor.
27        (8)  Where  the court has not required that the order for
28    withholding take effect immediately, the  obligee  or  public
29    office   may   prepare  and  serve  a  notice  for  immediate
30    withholding upon the obligor by ordinary  mail  addressed  to
31    the  obligor  at  his  or her last known address.  The notice
32    shall state that the following circumstances have occurred:
33             (a)  The parties'  written  agreement  providing  an
34        alternative  arrangement  to  immediate withholding under
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 1        paragraph (1) of this subsection no longer  provides  for
 2        timely payment of all support due; or
 3             (b)  The  obligor  has  not  made timely payments in
 4        that the obligor has been at least 7 days late in  paying
 5        all  or  part  of the order for support any of the last 6
 6        consecutive dates payments were due prior to the date  of
 7        the notice for immediate withholding.
 8        The  notice for immediate withholding shall clearly state
 9    that a specially certified copy of the order for  withholding
10    will  be  sent  to  the  payor,  unless  the  obligor files a
11    petition contesting  immediate  withholding  within  20  days
12    after  service  of  the  notice; however, the grounds for the
13    petition shall be limited to a dispute concerning whether the
14    circumstances stated in  the  notice  have  occurred  or  the
15    identity  of  the  obligor.   It shall not be grounds for the
16    petition that the obligor has made all payments  due  by  the
17    date of the petition.
18        If  the  obligor  files  a  petition contesting immediate
19    withholding within the  20-day  period  required  under  this
20    paragraph,  the  Clerk  of the Circuit Court shall notify the
21    obligor and the obligee or public office, as appropriate,  of
22    the  time  and  place  of  the hearing on the petition.  Upon
23    hearing the petition, the court shall enter an order granting
24    or denying relief.  It shall not be grounds for granting  the
25    obligor's  petition  that he or she has made all payments due
26    by the date of hearing.  If the court  denies  the  obligor's
27    petition,  it  shall order immediate service of the order for
28    withholding and direct  the  clerk  to  provide  a  specially
29    certified copy of the order for withholding to the obligee or
30    public  office indicating that the requirements for immediate
31    withholding under this paragraph have been met.
32        If the  obligor  does  not  file  a  petition  contesting
33    immediate  withholding  within the 20-day period, the obligee
34    or public office shall file with the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit
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 1    Court  an  affidavit, with a copy of the notice for immediate
 2    withholding attached thereto, stating  that  the  notice  was
 3    duly  served  and the date on which service was effected, and
 4    that  the  obligor  has  not  filed  a  petition   contesting
 5    immediate  withholding.   The clerk shall then provide to the
 6    obligee or public office a specially certified  copy  of  the
 7    order  for  withholding  indicating that the requirements for
 8    immediate withholding under this paragraph have been met.
 9        Upon receipt of a specially certified copy of  the  order
10    for  withholding,  the obligee or public office may serve the
11    order on the payor,  its  superintendent,  manager  or  other
12    agent,  by  certified  mail or personal delivery.  A proof of
13    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
14    (C)  Notice of Delinquency.
15        (1)  Whenever an obligor becomes delinquent in payment of
16    an amount equal to at least one  month's  support  obligation
17    pursuant to the order for support or is at least 30 days late
18    in  complying  with  all  or  part  of the order for support,
19    whichever occurs first, the  obligee  or  public  office  may
20    prepare  and serve a verified notice of delinquency, together
21    with a form petition to stay service, pursuant  to  paragraph
22    (3) of this subsection.
23        (2)  The  notice of delinquency shall recite the terms of
24    the order for support and contain a computation of the period
25    and total amount of the delinquency, as of the  date  of  the
26    notice.   The notice shall clearly state that it will be sent
27    to the payor, together with a specially certified copy of the
28    order for withholding, except as provided in subsection  (F),
29    unless  the  obligor  files  a  petition  to  stay service in
30    accordance with paragraph (1) of subsection (D).
31        (3)  The  notice  of  delinquency  shall  be  served   by
32    ordinary    mail  addressed to the obligor at his or her last
33    known address.
34        (4)  The obligor may execute  a  written  waiver  of  the
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 1    provisions  of  paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection
 2    and request immediate service upon the payor.
 3    (D)  Procedures to Avoid Income Withholding.
 4        (1)  Except as provided in subsection  (F),  the  obligor
 5    may  prevent  an  order  for withholding from being served by
 6    filing a petition to stay  service  with  the  Clerk  of  the
 7    Circuit  Court, within 20 days after service of the notice of
 8    delinquency; however, the grounds for the  petition  to  stay
 9    service shall be limited to:
10             (a)  A  dispute  concerning  the  amount  of current
11        support or the existence or amount of the delinquency;
12             (b)  The identity of the obligor.
13        The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall notify  the  obligor
14    and the obligee or public office, as appropriate, of the time
15    and place of the hearing on the petition to stay service. The
16    court  shall  hold such hearing pursuant to the provisions of
17    subsection (H).
18        (2)  Except as provided in subsection (F),  filing  of  a
19    petition  to  stay service, within the 20-day period required
20    under this subsection, shall prohibit the obligee  or  public
21    office from serving the order for withholding on any payor of
22    the obligor.
23    (E)  Initial Service of Order for Withholding.
24        (1)  Except  as  provided  in subsection (F), in order to
25    serve an order for withholding upon a payor,  an  obligee  or
26    public  office  shall follow the procedures set forth in this
27    subsection.  After 20 days following service of the notice of
28    delinquency, the obligee or public office shall file with the
29    Clerk of the Circuit Court an affidavit, with the copy of the
30    notice of delinquency attached thereto, stating:
31             (a)  that the notice of delinquency  has  been  duly
32        served and the date on which service was effected; and
33             (b)  that  the  obligor  has not filed a petition to
34        stay service, or in the alternative
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 1             (c)  that the obligor has waived the  provisions  of
 2        subparagraphs  (a)  and  (b)  of  this  paragraph  (1) in
 3        accordance with subsection (C)(4).
 4        (2)  Upon request of the obligee or  public  office,  the
 5    Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  shall: (a) make available any
 6    record of payment; and (b) determine that the file contains a
 7    copy of the affidavit described in paragraph (1).  The  Clerk
 8    shall  then  provide  to  the  obligee  or  public  office  a
 9    specially certified copy of the order for withholding and the
10    notice  of  delinquency indicating that the preconditions for
11    service have been met.
12        (3)  The obligee or public  office  may  then  serve  the
13    notice of delinquency and order for withholding on the payor,
14    its  superintendent,  manager  or  other agent, by regular or
15    certified mail or facsimile personal delivery.   A  proof  of
16    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
17    (F)  Subsequent Service of Order for Withholding.
18        (1)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of this Section, at
19    any time after the court has ordered immediate service of  an
20    order  for  withholding  or after initial service of an order
21    for withholding pursuant to subsection (E),  the  obligee  or
22    public  office  may  serve the order for withholding upon any
23    payor of the obligor without further notice to  the  obligor.
24    The  obligee  or  public  office  shall provide notice to the
25    payor, pursuant to paragraph (6) of subsection  (I),  of  any
26    payments  that have been made through previous withholding or
27    any other method.
28        (2)  The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall, upon  request,
29    provide the obligee or public office with specially certified
30    copies  of  the  order  for  withholding  or  the  notice  of
31    delinquency  or both whenever the Court has ordered immediate
32    service of an order for withholding or an affidavit has  been
33    placed  in  the  court file indicating that the preconditions
34    for service have been previously met or that the requirements
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 1    for immediate withholding under paragraph (8) of subsection B
 2    have been previously met.  The obligee or public  office  may
 3    then  serve  the  order  for  withholding  on  the payor, its
 4    superintendent,  manager  or  other  agent  by   regular   or
 5    certified  mail  or  facsimile personal delivery.  A proof of
 6    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
 7        (3)  If a delinquency has accrued  for  any  reason,  the
 8    obligee  or  public  office may serve a notice of delinquency
 9    upon the obligor pursuant to subsection (C).  The obligor may
10    prevent the notice of delinquency from being served upon  the
11    payor  by  utilizing  the  procedures set forth in subsection
12    (D). If no petition to stay service has been filed within the
13    required 20 day time period, the obligee or public office may
14    serve the notice of delinquency on the payor by utilizing the
15    procedures for service set forth in subsection (E).
16        (4)  New service of  an  order  for  withholding  is  not
17    required in order to resume withholding of income in the case
18    of  an  obligor with respect to whom an order for withholding
19    was previously served on the payor if withholding  of  income
20    was  terminated  because  of an interruption in the obligor's
21    employment of less than 180 days.
22    (G)  Duties of Payor.
23        (1)  It shall be the duty  of  any  payor  who  has  been
24    served  with  a  copy  of  the  specially certified order for
25    withholding and any notice of delinquency to deduct  and  pay
26    over  income as provided in this subsection.  The payor shall
27    deduct the amount designated in the order for withholding, as
28    supplemented by the notice  of  delinquency  and  any  notice
29    provided   pursuant  to  paragraph  (6)  of  subsection  (I),
30    beginning no later than the next payment of income  which  is
31    payable to the obligor that occurs 14 days following the date
32    the  order  and  any  notice were mailed by certified mail or
33    placed for personal delivery.   The  payor  may  combine  all
34    amounts  withheld  for  the  benefit  of an obligee or public
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 1    office into a single payment and transmit the payment with  a
 2    listing  of obligors from whom withholding has been effected.
 3    The payor shall pay the amount withheld  to  the  obligee  or
 4    public  office  within 10 calendar days of the date income is
 5    paid  to  the  obligor  in  accordance  with  the  order  for
 6    withholding and any subsequent notification received from the
 7    public office redirecting payments. If  the  payor  knowingly
 8    fails  to  pay  any  amount withheld to the obligee or public
 9    office within 10 calendar days of the date income is paid  to
10    the  obligor,  the payor shall pay a penalty of $100 for each
11    day that the withheld amount is not paid to  the  obligee  or
12    public  office  after  the  period  of  10  calendar days has
13    expired.  The failure of a payor, on more than one  occasion,
14    to  pay  amounts  withheld  to  the  obligee or public office
15    within 10 calendar days of the date income is not paid to the
16    obligor creates a presumption that the payor knowingly failed
17    to pay the amounts.  This penalty may be collected in a civil
18    action which may be brought against the payor in favor of the
19    obligee. A finding of a  payor's  nonperformance  within  the
20    time  required  under  this  Section  must be documented by a
21    certified mail return receipt showing the date the order  for
22    withholding  was  served  on the payor.  For purposes of this
23    Section, a withheld amount shall  be  considered  paid  by  a
24    payor  on  the date it is mailed by the payor, or on the date
25    an electronic funds transfer of the amount has been initiated
26    by the payor, or on the date delivery of the amount has  been
27    initiated  by  the payor. For each deduction, the payor shall
28    provide  the  obligee  or  public  office,  at  the  time  of
29    transmittal, with the date income was paid from which support
30    was withheld.
31        Upon receipt of an order requiring that a minor child  be
32    named  as  a beneficiary of a health insurance plan available
33    through an employer  or  labor  union  or  trade  union,  the
34    employer  or  labor  union  or  trade union shall immediately
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 1    enroll the  minor  child  as  a  beneficiary  in  the  health
 2    insurance  plan  designated by the court order.  The employer
 3    shall withhold any required premiums and pay over any amounts
 4    so withheld and any additional amounts the employer  pays  to
 5    the  insurance  carrier  in a timely manner.  The employer or
 6    labor union or trade union shall mail to the obligee,  within
 7    15  days of enrollment or upon request, notice of the date of
 8    coverage, information on the dependent coverage plan, and all
 9    forms necessary to obtain reimbursement  for  covered  health
10    expenses, such as would be made available  to a new employee.
11    When  an  order  for  dependent coverage is in effect and the
12    insurance coverage is terminated or changed for  any  reason,
13    the  employer  or labor union or trade union shall notify the
14    obligee within 10 days of  the  termination  or  change  date
15    along with notice of conversion privileges.
16        For withholding of income, the payor shall be entitled to
17    receive a fee not to exceed $5 per month to be taken from the
18    income to be paid to the obligor.
19        (2)  Whenever  the  obligor is no longer receiving income
20    from the payor, the payor shall return a copy  of  the  order
21    for  withholding  to  the  obligee or public office and shall
22    provide  information  for  the  purpose  of  enforcing   this
23    Section.
24        (3)  Withholding  of  income  under this Section shall be
25    made without regard to any prior or subsequent  garnishments,
26    attachments,   wage  assignments,  or  any  other  claims  of
27    creditors.  Withholding of income under  this  Section  shall
28    not  be  in excess of the maximum amounts permitted under the
29    federal Consumer Credit Protection Act. If the payor has been
30    served with more than one order for withholding pertaining to
31    the same obligor, the payor shall allocate  income  available
32    for  withholding  on  a  proportionate  share  basis,  giving
33    priority to current support payments.  If there is any income
34    available  for  withholding after withholding for all current
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 1    support obligations, the payor shall allocate the  income  to
 2    past  due  support  payments  ordered in non-AFDC matters and
 3    then to past due support payments ordered  in  AFDC  matters,
 4    both  on  a proportionate share basis. Payment as required by
 5    the order for withholding shall be a complete defense by  the
 6    payor  against  any claims of the obligor or his creditors as
 7    to the sum so paid.
 8        (4)  No payor shall discharge, discipline, refuse to hire
 9    or otherwise penalize any obligor  because  of  the  duty  to
10    withhold income.
11    (H)  Petitions  to  Stay  Service  or  to  Modify, Suspend or
12    Terminate Orders for Withholding.
13        (1)  When an obligor files a petition  to  stay  service,
14    the  court,  after  due notice to all parties, shall hear the
15    matter as soon  as  practicable  and  shall  enter  an  order
16    granting   or   denying   relief,   amending  the  notice  of
17    delinquency,  amending  the  order  for  withholding,   where
18    applicable,  or otherwise resolving the matter.  If the court
19    finds  that  a  delinquency  existed  when  the   notice   of
20    delinquency  was  served upon the obligor, in an amount of at
21    least one month's support obligation, or that the obligor was
22    at least 30 days late in paying all or part of the order  for
23    support, the court shall order immediate service of the order
24    for withholding.  Where the court cannot promptly resolve any
25    dispute  over  the  amount  of the delinquency, the court may
26    order immediate service of the order for  withholding  as  to
27    any  undisputed  amounts  specified  in  an amended notice of
28    delinquency, and may continue the  hearing  on  the  disputed
29    amounts.
30        (2)  At  any  time, an obligor, obligee, public office or
31    Clerk of the Circuit Court may petition the court to:
32             (a)  Modify, suspend  or  terminate  the  order  for
33        withholding  because  of  a  modification,  suspension or
34        termination of the underlying order for support; or
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 1             (b)  Modify the amount of income to be  withheld  to
 2        reflect  payment in full or in part of the delinquency or
 3        arrearage by income withholding or otherwise; or
 4             (c)  Suspend the order for  withholding  because  of
 5        inability  to  deliver income withheld to the obligee due
 6        to the obligee's failure to provide a mailing address  or
 7        other means of delivery.
 8        (3)  The obligor, obligee or public office shall serve on
 9    the  payor, by certified mail or personal delivery, a copy of
10    any order entered pursuant to this  subsection  that  affects
11    the duties of the payor.
12        (4)  At any time, a public office or Clerk of the Circuit
13    Court may serve a notice on the payor to:
14             (a)  cease  withholding  of  income  for  payment of
15        current support for a child when the  support  obligation
16        for  that  child has automatically ceased under the order
17        for support through emancipation or otherwise; or
18             (b)  cease withholding  of  income  for  payment  of
19        delinquency   or   arrearage   when  the  delinquency  or
20        arrearage has been paid in full.
21        (5)  The notice provided for under paragraph (4) of  this
22    subsection shall be served on the payor by ordinary mail, and
23    a  copy  shall be provided to the obligor and the obligee.  A
24    copy of the notice shall be  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the
25    Circuit Court.
26        (6)  The  order  for  withholding  shall  continue  to be
27    binding upon the payor until service  of  any  order  of  the
28    court   or   notice   entered  or  provided  for  under  this
29    subsection.
30    (I)  Additional Duties.
31        (1)  An  obligee  who  is  receiving  income  withholding
32    payments under this Section shall notify the  payor,  if  the
33    obligee receives the payments directly from the payor, or the
34    public   office  or  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,  as
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 1    appropriate, of any change of address within 7 days  of  such
 2    change.
 3        (2)  An  obligee  who  is a recipient of public aid shall
 4    send a copy of any notice of delinquency  filed  pursuant  to
 5    subsection (C) to the Bureau of Child Support of the Illinois
 6    Department of Public Aid.
 7        (3)  Each  obligor shall notify the obligee and the Clerk
 8    of the Circuit Court of any change of address within 7 days.
 9        (4)  An obligor whose income is being withheld or who has
10    been served with a notice of  delinquency  pursuant  to  this
11    Section shall notify the obligee and the Clerk of the Circuit
12    Court of any new payor, within 7 days.
13        (5)  When  the  Illinois  Department  of Public Aid is no
14    longer authorized to receive payments  for  the  obligee,  it
15    shall, within 7 days, notify the payor or, where appropriate,
16    the   Clerk   of   the  Circuit  Court,  to  redirect  income
17    withholding payments to the obligee.
18        (6)  The obligee or public office shall provide notice to
19    the payor and Clerk of the Circuit Court of any other support
20    payment made, including but not limited to, a  set-off  under
21    federal  and  State law or partial payment of the delinquency
22    or arrearage, or both.
23        (7)  Any public office and Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court
24    which  collects,  disburses  or receives payments pursuant to
25    orders for withholding shall maintain complete, accurate, and
26    clear  records  of  all  payments  and  their  disbursements.
27    Certified copies of payment records maintained  by  a  public
28    office  or  Clerk of the Circuit Court shall, without further
29    proof, be admitted into evidence  in  any  legal  proceedings
30    under this Section.
31        (8)  The  Illinois  Department of Public Aid shall design
32    suggested legal forms for proceeding under this  Section  and
33    shall   make   available   to   the  courts  such  forms  and
34    informational materials which  describe  the  procedures  and
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 1    remedies  set forth herein for distribution to all parties in
 2    support actions.
 3        (9)  At the time of transmitting  each  support  payment,
 4    the  clerk  of the circuit court shall provide the obligee or
 5    public office, as appropriate, with any information furnished
 6    by the payor as to the date income was paid from  which  such
 7    support was withheld.
 8    (J)  Penalties.
 9        (1)  Where a payor wilfully fails to withhold or pay over
10    income  pursuant  to  a  properly served, specially certified
11    order for withholding  and  any  notice  of  delinquency,  or
12    wilfully   discharges,   disciplines,   refuses  to  hire  or
13    otherwise penalizes an obligor as  prohibited  by  subsection
14    (G),  or otherwise fails to comply with any duties imposed by
15    this Section, the  obligee,  public  office  or  obligor,  as
16    appropriate,  may file a complaint with the court against the
17    payor.  The clerk of  the  circuit  court  shall  notify  the
18    obligee or public office, as appropriate, and the obligor and
19    payor  of the time and place of the hearing on the complaint.
20    The court shall resolve any factual  dispute  including,  but
21    not limited to, a denial that the payor is paying or has paid
22    income  to  the  obligor.   Upon  a  finding  in favor of the
23    complaining party, the court:
24             (a)  Shall enter judgment and direct the enforcement
25        thereof for the total  amount  that  the  payor  wilfully
26        failed to withhold or pay over; and
27             (b)  May  order  employment  or  reinstatement of or
28        restitution to the obligor, or both,  where  the  obligor
29        has  been  discharged,  disciplined, denied employment or
30        otherwise penalized by the payor and may  impose  a  fine
31        upon the payor not to exceed $200.
32        (2)  Any  obligee,  public office or obligor who wilfully
33    initiates a  false  proceeding  under  this  Section  or  who
34    wilfully  fails  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of this
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 1    Section shall be punished as in cases of contempt of court.
 2    (K)  Alternative Procedures for Entry and Service of an Order
 3    for Withholding.
 4        (1)  Effective January 1, 1987, in any matter in which an
 5    order for withholding has not been entered  for  any  reason,
 6    based  upon the last order for support that has been entered,
 7    and in which the obligor has become delinquent in payment  of
 8    an  amount  equal  to at least one month's support obligation
 9    pursuant to the last order for support or is at least 30 days
10    late in  complying with all or part of the order for support,
11    the obligee or public office may prepare and serve  an  order
12    for  withholding pursuant to the procedures set forth in this
13    subsection.
14        (2)  The obligee or public office shall:
15             (a)  Prepare a proposed order  for  withholding  for
16        immediate  service  as provided by paragraphs (1) and (3)
17        of  subsection  (B),  except   that   the   minimum   20%
18        delinquency payment shall be used;
19             (b)  Prepare  a notice of delinquency as provided by
20        paragraphs (1) and (2)  of  subsection  (C),  except  the
21        notice shall state further that the order for withholding
22        has  not  been  entered  by  the court and the conditions
23        under which the order will be entered; and
24             (c)  Serve  the  notice  of  delinquency  and   form
25        petition  to stay service as provided by paragraph (3) of
26        subsection (C), together  with  the  proposed  order  for
27        withholding, which shall be marked "COPY ONLY".
28        (3)  After  20  days  following  service of the notice of
29    delinquency and proposed order for withholding,  in  lieu  of
30    the  provisions  of  subsection  (E),  the  obligee or public
31    office shall file with the Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  an
32    affidavit,  with  a  copy  of  the  notice of delinquency and
33    proposed order  for  withholding  attached  thereto,  stating
34    that:
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 1             (a)  The  notice  of  delinquency and proposed order
 2        for withholding have been served upon the obligor and the
 3        date on which service was effected;
 4             (b)  The obligor has not filed a  petition  to  stay
 5        service  within  20  days  of  service of such notice and
 6        order; and
 7             (c)  The proposed order for  withholding  accurately
 8        states  the terms and amounts contained in the last order
 9        for support.
10        (4)  Upon the court's satisfaction  that  the  procedures
11    set  forth  in  this subsection have been met, it shall enter
12    the order for withholding.
13        (5)  The Clerk shall  then  provide  to  the  obligee  or
14    public  office  a  specially  certified copy of the order for
15    withholding and the notice of delinquency indicating that the
16    preconditions for service have been met.
17        (6)  The  obligee  or  public  office  shall  serve   the
18    specially  certified  copies of the order for withholding and
19    the notice of delinquency on the payor,  its  superintendent,
20    manager   or  other  agent  by  certified  mail  or  personal
21    delivery.  A proof of service shall be filed with  the  Clerk
22    of the Circuit Court.
23        (7)  If  the  obligor  requests  in  writing  that income
24    withholding become effective prior to becoming delinquent  in
25    payment  of an amount equal to one month's support obligation
26    pursuant to the last order for support, or prior to  becoming
27    30  days late in paying all or part of the order for support,
28    the obligee or public office shall file an affidavit with the
29    Clerk of  the  circuit  Court,  with  a  proposed  order  for
30    withholding   attached,   stating  that  the  proposed  order
31    accurately states the terms and amounts contained in the last
32    order for support and the  obligor's  request  for  immediate
33    service.    The  provisions  of paragraphs (4) through (6) of
34    this  subsection  shall  apply,  except  that  a  notice   of
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 1    delinquency shall not be required.
 2        (8)  All  other  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  be
 3    applicable  with respect to the provisions of this subsection
 4    (K), except that under paragraph (1) of subsection  (H),  the
 5    court  may  also  amend the proposed order for withholding to
 6    conform to the last order for support.
 7        (9)  Nothing in this subsection  shall  be  construed  as
 8    limiting  the requirements of paragraph (1) of subsection (B)
 9    with respect to the entry of a separate order for withholding
10    upon entry of any order for support.
11    (L)  Remedies in Addition to Other Laws.
12        (1)  The rights, remedies, duties and  penalties  created
13    by  this  Section  are in addition to and not in substitution
14    for any other rights, remedies, duties and penalties  created
15    by any other law.
16        (2)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  as
17    invalidating  any  assignment  of  wages or benefits executed
18    prior to January 1, 1984.
19    (Source: P.A. 87-529; 87-935; 87-988; 87-1105; 88-26;  88-45;
20    88-94; 88-131; 88-307; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
21        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
22        Sec. 10-16.2.  Withholding of Income to Secure Payment of
23    Support.
24    (A)  Definitions.
25        (1)  "Order  for  support"  means  any order of the court
26    which provides for periodic payment of funds for the  support
27    of  a  child or maintenance of a spouse, whether temporary or
28    final, and includes any such order which provides for:
29             (a)  Modification or resumption of,  or  payment  of
30        arrearage accrued under, a previously existing order;
31             (b)  Reimbursement of support; or
32             (c)  Enrollment  in  a health insurance plan that is
33        available to the obligor through  an  employer  or  labor
34        union or trade union.
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 1        (2)  "Arrearage" means the total amount of unpaid support
 2    obligations.
 3        (3)  "Delinquency"  means  any payment under an order for
 4    support which becomes due and remains unpaid after  an  order
 5    for withholding has been entered under subsection (B) or, for
 6    purposes  of subsection (K), after the last order for support
 7    was entered for which no order for withholding was entered.
 8        (4)  "Income" means any form of periodic  payment  to  an
 9    individual,  regardless of source, including, but not limited
10    to: wages, salary, commission, compensation as an independent
11    contractor, workers' compensation,  disability,  annuity  and
12    retirement   benefits,   lottery   prize   awards,  insurance
13    proceeds, vacation pay, bonuses, profit-sharing payments  and
14    any  other  payments,  made  by  any  person, private entity,
15    federal or state government, any unit  of  local  government,
16    school district or any entity created by Public Act; however,
17    "income" excludes:
18             (a)  Any  amounts  required  by  law to be withheld,
19        other than creditor claims, including,  but  not  limited
20        to,  federal,  State and local taxes, Social Security and
21        other retirement and disability contributions;
22             (b)  Union dues;
23             (c)  Any amounts exempted by  the  federal  Consumer
24        Credit Protection Act;
25             (d)  Public assistance payments; and
26             (e)  Unemployment   insurance   benefits  except  as
27        provided by law.
28        Any other State or  local  laws  which  limit  or  exempt
29    income  or  the  amount  or  percentage of income that can be
30    withheld shall not apply.
31        (5)  "Obligor" means the individual who owes  a  duty  to
32    make payments under an order for support.
33        (6)  "Obligee"  means  the  individual  to whom a duty of
34    support is owed or the individual's legal representative.
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 1        (7)  "Payor" means any payor of income to an obligor.
 2        (8)  "Public office" means any elected  official  or  any
 3    State  or  local agency which is or may become responsible by
 4    law for enforcement of, or which is or may become  authorized
 5    to  enforce, an order for support, including, but not limited
 6    to: the Attorney General, the Illinois Department  of  Public
 7    Aid,  the Illinois Department of Human Services (as successor
 8    to  the  Department  of  Mental  Health   and   Developmental
 9    Disabilities), the Illinois Department of Children and Family
10    Services,  and  the  various State's Attorneys, Clerks of the
11    Circuit Court and supervisors of general assistance.
12        (9)  "Premium" means the  dollar  amount  for  which  the
13    obligor  is  liable  to  his employer or labor union or trade
14    union and which must be paid to enroll or maintain a child in
15    a health insurance plan that  is  available  to  the  obligor
16    through an employer or labor union or trade union.
17    (B)  Entry of an Order for Withholding.
18        (1)  Upon  entry  of  any  order  for support on or after
19    January 1, 1984, the court shall enter a separate  order  for
20    withholding  which  shall  not take effect unless the obligor
21    becomes delinquent in paying the order  for  support  or  the
22    obligor  requests  an earlier effective date; except that the
23    court may require the order for withholding  to  take  effect
24    immediately.
25        On  or after January 1, 1989, the court shall require the
26    order for withholding to take effect  immediately,  unless  a
27    written  agreement  is  reached  between  and  signed by both
28    parties providing for an  alternative  arrangement,  approved
29    and  entered  into  the  record  by  the court, which insures
30    payment of support.  In that case, the court shall enter  the
31    order  for  withholding which will not take effect unless the
32    obligor becomes delinquent in paying the order for support.
33        Upon entry of any order of support on or after  September
34    11,  1989, if the obligor is not a United States citizen, the
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 1    obligor shall  provide  to  the  court  the  obligor's  alien
 2    registration  number,  passport  number,  and  home country's
 3    social security or national health number, if applicable; the
 4    court shall make the information part of the  record  in  the
 5    case.
 6        (2)  An  order  for  withholding  shall  be  entered upon
 7    petition by the obligee or public office where an  order  for
 8    withholding has not been previously entered.
 9        (3)  The order for withholding shall:
10             (a)  Direct  any  payor  to withhold a dollar amount
11        equal to the order for support; and
12             (b)  Direct any  payor  to  withhold  an  additional
13        dollar  amount,  not  less  than  20%  of  the  order for
14        support, until payment in full of any delinquency  stated
15        in  the  notice of delinquency provided for in subsection
16        (C) or (F) of this Section; and
17             (c)  Direct any payor or labor union or trade  union
18        to  enroll a child as a beneficiary of a health insurance
19        plan  and   withhold  or  cause  to   be   withheld,   if
20        applicable, any required premium; and
21             (d)  State  the  rights,  remedies and duties of the
22        obligor under this Section; and
23             (e)  Include the obligor's Social  Security  Number,
24        which the obligor shall disclose to the court; and
25             (f)  Include  the  date that withholding for current
26        support  terminates,  which  shall   be   the   date   of
27        termination  of  the current support obligation set forth
28        in the order for support.
29        (4)  At the time the order for  withholding  is  entered,
30    the  Clerk  of  the Circuit Court shall provide a copy of the
31    order for withholding  and  the  order  for  support  to  the
32    obligor  and  shall  make copies available to the obligee and
33    public  office.   Any  copy  of  the  order  for  withholding
34    furnished to the  parties  under  this  subsection  shall  be
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 1    stamped "Not Valid".
 2        (5)  The order for withholding shall remain in effect for
 3    as long as the order for support upon which it is based.
 4        (6)  The  failure of an order for withholding to state an
 5    arrearage is not  conclusive  of  the  issue  of  whether  an
 6    arrearage is owing.
 7        (7)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of this subsection,
 8    if the court finds  at  the  time  of  any  hearing  that  an
 9    arrearage  has  accrued  in  an  amount equal to at least one
10    month's support obligation or that the  obligor  is  30  days
11    late  in  paying  all  or  part of the order for support, the
12    court  shall  order  immediate  service  of  the  order   for
13    withholding upon the payor.
14        (8)  Where  the court has not required that the order for
15    withholding take effect immediately, the  obligee  or  public
16    office   may   prepare  and  serve  a  notice  for  immediate
17    withholding upon the obligor by ordinary  mail  addressed  to
18    the  obligor  at  his  or her last known address.  The notice
19    shall state that the following circumstances have occurred:
20             (a)  The parties'  written  agreement  providing  an
21        alternative  arrangement  to  immediate withholding under
22        paragraph (1) of this subsection no longer  provides  for
23        timely payment of all support due; or
24             (b)  The  obligor  has  not  made timely payments in
25        that the obligor has been at least 7 days late in  paying
26        all  or  part  of the order for support any of the last 6
27        consecutive dates payments were due prior to the date  of
28        the notice for immediate withholding.
29        The  notice for immediate withholding shall clearly state
30    that a specially certified copy of the order for  withholding
31    will  be  sent  to  the  payor,  unless  the  obligor files a
32    petition contesting  immediate  withholding  within  20  days
33    after  service  of  the  notice; however, the grounds for the
34    petition shall be limited to a dispute concerning whether the
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 1    circumstances stated in  the  notice  have  occurred  or  the
 2    identity  of  the  obligor.   It shall not be grounds for the
 3    petition that the obligor has made all payments  due  by  the
 4    date of the petition.
 5        If  the  obligor  files  a  petition contesting immediate
 6    withholding within the  20-day  period  required  under  this
 7    paragraph,  the  Clerk  of the Circuit Court shall notify the
 8    obligor and the obligee or public office, as appropriate,  of
 9    the  time  and  place  of  the hearing on the petition.  Upon
10    hearing the petition, the court shall enter an order granting
11    or denying relief.  It shall not be grounds for granting  the
12    obligor's  petition  that he or she has made all payments due
13    by the date of hearing.  If the court  denies  the  obligor's
14    petition,  it  shall order immediate service of the order for
15    withholding and direct  the  clerk  to  provide  a  specially
16    certified copy of the order for withholding to the obligee or
17    public  office indicating that the requirements for immediate
18    withholding under this paragraph have been met.
19        If the  obligor  does  not  file  a  petition  contesting
20    immediate  withholding  within the 20-day period, the obligee
21    or public office shall file with the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit
22    Court  an  affidavit, with a copy of the notice for immediate
23    withholding attached thereto, stating  that  the  notice  was
24    duly  served  and the date on which service was effected, and
25    that  the  obligor  has  not  filed  a  petition   contesting
26    immediate  withholding.   The clerk shall then provide to the
27    obligee or public office a specially certified  copy  of  the
28    order  for  withholding  indicating that the requirements for
29    immediate withholding under this paragraph have been met.
30        Upon receipt of a specially certified copy of  the  order
31    for  withholding,  the obligee or public office may serve the
32    order on the payor,  its  superintendent,  manager  or  other
33    agent,  by  certified  mail or personal delivery.  A proof of
34    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
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 1    (C)  Notice of Delinquency.
 2        (1)  Whenever an obligor becomes delinquent in payment of
 3    an amount equal to at least one  month's  support  obligation
 4    pursuant to the order for support or is at least 30 days late
 5    in  complying  with  all  or  part  of the order for support,
 6    whichever occurs first, the  obligee  or  public  office  may
 7    prepare  and serve a verified notice of delinquency, together
 8    with a form petition to stay service, pursuant  to  paragraph
 9    (3) of this subsection.
10        (2)  The  notice of delinquency shall recite the terms of
11    the order for support and contain a computation of the period
12    and total amount of the delinquency, as of the  date  of  the
13    notice.   The notice shall clearly state that it will be sent
14    to the payor, together with a specially certified copy of the
15    order for withholding, except as provided in subsection  (F),
16    unless  the  obligor  files  a  petition  to  stay service in
17    accordance with paragraph (1) of subsection (D).
18        (3)  The  notice  of  delinquency  shall  be  served   by
19    ordinary    mail  addressed to the obligor at his or her last
20    known address.
21        (4)  The obligor may execute  a  written  waiver  of  the
22    provisions  of  paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection
23    and request immediate service upon the payor.
24    (D)  Procedures to Avoid Income Withholding.
25        (1)  Except as provided in subsection  (F),  the  obligor
26    may  prevent  an  order  for withholding from being served by
27    filing a petition to stay  service  with  the  Clerk  of  the
28    Circuit  Court, within 20 days after service of the notice of
29    delinquency; however, the grounds for the  petition  to  stay
30    service shall be limited to:
31             (a)  A  dispute  concerning  the  amount  of current
32        support or the existence or amount of the delinquency;
33             (b)  The identity of the obligor.
34        The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall notify  the  obligor
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 1    and the obligee or public office, as appropriate, of the time
 2    and place of the hearing on the petition to stay service. The
 3    court  shall  hold such hearing pursuant to the provisions of
 4    subsection (H).
 5        (2)  Except as provided in subsection (F),  filing  of  a
 6    petition  to  stay service, within the 20-day period required
 7    under this subsection, shall prohibit the obligee  or  public
 8    office from serving the order for withholding on any payor of
 9    the obligor.
10    (E)  Initial Service of Order for Withholding.
11        (1)  Except  as  provided  in subsection (F), in order to
12    serve an order for withholding upon a payor,  an  obligee  or
13    public  office  shall follow the procedures set forth in this
14    subsection.  After 20 days following service of the notice of
15    delinquency, the obligee or public office shall file with the
16    Clerk of the Circuit Court an affidavit, with the copy of the
17    notice of delinquency attached thereto, stating:
18             (a)  that the notice of delinquency  has  been  duly
19        served and the date on which service was effected; and
20             (b)  that  the  obligor  has not filed a petition to
21        stay service, or in the alternative
22             (c)  that the obligor has waived the  provisions  of
23        subparagraphs  (a)  and  (b)  of  this  paragraph  (1) in
24        accordance with subsection (C)(4).
25        (2)  Upon request of the obligee or  public  office,  the
26    Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  shall: (a) make available any
27    record of payment; and (b) determine that the file contains a
28    copy of the affidavit described in paragraph (1).  The  Clerk
29    shall  then  provide  to  the  obligee  or  public  office  a
30    specially certified copy of the order for withholding and the
31    notice  of  delinquency indicating that the preconditions for
32    service have been met.
33        (3)  The obligee or public  office  may  then  serve  the
34    notice of delinquency and order for withholding on the payor,
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 1    its  superintendent,  manager  or  other agent, by regular or
 2    certified mail or facsimile personal delivery.   A  proof  of
 3    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
 4    (F)  Subsequent Service of Order for Withholding.
 5        (1)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of this Section, at
 6    any time after the court has ordered immediate service of  an
 7    order  for  withholding  or after initial service of an order
 8    for withholding pursuant to subsection (E),  the  obligee  or
 9    public  office  may  serve the order for withholding upon any
10    payor of the obligor without further notice to  the  obligor.
11    The  obligee  or  public  office  shall provide notice to the
12    payor, pursuant to paragraph (6) of subsection  (I),  of  any
13    payments  that have been made through previous withholding or
14    any other method.
15        (2)  The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall, upon  request,
16    provide the obligee or public office with specially certified
17    copies  of  the  order  for  withholding  or  the  notice  of
18    delinquency  or both whenever the Court has ordered immediate
19    service of an order for withholding or an affidavit has  been
20    placed  in  the  court file indicating that the preconditions
21    for service have been previously met or that the requirements
22    for immediate withholding under paragraph (8) of subsection B
23    have been previously met.  The obligee or public  office  may
24    then  serve  the  order  for  withholding  on  the payor, its
25    superintendent,  manager  or  other  agent  by   regular   or
26    certified  mail  or  facsimile personal delivery.  A proof of
27    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
28        (3)  If a delinquency has accrued  for  any  reason,  the
29    obligee  or  public  office may serve a notice of delinquency
30    upon the obligor pursuant to subsection (C).  The obligor may
31    prevent the notice of delinquency from being served upon  the
32    payor  by  utilizing  the  procedures set forth in subsection
33    (D). If no petition to stay service has been filed within the
34    required 20 day time period, the obligee or public office may
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 1    serve the notice of delinquency on the payor by utilizing the
 2    procedures for service set forth in subsection (E).
 3        (4)  New service of  an  order  for  withholding  is  not
 4    required in order to resume withholding of income in the case
 5    of  an  obligor with respect to whom an order for withholding
 6    was previously served on the payor if withholding  of  income
 7    was  terminated  because  of an interruption in the obligor's
 8    employment of less than 180 days.
 9    (G)  Duties of Payor.
10        (1)  It shall be the duty  of  any  payor  who  has  been
11    served  with  a  copy  of  the  specially certified order for
12    withholding and any notice of delinquency to deduct  and  pay
13    over  income as provided in this subsection.  The payor shall
14    deduct the amount designated in the order for withholding, as
15    supplemented by the notice  of  delinquency  and  any  notice
16    provided   pursuant  to  paragraph  (6)  of  subsection  (I),
17    beginning no later than the next payment of income  which  is
18    payable to the obligor that occurs 14 days following the date
19    the  order  and  any  notice were mailed by certified mail or
20    placed for personal delivery.   The  payor  may  combine  all
21    amounts  withheld  for  the  benefit  of an obligee or public
22    office into a single payment and transmit the payment with  a
23    listing  of obligors from whom withholding has been effected.
24    The payor shall pay the amount withheld  to  the  obligee  or
25    public  office  within 10 calendar days of the date income is
26    paid  to  the  obligor  in  accordance  with  the  order  for
27    withholding and any subsequent notification received from the
28    public office redirecting payments. If  the  payor  knowingly
29    fails  to  pay  any  amount withheld to the obligee or public
30    office within 10 calendar days of the date income is paid  to
31    the  obligor,  the payor shall pay a penalty of $100 for each
32    day that the withheld amount is not paid to  the  obligee  or
33    public  office  after  the  period  of  10  calendar days has
34    expired.  The failure of a payor, on more than one  occasion,
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 1    to  pay  amounts  withheld  to  the  obligee or public office
 2    within 10 calendar days of the date income is not paid to the
 3    obligor creates a presumption that the payor knowingly failed
 4    to pay the amounts.  This penalty may be collected in a civil
 5    action which may be brought against the payor in favor of the
 6    obligee. A finding of a  payor's  nonperformance  within  the
 7    time  required  under  this  Section  must be documented by a
 8    certified mail return receipt showing the date the order  for
 9    withholding  was  served  on the payor.  For purposes of this
10    Section, a withheld amount shall  be  considered  paid  by  a
11    payor  on  the date it is mailed by the payor, or on the date
12    an electronic funds transfer of the amount has been initiated
13    by the payor, or on the date delivery of the amount has  been
14    initiated  by  the payor. For each deduction, the payor shall
15    provide  the  obligee  or  public  office,  at  the  time  of
16    transmittal, with the date income was paid from which support
17    was withheld.
18        Upon receipt of an order requiring that a minor child  be
19    named  as  a beneficiary of a health insurance plan available
20    through an employer  or  labor  union  or  trade  union,  the
21    employer  or  labor  union  or  trade union shall immediately
22    enroll the  minor  child  as  a  beneficiary  in  the  health
23    insurance  plan  designated by the court order.  The employer
24    shall withhold any required premiums and pay over any amounts
25    so withheld and any additional amounts the employer  pays  to
26    the  insurance  carrier  in a timely manner.  The employer or
27    labor union or trade union shall mail to the obligee,  within
28    15  days of enrollment or upon request, notice of the date of
29    coverage, information on the dependent coverage plan, and all
30    forms necessary to obtain reimbursement  for  covered  health
31    expenses, such as would be made available  to a new employee.
32    When  an  order  for  dependent coverage is in effect and the
33    insurance coverage is terminated or changed for  any  reason,
34    the  employer  or labor union or trade union shall notify the
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 1    obligee within 10 days of  the  termination  or  change  date
 2    along with notice of conversion privileges.
 3        For withholding of income, the payor shall be entitled to
 4    receive a fee not to exceed $5 per month to be taken from the
 5    income to be paid to the obligor.
 6        (2)  Whenever  the  obligor is no longer receiving income
 7    from the payor, the payor shall return a copy  of  the  order
 8    for  withholding  to  the  obligee or public office and shall
 9    provide  information  for  the  purpose  of  enforcing   this
10    Section.
11        (3)  Withholding  of  income  under this Section shall be
12    made without regard to any prior or subsequent  garnishments,
13    attachments,   wage  assignments,  or  any  other  claims  of
14    creditors.  Withholding of income under  this  Section  shall
15    not  be  in excess of the maximum amounts permitted under the
16    federal Consumer Credit Protection Act. If the payor has been
17    served with more than one order for withholding pertaining to
18    the same obligor, the payor shall allocate  income  available
19    for  withholding  on  a  proportionate  share  basis,  giving
20    priority to current support payments.  If there is any income
21    available  for  withholding after withholding for all current
22    support obligations, the payor shall allocate the  income  to
23    past  due  support  payments  ordered in non-AFDC matters and
24    then to past due support payments ordered  in  AFDC  matters,
25    both  on  a proportionate share basis. Payment as required by
26    the order for withholding shall be a complete defense by  the
27    payor  against  any claims of the obligor or his creditors as
28    to the sum so paid.
29        (4)  No payor shall discharge, discipline, refuse to hire
30    or otherwise penalize any obligor  because  of  the  duty  to
31    withhold income.
32    (H)  Petitions  to  Stay  Service  or  to  Modify, Suspend or
33    Terminate Orders for Withholding.
34        (1)  When an obligor files a petition  to  stay  service,
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 1    the  court,  after  due notice to all parties, shall hear the
 2    matter as soon  as  practicable  and  shall  enter  an  order
 3    granting   or   denying   relief,   amending  the  notice  of
 4    delinquency,  amending  the  order  for  withholding,   where
 5    applicable,  or otherwise resolving the matter.  If the court
 6    finds  that  a  delinquency  existed  when  the   notice   of
 7    delinquency  was  served upon the obligor, in an amount of at
 8    least one month's support obligation, or that the obligor was
 9    at least 30 days late in paying all or part of the order  for
10    support, the court shall order immediate service of the order
11    for withholding.  Where the court cannot promptly resolve any
12    dispute  over  the  amount  of the delinquency, the court may
13    order immediate service of the order for  withholding  as  to
14    any  undisputed  amounts  specified  in  an amended notice of
15    delinquency, and may continue the  hearing  on  the  disputed
16    amounts.
17        (2)  At  any  time, an obligor, obligee, public office or
18    Clerk of the Circuit Court may petition the court to:
19             (a)  Modify, suspend  or  terminate  the  order  for
20        withholding  because  of  a  modification,  suspension or
21        termination of the underlying order for support; or
22             (b)  Modify the amount of income to be  withheld  to
23        reflect  payment in full or in part of the delinquency or
24        arrearage by income withholding or otherwise; or
25             (c)  Suspend the order for  withholding  because  of
26        inability  to  deliver income withheld to the obligee due
27        to the obligee's failure to provide a mailing address  or
28        other means of delivery.
29        (3)  The obligor, obligee or public office shall serve on
30    the  payor, by certified mail or personal delivery, a copy of
31    any order entered pursuant to this  subsection  that  affects
32    the duties of the payor.
33        (4)  At any time, a public office or Clerk of the Circuit
34    Court may serve a notice on the payor to:
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 1             (a)  cease  withholding  of  income  for  payment of
 2        current support for a child when the  support  obligation
 3        for  that  child has automatically ceased under the order
 4        for support through emancipation or otherwise; or
 5             (b)  cease withholding  of  income  for  payment  of
 6        delinquency   or   arrearage   when  the  delinquency  or
 7        arrearage has been paid in full.
 8        (5)  The notice provided for under paragraph (4) of  this
 9    subsection shall be served on the payor by ordinary mail, and
10    a  copy  shall be provided to the obligor and the obligee.  A
11    copy of the notice shall be  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the
12    Circuit Court.
13        (6)  The  order  for  withholding  shall  continue  to be
14    binding upon the payor until service  of  any  order  of  the
15    court   or   notice   entered  or  provided  for  under  this
16    subsection.
17    (I)  Additional Duties.
18        (1)  An  obligee  who  is  receiving  income  withholding
19    payments under this Section shall notify the  payor,  if  the
20    obligee receives the payments directly from the payor, or the
21    public   office  or  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,  as
22    appropriate, of any change of address within 7 days  of  such
23    change.
24        (2)  An  obligee  who  is a recipient of public aid shall
25    send a copy of any notice of delinquency  filed  pursuant  to
26    subsection (C) to the Bureau of Child Support of the Illinois
27    Department of Public Aid.
28        (3)  Each  obligor shall notify the obligee and the Clerk
29    of the Circuit Court of any change of address within 7 days.
30        (4)  An obligor whose income is being withheld or who has
31    been served with a notice of  delinquency  pursuant  to  this
32    Section shall notify the obligee and the Clerk of the Circuit
33    Court of any new payor, within 7 days.
34        (5)  When  the  Illinois  Department  of Public Aid is no
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 1    longer authorized to receive payments  for  the  obligee,  it
 2    shall, within 7 days, notify the payor or, where appropriate,
 3    the   Clerk   of   the  Circuit  Court,  to  redirect  income
 4    withholding payments to the obligee.
 5        (6)  The obligee or public office shall provide notice to
 6    the payor and Clerk of the Circuit Court of any other support
 7    payment made, including but not limited to, a  set-off  under
 8    federal  and  State law or partial payment of the delinquency
 9    or arrearage, or both.
10        (7)  Any public office and Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court
11    which  collects,  disburses  or receives payments pursuant to
12    orders for withholding shall maintain complete, accurate, and
13    clear  records  of  all  payments  and  their  disbursements.
14    Certified copies of payment records maintained  by  a  public
15    office  or  Clerk of the Circuit Court shall, without further
16    proof, be admitted into evidence  in  any  legal  proceedings
17    under this Section.
18        (8)  The  Illinois  Department of Public Aid shall design
19    suggested legal forms for proceeding under this  Section  and
20    shall   make   available   to   the  courts  such  forms  and
21    informational materials which  describe  the  procedures  and
22    remedies  set forth herein for distribution to all parties in
23    support actions.
24        (9)  At the time of transmitting  each  support  payment,
25    the  clerk  of the circuit court shall provide the obligee or
26    public office, as appropriate, with any information furnished
27    by the payor as to the date income was paid from  which  such
28    support was withheld.
29    (J)  Penalties.
30        (1)  Where a payor wilfully fails to withhold or pay over
31    income  pursuant  to  a  properly served, specially certified
32    order for withholding  and  any  notice  of  delinquency,  or
33    wilfully   discharges,   disciplines,   refuses  to  hire  or
34    otherwise penalizes an obligor as  prohibited  by  subsection
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 1    (G),  or otherwise fails to comply with any duties imposed by
 2    this Section, the  obligee,  public  office  or  obligor,  as
 3    appropriate,  may file a complaint with the court against the
 4    payor.  The clerk of  the  circuit  court  shall  notify  the
 5    obligee or public office, as appropriate, and the obligor and
 6    payor  of the time and place of the hearing on the complaint.
 7    The court shall resolve any factual  dispute  including,  but
 8    not limited to, a denial that the payor is paying or has paid
 9    income  to  the  obligor.   Upon  a  finding  in favor of the
10    complaining party, the court:
11             (a)  Shall enter judgment and direct the enforcement
12        thereof for the total  amount  that  the  payor  wilfully
13        failed to withhold or pay over; and
14             (b)  May  order  employment  or  reinstatement of or
15        restitution to the obligor, or both,  where  the  obligor
16        has  been  discharged,  disciplined, denied employment or
17        otherwise penalized by the payor and may  impose  a  fine
18        upon the payor not to exceed $200.
19        (2)  Any  obligee,  public office or obligor who wilfully
20    initiates a  false  proceeding  under  this  Section  or  who
21    wilfully  fails  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of this
22    Section shall be punished as in cases of contempt of court.
23    (K)  Alternative Procedures for Entry and Service of an Order
24    for Withholding.
25        (1)  Effective January 1, 1987, in any matter in which an
26    order for withholding has not been entered  for  any  reason,
27    based  upon the last order for support that has been entered,
28    and in which the obligor has become delinquent in payment  of
29    an  amount  equal  to at least one month's support obligation
30    pursuant to the last order for support or is at least 30 days
31    late in  complying with all or part of the order for support,
32    the obligee or public office may prepare and serve  an  order
33    for  withholding pursuant to the procedures set forth in this
34    subsection.
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 1        (2)  The obligee or public office shall:
 2             (a)  Prepare a proposed order  for  withholding  for
 3        immediate  service  as provided by paragraphs (1) and (3)
 4        of  subsection  (B),  except   that   the   minimum   20%
 5        delinquency payment shall be used;
 6             (b)  Prepare  a notice of delinquency as provided by
 7        paragraphs (1) and (2)  of  subsection  (C),  except  the
 8        notice shall state further that the order for withholding
 9        has  not  been  entered  by  the court and the conditions
10        under which the order will be entered; and
11             (c)  Serve  the  notice  of  delinquency  and   form
12        petition  to stay service as provided by paragraph (3) of
13        subsection (C), together  with  the  proposed  order  for
14        withholding, which shall be marked "COPY ONLY".
15        (3)  After  20  days  following  service of the notice of
16    delinquency and proposed order for withholding,  in  lieu  of
17    the  provisions  of  subsection  (E),  the  obligee or public
18    office shall file with the Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  an
19    affidavit,  with  a  copy  of  the  notice of delinquency and
20    proposed order  for  withholding  attached  thereto,  stating
21    that:
22             (a)  The  notice  of  delinquency and proposed order
23        for withholding have been served upon the obligor and the
24        date on which service was effected;
25             (b)  The obligor has not filed a  petition  to  stay
26        service  within  20  days  of  service of such notice and
27        order; and
28             (c)  The proposed order for  withholding  accurately
29        states  the terms and amounts contained in the last order
30        for support.
31        (4)  Upon the court's satisfaction  that  the  procedures
32    set  forth  in  this subsection have been met, it shall enter
33    the order for withholding.
34        (5)  The Clerk shall  then  provide  to  the  obligee  or
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 1    public  office  a  specially  certified copy of the order for
 2    withholding and the notice of delinquency indicating that the
 3    preconditions for service have been met.
 4        (6)  The  obligee  or  public  office  shall  serve   the
 5    specially  certified  copies of the order for withholding and
 6    the notice of delinquency on the payor,  its  superintendent,
 7    manager   or  other  agent  by  certified  mail  or  personal
 8    delivery.  A proof of service shall be filed with  the  Clerk
 9    of the Circuit Court.
10        (7)  If  the  obligor  requests  in  writing  that income
11    withholding become effective prior to becoming delinquent  in
12    payment  of an amount equal to one month's support obligation
13    pursuant to the last order for support, or prior to  becoming
14    30  days late in paying all or part of the order for support,
15    the obligee or public office shall file an affidavit with the
16    Clerk of  the  circuit  Court,  with  a  proposed  order  for
17    withholding   attached,   stating  that  the  proposed  order
18    accurately states the terms and amounts contained in the last
19    order for support and the  obligor's  request  for  immediate
20    service.    The  provisions  of paragraphs (4) through (6) of
21    this  subsection  shall  apply,  except  that  a  notice   of
22    delinquency shall not be required.
23        (8)  All  other  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  be
24    applicable  with respect to the provisions of this subsection
25    (K), except that under paragraph (1) of subsection  (H),  the
26    court  may  also  amend the proposed order for withholding to
27    conform to the last order for support.
28        (9)  Nothing in this subsection  shall  be  construed  as
29    limiting  the requirements of paragraph (1) of subsection (B)
30    with respect to the entry of a separate order for withholding
31    upon entry of any order for support.
32    (L)  Remedies in Addition to Other Laws.
33        (1)  The rights, remedies, duties and  penalties  created
34    by  this  Section  are in addition to and not in substitution
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 1    for any other rights, remedies, duties and penalties  created
 2    by any other law.
 3        (2)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  as
 4    invalidating  any  assignment  of  wages or benefits executed
 5    prior to January 1, 1984.
 6    (Source: P.A. 88-26; 88-45; 88-94;  88-131;  88-307;  88-670,
 7    eff. 12-2-94; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 8        Section   91.   The  Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
 9    Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 706.1 as follows:
10        (750 ILCS 5/706.1) (from Ch. 40, par. 706.1)
11        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
12        Sec. 706.1.  Withholding of Income to Secure  Payment  of
13    Support.
14    (A)  Definitions.
15        (1)  "Order  for  support"  means  any order of the court
16    which provides for periodic payment of funds for the  support
17    of  a  child or maintenance of a spouse, whether temporary or
18    final, and includes any such order which provides for:
19             (a)  Modification or resumption of,  or  payment  of
20        arrearage accrued under, a previously existing order;
21             (b)  Reimbursement of support; or
22             (c)  Enrollment  in  a health insurance plan that is
23        available to the obligor through  an  employer  or  labor
24        union or trade union.
25        (2)  "Arrearage" means the total amount of unpaid support
26    obligations.
27        (3)  "Delinquency"  means  any payment under an order for
28    support which becomes due and remains unpaid after  an  order
29    for withholding has been entered under subsection (B) or, for
30    purposes  of subsection (K), after the last order for support
31    was entered for which no order for withholding was entered.
32        (4)  "Income" means any form of periodic  payment  to  an
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 1    individual,  regardless of source, including, but not limited
 2    to: wages, salary, commission, compensation as an independent
 3    contractor, workers' compensation,  disability,  annuity  and
 4    retirement   benefits,   lottery   prize   awards,  insurance
 5    proceeds, vacation pay, bonuses, profit-sharing payments  and
 6    any  other  payments,  made  by  any  person, private entity,
 7    federal or state government, any unit  of  local  government,
 8    school district or any entity created by Public Act; however,
 9    "income" excludes:
10             (a)  Any  amounts  required  by  law to be withheld,
11        other than creditor claims, including,  but  not  limited
12        to,  federal,  State and local taxes, Social Security and
13        other retirement and disability contributions;
14             (b)  Union dues;
15             (c)  Any amounts exempted by  the  federal  Consumer
16        Credit Protection Act;
17             (d)  Public assistance payments; and
18             (e)  Unemployment   insurance   benefits  except  as
19        provided by law.
20        Any other State or  local  laws  which  limit  or  exempt
21    income  or  the  amount  or  percentage of income that can be
22    withheld shall not apply.
23        (5)  "Obligor" means the individual who owes  a  duty  to
24    make payments under an order for support.
25        (6)  "Obligee"  means  the  individual  to whom a duty of
26    support is owed or the individual's legal representative.
27        (7)  "Payor" means any payor of income to an obligor.
28        (8)  "Public office" means any elected  official  or  any
29    State  or  local agency which is or may become responsible by
30    law for enforcement of, or which is or may become  authorized
31    to  enforce, an order for support, including, but not limited
32    to: the Attorney General, the Illinois Department  of  Public
33    Aid,   the   Illinois   Department   of   Mental  Health  and
34    Developmental  Disabilities,  the  Illinois   Department   of
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 1    Children   and  Family  Services,  and  the  various  State's
 2    Attorneys, Clerks of the Circuit  Court  and  supervisors  of
 3    general assistance.
 4        (9)  "Premium"  means  the  dollar  amount  for which the
 5    obligor is liable to his employer or  labor  union  or  trade
 6    union and which must be paid to enroll or maintain a child in
 7    a  health  insurance  plan  that  is available to the obligor
 8    through an employer or labor union or trade union.
 9    (B)  Entry of an Order for Withholding.
10        (1)  Upon entry of any order  for  support  on  or  after
11    January  1,  1984, the court shall enter a separate order for
12    withholding which shall not take effect  unless  the  obligor
13    becomes  delinquent  in  paying  the order for support or the
14    obligor requests an earlier effective date; except  that  the
15    court  may  require  the order for withholding to take effect
16    immediately.
17        On or after January 1, 1989, the court shall require  the
18    order  for  withholding  to take effect immediately, unless a
19    written agreement is  reached  between  and  signed  by  both
20    parties  providing  for  an alternative arrangement, approved
21    and entered into the  record  by  the  court,  which  insures
22    payment  of support.  In that case, the court shall enter the
23    order for withholding which will not take effect  unless  the
24    obligor becomes delinquent in paying the order for support.
25        Upon  entry of any order of support on or after September
26    11, 1989, if the obligor is not a United States citizen,  the
27    obligor  shall  provide  to  the  court  the  obligor's alien
28    registration number,  passport  number,  and  home  country's
29    social security or national health number, if applicable; the
30    court  shall  make  the information part of the record in the
31    case.
32        (2)  An order  for  withholding  shall  be  entered  upon
33    petition  by  the obligee or public office where an order for
34    withholding has not been previously entered.
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 1        (3)  The order for withholding shall:
 2             (a)  Direct any payor to withhold  a  dollar  amount
 3        equal to the order for support; and
 4             (b)  Direct  any  payor  to  withhold  an additional
 5        dollar amount,  not  less  than  20%  of  the  order  for
 6        support,  until payment in full of any delinquency stated
 7        in the notice of delinquency provided for  in  subsection
 8        (C) or (F) of this Section; and
 9             (c)  Direct  any payor or labor union or trade union
10        to enroll a child as a beneficiary of a health  insurance
11        plan   and    withhold   or  cause  to  be  withheld,  if
12        applicable, any required premiums; and
13             (d)  State the rights, remedies and  duties  of  the
14        obligor under this Section; and
15             (e)  Include  the  obligor's Social Security Number,
16        which the obligor shall disclose to the court; and
17             (f)  Include the date that withholding  for  current
18        support   terminates,   which   shall   be  the  date  of
19        termination of the current support obligation  set  forth
20        in the order for support.
21        (4)  At  the  time  the order for withholding is entered,
22    the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall provide a  copy  of  the
23    order  for  withholding  and  the  order  for  support to the
24    obligor and shall make copies available to  the  obligee  and
25    public  office.   Any  copy  of  the  order  for  withholding
26    furnished  to  the  parties  under  this  subsection shall be
27    stamped "Not Valid".
28        (5)  The order for withholding shall remain in effect for
29    as long as the order for support upon which it is based.
30        (6)  The failure of an order for withholding to state  an
31    arrearage  is  not  conclusive  of  the  issue  of whether an
32    arrearage is owing.
33        (7)  Notwithstanding the provisions of  this  subsection,
34    if  the  court  finds  at  the  time  of  any hearing that an
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 1    arrearage has accrued in an amount  equal  to  at  least  one
 2    month's  support  obligation  or  that the obligor is 30 days
 3    late in paying all or part of  the  order  for  support,  the
 4    court   shall  order  immediate  service  of  the  order  for
 5    withholding upon the payor.
 6        (8)  Where the court has not required that the order  for
 7    withholding  take  effect  immediately, the obligee or public
 8    office  may  prepare  and  serve  a  notice   for   immediate
 9    withholding  upon  the  obligor by ordinary mail addressed to
10    the obligor at his or her last  known  address.   The  notice
11    shall state that the following circumstances have occurred:
12             (a)  The  parties'  written  agreement  providing an
13        alternative arrangement to  immediate  withholding  under
14        paragraph  (1)  of this subsection no longer provides for
15        timely payment of all support due; or
16             (b)  The obligor has not  made  timely  payments  in
17        that  the obligor has been at least 7 days late in paying
18        all or part of the order for support any of  the  last  6
19        consecutive  dates payments were due prior to the date of
20        the notice for immediate withholding.
21        The notice for immediate withholding shall clearly  state
22    that  a specially certified copy of the order for withholding
23    will be sent  to  the  payor,  unless  the  obligor  files  a
24    petition  contesting  immediate  withholding  within  20 days
25    after service of the notice; however,  the  grounds  for  the
26    petition shall be limited to a dispute concerning whether the
27    circumstances  stated  in  the  notice  have  occurred or the
28    identity of the obligor.  It shall not  be  grounds  for  the
29    petition  that  the  obligor has made all payments due by the
30    date of the petition.
31        If the obligor  files  a  petition  contesting  immediate
32    withholding  within  the  20-day  period  required under this
33    paragraph, the Clerk of the Circuit Court  shall  notify  the
34    obligor  and the obligee or public office, as appropriate, of
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 1    the time and place of the  hearing  on  the  petition.   Upon
 2    hearing the petition, the court shall enter an order granting
 3    or  denying relief.  It shall not be grounds for granting the
 4    obligor's petition that he or she has made all  payments  due
 5    by  the  date  of hearing.  If the court denies the obligor's
 6    petition, it shall order immediate service of the  order  for
 7    withholding  and  direct  the  clerk  to  provide a specially
 8    certified copy of the order for withholding to the obligee or
 9    public office indicating that the requirements for  immediate
10    withholding under this paragraph have been met.
11        If  the  obligor  does  not  file  a  petition contesting
12    immediate withholding within the 20-day period,  the  obligee
13    or  public  office  shall  file with the Clerk of the Circuit
14    Court an affidavit, with a copy of the notice  for  immediate
15    withholding  attached  thereto,  stating  that the notice was
16    duly served and the date on which service was  effected,  and
17    that   the  obligor  has  not  filed  a  petition  contesting
18    immediate withholding.  The clerk shall then provide  to  the
19    obligee  or  public  office a specially certified copy of the
20    order for withholding indicating that  the  requirements  for
21    immediate withholding under this paragraph have been met.
22        Upon  receipt  of a specially certified copy of the order
23    for withholding, the obligee or public office may  serve  the
24    order  on  the  payor,  its  superintendent, manager or other
25    agent, by certified mail or personal delivery.   A  proof  of
26    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
27    (C)  Notice of Delinquency.
28        (1)  Whenever an obligor becomes delinquent in payment of
29    an  amount  equal  to at least one month's support obligation
30    pursuant to the order for support or is at least 30 days late
31    in complying with all or  part  of  the  order  for  support,
32    whichever  occurs  first,  the  obligee  or public office may
33    prepare and serve a verified notice of delinquency,  together
34    with  a  form petition to stay service, pursuant to paragraph
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 1    (3) of this subsection.
 2        (2)  The notice of delinquency shall recite the terms  of
 3    the order for support and contain a computation of the period
 4    and  total  amount  of the delinquency, as of the date of the
 5    notice.  The notice shall clearly state that it will be  sent
 6    to the payor, together with a specially certified copy of the
 7    order  for withholding, except as provided in subsection (F),
 8    unless the obligor  files  a  petition  to  stay  service  in
 9    accordance with paragraph (1) of subsection (D).
10        (3)  The   notice  of  delinquency  shall  be  served  by
11    ordinary mail addressed to the obligor at  his  or  her  last
12    known address.
13        (4)  The  obligor  may  execute  a  written waiver of the
14    provisions of paragraphs (1) through (3) of  this  subsection
15    and request immediate service upon the payor.
16    (D)  Procedures to Avoid Income Withholding.
17        (1)  Except  as  provided  in subsection (F), the obligor
18    may prevent an order for withholding  from  being  served  by
19    filing  a  petition  to  stay  service  with the Clerk of the
20    Circuit Court, within 20 days after service of the notice  of
21    delinquency;  however,  the  grounds for the petition to stay
22    service shall be limited to:
23             (a)  A dispute  concerning  the  amount  of  current
24        support or the existence or amount of the delinquency;
25             (b)  The identity of the obligor.
26        The  Clerk  of the Circuit Court shall notify the obligor
27    and the obligee or public office, as appropriate, of the time
28    and place of the hearing on the petition to stay service. The
29    court shall hold such hearing pursuant to the  provisions  of
30    subsection (H).
31        (2)  Except  as  provided  in subsection (F), filing of a
32    petition to stay service, within the 20-day  period  required
33    under  this  subsection, shall prohibit the obligee or public
34    office from serving the order for withholding on any payor of
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 1    the obligor.
 2    (E)  Initial Service of Order for Withholding.
 3        (1)  Except as provided in subsection (F),  in  order  to
 4    serve  an  order  for withholding upon a payor, an obligee or
 5    public office shall follow the procedures set forth  in  this
 6    subsection.  After 20 days following service of the notice of
 7    delinquency, the obligee or public office shall file with the
 8    Clerk of the Circuit Court an affidavit, with the copy of the
 9    notice of delinquency attached thereto, stating:
10             (a)  that  the  notice  of delinquency has been duly
11        served and the date on which service was effected; and
12             (b)  that the obligor has not filed  a  petition  to
13        stay service, or in the alternative
14             (c)  that  the  obligor has waived the provisions of
15        subparagraphs (a)  and  (b)  of  this  paragraph  (1)  in
16        accordance with subsection (C)(4).
17        (2)  Upon  request  of  the obligee or public office, the
18    Clerk of the Circuit Court  shall:  (a)  make  available  any
19    record of payment; and (b) determine that the file contains a
20    copy  of the affidavit described in paragraph (1).  The Clerk
21    shall  then  provide  to  the  obligee  or  public  office  a
22    specially certified copy of the order for withholding and the
23    notice of delinquency indicating that the  preconditions  for
24    service have been met.
25        (3)  The  obligee  or  public  office  may then serve the
26    notice of delinquency and order for withholding on the payor,
27    its superintendent, manager or other  agent,  by  regular  or
28    certified  mail  or  facsimile personal delivery.  A proof of
29    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
30    (F)  Subsequent Service of Order for Withholding.
31        (1)  Notwithstanding the provisions of this  Section,  at
32    any  time after the court has ordered immediate service of an
33    order for withholding or after initial service  of  an  order
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 1    for  withholding  pursuant  to subsection (E), the obligee or
 2    public office may serve the order for  withholding  upon  any
 3    payor  of  the obligor without further notice to the obligor.
 4    The obligee or public office  shall  provide  notice  to  the
 5    payor,  pursuant  to  paragraph (6) of subsection (I), of any
 6    payments that have been made through previous withholding  or
 7    any other method.
 8        (2)  The  Clerk of the Circuit Court shall, upon request,
 9    provide the obligee or public office with specially certified
10    copies  of  the  order  for  withholding  or  the  notice  of
11    delinquency or both whenever the Court has ordered  immediate
12    service  of an order for withholding or an affidavit has been
13    placed in the court file indicating  that  the  preconditions
14    for  service have been previously met.  The obligee or public
15    office may then serve the order for withholding on the payor,
16    its superintendent, manager or  other  agent  by  regular  or
17    certified  mail  or  facsimile personal delivery.  A proof of
18    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
19        (3)  If a delinquency has accrued  for  any  reason,  the
20    obligee  or  public  office may serve a notice of delinquency
21    upon the obligor pursuant to subsection (C).  The obligor may
22    prevent the notice of delinquency from being served upon  the
23    payor  by  utilizing  the  procedures set forth in subsection
24    (D). If no petition to stay service has been filed within the
25    required 20 day time period, the obligee or public office may
26    serve the notice of delinquency on the payor by utilizing the
27    procedures for service set forth in subsection (E).
28        (4)  New service of  an  order  for  withholding  is  not
29    required in order to resume withholding of income in the case
30    of  an  obligor with respect to whom an order for withholding
31    was previously served on the payor if withholding  of  income
32    was  terminated  because  of an interruption in the obligor's
33    employment of less than 180 days.
34    (G)  Duties of Payor.
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 1        (1)  It shall be the duty  of  any  payor  who  has  been
 2    served  with  a  copy  of  the  specially certified order for
 3    withholding and any notice of delinquency to deduct  and  pay
 4    over  income as provided in this subsection.  The payor shall
 5    deduct the amount designated in the order for withholding, as
 6    supplemented by the notice  of  delinquency  and  any  notice
 7    provided   pursuant  to  paragraph  (6)  of  subsection  (I),
 8    beginning no later than the next payment of income  which  is
 9    payable to the obligor that occurs 14 days following the date
10    the  order  and  any  notice were mailed by certified mail or
11    placed for personal delivery.   The  payor  may  combine  all
12    amounts  withheld  for  the  benefit  of an obligee or public
13    office into a single payment and transmit the payment with  a
14    listing  of obligors from whom withholding has been effected.
15    The payor shall pay the amount withheld  to  the  obligee  or
16    public  office  within 10 calendar days of the date income is
17    paid  to  the  obligor  in  accordance  with  the  order  for
18    withholding and any subsequent notification received from the
19    public office redirecting payments. If  the  payor  knowingly
20    fails  to  pay  any  amount withheld to the obligee or public
21    office within 10 calendar days of the date income is paid  to
22    the  obligor,  the payor shall pay a penalty of $100 for each
23    day that the withheld amount is not paid to  the  obligee  or
24    public  office  after  the  period  of  10  calendar days has
25    expired.  The failure of a payor, on more than one  occasion,
26    to  pay  amounts  withheld  to  the  obligee or public office
27    within 10 calendar days of the date income is not paid to the
28    obligor creates a presumption that the payor knowingly failed
29    to pay the amounts.  This penalty may be collected in a civil
30    action which may be brought against the payor in favor of the
31    obligee. A finding of a  payor's  nonperformance  within  the
32    time  required  under  this  Section  must be documented by a
33    certified mail return receipt showing the date the order  for
34    withholding  was  served  on  the payor. For purposes of this
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 1    Section, a withheld amount shall  be  considered  paid  by  a
 2    payor  on  the date it is mailed by the payor, or on the date
 3    an electronic funds transfer of the amount has been initiated
 4    by the payor, or on the date delivery of the amount has  been
 5    initiated  by  the payor. For each deduction, the payor shall
 6    provide  the  obligee  or  public  office,  at  the  time  of
 7    transmittal, with the date income was paid from which support
 8    was withheld.
 9        Upon receipt of an order requiring that a minor child  be
10    named  as  a beneficiary of a health insurance plan available
11    through an employer  or  labor  union  or  trade  union,  the
12    employer  or  labor  union  or  trade union shall immediately
13    enroll the  minor  child  as  a  beneficiary  in  the  health
14    insurance  plan  designated  by the court order. The employer
15    shall withhold any required premiums and pay over any amounts
16    so withheld and any additional amounts the employer  pays  to
17    the  insurance  carrier  in a timely manner.  The employer or
18    labor union or trade union shall mail to the obligee,  within
19    15  days of enrollment or upon request, notice of the date of
20    coverage, information on the dependent coverage plan, and all
21    forms necessary to obtain reimbursement  for  covered  health
22    expenses,  such as would be made available to a new employee.
23    When an order for dependent coverage is  in  effect  and  the
24    insurance  coverage  is terminated or changed for any reason,
25    the employer or labor union or trade union shall  notify  the
26    obligee  within  10  days  of  the termination or change date
27    along with notice of conversion privileges.
28        For withholding of income, the payor shall be entitled to
29    receive a fee not to exceed $5 per month to be taken from the
30    income to be paid to the obligor.
31        (2)  Whenever the obligor is no longer  receiving  income
32    from  the  payor,  the payor shall return a copy of the order
33    for withholding to the obligee or  public  office  and  shall
34    provide   information  for  the  purpose  of  enforcing  this
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 1    Section.
 2        (3)  Withholding of income under this  Section  shall  be
 3    made  without regard to any prior or subsequent garnishments,
 4    attachments,  wage  assignments,  or  any  other  claims   of
 5    creditors.   Withholding  of  income under this Section shall
 6    not be in excess of the maximum amounts permitted  under  the
 7    federal Consumer Credit Protection Act. If the payor has been
 8    served with more than one order for withholding pertaining to
 9    the  same  obligor, the payor shall allocate income available
10    for  withholding  on  a  proportionate  share  basis,  giving
11    priority to current support payments.  If there is any income
12    available for withholding after withholding for  all  current
13    support  obligations,  the payor shall allocate the income to
14    past due support payments ordered  in  non-AFDC  matters  and
15    then  to  past  due support payments ordered in AFDC matters,
16    both on a proportionate share basis. Payment as  required  by
17    the  order for withholding shall be a complete defense by the
18    payor against any claims of the obligor or his  creditors  as
19    to the sum so paid.
20        (4)  No payor shall discharge, discipline, refuse to hire
21    or  otherwise  penalize  any  obligor  because of the duty to
22    withhold income.
23    (H)  Petitions to Stay  Service  or  to  Modify,  Suspend  or
24    Terminate Orders for Withholding.
25        (1)  When  an  obligor  files a petition to stay service,
26    the court, after due notice to all parties,  shall  hear  the
27    matter  as  soon  as  practicable  and  shall  enter an order
28    granting  or  denying  relief,   amending   the   notice   of
29    delinquency,   amending  the  order  for  withholding,  where
30    applicable, or otherwise resolving the matter.  If the  court
31    finds   that   a  delinquency  existed  when  the  notice  of
32    delinquency was served upon the obligor, in an amount  of  at
33    least one month's support obligation, or that the obligor was
34    at  least 30 days late in paying all or part of the order for
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 1    support, the court shall order immediate service of the order
 2    for withholding.  Where the court cannot promptly resolve any
 3    dispute over the amount of the  delinquency,  the  court  may
 4    order  immediate  service  of the order for withholding as to
 5    any undisputed amounts specified  in  an  amended  notice  of
 6    delinquency,  and  may  continue  the hearing on the disputed
 7    amounts.
 8        (2)  At any time, an obligor, obligee, public  office  or
 9    Clerk of the Circuit Court may petition the court to:
10             (a)  Modify,  suspend  or  terminate  the  order for
11        withholding because  of  a  modification,  suspension  or
12        termination of the underlying order for support; or
13             (b)  Modify  the  amount of income to be withheld to
14        reflect payment in full or in part of the delinquency  or
15        arrearage by income withholding or otherwise; or
16             (c)  Suspend  the  order  for withholding because of
17        inability to deliver income withheld to the  obligee  due
18        to  the obligee's failure to provide a mailing address or
19        other means of delivery.
20        (3)  The obligor, obligee or public office shall serve on
21    the payor, by certified mail or personal delivery, a copy  of
22    any  order  entered  pursuant to this subsection that affects
23    the duties of the payor.
24        (4)  At any time, a public office or Clerk of the Circuit
25    Court may serve a notice on the payor to:
26             (a)  cease withholding  of  income  for  payment  of
27        current  support  for a child when the support obligation
28        for that child has automatically ceased under  the  order
29        for support through emancipation or otherwise; or
30             (b)  cease  withholding  of  income  for  payment of
31        delinquency  or  arrearage  when   the   delinquency   or
32        arrearage has been paid in full.
33        (5)  The  notice provided for under paragraph (4) of this
34    subsection shall be served on the payor by ordinary mail, and
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 1    a copy shall be provided to the obligor and the  obligee.   A
 2    copy  of  the  notice  shall  be  filed with the Clerk of the
 3    Circuit Court.
 4        (6)  The order  for  withholding  shall  continue  to  be
 5    binding  upon  the  payor  until  service of any order of the
 6    court  or  notice  entered  or  provided   for   under   this
 7    subsection.
 8    (I)  Additional Duties.
 9        (1)  An  obligee  who  is  receiving  income  withholding
10    payments  under  this  Section shall notify the payor, if the
11    obligee receives the payments directly from the payor, or the
12    public  office  or  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,   as
13    appropriate,  of  any change of address within 7 days of such
14    change.
15        (2)  An obligee who is a recipient of  public  aid  shall
16    send  a  copy  of any notice of delinquency filed pursuant to
17    subsection (C) to the Bureau of Child Support of the Illinois
18    Department of Public Aid.
19        (3)  Each obligor shall notify the obligee and the  Clerk
20    of the Circuit Court of any change of address within 7 days.
21        (4)  An obligor whose income is being withheld or who has
22    been  served  with  a  notice of delinquency pursuant to this
23    Section shall notify the obligee and the Clerk of the Circuit
24    Court of any new payor, within 7 days.
25        (5)  When the Illinois Department of  Public  Aid  is  no
26    longer  authorized  to  receive  payments for the obligee, it
27    shall, within 7 days, notify the payor or, where appropriate,
28    the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,   to   redirect   income
29    withholding payments to the obligee.
30        (6)  The obligee or public office shall provide notice to
31    the payor and Clerk of the Circuit Court of any other support
32    payment  made,  including but not limited to, a set-off under
33    federal and State law or partial payment of  the  delinquency
34    or arrearage, or both.
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 1        (7)  Any  public  office  and  Clerk of the Circuit Court
 2    which collects, disburses or receives  payments  pursuant  to
 3    orders for withholding shall maintain complete, accurate, and
 4    clear  records  of  all  payments  and  their  disbursements.
 5    Certified  copies  of  payment records maintained by a public
 6    office or Clerk of the Circuit Court shall,  without  further
 7    proof,  be  admitted  into  evidence in any legal proceedings
 8    under this Section.
 9        (8)  The Illinois Department of Public Aid  shall  design
10    suggested  legal  forms for proceeding under this Section and
11    shall  make  available  to  the   courts   such   forms   and
12    informational  materials  which  describe  the procedures and
13    remedies set forth herein for distribution to all parties  in
14    support actions.
15        (9)  At  the  time  of transmitting each support payment,
16    the clerk of the circuit court shall provide the  obligee  or
17    public office, as appropriate, with any information furnished
18    by  the  payor as to the date income was paid from which such
19    support was withheld.
20    (J)  Penalties.
21        (1)  Where a payor wilfully fails to withhold or pay over
22    income pursuant to a  properly  served,  specially  certified
23    order  for  withholding  and  any  notice  of delinquency, or
24    wilfully  discharges,  disciplines,  refuses   to   hire   or
25    otherwise  penalizes  an  obligor as prohibited by subsection
26    (G), or otherwise fails to comply with any duties imposed  by
27    this  Section,  the  obligee,  public  office  or obligor, as
28    appropriate, may file a complaint with the court against  the
29    payor.   The  clerk  of  the  circuit  court shall notify the
30    obligee or public office, as appropriate, and the obligor and
31    payor of the time and place of the hearing on the  complaint.
32    The  court  shall  resolve any factual dispute including, but
33    not limited to, a denial that the payor is paying or has paid
34    income to the obligor.   Upon  a  finding  in  favor  of  the
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 1    complaining party, the court:
 2             (a)  Shall enter judgment and direct the enforcement
 3        thereof  for  the  total  amount  that the payor wilfully
 4        failed to withhold or pay over; and
 5             (b)  May order employment  or  reinstatement  of  or
 6        restitution  to  the  obligor, or both, where the obligor
 7        has been discharged, disciplined,  denied  employment  or
 8        otherwise  penalized  by  the payor and may impose a fine
 9        upon the payor not to exceed $200.
10        (2)  Any obligee, public office or obligor  who  wilfully
11    initiates  a  false  proceeding  under  this  Section  or who
12    wilfully fails  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  this
13    Section shall be punished as in cases of contempt of court.
14    (K)  Alternative Procedures for Entry and Service of an Order
15    for Withholding.
16        (1)  Effective January 1, 1987, in any matter in which an
17    order  for  withholding  has not been entered for any reason,
18    based upon the last order for support that has been  entered,
19    and  in which the obligor has become delinquent in payment of
20    an amount equal to at least one  month's  support  obligation
21    pursuant to the last order for support or is at least 30 days
22    late  in complying with all or part of the order for support,
23    the obligee or public office may prepare and serve  an  order
24    for  withholding pursuant to the procedures set forth in this
25    subsection.
26        (2)  The obligee or public office shall:
27             (a)  Prepare a proposed order  for  withholding  for
28        immediate  service  as provided by paragraphs (1) and (3)
29        of  subsection  (B),  except   that   the   minimum   20%
30        delinquency payment shall be used;
31             (b)  Prepare  a notice of delinquency as provided by
32        paragraphs (1) and (2)  of  subsection  (C),  except  the
33        notice shall state further that the order for withholding
34        has  not  been  entered  by  the court and the conditions
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 1        under which the order will be entered; and
 2             (c)  Serve  the  notice  of  delinquency  and   form
 3        petition  to stay service as provided by paragraph (3) of
 4        subsection (C), together  with  the  proposed  order  for
 5        withholding, which shall be marked "COPY ONLY".
 6        (3)  After  20  days  following  service of the notice of
 7    delinquency and proposed order for withholding,  in  lieu  of
 8    the  provisions  of  subsection  (E),  the  obligee or public
 9    office shall file with the Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  an
10    affidavit,  with  a  copy  of  the  notice of delinquency and
11    proposed order  for  withholding  attached  thereto,  stating
12    that:
13             (a)  The  notice  of  delinquency and proposed order
14        for withholding have been served upon the obligor and the
15        date on which service was effected;
16             (b)  The obligor has not filed a  petition  to  stay
17        service  within  20  days  of  service of such notice and
18        order; and
19             (c)  The proposed order for  withholding  accurately
20        states  the terms and amounts contained in the last order
21        for support.
22        (4)  Upon the court's satisfaction  that  the  procedures
23    set  forth  in  this subsection have been met, it shall enter
24    the order for withholding.
25        (5)  The Clerk shall  then  provide  to  the  obligee  or
26    public  office  a  specially  certified copy of the order for
27    withholding and the notice of delinquency indicating that the
28    preconditions for service have been met.
29        (6)  The  obligee  or  public  office  shall  serve   the
30    specially  certified  copies of the order for withholding and
31    the notice of delinquency on the payor,  its  superintendent,
32    manager   or  other  agent  by  certified  mail  or  personal
33    delivery.  A proof of service shall be filed with  the  Clerk
34    of the Circuit Court.
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 1        (7)  If  the  obligor  requests  in  writing  that income
 2    withholding become effective prior to becoming delinquent  in
 3    payment  of an amount equal to one month's support obligation
 4    pursuant to the last order for support, or prior to  becoming
 5    30  days late in paying all or part of the order for support,
 6    the obligee or public office shall file an affidavit with the
 7    Clerk of  the  circuit  Court,  with  a  proposed  order  for
 8    withholding   attached,   stating  that  the  proposed  order
 9    accurately states the terms and amounts contained in the last
10    order for support and the  obligor's  request  for  immediate
11    service.    The  provisions  of paragraphs (4) through (6) of
12    this  subsection  shall  apply,  except  that  a  notice   of
13    delinquency shall not be required.
14        (8)  All  other  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  be
15    applicable  with respect to the provisions of this subsection
16    (K), except that under paragraph (1) of subsection  (H),  the
17    court  may  also  amend the proposed order for withholding to
18    conform to the last order for support.
19        (9)  Nothing in this subsection  shall  be  construed  as
20    limiting  the requirements of paragraph (1) of subsection (B)
21    with respect to the entry of a separate order for withholding
22    upon entry of any order for support.
23    (L)  Remedies in Addition to Other Laws.
24        (1)  The rights, remedies, duties and  penalties  created
25    by  this  Section  are in addition to and not in substitution
26    for any other rights, remedies, duties and penalties  created
27    by any other law.
28        (2)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  as
29    invalidating  any  assignment  of  wages or benefits executed
30    prior to January 1, 1984.
31    (Source: P.A. 87-529; 87-935; 87-988; 87-1105; 88-26;  88-45;
32    88-94; 88-131; 88-307; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
33        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A.89-507)
34        Sec.  706.1.  Withholding  of Income to Secure Payment of
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 1    Support.
 2    (A)  Definitions.
 3        (1)  "Order for support" means any  order  of  the  court
 4    which  provides for periodic payment of funds for the support
 5    of a child or maintenance of a spouse, whether  temporary  or
 6    final, and includes any such order which provides for:
 7             (a)  Modification  or  resumption  of, or payment of
 8        arrearage accrued under, a previously existing order;
 9             (b)  Reimbursement of support; or
10             (c)  Enrollment in a health insurance plan  that  is
11        available  to  the  obligor  through an employer or labor
12        union or trade union.
13        (2)  "Arrearage" means the total amount of unpaid support
14    obligations.
15        (3)  "Delinquency" means any payment under an  order  for
16    support  which  becomes due and remains unpaid after an order
17    for withholding has been entered under subsection (B) or, for
18    purposes of subsection (K), after the last order for  support
19    was entered for which no order for withholding was entered.
20        (4)  "Income"  means  any  form of periodic payment to an
21    individual, regardless of source, including, but not  limited
22    to: wages, salary, commission, compensation as an independent
23    contractor,  workers'  compensation,  disability, annuity and
24    retirement  benefits,   lottery   prize   awards,   insurance
25    proceeds,  vacation pay, bonuses, profit-sharing payments and
26    any other payments,  made  by  any  person,  private  entity,
27    federal  or  state  government, any unit of local government,
28    school district or any entity created by Public Act; however,
29    "income" excludes:
30             (a)  Any amounts required by  law  to  be  withheld,
31        other  than  creditor  claims, including, but not limited
32        to, federal, State and local taxes, Social  Security  and
33        other retirement and disability contributions;
34             (b)  Union dues;
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 1             (c)  Any  amounts  exempted  by the federal Consumer
 2        Credit Protection Act;
 3             (d)  Public assistance payments; and
 4             (e)  Unemployment  insurance  benefits   except   as
 5        provided by law.
 6        Any  other  State  or  local  laws  which limit or exempt
 7    income or the amount or percentage  of  income  that  can  be
 8    withheld shall not apply.
 9        (5)  "Obligor"  means  the  individual who owes a duty to
10    make payments under an order for support.
11        (6)  "Obligee" means the individual to  whom  a  duty  of
12    support is owed or the individual's legal representative.
13        (7)  "Payor" means any payor of income to an obligor.
14        (8)  "Public  office"  means  any elected official or any
15    State or local agency which is or may become  responsible  by
16    law  for enforcement of, or which is or may become authorized
17    to enforce, an order for support, including, but not  limited
18    to:  the  Attorney General, the Illinois Department of Public
19    Aid, the Illinois Department of Human Services, the  Illinois
20    Department  of  Children and Family Services, and the various
21    State's  Attorneys,  Clerks  of   the   Circuit   Court   and
22    supervisors of general assistance.
23        (9)  "Premium"  means  the  dollar  amount  for which the
24    obligor is liable to his employer or  labor  union  or  trade
25    union and which must be paid to enroll or maintain a child in
26    a  health  insurance  plan  that  is available to the obligor
27    through an employer or labor union or trade union.
28    (B)  Entry of an Order for Withholding.
29        (1)  Upon entry of any order  for  support  on  or  after
30    January  1,  1984, the court shall enter a separate order for
31    withholding which shall not take effect  unless  the  obligor
32    becomes  delinquent  in  paying  the order for support or the
33    obligor requests an earlier effective date; except  that  the
34    court  may  require  the order for withholding to take effect
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 1    immediately.
 2        On or after January 1, 1989, the court shall require  the
 3    order  for  withholding  to take effect immediately, unless a
 4    written agreement is  reached  between  and  signed  by  both
 5    parties  providing  for  an alternative arrangement, approved
 6    and entered into the  record  by  the  court,  which  insures
 7    payment  of support.  In that case, the court shall enter the
 8    order for withholding which will not take effect  unless  the
 9    obligor becomes delinquent in paying the order for support.
10        Upon  entry of any order of support on or after September
11    11, 1989, if the obligor is not a United States citizen,  the
12    obligor  shall  provide  to  the  court  the  obligor's alien
13    registration number,  passport  number,  and  home  country's
14    social security or national health number, if applicable; the
15    court  shall  make  the information part of the record in the
16    case.
17        (2)  An order  for  withholding  shall  be  entered  upon
18    petition  by  the obligee or public office where an order for
19    withholding has not been previously entered.
20        (3)  The order for withholding shall:
21             (a)  Direct any payor to withhold  a  dollar  amount
22        equal to the order for support; and
23             (b)  Direct  any  payor  to  withhold  an additional
24        dollar amount,  not  less  than  20%  of  the  order  for
25        support,  until payment in full of any delinquency stated
26        in the notice of delinquency provided for  in  subsection
27        (C) or (F) of this Section; and
28             (c)  Direct  any payor or labor union or trade union
29        to enroll a child as a beneficiary of a health  insurance
30        plan   and    withhold   or  cause  to  be  withheld,  if
31        applicable, any required premiums; and
32             (d)  State the rights, remedies and  duties  of  the
33        obligor under this Section; and
34             (e)  Include  the  obligor's Social Security Number,
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 1        which the obligor shall disclose to the court; and
 2             (f)  Include the date that withholding  for  current
 3        support   terminates,   which   shall   be  the  date  of
 4        termination of the current support obligation  set  forth
 5        in the order for support.
 6        (4)  At  the  time  the order for withholding is entered,
 7    the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall provide a  copy  of  the
 8    order  for  withholding  and  the  order  for  support to the
 9    obligor and shall make copies available to  the  obligee  and
10    public  office.   Any  copy  of  the  order  for  withholding
11    furnished  to  the  parties  under  this  subsection shall be
12    stamped "Not Valid".
13        (5)  The order for withholding shall remain in effect for
14    as long as the order for support upon which it is based.
15        (6)  The failure of an order for withholding to state  an
16    arrearage  is  not  conclusive  of  the  issue  of whether an
17    arrearage is owing.
18        (7)  Notwithstanding the provisions of  this  subsection,
19    if  the  court  finds  at  the  time  of  any hearing that an
20    arrearage has accrued in an amount  equal  to  at  least  one
21    month's  support  obligation  or  that the obligor is 30 days
22    late in paying all or part of  the  order  for  support,  the
23    court   shall  order  immediate  service  of  the  order  for
24    withholding upon the payor.
25        (8)  Where the court has not required that the order  for
26    withholding  take  effect  immediately, the obligee or public
27    office  may  prepare  and  serve  a  notice   for   immediate
28    withholding  upon  the  obligor by ordinary mail addressed to
29    the obligor at his or her last  known  address.   The  notice
30    shall state that the following circumstances have occurred:
31             (a)  The  parties'  written  agreement  providing an
32        alternative arrangement to  immediate  withholding  under
33        paragraph  (1)  of this subsection no longer provides for
34        timely payment of all support due; or
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 1             (b)  The obligor has not  made  timely  payments  in
 2        that  the obligor has been at least 7 days late in paying
 3        all or part of the order for support any of  the  last  6
 4        consecutive  dates payments were due prior to the date of
 5        the notice for immediate withholding.
 6        The notice for immediate withholding shall clearly  state
 7    that  a specially certified copy of the order for withholding
 8    will be sent  to  the  payor,  unless  the  obligor  files  a
 9    petition  contesting  immediate  withholding  within  20 days
10    after service of the notice; however,  the  grounds  for  the
11    petition shall be limited to a dispute concerning whether the
12    circumstances  stated  in  the  notice  have  occurred or the
13    identity of the obligor.  It shall not  be  grounds  for  the
14    petition  that  the  obligor has made all payments due by the
15    date of the petition.
16        If the obligor  files  a  petition  contesting  immediate
17    withholding  within  the  20-day  period  required under this
18    paragraph, the Clerk of the Circuit Court  shall  notify  the
19    obligor  and the obligee or public office, as appropriate, of
20    the time and place of the  hearing  on  the  petition.   Upon
21    hearing the petition, the court shall enter an order granting
22    or  denying relief.  It shall not be grounds for granting the
23    obligor's petition that he or she has made all  payments  due
24    by  the  date  of hearing.  If the court denies the obligor's
25    petition, it shall order immediate service of the  order  for
26    withholding  and  direct  the  clerk  to  provide a specially
27    certified copy of the order for withholding to the obligee or
28    public office indicating that the requirements for  immediate
29    withholding under this paragraph have been met.
30        If  the  obligor  does  not  file  a  petition contesting
31    immediate withholding within the 20-day period,  the  obligee
32    or  public  office  shall  file with the Clerk of the Circuit
33    Court an affidavit, with a copy of the notice  for  immediate
34    withholding  attached  thereto,  stating  that the notice was
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 1    duly served and the date on which service was  effected,  and
 2    that   the  obligor  has  not  filed  a  petition  contesting
 3    immediate withholding.  The clerk shall then provide  to  the
 4    obligee  or  public  office a specially certified copy of the
 5    order for withholding indicating that  the  requirements  for
 6    immediate withholding under this paragraph have been met.
 7        Upon  receipt  of a specially certified copy of the order
 8    for withholding, the obligee or public office may  serve  the
 9    order  on  the  payor,  its  superintendent, manager or other
10    agent, by certified mail or personal delivery.   A  proof  of
11    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
12    (C)  Notice of Delinquency.
13        (1)  Whenever an obligor becomes delinquent in payment of
14    an  amount  equal  to at least one month's support obligation
15    pursuant to the order for support or is at least 30 days late
16    in complying with all or  part  of  the  order  for  support,
17    whichever  occurs  first,  the  obligee  or public office may
18    prepare and serve a verified notice of delinquency,  together
19    with  a  form petition to stay service, pursuant to paragraph
20    (3) of this subsection.
21        (2)  The notice of delinquency shall recite the terms  of
22    the order for support and contain a computation of the period
23    and  total  amount  of the delinquency, as of the date of the
24    notice.  The notice shall clearly state that it will be  sent
25    to the payor, together with a specially certified copy of the
26    order  for withholding, except as provided in subsection (F),
27    unless the obligor  files  a  petition  to  stay  service  in
28    accordance with paragraph (1) of subsection (D).
29        (3)  The   notice  of  delinquency  shall  be  served  by
30    ordinary mail addressed to the obligor at  his  or  her  last
31    known address.
32        (4)  The  obligor  may  execute  a  written waiver of the
33    provisions of paragraphs (1) through (3) of  this  subsection
34    and request immediate service upon the payor.
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 1    (D)  Procedures to Avoid Income Withholding.
 2        (1)  Except  as  provided  in subsection (F), the obligor
 3    may prevent an order for withholding  from  being  served  by
 4    filing  a  petition  to  stay  service  with the Clerk of the
 5    Circuit Court, within 20 days after service of the notice  of
 6    delinquency;  however,  the  grounds for the petition to stay
 7    service shall be limited to:
 8             (a)  A dispute  concerning  the  amount  of  current
 9        support or the existence or amount of the delinquency;
10             (b)  The identity of the obligor.
11        The  Clerk  of the Circuit Court shall notify the obligor
12    and the obligee or public office, as appropriate, of the time
13    and place of the hearing on the petition to stay service. The
14    court shall hold such hearing pursuant to the  provisions  of
15    subsection (H).
16        (2)  Except  as  provided  in subsection (F), filing of a
17    petition to stay service, within the 20-day  period  required
18    under  this  subsection, shall prohibit the obligee or public
19    office from serving the order for withholding on any payor of
20    the obligor.
21    (E)  Initial Service of Order for Withholding.
22        (1)  Except as provided in subsection (F),  in  order  to
23    serve  an  order  for withholding upon a payor, an obligee or
24    public office shall follow the procedures set forth  in  this
25    subsection.  After 20 days following service of the notice of
26    delinquency, the obligee or public office shall file with the
27    Clerk of the Circuit Court an affidavit, with the copy of the
28    notice of delinquency attached thereto, stating:
29             (a)  that  the  notice  of delinquency has been duly
30        served and the date on which service was effected; and
31             (b)  that the obligor has not filed  a  petition  to
32        stay service, or in the alternative
33             (c)  that  the  obligor has waived the provisions of
34        subparagraphs (a)  and  (b)  of  this  paragraph  (1)  in
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 1        accordance with subsection (C)(4).
 2        (2)  Upon  request  of  the obligee or public office, the
 3    Clerk of the Circuit Court  shall:  (a)  make  available  any
 4    record of payment; and (b) determine that the file contains a
 5    copy  of the affidavit described in paragraph (1).  The Clerk
 6    shall  then  provide  to  the  obligee  or  public  office  a
 7    specially certified copy of the order for withholding and the
 8    notice of delinquency indicating that the  preconditions  for
 9    service have been met.
10        (3)  The  obligee  or  public  office  may then serve the
11    notice of delinquency and order for withholding on the payor,
12    its superintendent, manager or other  agent,  by  regular  or
13    certified  mail  or  facsimile personal delivery.  A proof of
14    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
15    (F)  Subsequent Service of Order for Withholding.
16        (1)  Notwithstanding the provisions of this  Section,  at
17    any  time after the court has ordered immediate service of an
18    order for withholding or after initial service  of  an  order
19    for  withholding  pursuant  to subsection (E), the obligee or
20    public office may serve the order for  withholding  upon  any
21    payor  of  the obligor without further notice to the obligor.
22    The obligee or public office  shall  provide  notice  to  the
23    payor,  pursuant  to  paragraph (6) of subsection (I), of any
24    payments that have been made through previous withholding  or
25    any other method.
26        (2)  The  Clerk of the Circuit Court shall, upon request,
27    provide the obligee or public office with specially certified
28    copies  of  the  order  for  withholding  or  the  notice  of
29    delinquency or both whenever the Court has ordered  immediate
30    service  of an order for withholding or an affidavit has been
31    placed in the court file indicating  that  the  preconditions
32    for  service have been previously met.  The obligee or public
33    office may then serve the order for withholding on the payor,
34    its superintendent, manager or  other  agent  by  regular  or
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 1    certified  mail  or  facsimile personal delivery.  A proof of
 2    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
 3        (3)  If a delinquency has accrued  for  any  reason,  the
 4    obligee  or  public  office may serve a notice of delinquency
 5    upon the obligor pursuant to subsection (C).  The obligor may
 6    prevent the notice of delinquency from being served upon  the
 7    payor  by  utilizing  the  procedures set forth in subsection
 8    (D). If no petition to stay service has been filed within the
 9    required 20 day time period, the obligee or public office may
10    serve the notice of delinquency on the payor by utilizing the
11    procedures for service set forth in subsection (E).
12        (4)  New service of  an  order  for  withholding  is  not
13    required in order to resume withholding of income in the case
14    of  an  obligor with respect to whom an order for withholding
15    was previously served on the payor if withholding  of  income
16    was  terminated  because  of an interruption in the obligor's
17    employment of less than 180 days.
18    (G)  Duties of Payor.
19        (1)  It shall be the duty  of  any  payor  who  has  been
20    served  with  a  copy  of  the  specially certified order for
21    withholding and any notice of delinquency to deduct  and  pay
22    over  income as provided in this subsection.  The payor shall
23    deduct the amount designated in the order for withholding, as
24    supplemented by the notice  of  delinquency  and  any  notice
25    provided   pursuant  to  paragraph  (6)  of  subsection  (I),
26    beginning no later than the next payment of income  which  is
27    payable to the obligor that occurs 14 days following the date
28    the  order  and  any  notice were mailed by certified mail or
29    placed for personal delivery.   The  payor  may  combine  all
30    amounts  withheld  for  the  benefit  of an obligee or public
31    office into a single payment and transmit the payment with  a
32    listing  of obligors from whom withholding has been effected.
33    The payor shall pay the amount withheld  to  the  obligee  or
34    public  office  within 10 calendar days of the date income is
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 1    paid  to  the  obligor  in  accordance  with  the  order  for
 2    withholding and any subsequent notification received from the
 3    public office redirecting payments. If  the  payor  knowingly
 4    fails  to  pay  any  amount withheld to the obligee or public
 5    office within 10 calendar days of the date income is paid  to
 6    the  obligor,  the payor shall pay a penalty of $100 for each
 7    day that the withheld amount is not paid to  the  obligee  or
 8    public  office  after  the  period  of  10  calendar days has
 9    expired.  The failure of a payor, on more than one  occasion,
10    to  pay  amounts  withheld  to  the  obligee or public office
11    within 10 calendar days of the date income is not paid to the
12    obligor creates a presumption that the payor knowingly failed
13    to pay the amounts.  This penalty may be collected in a civil
14    action which may be brought against the payor in favor of the
15    obligee. A finding of a  payor's  nonperformance  within  the
16    time  required  under  this  Section  must be documented by a
17    certified mail return receipt showing the date the order  for
18    withholding  was  served  on  the payor. For purposes of this
19    Section, a withheld amount shall  be  considered  paid  by  a
20    payor  on  the date it is mailed by the payor, or on the date
21    an electronic funds transfer of the amount has been initiated
22    by the payor, or on the date delivery of the amount has  been
23    initiated  by  the payor. For each deduction, the payor shall
24    provide  the  obligee  or  public  office,  at  the  time  of
25    transmittal, with the date income was paid from which support
26    was withheld.
27        Upon receipt of an order requiring that a minor child  be
28    named  as  a beneficiary of a health insurance plan available
29    through an employer  or  labor  union  or  trade  union,  the
30    employer  or  labor  union  or  trade union shall immediately
31    enroll the  minor  child  as  a  beneficiary  in  the  health
32    insurance  plan  designated  by the court order. The employer
33    shall withhold any required premiums and pay over any amounts
34    so withheld and any additional amounts the employer  pays  to
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 1    the  insurance  carrier  in a timely manner.  The employer or
 2    labor union or trade union shall mail to the obligee,  within
 3    15  days of enrollment or upon request, notice of the date of
 4    coverage, information on the dependent coverage plan, and all
 5    forms necessary to obtain reimbursement  for  covered  health
 6    expenses,  such as would be made available to a new employee.
 7    When an order for dependent coverage is  in  effect  and  the
 8    insurance  coverage  is terminated or changed for any reason,
 9    the employer or labor union or trade union shall  notify  the
10    obligee  within  10  days  of  the termination or change date
11    along with notice of conversion privileges.
12        For withholding of income, the payor shall be entitled to
13    receive a fee not to exceed $5 per month to be taken from the
14    income to be paid to the obligor.
15        (2)  Whenever the obligor is no longer  receiving  income
16    from  the  payor,  the payor shall return a copy of the order
17    for withholding to the obligee or  public  office  and  shall
18    provide   information  for  the  purpose  of  enforcing  this
19    Section.
20        (3)  Withholding of income under this  Section  shall  be
21    made  without regard to any prior or subsequent garnishments,
22    attachments,  wage  assignments,  or  any  other  claims   of
23    creditors.   Withholding  of  income under this Section shall
24    not be in excess of the maximum amounts permitted  under  the
25    federal Consumer Credit Protection Act. If the payor has been
26    served with more than one order for withholding pertaining to
27    the  same  obligor, the payor shall allocate income available
28    for  withholding  on  a  proportionate  share  basis,  giving
29    priority to current support payments.  If there is any income
30    available for withholding after withholding for  all  current
31    support  obligations,  the payor shall allocate the income to
32    past due support payments ordered  in  non-AFDC  matters  and
33    then  to  past  due support payments ordered in AFDC matters,
34    both on a proportionate share basis. Payment as  required  by
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 1    the  order for withholding shall be a complete defense by the
 2    payor against any claims of the obligor or his  creditors  as
 3    to the sum so paid.
 4        (4)  No payor shall discharge, discipline, refuse to hire
 5    or  otherwise  penalize  any  obligor  because of the duty to
 6    withhold income.
 7    (H)  Petitions to Stay  Service  or  to  Modify,  Suspend  or
 8    Terminate Orders for Withholding.
 9        (1)  When  an  obligor  files a petition to stay service,
10    the court, after due notice to all parties,  shall  hear  the
11    matter  as  soon  as  practicable  and  shall  enter an order
12    granting  or  denying  relief,   amending   the   notice   of
13    delinquency,   amending  the  order  for  withholding,  where
14    applicable, or otherwise resolving the matter.  If the  court
15    finds   that   a  delinquency  existed  when  the  notice  of
16    delinquency was served upon the obligor, in an amount  of  at
17    least one month's support obligation, or that the obligor was
18    at  least 30 days late in paying all or part of the order for
19    support, the court shall order immediate service of the order
20    for withholding.  Where the court cannot promptly resolve any
21    dispute over the amount of the  delinquency,  the  court  may
22    order  immediate  service  of the order for withholding as to
23    any undisputed amounts specified  in  an  amended  notice  of
24    delinquency,  and  may  continue  the hearing on the disputed
25    amounts.
26        (2)  At any time, an obligor, obligee, public  office  or
27    Clerk of the Circuit Court may petition the court to:
28             (a)  Modify,  suspend  or  terminate  the  order for
29        withholding because  of  a  modification,  suspension  or
30        termination of the underlying order for support; or
31             (b)  Modify  the  amount of income to be withheld to
32        reflect payment in full or in part of the delinquency  or
33        arrearage by income withholding or otherwise; or
34             (c)  Suspend  the  order  for withholding because of
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 1        inability to deliver income withheld to the  obligee  due
 2        to  the obligee's failure to provide a mailing address or
 3        other means of delivery.
 4        (3)  The obligor, obligee or public office shall serve on
 5    the payor, by certified mail or personal delivery, a copy  of
 6    any  order  entered  pursuant to this subsection that affects
 7    the duties of the payor.
 8        (4)  At any time, a public office or Clerk of the Circuit
 9    Court may serve a notice on the payor to:
10             (a)  cease withholding  of  income  for  payment  of
11        current  support  for a child when the support obligation
12        for that child has automatically ceased under  the  order
13        for support through emancipation or otherwise; or
14             (b)  cease  withholding  of  income  for  payment of
15        delinquency  or  arrearage  when   the   delinquency   or
16        arrearage has been paid in full.
17        (5)  The  notice provided for under paragraph (4) of this
18    subsection shall be served on the payor by ordinary mail, and
19    a copy shall be provided to the obligor and the  obligee.   A
20    copy  of  the  notice  shall  be  filed with the Clerk of the
21    Circuit Court.
22        (6)  The order  for  withholding  shall  continue  to  be
23    binding  upon  the  payor  until  service of any order of the
24    court  or  notice  entered  or  provided   for   under   this
25    subsection.
26    (I)  Additional Duties.
27        (1)  An  obligee  who  is  receiving  income  withholding
28    payments  under  this  Section shall notify the payor, if the
29    obligee receives the payments directly from the payor, or the
30    public  office  or  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,   as
31    appropriate,  of  any change of address within 7 days of such
32    change.
33        (2)  An obligee who is a recipient of  public  aid  shall
34    send  a  copy  of any notice of delinquency filed pursuant to
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 1    subsection (C) to the Bureau of Child Support of the Illinois
 2    Department of Public Aid.
 3        (3)  Each obligor shall notify the obligee and the  Clerk
 4    of the Circuit Court of any change of address within 7 days.
 5        (4)  An obligor whose income is being withheld or who has
 6    been  served  with  a  notice of delinquency pursuant to this
 7    Section shall notify the obligee and the Clerk of the Circuit
 8    Court of any new payor, within 7 days.
 9        (5)  When the Illinois Department of  Public  Aid  is  no
10    longer  authorized  to  receive  payments for the obligee, it
11    shall, within 7 days, notify the payor or, where appropriate,
12    the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,   to   redirect   income
13    withholding payments to the obligee.
14        (6)  The obligee or public office shall provide notice to
15    the payor and Clerk of the Circuit Court of any other support
16    payment  made,  including but not limited to, a set-off under
17    federal and State law or partial payment of  the  delinquency
18    or arrearage, or both.
19        (7)  Any  public  office  and  Clerk of the Circuit Court
20    which collects, disburses or receives  payments  pursuant  to
21    orders for withholding shall maintain complete, accurate, and
22    clear  records  of  all  payments  and  their  disbursements.
23    Certified  copies  of  payment records maintained by a public
24    office or Clerk of the Circuit Court shall,  without  further
25    proof,  be  admitted  into  evidence in any legal proceedings
26    under this Section.
27        (8)  The Illinois Department of Public Aid  shall  design
28    suggested  legal  forms for proceeding under this Section and
29    shall  make  available  to  the   courts   such   forms   and
30    informational  materials  which  describe  the procedures and
31    remedies set forth herein for distribution to all parties  in
32    support actions.
33        (9)  At  the  time  of transmitting each support payment,
34    the clerk of the circuit court shall provide the  obligee  or
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 1    public office, as appropriate, with any information furnished
 2    by  the  payor as to the date income was paid from which such
 3    support was withheld.
 4    (J)  Penalties.
 5        (1)  Where a payor wilfully fails to withhold or pay over
 6    income pursuant to a  properly  served,  specially  certified
 7    order  for  withholding  and  any  notice  of delinquency, or
 8    wilfully  discharges,  disciplines,  refuses   to   hire   or
 9    otherwise  penalizes  an  obligor as prohibited by subsection
10    (G), or otherwise fails to comply with any duties imposed  by
11    this  Section,  the  obligee,  public  office  or obligor, as
12    appropriate, may file a complaint with the court against  the
13    payor.   The  clerk  of  the  circuit  court shall notify the
14    obligee or public office, as appropriate, and the obligor and
15    payor of the time and place of the hearing on the  complaint.
16    The  court  shall  resolve any factual dispute including, but
17    not limited to, a denial that the payor is paying or has paid
18    income to the obligor.   Upon  a  finding  in  favor  of  the
19    complaining party, the court:
20             (a)  Shall enter judgment and direct the enforcement
21        thereof  for  the  total  amount  that the payor wilfully
22        failed to withhold or pay over; and
23             (b)  May order employment  or  reinstatement  of  or
24        restitution  to  the  obligor, or both, where the obligor
25        has been discharged, disciplined,  denied  employment  or
26        otherwise  penalized  by  the payor and may impose a fine
27        upon the payor not to exceed $200.
28        (2)  Any obligee, public office or obligor  who  wilfully
29    initiates  a  false  proceeding  under  this  Section  or who
30    wilfully fails  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  this
31    Section shall be punished as in cases of contempt of court.
32    (K)  Alternative Procedures for Entry and Service of an Order
33    for Withholding.
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 1        (1)  Effective January 1, 1987, in any matter in which an
 2    order  for  withholding  has not been entered for any reason,
 3    based upon the last order for support that has been  entered,
 4    and  in which the obligor has become delinquent in payment of
 5    an amount equal to at least one  month's  support  obligation
 6    pursuant to the last order for support or is at least 30 days
 7    late  in complying with all or part of the order for support,
 8    the obligee or public office may prepare and serve  an  order
 9    for  withholding pursuant to the procedures set forth in this
10    subsection.
11        (2)  The obligee or public office shall:
12             (a)  Prepare a proposed order  for  withholding  for
13        immediate  service  as provided by paragraphs (1) and (3)
14        of  subsection  (B),  except   that   the   minimum   20%
15        delinquency payment shall be used;
16             (b)  Prepare  a notice of delinquency as provided by
17        paragraphs (1) and (2)  of  subsection  (C),  except  the
18        notice shall state further that the order for withholding
19        has  not  been  entered  by  the court and the conditions
20        under which the order will be entered; and
21             (c)  Serve  the  notice  of  delinquency  and   form
22        petition  to stay service as provided by paragraph (3) of
23        subsection (C), together  with  the  proposed  order  for
24        withholding, which shall be marked "COPY ONLY".
25        (3)  After  20  days  following  service of the notice of
26    delinquency and proposed order for withholding,  in  lieu  of
27    the  provisions  of  subsection  (E),  the  obligee or public
28    office shall file with the Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  an
29    affidavit,  with  a  copy  of  the  notice of delinquency and
30    proposed order  for  withholding  attached  thereto,  stating
31    that:
32             (a)  The  notice  of  delinquency and proposed order
33        for withholding have been served upon the obligor and the
34        date on which service was effected;
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 1             (b)  The obligor has not filed a  petition  to  stay
 2        service  within  20  days  of  service of such notice and
 3        order; and
 4             (c)  The proposed order for  withholding  accurately
 5        states  the terms and amounts contained in the last order
 6        for support.
 7        (4)  Upon the court's satisfaction  that  the  procedures
 8    set  forth  in  this subsection have been met, it shall enter
 9    the order for withholding.
10        (5)  The Clerk shall  then  provide  to  the  obligee  or
11    public  office  a  specially  certified copy of the order for
12    withholding and the notice of delinquency indicating that the
13    preconditions for service have been met.
14        (6)  The  obligee  or  public  office  shall  serve   the
15    specially  certified  copies of the order for withholding and
16    the notice of delinquency on the payor,  its  superintendent,
17    manager   or  other  agent  by  certified  mail  or  personal
18    delivery.  A proof of service shall be filed with  the  Clerk
19    of the Circuit Court.
20        (7)  If  the  obligor  requests  in  writing  that income
21    withholding become effective prior to becoming delinquent  in
22    payment  of an amount equal to one month's support obligation
23    pursuant to the last order for support, or prior to  becoming
24    30  days late in paying all or part of the order for support,
25    the obligee or public office shall file an affidavit with the
26    Clerk of  the  circuit  Court,  with  a  proposed  order  for
27    withholding   attached,   stating  that  the  proposed  order
28    accurately states the terms and amounts contained in the last
29    order for support and the  obligor's  request  for  immediate
30    service.    The  provisions  of paragraphs (4) through (6) of
31    this  subsection  shall  apply,  except  that  a  notice   of
32    delinquency shall not be required.
33        (8)  All  other  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  be
34    applicable  with respect to the provisions of this subsection
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 1    (K), except that under paragraph (1) of subsection  (H),  the
 2    court  may  also  amend the proposed order for withholding to
 3    conform to the last order for support.
 4        (9)  Nothing in this subsection  shall  be  construed  as
 5    limiting  the requirements of paragraph (1) of subsection (B)
 6    with respect to the entry of a separate order for withholding
 7    upon entry of any order for support.
 8    (L)  Remedies in Addition to Other Laws.
 9        (1)  The rights, remedies, duties and  penalties  created
10    by  this  Section  are in addition to and not in substitution
11    for any other rights, remedies, duties and penalties  created
12    by any other law.
13        (2)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  as
14    invalidating  any  assignment  of  wages or benefits executed
15    prior to January 1, 1984.
16    (Source: P.A. 88-26; 88-45; 88-94;  88-131;  88-307;  88-670,
17    eff. 12-2-94; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
18        Section  92.  The  Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act
19    is amended by changing Section 4.1 as follows:
20        (750 ILCS 15/4.1) (from Ch. 40, par. 1107.1)
21        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
22        Sec. 4.1.  Withholding of Income  to  Secure  Payment  of
23    Support.
24    (A)  Definitions.
25        (1)  "Order  for  support"  means  any order of the court
26    which provides for periodic payment of funds for the  support
27    of  a  child or maintenance of a spouse, whether temporary or
28    final, and includes any such order which provides for:
29             (a)  Modification or resumption of,  or  payment  of
30        arrearage accrued under, a previously existing order;
31             (b)  Reimbursement of support; or
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 1             (c)  Enrollment  in  a health insurance plan that is
 2        available to the obligor through  an  employer  or  labor
 3        union or trade union.
 4        (2)  "Arrearage" means the total amount of unpaid support
 5    obligations.
 6        (3)  "Delinquency"  means  any payment under an order for
 7    support which becomes due and remains unpaid after  an  order
 8    for withholding has been entered under subsection (B) or, for
 9    purposes  of subsection (K), after the last order for support
10    was entered for which no order for withholding was entered.
11        (4)  "Income" means any form of periodic  payment  to  an
12    individual,  regardless of source, including, but not limited
13    to: wages, salary, commission, compensation as an independent
14    contractor, workers' compensation,  disability,  annuity  and
15    retirement   benefits,   lottery   prize   awards,  insurance
16    proceeds, vacation pay, bonuses, profit-sharing payments  and
17    any  other  payments,  made  by  any  person, private entity,
18    federal or state government, any unit  of  local  government,
19    school district or any entity created by Public Act; however,
20    "income" excludes:
21             (a)  Any  amounts  required  by  law to be withheld,
22        other than creditor claims, including,  but  not  limited
23        to,  federal,  State and local taxes, Social Security and
24        other retirement and disability contributions;
25             (b)  Union dues;
26             (c)  Any amounts exempted by  the  federal  Consumer
27        Credit Protection Act;
28             (d)  Public assistance payments; and
29             (e)  Unemployment   insurance   benefits  except  as
30        provided by law.
31        Any other State or  local  laws  which  limit  or  exempt
32    income  or  the  amount  or  percentage of income that can be
33    withheld shall not apply.
34        (5)  "Obligor" means the individual who owes  a  duty  to
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 1    make payments under an order for support.
 2        (6)  "Obligee"  means  the  individual  to whom a duty of
 3    support is owed or the individual's legal representative.
 4        (7)  "Payor" means any payor of income to an obligor.
 5        (8)  "Public office" means any elected  official  or  any
 6    State  or  local agency which is or may become responsible by
 7    law for enforcement of, or which is or may become  authorized
 8    to  enforce, an order for support, including, but not limited
 9    to: the Attorney General, the Illinois Department  of  Public
10    Aid,   the   Illinois   Department   of   Mental  Health  and
11    Developmental  Disabilities,  the  Illinois   Department   of
12    Children   and  Family  Services,  and  the  various  State's
13    Attorneys, Clerks of the Circuit  Court  and  supervisors  of
14    general assistance.
15        (9)  "Premium"  means  the  dollar  amount  for which the
16    obligor is liable to his employer or  labor  union  or  trade
17    union and which must be paid to enroll or maintain a child in
18    a  health  insurance  plan  that  is available to the obligor
19    through an employer or labor union or trade union.
20    (B)  Entry of an Order for Withholding.
21        (1)  Upon entry of any order  for  support  on  or  after
22    January  1,  1984, the court shall enter a separate order for
23    withholding which shall not take effect  unless  the  obligor
24    becomes  delinquent  in  paying  the order for support or the
25    obligor requests an earlier effective date; except  that  the
26    court  may  require  the order for withholding to take effect
27    immediately.
28        On or after January 1, 1989, the court shall require  the
29    order  for  withholding  to take effect immediately, unless a
30    written agreement is  reached  between  and  signed  by  both
31    parties  providing  for  an alternative arrangement, approved
32    and entered into the  record  by  the  court,  which  insures
33    payment  of support.  In that case, the court shall enter the
34    order for withholding which will not take effect  unless  the
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 1    obligor becomes delinquent in paying the order for support.
 2        Upon  entry of any order of support on or after September
 3    11, 1989, if the obligor is not a United States citizen,  the
 4    obligor  shall  provide  to  the  court  the  obligor's alien
 5    registration number,  passport  number,  and  home  country's
 6    social security or national health number, if applicable; the
 7    court  shall  make  the information part of the record in the
 8    case.
 9        (2)  An order  for  withholding  shall  be  entered  upon
10    petition  by  the obligee or public office where an order for
11    withholding has not been previously entered.
12        (3)  The order for withholding shall:
13             (a)  Direct any payor to withhold  a  dollar  amount
14        equal to the order for support; and
15             (b)  Direct  any  payor  to  withhold  an additional
16        dollar amount,  not  less  than  20%  of  the  order  for
17        support,  until payment in full of any delinquency stated
18        in the notice of delinquency provided for  in  subsection
19        (C) or (F) of this Section; and
20             (c)  Direct  any payor or labor union or trade union
21        to enroll a child as a beneficiary of a health  insurance
22        plan and withhold or cause to be withheld, if applicable,
23        any required premiums; and
24             (d)  State  the  rights,  remedies and duties of the
25        obligor under this Section; and
26             (e)  Include the obligor's Social  Security  Number,
27        which the obligor shall disclose to the court; and
28             (f)  Include  the  date that withholding for current
29        support  terminates,  which  shall   be   the   date   of
30        termination  of  the current support obligation set forth
31        in the order for support.
32        (4)  At the time the order for  withholding  is  entered,
33    the  Clerk  of  the Circuit Court shall provide a copy of the
34    order for withholding  and  the  order  for  support  to  the
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 1    obligor  and  shall  make copies available to the obligee and
 2    public  office.   Any  copy  of  the  order  for  withholding
 3    furnished to the  parties  under  this  subsection  shall  be
 4    stamped "Not Valid".
 5        (5)  The order for withholding shall remain in effect for
 6    as long as the order for support upon which it is based.
 7        (6)  The  failure of an order for withholding to state an
 8    arrearage is not  conclusive  of  the  issue  of  whether  an
 9    arrearage is owing.
10        (7)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of this subsection,
11    if the court finds  at  the  time  of  any  hearing  that  an
12    arrearage  has  accrued  in  an  amount equal to at least one
13    month's support obligation or that the  obligor  is  30  days
14    late  in  paying  all  or  part of the order for support, the
15    court  shall  order  immediate  service  of  the  order   for
16    withholding upon the payor.
17        (8)  Where  the court has not required that the order for
18    withholding take effect immediately, the  obligee  or  public
19    office   may   prepare  and  serve  a  notice  for  immediate
20    withholding upon the obligor by ordinary  mail  addressed  to
21    the  obligor  at  his  or her last known address.  The notice
22    shall state that the following circumstances have occurred:
23             (a)  The parties'  written  agreement  providing  an
24        alternative  arrangement  to  immediate withholding under
25        paragraph (1) of this subsection no longer  provides  for
26        timely payment of all support due; or
27             (b)  The  obligor  has  not  made timely payments in
28        that the obligor has been at least 7 days late in  paying
29        all  or  part  of the order for support any of the last 6
30        consecutive dates payments were due prior to the date  of
31        the notice for immediate withholding.
32        The  notice for immediate withholding shall clearly state
33    that a specially certified copy of the order for  withholding
34    will  be  sent  to  the  payor,  unless  the  obligor files a
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 1    petition contesting  immediate  withholding  within  20  days
 2    after  service  of  the  notice; however, the grounds for the
 3    petition shall be limited to a dispute concerning whether the
 4    circumstances stated in  the  notice  have  occurred  or  the
 5    identity  of  the  obligor.   It shall not be grounds for the
 6    petition that the obligor has made all payments  due  by  the
 7    date of the petition.
 8        If  the  obligor  files  a  petition contesting immediate
 9    withholding within the  20-day  period  required  under  this
10    paragraph,  the  Clerk  of the Circuit Court shall notify the
11    obligor and the obligee or public office, as appropriate,  of
12    the  time  and  place  of  the hearing on the petition.  Upon
13    hearing the petition, the court shall enter an order granting
14    or denying relief.  It shall not be grounds for granting  the
15    obligor's  petition  that he or she has made all payments due
16    by the date of hearing.  If the court  denies  the  obligor's
17    petition,  it  shall order immediate service of the order for
18    withholding, and direct the  clerk  to  provide  a  specially
19    certified copy of the order for withholding to the obligee or
20    public  office indicating that the requirements for immediate
21    withholding under this paragraph have been met.
22        If the  obligor  does  not  file  a  petition  contesting
23    immediate  withholding  within the 20-day period, the obligee
24    or public office shall file with the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit
25    Court  an  affidavit, with a copy of the notice for immediate
26    withholding attached thereto, stating  that  the  notice  was
27    duly  served  and the date on which service was effected, and
28    that  the  obligor  has  not  filed  a  petition   contesting
29    immediate  withholding.   The clerk shall then provide to the
30    obligee or public office a specially certified  copy  of  the
31    order  for  withholding  indicating that the requirements for
32    immediate withholding under this paragraph have been met.
33        Upon receipt of a specially certified copy of  the  order
34    for  withholding,  the obligee or public office may serve the
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 1    order on the payor,  its  superintendent,  manager  or  other
 2    agent,  by  certified  mail or personal delivery.  A proof of
 3    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
 4    (C)  Notice of Delinquency.
 5        (1)  Whenever an obligor becomes delinquent in payment of
 6    an amount equal to at least one  month's  support  obligation
 7    pursuant to the order for support or is at least 30 days late
 8    in  complying  with  all  or  part  of the order for support,
 9    whichever occurs first, the  obligee  or  public  office  may
10    prepare  and serve a verified notice of delinquency, together
11    with a form petition to stay service, pursuant  to  paragraph
12    (3) of this subsection.
13        (2)  The  notice of delinquency shall recite the terms of
14    the order for support and contain a computation of the period
15    and total amount of the delinquency, as of the  date  of  the
16    notice.   The notice shall clearly state that it will be sent
17    to the payor, together with a specially certified copy of the
18    order for withholding, except as provided in subsection  (F),
19    unless  the  obligor  files  a  petition  to  stay service in
20    accordance with paragraph (1) of subsection (D).
21        (3)  The  notice  of  delinquency  shall  be  served   by
22    ordinary  mail  addressed  to  the obligor at his or her last
23    known address.
24        (4)  The obligor may execute  a  written  waiver  of  the
25    provisions  of  paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection
26    and request immediate service upon the payor.
27    (D)  Procedures to Avoid Income Withholding.
28        (1)  Except as provided in subsection  (F),  the  obligor
29    may  prevent  an  order  for withholding from being served by
30    filing a petition to stay  service  with  the  Clerk  of  the
31    Circuit  Court, within 20 days after service of the notice of
32    delinquency; however, the grounds for the  petition  to  stay
33    service shall be limited to:
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 1             (a)  A  dispute  concerning  the  amount  of current
 2        support or the existence or amount of the delinquency;
 3             (b)  The identity of the obligor.
 4        The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall notify  the  obligor
 5    and the obligee or public office, as appropriate, of the time
 6    and place of the hearing on the petition to stay service. The
 7    court  shall  hold such hearing pursuant to the provisions of
 8    subsection (H).
 9        (2)  Except as provided in subsection (F),  filing  of  a
10    petition  to  stay service, within the 20-day period required
11    under this subsection, shall prohibit the obligee  or  public
12    office from serving the order for withholding on any payor of
13    the obligor.
14    (E)  Initial Service of Order for Withholding.
15        (1)  Except  as  provided  in subsection (F), in order to
16    serve an order for withholding upon a payor,  an  obligee  or
17    public  office  shall follow the procedures set forth in this
18    subsection.  After 20 days following service of the notice of
19    delinquency, the obligee or public office shall file with the
20    Clerk of the Circuit Court an affidavit, with the copy of the
21    notice of delinquency attached thereto, stating:
22             (a)  that the notice of delinquency  has  been  duly
23        served and the date on which service was effected; and
24             (b)  that  the  obligor  has not filed a petition to
25        stay service, or in the alternative
26             (c)  that the obligor has waived the  provisions  of
27        subparagraphs  (a)  and  (b)  of  this  paragraph  (1) in
28        accordance with subsection (C)(4).
29        (2)  Upon request of the obligee or  public  office,  the
30    Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  shall: (a) make available any
31    record of payment; and (b) determine that the file contains a
32    copy of the affidavit described in paragraph (1).  The  Clerk
33    shall  then  provide  to  the  obligee  or  public  office  a
34    specially certified copy of the order for withholding and the
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 1    notice  of  delinquency indicating that the preconditions for
 2    service have been met.
 3        (3)  The obligee or public  office  may  then  serve  the
 4    notice of delinquency and order for withholding on the payor,
 5    its  superintendent,  manager  or  other agent, by regular or
 6    certified mail or facsimile personal delivery.   A  proof  of
 7    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
 8    (F)  Subsequent Service of Order for Withholding.
 9        (1)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of this Section, at
10    any time after the court has ordered immediate service of  an
11    order  for  withholding  or after initial service of an order
12    for withholding pursuant to subsection (E),  the  obligee  or
13    public  office  may  serve the order for withholding upon any
14    payor of the obligor without further notice to  the  obligor.
15    The  obligee  or  public  office  shall provide notice to the
16    payor, pursuant to paragraph (6) of subsection  (I),  of  any
17    payments  that have been made through previous withholding or
18    any other method.
19        (2)  The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall, upon  request,
20    provide the obligee or public office with specially certified
21    copies  of  the  order  for  withholding  or  the  notice  of
22    delinquency  or both whenever the Court has ordered immediate
23    service of an order for withholding or an affidavit has  been
24    placed  in  the  court file indicating that the preconditions
25    for service have been previously met.  The obligee or  public
26    office may then serve the order for withholding on the payor,
27    its  superintendent,  manager  or  other  agent by regular or
28    certified mail or facsimile personal delivery.   A  proof  of
29    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
30        (3)  If  a  delinquency  has  accrued for any reason, the
31    obligee or public office may serve a  notice  of  delinquency
32    upon the obligor pursuant to subsection (C).  The obligor may
33    prevent  the notice of delinquency from being served upon the
34    payor by utilizing the procedures  set  forth  in  subsection
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 1    (D).
 2        If  no petition to stay service has been filed within the
 3    required 20 day time period, the obligee or public office may
 4    serve the notice of delinquency on the payor by utilizing the
 5    procedures for service set forth in subsection (E).
 6        (4)  New service of  an  order  for  withholding  is  not
 7    required in order to resume withholding of income in the case
 8    of  an  obligor with respect to whom an order for withholding
 9    was previously served on the payor if withholding  of  income
10    was  terminated  because  of an interruption in the obligor's
11    employment of less than 180 days.
12    (G)  Duties of Payor.
13        (1)  It shall be the duty  of  any  payor  who  has  been
14    served  with  a  copy  of  the  specially certified order for
15    withholding and any notice of delinquency to deduct  and  pay
16    over  income as provided in this subsection.  The payor shall
17    deduct the amount designated in the order for withholding, as
18    supplemented by the notice  of  delinquency  and  any  notice
19    provided   pursuant  to  paragraph  (6)  of  subsection  (I),
20    beginning no later than the next payment of income  which  is
21    payable to the obligor that occurs 14 days following the date
22    the  order  and  any  notice were mailed by certified mail or
23    placed for personal delivery.   The  payor  may  combine  all
24    amounts  withheld  for  the  benefit  of an obligee or public
25    office into a single payment and transmit the payment with  a
26    listing  of obligors from whom withholding has been effected.
27    The payor shall pay the amount withheld  to  the  obligee  or
28    public  office  within 10 calendar days of the date income is
29    paid  to  the  obligor  in  accordance  with  the  order  for
30    withholding and any subsequent notification received from the
31    public office redirecting payments. If  the  payor  knowingly
32    fails  to  pay  any  amount withheld to the obligee or public
33    office within 10 calendar days of the date income is paid  to
34    the  obligor,  the payor shall pay a penalty of $100 for each
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 1    day that the withheld amount is not paid to  the  obligee  or
 2    public  office  after  the  period  of  10  calendar days has
 3    expired.  The failure of a payor, on more than one  occasion,
 4    to  pay  amounts  withheld  to  the  obligee or public office
 5    within 10 calendar days of the date income  is  paid  to  the
 6    obligor creates a presumption that the payor knowingly failed
 7    to pay the amounts.  This penalty may be collected in a civil
 8    action which may be brought against the payor in favor of the
 9    obligee.  A  finding  of  a payor's nonperformance within the
10    time required under this Section  must  be  documented  by  a
11    certified  mail return receipt showing the date the order for
12    withholding was served on the payor.  For  purposes  of  this
13    Section,  a  withheld  amount  shall  be considered paid by a
14    payor on the date it is mailed by the payor, or on  the  date
15    an electronic funds transfer of the amount has been initiated
16    by  the payor, or on the date delivery of the amount has been
17    initiated by the payor. For each deduction, the  payor  shall
18    provide  the  obligee  or  public  office,  at  the  time  of
19    transmittal, with the date income was paid from which support
20    was withheld.
21        Upon  receipt of an order requiring that a minor child be
22    named as a beneficiary of a health insurance  plan  available
23    through  an  employer  or  labor  union  or  trade union, the
24    employer or labor union  or  trade  union  shall  immediately
25    enroll  the  minor  child  as  a  beneficiary  in  the health
26    insurance plan designated by the court  order.  The  employer
27    shall withhold any required premiums and pay over any amounts
28    so  withheld  and any additional amounts the employer pays to
29    the insurance carrier in a timely manner.   The  employer  or
30    labor  union or trade union shall mail to the obligee, within
31    15 days of enrollment or upon request, notice of the date  of
32    coverage, information on the dependent coverage plan, and all
33    forms  necessary  to  obtain reimbursement for covered health
34    expenses, such as would be made available to a new  employee.
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 1    When  an  order  for  dependent coverage is in effect and the
 2    insurance coverage is terminated or changed for  any  reason,
 3    the  employer  or labor union or trade union shall notify the
 4    obligee within 10 days of  the  termination  or  change  date
 5    along with notice of conversion privileges.
 6        For withholding of income, the payor shall be entitled to
 7    receive  a fee not to exceed $5 per month or the actual check
 8    processing cost to be taken from the income to be paid to the
 9    obligor.
10        (2)  Whenever the obligor is no longer  receiving  income
11    from  the  payor,  the payor shall return a copy of the order
12    for withholding to the obligee or  public  office  and  shall
13    provide   information  for  the  purpose  of  enforcing  this
14    Section.
15        (3)  Withholding of income under this  Section  shall  be
16    made  without regard to any prior or subsequent garnishments,
17    attachments,  wage  assignments,  or  any  other  claims   of
18    creditors.   Withholding  of  income under this Section shall
19    not be in excess of the maximum amounts permitted  under  the
20    federal Consumer Credit Protection Act. If the payor has been
21    served with more than one order for withholding pertaining to
22    the  same  obligor, the payor shall allocate income available
23    for  withholding  on  a  proportionate  share  basis,  giving
24    priority to current support payments.  If there is any income
25    available for withholding after withholding for  all  current
26    support  obligations,  the payor shall allocate the income to
27    past due support payments ordered  in  non-AFDC  matters  and
28    then  to  past  due support payments ordered in AFDC matters,
29    both on a proportionate share basis. Payment as  required  by
30    the  order for withholding shall be a complete defense by the
31    payor against any claims of the obligor or his  creditors  as
32    to the sum so paid.
33        (4)  No payor shall discharge, discipline, refuse to hire
34    or  otherwise  penalize  any  obligor  because of the duty to
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 1    withhold income.
 2    (H)  Petitions to Stay  Service  or  to  Modify,  Suspend  or
 3    Terminate Orders for Withholding.
 4        (1)  When  an  obligor  files a petition to stay service,
 5    the court, after due notice to all parties,  shall  hear  the
 6    matter  as  soon  as  practicable  and  shall  enter an order
 7    granting  or  denying  relief,   amending   the   notice   of
 8    delinquency,   amending  the  order  for  withholding,  where
 9    applicable, or otherwise resolving the matter.  If the  court
10    finds   that   a  delinquency  existed  when  the  notice  of
11    delinquency was served upon the obligor, in an amount  of  at
12    least one month's support obligation, or that the obligor was
13    at  least 30 days late in paying all or part of the order for
14    support, the court shall order immediate service of the order
15    for withholding.  Where the court cannot promptly resolve any
16    dispute over the amount of the  delinquency,  the  court  may
17    order  immediate  service  of the order for withholding as to
18    any undisputed amounts specified  in  an  amended  notice  of
19    delinquency,  and  may  continue  the hearing on the disputed
20    amounts.
21        (2)  At any time, an obligor, obligee, public  office  or
22    Clerk of the Circuit Court may petition the court to:
23             (a)  Modify,  suspend  or  terminate  the  order for
24        withholding because  of  a  modification,  suspension  or
25        termination of the underlying order for support; or
26             (b)  Modify  the  amount of income to be withheld to
27        reflect payment in full or in part of the delinquency  or
28        arrearage by income withholding or otherwise; or
29             (c)  Suspend  the  order  for withholding because of
30        inability to deliver income withheld to the  obligee  due
31        to  the obligee's failure to provide a mailing address or
32        other means of delivery.
33        (3)  The obligor, obligee or public office shall serve on
34    the payor, by certified mail or personal delivery, a copy  of
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 1    any  order  entered  pursuant to this subsection that affects
 2    the duties of the payor.
 3        (4)  At any time, a public office or Clerk of the Circuit
 4    Court may serve a notice on the payor to:
 5             (a)  cease withholding  of  income  for  payment  of
 6        current  support  for a child when the support obligation
 7        for that child has automatically ceased under  the  order
 8        for support through emancipation or otherwise; or
 9             (b)  cease  withholding  of  income  for  payment of
10        delinquency  or  arrearage  when   the   delinquency   or
11        arrearage has been paid in full.
12        (5)  The  notice provided for under paragraph (4) of this
13    subsection shall be served on the payor by ordinary mail, and
14    a copy shall be provided to the obligor and the  obligee.   A
15    copy  of  the  notice  shall  be  filed with the Clerk of the
16    Circuit Court.
17        (6)  The order  for  withholding  shall  continue  to  be
18    binding  upon  the  payor  until  service of any order of the
19    court  or  notice  entered  or  provided   for   under   this
20    subsection.
21    (I)  Additional Duties.
22        (1)  An  obligee  who  is  receiving  income  withholding
23    payments  under  this  Section shall notify the payor, if the
24    obligee receives the payments directly from the payor, or the
25    public  office  or  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,   as
26    appropriate,  of  any change of address within 7 days of such
27    change.
28        (2)  An obligee who is a recipient of  public  aid  shall
29    send  a  copy  of any notice of delinquency filed pursuant to
30    subsection (C) to the Bureau of Child Support of the Illinois
31    Department of Public Aid.
32        (3)  Each obligor shall notify the obligee and the  Clerk
33    of the Circuit Court of any change of address within 7 days.
34        (4)  An obligor whose income is being withheld or who has
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 1    been  served  with  a  notice of delinquency pursuant to this
 2    Section shall notify the obligee and the Clerk of the Circuit
 3    Court of any new payor, within 7 days.
 4        (5)  When the Illinois Department of  Public  Aid  is  no
 5    longer  authorized  to  receive  payments for the obligee, it
 6    shall, within 7 days, notify the payor or, where appropriate,
 7    the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,   to   redirect   income
 8    withholding payments to the obligee.
 9        (6)  The obligee or public office shall provide notice to
10    the payor and Clerk of the Circuit Court of any other support
11    payment  made,  including but not limited to, a set-off under
12    federal and State law or partial payment of  the  delinquency
13    or arrearage, or both.
14        (7)  Any  public  office  and  Clerk of the Circuit Court
15    which collects, disburses or receives  payments  pursuant  to
16    orders for withholding shall maintain complete, accurate, and
17    clear  records  of  all  payments  and  their  disbursements.
18    Certified  copies  of  payment records maintained by a public
19    office or Clerk of the Circuit Court shall,  without  further
20    proof,  be  admitted  into  evidence in any legal proceedings
21    under this Section.
22        (8)  The Illinois Department of Public Aid  shall  design
23    suggested  legal  forms for proceeding under this Section and
24    shall  make  available  to  the   courts   such   forms   and
25    informational  materials  which  describe  the procedures and
26    remedies set forth herein for distribution to all parties  in
27    support actions.
28        (9)  At  the  time  of transmitting each support payment,
29    the clerk of the circuit court shall provide the  obligee  or
30    public office, as appropriate, with any information furnished
31    by  the  payor as to the date income was paid from which such
32    support was withheld.
33    (J)  Penalties.
34        (1)  Where a payor wilfully fails to withhold or pay over
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 1    income pursuant to a  properly  served,  specially  certified
 2    order  for  withholding  and  any  notice  of delinquency, or
 3    wilfully  discharges,  disciplines,  refuses   to   hire   or
 4    otherwise  penalizes  an  obligor as prohibited by subsection
 5    (G), or otherwise fails to comply with any duties imposed  by
 6    this  Section,  the  obligee,  public  office  or obligor, as
 7    appropriate, may file a complaint with the court against  the
 8    payor.   The  clerk  of  the  circuit  court shall notify the
 9    obligee or public office, as appropriate, and the obligor and
10    payor of the time and place of the hearing on the  complaint.
11    The  court  shall  resolve any factual dispute including, but
12    not limited to, a denial that the payor is paying or has paid
13    income to the obligor.   Upon  a  finding  in  favor  of  the
14    complaining party, the court:
15             (a)  Shall enter judgment and direct the enforcement
16        thereof  for  the  total  amount  that the payor wilfully
17        failed to withhold or pay over; and
18             (b)  May order employment  or  reinstatement  of  or
19        restitution  to  the  obligor, or both, where the obligor
20        has been discharged, disciplined,  denied  employment  or
21        otherwise  penalized  by  the payor and may impose a fine
22        upon the payor not to exceed $200.
23        (2)  Any obligee, public office or obligor  who  wilfully
24    initiates  a  false  proceeding  under  this  Section  or who
25    wilfully fails  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  this
26    Section shall be punished as in cases of contempt of court.
27    (K)  Alternative Procedures for Entry and Service of an Order
28    for Withholding.
29        (1)  Effective January 1, 1987, in any matter in which an
30    order  for  withholding  has not been entered for any reason,
31    based upon the last order for support that has been  entered,
32    and  in which the obligor has become delinquent in payment of
33    an amount equal to at least one  month's  support  obligation
34    pursuant to the last order for support or is at least 30 days
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 1    late  in complying with all or part of the order for support,
 2    the obligee or public office may prepare and serve  an  order
 3    for  withholding pursuant to the procedures set forth in this
 4    subsection.
 5        (2)  The obligee or public office shall:
 6             (a)  Prepare a proposed order  for  withholding  for
 7        immediate  service  as provided by paragraphs (1) and (3)
 8        of  subsection  (B),  except   that   the   minimum   20%
 9        delinquency payment shall be used;
10             (b)  Prepare  a notice of delinquency as provided by
11        paragraphs (1) and (2)  of  subsection  (C),  except  the
12        notice shall state further that the order for withholding
13        has  not  been  entered  by  the court and the conditions
14        under which the order will be entered; and
15             (c)  Serve  the  notice  of  delinquency  and   form
16        petition  to stay service as provided by paragraph (3) of
17        subsection (C), together  with  the  proposed  order  for
18        withholding, which shall be marked "COPY ONLY".
19        (3)  After  20  days  following  service of the notice of
20    delinquency and proposed order for withholding,  in  lieu  of
21    the  provisions  of  subsection  (E),  the  obligee or public
22    office shall file with the Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  an
23    affidavit,  with  a  copy  of  the  notice of delinquency and
24    proposed order  for  withholding  attached  thereto,  stating
25    that:
26             (a)  The  notice  of  delinquency and proposed order
27        for withholding have been served upon the obligor and the
28        date on which service was effected;
29             (b)  The obligor has not filed a  petition  to  stay
30        service  within  20  days  of  service of such notice and
31        order; and
32             (c)  The proposed order for  withholding  accurately
33        states  the terms and amounts contained in the last order
34        for support.
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 1        (4)  Upon the court's satisfaction  that  the  procedures
 2    set  forth  in  this subsection have been met, it shall enter
 3    the order for withholding.
 4        (5)  The Clerk shall  then  provide  to  the  obligee  or
 5    public  office  a  specially  certified copy of the order for
 6    withholding and the notice of delinquency indicating that the
 7    preconditions for service have been met.
 8        (6)  The  obligee  or  public  office  shall  serve   the
 9    specially  certified  copies of the order for withholding and
10    the notice of delinquency on the payor,  its  superintendent,
11    manager   or  other  agent  by  certified  mail  or  personal
12    delivery.  A proof of service shall be filed with  the  Clerk
13    of the Circuit Court.
14        (7)  If  the  obligor  requests  in  writing  that income
15    withholding become effective prior to becoming delinquent  in
16    payment  of an amount equal to one month's support obligation
17    pursuant to the last order for support, or prior to  becoming
18    30  days late in paying all or part of the order for support,
19    the obligee or public office shall file an affidavit with the
20    Clerk of  the  circuit  Court,  with  a  proposed  order  for
21    withholding   attached,   stating  that  the  proposed  order
22    accurately states the terms and amounts contained in the last
23    order for support and the  obligor's  request  for  immediate
24    service.    The  provisions  of paragraphs (4) through (6) of
25    this  subsection  shall  apply,  except  that  a  notice   of
26    delinquency shall not be required.
27        (8)  All  other  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  be
28    applicable  with respect to the provisions of this subsection
29    (K), except that under paragraph (1) of subsection  (H),  the
30    court  may  also  amend the proposed order for withholding to
31    conform to the last order for support.
32        (9)  Nothing in this subsection  shall  be  construed  as
33    limiting  the requirements of paragraph (1) of subsection (B)
34    with respect to the entry of a separate order for withholding
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 1    upon entry of any order for support.
 2    (L)  Remedies in Addition to Other Laws.
 3        (1)  The rights, remedies, duties and  penalties  created
 4    by  this  Section  are in addition to and not in substitution
 5    for any other rights, remedies, duties and penalties  created
 6    by any other law.
 7        (2)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  as
 8    invalidating  any  assignment  of  wages or benefits executed
 9    prior to January 1, 1984.
10    (Source: P.A. 87-529; 87-935; 87-988; 87-1105; 88-26;  88-45;
11    88-94; 88-131; 88-307; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
12        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
13        Sec.  4.1.  Withholding  of  Income  to Secure Payment of
14    Support.
15    (A)  Definitions.
16        (1)  "Order for support" means any  order  of  the  court
17    which  provides for periodic payment of funds for the support
18    of a child or maintenance of a spouse, whether  temporary  or
19    final, and includes any such order which provides for:
20             (a)  Modification  or  resumption  of, or payment of
21        arrearage accrued under, a previously existing order;
22             (b)  Reimbursement of support; or
23             (c)  Enrollment in a health insurance plan  that  is
24        available  to  the  obligor  through an employer or labor
25        union or trade union.
26        (2)  "Arrearage" means the total amount of unpaid support
27    obligations.
28        (3)  "Delinquency" means any payment under an  order  for
29    support  which  becomes due and remains unpaid after an order
30    for withholding has been entered under subsection (B) or, for
31    purposes of subsection (K), after the last order for  support
32    was entered for which no order for withholding was entered.
33        (4)  "Income"  means  any  form of periodic payment to an
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 1    individual, regardless of source, including, but not  limited
 2    to: wages, salary, commission, compensation as an independent
 3    contractor,  workers'  compensation,  disability, annuity and
 4    retirement  benefits,   lottery   prize   awards,   insurance
 5    proceeds,  vacation pay, bonuses, profit-sharing payments and
 6    any other payments,  made  by  any  person,  private  entity,
 7    federal  or  state  government, any unit of local government,
 8    school district or any entity created by Public Act; however,
 9    "income" excludes:
10             (a)  Any amounts required by  law  to  be  withheld,
11        other  than  creditor  claims, including, but not limited
12        to, federal, State and local taxes, Social  Security  and
13        other retirement and disability contributions;
14             (b)  Union dues;
15             (c)  Any  amounts  exempted  by the federal Consumer
16        Credit Protection Act;
17             (d)  Public assistance payments; and
18             (e)  Unemployment  insurance  benefits   except   as
19        provided by law.
20        Any  other  State  or  local  laws  which limit or exempt
21    income or the amount or percentage  of  income  that  can  be
22    withheld shall not apply.
23        (5)  "Obligor"  means  the  individual who owes a duty to
24    make payments under an order for support.
25        (6)  "Obligee" means the individual to  whom  a  duty  of
26    support is owed or the individual's legal representative.
27        (7)  "Payor" means any payor of income to an obligor.
28        (8)  "Public  office"  means  any elected official or any
29    State or local agency which is or may become  responsible  by
30    law  for enforcement of, or which is or may become authorized
31    to enforce, an order for support, including, but not  limited
32    to:  the  Attorney General, the Illinois Department of Public
33    Aid, the Illinois Department of Human Services, the  Illinois
34    Department  of  Children and Family Services, and the various
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 1    State's  Attorneys,  Clerks  of   the   Circuit   Court   and
 2    supervisors of general assistance.
 3        (9)  "Premium"  means  the  dollar  amount  for which the
 4    obligor is liable to his employer or  labor  union  or  trade
 5    union and which must be paid to enroll or maintain a child in
 6    a  health  insurance  plan  that  is available to the obligor
 7    through an employer or labor union or trade union.
 8    (B)  Entry of an Order for Withholding.
 9        (1)  Upon entry of any order  for  support  on  or  after
10    January  1,  1984, the court shall enter a separate order for
11    withholding which shall not take effect  unless  the  obligor
12    becomes  delinquent  in  paying  the order for support or the
13    obligor requests an earlier effective date; except  that  the
14    court  may  require  the order for withholding to take effect
15    immediately.
16        On or after January 1, 1989, the court shall require  the
17    order  for  withholding  to take effect immediately, unless a
18    written agreement is  reached  between  and  signed  by  both
19    parties  providing  for  an alternative arrangement, approved
20    and entered into the  record  by  the  court,  which  insures
21    payment  of support.  In that case, the court shall enter the
22    order for withholding which will not take effect  unless  the
23    obligor becomes delinquent in paying the order for support.
24        Upon  entry of any order of support on or after September
25    11, 1989, if the obligor is not a United States citizen,  the
26    obligor  shall  provide  to  the  court  the  obligor's alien
27    registration number,  passport  number,  and  home  country's
28    social security or national health number, if applicable; the
29    court  shall  make  the information part of the record in the
30    case.
31        (2)  An order  for  withholding  shall  be  entered  upon
32    petition  by  the obligee or public office where an order for
33    withholding has not been previously entered.
34        (3)  The order for withholding shall:
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 1             (a)  Direct any payor to withhold  a  dollar  amount
 2        equal to the order for support; and
 3             (b)  Direct  any  payor  to  withhold  an additional
 4        dollar amount,  not  less  than  20%  of  the  order  for
 5        support,  until payment in full of any delinquency stated
 6        in the notice of delinquency provided for  in  subsection
 7        (C) or (F) of this Section; and
 8             (c)  Direct  any payor or labor union or trade union
 9        to enroll a child as a beneficiary of a health  insurance
10        plan and withhold or cause to be withheld, if applicable,
11        any required premiums; and
12             (d)  State  the  rights,  remedies and duties of the
13        obligor under this Section; and
14             (e)  Include the obligor's Social  Security  Number,
15        which the obligor shall disclose to the court; and
16             (f)  Include  the  date that withholding for current
17        support  terminates,  which  shall   be   the   date   of
18        termination  of  the current support obligation set forth
19        in the order for support.
20        (4)  At the time the order for  withholding  is  entered,
21    the  Clerk  of  the Circuit Court shall provide a copy of the
22    order for withholding  and  the  order  for  support  to  the
23    obligor  and  shall  make copies available to the obligee and
24    public  office.   Any  copy  of  the  order  for  withholding
25    furnished to the  parties  under  this  subsection  shall  be
26    stamped "Not Valid".
27        (5)  The order for withholding shall remain in effect for
28    as long as the order for support upon which it is based.
29        (6)  The  failure of an order for withholding to state an
30    arrearage is not  conclusive  of  the  issue  of  whether  an
31    arrearage is owing.
32        (7)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of this subsection,
33    if the court finds  at  the  time  of  any  hearing  that  an
34    arrearage  has  accrued  in  an  amount equal to at least one
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 1    month's support obligation or that the  obligor  is  30  days
 2    late  in  paying  all  or  part of the order for support, the
 3    court  shall  order  immediate  service  of  the  order   for
 4    withholding upon the payor.
 5        (8)  Where  the court has not required that the order for
 6    withholding take effect immediately, the  obligee  or  public
 7    office   may   prepare  and  serve  a  notice  for  immediate
 8    withholding upon the obligor by ordinary  mail  addressed  to
 9    the  obligor  at  his  or her last known address.  The notice
10    shall state that the following circumstances have occurred:
11             (a)  The parties'  written  agreement  providing  an
12        alternative  arrangement  to  immediate withholding under
13        paragraph (1) of this subsection no longer  provides  for
14        timely payment of all support due; or
15             (b)  The  obligor  has  not  made timely payments in
16        that the obligor has been at least 7 days late in  paying
17        all  or  part  of the order for support any of the last 6
18        consecutive dates payments were due prior to the date  of
19        the notice for immediate withholding.
20        The  notice for immediate withholding shall clearly state
21    that a specially certified copy of the order for  withholding
22    will  be  sent  to  the  payor,  unless  the  obligor files a
23    petition contesting  immediate  withholding  within  20  days
24    after  service  of  the  notice; however, the grounds for the
25    petition shall be limited to a dispute concerning whether the
26    circumstances stated in  the  notice  have  occurred  or  the
27    identity  of  the  obligor.   It shall not be grounds for the
28    petition that the obligor has made all payments  due  by  the
29    date of the petition.
30        If  the  obligor  files  a  petition contesting immediate
31    withholding within the  20-day  period  required  under  this
32    paragraph,  the  Clerk  of the Circuit Court shall notify the
33    obligor and the obligee or public office, as appropriate,  of
34    the  time  and  place  of  the hearing on the petition.  Upon
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 1    hearing the petition, the court shall enter an order granting
 2    or denying relief.  It shall not be grounds for granting  the
 3    obligor's  petition  that he or she has made all payments due
 4    by the date of hearing.  If the court  denies  the  obligor's
 5    petition,  it  shall order immediate service of the order for
 6    withholding, and direct the  clerk  to  provide  a  specially
 7    certified copy of the order for withholding to the obligee or
 8    public  office indicating that the requirements for immediate
 9    withholding under this paragraph have been met.
10        If the  obligor  does  not  file  a  petition  contesting
11    immediate  withholding  within the 20-day period, the obligee
12    or public office shall file with the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit
13    Court  an  affidavit, with a copy of the notice for immediate
14    withholding attached thereto, stating  that  the  notice  was
15    duly  served  and the date on which service was effected, and
16    that  the  obligor  has  not  filed  a  petition   contesting
17    immediate  withholding.   The clerk shall then provide to the
18    obligee or public office a specially certified  copy  of  the
19    order  for  withholding  indicating that the requirements for
20    immediate withholding under this paragraph have been met.
21        Upon receipt of a specially certified copy of  the  order
22    for  withholding,  the obligee or public office may serve the
23    order on the payor,  its  superintendent,  manager  or  other
24    agent,  by  certified  mail or personal delivery.  A proof of
25    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
26    (C)  Notice of Delinquency.
27        (1)  Whenever an obligor becomes delinquent in payment of
28    an amount equal to at least one  month's  support  obligation
29    pursuant to the order for support or is at least 30 days late
30    in  complying  with  all  or  part  of the order for support,
31    whichever occurs first, the  obligee  or  public  office  may
32    prepare  and serve a verified notice of delinquency, together
33    with a form petition to stay service, pursuant  to  paragraph
34    (3) of this subsection.
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 1        (2)  The  notice of delinquency shall recite the terms of
 2    the order for support and contain a computation of the period
 3    and total amount of the delinquency, as of the  date  of  the
 4    notice.   The notice shall clearly state that it will be sent
 5    to the payor, together with a specially certified copy of the
 6    order for withholding, except as provided in subsection  (F),
 7    unless  the  obligor  files  a  petition  to  stay service in
 8    accordance with paragraph (1) of subsection (D).
 9        (3)  The  notice  of  delinquency  shall  be  served   by
10    ordinary  mail  addressed  to  the obligor at his or her last
11    known address.
12        (4)  The obligor may execute  a  written  waiver  of  the
13    provisions  of  paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection
14    and request immediate service upon the payor.
15    (D)  Procedures to Avoid Income Withholding.
16        (1)  Except as provided in subsection  (F),  the  obligor
17    may  prevent  an  order  for withholding from being served by
18    filing a petition to stay  service  with  the  Clerk  of  the
19    Circuit  Court, within 20 days after service of the notice of
20    delinquency; however, the grounds for the  petition  to  stay
21    service shall be limited to:
22             (a)  A  dispute  concerning  the  amount  of current
23        support or the existence or amount of the delinquency;
24             (b)  The identity of the obligor.
25        The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall notify  the  obligor
26    and the obligee or public office, as appropriate, of the time
27    and place of the hearing on the petition to stay service. The
28    court  shall  hold such hearing pursuant to the provisions of
29    subsection (H).
30        (2)  Except as provided in subsection (F),  filing  of  a
31    petition  to  stay service, within the 20-day period required
32    under this subsection, shall prohibit the obligee  or  public
33    office from serving the order for withholding on any payor of
34    the obligor.
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 1    (E)  Initial Service of Order for Withholding.
 2        (1)  Except  as  provided  in subsection (F), in order to
 3    serve an order for withholding upon a payor,  an  obligee  or
 4    public  office  shall follow the procedures set forth in this
 5    subsection.  After 20 days following service of the notice of
 6    delinquency, the obligee or public office shall file with the
 7    Clerk of the Circuit Court an affidavit, with the copy of the
 8    notice of delinquency attached thereto, stating:
 9             (a)  that the notice of delinquency  has  been  duly
10        served and the date on which service was effected; and
11             (b)  that  the  obligor  has not filed a petition to
12        stay service, or in the alternative
13             (c)  that the obligor has waived the  provisions  of
14        subparagraphs  (a)  and  (b)  of  this  paragraph  (1) in
15        accordance with subsection (C)(4).
16        (2)  Upon request of the obligee or  public  office,  the
17    Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  shall: (a) make available any
18    record of payment; and (b) determine that the file contains a
19    copy of the affidavit described in paragraph (1).  The  Clerk
20    shall  then  provide  to  the  obligee  or  public  office  a
21    specially certified copy of the order for withholding and the
22    notice  of  delinquency indicating that the preconditions for
23    service have been met.
24        (3)  The obligee or public  office  may  then  serve  the
25    notice of delinquency and order for withholding on the payor,
26    its  superintendent,  manager  or  other agent, by regular or
27    certified mail or facsimile personal delivery.   A  proof  of
28    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
29    (F)  Subsequent Service of Order for Withholding.
30        (1)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of this Section, at
31    any time after the court has ordered immediate service of  an
32    order  for  withholding  or after initial service of an order
33    for withholding pursuant to subsection (E),  the  obligee  or
34    public  office  may  serve the order for withholding upon any
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 1    payor of the obligor without further notice to  the  obligor.
 2    The  obligee  or  public  office  shall provide notice to the
 3    payor, pursuant to paragraph (6) of subsection  (I),  of  any
 4    payments  that have been made through previous withholding or
 5    any other method.
 6        (2)  The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall, upon  request,
 7    provide the obligee or public office with specially certified
 8    copies  of  the  order  for  withholding  or  the  notice  of
 9    delinquency  or both whenever the Court has ordered immediate
10    service of an order for withholding or an affidavit has  been
11    placed  in  the  court file indicating that the preconditions
12    for service have been previously met.  The obligee or  public
13    office may then serve the order for withholding on the payor,
14    its  superintendent,  manager  or  other  agent by regular or
15    certified mail or facsimile personal delivery.   A  proof  of
16    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
17        (3)  If  a  delinquency  has  accrued for any reason, the
18    obligee or public office may serve a  notice  of  delinquency
19    upon the obligor pursuant to subsection (C).  The obligor may
20    prevent  the notice of delinquency from being served upon the
21    payor by utilizing the procedures  set  forth  in  subsection
22    (D).
23        If  no petition to stay service has been filed within the
24    required 20 day time period, the obligee or public office may
25    serve the notice of delinquency on the payor by utilizing the
26    procedures for service set forth in subsection (E).
27        (4)  New service of  an  order  for  withholding  is  not
28    required in order to resume withholding of income in the case
29    of  an  obligor with respect to whom an order for withholding
30    was previously served on the payor if withholding  of  income
31    was  terminated  because  of an interruption in the obligor's
32    employment of less than 180 days.
33    (G)  Duties of Payor.
34        (1)  It shall be the duty  of  any  payor  who  has  been
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 1    served  with  a  copy  of  the  specially certified order for
 2    withholding and any notice of delinquency to deduct  and  pay
 3    over  income as provided in this subsection.  The payor shall
 4    deduct the amount designated in the order for withholding, as
 5    supplemented by the notice  of  delinquency  and  any  notice
 6    provided   pursuant  to  paragraph  (6)  of  subsection  (I),
 7    beginning no later than the next payment of income  which  is
 8    payable to the obligor that occurs 14 days following the date
 9    the  order  and  any  notice were mailed by certified mail or
10    placed for personal delivery.   The  payor  may  combine  all
11    amounts  withheld  for  the  benefit  of an obligee or public
12    office into a single payment and transmit the payment with  a
13    listing  of obligors from whom withholding has been effected.
14    The payor shall pay the amount withheld  to  the  obligee  or
15    public  office  within 10 calendar days of the date income is
16    paid  to  the  obligor  in  accordance  with  the  order  for
17    withholding and any subsequent notification received from the
18    public office redirecting payments. If  the  payor  knowingly
19    fails  to  pay  any  amount withheld to the obligee or public
20    office within 10 calendar days of the date income is paid  to
21    the  obligor,  the payor shall pay a penalty of $100 for each
22    day that the withheld amount is not paid to  the  obligee  or
23    public  office  after  the  period  of  10  calendar days has
24    expired.  The failure of a payor, on more than one  occasion,
25    to  pay  amounts  withheld  to  the  obligee or public office
26    within 10 calendar days of the date income  is  paid  to  the
27    obligor creates a presumption that the payor knowingly failed
28    to pay the amounts.  This penalty may be collected in a civil
29    action which may be brought against the payor in favor of the
30    obligee.  A  finding  of  a payor's nonperformance within the
31    time required under this Section  must  be  documented  by  a
32    certified  mail return receipt showing the date the order for
33    withholding was served on the payor.  For  purposes  of  this
34    Section,  a  withheld  amount  shall  be considered paid by a
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 1    payor on the date it is mailed by the payor, or on  the  date
 2    an electronic funds transfer of the amount has been initiated
 3    by  the payor, or on the date delivery of the amount has been
 4    initiated by the payor. For each deduction, the  payor  shall
 5    provide  the  obligee  or  public  office,  at  the  time  of
 6    transmittal, with the date income was paid from which support
 7    was withheld.
 8        Upon  receipt of an order requiring that a minor child be
 9    named as a beneficiary of a health insurance  plan  available
10    through  an  employer  or  labor  union  or  trade union, the
11    employer or labor union  or  trade  union  shall  immediately
12    enroll  the  minor  child  as  a  beneficiary  in  the health
13    insurance plan designated by the court  order.  The  employer
14    shall withhold any required premiums and pay over any amounts
15    so  withheld  and any additional amounts the employer pays to
16    the insurance carrier in a timely manner.   The  employer  or
17    labor  union or trade union shall mail to the obligee, within
18    15 days of enrollment or upon request, notice of the date  of
19    coverage, information on the dependent coverage plan, and all
20    forms  necessary  to  obtain reimbursement for covered health
21    expenses, such as would be made available to a new  employee.
22    When  an  order  for  dependent coverage is in effect and the
23    insurance coverage is terminated or changed for  any  reason,
24    the  employer  or labor union or trade union shall notify the
25    obligee within 10 days of  the  termination  or  change  date
26    along with notice of conversion privileges.
27        For withholding of income, the payor shall be entitled to
28    receive  a fee not to exceed $5 per month or the actual check
29    processing cost to be taken from the income to be paid to the
30    obligor.
31        (2)  Whenever the obligor is no longer  receiving  income
32    from  the  payor,  the payor shall return a copy of the order
33    for withholding to the obligee or  public  office  and  shall
34    provide   information  for  the  purpose  of  enforcing  this
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 1    Section.
 2        (3)  Withholding of income under this  Section  shall  be
 3    made  without regard to any prior or subsequent garnishments,
 4    attachments,  wage  assignments,  or  any  other  claims   of
 5    creditors.   Withholding  of  income under this Section shall
 6    not be in excess of the maximum amounts permitted  under  the
 7    federal Consumer Credit Protection Act. If the payor has been
 8    served with more than one order for withholding pertaining to
 9    the  same  obligor, the payor shall allocate income available
10    for  withholding  on  a  proportionate  share  basis,  giving
11    priority to current support payments.  If there is any income
12    available for withholding after withholding for  all  current
13    support  obligations,  the payor shall allocate the income to
14    past due support payments ordered  in  non-AFDC  matters  and
15    then  to  past  due support payments ordered in AFDC matters,
16    both on a proportionate share basis. Payment as  required  by
17    the  order for withholding shall be a complete defense by the
18    payor against any claims of the obligor or his  creditors  as
19    to the sum so paid.
20        (4)  No payor shall discharge, discipline, refuse to hire
21    or  otherwise  penalize  any  obligor  because of the duty to
22    withhold income.
23    (H)  Petitions to Stay  Service  or  to  Modify,  Suspend  or
24    Terminate Orders for Withholding.
25        (1)  When  an  obligor  files a petition to stay service,
26    the court, after due notice to all parties,  shall  hear  the
27    matter  as  soon  as  practicable  and  shall  enter an order
28    granting  or  denying  relief,   amending   the   notice   of
29    delinquency,   amending  the  order  for  withholding,  where
30    applicable, or otherwise resolving the matter.  If the  court
31    finds   that   a  delinquency  existed  when  the  notice  of
32    delinquency was served upon the obligor, in an amount  of  at
33    least one month's support obligation, or that the obligor was
34    at  least 30 days late in paying all or part of the order for
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 1    support, the court shall order immediate service of the order
 2    for withholding.  Where the court cannot promptly resolve any
 3    dispute over the amount of the  delinquency,  the  court  may
 4    order  immediate  service  of the order for withholding as to
 5    any undisputed amounts specified  in  an  amended  notice  of
 6    delinquency,  and  may  continue  the hearing on the disputed
 7    amounts.
 8        (2)  At any time, an obligor, obligee, public  office  or
 9    Clerk of the Circuit Court may petition the court to:
10             (a)  Modify,  suspend  or  terminate  the  order for
11        withholding because  of  a  modification,  suspension  or
12        termination of the underlying order for support; or
13             (b)  Modify  the  amount of income to be withheld to
14        reflect payment in full or in part of the delinquency  or
15        arrearage by income withholding or otherwise; or
16             (c)  Suspend  the  order  for withholding because of
17        inability to deliver income withheld to the  obligee  due
18        to  the obligee's failure to provide a mailing address or
19        other means of delivery.
20        (3)  The obligor, obligee or public office shall serve on
21    the payor, by certified mail or personal delivery, a copy  of
22    any  order  entered  pursuant to this subsection that affects
23    the duties of the payor.
24        (4)  At any time, a public office or Clerk of the Circuit
25    Court may serve a notice on the payor to:
26             (a)  cease withholding  of  income  for  payment  of
27        current  support  for a child when the support obligation
28        for that child has automatically ceased under  the  order
29        for support through emancipation or otherwise; or
30             (b)  cease  withholding  of  income  for  payment of
31        delinquency  or  arrearage  when   the   delinquency   or
32        arrearage has been paid in full.
33        (5)  The  notice provided for under paragraph (4) of this
34    subsection shall be served on the payor by ordinary mail, and
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 1    a copy shall be provided to the obligor and the  obligee.   A
 2    copy  of  the  notice  shall  be  filed with the Clerk of the
 3    Circuit Court.
 4        (6)  The order  for  withholding  shall  continue  to  be
 5    binding  upon  the  payor  until  service of any order of the
 6    court  or  notice  entered  or  provided   for   under   this
 7    subsection.
 8    (I)  Additional Duties.
 9        (1)  An  obligee  who  is  receiving  income  withholding
10    payments  under  this  Section shall notify the payor, if the
11    obligee receives the payments directly from the payor, or the
12    public  office  or  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,   as
13    appropriate,  of  any change of address within 7 days of such
14    change.
15        (2)  An obligee who is a recipient of  public  aid  shall
16    send  a  copy  of any notice of delinquency filed pursuant to
17    subsection (C) to the Bureau of Child Support of the Illinois
18    Department of Public Aid.
19        (3)  Each obligor shall notify the obligee and the  Clerk
20    of the Circuit Court of any change of address within 7 days.
21        (4)  An obligor whose income is being withheld or who has
22    been  served  with  a  notice of delinquency pursuant to this
23    Section shall notify the obligee and the Clerk of the Circuit
24    Court of any new payor, within 7 days.
25        (5)  When the Illinois Department of  Public  Aid  is  no
26    longer  authorized  to  receive  payments for the obligee, it
27    shall, within 7 days, notify the payor or, where appropriate,
28    the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,   to   redirect   income
29    withholding payments to the obligee.
30        (6)  The obligee or public office shall provide notice to
31    the payor and Clerk of the Circuit Court of any other support
32    payment  made,  including but not limited to, a set-off under
33    federal and State law or partial payment of  the  delinquency
34    or arrearage, or both.
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 1        (7)  Any  public  office  and  Clerk of the Circuit Court
 2    which collects, disburses or receives  payments  pursuant  to
 3    orders for withholding shall maintain complete, accurate, and
 4    clear  records  of  all  payments  and  their  disbursements.
 5    Certified  copies  of  payment records maintained by a public
 6    office or Clerk of the Circuit Court shall,  without  further
 7    proof,  be  admitted  into  evidence in any legal proceedings
 8    under this Section.
 9        (8)  The Illinois Department of Public Aid  shall  design
10    suggested  legal  forms for proceeding under this Section and
11    shall  make  available  to  the   courts   such   forms   and
12    informational  materials  which  describe  the procedures and
13    remedies set forth herein for distribution to all parties  in
14    support actions.
15        (9)  At  the  time  of transmitting each support payment,
16    the clerk of the circuit court shall provide the  obligee  or
17    public office, as appropriate, with any information furnished
18    by  the  payor as to the date income was paid from which such
19    support was withheld.
20    (J)  Penalties.
21        (1)  Where a payor wilfully fails to withhold or pay over
22    income pursuant to a  properly  served,  specially  certified
23    order  for  withholding  and  any  notice  of delinquency, or
24    wilfully  discharges,  disciplines,  refuses   to   hire   or
25    otherwise  penalizes  an  obligor as prohibited by subsection
26    (G), or otherwise fails to comply with any duties imposed  by
27    this  Section,  the  obligee,  public  office  or obligor, as
28    appropriate, may file a complaint with the court against  the
29    payor.   The  clerk  of  the  circuit  court shall notify the
30    obligee or public office, as appropriate, and the obligor and
31    payor of the time and place of the hearing on the  complaint.
32    The  court  shall  resolve any factual dispute including, but
33    not limited to, a denial that the payor is paying or has paid
34    income to the obligor.   Upon  a  finding  in  favor  of  the
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 1    complaining party, the court:
 2             (a)  Shall enter judgment and direct the enforcement
 3        thereof  for  the  total  amount  that the payor wilfully
 4        failed to withhold or pay over; and
 5             (b)  May order employment  or  reinstatement  of  or
 6        restitution  to  the  obligor, or both, where the obligor
 7        has been discharged, disciplined,  denied  employment  or
 8        otherwise  penalized  by  the payor and may impose a fine
 9        upon the payor not to exceed $200.
10        (2)  Any obligee, public office or obligor  who  wilfully
11    initiates  a  false  proceeding  under  this  Section  or who
12    wilfully fails  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  this
13    Section shall be punished as in cases of contempt of court.
14    (K)  Alternative Procedures for Entry and Service of an Order
15    for Withholding.
16        (1)  Effective January 1, 1987, in any matter in which an
17    order  for  withholding  has not been entered for any reason,
18    based upon the last order for support that has been  entered,
19    and  in which the obligor has become delinquent in payment of
20    an amount equal to at least one  month's  support  obligation
21    pursuant to the last order for support or is at least 30 days
22    late  in complying with all or part of the order for support,
23    the obligee or public office may prepare and serve  an  order
24    for  withholding pursuant to the procedures set forth in this
25    subsection.
26        (2)  The obligee or public office shall:
27             (a)  Prepare a proposed order  for  withholding  for
28        immediate  service  as provided by paragraphs (1) and (3)
29        of  subsection  (B),  except   that   the   minimum   20%
30        delinquency payment shall be used;
31             (b)  Prepare  a notice of delinquency as provided by
32        paragraphs (1) and (2)  of  subsection  (C),  except  the
33        notice shall state further that the order for withholding
34        has  not  been  entered  by  the court and the conditions
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 1        under which the order will be entered; and
 2             (c)  Serve  the  notice  of  delinquency  and   form
 3        petition  to stay service as provided by paragraph (3) of
 4        subsection (C), together  with  the  proposed  order  for
 5        withholding, which shall be marked "COPY ONLY".
 6        (3)  After  20  days  following  service of the notice of
 7    delinquency and proposed order for withholding,  in  lieu  of
 8    the  provisions  of  subsection  (E),  the  obligee or public
 9    office shall file with the Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  an
10    affidavit,  with  a  copy  of  the  notice of delinquency and
11    proposed order  for  withholding  attached  thereto,  stating
12    that:
13             (a)  The  notice  of  delinquency and proposed order
14        for withholding have been served upon the obligor and the
15        date on which service was effected;
16             (b)  The obligor has not filed a  petition  to  stay
17        service  within  20  days  of  service of such notice and
18        order; and
19             (c)  The proposed order for  withholding  accurately
20        states  the terms and amounts contained in the last order
21        for support.
22        (4)  Upon the court's satisfaction  that  the  procedures
23    set  forth  in  this subsection have been met, it shall enter
24    the order for withholding.
25        (5)  The Clerk shall  then  provide  to  the  obligee  or
26    public  office  a  specially  certified copy of the order for
27    withholding and the notice of delinquency indicating that the
28    preconditions for service have been met.
29        (6)  The  obligee  or  public  office  shall  serve   the
30    specially  certified  copies of the order for withholding and
31    the notice of delinquency on the payor,  its  superintendent,
32    manager   or  other  agent  by  certified  mail  or  personal
33    delivery.  A proof of service shall be filed with  the  Clerk
34    of the Circuit Court.
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 1        (7)  If  the  obligor  requests  in  writing  that income
 2    withholding become effective prior to becoming delinquent  in
 3    payment  of an amount equal to one month's support obligation
 4    pursuant to the last order for support, or prior to  becoming
 5    30  days late in paying all or part of the order for support,
 6    the obligee or public office shall file an affidavit with the
 7    Clerk of  the  circuit  Court,  with  a  proposed  order  for
 8    withholding   attached,   stating  that  the  proposed  order
 9    accurately states the terms and amounts contained in the last
10    order for support and the  obligor's  request  for  immediate
11    service.    The  provisions  of paragraphs (4) through (6) of
12    this  subsection  shall  apply,  except  that  a  notice   of
13    delinquency shall not be required.
14        (8)  All  other  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  be
15    applicable  with respect to the provisions of this subsection
16    (K), except that under paragraph (1) of subsection  (H),  the
17    court  may  also  amend the proposed order for withholding to
18    conform to the last order for support.
19        (9)  Nothing in this subsection  shall  be  construed  as
20    limiting  the requirements of paragraph (1) of subsection (B)
21    with respect to the entry of a separate order for withholding
22    upon entry of any order for support.
23    (L)  Remedies in Addition to Other Laws.
24        (1)  The rights, remedies, duties and  penalties  created
25    by  this  Section  are in addition to and not in substitution
26    for any other rights, remedies, duties and penalties  created
27    by any other law.
28        (2)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  as
29    invalidating  any  assignment  of  wages or benefits executed
30    prior to January 1, 1984.
31    (Source: P.A. 88-26; 88-45; 88-94;  88-131;  88-307;  88-670,
32    eff. 12-2-94; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
33        Section   93.  The Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement
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 1    of Support  Act  is  amended  by  changing  Section  26.1  as
 2    follows:
 3        (750 ILCS 20/26.1) (from Ch. 40, par. 1226.1)
 4        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
 5        Sec.  26.1.  Withholding  of  Income to Secure Payment of
 6    Support.
 7    (A)  Definitions.
 8        (1)  "Order for support" means any  order  of  the  court
 9    which  provides for periodic payment of funds for the support
10    of a child or maintenance of a spouse, whether  temporary  or
11    final, and includes any such order which provides for:
12             (a)  modification  or  resumption  of, or payment of
13        arrearage accrued under, a previously existing order;
14             (b)  reimbursement of support; or
15             (c)  enrollment in a health insurance plan  that  is
16        available  to  the  obligor  through an employer or labor
17        union or trade union.
18        (2)  "Arrearage" means the total amount of unpaid support
19    obligations.
20        (3)  "Delinquency" means any payment under an  order  for
21    support  which  becomes due and remains unpaid after an order
22    for withholding has been entered under subsection (B) or, for
23    purposes of subsection (K), after the last order for  support
24    was entered for which no order for withholding was entered.
25        (4)  "Income"  means  any  form of periodic payment to an
26    individual, regardless of source, including, but not  limited
27    to: wages, salary, commission, compensation as an independent
28    contractor,  workers'  compensation,  disability, annuity and
29    retirement  benefits,   lottery   prize   awards,   insurance
30    proceeds,  vacation pay, bonuses, profit-sharing payments and
31    any other payments,  made  by  any  person,  private  entity,
32    federal  or  state  government, any unit of local government,
33    school district or any entity created by Public Act; however,
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 1    "income" excludes:
 2             (a)  any amounts required by  law  to  be  withheld,
 3        other  than  creditor  claims, including, but not limited
 4        to, federal, State and local taxes, Social  Security  and
 5        other retirement and disability contributions;
 6             (b)  union dues;
 7             (c)  any  amounts  exempted  by the federal Consumer
 8        Credit Protection Act;
 9             (d)  public assistance payments; and
10             (e)  unemployment  insurance  benefits   except   as
11        provided by law.
12        Any  other  State  or  local  laws  which limit or exempt
13    income or the amount or percentage  of  income  that  can  be
14    withheld shall not apply.
15        (5)  "Obligor"  means  the  individual who owes a duty to
16    make payments under an order for support.
17        (6)  "Obligee" means the individual to  whom  a  duty  of
18    support is owed or the individual's legal representative.
19        (7)  "Payor" means any payor of income to an obligor.
20        (8)  "Public  office"  means  any elected official or any
21    State or local agency which is or may become  responsible  by
22    law  for enforcement of, or which is or may become authorized
23    to enforce, an order for support, including, but not  limited
24    to:  the  Attorney General, the Illinois Department of Public
25    Aid,  the  Illinois   Department   of   Mental   Health   and
26    Developmental   Disabilities,   the  Illinois  Department  of
27    Children  and  Family  Services,  and  the  various   State's
28    Attorneys,  Clerks  of  the  Circuit Court and supervisors of
29    general assistance.
30        (9)  "Premium" means the  dollar  amount  for  which  the
31    obligor  is  liable  to  his employer or labor union or trade
32    union and which must be paid to enroll or maintain a child in
33    a health insurance plan that  is  available  to  the  obligor
34    through an employer or labor union or trade union.
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 1    (B)  Entry of an Order for Withholding.
 2        (1)  Upon  entry  of  any  order  for support on or after
 3    January 1, 1984, the court shall enter a separate  order  for
 4    withholding  which  shall  not take effect unless the obligor
 5    becomes delinquent in paying the order  for  support  or  the
 6    obligor  requests  an earlier effective date; except that the
 7    court may require the order for withholding  to  take  effect
 8    immediately.
 9        On  or after January 1, 1989, the court shall require the
10    order for withholding to take effect  immediately,  unless  a
11    written  agreement  is  reached  between  and  signed by both
12    parties providing for an  alternative  arrangement,  approved
13    and  entered  into  the  record  by  the court, which insures
14    payment of support.  In that case, the court shall enter  the
15    order  for  withholding which will not take effect unless the
16    obligor becomes delinquent in paying the order for support.
17        Upon entry of any order of support on or after  September
18    11,  1989, if the obligor is not a United States citizen, the
19    obligor shall  provide  to  the  court  the  obligor's  alien
20    registration  number,  passport  number,  and  home country's
21    social security or national health number, if applicable; the
22    court shall make the information part of the  record  in  the
23    case.
24        (2)  An  order  for  withholding  shall  be  entered upon
25    petition by the obligee or public office where an  order  for
26    withholding has not been previously entered.
27        (3)  The order for withholding shall:
28             (a)  direct  any  payor  to withhold a dollar amount
29        equal to the order for support; and
30             (b)  direct any  payor  to  withhold  an  additional
31        dollar  amount,  not  less  than  20%  of  the  order for
32        support, until payment in full of any delinquency  stated
33        in  the  notice of delinquency provided for in subsection
34        (C) or (F) of this Section; and
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 1             (c)  direct any payor or labor union or trade  union
 2        to  enroll a child as a beneficiary of a health insurance
 3        plan and withhold or cause to be withheld, if applicable,
 4        any required premiums; and
 5             (d)  state the rights, remedies and  duties  of  the
 6        obligor under this Section; and
 7             (e)  include  the  obligor's Social Security Number,
 8        which the obligor shall disclose to the court; and
 9             (f)  include the date that withholding  for  current
10        support   terminates,   which   shall   be  the  date  of
11        termination of the current support obligation  set  forth
12        in the order for support.
13        (4)  At  the  time  the order for withholding is entered,
14    the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall provide a  copy  of  the
15    order  for  withholding  and  the  order  for  support to the
16    obligor and shall make copies available to  the  obligee  and
17    public  office.   Any  copy  of  the  order  for  withholding
18    furnished  to  the  parties  under  this  subsection shall be
19    stamped "Not Valid".
20        (5)  The order for withholding shall remain in effect for
21    as long as the order for support upon which it is based.
22        (6)  The failure of an order for withholding to state  an
23    arrearage  is  not  conclusive  of  the  issue  of whether an
24    arrearage is owing.
25        (7)  Notwithstanding the provisions of  this  subsection,
26    if  the  court  finds  at  the  time  of  any hearing that an
27    arrearage has accrued in an amount  equal  to  at  least  one
28    month's  support  obligation  or  that the obligor is 30 days
29    late in paying all or part of  the  order  for  support,  the
30    court   shall  order  immediate  service  of  the  order  for
31    withholding upon the payor.
32        (8)  Where the court has not required that the order  for
33    withholding  take  effect  immediately, the obligee or public
34    office  may  prepare  and  serve  a  notice   for   immediate
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 1    withholding  upon  the  obligor by ordinary mail addressed to
 2    the obligor at his or her last  known  address.   The  notice
 3    shall state that the following circumstances have occurred:
 4             (a)  The  parties'  written  agreement  providing an
 5        alternative arrangement to  immediate  withholding  under
 6        paragraph  (1)  of this subsection no longer provides for
 7        timely payment of all support due; or
 8             (b)  The obligor has not  made  timely  payments  in
 9        that  the obligor has been at least 7 days late in paying
10        all or part of the order for support any of  the  last  6
11        consecutive  dates payments were due prior to the date of
12        the notice for immediate withholding.
13        The notice for immediate withholding shall clearly  state
14    that  a specially certified copy of the order for withholding
15    will be sent  to  the  payor,  unless  the  obligor  files  a
16    petition  contesting  immediate  withholding  within  20 days
17    after service of the notice; however,  the  grounds  for  the
18    petition shall be limited to a dispute concerning whether the
19    circumstances  stated  in  the  notice  have  occurred or the
20    identity of the obligor.  It shall not  be  grounds  for  the
21    petition  that  the  obligor has made all payments due by the
22    date of the petition.
23        If the obligor  files  a  petition  contesting  immediate
24    withholding  within  the  20-day  period  required under this
25    paragraph, the Clerk of the Circuit Court  shall  notify  the
26    obligor  and the obligee or public office, as appropriate, of
27    the time and place of the  hearing  on  the  petition.   Upon
28    hearing the petition, the court shall enter an order granting
29    or  denying relief.  It shall not be grounds for granting the
30    obligor's petition that he or she has made all  payments  due
31    by  the  date  of hearing.  If the court denies the obligor's
32    petition, it shall order immediate service of the  order  for
33    withholding  and  direct  the  clerk  to  provide a specially
34    certified copy of the order for withholding to the obligee or
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 1    public office indicating that the requirements for  immediate
 2    withholding under this paragraph have been met.
 3        If  the  obligor  does  not  file  a  petition contesting
 4    immediate withholding within the 20-day period,  the  obligee
 5    or  public  office  shall  file with the Clerk of the Circuit
 6    Court an affidavit, with a copy of the notice  for  immediate
 7    withholding  attached  thereto,  stating  that the notice was
 8    duly served and the date on which service was  effected,  and
 9    that   the  obligor  has  not  filed  a  petition  contesting
10    immediate withholding.  The clerk shall then provide  to  the
11    obligee  or  public  office a specially certified copy of the
12    order for withholding indicating that  the  requirements  for
13    immediate withholding under this paragraph have been met.
14        Upon  receipt  of a specially certified copy of the order
15    for withholding, the obligee or public office may  serve  the
16    order  on  the  payor,  its  superintendent, manager or other
17    agent, by certified mail or personal delivery.   A  proof  of
18    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
19    (C)  Notice of Delinquency.
20        (1)  Whenever an obligor becomes delinquent in payment of
21    an  amount  equal  to at least one month's support obligation
22    pursuant to the order for support or is at least 30 days late
23    in complying with all or  part  of  the  order  for  support,
24    whichever  occurs  first,  the  obligee  or public office may
25    prepare and serve a verified notice of delinquency,  together
26    with  a  form petition to stay service, pursuant to paragraph
27    (3) of this subsection.
28        (2)  The notice of delinquency shall recite the terms  of
29    the order for support and contain a computation of the period
30    and  total  amount  of the delinquency, as of the date of the
31    notice.  The notice shall clearly state that it will be  sent
32    to the payor, together with a specially certified copy of the
33    order  for withholding, except as provided in subsection (F),
34    unless the obligor  files  a  petition  to  stay  service  in
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 1    accordance with paragraph (1) of subsection (D).
 2        (3)  The   notice  of  delinquency  shall  be  served  by
 3    ordinary mail addressed to the obligor at  his  or  her  last
 4    known address.
 5        (4)  The  obligor  may  execute  a  written waiver of the
 6    provisions of paragraphs (1) through (3) of  this  subsection
 7    and request immediate service upon the payor.
 8    (D)  Procedures to Avoid Income Withholding.
 9        (1)  Except  as  provided  in subsection (F), the obligor
10    may prevent an order for withholding  from  being  served  by
11    filing  a  petition  to  stay  service  with the Clerk of the
12    Circuit Court, within 20 days after service of the notice  of
13    delinquency;  however,  the  grounds for the petition to stay
14    service shall be limited to a  dispute  concerning:  (a)  the
15    amount  of  current support or the existence or amount of the
16    delinquency; or (b)  the identity of the obligor.
17        The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall notify  the  obligor
18    and the obligee or public office, as appropriate, of the time
19    and place of the hearing on the petition to stay service. The
20    court  shall  hold such hearing pursuant to the provisions of
21    subsection (H).
22        (2)  Except as provided in subsection (F),  filing  of  a
23    petition  to  stay service, within the 20-day period required
24    under this subsection, shall prohibit the obligee  or  public
25    office from serving the order for withholding on any payor of
26    the obligor.
27    (E)  Initial Service of Order for Withholding.
28        (1)  Except  as  provided  in subsection (F), in order to
29    serve an order for withholding upon a payor,  an  obligee  or
30    public  office  shall follow the procedures set forth in this
31    subsection.  After 20 days following service of the notice of
32    delinquency, the obligee or public office shall file with the
33    Clerk of the Circuit Court an affidavit, with the copy of the
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 1    notice of delinquency attached thereto, stating:
 2             (a)  that the notice of delinquency  has  been  duly
 3        served and the date on which service was effected; and
 4             (b)  that  the  obligor  has not filed a petition to
 5        stay service, or in the alternative
 6             (c)  that the obligor has waived the  provisions  of
 7        subparagraphs  (a)  and  (b)  of  this  paragraph  (1) in
 8        accordance with subsection (C)(4).
 9        (2)  Upon request of the obligee or  public  office,  the
10    Clerk  of the Circuit shall: (a) make available any record of
11    payment; and (b) determine that the file contains a  copy  of
12    the  affidavit  described  in paragraph (1).  The Clerk shall
13    then provide to the obligee  or  public  office  a  specially
14    certified copy of the order for withholding and the notice of
15    delinquency  indicating  that  the  preconditions for service
16    have been met.
17        (3)  The obligee or public  office  may  then  serve  the
18    notice of delinquency and order for withholding on the payor,
19    its  superintendent,  manager  or  other agent, by regular or
20    certified mail or facsimile personal delivery.   A  proof  of
21    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
22    (F)  Subsequent Service of Order for Withholding.
23        (1)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of this Section, at
24    any time after the court has ordered immediate service of  an
25    order  for  withholding  or after initial service of an order
26    for withholding pursuant to subsection (E),  the  obligee  or
27    public  office  may  serve the order for withholding upon any
28    payor of the obligor without further notice to  the  obligor.
29    The  obligee  or  public  office  shall provide notice to the
30    payor, pursuant to paragraph (6) of subsection  (I),  of  any
31    payments  that have been made through previous withholding or
32    any other method.
33        (2)  The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall, upon  request,
34    provide the obligee or public office with specially certified
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 1    copies  of  the  order  for  withholding  or  the  notice  of
 2    delinquency  or both whenever the Court has ordered immediate
 3    service of an order for withholding or an affidavit has  been
 4    placed  in  the  court file indicating that the preconditions
 5    for service have been previously met.  The obligee or  public
 6    office may then serve the order for withholding on the payor,
 7    its  superintendent,  manager  or  other  agent by regular or
 8    certified mail or facsimile personal delivery.   A  proof  of
 9    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
10        (3)  If  a  delinquency  has  accrued for any reason, the
11    obligee or public office may serve a  notice  of  delinquency
12    upon the obligor pursuant to subsection (C).  The obligor may
13    prevent  the notice of delinquency from being served upon the
14    payor by utilizing the procedures  set  forth  in  subsection
15    (D). If no petition to stay service has been filed within the
16    required 20 day time period, the obligee or public office may
17    serve the notice of delinquency on the payor by utilizing the
18    procedures for service set forth in subsection (E).
19        (4)  New  service  of  an  order  for  withholding is not
20    required in order to resume withholding of income in the case
21    of an obligor with respect to whom an order  for  withholding
22    was  previously  served on the payor if withholding of income
23    was terminated because of an interruption  in  the  obligor's
24    employment of less than 180 days.
25    (G)  Duties of Payor.
26        (1)  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any payor who has been
27    served with a copy  of  the  specially  certified  order  for
28    withholding  and  any notice of delinquency to deduct and pay
29    over income as provided in this subsection.  The payor  shall
30    deduct the amount designated in the order for withholding, as
31    supplemented  by  the  notice  of  delinquency and any notice
32    provided  pursuant  to  paragraph  (6)  of  subsection   (I),
33    beginning  no  later than the next payment of income which is
34    payable to the obligor that occurs 14 days following the date
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 1    the order and any notice were mailed  by  certified  mail  or
 2    placed  for  personal  delivery.   The  payor may combine all
 3    amounts withheld for the benefit  of  an  obligee  or  public
 4    office  into a single payment and transmit the payment with a
 5    listing of obligors from whom withholding has been  effected.
 6    The  payor  shall  pay  the amount withheld to the obligee or
 7    public office within 10 calendar days of the date  income  is
 8    paid  to  the  obligor  in  accordance  with  the  order  for
 9    withholding and any subsequent notification received from the
10    public  office  redirecting  payments. If the payor knowingly
11    fails to pay any amount withheld to  the  obligee  or  public
12    office  within 10 calendar days of the date income is paid to
13    the obligor, the payor shall pay a penalty of $100  for  each
14    day  that  the  withheld amount is not paid to the obligee or
15    public office after  the  period  of  10  calendar  days  has
16    expired.   The failure of a payor, on more than one occasion,
17    to pay amounts withheld  to  the  obligee  or  public  office
18    within  10  calendar  days  of the date income is paid to the
19    obligor creates a presumption that the payor knowingly failed
20    to pay the amounts.  This penalty may be collected in a civil
21    action which may be brought against the payor in favor of the
22    obligee. A finding of a  payor's  nonperformance  within  the
23    time  required  under  this  Section  must be documented by a
24    certified mail return receipt showing the date the order  for
25    withholding  was  served  on the payor.  For purposes of this
26    Section, a withheld amount shall  be  considered  paid  by  a
27    payor  on  the date it is mailed by the payor, or on the date
28    an electronic funds transfer of the amount has been initiated
29    by the payor, or on the date delivery of the amount has  been
30    initiated  by  the payor. For each deduction, the payor shall
31    provide  the  obligee  or  public  office,  at  the  time  of
32    transmittal, with the date income was paid from which support
33    was withheld.
34        Upon receipt of an order requiring that a minor child  be
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 1    named  as  a beneficiary of a health insurance plan available
 2    through an employer  or  labor  union  or  trade  union,  the
 3    employer  or  labor  union  or  trade union shall immediately
 4    enroll the minor child as a beneficiary  in  the  the  health
 5    insurance  plan  designated  by the court order. The employer
 6    shall withhold any required premiums and pay over any amounts
 7    so withheld and any additional amounts the employer  pays  to
 8    the  insurance  carrier  in a timely manner.  The employer or
 9    labor union or trade union shall mail to the obligee,  within
10    15  days of enrollment or upon request, notice of the date of
11    coverage, information on the dependent coverage plan, and all
12    forms necessary to obtain reimbursement  for  covered  health
13    expenses,  such as would be made available to a new employee.
14    When an order for dependent coverage is  in  effect  and  the
15    insurance  coverage  is terminated or changed for any reason,
16    the employer or labor union or trade union shall  notify  the
17    obligee  within  10  days  of  the termination or change date
18    along with notice of conversion privileges.
19        For withholding of income, the payor shall be entitled to
20    receive a fee not to exceed $5 per month to be taken from the
21    income to be paid to the obligor.
22        (2)  Whenever the obligor is no longer  receiving  income
23    from  the  payor,  the payor shall return a copy of the order
24    for withholding to the obligee or  public  office  and  shall
25    provide   information  for  the  purpose  of  enforcing  this
26    Section.
27        (3)  Withholding of income under this  Section  shall  be
28    made  without regard to any prior or subsequent garnishments,
29    attachments,  wage  assignments,  or  any  other  claims   of
30    creditors.   Withholding  of  income under this Section shall
31    not be in excess of the maximum amounts permitted  under  the
32    federal Consumer Credit Protection Act. If the payor has been
33    served with more than one order for withholding pertaining to
34    the  same  obligor, the payor shall allocate income available
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 1    for  withholding  on  a  proportionate  share  basis,  giving
 2    priority to current support payments.  If there is any income
 3    available for withholding after withholding for  all  current
 4    support  obligations,  the payor shall allocate the income to
 5    past due support payments ordered  in  non-AFDC  matters  and
 6    then  to  past  due support payments ordered in AFDC matters,
 7    both on a proportionate share basis. Payment as  required  by
 8    the  order for withholding shall be a complete defense by the
 9    payor against any claims of the obligor or his  creditors  as
10    to the sum so paid.
11        (4)  No payor shall discharge, discipline, refuse to hire
12    or  otherwise  penalize  any  obligor  because of the duty to
13    withhold income.
14    (H)  Petitions to Stay  Service  or  to  Modify,  Suspend  or
15    Terminate Orders for Withholding.
16        (1)  When  an  obligor  files a petition to stay service,
17    the court, after due notice to all parties,  shall  hear  the
18    matter  as  soon  as  practicable  and  shall  enter an order
19    granting  or  denying  relief,   amending   the   notice   of
20    delinquency,   amending   the  order  for  withholding  where
21    applicable, or otherwise resolving the matter.  If the  court
22    finds   that   a  delinquency  existed  when  the  notice  of
23    delinquency was served upon the obligor, in an amount  of  at
24    least one month's support obligation, or that the obligor was
25    at  least 30 days late in paying all or part of the order for
26    support, the court shall order immediate service of the order
27    for withholding.  Where the court cannot promptly resolve any
28    dispute over the amount of the  delinquency,  the  court  may
29    order  immediate  service  of the order for withholding as to
30    any undisputed amounts specified  in  an  amended  notice  of
31    delinquency,  and  may  continue  the hearing on the disputed
32    amounts.
33        (2)  At any time, an obligor, obligee, public  office  or
34    Clerk of the Circuit Court may petition the court to:
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 1             (a)  modify,  suspend  or  terminate  the  order for
 2        withholding because  of  a  modification,  suspension  or
 3        termination of the underlying order for support; or
 4             (b)  modify  the  amount of income to be withheld to
 5        reflect payment in full or in part of the delinquency  or
 6        arrearage by income withholding or otherwise; or
 7             (c)  suspend  the  order  for withholding because of
 8        inability to deliver income withheld to the  obligee  due
 9        to  the obligee's failure to provide a mailing address or
10        other means of delivery.
11        (3)  The obligor, obligee or public office shall serve on
12    the payor, by certified mail or personal delivery, a copy  of
13    any  order  entered  pursuant to this subsection that affects
14    the duties of the payor.
15        (4)  At any time, a public office or Clerk of the Circuit
16    Court may serve a notice on the payor to:
17             (a)  cease withholding  of  income  for  payment  of
18        current  support  for a child when the support obligation
19        for that child has automatically ceased under  the  order
20        for support through emancipation or otherwise; or
21             (b)  cease  withholding  of  income  for  payment of
22        delinquency  or  arrearage  when   the   delinquency   or
23        arrearage has been paid in full.
24        (5)  The  notice provided for under paragraph (4) of this
25    subsection shall be served on the payor by ordinary mail, and
26    a copy shall be provided to the obligor and the  obligee.   A
27    copy  of  the  notice  shall  be  filed with the Clerk of the
28    Circuit Court.
29        (6)  The order  for  withholding  shall  continue  to  be
30    binding  upon  the  payor  until  service of any order of the
31    court  or  notice  entered  or  provided   for   under   this
32    subsection.
33    (I)  Additional Duties.
34        (1)  An  obligee  who  is  receiving  income  withholding
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 1    payments  under  this  Section shall notify the payor, if the
 2    obligee receives the payments directly from the payor, or the
 3    public  office  or  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,   as
 4    appropriate,  of  any change of address within 7 days of such
 5    change.
 6        (2)  An obligee who is a recipient of  public  aid  shall
 7    send  a  copy  of any notice of delinquency filed pursuant to
 8    subsection (C) to the Bureau of Child Support of the Illinois
 9    Department of Public Aid.
10        (3)  Each obligor shall notify the obligee and the  Clerk
11    of the Circuit Court of any change of address within 7 days.
12        (4)  An obligor whose income is being withheld or who has
13    been  served  with  a  notice of delinquency pursuant to this
14    Section shall notify the obligee and the Clerk of the Circuit
15    Court of any new payor, within 7 days.
16        (5)  When the Illinois Department of  Public  Aid  is  no
17    longer  authorized  to  receive  payments for the obligee, it
18    shall, within 7 days, notify the payor or, where appropriate,
19    the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,   to   redirect   income
20    withholding payments to the obligee.
21        (6)  The obligee or public office shall provide notice to
22    the payor and Clerk of the Circuit Court of any other support
23    payment  made,  including but not limited to, a set-off under
24    federal and State law or partial payment of  the  delinquency
25    or arrearage, or both.
26        (7)  Any  public  office  and  Clerk of the Circuit Court
27    which collects, disburses or receives  payments  pursuant  to
28    orders for withholding shall maintain complete, accurate, and
29    clear  records  of  all  payments  and  their  disbursements.
30    Certified  copies  of  payment records maintained by a public
31    office or Clerk of the Circuit Court shall,  without  further
32    proof,  be  admitted  into  evidence in any legal proceedings
33    under this Section.
34        (8)  The Illinois Department of Public Aid  shall  design
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 1    suggested  legal  forms for proceeding under this Section and
 2    shall  make  available  to  the   courts   such   forms   and
 3    informational  materials  which  describe  the procedures and
 4    remedies set forth herein for distribution to all parties  in
 5    support actions.
 6        (9)  At  the  time  of transmitting each support payment,
 7    the clerk of the circuit court shall provide the  obligee  or
 8    public office, as appropriate, with any information furnished
 9    by  the  payor as to the date income was paid from which such
10    support was withheld.
11    (J)  Penalties.
12        (1)  Where a payor wilfully fails to withhold or pay over
13    income pursuant to a  properly  served,  specially  certified
14    order  for  withholding  and  any  notice  of delinquency, or
15    wilfully  discharges,  disciplines,  refuses   to   hire   or
16    otherwise  penalizes  an  obligor as prohibited by subsection
17    (G), or otherwise fails to comply with any duties imposed  by
18    this  Section,  the  obligee,  public  office  or obligor, as
19    appropriate, may file a complaint with the court against  the
20    payor.   The  clerk  of  the  circuit  court shall notify the
21    obligee or public office, as appropriate, and the obligor and
22    payor of the time and place of the hearing on the  complaint.
23    The  court  shall  resolve any factual dispute including, but
24    not limited to, a denial that the payor is paying or has paid
25    income to the obligor.   Upon  a  finding  in  favor  of  the
26    complaining party, the court:
27             (a)  shall enter judgment and direct the enforcement
28        thereof  for  the  total  amount  that the payor wilfully
29        failed to withhold or pay over; and
30             (b)  may order employment  or  reinstatement  of  or
31        restitution  to  the  obligor, or both, where the obligor
32        has been discharged, disciplined,  denied  employment  or
33        otherwise  penalized  by  the payor and may impose a fine
34        upon the payor not to exceed $200.
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 1        (2)  Any obligee, public office or obligor  who  wilfully
 2    initiates  a  false  proceeding  under  this  Section  or who
 3    wilfully fails  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  this
 4    Section shall be punished as in cases of contempt of court.
 5    (K)  Alternative Procedures for Entry and Service of an Order
 6    for Withholding.
 7        (1)  Effective January 1, 1987, in any matter in which an
 8    order  for  withholding  has not been entered for any reason,
 9    based upon the last order for support that has been  entered,
10    and  in which the obligor has become delinquent in payment of
11    an amount equal to at least one  month's  support  obligation
12    pursuant to the last order for support or is at least 30 days
13    late  in complying with all or part of the order for support,
14    the obligee or public office may prepare and serve  an  order
15    for  withholding pursuant to the procedures set forth in this
16    subsection.
17        (2)  The obligee or public office shall:
18             (a)  prepare a proposed order  for  withholding  for
19        immediate  service  as provided by paragraphs (1) and (3)
20        of  subsection  (B),  except   that   the   minimum   20%
21        delinquency payment shall be used;
22             (b)  prepare  a notice of delinquency as provided by
23        paragraphs (1) and (2)  of  subsection  (C),  except  the
24        notice shall state further that the order for withholding
25        has  not  been  entered  by  the court and the conditions
26        under which the order will be entered; and
27             (c)  serve  the  notice  of  delinquency  and   form
28        petition  to stay service as provided by paragraph (3) of
29        subsection (C), together  with  the  proposed  order  for
30        withholding, which shall be marked "COPY ONLY".
31        (3)  After  20  days  following  service of the notice of
32    delinquency and proposed order for withholding,  in  lieu  of
33    the  provisions  of  subsection  (E),  the  obligee or public
34    office shall file with the Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  an
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 1    affidavit,  with  a  copy  of  the  notice of delinquency and
 2    proposed order  for  withholding  attached  thereto,  stating
 3    that:
 4             (a)  the  notice  of  delinquency and proposed order
 5        for withholding have been served upon the obligor and the
 6        date on which service was effected;
 7             (b)  the obligor has not filed a  petition  to  stay
 8        service  within  20  days  of  service of such notice and
 9        order; and
10             (c)  the proposed order for  withholding  accurately
11        states  the terms and amounts contained in the last order
12        for support.
13        (4)  Upon the court's satisfaction  that  the  procedures
14    set  forth  in  this subsection have been met, it shall enter
15    the order for withholding.
16        (5)  The Clerk shall  then  provide  to  the  obligee  or
17    public  office  a  specially  certified copy of the order for
18    withholding and the notice of delinquency indicating that the
19    preconditions for service have been met.
20        (6)  The  obligee  or  public  office  shall  serve   the
21    specially  certified  copies of the order for withholding and
22    the notice of delinquency on the payor,  its  superintendent,
23    manager   or  other  agent  by  certified  mail  or  personal
24    delivery.  A proof of service shall be filed with  the  Clerk
25    of the Circuit Court.
26        (7)  If  the  obligor  requests  in  writing  that income
27    withholding become effective prior to becoming delinquent  in
28    payment  of an amount equal to one month's support obligation
29    pursuant to the last order for support, or prior to  becoming
30    30  days late in paying all or part of the order for support,
31    the obligee or public office shall file an affidavit with the
32    Clerk of  the  circuit  Court,  with  a  proposed  order  for
33    withholding   attached,   stating  that  the  proposed  order
34    accurately states the terms and amounts contained in the last
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 1    order for support and the  obligor's  request  for  immediate
 2    service.    The  provisions  of paragraphs (4) through (6) of
 3    this  subsection  shall  apply,  except  that  a  notice   of
 4    delinquency shall not be required.
 5        (8)  All  other  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  be
 6    applicable  with respect to the provisions of this subsection
 7    (K), except that under paragraph (1) of subsection  (H),  the
 8    court  may  also  amend the proposed order for withholding to
 9    conform to the last order for support.
10        (9)  Nothing in this subsection  shall  be  construed  as
11    limiting  the requirements of paragraph (1) of subsection (B)
12    with respect to the entry of a separate order for withholding
13    upon entry of any order for support.
14    (L)  Remedies in Addition to Other Laws.
15        (1)  The rights, remedies, duties and  penalties  created
16    by  this  Section  are in addition to and not in substitution
17    for any other rights, remedies, duties and penalties  created
18    by any other law.
19        (2)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  as
20    invalidating  any  assignment  of  wages or benefits executed
21    prior to January 1, 1984.
22    (Source: P.A. 87-529; 87-935; 87-988; 87-1105; 88-26;  88-45;
23    88-94; 88-131; 88-307; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
24        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
25        Sec.  26.1.  Withholding  of  Income to Secure Payment of
26    Support.
27    (A)  Definitions.
28        (1)  "Order for support" means any  order  of  the  court
29    which  provides for periodic payment of funds for the support
30    of a child or maintenance of a spouse, whether  temporary  or
31    final, and includes any such order which provides for:
32             (a)  modification  or  resumption  of, or payment of
33        arrearage accrued under, a previously existing order;
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 1             (b)  reimbursement of support; or
 2             (c)  enrollment in a health insurance plan  that  is
 3        available  to  the  obligor  through an employer or labor
 4        union or trade union.
 5        (2)  "Arrearage" means the total amount of unpaid support
 6    obligations.
 7        (3)  "Delinquency" means any payment under an  order  for
 8    support  which  becomes due and remains unpaid after an order
 9    for withholding has been entered under subsection (B) or, for
10    purposes of subsection (K), after the last order for  support
11    was entered for which no order for withholding was entered.
12        (4)  "Income"  means  any  form of periodic payment to an
13    individual, regardless of source, including, but not  limited
14    to: wages, salary, commission, compensation as an independent
15    contractor,  workers'  compensation,  disability, annuity and
16    retirement  benefits,   lottery   prize   awards,   insurance
17    proceeds,  vacation pay, bonuses, profit-sharing payments and
18    any other payments,  made  by  any  person,  private  entity,
19    federal  or  state  government, any unit of local government,
20    school district or any entity created by Public Act; however,
21    "income" excludes:
22             (a)  any amounts required by  law  to  be  withheld,
23        other  than  creditor  claims, including, but not limited
24        to, federal, State and local taxes, Social  Security  and
25        other retirement and disability contributions;
26             (b)  union dues;
27             (c)  any  amounts  exempted  by the federal Consumer
28        Credit Protection Act;
29             (d)  public assistance payments; and
30             (e)  unemployment  insurance  benefits   except   as
31        provided by law.
32        Any  other  State  or  local  laws  which limit or exempt
33    income or the amount or percentage  of  income  that  can  be
34    withheld shall not apply.
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 1        (5)  "Obligor"  means  the  individual who owes a duty to
 2    make payments under an order for support.
 3        (6)  "Obligee" means the individual to  whom  a  duty  of
 4    support is owed or the individual's legal representative.
 5        (7)  "Payor" means any payor of income to an obligor.
 6        (8)  "Public  office"  means  any elected official or any
 7    State or local agency which is or may become  responsible  by
 8    law  for enforcement of, or which is or may become authorized
 9    to enforce, an order for support, including, but not  limited
10    to:  the  Attorney General, the Illinois Department of Public
11    Aid, the Illinois Department of Human Services, the  Illinois
12    Department  of  Children and Family Services, and the various
13    State's  Attorneys,  Clerks  of   the   Circuit   Court   and
14    supervisors of general assistance.
15        (9)  "Premium"  means  the  dollar  amount  for which the
16    obligor is liable to his employer or  labor  union  or  trade
17    union and which must be paid to enroll or maintain a child in
18    a  health  insurance  plan  that  is available to the obligor
19    through an employer or labor union or trade union.
20    (B)  Entry of an Order for Withholding.
21        (1)  Upon entry of any order  for  support  on  or  after
22    January  1,  1984, the court shall enter a separate order for
23    withholding which shall not take effect  unless  the  obligor
24    becomes  delinquent  in  paying  the order for support or the
25    obligor requests an earlier effective date; except  that  the
26    court  may  require  the order for withholding to take effect
27    immediately.
28        On or after January 1, 1989, the court shall require  the
29    order  for  withholding  to take effect immediately, unless a
30    written agreement is  reached  between  and  signed  by  both
31    parties  providing  for  an alternative arrangement, approved
32    and entered into the  record  by  the  court,  which  insures
33    payment  of support.  In that case, the court shall enter the
34    order for withholding which will not take effect  unless  the
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 1    obligor becomes delinquent in paying the order for support.
 2        Upon  entry of any order of support on or after September
 3    11, 1989, if the obligor is not a United States citizen,  the
 4    obligor  shall  provide  to  the  court  the  obligor's alien
 5    registration number,  passport  number,  and  home  country's
 6    social security or national health number, if applicable; the
 7    court  shall  make  the information part of the record in the
 8    case.
 9        (2)  An order  for  withholding  shall  be  entered  upon
10    petition  by  the obligee or public office where an order for
11    withholding has not been previously entered.
12        (3)  The order for withholding shall:
13             (a)  direct any payor to withhold  a  dollar  amount
14        equal to the order for support; and
15             (b)  direct  any  payor  to  withhold  an additional
16        dollar amount,  not  less  than  20%  of  the  order  for
17        support,  until payment in full of any delinquency stated
18        in the notice of delinquency provided for  in  subsection
19        (C) or (F) of this Section; and
20             (c)  direct  any payor or labor union or trade union
21        to enroll a child as a beneficiary of a health  insurance
22        plan and withhold or cause to be withheld, if applicable,
23        any required premiums; and
24             (d)  state  the  rights,  remedies and duties of the
25        obligor under this Section; and
26             (e)  include the obligor's Social  Security  Number,
27        which the obligor shall disclose to the court; and
28             (f)  include  the  date that withholding for current
29        support  terminates,  which  shall   be   the   date   of
30        termination  of  the current support obligation set forth
31        in the order for support.
32        (4)  At the time the order for  withholding  is  entered,
33    the  Clerk  of  the Circuit Court shall provide a copy of the
34    order for withholding  and  the  order  for  support  to  the
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 1    obligor  and  shall  make copies available to the obligee and
 2    public  office.   Any  copy  of  the  order  for  withholding
 3    furnished to the  parties  under  this  subsection  shall  be
 4    stamped "Not Valid".
 5        (5)  The order for withholding shall remain in effect for
 6    as long as the order for support upon which it is based.
 7        (6)  The  failure of an order for withholding to state an
 8    arrearage is not  conclusive  of  the  issue  of  whether  an
 9    arrearage is owing.
10        (7)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of this subsection,
11    if the court finds  at  the  time  of  any  hearing  that  an
12    arrearage  has  accrued  in  an  amount equal to at least one
13    month's support obligation or that the  obligor  is  30  days
14    late  in  paying  all  or  part of the order for support, the
15    court  shall  order  immediate  service  of  the  order   for
16    withholding upon the payor.
17        (8)  Where  the court has not required that the order for
18    withholding take effect immediately, the  obligee  or  public
19    office   may   prepare  and  serve  a  notice  for  immediate
20    withholding upon the obligor by ordinary  mail  addressed  to
21    the  obligor  at  his  or her last known address.  The notice
22    shall state that the following circumstances have occurred:
23             (a)  The parties'  written  agreement  providing  an
24        alternative  arrangement  to  immediate withholding under
25        paragraph (1) of this subsection no longer  provides  for
26        timely payment of all support due; or
27             (b)  The  obligor  has  not  made timely payments in
28        that the obligor has been at least 7 days late in  paying
29        all  or  part  of the order for support any of the last 6
30        consecutive dates payments were due prior to the date  of
31        the notice for immediate withholding.
32        The  notice for immediate withholding shall clearly state
33    that a specially certified copy of the order for  withholding
34    will  be  sent  to  the  payor,  unless  the  obligor files a
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 1    petition contesting  immediate  withholding  within  20  days
 2    after  service  of  the  notice; however, the grounds for the
 3    petition shall be limited to a dispute concerning whether the
 4    circumstances stated in  the  notice  have  occurred  or  the
 5    identity  of  the  obligor.   It shall not be grounds for the
 6    petition that the obligor has made all payments  due  by  the
 7    date of the petition.
 8        If  the  obligor  files  a  petition contesting immediate
 9    withholding within the  20-day  period  required  under  this
10    paragraph,  the  Clerk  of the Circuit Court shall notify the
11    obligor and the obligee or public office, as appropriate,  of
12    the  time  and  place  of  the hearing on the petition.  Upon
13    hearing the petition, the court shall enter an order granting
14    or denying relief.  It shall not be grounds for granting  the
15    obligor's  petition  that he or she has made all payments due
16    by the date of hearing.  If the court  denies  the  obligor's
17    petition,  it  shall order immediate service of the order for
18    withholding and direct  the  clerk  to  provide  a  specially
19    certified copy of the order for withholding to the obligee or
20    public  office indicating that the requirements for immediate
21    withholding under this paragraph have been met.
22        If the  obligor  does  not  file  a  petition  contesting
23    immediate  withholding  within the 20-day period, the obligee
24    or public office shall file with the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit
25    Court  an  affidavit, with a copy of the notice for immediate
26    withholding attached thereto, stating  that  the  notice  was
27    duly  served  and the date on which service was effected, and
28    that  the  obligor  has  not  filed  a  petition   contesting
29    immediate  withholding.   The clerk shall then provide to the
30    obligee or public office a specially certified  copy  of  the
31    order  for  withholding  indicating that the requirements for
32    immediate withholding under this paragraph have been met.
33        Upon receipt of a specially certified copy of  the  order
34    for  withholding,  the obligee or public office may serve the
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 1    order on the payor,  its  superintendent,  manager  or  other
 2    agent,  by  certified  mail or personal delivery.  A proof of
 3    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
 4    (C)  Notice of Delinquency.
 5        (1)  Whenever an obligor becomes delinquent in payment of
 6    an amount equal to at least one  month's  support  obligation
 7    pursuant to the order for support or is at least 30 days late
 8    in  complying  with  all  or  part  of the order for support,
 9    whichever occurs first, the  obligee  or  public  office  may
10    prepare  and serve a verified notice of delinquency, together
11    with a form petition to stay service, pursuant  to  paragraph
12    (3) of this subsection.
13        (2)  The  notice of delinquency shall recite the terms of
14    the order for support and contain a computation of the period
15    and total amount of the delinquency, as of the  date  of  the
16    notice.   The notice shall clearly state that it will be sent
17    to the payor, together with a specially certified copy of the
18    order for withholding, except as provided in subsection  (F),
19    unless  the  obligor  files  a  petition  to  stay service in
20    accordance with paragraph (1) of subsection (D).
21        (3)  The  notice  of  delinquency  shall  be  served   by
22    ordinary  mail  addressed  to  the obligor at his or her last
23    known address.
24        (4)  The obligor may execute  a  written  waiver  of  the
25    provisions  of  paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection
26    and request immediate service upon the payor.
27    (D)  Procedures to Avoid Income Withholding.
28        (1)  Except as provided in subsection  (F),  the  obligor
29    may  prevent  an  order  for withholding from being served by
30    filing a petition to stay  service  with  the  Clerk  of  the
31    Circuit  Court, within 20 days after service of the notice of
32    delinquency; however, the grounds for the  petition  to  stay
33    service  shall  be  limited  to a dispute concerning: (a) the
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 1    amount of current support or the existence or amount  of  the
 2    delinquency; or (b)  the identity of the obligor.
 3        The  Clerk  of the Circuit Court shall notify the obligor
 4    and the obligee or public office, as appropriate, of the time
 5    and place of the hearing on the petition to stay service. The
 6    court shall hold such hearing pursuant to the  provisions  of
 7    subsection (H).
 8        (2)  Except  as  provided  in subsection (F), filing of a
 9    petition to stay service, within the 20-day  period  required
10    under  this  subsection, shall prohibit the obligee or public
11    office from serving the order for withholding on any payor of
12    the obligor.
13    (E)  Initial Service of Order for Withholding.
14        (1)  Except as provided in subsection (F),  in  order  to
15    serve  an  order  for withholding upon a payor, an obligee or
16    public office shall follow the procedures set forth  in  this
17    subsection.  After 20 days following service of the notice of
18    delinquency, the obligee or public office shall file with the
19    Clerk of the Circuit Court an affidavit, with the copy of the
20    notice of delinquency attached thereto, stating:
21             (a)  that  the  notice  of delinquency has been duly
22        served and the date on which service was effected; and
23             (b)  that the obligor has not filed  a  petition  to
24        stay service, or in the alternative
25             (c)  that  the  obligor has waived the provisions of
26        subparagraphs (a)  and  (b)  of  this  paragraph  (1)  in
27        accordance with subsection (C)(4).
28        (2)  Upon  request  of  the obligee or public office, the
29    Clerk of the Circuit shall: (a) make available any record  of
30    payment;  and  (b) determine that the file contains a copy of
31    the affidavit described in paragraph (1).   The  Clerk  shall
32    then  provide  to  the  obligee  or public office a specially
33    certified copy of the order for withholding and the notice of
34    delinquency indicating that  the  preconditions  for  service
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 1    have been met.
 2        (3)  The  obligee  or  public  office  may then serve the
 3    notice of delinquency and order for withholding on the payor,
 4    its superintendent, manager or other  agent,  by  regular  or
 5    certified  mail  or  facsimile personal delivery.  A proof of
 6    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
 7    (F)  Subsequent Service of Order for Withholding.
 8        (1)  Notwithstanding the provisions of this  Section,  at
 9    any  time after the court has ordered immediate service of an
10    order for withholding or after initial service  of  an  order
11    for  withholding  pursuant  to subsection (E), the obligee or
12    public office may serve the order for  withholding  upon  any
13    payor  of  the obligor without further notice to the obligor.
14    The obligee or public office  shall  provide  notice  to  the
15    payor,  pursuant  to  paragraph (6) of subsection (I), of any
16    payments that have been made through previous withholding  or
17    any other method.
18        (2)  The  Clerk of the Circuit Court shall, upon request,
19    provide the obligee or public office with specially certified
20    copies  of  the  order  for  withholding  or  the  notice  of
21    delinquency or both whenever the Court has ordered  immediate
22    service  of an order for withholding or an affidavit has been
23    placed in the court file indicating  that  the  preconditions
24    for  service have been previously met.  The obligee or public
25    office may then serve the order for withholding on the payor,
26    its superintendent, manager or  other  agent  by  regular  or
27    certified  mail  or  facsimile personal delivery.  A proof of
28    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
29        (3)  If a delinquency has accrued  for  any  reason,  the
30    obligee  or  public  office may serve a notice of delinquency
31    upon the obligor pursuant to subsection (C).  The obligor may
32    prevent the notice of delinquency from being served upon  the
33    payor  by  utilizing  the  procedures set forth in subsection
34    (D). If no petition to stay service has been filed within the
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 1    required 20 day time period, the obligee or public office may
 2    serve the notice of delinquency on the payor by utilizing the
 3    procedures for service set forth in subsection (E).
 4        (4)  New service of  an  order  for  withholding  is  not
 5    required in order to resume withholding of income in the case
 6    of  an  obligor with respect to whom an order for withholding
 7    was previously served on the payor if withholding  of  income
 8    was  terminated  because  of an interruption in the obligor's
 9    employment of less than 180 days.
10    (G)  Duties of Payor.
11        (1)  It shall be the duty  of  any  payor  who  has  been
12    served  with  a  copy  of  the  specially certified order for
13    withholding and any notice of delinquency to deduct  and  pay
14    over  income as provided in this subsection.  The payor shall
15    deduct the amount designated in the order for withholding, as
16    supplemented by the notice  of  delinquency  and  any  notice
17    provided   pursuant  to  paragraph  (6)  of  subsection  (I),
18    beginning no later than the next payment of income  which  is
19    payable to the obligor that occurs 14 days following the date
20    the  order  and  any  notice were mailed by certified mail or
21    placed for personal delivery.   The  payor  may  combine  all
22    amounts  withheld  for  the  benefit  of an obligee or public
23    office into a single payment and transmit the payment with  a
24    listing  of obligors from whom withholding has been effected.
25    The payor shall pay the amount withheld  to  the  obligee  or
26    public  office  within 10 calendar days of the date income is
27    paid  to  the  obligor  in  accordance  with  the  order  for
28    withholding and any subsequent notification received from the
29    public office redirecting payments. If  the  payor  knowingly
30    fails  to  pay  any  amount withheld to the obligee or public
31    office within 10 calendar days of the date income is paid  to
32    the  obligor,  the payor shall pay a penalty of $100 for each
33    day that the withheld amount is not paid to  the  obligee  or
34    public  office  after  the  period  of  10  calendar days has
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 1    expired.  The failure of a payor, on more than one  occasion,
 2    to  pay  amounts  withheld  to  the  obligee or public office
 3    within 10 calendar days of the date income  is  paid  to  the
 4    obligor creates a presumption that the payor knowingly failed
 5    to pay the amounts.  This penalty may be collected in a civil
 6    action which may be brought against the payor in favor of the
 7    obligee.  A  finding  of  a payor's nonperformance within the
 8    time required under this Section  must  be  documented  by  a
 9    certified  mail return receipt showing the date the order for
10    withholding was served on the payor.  For  purposes  of  this
11    Section,  a  withheld  amount  shall  be considered paid by a
12    payor on the date it is mailed by the payor, or on  the  date
13    an electronic funds transfer of the amount has been initiated
14    by  the payor, or on the date delivery of the amount has been
15    initiated by the payor. For each deduction, the  payor  shall
16    provide  the  obligee  or  public  office,  at  the  time  of
17    transmittal, with the date income was paid from which support
18    was withheld.
19        Upon  receipt of an order requiring that a minor child be
20    named as a beneficiary of a health insurance  plan  available
21    through  an  employer  or  labor  union  or  trade union, the
22    employer or labor union  or  trade  union  shall  immediately
23    enroll  the  minor  child  as a beneficiary in the the health
24    insurance plan designated by the court  order.  The  employer
25    shall withhold any required premiums and pay over any amounts
26    so  withheld  and any additional amounts the employer pays to
27    the insurance carrier in a timely manner.   The  employer  or
28    labor  union or trade union shall mail to the obligee, within
29    15 days of enrollment or upon request, notice of the date  of
30    coverage, information on the dependent coverage plan, and all
31    forms  necessary  to  obtain reimbursement for covered health
32    expenses, such as would be made available to a new  employee.
33    When  an  order  for  dependent coverage is in effect and the
34    insurance coverage is terminated or changed for  any  reason,
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 1    the  employer  or labor union or trade union shall notify the
 2    obligee within 10 days of  the  termination  or  change  date
 3    along with notice of conversion privileges.
 4        For withholding of income, the payor shall be entitled to
 5    receive a fee not to exceed $5 per month to be taken from the
 6    income to be paid to the obligor.
 7        (2)  Whenever  the  obligor is no longer receiving income
 8    from the payor, the payor shall return a copy  of  the  order
 9    for  withholding  to  the  obligee or public office and shall
10    provide  information  for  the  purpose  of  enforcing   this
11    Section.
12        (3)  Withholding  of  income  under this Section shall be
13    made without regard to any prior or subsequent  garnishments,
14    attachments,   wage  assignments,  or  any  other  claims  of
15    creditors.  Withholding of income under  this  Section  shall
16    not  be  in excess of the maximum amounts permitted under the
17    federal Consumer Credit Protection Act. If the payor has been
18    served with more than one order for withholding pertaining to
19    the same obligor, the payor shall allocate  income  available
20    for  withholding  on  a  proportionate  share  basis,  giving
21    priority to current support payments.  If there is any income
22    available  for  withholding after withholding for all current
23    support obligations, the payor shall allocate the  income  to
24    past  due  support  payments  ordered in non-AFDC matters and
25    then to past due support payments ordered  in  AFDC  matters,
26    both  on  a proportionate share basis. Payment as required by
27    the order for withholding shall be a complete defense by  the
28    payor  against  any claims of the obligor or his creditors as
29    to the sum so paid.
30        (4)  No payor shall discharge, discipline, refuse to hire
31    or otherwise penalize any obligor  because  of  the  duty  to
32    withhold income.
33    (H)  Petitions  to  Stay  Service  or  to  Modify, Suspend or
34    Terminate Orders for Withholding.
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 1        (1)  When an obligor files a petition  to  stay  service,
 2    the  court,  after  due notice to all parties, shall hear the
 3    matter as soon  as  practicable  and  shall  enter  an  order
 4    granting   or   denying   relief,   amending  the  notice  of
 5    delinquency,  amending  the  order  for   withholding   where
 6    applicable,  or otherwise resolving the matter.  If the court
 7    finds  that  a  delinquency  existed  when  the   notice   of
 8    delinquency  was  served upon the obligor, in an amount of at
 9    least one month's support obligation, or that the obligor was
10    at least 30 days late in paying all or part of the order  for
11    support, the court shall order immediate service of the order
12    for withholding.  Where the court cannot promptly resolve any
13    dispute  over  the  amount  of the delinquency, the court may
14    order immediate service of the order for  withholding  as  to
15    any  undisputed  amounts  specified  in  an amended notice of
16    delinquency, and may continue the  hearing  on  the  disputed
17    amounts.
18        (2)  At  any  time, an obligor, obligee, public office or
19    Clerk of the Circuit Court may petition the court to:
20             (a)  modify, suspend  or  terminate  the  order  for
21        withholding  because  of  a  modification,  suspension or
22        termination of the underlying order for support; or
23             (b)  modify the amount of income to be  withheld  to
24        reflect  payment in full or in part of the delinquency or
25        arrearage by income withholding or otherwise; or
26             (c)  suspend the order for  withholding  because  of
27        inability  to  deliver income withheld to the obligee due
28        to the obligee's failure to provide a mailing address  or
29        other means of delivery.
30        (3)  The obligor, obligee or public office shall serve on
31    the  payor, by certified mail or personal delivery, a copy of
32    any order entered pursuant to this  subsection  that  affects
33    the duties of the payor.
34        (4)  At any time, a public office or Clerk of the Circuit
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 1    Court may serve a notice on the payor to:
 2             (a)  cease  withholding  of  income  for  payment of
 3        current support for a child when the  support  obligation
 4        for  that  child has automatically ceased under the order
 5        for support through emancipation or otherwise; or
 6             (b)  cease withholding  of  income  for  payment  of
 7        delinquency   or   arrearage   when  the  delinquency  or
 8        arrearage has been paid in full.
 9        (5)  The notice provided for under paragraph (4) of  this
10    subsection shall be served on the payor by ordinary mail, and
11    a  copy  shall be provided to the obligor and the obligee.  A
12    copy of the notice shall be  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the
13    Circuit Court.
14        (6)  The  order  for  withholding  shall  continue  to be
15    binding upon the payor until service  of  any  order  of  the
16    court   or   notice   entered  or  provided  for  under  this
17    subsection.
18    (I)  Additional Duties.
19        (1)  An  obligee  who  is  receiving  income  withholding
20    payments under this Section shall notify the  payor,  if  the
21    obligee receives the payments directly from the payor, or the
22    public   office  or  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,  as
23    appropriate, of any change of address within 7 days  of  such
24    change.
25        (2)  An  obligee  who  is a recipient of public aid shall
26    send a copy of any notice of delinquency  filed  pursuant  to
27    subsection (C) to the Bureau of Child Support of the Illinois
28    Department of Public Aid.
29        (3)  Each  obligor shall notify the obligee and the Clerk
30    of the Circuit Court of any change of address within 7 days.
31        (4)  An obligor whose income is being withheld or who has
32    been served with a notice of  delinquency  pursuant  to  this
33    Section shall notify the obligee and the Clerk of the Circuit
34    Court of any new payor, within 7 days.
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 1        (5)  When  the  Illinois  Department  of Public Aid is no
 2    longer authorized to receive payments  for  the  obligee,  it
 3    shall, within 7 days, notify the payor or, where appropriate,
 4    the   Clerk   of   the  Circuit  Court,  to  redirect  income
 5    withholding payments to the obligee.
 6        (6)  The obligee or public office shall provide notice to
 7    the payor and Clerk of the Circuit Court of any other support
 8    payment made, including but not limited to, a  set-off  under
 9    federal  and  State law or partial payment of the delinquency
10    or arrearage, or both.
11        (7)  Any public office and Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court
12    which  collects,  disburses  or receives payments pursuant to
13    orders for withholding shall maintain complete, accurate, and
14    clear  records  of  all  payments  and  their  disbursements.
15    Certified copies of payment records maintained  by  a  public
16    office  or  Clerk of the Circuit Court shall, without further
17    proof, be admitted into evidence  in  any  legal  proceedings
18    under this Section.
19        (8)  The  Illinois  Department of Public Aid shall design
20    suggested legal forms for proceeding under this  Section  and
21    shall   make   available   to   the  courts  such  forms  and
22    informational materials which  describe  the  procedures  and
23    remedies  set forth herein for distribution to all parties in
24    support actions.
25        (9)  At the time of transmitting  each  support  payment,
26    the  clerk  of the circuit court shall provide the obligee or
27    public office, as appropriate, with any information furnished
28    by the payor as to the date income was paid from  which  such
29    support was withheld.
30    (J)  Penalties.
31        (1)  Where a payor wilfully fails to withhold or pay over
32    income  pursuant  to  a  properly served, specially certified
33    order for withholding  and  any  notice  of  delinquency,  or
34    wilfully   discharges,   disciplines,   refuses  to  hire  or
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 1    otherwise penalizes an obligor as  prohibited  by  subsection
 2    (G),  or otherwise fails to comply with any duties imposed by
 3    this Section, the  obligee,  public  office  or  obligor,  as
 4    appropriate,  may file a complaint with the court against the
 5    payor.  The clerk of  the  circuit  court  shall  notify  the
 6    obligee or public office, as appropriate, and the obligor and
 7    payor  of the time and place of the hearing on the complaint.
 8    The court shall resolve any factual  dispute  including,  but
 9    not limited to, a denial that the payor is paying or has paid
10    income  to  the  obligor.   Upon  a  finding  in favor of the
11    complaining party, the court:
12             (a)  shall enter judgment and direct the enforcement
13        thereof for the total  amount  that  the  payor  wilfully
14        failed to withhold or pay over; and
15             (b)  may  order  employment  or  reinstatement of or
16        restitution to the obligor, or both,  where  the  obligor
17        has  been  discharged,  disciplined, denied employment or
18        otherwise penalized by the payor and may  impose  a  fine
19        upon the payor not to exceed $200.
20        (2)  Any  obligee,  public office or obligor who wilfully
21    initiates a  false  proceeding  under  this  Section  or  who
22    wilfully  fails  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of this
23    Section shall be punished as in cases of contempt of court.
24    (K)  Alternative Procedures for Entry and Service of an Order
25    for Withholding.
26        (1)  Effective January 1, 1987, in any matter in which an
27    order for withholding has not been entered  for  any  reason,
28    based  upon the last order for support that has been entered,
29    and in which the obligor has become delinquent in payment  of
30    an  amount  equal  to at least one month's support obligation
31    pursuant to the last order for support or is at least 30 days
32    late in complying with all or part of the order for  support,
33    the  obligee  or public office may prepare and serve an order
34    for withholding pursuant to the procedures set forth in  this
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 1    subsection.
 2        (2)  The obligee or public office shall:
 3             (a)  prepare  a  proposed  order for withholding for
 4        immediate service as provided by paragraphs (1)  and  (3)
 5        of   subsection   (B),   except   that  the  minimum  20%
 6        delinquency payment shall be used;
 7             (b)  prepare a notice of delinquency as provided  by
 8        paragraphs  (1)  and  (2)  of  subsection (C), except the
 9        notice shall state further that the order for withholding
10        has not been entered by  the  court  and  the  conditions
11        under which the order will be entered; and
12             (c)  serve   the  notice  of  delinquency  and  form
13        petition to stay service as provided by paragraph (3)  of
14        subsection  (C),  together  with  the  proposed order for
15        withholding, which shall be marked "COPY ONLY".
16        (3)  After 20 days following service  of  the  notice  of
17    delinquency  and  proposed  order for withholding, in lieu of
18    the provisions of  subsection  (E),  the  obligee  or  public
19    office  shall  file  with  the  Clerk of the Circuit Court an
20    affidavit, with a copy  of  the  notice  of  delinquency  and
21    proposed  order  for  withholding  attached  thereto, stating
22    that:
23             (a)  the notice of delinquency  and  proposed  order
24        for withholding have been served upon the obligor and the
25        date on which service was effected;
26             (b)  the  obligor  has  not filed a petition to stay
27        service within 20 days of  service  of  such  notice  and
28        order; and
29             (c)  the  proposed  order for withholding accurately
30        states the terms and amounts contained in the last  order
31        for support.
32        (4)  Upon  the  court's  satisfaction that the procedures
33    set forth in this subsection have been met,  it  shall  enter
34    the order for withholding.
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 1        (5)  The  Clerk  shall  then  provide  to  the obligee or
 2    public office a specially certified copy  of  the  order  for
 3    withholding and the notice of delinquency indicating that the
 4    preconditions for service have been met.
 5        (6)  The   obligee  or  public  office  shall  serve  the
 6    specially certified copies of the order for  withholding  and
 7    the  notice  of delinquency on the payor, its superintendent,
 8    manager  or  other  agent  by  certified  mail  or   personal
 9    delivery.   A  proof of service shall be filed with the Clerk
10    of the Circuit Court.
11        (7)  If the  obligor  requests  in  writing  that  income
12    withholding  become effective prior to becoming delinquent in
13    payment of an amount equal to one month's support  obligation
14    pursuant  to the last order for support, or prior to becoming
15    30 days late in paying all or part of the order for  support,
16    the obligee or public office shall file an affidavit with the
17    Clerk  of  the  circuit  Court,  with  a  proposed  order for
18    withholding  attached,  stating  that  the   proposed   order
19    accurately states the terms and amounts contained in the last
20    order  for  support  and  the obligor's request for immediate
21    service.  The provisions of paragraphs  (4)  through  (6)  of
22    this   subsection  shall  apply,  except  that  a  notice  of
23    delinquency shall not be required.
24        (8)  All  other  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  be
25    applicable with respect to the provisions of this  subsection
26    (K),  except  that under paragraph (1) of subsection (H), the
27    court may also amend the proposed order  for  withholding  to
28    conform to the last order for support.
29        (9)  Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall be construed as
30    limiting the requirements of paragraph (1) of subsection  (B)
31    with respect to the entry of a separate order for withholding
32    upon entry of any order for support.
33    (L)  Remedies in Addition to Other Laws.
34        (1)  The  rights,  remedies, duties and penalties created
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 1    by this Section are in addition to and  not  in  substitution
 2    for  any other rights, remedies, duties and penalties created
 3    by any other law.
 4        (2)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  as
 5    invalidating any assignment of  wages  or  benefits  executed
 6    prior to January 1, 1984.
 7    (Source: P.A.  88-26;  88-45;  88-94; 88-131; 88-307; 88-670,
 8    eff. 12-2-94; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 9        Section  94.  The  Illinois  Parentage  Act  of  1984  is
10    amended by changing Section 20 as follows:
11        (750 ILCS 45/20) (from Ch. 40, par. 2520)
12        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
13        Sec.  20.  Withholding  of  Income  to  Secure Payment of
14    Support.
15    (A)  Definitions.
16        (1)  "Order for support" means any  order  of  the  court
17    which  provides for periodic payment of funds for the support
18    of a child, whether temporary or final, and includes any such
19    order which provides for:
20             (a)  modification or resumption of,  or  payment  of
21        arrearage accrued under, a previously existing order;
22             (b)  reimbursement of support;
23             (c)  payment  or  reimbursement  of  the  expense of
24        pregnancy and delivery;  or
25             (d)  enrollment in a health insurance plan  that  is
26        available  to  the  obligor  through an employer or labor
27        union or trade union.
28        (2)  "Arrearage" means the total amount of unpaid support
29    obligations.
30        (3)  "Delinquency" means any payment under an  order  for
31    support  which  becomes due and remains unpaid after an order
32    for withholding has been entered under subsection (B) or, for
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 1    purposes of subsection (K), after the last order for  support
 2    was entered for which no order for withholding was entered.
 3        (4)  "Income"  means  any  form of periodic payment to an
 4    individual, regardless of source, including, but not  limited
 5    to: wages, salary, commission, compensation as an independent
 6    contractor,  workers'  compensation,  disability, annuity and
 7    retirement  benefits,   lottery   prize   awards,   insurance
 8    proceeds,  vacation pay, bonuses, profit-sharing payments and
 9    any other payments,  made  by  any  person,  private  entity,
10    federal  or  state  government, any unit of local government,
11    school district or any entity created by Public Act; however,
12    "income" excludes:
13             (a)  any amounts required by  law  to  be  withheld,
14        other  than  creditor  claims, including, but not limited
15        to, federal, State and local taxes, Social  Security  and
16        other retirement and disability contributions;
17             (b)  union dues;
18             (c)  any  amounts  exempted  by the federal Consumer
19        Credit Protection Act;
20             (d)  public assistance payments; and
21             (e)  unemployment  insurance  benefits   except   as
22        provided by law.
23        Any  other  State  or  local  laws  which limit or exempt
24    income or the amount or percentage  of  income  that  can  be
25    withheld shall not apply.
26        (5)  "Obligor"  means  the  individual who owes a duty to
27    make payments under an order for support.
28        (6)  "Obligee" means the individual to  whom  a  duty  of
29    support is owed or the individual's legal representative.
30        (7)  "Payor" means any payor of income to an obligor.
31        (8)  "Public  office"  means  any elected official or any
32    State or local agency which is or may become  responsible  by
33    law  for enforcement of, or which is or may become authorized
34    to enforce, an order for support, including, but not  limited
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 1    to:  the  Attorney General, the Illinois Department of Public
 2    Aid,  the  Illinois   Department   of   Mental   Health   and
 3    Developmental   Disabilities,   the  Illinois  Department  of
 4    Children  and  Family  Services,  and  the  various   State's
 5    Attorneys,  Clerks  of  the  Circuit Court and supervisors of
 6    general assistance.
 7        (9)  "Premium" means the  dollar  amount  for  which  the
 8    obligor  is  liable  to  his employer or labor union or trade
 9    union and which must be paid to enroll or maintain a child in
10    a health insurance plan that  is  available  to  the  obligor
11    through an employer or labor union or trade union.
12    (B)  Entry of an Order for Withholding.
13        (1)  Upon entry of any order for support on or after July
14    1,   1985,  the  court  shall  enter  a  separate  order  for
15    withholding which shall not take effect  unless  the  obligor
16    becomes  delinquent  in  paying  the order for support or the
17    obligor requests an earlier effective date; except  that  the
18    court  may  require  the order for withholding to take effect
19    immediately.
20        On or after January 1, 1989, the court shall require  the
21    order  for  withholding  to take effect immediately, unless a
22    written agreement is  reached  between  and  signed  by  both
23    parties  providing  for  an alternative arrangement, approved
24    and entered into the  record  by  the  court,  which  insures
25    payment  of support.  In that case, the court shall enter the
26    order for withholding which will not take effect  unless  the
27    obligor becomes delinquent in paying the order for support.
28        Upon  entry of any order of support on or after September
29    11, 1989, if the obligor is not a United States citizen,  the
30    obligor  shall  provide  to  the  court  the  obligor's alien
31    registration number,  passport  number,  and  home  country's
32    social security or national health number, if applicable; the
33    court  shall  make  the information part of the record in the
34    case.
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 1        (2)  An order  for  withholding  shall  be  entered  upon
 2    petition  by  the obligee or public office where an order for
 3    withholding has not been previously entered.
 4        (3)  The order for withholding shall:
 5             (a)  direct any payor to withhold  a  dollar  amount
 6        equal to the order for support; and
 7             (b)  direct  any  payor  to  withhold  an additional
 8        dollar amount,  not  less  than  20%  of  the  order  for
 9        support,  until payment in full of any delinquency stated
10        in the notice of delinquency provided for  in  subsection
11        (C) or (F) of this Section; and
12             (c)  direct  any payor or labor union or trade union
13        to enroll a child as a beneficiary of a health  insurance
14        plan and withhold or cause to be withheld, if applicable,
15        any required premiums; and
16             (d)  state  the  rights,  remedies and duties of the
17        obligor under this Section; and
18             (e)  include the obligor's Social  Security  Number,
19        which the obligor shall disclose to the court; and
20             (f)  include  the  date that withholding for current
21        support  terminates,  which  shall   be   the   date   of
22        termination  of  the current support obligation set forth
23        in the order for support.
24        (4)  At the time the order for  withholding  is  entered,
25    the  Clerk  of  the Circuit Court shall provide a copy of the
26    order for withholding  and  the  order  for  support  to  the
27    obligor  and  shall  make copies available to the obligee and
28    public  office.   Any  copy  of  the  order  for  withholding
29    furnished to the  parties  under  this  subsection  shall  be
30    stamped "Not Valid".
31        (5)  The order for withholding shall remain in effect for
32    as long as the order for support upon which it is based.
33        (6)  The  failure of an order for withholding to state an
34    arrearage is not  conclusive  of  the  issue  of  whether  an
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 1    arrearage is owing.
 2        (7)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of this subsection,
 3    if the court finds at the time of any hearing that  arrearage
 4    has  accrued  in  an  amount  equal  to  at least one month's
 5    support obligation or that the obligor is  30  days  late  in
 6    paying  all or part of the order for support, the court shall
 7    order immediate service of the order for withholding upon the
 8    payor.
 9        (8)  Where the court has not required that the order  for
10    withholding  take  effect  immediately, the obligee or public
11    office  may  prepare  and  serve  a  notice   for   immediate
12    withholding  upon  the  obligor by ordinary mail addressed to
13    the obligor at his or her last  known  address.   The  notice
14    shall state that the following circumstances have occurred:
15             (a)  The  parties'  written  agreement  providing an
16        alternative arrangement to  immediate  withholding  under
17        paragraph  (1)  of this subsection no longer provides for
18        timely payment of all support due; or
19             (b)  The obligor has not  made  timely  payments  in
20        that  the obligor has been at least 7 days late in paying
21        all or part of the order for support any of  the  last  6
22        consecutive  dates payments were due prior to the date of
23        the notice for immediate withholding.
24        The notice for immediate withholding shall clearly  state
25    that  a specially certified copy of the order for withholding
26    will be sent  to  the  payor,  unless  the  obligor  files  a
27    petition  contesting  immediate  withholding  within  20 days
28    after service of the notice; however,  the  grounds  for  the
29    petition shall be limited to a dispute concerning whether the
30    circumstances  stated  in  the  notice  have  occurred or the
31    identity of the obligor.  It shall not  be  grounds  for  the
32    petition  that  the  obligor has made all payments due by the
33    date of the petition.
34        If the obligor  files  a  petition  contesting  immediate
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 1    withholding  within  the  20-day  period  required under this
 2    paragraph, the Clerk of the Circuit Court  shall  notify  the
 3    obligor  and the obligee or public office, as appropriate, of
 4    the time and place of the  hearing  on  the  petition.   Upon
 5    hearing the petition, the court shall enter an order granting
 6    or  denying relief.  It shall not be grounds for granting the
 7    obligor's petition that he or she has made all  payments  due
 8    by  the  date  of hearing.  If the court denies the obligor's
 9    petition, it shall order immediate service of the  order  for
10    withholding  and  direct  the  clerk  to  provide a specially
11    certified copy of the order for withholding to the obligee or
12    public office indicating that the requirements for  immediate
13    withholding under this paragraph have been met.
14        If  the  obligor  does  not  file  a  petition contesting
15    immediate withholding within the 20-day period,  the  obligee
16    or  public  office  shall  file with the Clerk of the Circuit
17    Court an affidavit, with a copy of the notice  for  immediate
18    withholding  attached  thereto,  stating  that the notice was
19    duly served and the date on which service was  effected,  and
20    that   the  obligor  has  not  filed  a  petition  contesting
21    immediate withholding.  The clerk shall then provide  to  the
22    obligee  or  public  office a specially certified copy of the
23    order for withholding indicating that  the  requirements  for
24    immediate withholding under this paragraph have been met.
25        Upon  receipt  of a specially certified copy of the order
26    for withholding, the obligee or public office may  serve  the
27    order  on  the  payor,  its  superintendent, manager or other
28    agent, by certified mail or personal delivery.   A  proof  of
29    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
30    (C)  Notice of Delinquency.
31        (1)  Whenever an obligor becomes delinquent in payment of
32    an  amount  equal  to at least one month's support obligation
33    pursuant to the order for support or is at least 30 days late
34    in complying with all or  part  of  the  order  for  support,
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 1    whichever  occurs  first,  the  obligee  or public office may
 2    prepare and serve a verified notice of delinquency,  together
 3    with  a  form petition to stay service, pursuant to paragraph
 4    (3) of this subsection.
 5        (2)  The notice of delinquency shall recite the terms  of
 6    the order for support and contain a computation of the period
 7    and  total  amount  of the delinquency, as of the date of the
 8    notice.  The notice shall clearly state that it will be  sent
 9    to the payor, together with a specially certified copy of the
10    order  for withholding, except as provided in subsection (F),
11    unless the obligor  files  a  petition  to  stay  service  in
12    accordance with paragraph (1) of subsection (D).
13        (3)  The   notice  of  delinquency  shall  be  served  by
14    ordinary mail addressed to the obligor at  his  or  her  last
15    known address.
16        (4)  The  obligor  may  execute  a  written waiver of the
17    provisions of paragraphs (1) through (3) of  this  subsection
18    and request immediate service upon the payor.
19    (D)  Procedures to Avoid Income Withholding.
20        (1)  Except  as  provided  in subsection (F), the obligor
21    may prevent an order for withholding  from  being  served  by
22    filing  a  petition  to  stay  service  with the Clerk of the
23    Circuit Court, within 20 days after service of the notice  of
24    delinquency;  however,  the  grounds for the petition to stay
25    service shall be limited to a  dispute  concerning:  (a)  the
26    amount  of  current support or the existence or amount of the
27    delinquency; or (b) the identity of the obligor.
28        The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall notify  the  obligor
29    and the obligee or public office, as appropriate, of the time
30    and place of the hearing on the petition to stay service. The
31    court  shall  hold such hearing pursuant to the provisions of
32    subsection (H).
33        (2)  Except as provided in subsection (F),  filing  of  a
34    petition  to  stay service, within the 20-day period required
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 1    under this subsection, shall prohibit the obligee  or  public
 2    office from serving the order for withholding on any payor of
 3    the obligor.
 4    (E)  Initial Service of Order for Withholding.
 5        (1)  Except  as  provided  in subsection (F), in order to
 6    serve an order for withholding upon a payor,  an  obligee  or
 7    public  office  shall follow the procedures set forth in this
 8    subsection.  After 20 days following service of the notice of
 9    delinquency, the obligee or public office shall file with the
10    Clerk of the Circuit Court an affidavit, with the copy of the
11    notice of delinquency attached thereto, stating:
12             (a)  that the notice of delinquency  has  been  duly
13        served and the date on which service was effected; and
14             (b)  that  the  obligor  has not filed a petition to
15        stay service, or in the alternative
16             (c)  that the obligor has waived the  provisions  of
17        subparagraphs  (a)  and  (b)  of  this  paragraph  (1) in
18        accordance with subsection (C)(4).
19        (2)  Upon request of the obligee or  public  office,  the
20    Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  shall: (a) make available any
21    record of payment; and (b) determine that the file contains a
22    copy of the affidavit described in paragraph (1).  The  Clerk
23    shall  then  provide  to  the  obligee  or  public  office  a
24    specially certified copy of the order for withholding and the
25    notice  of  delinquency indicating that the preconditions for
26    service have been met.
27        (3)  The obligee or public  office  may  then  serve  the
28    notice of delinquency and order for withholding on the payor,
29    its  superintendent,  manager  or  other agent, by regular or
30    certified mail or facsimile personal delivery.   A  proof  of
31    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
32    (F)  Subsequent Service of Order for Withholding.
33        (1)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of this Section, at
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 1    any time after the court has ordered immediate service of  an
 2    order  for  withholding  or after initial service of an order
 3    for withholding pursuant to subsection (E),  the  obligee  or
 4    public  office  may  serve the order for withholding upon any
 5    payor of the obligor without further notice to  the  obligor.
 6    The  obligee  or  public  office  shall provide notice to the
 7    payor, pursuant to paragraph (6) of subsection  (I),  of  any
 8    payments  that have been made through previous withholding or
 9    any other method.
10        (2)  The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall, upon  request,
11    provide the obligee or public office with specially certified
12    copies  of  the  order  for  withholding  or  the  notice  of
13    delinquency  or both whenever the Court has ordered immediate
14    service of an order for withholding or an affidavit has  been
15    placed  in  the  court file indicating that the preconditions
16    for service have been previously met.  The obligee or  public
17    office may then serve the order for withholding on the payor,
18    its  superintendent,  manager  or  other  agent by regular or
19    certified mail or facsimile personal delivery.   A  proof  of
20    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
21        (3)  If  a  delinquency  has  accrued for any reason, the
22    obligee or public office may serve a  notice  of  delinquency
23    upon the obligor pursuant to subsection (C).  The obligor may
24    prevent  the notice of delinquency from being served upon the
25    payor by utilizing the procedures  set  forth  in  subsection
26    (D). If no petition to stay service has been filed within the
27    required 20 day time period, the obligee or public office may
28    serve the notice of delinquency on the payor by utilizing the
29    procedures for service set forth in subsection (E).
30        (4)  New  service  of  an  order  for  withholding is not
31    required in order to resume withholding of income in the case
32    of an obligor with respect to whom an order  for  withholding
33    was  previously  served on the payor if withholding of income
34    was terminated because of an interruption  in  the  obligor's
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 1    employment of less than 180 days.
 2    (G)  Duties of Payor.
 3        (1)  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any payor who has been
 4    served with a copy  of  the  specially  certified  order  for
 5    withholding  and  any notice of delinquency to deduct and pay
 6    over income as provided in this subsection.  The payor  shall
 7    deduct the amount designated in the order for withholding, as
 8    supplemented  by  the  notice  of  delinquency and any notice
 9    provided  pursuant  to  paragraph  (6)  of  subsection   (I),
10    beginning  no  later than the next payment of income which is
11    payable to the obligor that occurs 14 days following the date
12    the order and any notice were mailed  by  certified  mail  or
13    placed  for  personal  delivery.   The  payor may combine all
14    amounts withheld for the benefit  of  an  obligee  or  public
15    office  into a single payment and transmit the payment with a
16    listing of obligors from whom withholding has been  effected.
17    The  payor  shall  pay  the amount withheld to the obligee or
18    public office within 10 calendar days of the date  income  is
19    paid  to  the  obligor  in  accordance  with  the  order  for
20    withholding and any subsequent notification received from the
21    public  office  redirecting  payments. If the payor knowingly
22    fails to pay any amount withheld to  the  obligee  or  public
23    office  within 10 calendar days of the date income is paid to
24    the obligor, the payor shall pay a penalty of $100  for  each
25    day  that  the  withheld amount is not paid to the obligee or
26    public office after  the  period  of  10  calendar  days  has
27    expired.   The failure of a payor, on more than one occasion,
28    to pay amounts withheld  to  the  obligee  or  public  office
29    within  10  calendar  days  of the date income is paid to the
30    obligor creates a presumption that the payor knowingly failed
31    to pay the amounts.  This penalty may be collected in a civil
32    action which may be brought against the payor in favor of the
33    obligee. A finding of a  payor's  nonperformance  within  the
34    time  required  under  this  Section  must be documented by a
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 1    certified mail return receipt showing the date the order  for
 2    withholding  was  served  on  the payor. For purposes of this
 3    Section, a withheld amount shall  be  considered  paid  by  a
 4    payor  on  the date it is mailed by the payor, or on the date
 5    an electronic funds transfer of the amount has been initiated
 6    by the payor, or on the date delivery of the amount has  been
 7    initiated  by  the payor. For each deduction, the payor shall
 8    provide  the  obligee  or  public  office,  at  the  time  of
 9    transmittal, with the date income was paid from which support
10    was withheld.
11        Upon receipt of an order requiring that a minor child  be
12    named  as  a beneficiary of a health insurance plan available
13    through an employer  or  labor  union  or  trade  union,  the
14    employer  or  labor  union  or  trade union shall immediately
15    enroll the  minor  child  as  a  beneficiary  in  the  health
16    insurance  plan  designated  by the court order. The employer
17    shall withhold any required premiums and pay over any amounts
18    so withheld and any additional amounts the employer  pays  to
19    the  insurance  carrier  in a timely manner.  The employer or
20    labor union or trade union shall mail to the obligee,  within
21    15  days of enrollment or upon request, notice of the date of
22    coverage, information on the dependent coverage plan, and all
23    forms necessary to obtain reimbursement  for  covered  health
24    expenses,  such as would be made available to a new employee.
25    When an order for dependent coverage is  in  effect  and  the
26    insurance  coverage  is terminated or changed for any reason,
27    the employer or labor union or trade union shall  notify  the
28    obligee  within  10  days  of  the termination or change date
29    along with notice of conversion privileges.
30        For withholding of income, the payor shall be entitled to
31    receive a fee not to exceed $5 per month to be taken from the
32    income to be paid to the obligor.
33        (2)  Whenever the obligor is no longer  receiving  income
34    from  the  payor,  the payor shall return a copy of the order
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 1    for withholding to the obligee or  public  office  and  shall
 2    provide   information  for  the  purpose  of  enforcing  this
 3    Section.
 4        (3)  Withholding of income under this  Section  shall  be
 5    made  without regard to any prior or subsequent garnishments,
 6    attachments,  wage  assignments,  or  any  other  claims   of
 7    creditors.   Withholding  of  income under this Section shall
 8    not be in excess of the maximum amounts permitted  under  the
 9    federal Consumer Credit Protection Act. If the payor has been
10    served with more than one order for withholding pertaining to
11    the  same  obligor, the payor shall allocate income available
12    for  withholding  on  a  proportionate  share  basis,  giving
13    priority to current support payments.  If there is any income
14    available for withholding after withholding for  all  current
15    support  obligations,  the payor shall allocate the income to
16    past due support payments ordered  in  non-AFDC  matters  and
17    then  to  past  due support payments ordered in AFDC matters,
18    both on a proportionate share basis. Payment as  required  by
19    the  order for withholding shall be a complete defense by the
20    payor against any claims of the obligor or his  creditors  as
21    to the sum so paid.
22        (4)  No payor shall discharge, discipline, refuse to hire
23    or  otherwise  penalize  any  obligor  because of the duty to
24    withhold income.
25    (H)  Petitions to Stay  Service  or  to  Modify,  Suspend  or
26    Terminate Orders for Withholding.
27        (1)  When  an  obligor  files a petition to stay service,
28    the court, after due notice to all parties,  shall  hear  the
29    matter  as  soon  as  practicable  and  shall  enter an order
30    granting  or  denying  relief,   amending   the   notice   of
31    delinquency,   amending  the  order  for  withholding,  where
32    applicable, or otherwise resolving the matter.  If the  court
33    finds   that   a  delinquency  existed  when  the  notice  of
34    delinquency was served upon the obligor, in an amount  of  at
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 1    least one month's support obligation, or that the obligor was
 2    at  least 30 days late in paying all or part of the order for
 3    support, the court shall order immediate service of the order
 4    for withholding.  Where the court cannot promptly resolve any
 5    dispute over the amount of the  delinquency,  the  court  may
 6    order  immediate  service  of the order for withholding as to
 7    any undisputed amounts specified  in  an  amended  notice  of
 8    delinquency,  and  may  continue  the hearing on the disputed
 9    amounts.
10        (2)  At any time, an obligor, obligee, public  office  or
11    Clerk of the Circuit Court may petition the court to:
12             (a)  modify,  suspend  or  terminate  the  order for
13        withholding because  of  a  modification,  suspension  or
14        termination of the underlying order for support; or
15             (b)  modify  the  amount of income to be withheld to
16        reflect payment in full or in part of the delinquency  or
17        arrearage by income withholding or otherwise; or
18             (c)  suspend  the  order  for withholding because of
19        inability to deliver income withheld to the  obligee  due
20        to  the obligee's failure to provide a mailing address or
21        other means of delivery.
22        (3)  The obligor, obligee or public office shall serve on
23    the payor, by certified mail or personal delivery, a copy  of
24    any  order  entered  pursuant to this subsection that affects
25    the duties of the payor.
26        (4)  At any time, a public office or Clerk of the Circuit
27    Court may serve a notice on the payor to:
28             (a)  cease withholding  of  income  for  payment  of
29        current  support  for a child when the support obligation
30        for that child has automatically ceased under  the  order
31        for support through emancipation or otherwise; or
32             (b)  cease  withholding  of  income  for  payment of
33        delinquency  or  arrearage  when   the   delinquency   or
34        arrearage has been paid in full.
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 1        (5)  The  notice provided for under paragraph (4) of this
 2    subsection shall be served on the payor by ordinary mail, and
 3    a copy shall be provided to the obligor and the  obligee.   A
 4    copy  of  the  notice  shall  be  filed with the Clerk of the
 5    Circuit Court.
 6        (6)  The order  for  withholding  shall  continue  to  be
 7    binding  upon  the  payor  until  service of any order of the
 8    court  or  notice  entered  or  provided   for   under   this
 9    subsection.
10    (I)  Additional Duties.
11        (1)  An  obligee  who  is  receiving  income  withholding
12    payments  under  this  Section shall notify the payor, if the
13    obligee receives the payments directly from the payor, or the
14    public  office  or  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,   as
15    appropriate,  of  any change of address within 7 days of such
16    change.
17        (2)  An obligee who is a recipient of  public  aid  shall
18    send  a  copy  of any notice of delinquency filed pursuant to
19    subsection (C) to the Bureau of Child Support of the Illinois
20    Department of Public Aid.
21        (3)  Each obligor shall notify the obligee and the  Clerk
22    of the Circuit Court of any change of address within 7 days.
23        (4)  An obligor whose income is being withheld or who has
24    been  served  with  a  notice of delinquency pursuant to this
25    Section shall notify the obligee and the Clerk of the Circuit
26    Court of any new payor, within 7 days.
27        (5)  When the Illinois Department of  Public  Aid  is  no
28    longer  authorized  to  receive  payments for the obligee, it
29    shall, within 7 days, notify the payor or, where appropriate,
30    the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,   to   redirect   income
31    withholding payments to the obligee.
32        (6)  The obligee or public office shall provide notice to
33    the payor and Clerk of the Circuit Court of any other support
34    payment  made,  including but not limited to, a set-off under
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 1    federal and State law or partial payment of  the  delinquency
 2    or arrearage, or both.
 3        (7)  Any  public  office  and  Clerk of the Circuit Court
 4    which collects, disburses or receives  payments  pursuant  to
 5    orders for withholding shall maintain complete, accurate, and
 6    clear  records  of  all  payments  and  their  disbursements.
 7    Certified  copies  of  payment records maintained by a public
 8    office or Clerk of the Circuit Court shall,  without  further
 9    proof,  be  admitted  into  evidence in any legal proceedings
10    under this Section.
11        (8)  The Illinois Department of Public Aid  shall  design
12    suggested  legal  forms for proceeding under this Section and
13    shall  make  available  to  the   courts   such   forms   and
14    informational  materials  which  describe  the procedures and
15    remedies set forth herein for distribution to all parties  in
16    support actions.
17        (9)  At  the  time  of transmitting each support payment,
18    the clerk of the circuit court shall provide the  obligee  or
19    public office, as appropriate, with any information furnished
20    by  the  payor as to the date income was paid from which such
21    support was withheld.
22    (J)  Penalties.
23        (1)  Where a payor wilfully fails to withhold or pay over
24    income pursuant to a  properly  served,  specially  certified
25    order  for  withholding  and  any  notice  of delinquency, or
26    wilfully  discharges,  disciplines,  refuses   to   hire   or
27    otherwise  penalizes  an  obligor as prohibited by subsection
28    (G), or otherwise fails to comply with any duties imposed  by
29    this  Section,  the  obligee,  public  office  or obligor, as
30    appropriate, may file a complaint with the court against  the
31    payor.   The  clerk  of  the  circuit  court shall notify the
32    obligee or public office, as appropriate, and the obligor and
33    payor of the time and place of the hearing on the  complaint.
34    The  court  shall  resolve any factual dispute including, but
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 1    not limited to, a denial that the payor is paying or has paid
 2    income to the obligor.   Upon  a  finding  in  favor  of  the
 3    complaining party, the court:
 4             (a)  shall  enter judgment and order the enforcement
 5        thereof for the total  amount  that  the  payor  wilfully
 6        failed to withhold or pay over; and
 7             (b)  may  order  employment  or  reinstatement of or
 8        restitution to the obligor, or both,  where  the  obligor
 9        has  been  discharged,  disciplined, denied employment or
10        otherwise penalized by the payor and may  impose  a  fine
11        upon the payor not to exceed $200.
12        (2)  Any  obligee,  public office or obligor who wilfully
13    initiates a  false  proceeding  under  this  Section  or  who
14    wilfully  fails  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of this
15    Section shall be punished as in cases of contempt of court.
16    (K)  Alternative Procedures for Entry and Service of an Order
17    for Withholding.
18        (1)  Effective January 1, 1987, in any matter in which an
19    order for withholding has not been entered  for  any  reason,
20    based  upon the last order for support that has been entered,
21    and in which the obligor has become delinquent in payment  of
22    an  amount  equal  to at least one month's support obligation
23    pursuant to the last order for support or is at least 30 days
24    late in complying with all or part of the order for  support,
25    the  obligee  or public office may prepare and serve an order
26    for withholding pursuant to the procedures set forth in  this
27    subsection.
28        (2)  The obligee or public office shall:
29             (a)  prepare  a  proposed  order for withholding for
30        immediate service as provided by paragraphs (1)  and  (3)
31        of   subsection   (B),   except   that  the  minimum  20%
32        delinquency payment shall be used;
33             (b)  prepare a notice of delinquency as provided  by
34        paragraphs  (1)  and  (2)  of  subsection (C), except the
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 1        notice shall state further that the order for withholding
 2        has not been entered by  the  court  and  the  conditions
 3        under which the order will be entered; and
 4             (c)  serve   the  notice  of  delinquency  and  form
 5        petition to stay service as provided by paragraph (3)  of
 6        subsection  (C),  together  with  the  proposed order for
 7        withholding, which shall be marked "COPY ONLY".
 8        (3)  After 20 days following service  of  the  notice  of
 9    delinquency  and  proposed  order for withholding, in lieu of
10    the provisions of  subsection  (E),  the  obligee  or  public
11    office  shall  file  with  the  Clerk of the Circuit Court an
12    affidavit, with a copy  of  the  notice  of  delinquency  and
13    proposed  order  for  withholding  attached  thereto, stating
14    that:
15             (a)  the notice of delinquency  and  proposed  order
16        for withholding have been served upon the obligor and the
17        date on which service was effected;
18             (b)  the  obligor  has  not filed a petition to stay
19        service within 20 days of  service  of  such  notice  and
20        order; and
21             (c)  the  proposed  order for withholding accurately
22        states the terms and amounts contained in the last  order
23        for support.
24        (4)  Upon  the  court's  satisfaction that the procedures
25    set forth in this subsection have been met,  it  shall  enter
26    the order for withholding.
27        (5)  The  Clerk  shall  then  provide  to  the obligee or
28    public office a specially certified copy  of  the  order  for
29    withholding and the notice of delinquency indicating that the
30    preconditions for service have been met.
31        (6)  The   obligee  or  public  office  shall  serve  the
32    specially certified copies of the order for  withholding  and
33    the  notice  of delinquency on the payor, its superintendent,
34    manager  or  other  agent  by  certified  mail  or   personal
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 1    delivery.   A  proof of service shall be filed with the Clerk
 2    of the Circuit Court.
 3        (7)  If the  obligor  requests  in  writing  that  income
 4    withholding  become effective prior to becoming delinquent in
 5    payment of an amount equal to one month's support  obligation
 6    pursuant  to the last order for support, or prior to becoming
 7    30 days late in paying all or part of the order for  support,
 8    the obligee or public office shall file an affidavit with the
 9    Clerk  of  the  circuit  Court,  with  a  proposed  order for
10    withholding  attached,  stating  that  the   proposed   order
11    accurately states the terms and amounts contained in the last
12    order  for  support  and  the obligor's request for immediate
13    service.  The provisions of paragraphs  (4)  through  (6)  of
14    this   subsection  shall  apply,  except  that  a  notice  of
15    delinquency shall not be required.
16        (8)  All  other  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  be
17    applicable with respect to the provisions of this  subsection
18    (K),  except  that under paragraph (1) of subsection (H), the
19    court may also amend the proposed order  for  withholding  to
20    conform to the last order for support.
21        (9)  Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall be construed as
22    limiting the requirements of paragraph (1) of subsection  (B)
23    with respect to the entry of a separate order for withholding
24    upon entry of any order for support.
25    (L)  Remedies in Addition to Other Laws.
26        (1)  The  rights,  remedies, duties and penalties created
27    by this Section are in addition to and  not  in  substitution
28    for  any other rights, remedies, duties and penalties created
29    by any other law.
30        (2)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  as
31    invalidating any assignment of  wages  or  benefits  executed
32    prior to July 1, 1985.
33    (Source: P.A.  87-529; 87-935; 87-988; 87-1105; 88-26; 88-45;
34    88-94; 88-131; 88-307; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
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 1        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A.89-507)
 2        Sec. 20.  Withholding of  Income  to  Secure  Payment  of
 3    Support.
 4    (A)  Definitions.
 5        (1)  "Order  for  support"  means  any order of the court
 6    which provides for periodic payment of funds for the  support
 7    of a child, whether temporary or final, and includes any such
 8    order which provides for:
 9             (a)  modification  or  resumption  of, or payment of
10        arrearage accrued under, a previously existing order;
11             (b)  reimbursement of support;
12             (c)  payment or  reimbursement  of  the  expense  of
13        pregnancy and delivery;  or
14             (d)  enrollment  in  a health insurance plan that is
15        available to the obligor through  an  employer  or  labor
16        union or trade union.
17        (2)  "Arrearage" means the total amount of unpaid support
18    obligations.
19        (3)  "Delinquency"  means  any payment under an order for
20    support which becomes due and remains unpaid after  an  order
21    for withholding has been entered under subsection (B) or, for
22    purposes  of subsection (K), after the last order for support
23    was entered for which no order for withholding was entered.
24        (4)  "Income" means any form of periodic  payment  to  an
25    individual,  regardless of source, including, but not limited
26    to: wages, salary, commission, compensation as an independent
27    contractor, workers' compensation,  disability,  annuity  and
28    retirement   benefits,   lottery   prize   awards,  insurance
29    proceeds, vacation pay, bonuses, profit-sharing payments  and
30    any  other  payments,  made  by  any  person, private entity,
31    federal or state government, any unit  of  local  government,
32    school district or any entity created by Public Act; however,
33    "income" excludes:
34             (a)  any  amounts  required  by  law to be withheld,
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 1        other than creditor claims, including,  but  not  limited
 2        to,  federal,  State and local taxes, Social Security and
 3        other retirement and disability contributions;
 4             (b)  union dues;
 5             (c)  any amounts exempted by  the  federal  Consumer
 6        Credit Protection Act;
 7             (d)  public assistance payments; and
 8             (e)  unemployment   insurance   benefits  except  as
 9        provided by law.
10        Any other State or  local  laws  which  limit  or  exempt
11    income  or  the  amount  or  percentage of income that can be
12    withheld shall not apply.
13        (5)  "Obligor" means the individual who owes  a  duty  to
14    make payments under an order for support.
15        (6)  "Obligee"  means  the  individual  to whom a duty of
16    support is owed or the individual's legal representative.
17        (7)  "Payor" means any payor of income to an obligor.
18        (8)  "Public office" means any elected  official  or  any
19    State  or  local agency which is or may become responsible by
20    law for enforcement of, or which is or may become  authorized
21    to  enforce, an order for support, including, but not limited
22    to: the Attorney General, the Illinois Department  of  Public
23    Aid,  the Illinois Department of Human Services, the Illinois
24    Department of Children and Family Services, and  the  various
25    State's   Attorneys,   Clerks   of   the  Circuit  Court  and
26    supervisors of general assistance.
27        (9)  "Premium" means the  dollar  amount  for  which  the
28    obligor  is  liable  to  his employer or labor union or trade
29    union and which must be paid to enroll or maintain a child in
30    a health insurance plan that  is  available  to  the  obligor
31    through an employer or labor union or trade union.
32    (B)  Entry of an Order for Withholding.
33        (1)  Upon entry of any order for support on or after July
34    1,   1985,  the  court  shall  enter  a  separate  order  for
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 1    withholding which shall not take effect  unless  the  obligor
 2    becomes  delinquent  in  paying  the order for support or the
 3    obligor requests an earlier effective date; except  that  the
 4    court  may  require  the order for withholding to take effect
 5    immediately.
 6        On or after January 1, 1989, the court shall require  the
 7    order  for  withholding  to take effect immediately, unless a
 8    written agreement is  reached  between  and  signed  by  both
 9    parties  providing  for  an alternative arrangement, approved
10    and entered into the  record  by  the  court,  which  insures
11    payment  of support.  In that case, the court shall enter the
12    order for withholding which will not take effect  unless  the
13    obligor becomes delinquent in paying the order for support.
14        Upon  entry of any order of support on or after September
15    11, 1989, if the obligor is not a United States citizen,  the
16    obligor  shall  provide  to  the  court  the  obligor's alien
17    registration number,  passport  number,  and  home  country's
18    social security or national health number, if applicable; the
19    court  shall  make  the information part of the record in the
20    case.
21        (2)  An order  for  withholding  shall  be  entered  upon
22    petition  by  the obligee or public office where an order for
23    withholding has not been previously entered.
24        (3)  The order for withholding shall:
25             (a)  direct any payor to withhold  a  dollar  amount
26        equal to the order for support; and
27             (b)  direct  any  payor  to  withhold  an additional
28        dollar amount,  not  less  than  20%  of  the  order  for
29        support,  until payment in full of any delinquency stated
30        in the notice of delinquency provided for  in  subsection
31        (C) or (F) of this Section; and
32             (c)  direct  any payor or labor union or trade union
33        to enroll a child as a beneficiary of a health  insurance
34        plan and withhold or cause to be withheld, if applicable,
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 1        any required premiums; and
 2             (d)  state  the  rights,  remedies and duties of the
 3        obligor under this Section; and
 4             (e)  include the obligor's Social  Security  Number,
 5        which the obligor shall disclose to the court; and
 6             (f)  include  the  date that withholding for current
 7        support  terminates,  which  shall   be   the   date   of
 8        termination  of  the current support obligation set forth
 9        in the order for support.
10        (4)  At the time the order for  withholding  is  entered,
11    the  Clerk  of  the Circuit Court shall provide a copy of the
12    order for withholding  and  the  order  for  support  to  the
13    obligor  and  shall  make copies available to the obligee and
14    public  office.   Any  copy  of  the  order  for  withholding
15    furnished to the  parties  under  this  subsection  shall  be
16    stamped "Not Valid".
17        (5)  The order for withholding shall remain in effect for
18    as long as the order for support upon which it is based.
19        (6)  The  failure of an order for withholding to state an
20    arrearage is not  conclusive  of  the  issue  of  whether  an
21    arrearage is owing.
22        (7)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of this subsection,
23    if the court finds at the time of any hearing that  arrearage
24    has  accrued  in  an  amount  equal  to  at least one month's
25    support obligation or that the obligor is  30  days  late  in
26    paying  all or part of the order for support, the court shall
27    order immediate service of the order for withholding upon the
28    payor.
29        (8)  Where the court has not required that the order  for
30    withholding  take  effect  immediately, the obligee or public
31    office  may  prepare  and  serve  a  notice   for   immediate
32    withholding  upon  the  obligor by ordinary mail addressed to
33    the obligor at his or her last  known  address.   The  notice
34    shall state that the following circumstances have occurred:
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 1             (a)  The  parties'  written  agreement  providing an
 2        alternative arrangement to  immediate  withholding  under
 3        paragraph  (1)  of this subsection no longer provides for
 4        timely payment of all support due; or
 5             (b)  The obligor has not  made  timely  payments  in
 6        that  the obligor has been at least 7 days late in paying
 7        all or part of the order for support any of  the  last  6
 8        consecutive  dates payments were due prior to the date of
 9        the notice for immediate withholding.
10        The notice for immediate withholding shall clearly  state
11    that  a specially certified copy of the order for withholding
12    will be sent  to  the  payor,  unless  the  obligor  files  a
13    petition  contesting  immediate  withholding  within  20 days
14    after service of the notice; however,  the  grounds  for  the
15    petition shall be limited to a dispute concerning whether the
16    circumstances  stated  in  the  notice  have  occurred or the
17    identity of the obligor.  It shall not  be  grounds  for  the
18    petition  that  the  obligor has made all payments due by the
19    date of the petition.
20        If the obligor  files  a  petition  contesting  immediate
21    withholding  within  the  20-day  period  required under this
22    paragraph, the Clerk of the Circuit Court  shall  notify  the
23    obligor  and the obligee or public office, as appropriate, of
24    the time and place of the  hearing  on  the  petition.   Upon
25    hearing the petition, the court shall enter an order granting
26    or  denying relief.  It shall not be grounds for granting the
27    obligor's petition that he or she has made all  payments  due
28    by  the  date  of hearing.  If the court denies the obligor's
29    petition, it shall order immediate service of the  order  for
30    withholding  and  direct  the  clerk  to  provide a specially
31    certified copy of the order for withholding to the obligee or
32    public office indicating that the requirements for  immediate
33    withholding under this paragraph have been met.
34        If  the  obligor  does  not  file  a  petition contesting
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 1    immediate withholding within the 20-day period,  the  obligee
 2    or  public  office  shall  file with the Clerk of the Circuit
 3    Court an affidavit, with a copy of the notice  for  immediate
 4    withholding  attached  thereto,  stating  that the notice was
 5    duly served and the date on which service was  effected,  and
 6    that   the  obligor  has  not  filed  a  petition  contesting
 7    immediate withholding.  The clerk shall then provide  to  the
 8    obligee  or  public  office a specially certified copy of the
 9    order for withholding indicating that  the  requirements  for
10    immediate withholding under this paragraph have been met.
11        Upon  receipt  of a specially certified copy of the order
12    for withholding, the obligee or public office may  serve  the
13    order  on  the  payor,  its  superintendent, manager or other
14    agent, by certified mail or personal delivery.   A  proof  of
15    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
16    (C)  Notice of Delinquency.
17        (1)  Whenever an obligor becomes delinquent in payment of
18    an  amount  equal  to at least one month's support obligation
19    pursuant to the order for support or is at least 30 days late
20    in complying with all or  part  of  the  order  for  support,
21    whichever  occurs  first,  the  obligee  or public office may
22    prepare and serve a verified notice of delinquency,  together
23    with  a  form petition to stay service, pursuant to paragraph
24    (3) of this subsection.
25        (2)  The notice of delinquency shall recite the terms  of
26    the order for support and contain a computation of the period
27    and  total  amount  of the delinquency, as of the date of the
28    notice.  The notice shall clearly state that it will be  sent
29    to the payor, together with a specially certified copy of the
30    order  for withholding, except as provided in subsection (F),
31    unless the obligor  files  a  petition  to  stay  service  in
32    accordance with paragraph (1) of subsection (D).
33        (3)  The   notice  of  delinquency  shall  be  served  by
34    ordinary mail addressed to the obligor at  his  or  her  last
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 1    known address.
 2        (4)  The  obligor  may  execute  a  written waiver of the
 3    provisions of paragraphs (1) through (3) of  this  subsection
 4    and request immediate service upon the payor.
 5    (D)  Procedures to Avoid Income Withholding.
 6        (1)  Except  as  provided  in subsection (F), the obligor
 7    may prevent an order for withholding  from  being  served  by
 8    filing  a  petition  to  stay  service  with the Clerk of the
 9    Circuit Court, within 20 days after service of the notice  of
10    delinquency;  however,  the  grounds for the petition to stay
11    service shall be limited to a  dispute  concerning:  (a)  the
12    amount  of  current support or the existence or amount of the
13    delinquency; or (b) the identity of the obligor.
14        The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall notify  the  obligor
15    and the obligee or public office, as appropriate, of the time
16    and place of the hearing on the petition to stay service. The
17    court  shall  hold such hearing pursuant to the provisions of
18    subsection (H).
19        (2)  Except as provided in subsection (F),  filing  of  a
20    petition  to  stay service, within the 20-day period required
21    under this subsection, shall prohibit the obligee  or  public
22    office from serving the order for withholding on any payor of
23    the obligor.
24    (E)  Initial Service of Order for Withholding.
25        (1)  Except  as  provided  in subsection (F), in order to
26    serve an order for withholding upon a payor,  an  obligee  or
27    public  office  shall follow the procedures set forth in this
28    subsection.  After 20 days following service of the notice of
29    delinquency, the obligee or public office shall file with the
30    Clerk of the Circuit Court an affidavit, with the copy of the
31    notice of delinquency attached thereto, stating:
32             (a)  that the notice of delinquency  has  been  duly
33        served and the date on which service was effected; and
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 1             (b)  that  the  obligor  has not filed a petition to
 2        stay service, or in the alternative
 3             (c)  that the obligor has waived the  provisions  of
 4        subparagraphs  (a)  and  (b)  of  this  paragraph  (1) in
 5        accordance with subsection (C)(4).
 6        (2)  Upon request of the obligee or  public  office,  the
 7    Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  shall: (a) make available any
 8    record of payment; and (b) determine that the file contains a
 9    copy of the affidavit described in paragraph (1).  The  Clerk
10    shall  then  provide  to  the  obligee  or  public  office  a
11    specially certified copy of the order for withholding and the
12    notice  of  delinquency indicating that the preconditions for
13    service have been met.
14        (3)  The obligee or public  office  may  then  serve  the
15    notice of delinquency and order for withholding on the payor,
16    its  superintendent,  manager  or  other agent, by regular or
17    certified mail or facsimile personal delivery.   A  proof  of
18    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
19    (F)  Subsequent Service of Order for Withholding.
20        (1)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of this Section, at
21    any time after the court has ordered immediate service of  an
22    order  for  withholding  or after initial service of an order
23    for withholding pursuant to subsection (E),  the  obligee  or
24    public  office  may  serve the order for withholding upon any
25    payor of the obligor without further notice to  the  obligor.
26    The  obligee  or  public  office  shall provide notice to the
27    payor, pursuant to paragraph (6) of subsection  (I),  of  any
28    payments  that have been made through previous withholding or
29    any other method.
30        (2)  The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall, upon  request,
31    provide the obligee or public office with specially certified
32    copies  of  the  order  for  withholding  or  the  notice  of
33    delinquency  or both whenever the Court has ordered immediate
34    service of an order for withholding or an affidavit has  been
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 1    placed  in  the  court file indicating that the preconditions
 2    for service have been previously met.  The obligee or  public
 3    office may then serve the order for withholding on the payor,
 4    its  superintendent,  manager  or  other  agent by regular or
 5    certified mail or facsimile personal delivery.   A  proof  of
 6    service shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
 7        (3)  If  a  delinquency  has  accrued for any reason, the
 8    obligee or public office may serve a  notice  of  delinquency
 9    upon the obligor pursuant to subsection (C).  The obligor may
10    prevent  the notice of delinquency from being served upon the
11    payor by utilizing the procedures  set  forth  in  subsection
12    (D). If no petition to stay service has been filed within the
13    required 20 day time period, the obligee or public office may
14    serve the notice of delinquency on the payor by utilizing the
15    procedures for service set forth in subsection (E).
16        (4)  New  service  of  an  order  for  withholding is not
17    required in order to resume withholding of income in the case
18    of an obligor with respect to whom an order  for  withholding
19    was  previously  served on the payor if withholding of income
20    was terminated because of an interruption  in  the  obligor's
21    employment of less than 180 days.
22    (G)  Duties of Payor.
23        (1)  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any payor who has been
24    served with a copy  of  the  specially  certified  order  for
25    withholding  and  any notice of delinquency to deduct and pay
26    over income as provided in this subsection.  The payor  shall
27    deduct the amount designated in the order for withholding, as
28    supplemented  by  the  notice  of  delinquency and any notice
29    provided  pursuant  to  paragraph  (6)  of  subsection   (I),
30    beginning  no  later than the next payment of income which is
31    payable to the obligor that occurs 14 days following the date
32    the order and any notice were mailed  by  certified  mail  or
33    placed  for  personal  delivery.   The  payor may combine all
34    amounts withheld for the benefit  of  an  obligee  or  public
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 1    office  into a single payment and transmit the payment with a
 2    listing of obligors from whom withholding has been  effected.
 3    The  payor  shall  pay  the amount withheld to the obligee or
 4    public office within 10 calendar days of the date  income  is
 5    paid  to  the  obligor  in  accordance  with  the  order  for
 6    withholding and any subsequent notification received from the
 7    public  office  redirecting  payments. If the payor knowingly
 8    fails to pay any amount withheld to  the  obligee  or  public
 9    office  within 10 calendar days of the date income is paid to
10    the obligor, the payor shall pay a penalty of $100  for  each
11    day  that  the  withheld amount is not paid to the obligee or
12    public office after  the  period  of  10  calendar  days  has
13    expired.   The failure of a payor, on more than one occasion,
14    to pay amounts withheld  to  the  obligee  or  public  office
15    within  10  calendar  days  of the date income is paid to the
16    obligor creates a presumption that the payor knowingly failed
17    to pay the amounts.  This penalty may be collected in a civil
18    action which may be brought against the payor in favor of the
19    obligee. A finding of a  payor's  nonperformance  within  the
20    time  required  under  this  Section  must be documented by a
21    certified mail return receipt showing the date the order  for
22    withholding  was  served  on  the payor. For purposes of this
23    Section, a withheld amount shall  be  considered  paid  by  a
24    payor  on  the date it is mailed by the payor, or on the date
25    an electronic funds transfer of the amount has been initiated
26    by the payor, or on the date delivery of the amount has  been
27    initiated  by  the payor. For each deduction, the payor shall
28    provide  the  obligee  or  public  office,  at  the  time  of
29    transmittal, with the date income was paid from which support
30    was withheld.
31        Upon receipt of an order requiring that a minor child  be
32    named  as  a beneficiary of a health insurance plan available
33    through an employer  or  labor  union  or  trade  union,  the
34    employer  or  labor  union  or  trade union shall immediately
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 1    enroll the  minor  child  as  a  beneficiary  in  the  health
 2    insurance  plan  designated  by the court order. The employer
 3    shall withhold any required premiums and pay over any amounts
 4    so withheld and any additional amounts the employer  pays  to
 5    the  insurance  carrier  in a timely manner.  The employer or
 6    labor union or trade union shall mail to the obligee,  within
 7    15  days of enrollment or upon request, notice of the date of
 8    coverage, information on the dependent coverage plan, and all
 9    forms necessary to obtain reimbursement  for  covered  health
10    expenses,  such as would be made available to a new employee.
11    When an order for dependent coverage is  in  effect  and  the
12    insurance  coverage  is terminated or changed for any reason,
13    the employer or labor union or trade union shall  notify  the
14    obligee  within  10  days  of  the termination or change date
15    along with notice of conversion privileges.
16        For withholding of income, the payor shall be entitled to
17    receive a fee not to exceed $5 per month to be taken from the
18    income to be paid to the obligor.
19        (2)  Whenever the obligor is no longer  receiving  income
20    from  the  payor,  the payor shall return a copy of the order
21    for withholding to the obligee or  public  office  and  shall
22    provide   information  for  the  purpose  of  enforcing  this
23    Section.
24        (3)  Withholding of income under this  Section  shall  be
25    made  without regard to any prior or subsequent garnishments,
26    attachments,  wage  assignments,  or  any  other  claims   of
27    creditors.   Withholding  of  income under this Section shall
28    not be in excess of the maximum amounts permitted  under  the
29    federal Consumer Credit Protection Act. If the payor has been
30    served with more than one order for withholding pertaining to
31    the  same  obligor, the payor shall allocate income available
32    for  withholding  on  a  proportionate  share  basis,  giving
33    priority to current support payments.  If there is any income
34    available for withholding after withholding for  all  current
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 1    support  obligations,  the payor shall allocate the income to
 2    past due support payments ordered  in  non-AFDC  matters  and
 3    then  to  past  due support payments ordered in AFDC matters,
 4    both on a proportionate share basis. Payment as  required  by
 5    the  order for withholding shall be a complete defense by the
 6    payor against any claims of the obligor or his  creditors  as
 7    to the sum so paid.
 8        (4)  No payor shall discharge, discipline, refuse to hire
 9    or  otherwise  penalize  any  obligor  because of the duty to
10    withhold income.
11    (H)  Petitions to Stay  Service  or  to  Modify,  Suspend  or
12    Terminate Orders for Withholding.
13        (1)  When  an  obligor  files a petition to stay service,
14    the court, after due notice to all parties,  shall  hear  the
15    matter  as  soon  as  practicable  and  shall  enter an order
16    granting  or  denying  relief,   amending   the   notice   of
17    delinquency,   amending  the  order  for  withholding,  where
18    applicable, or otherwise resolving the matter.  If the  court
19    finds   that   a  delinquency  existed  when  the  notice  of
20    delinquency was served upon the obligor, in an amount  of  at
21    least one month's support obligation, or that the obligor was
22    at  least 30 days late in paying all or part of the order for
23    support, the court shall order immediate service of the order
24    for withholding.  Where the court cannot promptly resolve any
25    dispute over the amount of the  delinquency,  the  court  may
26    order  immediate  service  of the order for withholding as to
27    any undisputed amounts specified  in  an  amended  notice  of
28    delinquency,  and  may  continue  the hearing on the disputed
29    amounts.
30        (2)  At any time, an obligor, obligee, public  office  or
31    Clerk of the Circuit Court may petition the court to:
32             (a)  modify,  suspend  or  terminate  the  order for
33        withholding because  of  a  modification,  suspension  or
34        termination of the underlying order for support; or
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 1             (b)  modify  the  amount of income to be withheld to
 2        reflect payment in full or in part of the delinquency  or
 3        arrearage by income withholding or otherwise; or
 4             (c)  suspend  the  order  for withholding because of
 5        inability to deliver income withheld to the  obligee  due
 6        to  the obligee's failure to provide a mailing address or
 7        other means of delivery.
 8        (3)  The obligor, obligee or public office shall serve on
 9    the payor, by certified mail or personal delivery, a copy  of
10    any  order  entered  pursuant to this subsection that affects
11    the duties of the payor.
12        (4)  At any time, a public office or Clerk of the Circuit
13    Court may serve a notice on the payor to:
14             (a)  cease withholding  of  income  for  payment  of
15        current  support  for a child when the support obligation
16        for that child has automatically ceased under  the  order
17        for support through emancipation or otherwise; or
18             (b)  cease  withholding  of  income  for  payment of
19        delinquency  or  arrearage  when   the   delinquency   or
20        arrearage has been paid in full.
21        (5)  The  notice provided for under paragraph (4) of this
22    subsection shall be served on the payor by ordinary mail, and
23    a copy shall be provided to the obligor and the  obligee.   A
24    copy  of  the  notice  shall  be  filed with the Clerk of the
25    Circuit Court.
26        (6)  The order  for  withholding  shall  continue  to  be
27    binding  upon  the  payor  until  service of any order of the
28    court  or  notice  entered  or  provided   for   under   this
29    subsection.
30    (I)  Additional Duties.
31        (1)  An  obligee  who  is  receiving  income  withholding
32    payments  under  this  Section shall notify the payor, if the
33    obligee receives the payments directly from the payor, or the
34    public  office  or  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,   as
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 1    appropriate,  of  any change of address within 7 days of such
 2    change.
 3        (2)  An obligee who is a recipient of  public  aid  shall
 4    send  a  copy  of any notice of delinquency filed pursuant to
 5    subsection (C) to the Bureau of Child Support of the Illinois
 6    Department of Public Aid.
 7        (3)  Each obligor shall notify the obligee and the  Clerk
 8    of the Circuit Court of any change of address within 7 days.
 9        (4)  An obligor whose income is being withheld or who has
10    been  served  with  a  notice of delinquency pursuant to this
11    Section shall notify the obligee and the Clerk of the Circuit
12    Court of any new payor, within 7 days.
13        (5)  When the Illinois Department of  Public  Aid  is  no
14    longer  authorized  to  receive  payments for the obligee, it
15    shall, within 7 days, notify the payor or, where appropriate,
16    the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,   to   redirect   income
17    withholding payments to the obligee.
18        (6)  The obligee or public office shall provide notice to
19    the payor and Clerk of the Circuit Court of any other support
20    payment  made,  including but not limited to, a set-off under
21    federal and State law or partial payment of  the  delinquency
22    or arrearage, or both.
23        (7)  Any  public  office  and  Clerk of the Circuit Court
24    which collects, disburses or receives  payments  pursuant  to
25    orders for withholding shall maintain complete, accurate, and
26    clear  records  of  all  payments  and  their  disbursements.
27    Certified  copies  of  payment records maintained by a public
28    office or Clerk of the Circuit Court shall,  without  further
29    proof,  be  admitted  into  evidence in any legal proceedings
30    under this Section.
31        (8)  The Illinois Department of Public Aid  shall  design
32    suggested  legal  forms for proceeding under this Section and
33    shall  make  available  to  the   courts   such   forms   and
34    informational  materials  which  describe  the procedures and
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 1    remedies set forth herein for distribution to all parties  in
 2    support actions.
 3        (9)  At  the  time  of transmitting each support payment,
 4    the clerk of the circuit court shall provide the  obligee  or
 5    public office, as appropriate, with any information furnished
 6    by  the  payor as to the date income was paid from which such
 7    support was withheld.
 8    (J)  Penalties.
 9        (1)  Where a payor wilfully fails to withhold or pay over
10    income pursuant to a  properly  served,  specially  certified
11    order  for  withholding  and  any  notice  of delinquency, or
12    wilfully  discharges,  disciplines,  refuses   to   hire   or
13    otherwise  penalizes  an  obligor as prohibited by subsection
14    (G), or otherwise fails to comply with any duties imposed  by
15    this  Section,  the  obligee,  public  office  or obligor, as
16    appropriate, may file a complaint with the court against  the
17    payor.   The  clerk  of  the  circuit  court shall notify the
18    obligee or public office, as appropriate, and the obligor and
19    payor of the time and place of the hearing on the  complaint.
20    The  court  shall  resolve any factual dispute including, but
21    not limited to, a denial that the payor is paying or has paid
22    income to the obligor.   Upon  a  finding  in  favor  of  the
23    complaining party, the court:
24             (a)  shall  enter judgment and order the enforcement
25        thereof for the total  amount  that  the  payor  wilfully
26        failed to withhold or pay over; and
27             (b)  may  order  employment  or  reinstatement of or
28        restitution to the obligor, or both,  where  the  obligor
29        has  been  discharged,  disciplined, denied employment or
30        otherwise penalized by the payor and may  impose  a  fine
31        upon the payor not to exceed $200.
32        (2)  Any  obligee,  public office or obligor who wilfully
33    initiates a  false  proceeding  under  this  Section  or  who
34    wilfully  fails  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of this
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 1    Section shall be punished as in cases of contempt of court.
 2    (K)  Alternative Procedures for Entry and Service of an Order
 3    for Withholding.
 4        (1)  Effective January 1, 1987, in any matter in which an
 5    order for withholding has not been entered  for  any  reason,
 6    based  upon the last order for support that has been entered,
 7    and in which the obligor has become delinquent in payment  of
 8    an  amount  equal  to at least one month's support obligation
 9    pursuant to the last order for support or is at least 30 days
10    late in complying with all or part of the order for  support,
11    the  obligee  or public office may prepare and serve an order
12    for withholding pursuant to the procedures set forth in  this
13    subsection.
14        (2)  The obligee or public office shall:
15             (a)  prepare  a  proposed  order for withholding for
16        immediate service as provided by paragraphs (1)  and  (3)
17        of   subsection   (B),   except   that  the  minimum  20%
18        delinquency payment shall be used;
19             (b)  prepare a notice of delinquency as provided  by
20        paragraphs  (1)  and  (2)  of  subsection (C), except the
21        notice shall state further that the order for withholding
22        has not been entered by  the  court  and  the  conditions
23        under which the order will be entered; and
24             (c)  serve   the  notice  of  delinquency  and  form
25        petition to stay service as provided by paragraph (3)  of
26        subsection  (C),  together  with  the  proposed order for
27        withholding, which shall be marked "COPY ONLY".
28        (3)  After 20 days following service  of  the  notice  of
29    delinquency  and  proposed  order for withholding, in lieu of
30    the provisions of  subsection  (E),  the  obligee  or  public
31    office  shall  file  with  the  Clerk of the Circuit Court an
32    affidavit, with a copy  of  the  notice  of  delinquency  and
33    proposed  order  for  withholding  attached  thereto, stating
34    that:
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 1             (a)  the notice of delinquency  and  proposed  order
 2        for withholding have been served upon the obligor and the
 3        date on which service was effected;
 4             (b)  the  obligor  has  not filed a petition to stay
 5        service within 20 days of  service  of  such  notice  and
 6        order; and
 7             (c)  the  proposed  order for withholding accurately
 8        states the terms and amounts contained in the last  order
 9        for support.
10        (4)  Upon  the  court's  satisfaction that the procedures
11    set forth in this subsection have been met,  it  shall  enter
12    the order for withholding.
13        (5)  The  Clerk  shall  then  provide  to  the obligee or
14    public office a specially certified copy  of  the  order  for
15    withholding and the notice of delinquency indicating that the
16    preconditions for service have been met.
17        (6)  The   obligee  or  public  office  shall  serve  the
18    specially certified copies of the order for  withholding  and
19    the  notice  of delinquency on the payor, its superintendent,
20    manager  or  other  agent  by  certified  mail  or   personal
21    delivery.   A  proof of service shall be filed with the Clerk
22    of the Circuit Court.
23        (7)  If the  obligor  requests  in  writing  that  income
24    withholding  become effective prior to becoming delinquent in
25    payment of an amount equal to one month's support  obligation
26    pursuant  to the last order for support, or prior to becoming
27    30 days late in paying all or part of the order for  support,
28    the obligee or public office shall file an affidavit with the
29    Clerk  of  the  circuit  Court,  with  a  proposed  order for
30    withholding  attached,  stating  that  the   proposed   order
31    accurately states the terms and amounts contained in the last
32    order  for  support  and  the obligor's request for immediate
33    service.  The provisions of paragraphs  (4)  through  (6)  of
34    this   subsection  shall  apply,  except  that  a  notice  of
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 1    delinquency shall not be required.
 2        (8)  All  other  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  be
 3    applicable with respect to the provisions of this  subsection
 4    (K),  except  that under paragraph (1) of subsection (H), the
 5    court may also amend the proposed order  for  withholding  to
 6    conform to the last order for support.
 7        (9)  Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall be construed as
 8    limiting the requirements of paragraph (1) of subsection  (B)
 9    with respect to the entry of a separate order for withholding
10    upon entry of any order for support.
11    (L)  Remedies in Addition to Other Laws.
12        (1)  The  rights,  remedies, duties and penalties created
13    by this Section are in addition to and  not  in  substitution
14    for  any other rights, remedies, duties and penalties created
15    by any other law.
16        (2)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  as
17    invalidating any assignment of  wages  or  benefits  executed
18    prior to July 1, 1985.
19    (Source: P.A.  88-26;  88-45;  88-94; 88-131; 88-307; 88-670,
20    eff. 12-2-94; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
21        Section 95.  No acceleration or delay.   Where  this  Act
22    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
23    text  that  is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
24    Section represented by multiple versions), the  use  of  that
25    text  does  not  accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
26    the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived  from
27    any other Public Act.
28        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
29    becoming law.

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