101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5174

 

Introduced , by Rep. Joyce Mason

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
750 ILCS 60/102  from Ch. 40, par. 2311-2
750 ILCS 60/103  from Ch. 40, par. 2311-3
750 ILCS 60/202  from Ch. 40, par. 2312-2
750 ILCS 60/214  from Ch. 40, par. 2312-14
750 ILCS 60/302  from Ch. 40, par. 2313-2
750 ILCS 60/302.5 new

    Amends the Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Changes the purposes of the Act. Deletes provisions related to a pilot program to allow the electronic filing of petitions for temporary orders of protection and the issuance of such orders. Provides that the clerk of court shall provide resources and information on domestic violence and how to obtain assistance as a victim of domestic violence to all petitioners seeking an order of protection. Provides that when determining whether to issue an order of protection, the court shall consider the pattern of domestic violence of the respondent. Provides that when determining whether to grant a specific remedy, the court shall consider the respondent's past abuse, neglect, exploitation of, or criminal actions against any person within the past 10 years. Provides that the court shall liberally grant both orders of protection and remedies to protect the physical, financial, mental, and emotional health of the victims. Provides that records maintained by the Illinois State Police shall be maintained for at least 20 years and also include expired orders of protection. Provides that data in the National Crime Information Center database shall be used to inform all dispatchers and law enforcement officers at the scene of an alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation or violation of an order of protection. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning domestic violence.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 is
5amended by changing Sections 102, 103, 202, 214, and 302 and by
6adding Section 302.5 as follows:
 
7    (750 ILCS 60/102)  (from Ch. 40, par. 2311-2)
8    Sec. 102. Purposes; rules of construction. This Act shall
9be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying
10purposes, which are to:
11    (1) recognize that domestic violence is a widespread
12epidemic in our society that has serious short-term and
13long-term negative impacts on individuals, families,
14communities, and institutions that work with families,
15including trauma, physical and emotional ailments,
16homelessness, poverty, and death Recognize domestic violence
17as a serious crime against the individual and society which
18produces family disharmony in thousands of Illinois families,
19promotes a pattern of escalating violence which frequently
20culminates in intra-family homicide, and creates an emotional
21atmosphere that is not conducive to healthy childhood
22development;
23    (2) recognize domestic violence against high-risk adults

 

 

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1with disabilities, who are particularly vulnerable due to
2impairments in ability to seek or obtain protection, as a
3serious problem that takes on many forms, including physical
4abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and facilitate
5accessibility to remedies under this Act in order to provide
6immediate and effective assistance and protection; Recognize
7domestic violence against high risk adults with disabilities,
8who are particularly vulnerable due to impairments in ability
9to seek or obtain protection, as a serious problem which takes
10on many forms, including physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect,
11and exploitation, and facilitate accessibility of remedies
12under the Act in order to provide immediate and effective
13assistance and protection.
14    (3) recognize that domestic violence is a learned behavior,
15that past abuse is the clearest indicator of future abuse, and
16that a perpetrator of domestic violence often has multiple
17victims, travels across state lines, and will continue to
18escalate his or her abuse without appropriate interventions
19Recognize that the legal system has ineffectively dealt with
20family violence in the past, allowing abusers to escape
21effective prosecution or financial liability, and has not
22adequately acknowledged the criminal nature of domestic
23violence; that, although many laws have changed, in practice
24there is still widespread failure to appropriately protect and
25assist victims;
26    (4) recognize that courts and law enforcement do not always

 

 

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1have full access to all records pertaining to an abuser's use
2of violence, that many actual incidents of domestic violence
3are never reported to the justice system, that behaviors of
4those experiencing, witnessing, and perpetrating domestic
5violence are often misunderstood, and that a victim is the best
6judge of his or her needs to determine safety Support the
7efforts of victims of domestic violence to avoid further abuse
8by promptly entering and diligently enforcing court orders
9which prohibit abuse and, when necessary, reduce the abuser's
10access to the victim and address any related issues of child
11custody and economic support, so that victims are not trapped
12in abusive situations by fear of retaliation, loss of a child,
13financial dependence, or loss of accessible housing or
14services;
15    (5) recognize that all actors who are involved in systems
16working with families that are experiencing domestic violence
17need regular, ongoing, updated training in order to identify
18domestic violence and to provide the most appropriate
19assistance based on the individual family needs Clarify the
20responsibilities and support the efforts of law enforcement
21officers to provide immediate, effective assistance and
22protection for victims of domestic violence, recognizing that
23law enforcement officers often become the secondary victims of
24domestic violence, as evidenced by the high rates of police
25injuries and deaths that occur in response to domestic violence
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1    (6) (blank). Expand the civil and criminal remedies for
2victims of domestic violence; including, when necessary, the
3remedies which effect physical separation of the parties to
4prevent further abuse.
5(Source: P.A. 86-542; 87-1186.)
 
6    (750 ILCS 60/103)  (from Ch. 40, par. 2311-3)
7    Sec. 103. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, the
8following terms shall have the following meanings:
9    (1) "Abuse" means physical abuse, harassment, intimidation
10of a dependent, interference with personal liberty or willful
11deprivation but does not include reasonable direction of a
12minor child by a parent or person in loco parentis.
13    (2) "Adult with disabilities" means an elder adult with
14disabilities or a high-risk adult with disabilities. A person
15may be an adult with disabilities for purposes of this Act even
16though he or she has never been adjudicated an incompetent
17adult. However, no court proceeding may be initiated or
18continued on behalf of an adult with disabilities over that
19adult's objection, unless such proceeding is approved by his or
20her legal guardian, if any.
21    (3) "Domestic violence" means abuse as defined in paragraph
22(1).
23    (4) "Elder adult with disabilities" means an adult
24prevented by advanced age from taking appropriate action to
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1member.
2    (5) "Exploitation" means the illegal, including tortious,
3use of a high-risk adult with disabilities or of the assets or
4resources of a high-risk adult with disabilities. Exploitation
5includes, but is not limited to, the misappropriation of assets
6or resources of a high-risk adult with disabilities by undue
7influence, by breach of a fiduciary relationship, by fraud,
8deception, or extortion, or the use of such assets or resources
9in a manner contrary to law.
10    (6) "Family or household members" include spouses, former
11spouses, parents, children, stepchildren and other persons
12related by blood or by present or prior marriage, persons who
13share or formerly shared a common dwelling, persons who have or
14allegedly have a child in common, persons who share or
15allegedly share a blood relationship through a child, persons
16who have or have had a dating or engagement relationship,
17persons with disabilities and their personal assistants, and
18caregivers as defined in Section 12-4.4a of the Criminal Code
19of 2012. For purposes of this paragraph, neither a casual
20acquaintanceship nor ordinary fraternization between 2
21individuals in business or social contexts shall be deemed to
22constitute a dating relationship. In the case of a high-risk
23adult with disabilities, "family or household members"
24includes any person who has the responsibility for a high-risk
25adult as a result of a family relationship or who has assumed
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1adult with disabilities voluntarily, or by express or implied
2contract, or by court order.
3    (7) "Harassment" means knowing conduct which is not
4necessary to accomplish a purpose that is reasonable under the
5circumstances; would cause a reasonable person emotional
6distress; and does cause emotional distress to the petitioner.
7Unless the presumption is rebutted by a preponderance of the
8evidence, the following types of conduct shall be presumed to
9cause emotional distress:
10        (i) creating a disturbance at petitioner's place of
11    employment or school;
12        (ii) repeatedly telephoning petitioner's place of
13    employment, home or residence;
14        (iii) repeatedly following petitioner about in a
15    public place or places;
16        (iv) repeatedly keeping petitioner under surveillance
17    by remaining present outside his or her home, school, place
18    of employment, vehicle or other place occupied by
19    petitioner or by peering in petitioner's windows;
20        (v) improperly concealing a minor child from
21    petitioner, repeatedly threatening to improperly remove a
22    minor child of petitioner's from the jurisdiction or from
23    the physical care of petitioner, repeatedly threatening to
24    conceal a minor child from petitioner, or making a single
25    such threat following an actual or attempted improper
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1    incident or pattern of domestic violence; or
2        (vi) threatening physical force, confinement or
3    restraint on one or more occasions.
4    (8) "High-risk adult with disabilities" means a person aged
518 or over whose physical or mental disability impairs his or
6her ability to seek or obtain protection from abuse, neglect,
7or exploitation.
8    (8.5) "Household animal" means any animal owned,
9possessed, leased, kept, or held by a person or a minor child
10residing in the residence or household.
11    (9) "Interference with personal liberty" means committing
12or threatening physical abuse, harassment, intimidation or
13willful deprivation so as to compel another to engage in
14conduct from which she or he has a right to abstain or to
15refrain from conduct in which she or he has a right to engage.
16    (10) "Intimidation of a dependent" means subjecting a
17person who is dependent because of age, health or disability to
18participation in or the witnessing of: physical force against
19another or physical confinement or restraint of another which
20constitutes physical abuse as defined in this Act, regardless
21of whether the abused person is a family or household member.
22    (11) (A) "Neglect" means the failure to exercise that
23degree of care toward a high-risk adult with disabilities which
24a reasonable person would exercise under the circumstances and
25includes but is not limited to:
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1    high-risk adult with disabilities from acts of abuse;
2        (ii) the repeated, careless imposition of unreasonable
3    confinement;
4        (iii) the failure to provide food, shelter, clothing,
5    and personal hygiene to a high-risk adult with disabilities
6    who requires such assistance;
7        (iv) the failure to provide medical and rehabilitative
8    care for the physical and mental health needs of a
9    high-risk adult with disabilities; or
10        (v) the failure to protect a high-risk adult with
11    disabilities from health and safety hazards.
12    (B) Nothing in this subsection (10) shall be construed to
13impose a requirement that assistance be provided to a high-risk
14adult with disabilities over his or her objection in the
15absence of a court order, nor to create any new affirmative
16duty to provide support to a high-risk adult with disabilities.
17    (12) "Order of protection" means an emergency order,
18interim order or plenary order, granted pursuant to this Act,
19which includes any or all of the remedies authorized by Section
20214 of this Act.
21    (13) "Petitioner" may mean not only any named petitioner
22for the order of protection and any named victim of abuse on
23whose behalf the petition is brought, but also any other person
24protected by this Act.
25    (14) "Physical abuse" includes sexual abuse and means any
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1        (i) knowing or reckless use of physical force,
2    confinement or restraint;
3        (ii) knowing, repeated and unnecessary sleep
4    deprivation; or
5        (iii) knowing or reckless conduct which creates an
6    immediate risk of physical harm.
7    (14.5) "Stay away" means for the respondent to refrain from
8both physical presence and nonphysical contact with the
9petitioner whether direct, indirect (including, but not
10limited to, telephone calls, mail, email, faxes, and written
11notes), or through third parties who may or may not know about
12the order of protection.
13    (15) "Willful deprivation" means wilfully denying a person
14who because of age, health or disability requires medication,
15medical care, shelter, accessible shelter or services, food,
16therapeutic device, or other physical assistance, and thereby
17exposing that person to the risk of physical, mental or
18emotional harm, except with regard to medical care or treatment
19when the dependent person has expressed an intent to forgo such
20medical care or treatment. This paragraph does not create any
21new affirmative duty to provide support to dependent persons.
22(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
23    (750 ILCS 60/202)  (from Ch. 40, par. 2312-2)
24    Sec. 202. Commencement of action; filing fees; dismissal.
25    (a) How to commence action. Actions for orders of

 

 

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1protection are commenced:
2        (1) Independently: By filing a petition for an order of
3    protection in any civil court, unless specific courts are
4    designated by local rule or order.
5        (2) In conjunction with another civil proceeding: By
6    filing a petition for an order of protection under the same
7    case number as another civil proceeding involving the
8    parties, including but not limited to: (i) any proceeding
9    under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage
10    Act, Illinois Parentage Act of 2015, Nonsupport of Spouse
11    and Children Act, Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement
12    of Support Act or an action for nonsupport brought under
13    Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, provided that a
14    petitioner and the respondent are a party to or the subject
15    of that proceeding or (ii) a guardianship proceeding under
16    the Probate Act of 1975, or a proceeding for involuntary
17    commitment under the Mental Health and Developmental
18    Disabilities Code, or any proceeding, other than a
19    delinquency petition, under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987,
20    provided that a petitioner or the respondent is a party to
21    or the subject of such proceeding.
22        (3) In conjunction with a delinquency petition or a
23    criminal prosecution as provided in Section 112A-20 of the
24    Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
25    (a-5) When a petition for an emergency order of protection
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1the petition is served on the respondent.
2    (b) Filing, certification, and service fees. No fee shall
3be charged by the clerk for filing, amending, vacating,
4certifying, or photocopying petitions or orders; or for issuing
5alias summons; or for any related filing service. No fee shall
6be charged by the sheriff for service by the sheriff of a
7petition, rule, motion, or order in an action commenced under
8this Section.
9    (c) Dismissal and consolidation. Withdrawal or dismissal
10of any petition for an order of protection prior to
11adjudication where the petitioner is represented by the State
12shall operate as a dismissal without prejudice. No action for
13an order of protection shall be dismissed because the
14respondent is being prosecuted for a crime against the
15petitioner. An independent action may be consolidated with
16another civil proceeding, as provided by paragraph (2) of
17subsection (a) of this Section. For any action commenced under
18paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) of this Section,
19dismissal of the conjoined case (or a finding of not guilty)
20shall not require dismissal of the action for the order of
21protection; instead, it may be treated as an independent action
22and, if necessary and appropriate, transferred to a different
23court or division. Dismissal of any conjoined case shall not
24affect the validity of any previously issued order of
25protection, and thereafter subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2) of
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1    (d) Pro se petitions. The court shall provide, through the
2office of the clerk of the court, simplified forms and clerical
3assistance to help with the writing and filing of a petition
4under this Section by any person not represented by counsel. In
5addition, that assistance may be provided by the state's
6attorney.
7    (e) (Blank). As provided in this subsection, the
8administrative director of the Administrative Office of the
9Illinois Courts, with the approval of the administrative board
10of the courts, may adopt rules to establish and implement a
11pilot program to allow the electronic filing of petitions for
12temporary orders of protection and the issuance of such orders
13by audio-visual means to accommodate litigants for whom
14attendance in court to file for and obtain emergency relief
15would constitute an undue hardship or would constitute a risk
16of harm to the litigant.
17        (1) As used in this subsection:
18            (A) "Electronic means" means any method of
19        transmission of information between computers or other
20        machines designed for the purpose of sending or
21        receiving electronic transmission and that allows for
22        the recipient of information to reproduce the
23        information received in a tangible medium of
24        expression.
25            (B) "Independent audio-visual system" means an
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1        of audio and visual signals, including those with the
2        means to preclude the unauthorized reception and
3        decoding of the signals by commercially available
4        television receivers, channel converters, or other
5        available receiving devices.
6            (C) "Electronic appearance" means an appearance in
7        which one or more of the parties are not present in the
8        court, but in which, by means of an independent
9        audio-visual system, all of the participants are
10        simultaneously able to see and hear reproductions of
11        the voices and images of the judge, counsel, parties,
12        witnesses, and any other participants.
13        (2) Any pilot program under this subsection (e) shall
14    be developed by the administrative director or his or her
15    delegate in consultation with at least one local
16    organization providing assistance to domestic violence
17    victims. The program plan shall include but not be limited
18    to:
19            (A) identification of agencies equipped with or
20        that have access to an independent audio-visual system
21        and electronic means for filing documents; and
22            (B) identification of one or more organizations
23        who are trained and available to assist petitioners in
24        preparing and filing petitions for temporary orders of
25        protection and in their electronic appearances before
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1            (C) identification of the existing resources
2        available in local family courts for the
3        implementation and oversight of the pilot program; and
4            (D) procedures for filing petitions and documents
5        by electronic means, swearing in the petitioners and
6        witnesses, preparation of a transcript of testimony
7        and evidence presented, and a prompt transmission of
8        any orders issued to the parties; and
9            (E) a timeline for implementation and a plan for
10        informing the public about the availability of the
11        program; and
12            (F) a description of the data to be collected in
13        order to evaluate and make recommendations for
14        improvements to the pilot program.
15        (3) In conjunction with an electronic appearance, any
16    petitioner for an ex parte temporary order of protection
17    may, using the assistance of a trained advocate if
18    necessary, commence the proceedings by filing a petition by
19    electronic means.
20            (A) A petitioner who is seeking an ex parte
21        temporary order of protection using an electronic
22        appearance must file a petition in advance of the
23        appearance and may do so electronically.
24            (B) The petitioner must show that traveling to or
25        appearing in court would constitute an undue hardship
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1        or denying any relief sought by the petitioner, the
2        court shall state the names of all participants and
3        whether it is granting or denying an appearance by
4        electronic means and the basis for such a
5        determination. A party is not required to file a
6        petition or other document by electronic means or to
7        testify by means of an electronic appearance.
8            (C) Nothing in this subsection (e) affects or
9        changes any existing laws governing the service of
10        process, including requirements for personal service
11        or the sealing and confidentiality of court records in
12        court proceedings or access to court records by the
13        parties to the proceedings.
14        (4) Appearances.
15            (A) All electronic appearances by a petitioner
16        seeking an ex parte temporary order of protection under
17        this subsection (e) are strictly voluntary and the
18        court shall obtain the consent of the petitioner on the
19        record at the commencement of each appearance.
20            (B) Electronic appearances under this subsection
21        (e) shall be recorded and preserved for transcription.
22        Documentary evidence, if any, referred to by a party or
23        witness or the court may be transmitted and submitted
24        and introduced by electronic means.
25    (f) The clerk of the court shall provide to all petitioners
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1of protection is issued, resources and information on domestic
2violence and how to obtain assistance as a victim of domestic
3violence, including, but not limited to: (i) contact
4information for the nearest domestic violence victim support
5organization, the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic
6Violence, the National Domestic Violence Hotline, the local
7police and State's Attorney, and a local legal services clinic;
8and (ii) information concerning the various forms of domestic
9abuse, including emotional, verbal, financial, physical,
10sexual, and spiritual abuse.
11(Source: P.A. 100-199, eff. 1-1-18; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17;
12101-255, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
13    (750 ILCS 60/214)  (from Ch. 40, par. 2312-14)
14    Sec. 214. Order of protection; remedies.
15    (a) Issuance of order. If the court finds that petitioner
16has been abused by a family or household member or that
17petitioner is a high-risk adult who has been abused, neglected,
18or exploited, as defined in this Act, an order of protection
19prohibiting the abuse, neglect, or exploitation shall issue;
20provided that petitioner must also satisfy the requirements of
21one of the following Sections, as appropriate: Section 217 on
22emergency orders, Section 218 on interim orders, or Section 219
23on plenary orders. Petitioner shall not be denied an order of
24protection because petitioner or respondent is a minor. The
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1protection, shall not require physical manifestations of abuse
2on the person of the victim. Modification and extension of
3prior orders of protection shall be in accordance with this
4Act.
5        (1) The court, in determining whether to issue an order
6    of protection, shall consider the pattern of domestic
7    violence of the respondent. At a minimum, the court shall
8    consider the records contained in the National Crime
9    Information Center and the Law Enforcement Agencies Data
10    System in this State and all other states for a period of
11    at least 10 years. A prior indication of abuse or violence,
12    whether against the petitioner or against another victim,
13    shall be a significant factor in favor of issuing an order
14    of protection. There is a rebuttable presumption, which may
15    be overcome by clear and convincing evidence, that there is
16    a significant likelihood that the perpetrator shall
17    continue his or her pattern of domestic violence and abuse
18    in the absence of an issued order of protection.
19        (2) The court, in determining whether to issue an order
20    of protection, shall liberally grant orders of protection
21    in line with the purposes of this Act to protect the
22    physical, financial, mental, and emotional health of the
23    victim.
24    (b) Remedies and standards. The remedies to be included in
25an order of protection shall be determined in accordance with
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1Section 217 on emergency orders, Section 218 on interim orders,
2and Section 219 on plenary orders. The remedies listed in this
3subsection shall be in addition to other civil or criminal
4remedies available to petitioner.
5        (1) Prohibition of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
6    Prohibit respondent's harassment, interference with
7    personal liberty, intimidation of a dependent, physical
8    abuse, or willful deprivation, neglect or exploitation, as
9    defined in this Act, or stalking of the petitioner, as
10    defined in Section 12-7.3 of the Criminal Code of 2012, if
11    such abuse, neglect, exploitation, or stalking has
12    occurred or otherwise appears likely to occur if not
13    prohibited.
14        (2) Grant of exclusive possession of residence.
15    Prohibit respondent from entering or remaining in any
16    residence, household, or premises of the petitioner,
17    including one owned or leased by respondent, if petitioner
18    has a right to occupancy thereof. The grant of exclusive
19    possession of the residence, household, or premises shall
20    not affect title to real property, nor shall the court be
21    limited by the standard set forth in subsection (c-2) of
22    Section 501 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
23    Marriage Act.
24            (A) Right to occupancy. A party has a right to
25        occupancy of a residence or household if it is solely
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1        spouse, a person with a legal duty to support that
2        party or a minor child in that party's care, or by any
3        person or entity other than the opposing party that
4        authorizes that party's occupancy (e.g., a domestic
5        violence shelter). Standards set forth in subparagraph
6        (B) shall not preclude equitable relief.
7            (B) Presumption of hardships. If petitioner and
8        respondent each has the right to occupancy of a
9        residence or household, the court shall balance (i) the
10        hardships to respondent and any minor child or
11        dependent adult in respondent's care resulting from
12        entry of this remedy with (ii) the hardships to
13        petitioner and any minor child or dependent adult in
14        petitioner's care resulting from continued exposure to
15        the risk of abuse (should petitioner remain at the
16        residence or household) or from loss of possession of
17        the residence or household (should petitioner leave to
18        avoid the risk of abuse). When determining the balance
19        of hardships, the court shall also take into account
20        the accessibility of the residence or household.
21        Hardships need not be balanced if respondent does not
22        have a right to occupancy.
23            The balance of hardships is presumed to favor
24        possession by petitioner unless the presumption is
25        rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence, showing
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1        outweigh the hardships to petitioner and any minor
2        child or dependent adult in petitioner's care. The
3        court, on the request of petitioner or on its own
4        motion, may order respondent to provide suitable,
5        accessible, alternate housing for petitioner instead
6        of excluding respondent from a mutual residence or
7        household.
8        (3) Stay away order and additional prohibitions. Order
9    respondent to stay away from petitioner or any other person
10    protected by the order of protection, or prohibit
11    respondent from entering or remaining present at
12    petitioner's school, place of employment, or other
13    specified places at times when petitioner is present, or
14    both, if reasonable, given the balance of hardships.
15    Hardships need not be balanced for the court to enter a
16    stay away order or prohibit entry if respondent has no
17    right to enter the premises.
18            (A) If an order of protection grants petitioner
19        exclusive possession of the residence, or prohibits
20        respondent from entering the residence, or orders
21        respondent to stay away from petitioner or other
22        protected persons, then the court may allow respondent
23        access to the residence to remove items of clothing and
24        personal adornment used exclusively by respondent,
25        medications, and other items as the court directs. The
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1        as the court directs and in the presence of an
2        agreed-upon adult third party or law enforcement
3        officer.
4            (B) When the petitioner and the respondent attend
5        the same public, private, or non-public elementary,
6        middle, or high school, the court when issuing an order
7        of protection and providing relief shall consider the
8        severity of the act, any continuing physical danger or
9        emotional distress to the petitioner, the educational
10        rights guaranteed to the petitioner and respondent
11        under federal and State law, the availability of a
12        transfer of the respondent to another school, a change
13        of placement or a change of program of the respondent,
14        the expense, difficulty, and educational disruption
15        that would be caused by a transfer of the respondent to
16        another school, and any other relevant facts of the
17        case. The court may order that the respondent not
18        attend the public, private, or non-public elementary,
19        middle, or high school attended by the petitioner,
20        order that the respondent accept a change of placement
21        or change of program, as determined by the school
22        district or private or non-public school, or place
23        restrictions on the respondent's movements within the
24        school attended by the petitioner. The respondent
25        bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the
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1        change of program of the respondent is not available.
2        The respondent also bears the burden of production with
3        respect to the expense, difficulty, and educational
4        disruption that would be caused by a transfer of the
5        respondent to another school. A transfer, change of
6        placement, or change of program is not unavailable to
7        the respondent solely on the ground that the respondent
8        does not agree with the school district's or private or
9        non-public school's transfer, change of placement, or
10        change of program or solely on the ground that the
11        respondent fails or refuses to consent or otherwise
12        does not take an action required to effectuate a
13        transfer, change of placement, or change of program.
14        When a court orders a respondent to stay away from the
15        public, private, or non-public school attended by the
16        petitioner and the respondent requests a transfer to
17        another attendance center within the respondent's
18        school district or private or non-public school, the
19        school district or private or non-public school shall
20        have sole discretion to determine the attendance
21        center to which the respondent is transferred. In the
22        event the court order results in a transfer of the
23        minor respondent to another attendance center, a
24        change in the respondent's placement, or a change of
25        the respondent's program, the parents, guardian, or
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1        transportation and other costs associated with the
2        transfer or change.
3            (C) The court may order the parents, guardian, or
4        legal custodian of a minor respondent to take certain
5        actions or to refrain from taking certain actions to
6        ensure that the respondent complies with the order. In
7        the event the court orders a transfer of the respondent
8        to another school, the parents, guardian, or legal
9        custodian of the respondent is responsible for
10        transportation and other costs associated with the
11        change of school by the respondent.
12        (4) Counseling. Require or recommend the respondent to
13    undergo counseling for a specified duration with a social
14    worker, psychologist, clinical psychologist, psychiatrist,
15    family service agency, alcohol or substance abuse program,
16    mental health center guidance counselor, agency providing
17    services to elders, program designed for domestic violence
18    abusers or any other guidance service the court deems
19    appropriate. The Court may order the respondent in any
20    intimate partner relationship to report to an Illinois
21    Department of Human Services protocol approved partner
22    abuse intervention program for an assessment and to follow
23    all recommended treatment.
24        (5) Physical care and possession of the minor child. In
25    order to protect the minor child from abuse, neglect, or
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1    minor child's primary caretaker, or to otherwise protect
2    the well-being of the minor child, the court may do either
3    or both of the following: (i) grant petitioner physical
4    care or possession of the minor child, or both, or (ii)
5    order respondent to return a minor child to, or not remove
6    a minor child from, the physical care of a parent or person
7    in loco parentis.
8        If a court finds, after a hearing, that respondent has
9    committed abuse (as defined in Section 103) of a minor
10    child, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that
11    awarding physical care to respondent would not be in the
12    minor child's best interest.
13        (6) Temporary allocation of parental responsibilities:
14    significant decision-making. Award temporary
15    decision-making responsibility to petitioner in accordance
16    with this Section, the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
17    Marriage Act, the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015, and this
18    State's Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement
19    Act.
20        If a court finds, after a hearing, that respondent has
21    committed abuse (as defined in Section 103) of a minor
22    child, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that
23    awarding temporary significant decision-making
24    responsibility to respondent would not be in the child's
25    best interest.
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1    any, of respondent in any case in which the court awards
2    physical care or allocates temporary significant
3    decision-making responsibility of a minor child to
4    petitioner. The court shall restrict or deny respondent's
5    parenting time with a minor child if the court finds that
6    respondent has done or is likely to do any of the
7    following: (i) abuse or endanger the minor child during
8    parenting time; (ii) use the parenting time as an
9    opportunity to abuse or harass petitioner or petitioner's
10    family or household members; (iii) improperly conceal or
11    detain the minor child; or (iv) otherwise act in a manner
12    that is not in the best interests of the minor child. The
13    court shall not be limited by the standards set forth in
14    Section 603.10 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
15    Marriage Act. If the court grants parenting time, the order
16    shall specify dates and times for the parenting time to
17    take place or other specific parameters or conditions that
18    are appropriate. No order for parenting time shall refer
19    merely to the term "reasonable parenting time".
20        Petitioner may deny respondent access to the minor
21    child if, when respondent arrives for parenting time,
22    respondent is under the influence of drugs or alcohol and
23    constitutes a threat to the safety and well-being of
24    petitioner or petitioner's minor children or is behaving in
25    a violent or abusive manner.
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1    family or household from future abuse, respondent shall be
2    prohibited from coming to petitioner's residence to meet
3    the minor child for parenting time, and the parties shall
4    submit to the court their recommendations for reasonable
5    alternative arrangements for parenting time. A person may
6    be approved to supervise parenting time only after filing
7    an affidavit accepting that responsibility and
8    acknowledging accountability to the court.
9        (8) Removal or concealment of minor child. Prohibit
10    respondent from removing a minor child from the State or
11    concealing the child within the State.
12        (9) Order to appear. Order the respondent to appear in
13    court, alone or with a minor child, to prevent abuse,
14    neglect, removal or concealment of the child, to return the
15    child to the custody or care of the petitioner or to permit
16    any court-ordered interview or examination of the child or
17    the respondent.
18        (10) Possession of personal property. Grant petitioner
19    exclusive possession of personal property and, if
20    respondent has possession or control, direct respondent to
21    promptly make it available to petitioner, if:
22            (i) petitioner, but not respondent, owns the
23        property; or
24            (ii) the parties own the property jointly; sharing
25        it would risk abuse of petitioner by respondent or is
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1        temporary possession by petitioner.
2        If petitioner's sole claim to ownership of the property
3    is that it is marital property, the court may award
4    petitioner temporary possession thereof under the
5    standards of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph only if a
6    proper proceeding has been filed under the Illinois
7    Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as now or
8    hereafter amended.
9        No order under this provision shall affect title to
10    property.
11        (11) Protection of property. Forbid the respondent
12    from taking, transferring, encumbering, concealing,
13    damaging or otherwise disposing of any real or personal
14    property, except as explicitly authorized by the court, if:
15            (i) petitioner, but not respondent, owns the
16        property; or
17            (ii) the parties own the property jointly, and the
18        balance of hardships favors granting this remedy.
19        If petitioner's sole claim to ownership of the property
20    is that it is marital property, the court may grant
21    petitioner relief under subparagraph (ii) of this
22    paragraph only if a proper proceeding has been filed under
23    the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as
24    now or hereafter amended.
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1    aged member of the family or household for the profit or
2    advantage of respondent or of any other person.
3        (11.5) Protection of animals. Grant the petitioner the
4    exclusive care, custody, or control of any animal owned,
5    possessed, leased, kept, or held by either the petitioner
6    or the respondent or a minor child residing in the
7    residence or household of either the petitioner or the
8    respondent and order the respondent to stay away from the
9    animal and forbid the respondent from taking,
10    transferring, encumbering, concealing, harming, or
11    otherwise disposing of the animal.
12        (12) Order for payment of support. Order respondent to
13    pay temporary support for the petitioner or any child in
14    the petitioner's care or over whom the petitioner has been
15    allocated parental responsibility, when the respondent has
16    a legal obligation to support that person, in accordance
17    with the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act,
18    which shall govern, among other matters, the amount of
19    support, payment through the clerk and withholding of
20    income to secure payment. An order for child support may be
21    granted to a petitioner with lawful physical care of a
22    child, or an order or agreement for physical care of a
23    child, prior to entry of an order allocating significant
24    decision-making responsibility. Such a support order shall
25    expire upon entry of a valid order allocating parental
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1    significant decision-making authority, unless otherwise
2    provided in the order.
3        (13) Order for payment of losses. Order respondent to
4    pay petitioner for losses suffered as a direct result of
5    the abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Such losses shall
6    include, but not be limited to, medical expenses, lost
7    earnings or other support, repair or replacement of
8    property damaged or taken, reasonable attorney's fees,
9    court costs and moving or other travel expenses, including
10    additional reasonable expenses for temporary shelter and
11    restaurant meals.
12            (i) Losses affecting family needs. If a party is
13        entitled to seek maintenance, child support or
14        property distribution from the other party under the
15        Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as
16        now or hereafter amended, the court may order
17        respondent to reimburse petitioner's actual losses, to
18        the extent that such reimbursement would be
19        "appropriate temporary relief", as authorized by
20        paragraph (3) of subsection (a)(3) of Section 501 of
21        that Act.
22            (ii) Recovery of expenses. In the case of an
23        improper concealment or removal of a minor child, the
24        court may order respondent to pay the reasonable
25        expenses incurred or to be incurred in the search for
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1        limited to legal fees, court costs, private
2        investigator fees, and travel costs.
3        (14) Prohibition of entry. Prohibit the respondent
4    from entering or remaining in the residence or household
5    while the respondent is under the influence of alcohol or
6    drugs and constitutes a threat to the safety and well-being
7    of the petitioner or the petitioner's children.
8        (14.5) Prohibition of firearm possession.
9            (a) Prohibit a respondent against whom an order of
10        protection was issued from possessing any firearms
11        during the duration of the order if the order:
12                (1) was issued after a hearing of which such
13            person received actual notice, and at which such
14            person had an opportunity to participate;
15                (2) restrains such person from harassing,
16            stalking, or threatening an intimate partner of
17            such person or child of such intimate partner or
18            person, or engaging in other conduct that would
19            place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of
20            bodily injury to the partner or child; and
21                (3)(i) includes a finding that such person
22            represents a credible threat to the physical
23            safety of such intimate partner or child; or (ii)
24            by its terms explicitly prohibits the use,
25            attempted use, or threatened use of physical force
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1            reasonably be expected to cause bodily injury.
2        Any Firearm Owner's Identification Card in the
3        possession of the respondent, except as provided in
4        subsection (b), shall be ordered by the court to be
5        turned over to the local law enforcement agency. The
6        local law enforcement agency shall immediately mail
7        the card to the Department of State Police Firearm
8        Owner's Identification Card Office for safekeeping.
9        The court shall issue a warrant for seizure of any
10        firearm in the possession of the respondent, to be kept
11        by the local law enforcement agency for safekeeping,
12        except as provided in subsection (b). The period of
13        safekeeping shall be for the duration of the order of
14        protection. The firearm or firearms and Firearm
15        Owner's Identification Card, if unexpired, shall at
16        the respondent's request, be returned to the
17        respondent at the end of the order of protection. It is
18        the respondent's responsibility to notify the
19        Department of State Police Firearm Owner's
20        Identification Card Office.
21            (b) If the respondent is a peace officer as defined
22        in Section 2-13 of the Criminal Code of 2012, the court
23        shall order that any firearms used by the respondent in
24        the performance of his or her duties as a peace officer
25        be surrendered to the chief law enforcement executive
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1        shall retain the firearms for safekeeping for the
2        duration of the order of protection.
3            (c) Upon expiration of the period of safekeeping,
4        if the firearms or Firearm Owner's Identification Card
5        cannot be returned to respondent because respondent
6        cannot be located, fails to respond to requests to
7        retrieve the firearms, or is not lawfully eligible to
8        possess a firearm, upon petition from the local law
9        enforcement agency, the court may order the local law
10        enforcement agency to destroy the firearms, use the
11        firearms for training purposes, or for any other
12        application as deemed appropriate by the local law
13        enforcement agency; or that the firearms be turned over
14        to a third party who is lawfully eligible to possess
15        firearms, and who does not reside with respondent.
16        (15) Prohibition of access to records. If an order of
17    protection prohibits respondent from having contact with
18    the minor child, or if petitioner's address is omitted
19    under subsection (b) of Section 203, or if necessary to
20    prevent abuse or wrongful removal or concealment of a minor
21    child, the order shall deny respondent access to, and
22    prohibit respondent from inspecting, obtaining, or
23    attempting to inspect or obtain, school or any other
24    records of the minor child who is in the care of
25    petitioner.
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1    respondent to reimburse a shelter providing temporary
2    housing and counseling services to the petitioner for the
3    cost of the services, as certified by the shelter and
4    deemed reasonable by the court.
5        (17) Order for injunctive relief. Enter injunctive
6    relief necessary or appropriate to prevent further abuse of
7    a family or household member or further abuse, neglect, or
8    exploitation of a high-risk adult with disabilities or to
9    effectuate one of the granted remedies, if supported by the
10    balance of hardships. If the harm to be prevented by the
11    injunction is abuse or any other harm that one of the
12    remedies listed in paragraphs (1) through (16) of this
13    subsection is designed to prevent, no further evidence is
14    necessary that the harm is an irreparable injury.
15        (18) Telephone services.
16            (A) Unless a condition described in subparagraph
17        (B) of this paragraph exists, the court may, upon
18        request by the petitioner, order a wireless telephone
19        service provider to transfer to the petitioner the
20        right to continue to use a telephone number or numbers
21        indicated by the petitioner and the financial
22        responsibility associated with the number or numbers,
23        as set forth in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph. For
24        purposes of this paragraph (18), the term "wireless
25        telephone service provider" means a provider of
26        commercial mobile service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 332.

 

 

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1        The petitioner may request the transfer of each
2        telephone number that the petitioner, or a minor child
3        in his or her custody, uses. The clerk of the court
4        shall serve the order on the wireless telephone service
5        provider's agent for service of process provided to the
6        Illinois Commerce Commission. The order shall contain
7        all of the following:
8                (i) The name and billing telephone number of
9            the account holder including the name of the
10            wireless telephone service provider that serves
11            the account.
12                (ii) Each telephone number that will be
13            transferred.
14                (iii) A statement that the provider transfers
15            to the petitioner all financial responsibility for
16            and right to the use of any telephone number
17            transferred under this paragraph.
18            (B) A wireless telephone service provider shall
19        terminate the respondent's use of, and shall transfer
20        to the petitioner use of, the telephone number or
21        numbers indicated in subparagraph (A) of this
22        paragraph unless it notifies the petitioner, within 72
23        hours after it receives the order, that one of the
24        following applies:
25                (i) The account holder named in the order has
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1                (ii) A difference in network technology would
2            prevent or impair the functionality of a device on
3            a network if the transfer occurs.
4                (iii) The transfer would cause a geographic or
5            other limitation on network or service provision
6            to the petitioner.
7                (iv) Another technological or operational
8            issue would prevent or impair the use of the
9            telephone number if the transfer occurs.
10            (C) The petitioner assumes all financial
11        responsibility for and right to the use of any
12        telephone number transferred under this paragraph. In
13        this paragraph, "financial responsibility" includes
14        monthly service costs and costs associated with any
15        mobile device associated with the number.
16            (D) A wireless telephone service provider may
17        apply to the petitioner its routine and customary
18        requirements for establishing an account or
19        transferring a number, including requiring the
20        petitioner to provide proof of identification,
21        financial information, and customer preferences.
22            (E) Except for willful or wanton misconduct, a
23        wireless telephone service provider is immune from
24        civil liability for its actions taken in compliance
25        with a court order issued under this paragraph.
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1        services to residential customers shall provide to the
2        Illinois Commerce Commission the name and address of an
3        agent for service of orders entered under this
4        paragraph (18). Any change in status of the registered
5        agent must be reported to the Illinois Commerce
6        Commission within 30 days of such change.
7            (G) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall
8        maintain the list of registered agents for service for
9        each wireless telephone service provider on the
10        Commission's website. The Commission may consult with
11        wireless telephone service providers and the Circuit
12        Court Clerks on the manner in which this information is
13        provided and displayed.
14    (c) Relevant factors; findings.
15        (1) In determining whether to grant a specific remedy,
16    other than payment of support, the court shall consider
17    relevant factors, including but not limited to the
18    following:
19            (i) the nature, frequency, severity, pattern and
20        consequences of the respondent's past abuse, neglect
21        or exploitation within the last 10 years of the
22        petitioner or any family or household member or
23        household animal, including the concealment of his or
24        her location in order to evade service of process or
25        notice, and the likelihood of danger of future abuse,
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1        petitioner's or respondent's family or household; and
2            (ii) the danger that any minor child will be abused
3        or neglected or improperly relocated from the
4        jurisdiction, improperly concealed within the State or
5        improperly separated from the child's primary
6        caretaker; and .
7            (iii) the nature, frequency, severity, pattern,
8        and consequences of the respondent's past abuse,
9        neglect, exploitation of, or criminal actions against,
10        any other person within the past 10 years, including,
11        but not limited to, another witness or another
12        petitioner or any of his or her family or household
13        members or household animals in another order of
14        protection that was issued against respondent in this
15        State or another state, and any criminal actions
16        involving the respondent, regardless of whether the
17        respondent's actions were directed against the
18        petitioner.
19        A prior indication of abuse or violence, whether
20    against the petitioner or against another victim, shall be
21    a significant factor in granting a specific remedy. There
22    is a rebuttable presumption, which may be overcome by clear
23    and convincing evidence, that there is a significant
24    likelihood that the perpetrator shall continue his or her
25    pattern of domestic violence and abuse in the absence of
26    the grant of a specific remedy.

 

 

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1        The court, in determining whether to grant a specific
2    remedy, shall liberally grant remedies in line with the
3    purposes of this Act to protect the physical, financial,
4    mental, and emotional health of the victims.
5        (2) In comparing relative hardships resulting to the
6    parties from loss of possession of the family home, the
7    court shall consider relevant factors, including but not
8    limited to the following:
9            (i) availability, accessibility, cost, safety,
10        adequacy, location and other characteristics of
11        alternate housing for each party and any minor child or
12        dependent adult in the party's care;
13            (ii) the effect on the party's employment; and
14            (iii) the effect on the relationship of the party,
15        and any minor child or dependent adult in the party's
16        care, to family, school, church and community.
17        (3) Subject to the exceptions set forth in paragraph
18    (4) of this subsection, the court shall make its findings
19    in an official record or in writing, and shall at a minimum
20    set forth the following:
21            (i) That the court has considered the applicable
22        relevant factors described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of
23        this subsection.
24            (ii) Whether the conduct or actions of respondent,
25        unless prohibited, will likely cause irreparable harm
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1            (iii) Whether it is necessary to grant the
2        requested relief in order to protect petitioner or
3        other alleged abused persons.
4        (4) For purposes of issuing an ex parte emergency order
5    of protection, the court, as an alternative to or as a
6    supplement to making the findings described in
7    subparagraphs (i) through (iii) of paragraph (3)
8    paragraphs (c)(3)(i) through (c)(3)(iii) of this
9    subsection, may use the following procedure:
10        When a verified petition for an emergency order of
11    protection in accordance with the requirements of Sections
12    203 and 217 is presented to the court, the court shall
13    examine petitioner on oath or affirmation. An emergency
14    order of protection shall be issued by the court if it
15    appears from the contents of the petition and the
16    examination of petitioner that the averments are
17    sufficient to indicate abuse by respondent and to support
18    the granting of relief under the issuance of the emergency
19    order of protection.
20        (5) Never married parties. No rights or
21    responsibilities for a minor child born outside of marriage
22    attach to a putative father until a father and child
23    relationship has been established under the Illinois
24    Parentage Act of 1984, the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015,
25    the Illinois Public Aid Code, Section 12 of the Vital
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1    Act of 1975, the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
2    Support Act, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, the
3    Expedited Child Support Act of 1990, any judicial,
4    administrative, or other act of another state or territory,
5    any other Illinois statute, or by any foreign nation
6    establishing the father and child relationship, any other
7    proceeding substantially in conformity with the Personal
8    Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
9    1996 (Pub. L. 104-193), or where both parties appeared in
10    open court or at an administrative hearing acknowledging
11    under oath or admitting by affirmation the existence of a
12    father and child relationship. Absent such an
13    adjudication, finding, or acknowledgment, no putative
14    father shall be granted temporary allocation of parental
15    responsibilities, including parenting time with the minor
16    child, or physical care and possession of the minor child,
17    nor shall an order of payment for support of the minor
18    child be entered.
19    (d) Balance of hardships; findings. If the court finds that
20the balance of hardships does not support the granting of a
21remedy governed by paragraph (2), (3), (10), (11), or (16) of
22subsection (b) of this Section, which may require such
23balancing, the court's findings shall so indicate and shall
24include a finding as to whether granting the remedy will result
25in hardship to respondent that would substantially outweigh the
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1shall be an official record or in writing.
2    (e) Denial of remedies. Denial of any remedy shall not be
3based, in whole or in part, on evidence that:
4        (1) Respondent has cause for any use of force, unless
5    that cause satisfies the standards for justifiable use of
6    force provided by Article 7 of the Criminal Code of 2012;
7        (2) Respondent was voluntarily intoxicated;
8        (3) Petitioner acted in self-defense or defense of
9    another, provided that, if petitioner utilized force, such
10    force was justifiable under Article 7 of the Criminal Code
11    of 2012;
12        (4) Petitioner did not act in self-defense or defense
13    of another;
14        (5) Petitioner left the residence or household to avoid
15    further abuse, neglect, or exploitation by respondent;
16        (6) Petitioner did not leave the residence or household
17    to avoid further abuse, neglect, or exploitation by
18    respondent;
19        (7) Conduct by any family or household member excused
20    the abuse, neglect, or exploitation by respondent, unless
21    that same conduct would have excused such abuse, neglect,
22    or exploitation if the parties had not been family or
23    household members.
24(Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16; 99-90, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642,
25eff. 7-28-16; 100-388, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18;
26100-923, eff. 1-1-19.)
 

 

 

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1    (750 ILCS 60/302)  (from Ch. 40, par. 2313-2)
2    Sec. 302. Data maintenance by law enforcement agencies.
3    (a) All sheriffs shall furnish to the Department of State
4Police, on the same day as received, in the form and detail the
5Department requires, copies of any recorded emergency,
6interim, or plenary orders of protection issued by the court,
7and any foreign orders of protection filed by the clerk of the
8court, and transmitted to the sheriff by the clerk of the court
9pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 222 of this Act. Each
10order of protection shall be entered in the Law Enforcement
11Agencies Data System on the same day it is issued by the court.
12If an emergency order of protection was issued in accordance
13with subsection (c) of Section 217, the order shall be entered
14in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System as soon as possible
15after receipt from the clerk.
16    (b) The Department of State Police shall maintain a
17complete and systematic record and index of all valid or
18expired and recorded orders of protection issued pursuant to
19this Act for at least 20 years. The data shall be used to
20inform all dispatchers and law enforcement officers at the
21scene of an alleged incident of abuse, neglect, or exploitation
22or violation of an order of protection of (i) any recorded
23prior incident of abuse, neglect, or exploitation involving the
24abused, neglected, or exploited party and the effective dates
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1recorded prior incident of abuse, neglect, or exploitation
2involving the respondent engaging in abuse, neglect, or
3exploitation against other parties and the effective dates and
4terms of any recorded order of protection. The data shall also
5be used pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section
6214 to inform the court in proceedings when determining whether
7to issue an order of protection, and shall be used when
8considering a pattern of abuse of (1) any recorded prior
9incident of abuse, neglect, or exploitation involving the
10abused, neglected, or exploited party and the effective dates
11and terms of any recorded order of protection, and (2) any
12recorded prior incident of abuse, neglect, or exploitation
13involving the respondent engaging in abuse, neglect, or
14exploitation against other parties and the effective dates and
15terms of any recorded order of protection.
16    (c) The data, records and transmittals required under this
17Section shall pertain to any valid emergency, interim or
18plenary order of protection, whether issued in a civil or
19criminal proceeding or authorized under the laws of another
20state, tribe, or United States territory.
21(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
22    (750 ILCS 60/302.5 new)
23    Sec. 302.5. National Crime Information Center.
24    (a) The data contained in the National Crime Information
25Center database shall be used to inform all dispatchers and law

 

 

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1enforcement officers at the scene of an alleged incident of
2abuse, neglect, or exploitation or violation of an order of
3protection of (i) any prior criminal incident involving the
4abused, neglected, or exploited party, and (ii) any prior
5criminal incident involving the respondent. The data shall also
6be used pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section
7214 to inform the court in proceedings when determining whether
8to issue an order of protection, and shall be used when
9considering a pattern of abuse of (1) any prior criminal
10incident involving the abused, neglected, or exploited party,
11and (2) any prior criminal incident involving the respondent.
12    (b) All criminal information meeting the criteria of the
13information gathered by the National Crime Information Center
14shall be provided to the National Crime Information Center for
15the database by the courts, State and local law enforcement
16agencies, and other State and local criminal justice agencies
17within 24 hours of receipt of the information.
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.