94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0926


 
Introduced 02/02/05, by Rep. Robert W. Churchill
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














750 ILCS 5/609
  from Ch. 40, par. 609







    Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.  Provides that the court may consider the financial advantage to the custodial parent when determining the best interest of the child for purposes of moving the child from Illinois. 
















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HB0926

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    AN ACT concerning civil law.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of 
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Marriage Act is amended  by changing Section 609 as follows:
 



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    (750 ILCS 5/609)  (from Ch. 40, par. 609)



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    Sec. 609. Leave to Remove Children.) (a) The court may 
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grant leave, before
or after judgment, to any party having 
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custody of any minor child or children
to remove such child or 
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children from Illinois whenever such approval is
in the best 
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interests of such child or children. The burden of proving that

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such removal is in the best interests of such child or children 
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is on the
party seeking the removal. The court may consider the 
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financial advantage to the custodial parent when determining 
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the best interest of the child. When such removal is permitted, 
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the court may
require the party removing such child or children 
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from Illinois
to give reasonable security guaranteeing the 
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return of such children.

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    (b) Before a minor child is temporarily removed from 
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Illinois, the
parent responsible for the removal shall inform 
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the other parent, or the
other parent's attorney, of the 
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address and telephone number where the
child may be reached 
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during the period of temporary removal, and the date
on which 
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the child shall return to Illinois.

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    The State of Illinois retains jurisdiction when the minor 
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child is
absent from the State pursuant to this subsection.

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(Source: P.A. 85-768.)