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91_SB0577 LRB9101606SMpr 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of 2 Marriage Act by adding Section 609.5. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of 6 Marriage Act is amended by adding 609.5 as follows: 7 (750 ILCS 5/609.5 new) 8 Sec. 609.5. Leave to remove children beyond 150 miles. 9 Notwithstanding any provision of Section 609 to the contrary, 10 if the court finds, after a hearing, that it is in the best 11 interest of a minor child, the court may include in the 12 initial custody judgment a provision that the custodial 13 parent may not remove a minor child to a new residence which 14 would increase the distance between the residence of the 15 child at the time of the initial custody judgment and the 16 residence of the non-custodial parent at the time of the 17 initial custody judgment by more than 150 miles without the 18 written consent of the non-custodial parent or order of the 19 court.