Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Filed: 4/9/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4113

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4113 by replacing
3line 18 on page 7 through line 11 on page 11 with the
4following:
 
5    "(750 ILCS 5/602.7)
6    Sec. 602.7. Allocation of parental responsibilities:
7parenting time.
8    (a) Allocation of parenting time. Best interests. The court
9shall allocate parenting time according to the child's best
10interests. Unless the parents present a mutually agreed written
11parenting plan and that plan is approved by the court, the
12court shall allocate parenting time. There is a rebuttable
13presumption that it is in the child's best interests to award
14equal time to each parent. In determining the child's best
15interests for purposes of allocating parenting time, the court
16shall consider all relevant factors, including, without
17limitation, the following:

 

 

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1        (1) the wishes of each parent seeking parenting time;
2        (2) the wishes of the child, taking into account the
3    child's maturity and ability to express reasoned and
4    independent preferences as to parenting time;
5        (3) the amount of time each parent spent performing
6    caretaking functions with respect to the child in the 24
7    months preceding the filing of any petition for allocation
8    of parental responsibilities or, if the child is under 2
9    years of age, since the child's birth;
10        (4) any prior agreement or course of conduct between
11    the parents relating to caretaking functions with respect
12    to the child;
13        (5) the interaction and interrelationship of the child
14    with his or her parents and siblings and with any other
15    person who may significantly affect the child's best
16    interests;
17        (6) the child's adjustment to his or her home, school,
18    and community;
19        (7) the mental and physical health of all individuals
20    involved;
21        (8) the child's needs;
22        (9) the distance between the parents' residences, the
23    cost and difficulty of transporting the child, each
24    parent's and the child's daily schedules, and the ability
25    of the parents to cooperate in the arrangement;
26        (10) whether a restriction on parenting time is

 

 

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1    appropriate;
2        (11) the physical violence or threat of physical
3    violence by the child's parent directed against the child
4    or other member of the child's household;
5        (12) the willingness and ability of each parent to
6    place the needs of the child ahead of his or her own needs;
7        (13) the willingness and ability of each parent to
8    facilitate and encourage a close and continuing
9    relationship between the other parent and the child;
10        (14) the occurrence of abuse against the child or other
11    member of the child's household;
12        (15) whether one of the parents is a convicted sex
13    offender or lives with a convicted sex offender and, if so,
14    the exact nature of the offense and what if any treatment
15    the offender has successfully participated in; the parties
16    are entitled to a hearing on the issues raised in this
17    paragraph (15);
18        (16) the terms of a parent's military family-care plan
19    that a parent must complete before deployment if a parent
20    is a member of the United States Armed Forces who is being
21    deployed; and
22        (17) any other factor that the court expressly finds to
23    be relevant.
24    If the court deviates from the presumption contained in
25this subsection, the court shall issue a written decision
26stating its specific findings of fact and conclusions of law in

 

 

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1support of the deviation from the presumption.
2    (b) Restrictions Allocation of parenting time. Unless the
3parents present a mutually agreed written parenting plan and
4that plan is approved by the court, the court shall allocate
5parenting time. It is presumed both parents are fit and the
6court shall not place any restrictions on parenting time as
7defined in Section 600 and described in Section 603.10, unless
8it finds by a preponderance of the evidence that a parent's
9exercise of parenting time would seriously endanger the child's
10physical, mental, moral, or emotional health. If the court
11deviates from the presumption contained in this subsection, the
12court shall issue a written decision stating its specific
13findings of fact and conclusions of law in support of the
14deviation from the presumption
15    In determining the child's best interests for purposes of
16allocating parenting time, the court shall consider all
17relevant factors, including, without limitation, the
18following:
19        (1) the wishes of each parent seeking parenting time;
20        (2) the wishes of the child, taking into account the
21    child's maturity and ability to express reasoned and
22    independent preferences as to parenting time;
23        (3) the amount of time each parent spent performing
24    caretaking functions with respect to the child in the 24
25    months preceding the filing of any petition for allocation
26    of parental responsibilities or, if the child is under 2

 

 

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1    years of age, since the child's birth;
2        (4) any prior agreement or course of conduct between
3    the parents relating to caretaking functions with respect
4    to the child;
5        (5) the interaction and interrelationship of the child
6    with his or her parents and siblings and with any other
7    person who may significantly affect the child's best
8    interests;
9        (6) the child's adjustment to his or her home, school,
10    and community;
11        (7) the mental and physical health of all individuals
12    involved;
13        (8) the child's needs;
14        (9) the distance between the parents' residences, the
15    cost and difficulty of transporting the child, each
16    parent's and the child's daily schedules, and the ability
17    of the parents to cooperate in the arrangement;
18        (10) whether a restriction on parenting time is
19    appropriate;
20        (11) the physical violence or threat of physical
21    violence by the child's parent directed against the child
22    or other member of the child's household;
23        (12) the willingness and ability of each parent to
24    place the needs of the child ahead of his or her own needs;
25        (13) the willingness and ability of each parent to
26    facilitate and encourage a close and continuing

 

 

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1    relationship between the other parent and the child;
2        (14) the occurrence of abuse against the child or other
3    member of the child's household;
4        (15) whether one of the parents is a convicted sex
5    offender or lives with a convicted sex offender and, if so,
6    the exact nature of the offense and what if any treatment
7    the offender has successfully participated in; the parties
8    are entitled to a hearing on the issues raised in this
9    paragraph (15);
10        (16) the terms of a parent's military family-care plan
11    that a parent must complete before deployment if a parent
12    is a member of the United States Armed Forces who is being
13    deployed; and
14        (17) any other factor that the court expressly finds to
15    be relevant.
16    (c) In allocating parenting time, the court shall not
17consider conduct of a parent that does not affect that parent's
18relationship to the child.
19    (d) Upon motion, the court may allow a parent who is
20deployed or who has orders to be deployed as a member of the
21United States Armed Forces to designate a person known to the
22child to exercise reasonable substitute visitation on behalf of
23the deployed parent, if the court determines that substitute
24visitation is in the best interests of the child. In
25determining whether substitute visitation is in the best
26interests of the child, the court shall consider all of the

 

 

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1relevant factors listed in subsection (b) of this Section and
2apply those factors to the person designated as a substitute
3for the deployed parent for visitation purposes. Visitation
4orders entered under this subsection are subject to subsections
5(e) and (f) of Section 602.9 and subsections (c) and (d) of
6Section 603.10.
7    (e) If the street address of a parent is not identified
8pursuant to Section 708 of this Act, the court shall require
9the parties to identify reasonable alternative arrangements
10for parenting time by the other parent including, but not
11limited to, parenting time of the minor child at the residence
12of another person or at a local public or private facility.
13(Source: P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)"; and
 
14on page 16, by replacing lines 19 and 20 with the following:
15    "(a) After a hearing, if the court finds by a preponderance
16of the evidence that a parent"; and
 
17on page 18, lines 8 and 9, by changing "clear and convincing a
18preponderance of the" to "a preponderance of the".