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92_HB0786

 
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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.   If  both
27        parents  are  authorized  to  pick  up  the  child at the
28        school,  the  order  of  protection   must   state   that
29        authorization.
30        (c)  Any  order of protection shall include the following
31    notice, printed in conspicuous type: "Any  knowing  violation
32    of   an   order  of  protection  forbidding  physical  abuse,
33    harassment, intimidation, interference with personal liberty,
34    willful deprivation, or  entering  or  remaining  present  at
 
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 1    specified  places  when  the  protected person is present, or
 2    granting exclusive possession of the residence or  household,
 3    or  granting  a  stay  away  order  is a Class A misdemeanor.
 4    Grant of exclusive possession of the residence  or  household
 5    shall  constitute  notice  forbidding  trespass  to land. Any
 6    knowing violation of  an  order  awarding  legal  custody  or
 7    physical   care   of   a  child  or  prohibiting  removal  or
 8    concealment of a child may be a Class 4 felony.  Any  willful
 9    violation  of  any order is contempt of court.  Any violation
10    may result in fine or imprisonment."
11    (Source: P.A. 86-1300; 87-1186.)

12        (725 ILCS 5/112A-22) (from Ch. 38, par. 112A-22)
13        Sec. 112A-22.  Notice of orders.
14        (a)  Entry and issuance.  Upon issuance of any  order  of
15    protection, the clerk shall immediately, or on the next court
16    day  if  an  emergency  order  is  issued  in accordance with
17    subsection (c) of Section 112A-17, (i) enter the order on the
18    record and file it  in  accordance  with  the  circuit  court
19    procedures  and (ii) provide a file stamped copy of the order
20    to respondent, if present, and to petitioner.
21        (b)  Filing with sheriff.  The clerk of the issuing judge
22    shall, or the petitioner may, on the same day that  an  order
23    of  protection  is issued, file a copy of that order with the
24    sheriff or  other  law  enforcement  officials  charged  with
25    maintaining  Department  of  State  Police records or charged
26    with serving the order upon  respondent.  If  the  order  was
27    issued  in accordance with subsection (c) of Section 112A-17,
28    the clerk shall on the next court day, file a certified  copy
29    of  the  order  with  the  Sheriff  or  other law enforcement
30    officials charged with maintaining Department of State Police
31    records.
32        (c)  Service by sheriff.  Unless respondent  was  present
33    in  court  when  the order was issued, the sheriff, other law
 
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 1    enforcement official or special process server shall promptly
 2    serve that order upon  respondent  and  file  proof  of  such
 3    service,  in  the  manner  provided for service of process in
 4    civil proceedings.  If process has not yet been  served  upon
 5    the respondent, it shall be served with the order.
 6        (c-5)  If the person against whom the order of protection
 7    is  issued  is  arrested  and  the written order is issued in
 8    accordance  with  subsection  (c)  of  Section  112A-17   and
 9    received  by  the custodial law enforcement agency before the
10    respondent  or  arrestee  is  released  from   custody,   the
11    custodial  law  enforcement  agent  shall  promptly serve the
12    order upon the respondent or arrestee before  the  respondent
13    or  arrestee  is  released  from  custody.  In no event shall
14    detention of the  respondent  or  arrestee  be  extended  for
15    hearing on the petition for order of protection or receipt of
16    the order issued under Section 112A-17 of this Code.
17        (d)  Extensions,   modifications  and  revocations.   Any
18    order  extending,  modifying  or  revoking   any   order   of
19    protection  shall  be promptly recorded, issued and served as
20    provided in this Section.
21        (e) If an order of protection contains  a  provision  for
22    physical  care  and  possession  of  a minor child, temporary
23    legal custody of a minor child, or visitation  with  a  minor
24    child and a statement concerning authorization to pick up the
25    child  at  a  school  as required under subdivision (b)(7) of
26    Section 112A-21, the clerk of the  court  issuing  the  order
27    shall notify the affected school as follows:
28             (1)  If  the  school  is a private school, the clerk
29        shall send a certified copy of the order to the school.
30             (2) If the school is  a  public  school,  the  clerk
31        shall send a certified copy of the order to the principal
32        office of the public school district.
33    (Source: P.A. 90-392, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
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 1        Section  10.  The  Illinois  Marriage  and Dissolution of
 2    Marriage Act is amended by adding Section 602.5 and  changing
 3    Sections 603 and 607 as follows:

 4        (750 ILCS 5/602.5 new)
 5        Sec. 602.5. Custody; pick up child at school.
 6        (a)  If  a  child  custody order is issued under this Act
 7    with respect to a minor child who is enrolled in school,  the
 8    order  must  contain  a  statement as to which of the child's
 9    parents is authorized to pick up the child at the school.  If
10    both parents are authorized to  pick  up  the  child  at  the
11    school, the order must state that authorization.
12        (b)  After  the entry of an order described in subsection
13    (a), the clerk of the court shall notify the affected  school
14    as follows:
15             (1)  If  the  school  is a private school, the clerk
16        shall send a certified copy of the order to the school.
17             (2) If the school is  a  public  school,  the  clerk
18        shall send a certified copy of the order to the principal
19        office of the public school district.

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

24        (750 ILCS 5/607) (from Ch. 40, par. 607)
25        Sec. 607. Visitation.
26        (a)  A  parent  not  granted  custody  of  the  child  is
27    entitled  to  reasonable  visitation  rights unless the court
28    finds,  after  a  hearing,  that  visitation  would  endanger
29    seriously the child's physical, mental,  moral  or  emotional
30    health.  If the custodian's street address is not identified,
31    pursuant  to Section 708, the court shall require the parties
32    to   identify   reasonable   alternative   arrangements   for
33    visitation by  a  non-custodial  parent,  including  but  not
 
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 1    limited  to visitation of the minor child at the residence of
 2    another person or at a local public or private facility.
 3        (a-5) If an order  is  issued  under  this  Section  with
 4    respect to a minor child who is enrolled in school, the order
 5    must  contain  a statement as to which of the child's parents
 6    is authorized to pick up the child at the  school.   If  both
 7    parents  are  authorized  to pick up the child at the school,
 8    the order must state that authorization.
 9        After the entry of an order described in this subsection,
10    the clerk of the court shall notify the  affected  school  as
11    follows:
12             (1)  If  the  school  is a private school, the clerk
13        shall send a certified copy of the order to the school.
14             (2) If the school is  a  public  school,  the  clerk
15        shall send a certified copy of the order to the principal
16        office of the public school district.
17        (b) (1)  The   court   may  grant  reasonable  visitation
18    privileges to a grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling of
19    any  minor  child  upon  petition  to  the   court   by   the
20    grandparents  or  great-grandparents  or  on  behalf  of  the
21    sibling,  with  notice to the parties required to be notified
22    under Section 601 of this Act, if the court  determines  that
23    it is in the best interests and welfare of the child, and may
24    issue   any  necessary  orders  to  enforce  such  visitation
25    privileges.  Except as provided  in  paragraph  (2)  of  this
26    subsection  (b),  a petition for visitation privileges may be
27    filed under this paragraph (1)  whether  or  not  a  petition
28    pursuant  to  this  Act  has  been  previously  filed  or  is
29    currently   pending   if   one   or  more  of  the  following
30    circumstances exist:
31             (A)  the parents are not currently cohabiting  on  a
32        permanent or an indefinite basis;
33             (B)  one  of  the  parents  has been absent from the
34        marital abode for more than one month without the  spouse
 
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 1        knowing his or her whereabouts;
 2             (C)  one of the parents is deceased;
 3             (D)  one  of  the parents joins in the petition with
 4        the grandparents, great-grandparents, or sibling; or
 5             (E)  a sibling is in State custody.
 6        (1.5)  The  Court   may   grant   reasonable   visitation
 7    privileges  to a stepparent upon petition to the court by the
 8    stepparent,  with  notice  to  the  parties  required  to  be
 9    notified  under  Section  601  of  this  Act,  if  the  court
10    determines that it is in the best interests  and  welfare  of
11    the  child,  and  may  issue  any necessary orders to enforce
12    those visitation  privileges.    A  petition  for  visitation
13    privileges may be filed under this paragraph (1.5) whether or
14    not a petition pursuant to this Act has been previously filed
15    or  is  currently  pending if the following circumstances are
16    met:
17             (A)  the child is at least 12 years old;
18             (B)  the child resided continuously with the  parent
19        and stepparent for at least 5 years;
20             (C)  the  parent  is  deceased or is disabled and is
21        unable to care for the child;
22             (D)  the child wishes to have reasonable  visitation
23        with the stepparent; and
24             (E)  the  stepparent  was  providing  for  the care,
25        control, and welfare to the child prior to the initiation
26        of the petition for visitation.
27        (2)(A)  A petition for visitation privileges shall not be
28    filed pursuant to this  subsection  (b)  by  the  parents  or
29    grandparents  of  a  putative  father if the paternity of the
30    putative father has not been legally established.
31        (B)  A petition for  visitation  privileges  may  not  be
32    filed  under  this  subsection  (b)  if  the child who is the
33    subject of the grandparents' or great-grandparents'  petition
34    has  been  voluntarily  surrendered by the parent or parents,
 
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 1    except for a surrender to the Illinois Department of Children
 2    and Family Services or a foster care facility,  or  has  been
 3    previously  adopted  by  an individual or individuals who are
 4    not related to the biological parents of the child or is  the
 5    subject  of  a  pending adoption petition by an individual or
 6    individuals who are not related to the biological parents  of
 7    the child.
 8        (3)  When  one  parent  is deceased, the surviving parent
 9    shall  not  interfere  with  the  visitation  rights  of  the
10    grandparents.
11        (c)  The court may modify an order  granting  or  denying
12    visitation  rights  of  a  parent whenever modification would
13    serve the best interest of the child;  but  the  court  shall
14    not  restrict  a  parent's  visitation rights unless it finds
15    that the visitation  would  endanger  seriously  the  child's
16    physical,  mental,  moral  or emotional health. The court may
17    modify an order granting,  denying,  or  limiting  visitation
18    rights of a grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling of any
19    minor  child  whenever a change of circumstances has occurred
20    based on facts occurring subsequent to the judgment  and  the
21    court  finds  by  clear  and  convincing  evidence  that  the
22    modification is in the best interest of the minor child.
23        (d)  If  any  court  has  entered  an order prohibiting a
24    non-custodial parent of a child from any contact with a child
25    or restricting the non-custodial parent's  contact  with  the
26    child, the following provisions shall apply:
27             (1)  If   an   order   has   been  entered  granting
28        visitation privileges with the child to a grandparent  or
29        great-grandparent who is related to the child through the
30        non-custodial  parent,  the  visitation privileges of the
31        grandparent or great-grandparent may be revoked if:
32                  (i)  a court has entered an  order  prohibiting
33             the  non-custodial  parent from any contact with the
34             child, and the grandparent or  great-grandparent  is
 
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 1             found  to have used his or her visitation privileges
 2             to facilitate contact  between  the  child  and  the
 3             non-custodial parent; or
 4                  (ii)  a  court has entered an order restricting
 5             the non-custodial parent's contact with  the  child,
 6             and the grandparent or great-grandparent is found to
 7             have  used  his  or  her  visitation  privileges  to
 8             facilitate   contact   between  the  child  and  the
 9             non-custodial parent in a manner that  violates  the
10             terms  of  the  order  restricting the non-custodial
11             parent's contact with the child.
12             Nothing in this subdivision (1) limits the authority
13        of  the  court  to  enforce  its  orders  in  any  manner
14        permitted by law.
15             (2)  Any order granting visitation  privileges  with
16        the  child  to  a grandparent or great-grandparent who is
17        related to the child  through  the  non-custodial  parent
18        shall contain the following provision:
19             "If the (grandparent or great-grandparent, whichever
20        is applicable) who has been granted visitation privileges
21        under  this  order  uses  the  visitation  privileges  to
22        facilitate  contact  between  the  child  and the child's
23        non-custodial parent, the visitation  privileges  granted
24        under this order shall be permanently revoked."
25        (e)  No  parent,  not  granted  custody  of the child, or
26    grandparent, or great-grandparent, or stepparent, or  sibling
27    of  any  minor  child,  convicted of any offense involving an
28    illegal sex act perpetrated upon a victim less than 18  years
29    of  age  including but not limited to offenses for violations
30    of Article 12 of the Criminal Code of 1961,  is  entitled  to
31    visitation  rights  while  incarcerated  or  while on parole,
32    probation, conditional discharge, periodic  imprisonment,  or
33    mandatory  supervised  release  for  that  offense,  and upon
34    discharge from incarceration for  a  misdemeanor  offense  or
 
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 1    upon discharge from parole, probation, conditional discharge,
 2    periodic  imprisonment, or mandatory supervised release for a
 3    felony offense, visitation shall be denied until  the  person
 4    successfully  completes  a  treatment program approved by the
 5    court.
 6        (f)  Unless the court determines, after  considering  all
 7    relevant  factors,  including  but  not  limited to those set
 8    forth in Section  602(a),  that  it  would  be  in  the  best
 9    interests  of  the child to allow visitation, the court shall
10    not enter an order providing visitation rights  and  pursuant
11    to  a  motion  to  modify  visitation shall revoke visitation
12    rights previously granted to any person who  would  otherwise
13    be  entitled  to  petition  for  visitation rights under this
14    Section who has been convicted of first degree murder of  the
15    parent,  grandparent,  great-grandparent,  or  sibling of the
16    child who is the subject of the order.   Until  an  order  is
17    entered  pursuant  to this subsection, no person shall visit,
18    with the child present, a person who has  been  convicted  of
19    first    degree    murder   of   the   parent,   grandparent,
20    great-grandparent,  or  sibling  of  the  child  without  the
21    consent of the child's parent, other than a parent  convicted
22    of  first  degree  murder  as  set  forth  herein,  or  legal
23    guardian.
24        (g)  If  an order has been entered limiting, for cause, a
25    minor child's  contact  or  visitation  with  a  grandparent,
26    great-grandparent,  or  sibling on the grounds that it was in
27    the best interest of the child to do so, that  order  may  be
28    modified  only  upon  a  showing  of  a substantial change in
29    circumstances occurring subsequent to the entry of the  order
30    with proof by clear and convincing evidence that modification
31    is in the best interest of the minor child.
32    (Source:  P.A.  90-782,  eff.  8-14-98;  90-801, eff. 6-1-99;
33    91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-610, eff. 8-19-99.)
 
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 1        Section  15.  The  Illinois  Parentage  Act  of  1984  is
 2    amended by changing Section 14 as follows:

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

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

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

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

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