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92_HB1066

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to child custody.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The Code of Criminal Procedure  of  1963  is
 5    amended by changing Section 112A-21 as follows:

 6        (725 ILCS 5/112A-21) (from Ch. 38, par. 112A-21)
 7        Sec. 112A-21.  Contents of orders.
 8        (a)  Any   order   of   protection   shall  describe,  in
 9    reasonable detail and not by reference to any other document,
10    the following:
11             (1)  Each remedy granted by the court, in reasonable
12        detail and not by reference to  any  other  document,  so
13        that  respondent  may  clearly  understand what he or she
14        must do or refrain from doing. Pre-printed form orders of
15        protection shall include the definitions of the types  of
16        abuse,  as provided in Section 112A-3. Remedies set forth
17        in pre-printed form orders shall be numbered consistently
18        with and  corresponding  to  the  numerical  sequence  of
19        remedies  listed  in  Section 112A-14 (at least as of the
20        date the form orders are printed).
21             (2)  The reason for denial of  petitioner's  request
22        for any remedy listed in Section 112A-14.
23        (b)  An  order  of  protection  shall  further  state the
24    following:
25             (1)  The name of  each  petitioner  that  the  court
26        finds  was abused by respondent, and that respondent is a
27        member  of  the  family  or  household   of   each   such
28        petitioner,  and  the name of each other person protected
29        by the order and that such person is  protected  by  this
30        Act.
31             (2)  For any remedy requested by petitioner on which
 
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 1        the  court  has  declined  to  rule,  that that remedy is
 2        reserved.
 3             (3)  The date and time the order of  protection  was
 4        issued,  whether  it  is an emergency, interim or plenary
 5        order and the duration of the order.
 6             (4)  The date, time  and  place  for  any  scheduled
 7        hearing  for extension of that order of protection or for
 8        another order of greater duration or scope.
 9             (5)  For  each  remedy  in  an  emergency  order  of
10        protection, the reason for entering that  remedy  without
11        prior  notice  to  respondent  or greater notice than was
12        actually given.
13             (6)  For emergency and interim orders of protection,
14        that respondent may petition  the  court,  in  accordance
15        with  Section 112A-24, to re-open that order if he or she
16        did not receive actual prior notice of  the  hearing,  in
17        accordance  with  Section 112A-11, and alleges that he or
18        she had a meritorious defense to the order  or  that  the
19        order  or  any of its remedies was not authorized by this
20        Article.
21             (7)  For  a  remedy  concerning  physical  care  and
22        possession of a minor child, temporary legal custody of a
23        minor child, or visitation with a  minor  child,  if  the
24        minor  child is enrolled at a public or private school, a
25        statement  as  to  which  of  the  child's   parents   is
26        authorized  to  pick  up  the  child  at the school and a
27        statement  of  the  name  of  any  other  person  who  is
28        authorized to pick up the child at the  school.  If  both
29        parents  are  authorized  to  pick  up  the  child at the
30        school,  the  order  of  protection   must   state   that
31        authorization.
32        (c)  Any  order of protection shall include the following
33    notice, printed in conspicuous type: "Any  knowing  violation
34    of   an   order  of  protection  forbidding  physical  abuse,
 
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 1    harassment, intimidation, interference with personal liberty,
 2    willful deprivation, or  entering  or  remaining  present  at
 3    specified  places  when  the  protected person is present, or
 4    granting exclusive possession of the residence or  household,
 5    or  granting  a  stay  away  order  is a Class A misdemeanor.
 6    Grant of exclusive possession of the residence  or  household
 7    shall  constitute  notice  forbidding  trespass  to land. Any
 8    knowing violation of  an  order  awarding  legal  custody  or
 9    physical   care   of   a  child  or  prohibiting  removal  or
10    concealment of a child may be a Class 4 felony.  Any  willful
11    violation  of  any order is contempt of court.  Any violation
12    may result in fine or imprisonment."
13    (Source: P.A. 86-1300; 87-1186.)

14        (725 ILCS 5/112A-22) (from Ch. 38, par. 112A-22)
15        Sec. 112A-22.  Notice of orders.
16        (a)  Entry and issuance.  Upon issuance of any  order  of
17    protection, the clerk shall immediately, or on the next court
18    day  if  an  emergency  order  is  issued  in accordance with
19    subsection (c) of Section 112A-17, (i) enter the order on the
20    record and file it  in  accordance  with  the  circuit  court
21    procedures  and (ii) provide a file stamped copy of the order
22    to respondent, if present, and to petitioner.
23        (b)  Filing with sheriff.  The clerk of the issuing judge
24    shall, or the petitioner may, on the same day that  an  order
25    of  protection  is issued, file a copy of that order with the
26    sheriff or  other  law  enforcement  officials  charged  with
27    maintaining  Department  of  State  Police records or charged
28    with serving the order upon  respondent.  If  the  order  was
29    issued  in accordance with subsection (c) of Section 112A-17,
30    the clerk shall on the next court day, file a certified  copy
31    of  the  order  with  the  Sheriff  or  other law enforcement
32    officials charged with maintaining Department of State Police
33    records.
 
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 1        (c)  Service by sheriff.  Unless respondent  was  present
 2    in  court  when  the order was issued, the sheriff, other law
 3    enforcement official or special process server shall promptly
 4    serve that order upon  respondent  and  file  proof  of  such
 5    service,  in  the  manner  provided for service of process in
 6    civil proceedings.  If process has not yet been  served  upon
 7    the respondent, it shall be served with the order.
 8        (c-5)  If the person against whom the order of protection
 9    is  issued  is  arrested  and  the written order is issued in
10    accordance  with  subsection  (c)  of  Section  112A-17   and
11    received  by  the custodial law enforcement agency before the
12    respondent  or  arrestee  is  released  from   custody,   the
13    custodial  law  enforcement  agent  shall  promptly serve the
14    order upon the respondent or arrestee before  the  respondent
15    or  arrestee  is  released  from  custody.  In no event shall
16    detention of the  respondent  or  arrestee  be  extended  for
17    hearing on the petition for order of protection or receipt of
18    the order issued under Section 112A-17 of this Code.
19        (d)  Extensions,   modifications  and  revocations.   Any
20    order  extending,  modifying  or  revoking   any   order   of
21    protection  shall  be promptly recorded, issued and served as
22    provided in this Section.
23        (e) If an order of protection contains  a  provision  for
24    physical  care  and  possession  of  a minor child, temporary
25    legal custody of a minor child, or visitation  with  a  minor
26    child and a statement concerning authorization to pick up the
27    child  at  a  school  as required under subdivision (b)(7) of
28    Section  112A-21,  the  custodial  parent  shall  notify  the
29    affected school as follows:
30             (1) If the school is a private school, the custodial
31        parent shall send a certified copy of the  order  to  the
32        school.
33             (2)  If the school is a public school, the custodial
34        parent shall send a certified copy of the  order  to  the
 
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 1        principal office of the public school district.
 2    (Source: P.A. 90-392, eff. 1-1-98.)

 3        Section  10.  The  Illinois  Marriage  and Dissolution of
 4    Marriage Act is amended by adding Section 602.5 and  changing
 5    Sections 603 and 607 as follows:

 6        (750 ILCS 5/602.5 new)
 7        Sec. 602.5. Custody; pick up child at school.
 8        (a)  If  a  child  custody order is issued under this Act
 9    with respect to a minor child who is enrolled in school,  the
10    order  must  contain  a  statement as to which of the child's
11    parents is authorized to pick up the child at the school  and
12    must  also  state  the  name  of  any  other  person  who  is
13    authorized  to  pick  up  the  child  at the school.  If both
14    parents are authorized to pick up the child  at  the  school,
15    the order must state that authorization.
16        (b)  After  the entry of an order described in subsection
17    (a), the custodial parent (or both parents, if the court  has
18    made  an  award  of  joint custody under Section 602.1) shall
19    notify the affected school as follows:
20             (1) If the school is a private school, the custodial
21        parent or parents shall send  a  certified  copy  of  the
22        order to the school.
23             (2)  If the school is a public school, the custodial
24        parent or parents shall send  a  certified  copy  of  the
25        order  to  the  principal  office  of  the  public school
26        district.

27        (750 ILCS 5/603) (from Ch. 40, par. 603)
28        Sec. 603.  Temporary Orders.
29        (a)  A  party  to  a  custody  proceeding,  including   a
30    proceeding  to  modify  custody,  may  move  for  a temporary
31    custody order. The court may award  temporary  custody  under
 
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 1    the standards of Section 602 and the standards and procedures
 2    of  Section  602.1,  after  a  hearing,  or,  if  there is no
 3    objection, solely on the basis of the affidavits.
 4        (b)  If a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal
 5    separation  or  declaration  of  invalidity  of  marriage  is
 6    dismissed, any temporary custody order is  vacated  unless  a
 7    parent  or  the  child's  custodian moves that the proceeding
 8    continue as a custody proceeding and the court finds, after a
 9    hearing, that the circumstances of the parents and  the  best
10    interest  of  the  child  requires that a custody judgment be
11    issued.
12        (c)  If a custody proceeding commenced in the absence  of
13    a  petition  for dissolution of marriage or legal separation,
14    under either subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (1), or paragraph
15    (2), of subsection (d) of  Section  601,  is  dismissed,  any
16    temporary custody order is vacated.
17        (d) If an order is issued under this Section with respect
18    to  a  minor  child who is enrolled in school, the order must
19    contain a statement as to which of  the  child's  parents  is
20    authorized  to  pick up the child at the school and must also
21    state the name of any other person who is authorized to  pick
22    up  the  child at the school.  If both parents are authorized
23    to pick up the child at the school, the order must state that
24    authorization.
25        After the entry of an order described in this subsection,
26    the custodial parent (or both parents, if the court has  made
27    an  award  of joint custody under Section 602.1) shall notify
28    the affected school as follows:
29             (1) If the school is a private school, the custodial
30        parent or parents shall send  a  certified  copy  of  the
31        order to the school.
32             (2)  If the school is a public school, the custodial
33        parent or parents shall send  a  certified  copy  of  the
34        order  to  the  principal  office  of  the  public school
 
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 1        district.
 2    (Source: P.A. 86-530; 87-1255.)

 3        (750 ILCS 5/607) (from Ch. 40, par. 607)
 4        Sec. 607. Visitation.
 5        (a)  A  parent  not  granted  custody  of  the  child  is
 6    entitled to reasonable visitation  rights  unless  the  court
 7    finds,  after  a  hearing,  that  visitation  would  endanger
 8    seriously  the  child's  physical, mental, moral or emotional
 9    health.  If the custodian's street address is not identified,
10    pursuant to Section 708, the court shall require the  parties
11    to   identify   reasonable   alternative   arrangements   for
12    visitation  by  a  non-custodial  parent,  including  but not
13    limited to visitation of the minor child at the residence  of
14    another person or at a local public or private facility.
15        (a-5)  If  an  order  is  issued  under this Section with
16    respect to a minor child who is enrolled in school, the order
17    must contain a statement as to which of the  child's  parents
18    is  authorized  to  pick  up the child at the school and must
19    also state the name of any other person who is authorized  to
20    pick  up  the  child  at  the  school.   If  both parents are
21    authorized to pick up the child at the school, the order must
22    state that authorization.
23        After the entry of an order described in this subsection,
24    the custodial parent (or both parents, if the court has  made
25    an  award  of joint custody under Section 602.1) shall notify
26    the affected school as follows:
27             (1) If the school is a private school, the custodial
28        parent or parents shall send  a  certified  copy  of  the
29        order to the school.
30             (2)  If the school is a public school, the custodial
31        parent or parents shall send  a  certified  copy  of  the
32        order  to  the  principal  office  of  the  public school
33        district.
 
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 1        (b) (1)  The  court  may  grant   reasonable   visitation
 2    privileges to a grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling of
 3    any   minor   child   upon  petition  to  the  court  by  the
 4    grandparents  or  great-grandparents  or  on  behalf  of  the
 5    sibling, with notice to the parties required to  be  notified
 6    under  Section  601 of this Act, if the court determines that
 7    it is in the best interests and welfare of the child, and may
 8    issue  any  necessary  orders  to  enforce  such   visitation
 9    privileges.   Except  as  provided  in  paragraph (2) of this
10    subsection (b), a petition for visitation privileges  may  be
11    filed  under  this  paragraph  (1)  whether or not a petition
12    pursuant  to  this  Act  has  been  previously  filed  or  is
13    currently  pending  if  one  or   more   of   the   following
14    circumstances exist:
15             (A)  the  parents  are not currently cohabiting on a
16        permanent or an indefinite basis;
17             (B)  one of the parents has  been  absent  from  the
18        marital  abode for more than one month without the spouse
19        knowing his or her whereabouts;
20             (C)  one of the parents is deceased;
21             (D)  one of the parents joins in the  petition  with
22        the grandparents, great-grandparents, or sibling; or
23             (E)  a sibling is in State custody.
24        (1.5)  The   Court   may   grant   reasonable  visitation
25    privileges to a stepparent upon petition to the court by  the
26    stepparent,  with  notice  to  the  parties  required  to  be
27    notified  under  Section  601  of  this  Act,  if  the  court
28    determines  that  it  is in the best interests and welfare of
29    the child, and may issue  any  necessary  orders  to  enforce
30    those  visitation  privileges.    A  petition  for visitation
31    privileges may be filed under this paragraph (1.5) whether or
32    not a petition pursuant to this Act has been previously filed
33    or is currently pending if the  following  circumstances  are
34    met:
 
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 1             (A)  the child is at least 12 years old;
 2             (B)  the  child resided continuously with the parent
 3        and stepparent for at least 5 years;
 4             (C)  the parent is deceased or is  disabled  and  is
 5        unable to care for the child;
 6             (D)  the  child wishes to have reasonable visitation
 7        with the stepparent; and
 8             (E)  the stepparent  was  providing  for  the  care,
 9        control, and welfare to the child prior to the initiation
10        of the petition for visitation.
11        (2)(A)  A petition for visitation privileges shall not be
12    filed  pursuant  to  this  subsection  (b)  by the parents or
13    grandparents of a putative father if  the  paternity  of  the
14    putative father has not been legally established.
15        (B)  A  petition  for  visitation  privileges  may not be
16    filed under this subsection (b)  if  the  child  who  is  the
17    subject  of the grandparents' or great-grandparents' petition
18    has been voluntarily surrendered by the  parent  or  parents,
19    except for a surrender to the Illinois Department of Children
20    and  Family  Services  or a foster care facility, or has been
21    previously adopted by an individual or  individuals  who  are
22    not  related to the biological parents of the child or is the
23    subject of a pending adoption petition by  an  individual  or
24    individuals  who are not related to the biological parents of
25    the child.
26        (3)  When one parent is deceased,  the  surviving  parent
27    shall  not  interfere  with  the  visitation  rights  of  the
28    grandparents.
29        (c)  The  court  may  modify an order granting or denying
30    visitation rights of a  parent  whenever  modification  would
31    serve  the  best  interest  of the child; but the court shall
32    not restrict a parent's visitation  rights  unless  it  finds
33    that  the  visitation  would  endanger  seriously the child's
34    physical, mental, moral or emotional health.  The  court  may
 
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 1    modify  an  order  granting,  denying, or limiting visitation
 2    rights of a grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling of any
 3    minor child whenever a change of circumstances  has  occurred
 4    based  on  facts occurring subsequent to the judgment and the
 5    court  finds  by  clear  and  convincing  evidence  that  the
 6    modification is in the best interest of the minor child.
 7        (d)  If any court has  entered  an  order  prohibiting  a
 8    non-custodial parent of a child from any contact with a child
 9    or  restricting  the  non-custodial parent's contact with the
10    child, the following provisions shall apply:
11             (1)  If  an  order   has   been   entered   granting
12        visitation  privileges with the child to a grandparent or
13        great-grandparent who is related to the child through the
14        non-custodial parent, the visitation  privileges  of  the
15        grandparent or great-grandparent may be revoked if:
16                  (i)  a  court  has entered an order prohibiting
17             the non-custodial parent from any contact  with  the
18             child,  and  the grandparent or great-grandparent is
19             found to have used his or her visitation  privileges
20             to  facilitate  contact  between  the  child and the
21             non-custodial parent; or
22                  (ii)  a court has entered an order  restricting
23             the  non-custodial  parent's contact with the child,
24             and the grandparent or great-grandparent is found to
25             have  used  his  or  her  visitation  privileges  to
26             facilitate  contact  between  the  child   and   the
27             non-custodial  parent  in a manner that violates the
28             terms of the  order  restricting  the  non-custodial
29             parent's contact with the child.
30             Nothing in this subdivision (1) limits the authority
31        of  the  court  to  enforce  its  orders  in  any  manner
32        permitted by law.
33             (2)  Any  order  granting visitation privileges with
34        the child to a grandparent or  great-grandparent  who  is
 
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 1        related  to  the  child  through the non-custodial parent
 2        shall contain the following provision:
 3             "If the (grandparent or great-grandparent, whichever
 4        is applicable) who has been granted visitation privileges
 5        under  this  order  uses  the  visitation  privileges  to
 6        facilitate contact between  the  child  and  the  child's
 7        non-custodial  parent,  the visitation privileges granted
 8        under this order shall be permanently revoked."
 9        (e)  No parent, not granted  custody  of  the  child,  or
10    grandparent,  or great-grandparent, or stepparent, or sibling
11    of any minor child, convicted of  any  offense  involving  an
12    illegal  sex act perpetrated upon a victim less than 18 years
13    of age including but not limited to offenses  for  violations
14    of  Article  12  of the Criminal Code of 1961, is entitled to
15    visitation rights while  incarcerated  or  while  on  parole,
16    probation,  conditional  discharge, periodic imprisonment, or
17    mandatory supervised  release  for  that  offense,  and  upon
18    discharge  from  incarceration  for  a misdemeanor offense or
19    upon discharge from parole, probation, conditional discharge,
20    periodic imprisonment, or mandatory supervised release for  a
21    felony  offense,  visitation shall be denied until the person
22    successfully completes a treatment program  approved  by  the
23    court.
24        (f)  Unless  the  court determines, after considering all
25    relevant factors, including but  not  limited  to  those  set
26    forth  in  Section  602(a),  that  it  would  be  in the best
27    interests of the child to allow visitation, the  court  shall
28    not  enter  an order providing visitation rights and pursuant
29    to a motion to  modify  visitation  shall  revoke  visitation
30    rights  previously  granted to any person who would otherwise
31    be entitled to petition  for  visitation  rights  under  this
32    Section  who has been convicted of first degree murder of the
33    parent, grandparent, great-grandparent,  or  sibling  of  the
34    child  who  is  the  subject of the order.  Until an order is
 
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 1    entered pursuant to this subsection, no person  shall  visit,
 2    with  the  child  present, a person who has been convicted of
 3    first   degree   murder   of   the    parent,    grandparent,
 4    great-grandparent,  or  sibling  of  the  child  without  the
 5    consent  of the child's parent, other than a parent convicted
 6    of  first  degree  murder  as  set  forth  herein,  or  legal
 7    guardian.
 8        (g)  If an order has been entered limiting, for cause,  a
 9    minor  child's  contact  or  visitation  with  a grandparent,
10    great-grandparent, or sibling on the grounds that it  was  in
11    the  best  interest  of the child to do so, that order may be
12    modified only upon a  showing  of  a  substantial  change  in
13    circumstances  occurring subsequent to the entry of the order
14    with proof by clear and convincing evidence that modification
15    is in the best interest of the minor child.
16    (Source: P.A. 90-782,  eff.  8-14-98;  90-801,  eff.  6-1-99;
17    91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-610, eff. 8-19-99.)

18        Section  15.  The  Illinois  Parentage  Act  of  1984  is
19    amended by changing Section 14 as follows:

20        (750 ILCS 45/14) (from Ch. 40, par. 2514)
21        Sec. 14.  Judgment.
22        (a) (1)  The judgment shall contain or explicitly reserve
23    provisions  concerning  any  duty and amount of child support
24    and  may  contain  provisions  concerning  the  custody   and
25    guardianship  of  the  child,  visitation privileges with the
26    child, the furnishing of  bond  or  other  security  for  the
27    payment  of  the judgment, which the court shall determine in
28    accordance  with  the  relevant  factors  set  forth  in  the
29    Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of  Marriage  Act  and  any
30    other  applicable  law  of  Illinois, to guide the court in a
31    finding in the best interests of the  child.  In  determining
32    custody,  joint custody, or visitation, the court shall apply
 
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 1    the  relevant  standards  of  the   Illinois   Marriage   and
 2    Dissolution of Marriage Act. Specifically, in determining the
 3    amount  of  any  child support award, the court shall use the
 4    guidelines and standards  set  forth  in  subsection  (a)  of
 5    Section 505 and in Section 505.2 of the Illinois Marriage and
 6    Dissolution  of Marriage Act.  For purposes of Section 505 of
 7    the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage  Act,  "net
 8    income"   of  the  non-custodial  parent  shall  include  any
 9    benefits available to that person under the  Illinois  Public
10    Aid   Code   or   from   other   federal,   State   or  local
11    government-funded programs.  The court shall,  in  any  event
12    and  regardless  of  the amount of the non-custodial parent's
13    net income, in its judgment order the non-custodial parent to
14    pay child support to the custodial parent in a minimum amount
15    of not less than $10 per month. In an action brought within 2
16    years after a child's birth, the judgment or order may direct
17    either parent to pay  the  reasonable  expenses  incurred  by
18    either  parent  related  to  the  mother's  pregnancy and the
19    delivery of the child. The judgment or  order  shall  contain
20    the  father's  social security number, which the father shall
21    disclose to  the  court;  however,  failure  to  include  the
22    father's social security number on the judgment or order does
23    not invalidate the judgment or order.
24        (2)  If  a  judgment  of  parentage  contains no explicit
25    award of custody, the establishment of a  support  obligation
26    or  of  visitation rights in one parent shall be considered a
27    judgment granting custody  to  the  other  parent.    If  the
28    parentage judgment contains no such provisions, custody shall
29    be  presumed  to be with the mother; however, the presumption
30    shall not apply if the father has had physical custody for at
31    least 6 months prior to the date that  the  mother  seeks  to
32    enforce custodial rights.
33        (a-5)  If  the  judgment contains a provision for custody
34    of the child or for visitation with  the  child  and  if  the
 
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 1    child is enrolled at a public or private school, the judgment
 2    must  contain  a statement as to which of the child's parents
 3    is authorized to pick up the child at  the  school  and  must
 4    also  state the name of any other person who is authorized to
 5    pick up the  child  at  the  school.   If  both  parents  are
 6    authorized  to  pick up the child at the school, the judgment
 7    must state that authorization.
 8        After  the  entry  of  a  judgment  described   in   this
 9    subsection,  the  custodial  parent  (or  both parents if the
10    court has made an award of joint custody as authorized  under
11    Section  602.1  of  the  Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
12    Marriage Act) shall notify the affected school as follows:
13             (1)  If  the  school  is  a  private   school,   the
14        custodial  parent  or parents shall send a certified copy
15        of the judgment to the school.
16             (2)  If the school is a public school, the custodial
17        parent or parents shall send  a  certified  copy  of  the
18        judgment  to  the  principal  office of the public school
19        district.
20        (b)  The court shall order all  child  support  payments,
21    determined  in  accordance  with such guidelines, to commence
22    with the date  summons  is  served.   The  level  of  current
23    periodic  support  payments  shall  not be reduced because of
24    payments set for the period prior to the date of entry of the
25    support  order.   The  Court  may  order  any  child  support
26    payments to be made for a period prior to the commencement of
27    the action. In determining whether and the  extent  to  which
28    the  payments  shall  be made for any prior period, the court
29    shall consider all relevant facts, including the factors  for
30    determining  the  amount of support specified in the Illinois
31    Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act and other  equitable
32    factors including but not limited to:
33             (1)  The  father's  prior  knowledge of the fact and
34        circumstances of the child's birth.
 
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 1             (2)  The father's prior willingness  or  refusal  to
 2        help raise or support the child.
 3             (3)  The  extent  to  which the mother or the public
 4        agency bringing the action previously informed the father
 5        of the child's needs or attempted to seek or require  his
 6        help in raising or supporting the child.
 7             (4)  The reasons the mother or the public agency did
 8        not file the action earlier.
 9             (5)  The   extent  to  which  the  father  would  be
10        prejudiced by the delay in bringing the action.
11        For purposes of determining the amount of  child  support
12    to  be  paid  for  any  period  before the date the order for
13    current child support  is  entered,  there  is  a  rebuttable
14    presumption that the father's net income for the prior period
15    was  the  same  as  his  net income at the time the order for
16    current child support is entered.
17        If (i) the non-custodial parent was properly served  with
18    a  request for discovery of financial information relating to
19    the non-custodial parent's ability to provide child  support,
20    (ii)  the  non-custodial  parent  failed  to  comply with the
21    request, despite having been ordered to do so by  the  court,
22    and  (iii)  the  non-custodial  parent  is not present at the
23    hearing to determine support despite having  received  proper
24    notice,  then  any  relevant financial information concerning
25    the non-custodial parent's ability to provide  child  support
26    that  was  obtained  pursuant  to  subpoena and proper notice
27    shall be admitted into evidence without the need to establish
28    any further foundation for its admission.
29        (c)  Any new or existing support  order  entered  by  the
30    court  under  this  Section shall be deemed to be a series of
31    judgments  against  the  person  obligated  to  pay   support
32    thereunder, each judgment to be in the amount of each payment
33    or installment of support and each such judgment to be deemed
34    entered   as   of  the  date  the  corresponding  payment  or
 
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 1    installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
 2    Each  judgment  shall  have  the  full  force,   effect   and
 3    attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
 4    ability  to  be  enforced.  A lien arises by operation of law
 5    against the real and personal property  of  the  noncustodial
 6    parent  for  each  installment of overdue support owed by the
 7    noncustodial parent.
 8        (d)  If the judgment or order of the court is at variance
 9    with the child's birth certificate,  the  court  shall  order
10    that  a  new  birth  certificate  be  issued  under the Vital
11    Records Act.
12        (e)  On request of the mother and the father,  the  court
13    shall  order  a  change  in  the  child's name. After hearing
14    evidence the court may stay payment  of  support  during  the
15    period of the father's minority or period of disability.
16        (f)  If,  upon  a  showing  of proper service, the father
17    fails to appear in court, or otherwise appear as provided  by
18    law,  the  court may proceed to hear the cause upon testimony
19    of the mother or other parties taken in open court and  shall
20    enter a judgment by default.  The court may reserve any order
21    as  to  the  amount  of  child  support  until the father has
22    received notice, by regular mail, of a hearing on the matter.
23        (g)  A one-time charge  of  20%  is  imposable  upon  the
24    amount  of  past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which
25    has accrued under a support order entered by the court.   The
26    charge  shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions of
27    Section 10-21 of the Illinois Public Aid Code  and  shall  be
28    enforced by the court upon petition.
29        (h)  All  orders  for  support, when entered or modified,
30    shall include a provision requiring the non-custodial  parent
31    to notify the court and, in cases in which party is receiving
32    child  and  spouse  support  services  under Article X of the
33    Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Department  of  Public
34    Aid,  within  7  days, (i) of the name and address of any new
 
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 1    employer  of  the  non-custodial  parent,  (ii)  whether  the
 2    non-custodial parent has access to health insurance  coverage
 3    through  the employer or other group coverage and, if so, the
 4    policy name and number and the names of persons covered under
 5    the policy, and (iii)  of  any  new  residential  or  mailing
 6    address  or telephone number of the non-custodial parent.  In
 7    any subsequent action to enforce  a  support  order,  upon  a
 8    sufficient  showing  that  a diligent effort has been made to
 9    ascertain the location of the non-custodial  parent,  service
10    of  process  or provision of notice necessary in the case may
11    be made at the last known address of the non-custodial parent
12    in any  manner  expressly  provided  by  the  Code  of  Civil
13    Procedure  or this Act, which service shall be sufficient for
14    purposes of due process.
15        (i)  An order for support shall include a date  on  which
16    the  current  support obligation terminates.  The termination
17    date shall be no earlier than the date  on  which  the  child
18    covered  by  the  order will attain the age of majority or is
19    otherwise emancipated.  The order  for  support  shall  state
20    that  the  termination  date  does not apply to any arrearage
21    that may  remain  unpaid  on  that  date.   Nothing  in  this
22    subsection  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the court from
23    modifying the order.
24        (j)  An order entered under this Section shall include  a
25    provision  requiring the obligor to report to the obligee and
26    to the clerk of court within 10 days each  time  the  obligor
27    obtains   new   employment,   and  each  time  the  obligor's
28    employment is terminated for any reason.  The report shall be
29    in writing and shall, in the case of new employment,  include
30    the  name and address of the new employer.  Failure to report
31    new employment or the termination of current  employment,  if
32    coupled  with nonpayment of support for a period in excess of
33    60 days, is indirect  criminal  contempt.   For  any  obligor
34    arrested  for  failure to report new employment bond shall be
 
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 1    set in the amount of the child support that should have  been
 2    paid  during  the  period of unreported employment.  An order
 3    entered under this Section shall  also  include  a  provision
 4    requiring  the  obligor  and  obligee  parents to advise each
 5    other of a change in residence within 5 days  of  the  change
 6    except  when  the  court  finds that the physical, mental, or
 7    emotional health of a party or that  of  a  minor  child,  or
 8    both,  would  be  seriously  endangered  by disclosure of the
 9    party's address.
10    (Source:  P.A.  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-539,  eff.  6-1-98;
11    90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 91-767, eff. 6-9-00.)

12        Section  20.  The Illinois Domestic Violence Act of  1986
13    is amended by changing Sections 221 and 222 as follows:

14        (750 ILCS 60/221) (from Ch. 40, par. 2312-21)
15        Sec. 221.  Contents of orders.
16        (a)  Any   order   of   protection   shall  describe  the
17    following:
18             (1)  Each remedy granted by the court, in reasonable
19        detail and not by reference to  any  other  document,  so
20        that  respondent  may  clearly  understand what he or she
21        must do or refrain from doing. Pre-printed form orders of
22        protection shall include the definitions of the types  of
23        abuse,  neglect, and exploitation, as provided in Section
24        103. Remedies set forth in pre-printed form orders  shall
25        be  numbered  consistently  with and corresponding to the
26        numerical sequence of remedies listed in Section 214  (at
27        least as of the date the form orders are printed).
28             (2)  The  reason  for denial of petitioner's request
29        for any remedy listed in Section 214.
30        (b)  An order  of  protection  shall  further  state  the
31    following:
32             (1)  The  name  of  each  petitioner  that the court
 
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 1        finds was abused, neglected, or exploited by  respondent,
 2        and  that  respondent  is  a  member  of  the  family  or
 3        household  of  each such petitioner, and the name of each
 4        other person protected by the order and that such  person
 5        is protected by this Act.
 6             (2)  For any remedy requested by petitioner on which
 7        the  court  has  declined  to  rule,  that that remedy is
 8        reserved.
 9             (3)  The date and time the order of  protection  was
10        issued,  whether  it  is an emergency, interim or plenary
11        order and the duration of the order.
12             (4)  The date, time  and  place  for  any  scheduled
13        hearing  for extension of that order of protection or for
14        another order of greater duration or scope.
15             (5)  For  each  remedy  in  an  emergency  order  of
16        protection, the reason for entering that  remedy  without
17        prior  notice  to  respondent  or greater notice than was
18        actually given.
19             (6)  For emergency and interim orders of protection,
20        that respondent may petition  the  court,  in  accordance
21        with  Section 224, to re-open that order if he or she did
22        not receive  actual  prior  notice  of  the  hearing,  in
23        accordance  with  Section 211, and alleges that he or she
24        had a meritorious defense to the order or that the  order
25        or any of its remedies was not authorized by this Act.
26             (7)  For  a  remedy  concerning  physical  care  and
27        possession of a minor child, temporary legal custody of a
28        minor  child,  or  visitation  with a minor child, if the
29        minor child is enrolled at a public or private school,  a
30        statement   as   to  which  of  the  child's  parents  is
31        authorized to pick up the child at the  school  and  must
32        also state the name of any other person who is authorized
33        to  pick up the child at the school.  If both parents are
34        authorized to pick up the child at the school, the  order
 
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 1        of protection must state that authorization.
 2        (c)  Any  order of protection shall include the following
 3    notice, printed in conspicuous type: "Any  knowing  violation
 4    of an order of protection forbidding physical abuse, neglect,
 5    exploitation,  harassment,  intimidation,  interference  with
 6    personal   liberty,   willful  deprivation,  or  entering  or
 7    remaining present at  specified  places  when  the  protected
 8    person  is  present,  or granting exclusive possession of the
 9    residence or household, or granting a stay away  order  is  a
10    Class  A  misdemeanor.   Grant of exclusive possession of the
11    residence or household  shall  constitute  notice  forbidding
12    trespass  to land. Any knowing violation of an order awarding
13    legal custody or physical care  of  a  child  or  prohibiting
14    removal  or  concealment  of a child may be a Class 4 felony.
15    Any willful violation of any order is contempt of court.  Any
16    violation may result in fine or imprisonment."
17    (Source: P.A. 86-542; 86-1300; 87-1186.)

18        (750 ILCS 60/222) (from Ch. 40, par. 2312-22)
19        Sec. 222.  Notice of orders.
20        (a)  Entry and issuance.  Upon issuance of any  order  of
21    protection, the clerk shall immediately, or on the next court
22    day  if  an  emergency  order  is  issued  in accordance with
23    subsection (c) of Section 217, (i) enter  the  order  on  the
24    record  and  file  it  in  accordance  with the circuit court
25    procedures and (ii) provide a file stamped copy of the  order
26    to respondent, if present, and to petitioner.
27        (b)  Filing with sheriff.  The clerk of the issuing judge
28    shall,  or  the petitioner may, on the same day that an order
29    of protection is issued, file a certified copy of that  order
30    with  the  sheriff or other law enforcement officials charged
31    with  maintaining  Department  of  State  Police  records  or
32    charged with serving the order upon respondent. If the  order
33    was  issued in accordance with subsection (c) of Section 217,
 
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 1    the clerk shall on the next court day, file a certified  copy
 2    of  the  order  with  the  Sheriff  or  other law enforcement
 3    officials charged with maintaining Department of State Police
 4    records.
 5        (c)  Service by sheriff.  Unless respondent  was  present
 6    in  court  when  the order was issued, the sheriff, other law
 7    enforcement official or special process server shall promptly
 8    serve that order upon  respondent  and  file  proof  of  such
 9    service,  in  the  manner  provided for service of process in
10    civil proceedings.  If process has not yet been  served  upon
11    the  respondent, it shall be served with the order.  A single
12    fee may be charged for service of an order obtained in  civil
13    court, or for service of such an order together with process,
14    unless waived or deferred under Section 210.
15        (c-5)  If the person against whom the order of protection
16    is  issued  is  arrested  and  the written order is issued in
17    accordance with subsection (c) of Section 217 and received by
18    the custodial law enforcement agency before the respondent or
19    arrestee  is  released  from  custody,  the   custodial   law
20    enforcement  agent  shall  promptly  serve the order upon the
21    respondent or arrestee before the respondent or  arrestee  is
22    released  from  custody.   In no event shall detention of the
23    respondent  or  arrestee  be  extended  for  hearing  on  the
24    petition for order of protection  or  receipt  of  the  order
25    issued under Section 217 of this Act.
26        (d)  Extensions,   modifications  and  revocations.   Any
27    order  extending,  modifying  or  revoking   any   order   of
28    protection  shall  be promptly recorded, issued and served as
29    provided in this Section.
30        (e)  Notice  to  schools.  If  an  order  of   protection
31    contains  a  provision  for physical care and possession of a
32    minor child, temporary legal custody of  a  minor  child,  or
33    visitation  with  a  minor  child  and a statement concerning
34    authorization to pick up the child at a  school  as  required
 
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 1    under subdivision (b)(7) of Section 221, the custodial parent
 2    shall notify the affected school as follows:
 3             (1) If the school is a private school, the custodial
 4        parent  shall  send  a certified copy of the order to the
 5        school.
 6             (2) If the school is a public school, the  custodial
 7        parent  shall  send  a certified copy of the order to the
 8        principal office of  the  public  school  district.  Upon
 9        request  the  clerk  of  the  issuing  judge shall file a
10        certified copy of an order of protection with the private
11        school or schools or the principal office of  the  public
12        school district or districts in which any children of the
13        petitioner are enrolled.
14        (f)  Disclosure  by schools.  After receiving a certified
15    copy of an order of protection that prohibits a  respondent's
16    access to records, neither a public or private school nor its
17    employees  shall  allow  a  respondent  access to a protected
18    child's records or release information in  those  records  to
19    the  respondent.  The school shall file the copy of the order
20    of protection in the records of a child who  is  a  protected
21    person under the order of protection.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-106, eff. 7-7-95; 90-392, eff. 1-1-98.)

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