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Public Act 90-0539

SB368 Re-enrolled                              LRB9001054SMdv

    AN ACT regarding child support obligations.

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

    Section  5.   The  Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
changing Sections 10-10 and 10-11 as follows:

    (305 ILCS 5/10-10) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-10)
    Sec. 10-10.  Court  enforcement;  applicability  also  to
persons  who  are not applicants or recipients.  Except where
the Illinois Department, by agreement,  acts  for  the  local
governmental  unit,  as  provided  in  Section  10-3.1, local
governmental units shall refer to the State's Attorney or  to
the proper legal representative of the governmental unit, for
judicial   enforcement   as  herein  provided,  instances  of
non-support or insufficient support when the  dependents  are
applicants  or  recipients  under  Article VI.  The Child and
Spouse  Support  Unit  established  by  Section  10-3.1   may
institute  in  behalf  of the Illinois Department any actions
under this Section for judicial enforcement  of  the  support
liability   when   the   dependents  are  (a)  applicants  or
recipients under Articles III, IV, V or VII (b) applicants or
recipients in a local governmental  unit  when  the  Illinois
Department,   by   agreement,  acts  for  the  unit;  or  (c)
non-applicants or non-recipients who  are  receiving  support
enforcement  services  under  this  Article X, as provided in
Section 10-1. Where the Child and  Spouse  Support  Unit  has
exercised   its  option  and  discretion  not  to  apply  the
provisions of Sections 10-3 through 10-8, the failure by  the
Unit  to apply such provisions shall not be a bar to bringing
an action under this Section.
    Action shall be brought in the circuit  court  to  obtain
support, or for the recovery of aid granted during the period
such  support was not provided, or both for the obtainment of
support and the recovery of the aid  provided.   Actions  for
the  recovery  of  aid may be taken separately or they may be
consolidated with actions to obtain  support.   Such  actions
may be brought in the name of the person or persons requiring
support,  or  may  be  brought  in  the  name of the Illinois
Department or  the  local  governmental  unit,  as  the  case
requires, in behalf of such persons.
    The court may enter such orders for the payment of moneys
for  the  support  of the person as may be just and equitable
and may direct payment thereof for such period or periods  of
time  as  the  circumstances require, including support for a
period before the date the order for support is entered.  The
order may be entered against any  or  all  of  the  defendant
responsible relatives and may be based upon the proportionate
ability of each to contribute to the person's support.
    The  Court  shall  determine  the amount of child support
(including child support for a period  before  the  date  the
order  for  child support is entered) by using the guidelines
and standards set forth in subsection (a) of Section 505  and
in  Section 505.2 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
Marriage Act. For purposes of determining the amount of child
support to be paid for a period before the date the order for
child support is entered, there is a  rebuttable  presumption
that  the  responsible  relative's net income for that period
was the same as his or her net income at the time  the  order
is entered.
    An  order  entered  under  this  Section  shall include a
provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee  and
to  the  clerk  of court within 10 days each time the obligor
obtains  new  employment,  and  each   time   the   obligor's
employment  is terminated for any reason. The report shall be
in writing and shall, in the case of new employment,  include
the  name  and address of the new employer. Failure to report
new employment or the termination of current  employment,  if
coupled  with nonpayment of support for a period in excess of
60 days, is indirect  criminal  contempt.   For  any  obligor
arrested  for  failure to report new employment bond shall be
set in the amount of the child support that should have  been
paid  during  the  period of unreported employment.  An order
entered under this Section shall  also  include  a  provision
requiring  the  obligor  and  obligee  parents to advise each
other of a change in residence within 5 days  of  the  change
except  when  the  court  finds that the physical, mental, or
emotional health of a party or that  of  a  minor  child,  or
both,  would  be  seriously  endangered  by disclosure of the
party's address.
    The Court shall determine the amount of maintenance using
the standards set  forth  in  Section  504  of  the  Illinois
Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
    Any  new  or  existing support order entered by the court
under this  Section  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  series  of
judgments   against  the  person  obligated  to  pay  support
thereunder, each such judgment to be in the  amount  of  each
payment  or  installment of support and each such judgment to
be deemed entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
Each such judgment shall have  the  full  force,  effect  and
attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
ability  to  be  enforced.   Any  such judgment is subject to
modification or termination only in accordance  with  Section
510 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
    When  an order is entered for the support of a minor, the
court may provide therein for reasonable  visitation  of  the
minor  by the person or persons who provided support pursuant
to the order.  Whoever willfully refuses to comply with  such
visitation order or willfully interferes with its enforcement
may be declared in contempt of court and punished therefor.
    Except where the local governmental unit has entered into
an  agreement  with the Illinois Department for the Child and
Spouse Support Unit to act for it,  as  provided  in  Section
10-3.1,   support  orders  entered  by  the  court  in  cases
involving applicants or recipients  under  Article  VI  shall
provide  that  payments  thereunder  be  made directly to the
local governmental unit.  Orders for the support of all other
applicants  or  recipients  shall   provide   that   payments
thereunder  be  made  directly to the Illinois Department. In
accordance with federal law  and  regulations,  the  Illinois
Department   may  continue  to  collect  current  maintenance
payments or child support  payments,  or  both,  after  those
persons   cease   to  receive  public  assistance  and  until
termination  of  services  under  Article  X.   The  Illinois
Department shall  pay  the  net  amount  collected  to  those
persons  after  deducting  any  costs  incurred in making the
collection or any collection  fee  from  the  amount  of  any
recovery  made.   In  both  cases  the order shall permit the
local governmental unit or the Illinois  Department,  as  the
case  may be, to direct the responsible relative or relatives
to make support payments directly to the needy person, or  to
some  person  or  agency  in  his behalf, upon removal of the
person from the public  aid  rolls  or  upon  termination  of
services under Article X.
    If  the  notice of support due issued pursuant to Section
10-7 directs that support payments be made  directly  to  the
needy  person, or to some person or agency in his behalf, and
the recipient is removed from the  public  aid  rolls,  court
action   may   be  taken  against  the  responsible  relative
hereunder if he fails to furnish support in  accordance  with
the terms of such notice.
    Actions  may also be brought under this Section in behalf
of any person who is in  need  of  support  from  responsible
relatives,  as  defined  in Section 2-11 of Article II who is
not an applicant for or recipient of financial aid under this
Code.  In such instances, the State's Attorney of the  county
in  which  such person resides shall bring action against the
responsible relatives hereunder.  If the Illinois Department,
as authorized by Section 10-1, extends the  support  services
provided  by  this  Article to spouses and dependent children
who are not applicants or recipients  under  this  Code,  the
Child  and  Spouse Support Unit established by Section 10-3.1
shall  bring  action  against   the   responsible   relatives
hereunder and any support orders entered by the court in such
cases shall provide that payments thereunder be made directly
to the Illinois Department.
    Whenever it is determined in a proceeding to establish or
enforce  a  child  support or maintenance obligation that the
person owing a duty of support is unemployed, the  court  may
order  the  person to seek employment and report periodically
to the court with a diary, listing or other memorandum of his
or her efforts in accordance with such order.   Additionally,
the  court  may  order the unemployed person to report to the
Department of Employment Security for job search services  or
to  make application with the local Jobs Training Partnership
Act provider for participation in  job  search,  training  or
work  programs  and  where  the  duty of support is owed to a
child receiving support services under this  Article  X,  the
court  may  order  the  unemployed  person  to  report to the
Illinois Department for participation in job search, training
or work programs established under Section 9-6 of this Code.
    A  determination  under  this  Section   shall   not   be
administratively  reviewable  by  the procedures specified in
Sections 10-12, and 10-13  to  10-13.10.   Any  determination
under these Sections, if made the basis of court action under
this   Section,   shall  not  affect  the  de  novo  judicial
determination required under this Section.
    A one-time charge of 20% is imposable upon the amount  of
past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which has accrued
under a support order entered by the court.  The charge shall
be imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10-21
of  this  Code  and  shall  be  enforced  by  the  court upon
petition.
    An order for support entered or modified  in  a  case  in
which  a party is receiving child and spouse support services
under this Article X shall include a provision requiring  the
non-custodial  parent  to  notify  the  Illinois  Department,
within 7 days, of the name and address of any new employer of
the  non-custodial  parent,  whether the non-custodial parent
has access to health insurance coverage through the  employer
or  other  group  coverage,  and,  if so, the policy name and
number and the names of persons covered under the policy.
    An order for support shall include a date  on  which  the
current  support obligation terminates.  The termination date
shall be no earlier than the date on which the child  covered
by  the order will attain the age of majority or is otherwise
emancipated.  The order for  support  shall  state  that  the
termination  date  does  not  apply to any arrearage that may
remain unpaid on that date.  Nothing in this paragraph  shall
be construed to prevent the court from modifying the order.
    Upon   notification   in   writing   or   by   electronic
transmission from the Illinois Department to the clerk of the
court  that  a person who is receiving support payments under
this Section is receiving services under  the  Child  Support
Enforcement  Program  established by Title IV-D of the Social
Security Act, any support payments subsequently  received  by
the  clerk  of  the  court shall be transmitted in accordance
with the instructions of the Illinois  Department  until  the
Illinois Department gives notice to the clerk of the court to
cease  the  transmittal.    After  providing the notification
authorized under  this  paragraph,  the  Illinois  Department
shall  be  entitled  as  a  party  to  notice  of any further
proceedings in the case.  The clerk of the court shall file a
copy of the Illinois Department's notification in  the  court
file.     The   clerk's   failure  to  file  a  copy  of  the
notification in the court file shall not, however, affect the
Illinois Department's right  to  receive  notice  of  further
proceedings.
    Payments  under  this  Section to the Illinois Department
pursuant to the Child Support Enforcement Program established
by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act shall be  paid  into
the  Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund. All other payments
under this  Section  to  the  Illinois  Department  shall  be
deposited  in  the  Public  Assistance Recoveries Trust Fund.
Disbursements from  these  funds  shall  be  as  provided  in
Sections  12-9 and 12-10.2 of this Code. Payments received by
a local governmental unit shall be deposited in  that  unit's
General Assistance Fund.
(Source: P.A. 88-307; 88-687, eff. 1-24-95.)

    (305 ILCS 5/10-11) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-11)
    Sec.  10-11.   Administrative  Orders. In lieu of actions
for court enforcement of support  under  Section  10-10,  the
Child  and Spouse Support Unit of the Illinois Department, in
accordance with the rules of  the  Illinois  Department,  may
issue  an  administrative  order  requiring  the  responsible
relative  to  comply  with the terms of the determination and
notice of support due, determined and issued  under  Sections
10-6  and  10-7.    The Unit may also enter an administrative
order  under   subsection   (b)   of   Section   10-7.    The
administrative  order  shall  be  served upon the responsible
relative by United States registered or certified mail.
    If a responsible relative fails to petition the  Illinois
Department   for   release   from   or  modification  of  the
administrative order, as provided in Section 10-12, the order
shall  become  final  and   there   shall   be   no   further
administrative  or  judicial  remedy.  Likewise a decision by
the Illinois Department as  a  result  of  an  administrative
hearing,  as  provided  in  Sections 10-13 to 10-13.10, shall
become final and enforceable if not judicially reviewed under
the Administrative Review Law, as provided in Section 10-14.
    Any new or existing support order entered by the Illinois
Department under this Section shall be deemed to be a  series
of  judgments  against  the  person  obligated to pay support
thereunder, each such judgment to be in the  amount  of  each
payment  or  installment of support and each such judgment to
be deemed entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
Each such  judgment shall have the  full  force,  effect  and
attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
ability  to  be  enforced.   Any  such judgment is subject to
modification or termination only in accordance  with  Section
510 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
    An  order  entered  under  this  Section  shall include a
provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee  and
to  the  clerk  of court within 10 days each time the obligor
obtains  new  employment,  and  each   time   the   obligor's
employment  is terminated for any reason. The report shall be
in writing and shall, in the case of new employment,  include
the  name  and address of the new employer. Failure to report
new employment or the termination of current  employment,  if
coupled  with nonpayment of support for a period in excess of
60 days, is indirect  criminal  contempt.   For  any  obligor
arrested  for  failure to report new employment bond shall be
set in the amount of the child support that should have  been
paid  during  the  period of unreported employment.  An order
entered under this Section shall  also  include  a  provision
requiring  the  obligor  and  obligee  parents to advise each
other of a change in residence within 5 days  of  the  change
except  when  the  court  finds that the physical, mental, or
emotional health of a party or that  of  a  minor  child,  or
both,  would  be  seriously  endangered  by disclosure of the
party's address.
    A one-time charge of 20% is imposable upon the amount  of
past-due  child  support  owed  on  July  1,  1988, which has
accrued  under  a  support  order  entered  by  the  Illinois
Department under this Section.  The charge shall  be  imposed
in  accordance with the provisions of Section 10-21 and shall
be enforced by the court in a suit filed under Section 10-15.
(Source: P.A. 85-1156.)

    Section 10.  The Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of
Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 505 as follows:

    (750 ILCS 5/505) (from Ch. 40, par. 505)
    Sec. 505.  Child support; contempt; penalties.
    (a)  In  a  proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal
separation,  declaration  of  invalidity   of   marriage,   a
proceeding  for  child  support  following dissolution of the
marriage by a court which lacked personal  jurisdiction  over
the  absent  spouse,  a  proceeding  for  modification  of  a
previous  order  for  child support under Section 510 of this
Act, or any proceeding authorized under Section 501 or 601 of
this Act, the court may order either or both parents owing  a
duty  of  support to a child of the marriage to pay an amount
reasonable and necessary for his support, without  regard  to
marital  misconduct.  The  duty  of  support  owed to a minor
child includes the obligation to provide for  the  reasonable
and  necessary physical, mental and emotional health needs of
the child.
         (1)  The Court shall determine the minimum amount of
    support by using the following guidelines:
      Number of Children       Percent of Supporting Party's
          Net Income
              1                             20%
              2                             25%
              3                             32%
              4                             40%
              5                             45%
          6 or more                         50%
         (2)  The above guidelines shall be applied  in  each
    case unless the court makes a finding that application of
    the  guidelines would be inappropriate, after considering
    the best interests of the  child  in  light  of  evidence
    including but not limited to one or more of the following
    relevant factors:
              (a)  the  financial  resources and needs of the
         child;
              (b)  the financial resources and needs  of  the
         custodial parent;
              (c)  the  standard  of  living  the child would
         have enjoyed had the marriage not been dissolved;
              (d)  the physical and  emotional  condition  of
         the child, and his educational needs; and
              (e)  the  financial  resources and needs of the
         non-custodial parent.
         If the  court  deviates  from  the  guidelines,  the
    court's  finding  shall  state the amount of support that
    would  have  been  required  under  the  guidelines,   if
    determinable.   The  court  shall  include  the reason or
    reasons for the variance from the guidelines.
         (3)  "Net income" is defined as  the  total  of  all
    income from all sources, minus the following deductions:
              (a)  Federal  income  tax  (properly calculated
         withholding or estimated payments);
              (b)  State  income  tax  (properly   calculated
         withholding or estimated payments);
              (c)  Social Security (FICA payments);
              (d)  Mandatory     retirement     contributions
         required by law or as a condition of employment;
              (e)  Union dues;
              (f)  Dependent          and          individual
         health/hospitalization insurance premiums;
              (g)  Prior    obligations    of    support   or
         maintenance actually paid pursuant to a court order;
              (h)  Expenditures for repayment of  debts  that
         represent  reasonable and necessary expenses for the
         production of income, medical expenditures necessary
         to preserve life or health, reasonable  expenditures
         for  the  benefit of the child and the other parent,
         exclusive of gifts.   The  court  shall  reduce  net
         income  in determining the minimum amount of support
         to be ordered only for the period that such payments
         are  due  and  shall  enter  an   order   containing
         provisions  for its self-executing modification upon
         termination of such payment period.
         (4)  In cases where the  court  order  provides  for
    health/hospitalization  insurance  coverage  pursuant  to
    Section   505.2  of  this  Act,  the  premiums  for  that
    insurance, or that portion of the premiums for which  the
    supporting  party is responsible in the case of insurance
    provided through  an  employer's  health  insurance  plan
    where  the employer pays a portion of the premiums, shall
    be subtracted from net income in determining the  minimum
    amount of support to be ordered.
         (4.5)  In  a  proceeding for child support following
    dissolution of  the  marriage  by  a  court  that  lacked
    personal  jurisdiction  over  the  absent  spouse, and in
    which the court is requiring payment of support  for  the
    period  before  the  date an order for current support is
    entered, there  is  a  rebuttable  presumption  that  the
    supporting  party's  net  income for the prior period was
    the same as his or her net income at the time  the  order
    for current support is entered.
         (5)  If  the net income cannot be determined because
    of default or any other reason,  the  court  shall  order
    support   in  an  amount  considered  reasonable  in  the
    particular case.  The final  order  in  all  cases  shall
    state the support level in dollar amounts.
    (b)  Failure  of either parent to comply with an order to
pay  support  shall  be  punishable  as  in  other  cases  of
contempt.  In addition to other penalties provided by law the
Court may, after finding the parent guilty of contempt, order
that the parent be:
         (1)  placed on probation  with  such  conditions  of
    probation as the Court deems advisable;
         (2)  sentenced to periodic imprisonment for a period
    not to exceed 6 months; provided, however, that the Court
    may  permit the parent to be released for periods of time
    during the day or night to:
              (A)  work; or
              (B)  conduct a business or other  self-employed
         occupation.
    The  Court  may  further  order  any  part  or all of the
earnings  of  a  parent  during  a   sentence   of   periodic
imprisonment paid to the Clerk of the Circuit Court or to the
parent  having  custody  or to the guardian having custody of
the minor children of the sentenced parent for the support of
said minor children until further order of the Court.
    The court may also order in cases where the parent is  90
days  or  more  delinquent  in payment of support or has been
adjudicated  in  arrears  in  an  amount  equal  to  90  days
obligation  or  more,  that  the  parent's  Illinois  driving
privileges be suspended until the court determines  that  the
parent  is in compliance with the order of support. The court
may also order that the parent be issued a  family  financial
responsibility   driving  permit  that  would  allow  limited
driving privileges for employment  and  medical  purposes  in
accordance with Section 7-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
The  clerk  of  the  circuit  court  shall  certify the order
suspending the driving privileges of the parent  or  granting
the  issuance  of  a  family financial responsibility driving
permit to the Secretary of State on forms prescribed  by  the
Secretary.  Upon  receipt of the authenticated documents, the
Secretary  of  State  shall  suspend  the  parent's   driving
privileges  until  further  order  of the court and shall, if
ordered by the court, subject to the  provisions  of  Section
7-702.1   of  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code,  issue  a  family
financial responsibility driving permit to the parent.
    (c)  A one-time charge  of  20%  is  imposable  upon  the
amount  of  past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which
has accrued under a support order entered by the court.   The
charge  shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions of
Section 10-21 of the Illinois Public Aid Code  and  shall  be
enforced by the court upon petition.
    (d)  Any  new  or  existing  support order entered by the
court under this Section shall be deemed to be  a  series  of
judgments   against  the  person  obligated  to  pay  support
thereunder, each such judgment to be in the  amount  of  each
payment  or  installment of support and each such judgment to
be deemed entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
Each such judgment shall have  the  full  force,  effect  and
attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
ability to be enforced.
    (e)  When  child  support is to be paid through the clerk
of the court in a county of 1,000,000  inhabitants  or  less,
the  order  shall  direct the obligor to pay to the clerk, in
addition to the child support payments, all fees  imposed  by
the  county  board  under  paragraph (3) of subsection (u) of
Section 27.1 of the Clerks of Courts  Act.   Unless  paid  in
cash  or pursuant to an order for withholding, the payment of
the fee shall be by a separate instrument  from  the  support
payment and shall be made to the order of the Clerk.
    (f)  An  order  for support entered or modified in a case
in which a  party  is  receiving  child  and  spouse  support
services  under  Article  X  of  the Illinois Public Aid Code
shall include a provision requiring the obligor to notify the
Illinois Department of Public Aid, within 7 days, (i) of  the
name  and  address  of  any new employer of the obligor, (ii)
whether the obligor has access to health  insurance  coverage
through  the  employer  or other group coverage, and (iii) if
so, the policy name and  number  and  the  names  of  persons
covered under the policy.
    (g)  An  order  for support shall include a date on which
the current support obligation terminates.   The  termination
date  shall  be  no  earlier than the date on which the child
covered by the order will attain the age of  majority  or  is
otherwise  emancipated.    The  order for support shall state
that the termination date does not  apply  to  any  arrearage
that  may  remain  unpaid  on  that  date.   Nothing  in this
subsection shall be  construed  to  prevent  the  court  from
modifying the order.
    (h)  An  order entered under this Section shall include a
provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee  and
to  the  clerk  of court within 10 days each time the obligor
obtains  new  employment,  and  each   time   the   obligor's
employment  is terminated for any reason. The report shall be
in writing and shall, in the case of new employment,  include
the  name  and address of the new employer. Failure to report
new employment or the termination of current  employment,  if
coupled  with nonpayment of support for a period in excess of
60 days, is indirect  criminal  contempt.   For  any  obligor
arrested  for  failure to report new employment bond shall be
set in the amount of the child support that should have  been
paid  during  the  period of unreported employment.  An order
entered under this Section shall  also  include  a  provision
requiring  the  obligor  and  obligee  parents to advise each
other of a change in residence within 5 days  of  the  change
except  when  the  court  finds that the physical, mental, or
emotional health of a party or that  of  a  minor  child,  or
both,  would  be  seriously  endangered  by disclosure of the
party's address.
(Source: P.A.  88-307;  88-687,  eff.  1-24-95;  89-88,  eff.
6-30-95; 89-92, eff. 7-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

    Section  15.   The Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act
is amended by changing Sections 3 and 4 as follows:

    (750 ILCS 15/3) (from Ch. 40, par. 1106)
    Sec. 3.  At any time before the trial, upon motion of the
State's Attorney, or of the Attorney General  if  the  action
has  been  instituted  by  his office, and upon notice to the
defendant, or at the time of arraignment or as a condition of
the postponement of arraignment, the court at  any  time  may
enter  such  temporary  order as may seem just, providing for
the support or maintenance of the spouse or child or children
of the defendant, or both, pendente lite.
    The Court shall determine the amount of child support  by
using  the  guidelines  and standards set forth in subsection
(a) of Section 505 and  in  Section  505.2  of  the  Illinois
Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
    An  order  entered  under  this  Section  shall include a
provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee  and
to  the  clerk  of court within 10 days each time the obligor
obtains  new  employment,  and  each   time   the   obligor's
employment  is terminated for any reason. The report shall be
in writing and shall, in the case of new employment,  include
the  name  and address of the new employer. Failure to report
new employment or the termination of current  employment,  if
coupled  with nonpayment of support for a period in excess of
60 days, is indirect  criminal  contempt.   For  any  obligor
arrested  for  failure to report new employment bond shall be
set in the amount of the child support that should have  been
paid  during  the  period of unreported employment.  An order
entered under this Section shall  also  include  a  provision
requiring  the  obligor  and  obligee  parents to advise each
other of a change in residence within 5 days  of  the  change
except  when  the  court  finds that the physical, mental, or
emotional health of a party or that  of  a  minor  child,  or
both,  would  be  seriously  endangered  by disclosure of the
party's address.
    The Court shall determine the amount of maintenance using
the standards set  forth  in  Section  504  of  the  Illinois
Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
    The  court  may  for  violation  of  any order under this
Section punish the offender as for a contempt of  court,  but
no  pendente  lite  order  shall remain in force for a longer
term than 4 months, or after the discharge of  any  panel  of
jurors   summoned  for  service  thereafter  in  such  court,
whichever is the sooner.
    Any new or existing support order entered  by  the  court
under  this  Section  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  series of
judgments  against  the  person  obligated  to  pay   support
thereunder,  each  such  judgment to be in the amount of each
payment or installment of support and each such  judgment  to
be deemed entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
Each  such  judgment  shall  have  the full force, effect and
attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
ability to be enforced.  Any  such  judgment  is  subject  to
modification  or  termination only in accordance with Section
510 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
    A one-time interest charge of 20% is imposable  upon  the
amount  of  past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which
has accrued under a support order entered by the court.   The
charge  shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions of
Section 10-21 of the Illinois Public Aid Code  and  shall  be
enforced by the court upon petition.
    An  order  for  support  entered or modified in a case in
which a party is receiving child and spouse support  services
under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code shall include
a  provision requiring the non-custodial parent to notify the
Illinois Department of Public Aid, within 7 days, of the name
and address of any new employer of the non-custodial  parent,
whether   the  non-custodial  parent  has  access  to  health
insurance  coverage  through  the  employer  or  other  group
coverage, and, if so, the policy  name  and  number  and  the
names of persons covered under the policy.
    An  order  for  support shall include a date on which the
current support obligation terminates.  The termination  date
shall  be no earlier than the date on which the child covered
by the order will attain the age of majority or is  otherwise
emancipated.    The  order  for  support shall state that the
termination date does not apply to  any  arrearage  that  may
remain  unpaid on that date.  Nothing in this paragraph shall
be construed to prevent the court from modifying the order.
(Source: P.A. 88-307.)

    (750 ILCS 15/4) (from Ch. 40, par. 1107)
    Sec. 4.  Whenever a fine is imposed it may be directed by
the court to be paid, in whole or in part, to the spouse,  or
if  the  support of a minor child or children is involved, to
the clerk, probation officer, the Court Service  Division  of
the  County Department of Public Aid in counties of 3 million
or more population or to the Illinois  Department  of  Public
Aid or a local governmental unit if a recipient of public aid
is  involved,  in  accordance  with  Section 2.1, as the case
requires,  to  be  disbursed  by  such  officers,  agency  or
governmental unit under the  terms  of  the  order.  However,
before the trial with the consent of the defendant, or at the
trial  on  entry  of  a  plea of guilty, or after conviction,
instead of imposing the penalty provided in this Act,  or  in
addition  thereto, the court in its discretion, having regard
to the circumstances and the  financial  ability  or  earning
capacity  of  the  defendant,  may  make an order, subject to
change by the court from time to time  as  circumstances  may
require,  directing  the  defendant  to  pay  a  certain  sum
periodically  for  a term not exceeding 3 years to the spouse
or, if the support of a minor child or children is  involved,
to  the  clerk, probation officer, the Court Service Division
of the County Department of  Public  Aid  in  counties  of  3
million  or  more population or to the Illinois Department of
Public Aid or a local governmental unit  if  a  recipient  of
public aid is involved in accordance with Section 2.1, as the
case  requires,  to  be disbursed by such officers, agency or
governmental unit under the terms of the order.
    The Court shall determine the amount of child support  by
using  the  standards  set forth in subsection (a) of Section
505 and  in  Section  505.2  of  the  Illinois  Marriage  and
Dissolution of Marriage Act.
    An  order  entered  under  this  Section  shall include a
provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee  and
to  the  clerk  of court within 10 days each time the obligor
obtains  new  employment,  and  each   time   the   obligor's
employment  is terminated for any reason. The report shall be
in writing and shall, in the case of new employment,  include
the  name  and address of the new employer. Failure to report
new employment or the termination of current  employment,  if
coupled  with nonpayment of support for a period in excess of
60 days, is indirect  criminal  contempt.   For  any  obligor
arrested  for  failure to report new employment bond shall be
set in the amount of the child support that should have  been
paid  during  the  period of unreported employment.  An order
entered under this Section shall  also  include  a  provision
requiring  the  obligor  and  obligee  parents to advise each
other of a change in residence within 5 days  of  the  change
except  when  the  court  finds that the physical, mental, or
emotional health of a party or that  of  a  minor  child,  or
both,  would  be  seriously  endangered  by disclosure of the
party's address.
    The Court shall determine the amount of maintenance using
the standards set  forth  in  Section  504  of  the  Illinois
Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
    The  court may also relieve the defendant from custody on
probation for the period fixed in the order or judgment  upon
his  or  her  entering  into  a recognizance, with or without
surety, in such sum as the court  orders  and  approves.  The
condition  of  the  recognizance  shall  be  such that if the
defendant makes his  or  her  personal  appearance  in  court
whenever ordered to do so by the court, during such period as
may  be  so fixed, and further complies with the terms of the
order of support, or of any subsequent modification  thereof,
then  the recognizance shall be void; otherwise in full force
and effect.
    Any new or existing support order entered  by  the  court
under  this  Section  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  series of
judgments  against  the  person  obligated  to  pay   support
thereunder,  each  such  judgment to be in the amount of each
payment or installment of support and each such  judgment  to
be deemed entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
Each  such  judgment  shall  have  the full force, effect and
attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
ability to be enforced.  Any  such  judgment  is  subject  to
modification  or  termination only in accordance with Section
510 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
    A one-time charge of 20% is imposable upon the amount  of
past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which has accrued
under a support order entered by the court.  The charge shall
be imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10-21
of  the Illinois Public Aid Code and shall be enforced by the
court upon petition.
    An order for support entered or modified  in  a  case  in
which  a party is receiving child and spouse support services
under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code shall include
a provision requiring the non-custodial parent to notify  the
Illinois Department of Public Aid, within 7 days, of the name
and  address of any new employer of the non-custodial parent,
whether  the  non-custodial  parent  has  access  to   health
insurance  coverage  through  the  employer  or  other  group
coverage,  and,  if  so,  the  policy name and number and the
names of persons covered under the policy.
    An order for support shall include a date  on  which  the
current  support obligation terminates.  The termination date
shall be no earlier than the date on which the child  covered
by  the order will attain the age of majority or is otherwise
emancipated.  The order for  support  shall  state  that  the
termination  date  does  not  apply to any arrearage that may
remain unpaid on that date.  Nothing in this paragraph  shall
be construed to prevent the court from modifying the order.
(Source: P.A. 88-307.)

    Section  20.   The Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement
of Support Act is amended by changing Section 24 as follows:

    (750 ILCS 20/24) (from Ch. 40, par. 1224)
    Sec. 24. Order of Support.  If the responding court finds
a duty of support it may order the obligor to furnish support
or reimbursement therefor and subject  the  property  of  the
obligor to the order.
    Any  new  or existing support order entered by a court or
administrative body of this  or  any  other  State  shall  be
deemed  to  be  a  series  of  judgments  against  the person
obligated to pay support thereunder, each such judgment to be
in the amount of each payment or installment of  support  and
each  such  judgment  to be deemed entered as of the date the
corresponding payment or installment becomes  due  under  the
terms of the support order.  Each such judgment shall:
         (1)  have  the full force, effect, and attributes of
    any other judgment of such State, including  the  ability
    to be enforced;
         (2)  be  entitled  as  a  judgment to full faith and
    credit in this and any other State; and
         (3)  not be subject to retroactive  modification  by
    this  or  any  other  State;  except that modification is
    permitted with respect to any period during  which  there
    is pending a petition for modification, but only from the
    date  that  notice  of  such  petition  has been given in
    accordance with law.
    Where the terms of a support order entered by a court  or
administrative body of this or any other State are subject to
modification,  or  where action is not based upon such order,
the Illinois court shall determine the amount of  maintenance
or  child  support  by using the guidelines and standards set
forth in Section 504, or in subsection (a) of Section 505 and
in Section 505.2 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution  of
Marriage Act, respectively.
    When no prior support order exists, but the court finds a
duty  of support and enters an order for current support, the
court may enter an order for payment of support for a  period
before  the  date  the  order for current support is entered.
Support for the prior period shall be determined by using the
guidelines and standards set forth  in  Section  504,  or  in
subsection  (a)  of  Section 505, and in Section 505.2 of the
Illinois Marriage  and  Dissolution  of  Marriage  Act.   For
purposes  of determining the amount of support to be paid for
the prior period, there is a rebuttable presumption that  the
obligor's  net  income for that period was the same as his or
her net income at the time the order for current  support  is
entered.
    Support  orders  made  pursuant to this Act shall require
that payments be made to  the  clerk  of  the  court  of  the
responding  state.  The court and prosecuting attorney of any
county in which the obligor is present or has  property  have
the same powers and duties to enforce the order as have those
of the county in which it was first issued. If enforcement is
impossible  or cannot be completed in the county in which the
order was issued,  the  prosecuting  attorney  shall  send  a
certified  copy  of  the order to the prosecuting attorney of
any county in which it appears that  proceedings  to  enforce
the  order  would  be  effective. The prosecuting attorney to
whom the certified copy  of  the  order  is  forwarded  shall
proceed  with  enforcement  and  report  the  results  of the
proceedings to the court first issuing the order.
    An order entered  under  this  Section  shall  include  a
provision  requiring the obligor to report to the obligee and
to the clerk of court within 10 days each  time  the  obligor
obtains   new   employment,   and  each  time  the  obligor's
employment is terminated for any reason. The report shall  be
in  writing and shall, in the case of new employment, include
the name and address of the new employer. Failure  to  report
new  employment  or the termination of current employment, if
coupled with nonpayment of support for a period in excess  of
60  days,  is  indirect  criminal  contempt.  For any obligor
arrested for failure to report new employment bond  shall  be
set  in the amount of the child support that should have been
paid during the period of unreported  employment.   An  order
entered  under  this  Section  shall also include a provision
requiring the obligor and  obligee  parents  to  advise  each
other  of  a  change in residence within 5 days of the change
except when the court finds that  the  physical,  mental,  or
emotional  health  of  a  party  or that of a minor child, or
both, would be seriously  endangered  by  disclosure  of  the
party's address.
    A  one-time charge of 20% is imposable upon the amount of
past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which has accrued
under a support order entered by the court.  The charge shall
be imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10-21
of the Illinois Public Aid Code and shall be enforced by  the
court upon petition.
    A court or administrative body of this State may modify a
support  order  of  another state only if that other state no
longer  has  continuing,  exclusive   jurisdiction   of   the
proceeding in which the support order was entered.  The order
must   be   registered  under  Section  609  of  the  Uniform
Interstate Family Support Act and may  be  modified  only  if
permitted  under Section 611 of the Uniform Interstate Family
Support Act.
    An order for support entered or modified  in  a  case  in
which  a party is receiving child and spouse support services
under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code shall include
a provision requiring the non-custodial parent to notify  the
Illinois Department of Public Aid, within 7 days, of the name
and  address of any new employer of the non-custodial parent,
whether  the  non-custodial  parent  has  access  to   health
insurance  coverage  through  the  employer  or  other  group
coverage,  and,  if  so,  the  policy name and number and the
names of persons covered under the policy.
    An order for support shall include a date  on  which  the
current  support obligation terminates.  The termination date
shall be no earlier than the date on which the child  covered
by  the order will attain the age of majority or is otherwise
emancipated.  The order for  support  shall  state  that  the
termination  date  does  not  apply to any arrearage that may
remain unpaid on that date.  Nothing in this paragraph  shall
be construed to prevent the court from modifying the order.
(Source:  P.A.  88-307; 88-550 (eff. date changed from 1-1-95
to 1-1-96 on 1-24-95 by P.A. 88-691); 88-687, eff. 1-24-95.)

    Section 25.   The  Illinois  Parentage  Act  of  1984  is
amended by changing Section 14 as follows:

    (750 ILCS 45/14) (from Ch. 40, par. 2514)
    Sec. 14.  Judgment.
    (a) (1)  The judgment shall contain or explicitly reserve
provisions  concerning  any  duty and amount of child support
and  may  contain  provisions  concerning  the  custody   and
guardianship  of  the  child,  visitation privileges with the
child, the furnishing of  bond  or  other  security  for  the
payment  of  the judgment, which the court shall determine in
accordance  with  the  relevant  factors  set  forth  in  the
Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of  Marriage  Act  and  any
other  applicable  law  of  Illinois, to guide the court in a
finding in the best interests of the child.   In  determining
custody,  joint custody, or visitation, the court shall apply
the  relevant  standards  of  the   Illinois   Marriage   and
Dissolution of Marriage Act. Specifically, in determining the
amount  of  any  child support award, the court shall use the
guidelines and standards  set  forth  in  subsection  (a)  of
Section 505 and in Section 505.2 of the Illinois Marriage and
Dissolution  of Marriage Act.  For purposes of Section 505 of
the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage  Act,  "net
income"   of  the  non-custodial  parent  shall  include  any
benefits available to that person under the  Illinois  Public
Aid   Code   or   from   other   federal,   State   or  local
government-funded programs.  The court shall,  in  any  event
and  regardless  of  the amount of the non-custodial parent's
net income, in its judgment order the non-custodial parent to
pay child support to the custodial parent in a minimum amount
of not less than $10 per month.  In an action brought  within
2  years  after  a  child's  birth, the judgment or order may
direct either parent to pay the reasonable expenses  incurred
by  either  parent  related to the mother's pregnancy and the
delivery of the child.  The judgment or order  shall  contain
the  father's  social security number, which the father shall
disclose to the court.
    (2)  If a judgment  of  parentage  contains  no  explicit
award  of  custody, the establishment of a support obligation
or of visitation rights in one parent shall be  considered  a
judgment  granting  custody  to  the  other  parent.   If the
parentage judgment contains no such provisions, custody shall
be presumed to be with the mother; however,  the  presumption
shall not apply if the father has had physical custody for at
least  6  months  prior  to the date that the mother seeks to
enforce custodial rights.
    (b)  The court shall order all  child  support  payments,
determined  in  accordance  with such guidelines, to commence
with the date  summons  is  served.   The  level  of  current
periodic  support  payments  shall  not be reduced because of
payments set for the period prior to the date of entry of the
support  order.   The  Court  may  order  any  child  support
payments to be made for a period prior to the commencement of
the action. In determining whether and the  extent  to  which
the  payments  shall  be made for any prior period, the court
shall consider all relevant facts, including the factors  for
determining  the  amount of support specified in the Illinois
Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act and other  equitable
factors including but not limited to:
         (1)  The  father's  prior  knowledge of the fact and
    circumstances of the child's birth.
         (2)  The father's prior willingness  or  refusal  to
    help raise or support the child.
         (3)  The  extent  to  which the mother or the public
    agency bringing the action previously informed the father
    of the child's needs or attempted to seek or require  his
    help in raising or supporting the child.
         (4)  The reasons the mother or the public agency did
    not file the action earlier.
         (5)  The   extent  to  which  the  father  would  be
    prejudiced by the delay in bringing the action.
    For purposes of determining the amount of  child  support
to  be  paid  for  any  period  before the date the order for
current child support  is  entered,  there  is  a  rebuttable
presumption that the father's net income for the prior period
was  the  same  as  his  net income at the time the order for
current child support is entered.
    (c)  Any new or existing support  order  entered  by  the
court  under  this  Section shall be deemed to be a series of
judgments  against  the  person  obligated  to  pay   support
thereunder, each judgment to be in the amount of each payment
or installment of support and each such judgment to be deemed
entered   as   of  the  date  the  corresponding  payment  or
installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
Each  judgment  shall  have  the  full  force,   effect   and
attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
ability to be enforced.
    (d)  If the judgment or order of the court is at variance
with  the  child's  birth  certificate, the court shall order
that a new  birth  certificate  be  issued  under  the  Vital
Records Act.
    (e)  On  request  of the mother and the father, the court
shall order a change  in  the  child's  name.  After  hearing
evidence  the  court  may  stay payment of support during the
period of the father's minority or period of disability.
    (f)  If, upon proper service, the father fails to  appear
in  court,  or otherwise appear as provided by law, the court
may proceed to hear the cause upon testimony of the mother or
other parties taken in open court and shall enter a  judgment
by default.  The court may reserve any order as to the amount
of  child  support  until  the father has received notice, by
regular mail, of a hearing on the matter.
    (g)  A one-time charge  of  20%  is  imposable  upon  the
amount  of  past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which
has accrued under a support order entered by the court.   The
charge  shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions of
Section 10-21 of the Illinois Public Aid Code  and  shall  be
enforced by the court upon petition.
    (h)  An  order  for support entered or modified in a case
in which a  party  is  receiving  child  and  spouse  support
services  under  Article  X  of  the Illinois Public Aid Code
shall include a provision requiring the non-custodial  parent
to  notify  the  Illinois  Department of Public Aid, within 7
days, of the name and address of  any  new  employer  of  the
non-custodial  parent,  whether  the non-custodial parent has
access to health insurance coverage through the  employer  or
other  group coverage, and, if so, the policy name and number
and the names of persons covered under the policy.
    (i)  An order for support shall include a date  on  which
the  current  support obligation terminates.  The termination
date shall be no earlier than the date  on  which  the  child
covered  by  the  order will attain the age of majority or is
otherwise emancipated.  The order  for  support  shall  state
that  the  termination  date  does not apply to any arrearage
that may  remain  unpaid  on  that  date.   Nothing  in  this
subsection  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the court from
modifying the order.
    (j)  An order entered under this Section shall include  a
provision  requiring the obligor to report to the obligee and
to the clerk of court within 10 days each  time  the  obligor
obtains   new   employment,   and  each  time  the  obligor's
employment is terminated for any reason. The report shall  be
in  writing and shall, in the case of new employment, include
the name and address of the new employer. Failure  to  report
new  employment  or the termination of current employment, if
coupled with nonpayment of support for a period in excess  of
60  days,  is  indirect  criminal  contempt.  For any obligor
arrested for failure to report new employment bond  shall  be
set  in the amount of the child support that should have been
paid during the period of unreported  employment.   An  order
entered  under  this  Section  shall also include a provision
requiring the obligor and  obligee  parents  to  advise  each
other  of  a  change in residence within 5 days of the change
except when the court finds that  the  physical,  mental,  or
emotional  health  of  a  party  or that of a minor child, or
both, would be seriously  endangered  by  disclosure  of  the
party's address.
(Source: P.A. 88-307; 88-538; 88-687, eff. 1-24-95.)

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