093_HB2903

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

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

 4        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 5    adding Article VIII to Chapter 7 as follows:

 6        (625 ICLS 5/Ch. 7, Art. VIII heading new)
 7                   ARTICLE VIII.  FAMILY FINANCIAL
 8               RESPONSIBILITY REGISTRATION REVOCATION

 9        (625 ILCS 5/7-801 new)
10        Sec.  7-801.  Findings and purpose.  The General Assembly
11    finds that the timely receipt of adequate  financial  support
12    has the effect of reducing poverty and State expenditures for
13    welfare  dependency  among  children,  and  that  the  timely
14    payment  of  adequate  child  support  demonstrates financial
15    responsibility.  Further, the General Assembly finds that the
16    State has a compelling  interest  in  ensuring  that  drivers
17    within   the   State  demonstrate  financial  responsibility,
18    including family financial responsibility, in order to safely
19    own and operate a motor vehicle.  To this end, the  Secretary
20    of State is authorized to establish systems to revoke vehicle
21    registrations  for  failure  to  comply  with court orders of
22    support.

23        (625 ILCS 5/7-802 new)
24        Sec.  7-802.  Revocation  of  vehicle  registration   for
25    failure to pay child support.
26        (a)  The Secretary of State shall revoke the registration
27    of  any vehicle owned and driven by an obligor upon receiving
28    an authenticated report provided for  in  subsection  (a)  of
29    Section  7-805, that the person is 90 days or more delinquent
 
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 1    in  court  ordered  child  support  payments  or   has   been
 2    adjudicated  in  arrears  in  an  amount  equal  to  90  days
 3    obligation  or  more,  and  has been found in contempt by the
 4    court for failure to pay the support.
 5        (b)  The Secretary of State shall revoke the registration
 6    of any vehicle owned and driven by an obligor upon  receiving
 7    an  authenticated  document provided for in subsection (b) of
 8    Section 7-805,  that  the  person  has  been  adjudicated  in
 9    arrears  in court ordered child support payments in an amount
10    equal to 90 days obligation or more, but has not been held in
11    contempt of court, and that the court has  ordered  that  the
12    registration of any vehicle owned and driven by the person be
13    revoked.   The person may not reapply for registration of his
14    or her vehicle until the  Secretary  of  State  has  received
15    authenticated documentation that the obligor is in compliance
16    with  the  court order of support.  When the obligor complies
17    with the court ordered child support  payments,  the  circuit
18    court  shall  report  the obligor's compliance with the court
19    order of support  to  the  Secretary  of  State,  on  a  form
20    prescribed  by  the  Secretary of State, and shall order that
21    the obligator be allowed to reapply for registration  of  his
22    or her vehicle.

23        (625 ILCS 5/7-803 new)
24        Sec. 7-803.  Temporary registration.  Following the entry
25    of an order that an obligor has been found in contempt by the
26    court for failure to pay court ordered child support payments
27    or  upon a motion by the obligor who is subject to having the
28    registration of any vehicle owned and driven by  him  or  her
29    revoked  under subsection (b) of Section 7-805, the court may
30    enter an order directing the Secretary of State  to  issue  a
31    certificate  of  temporary  registration  for  the purpose of
32    providing the obligor the privilege of operating a registered
33    motor vehicle between the obligor's residence  and  place  of
 
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 1    employment, or within the scope of employment related duties;
 2    or  for  the  purpose  of  providing  transportation  for the
 3    obligor or a household member to receive  alcohol  treatment,
 4    other  drug  treatment, or medical care.  The court may enter
 5    an order directing the issuance of a certificate of temporary
 6    registration  only  if  the  obligor  has   proven   to   the
 7    satisfaction  of  the  court  that  no  alternative  means of
 8    transportation are reasonably available for the above  stated
 9    purposes.
10        Upon  entry  of  an  order  granting  the  issuance  of a
11    certificate of temporary  registration  to  an  obligor,  the
12    court  shall report this finding to the Secretary of State on
13    a form prescribed by the Secretary.  This  form  shall  state
14    whether  the  certificate  of temporary registration has been
15    granted for employment or medical purposes and  the  specific
16    days  and  hours  for  which  temporary registration has been
17    granted.
18        The  certificate  of  temporary  registration  shall   be
19    subject  to  cancellation,  suspension, and revocation by the
20    Secretary of State in  the  same  manner  and  for  the  same
21    reasons  as  any other vehicle registration may be cancelled,
22    suspended, or revoked.
23        The Secretary of State shall, upon receipt of a certified
24    court  order  from  the  court  of  jurisdiction,   issue   a
25    certificate  of  temporary  registration.  In  order for this
26    certificate  of  temporary  registration  to  be  issued,  an
27    individual's vehicle registration must have been valid before
28    the revocation.  This certificate of  temporary  registration
29    shall  be  valid  only for employment and medical purposes as
30    set forth above.  The certificate of  temporary  registration
31    shall   state   the   days  and  hours  for  which  temporary
32    registration has been granted.
33        Any submitted court order that contains insufficient data
34    or fails to comply with any provision of this Code shall  not
 
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 1    be   used  for  issuance  of  the  certificate  of  temporary
 2    registration  but  shall  be  returned  to   the   court   of
 3    jurisdiction  indicating  why  the  certificate  of temporary
 4    registration cannot be issued at that time.  The Secretary of
 5    State shall also send notice of the return of the court order
 6    to the individual requesting  the  certificate  of  temporary
 7    registration.

 8        (625 ILCS 5/7-804 new)
 9        Sec. 7-804.  Written agreement to pay past-due support.
10        (a)  An  obligor  who  is  presently  unable  to  pay all
11    past-due support and is subject to having the registration of
12    any vehicle owned and driven by  him  or  her  revoked  under
13    subsection (b) of Section 7-805 may come into compliance with
14    the  court  order  for support by executing a written payment
15    agreement that is approved by the court and by complying with
16    that agreement.  A condition of a written  payment  agreement
17    must  be  that the obligor pay the current child support when
18    due.  Before a written payment  agreement  is  executed,  the
19    obligor shall:
20             (1)  Disclose  fully  to  the court in writing, on a
21        form prescribed by the  court,  the  obligor's  financial
22        circumstances, including income from all sources, assets,
23        liabilities, and work history for the past year; and
24             (2)  Provide  documentation  to the court concerning
25        the obligor's financial circumstances,  including  copies
26        of  the most recent State and federal income tax returns,
27        both personal and business; a copy of a recent  pay  stub
28        representative  of  current  income;  and copies of other
29        records that show the obligor's income  and  the  present
30        level of assets held by the obligor.
31        (b)  After  full  disclosure, the court may determine the
32    ability to pay past-due support and  may  approve  a  written
33    payment  agreement  consistent  with the obligor's ability to
 
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 1    pay, not to exceed the court-ordered support.

 2        (625 ILCS 5/7-805 new)
 3        Sec.  7-805.   Courts  to  report  non-payment  of  court
 4    ordered support.
 5        (a)  The clerk of  the  circuit  court,  as  provided  in
 6    subsection  (b)  of  Section 505 of the Illinois Marriage and
 7    Dissolution of Marriage Act or as provided in Section  15  of
 8    the  Illinois  Parentage  Act  of  1984, shall forward to the
 9    Secretary of State, on a form prescribed by the Secretary, an
10    authenticated document certifying the court's order  revoking
11    the  registration  of  any  vehicle  owned  and driven by the
12    obligor. For any such certification, the clerk of  the  court
13    shall  charge  the  obligor  a  fee  of $5 as provided in the
14    Clerks of Courts Act.
15        (b)  If an obligor has been  adjudicated  in  arrears  in
16    court ordered child support payments in an amount equal to 90
17    days  obligation or more but has not been held in contempt of
18    court, the circuit court may order that the  registration  of
19    any  vehicle  owned and driven by the obligor be revoked.  If
20    the circuit court orders that the registration of any vehicle
21    owned and driven by the obligor be revoked, it shall  forward
22    to  the  Secretary  of  State,  on  a  form prescribed by the
23    Secretary, an authenticated document certifying  the  court's
24    order  revoking  the  registration  of  any vehicle owned and
25    driven by the obligor.  The authenticated document  shall  be
26    forwarded  to  the  Secretary  of State by the court no later
27    than  45  days  after  entry  of  the  order   revoking   the
28    registration of any vehicle owned and driven by the obligor.

29        (625 ILCS 5/7-806 new)
30        Sec. 7-806.  Revocation to continue until compliance with
31    court order of support.
32        (a)  The  obligor may not reapply for registration of any
 
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 1    vehicle owned and driven by him or her until the Secretary of
 2    State receives authenticated documentation that  the  obligor
 3    is  in  compliance  with a court order of support or that the
 4    order has been stayed by a subsequent order of the court. The
 5    obligor may not reapply for registration until the  Secretary
 6    of State until notification of compliance from the court.
 7        (b)  The   circuit   clerk  shall  report  the  obligor's
 8    compliance with a court order of support to the Secretary  of
 9    State, on a form prescribed by the Secretary.

10        (625 ILCS 5/7-807 new)
11        Sec.  7-807.  Notice.   The  Secretary of State, prior to
12    revoking vehicle registration under this Chapter, shall serve
13    written notice upon an obligor that the the  registration  of
14    any  vehicle  owned and driven by the obligor will be revoked
15    in 60 days from the date on the  notice  unless  the  obligor
16    satisfies  the  court  order of support and the circuit clerk
17    notifies the Secretary of State of this compliance.

18        (625 ILCS 5/7-808 new)
19        Sec.  7-808.  Notice of noncompliance with support order.
20    Before forwarding to the Secretary of State the authenticated
21    document under subsection (b) of Section 7-805,  the  circuit
22    court  must serve notice upon the obligor of its intention to
23    revoke the registration of any vehicle owned  and  driven  by
24    the obligor for being adjudicated in arrears in court ordered
25    child  support  payments  in  an  amount  equal  to  90  days
26    obligation.  The notice must inform the obligor that:
27             (1)  If  the  obligor is presently unable to pay all
28        past-due support, the obligor may  come  into  compliance
29        with  the  support  order  by executing a written payment
30        agreement with the court, as provided in  Section  7-804,
31        and by complying with that agreement;
32             (2)  The obligor may contest the issue of compliance
 
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 1        at a hearing;
 2             (3)  A request for a hearing must be made in writing
 3        and must be received by the clerk of the circuit court;
 4             (4)  If  the  obligor  does not request a hearing to
 5        contest the issue of compliance within 45 days after  the
 6        notice  of  noncompliance  is mailed, the court may order
 7        that the registration of any vehicle owned and driven  by
 8        the  obligor as provided for in subsection (b) of Section
 9        7-805;
10             (5)  If the circuit court certifies the  obligor  to
11        the Secretary of State for noncompliance with an order of
12        support,   the   Secretary   of  State  must  revoke  the
13        registration of any  vehicle  owned  and  driven  by  the
14        obligor, and the obligor may not reapply for registration
15        of  his  or  her  vehicle  until  the  obligor comes into
16        compliance with the order of support;
17             (6)  If the obligor files a motion to modify support
18        with the court or requests the court to modify a  support
19        obligation,  the  circuit  court  shall  stay  action  to
20        certify  the  obligor  to  the  Secretary  of  State  for
21        noncompliance with an order of support; and
22             (7)  The obligor may comply with an order of support
23        by doing all of the following:
24                  (A)  Paying the current support;
25                  (B)  Paying  all past-due support or, if unable
26             to pay all past-due support and a  periodic  payment
27             for  past-due  support  has  not been ordered by the
28             court, by making  periodic  payments  in  accordance
29             with  a  written  payment  agreement approved by the
30             court; and
31                  (C)  Meeting  the  obligor's  health  insurance
32             obligation.
33        (b)  The notice must include the  address  and  telephone
34    number  of  the clerk of the circuit court.  The clerk of the
 
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 1    circuit court shall attach a copy of the obligor's  order  of
 2    support  to  the  notice.   The  notice  must  be  served  by
 3    certified mail, return receipt requested, by service in hand,
 4    or as specified in the Code of Civil Procedure.

 5        (625 ILCS 5/7-809 new)
 6        Sec. 7-809.  Administrative hearing.
 7        (a)  A  driver  may  contest  this  vehicle  registration
 8    sanction   by   requesting   an   administrative  hearing  in
 9    accordance with Section 2-118 of this  Code.   If  a  written
10    request  for  this hearing is received prior to the effective
11    date of the revocation, the revocation shall be stayed.  If a
12    stay of the revocation is granted, it shall remain in  effect
13    until a hearing decision is entered.
14        (b)  At  the conclusion of this hearing, the Secretary of
15    State  may  rescind  or  impose  the   vehicle   registration
16    revocation.    If  the  revocation is upheld, it shall become
17    effective 10 days from  the  date  the  hearing  decision  is
18    entered.    If  the decision is to rescind the revocation, no
19    revocation of vehicle registration shall be entered.
20        (c)  The scope of this hearing shall be  limited  to  the
21    following issues:
22             (1)  Whether  the  vehicle's owner and driver is the
23        obligor covered by the court order of support.
24             (2)  Whether the authenticated document of  a  court
25        order of support indicates that the obligor is 90 days or
26        more  delinquent or has been adjudicated in arrears in an
27        amount equal to 90 days obligation or more and  has  been
28        found  in  contempt  of  court  for  failure to pay child
29        support.
30             (3)  Whether a superseding authenticated document of
31        any court order of support has been entered.

32        (625 ILCS 5/7-810 new)
 
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 1        Sec. 7-810.  Hearing for compliance with support order.
 2        (a)  An obligor may request in writing to  the  clerk  of
 3    the   circuit  court  a  hearing  to  contest  the  claim  of
 4    noncompliance with  an  order  of  support  and  his  or  her
 5    subsequent  registration  revocation  under subsection (b) of
 6    Section 7-802.
 7        (b)  If a written request for a hearing  is  received  by
 8    the  clerk  of  the  circuit  court, the clerk of the circuit
 9    court shall set the hearing before the circuit court.
10        (c)  Upon the obligor's written request, the  court  must
11    set   a  date  for  a  hearing  and  afford  the  obligor  an
12    opportunity for a hearing as early as practical.
13        (d)  The  scope  of  this  hearing  is  limited  to   the
14    following issues:
15             (1)  Whether  the  obligor  is required to pay child
16        support under an order of support.
17             (2)  Whether the obligor  has  been  adjudicated  in
18        arrears  in  court  ordered  child support payments in an
19        amount equal to 90 days obligation or more.
20             (3)  Any additional issues raised  by  the  obligor,
21        including  the  reasonableness  of a payment agreement in
22        light of the obligor's current  financial  circumstances,
23        to be preserved for appeal.
24        (e)  All  hearings  and  hearing  procedures shall comply
25    with requirements of the Illinois Constitution and the United
26    States Constitution, so that no person  is  deprived  of  due
27    process  of law nor denied equal protection of the laws.  All
28    hearings shall be held before a judge of the circuit court in
29    the county in which  the  support  order  has  been  entered.
30    Appropriate  records  of the hearings shall be kept.  Where a
31    transcript of the hearing is taken, the person requesting the
32    hearing shall have the opportunity to order  a  copy  of  the
33    transcript at his or her own expense.
34        (f)  The  action  of  the  circuit court resulting in the
 
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 1    revocation of any  vehicle  registration  shall  be  a  final
 2    judgment for purposes of appellate review.

 3        (625 ILCS 5/7-811 new)
 4        Sec.  7-811.  Reapplication  for  registration.   When an
 5    obligor receives notice from the Secretary of State that  the
 6    Secretary has received notification from the circuit clerk of
 7    the  obligor's  compliance with a court order of support, the
 8    obligor may reapply for registration of his or her vehicle.

 9        (625 ILCS 5/7-812 new)
10        Sec. 7-812.  Rules.  The Secretary of State  shall  adopt
11    any  rules  necessary  to  establish standards, policies, and
12    procedures for the revocation of  vehicle  registrations  for
13    non-compliance with a court order of support.

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

16        (750 ILCS 5/505) (from Ch. 40, par. 505)
17        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 92-876)
18        Sec. 505.  Child support; contempt; penalties.
19        (a)  In a proceeding for dissolution of  marriage,  legal
20    separation,   declaration   of   invalidity  of  marriage,  a
21    proceeding for child support  following  dissolution  of  the
22    marriage  by  a court which lacked personal jurisdiction over
23    the  absent  spouse,  a  proceeding  for  modification  of  a
24    previous order for child support under Section  510  of  this
25    Act, or any proceeding authorized under Section 501 or 601 of
26    this  Act, the court may order either or both parents owing a
27    duty of support to a child of the marriage to pay  an  amount
28    reasonable  and  necessary for his support, without regard to
29    marital misconduct. The duty of  support   owed  to  a  minor
30    child  includes  the obligation to provide for the reasonable
 
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 1    and necessary physical, mental and emotional health needs  of
 2    the child.
 3             (1)  The Court shall determine the minimum amount of
 4        support by using the following guidelines:
 5          Number of Children       Percent of Supporting Party's
 6                                             Net Income
 7                  1                             20%
 8                  2                             25%
 9                  3                             32%
10                  4                             40%
11                  5                             45%
12              6 or more                         50%
13             (2)  The  above  guidelines shall be applied in each
14        case unless the court makes a finding that application of
15        the guidelines would be inappropriate, after  considering
16        the  best  interests  of  the  child in light of evidence
17        including but not limited to one or more of the following
18        relevant factors:
19                  (a)  the financial resources and needs  of  the
20             child;
21                  (b)  the  financial  resources and needs of the
22             custodial parent;
23                  (c)  the standard of  living  the  child  would
24             have enjoyed had the marriage not been dissolved;
25                  (d)  the  physical  and  emotional condition of
26             the child, and his educational needs; and
27                  (e)  the financial resources and needs  of  the
28             non-custodial parent.
29             If  the  court  deviates  from  the  guidelines, the
30        court's finding shall state the amount  of  support  that
31        would   have  been  required  under  the  guidelines,  if
32        determinable.  The court  shall  include  the  reason  or
33        reasons for the variance from the guidelines.
34             (3)  "Net  income"  is  defined  as the total of all
 
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 1        income from all sources, minus the following deductions:
 2                  (a)  Federal income  tax  (properly  calculated
 3             withholding or estimated payments);
 4                  (b)  State   income  tax  (properly  calculated
 5             withholding or estimated payments);
 6                  (c)  Social Security (FICA payments);
 7                  (d)  Mandatory     retirement     contributions
 8             required by law or as a condition of employment;
 9                  (e)  Union dues;
10                  (f)  Dependent          and          individual
11             health/hospitalization insurance premiums;
12                  (g)  Prior   obligations    of    support    or
13             maintenance actually paid pursuant to a court order;
14                  (h)  Expenditures  for  repayment of debts that
15             represent reasonable and necessary expenses for  the
16             production of income, medical expenditures necessary
17             to  preserve life or health, reasonable expenditures
18             for the benefit of the child and the  other  parent,
19             exclusive  of  gifts.   The  court  shall reduce net
20             income in determining the minimum amount of  support
21             to be ordered only for the period that such payments
22             are   due   and  shall  enter  an  order  containing
23             provisions for its self-executing modification  upon
24             termination of such payment period.
25             (4)  In  cases  where  the  court order provides for
26        health/hospitalization  insurance  coverage  pursuant  to
27        Section  505.2  of  this  Act,  the  premiums  for   that
28        insurance,  or that portion of the premiums for which the
29        supporting party is responsible in the case of  insurance
30        provided  through  an  employer's  health  insurance plan
31        where the employer pays a portion of the premiums,  shall
32        be  subtracted from net income in determining the minimum
33        amount of support to be ordered.
34             (4.5)  In a proceeding for child  support  following
 
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 1        dissolution  of  the  marriage  by  a  court  that lacked
 2        personal jurisdiction over  the  absent  spouse,  and  in
 3        which  the  court is requiring payment of support for the
 4        period before the date an order for  current  support  is
 5        entered,  there  is  a  rebuttable  presumption  that the
 6        supporting party's net income for the  prior  period  was
 7        the  same  as his or her net income at the time the order
 8        for current support is entered.
 9             (5)  If the net income cannot be determined  because
10        of  default  or  any  other reason, the court shall order
11        support  in  an  amount  considered  reasonable  in   the
12        particular  case.   The  final  order  in all cases shall
13        state the support level in dollar  amounts.  However,  if
14        the  court  finds that the child support amount cannot be
15        expressed exclusively as a dollar amount because all or a
16        portion of the payor's net  income  is  uncertain  as  to
17        source, time of payment, or amount, the court may order a
18        percentage  amount  of  support in addition to a specific
19        dollar amount and enter  such  other  orders  as  may  be
20        necessary  to  determine  and enforce, on a timely basis,
21        the applicable support ordered.
22             (6)  If (i) the non-custodial  parent  was  properly
23        served   with   a  request  for  discovery  of  financial
24        information  relating  to  the   non-custodial   parent's
25        ability  to provide child support, (ii) the non-custodial
26        parent failed to comply with the request, despite  having
27        been  ordered  to  do  so  by  the  court,  and (iii) the
28        non-custodial parent is not present  at  the  hearing  to
29        determine  support despite having received proper notice,
30        then any relevant financial  information  concerning  the
31        non-custodial  parent's  ability to provide child support
32        that was obtained pursuant to subpoena and proper  notice
33        shall  be  admitted  into  evidence  without  the need to
34        establish any further foundation for its admission.
 
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 1        (a-5)  In an action to enforce an order for support based
 2    on the respondent's  failure  to  make  support  payments  as
 3    required  by  the  order,  notice  of proceedings to hold the
 4    respondent in contempt for that failure may be served on  the
 5    respondent  by  personal service or by regular mail addressed
 6    to the respondent's last known address. The respondent's last
 7    known address may be determined from records of the clerk  of
 8    the  court,  from  the Federal Case Registry of Child Support
 9    Orders, or by any other reasonable means.
10        (b)  Failure of either parent to comply with an order  to
11    pay  support  shall  be  punishable  as  in  other  cases  of
12    contempt.  In addition to other penalties provided by law the
13    Court may, after finding the parent guilty of contempt, order
14    that the parent be:
15             (1)  placed  on  probation  with  such conditions of
16        probation as the Court deems advisable;
17             (2)  sentenced to periodic imprisonment for a period
18        not to exceed 6 months; provided, however, that the Court
19        may permit the parent to be released for periods of  time
20        during the day or night to:
21                  (A)  work; or
22                  (B)  conduct  a business or other self-employed
23             occupation.
24        The Court may further  order  any  part  or  all  of  the
25    earnings   of   a   parent  during  a  sentence  of  periodic
26    imprisonment paid to the Clerk of the Circuit Court or to the
27    parent having custody or to the guardian  having  custody  of
28    the minor children of the sentenced parent for the support of
29    said minor children until further order of the Court.
30        If  there is a unity of interest and ownership sufficient
31    to render no financial  separation  between  a  non-custodial
32    parent  and another person or persons or business entity, the
33    court may pierce the ownership veil of the  person,  persons,
34    or  business  entity  to discover assets of the non-custodial
 
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 1    parent held in the name of that  person,  those  persons,  or
 2    that  business  entity.    The  following  circumstances  are
 3    sufficient  to  authorize  a  court to order discovery of the
 4    assets of a person, persons, or business entity and to compel
 5    the application of any discovered assets  toward  payment  on
 6    the judgment for support:
 7             (1)  the   non-custodial   parent  and  the  person,
 8        persons, or business entity maintain records together.
 9             (2)  the  non-custodial  parent  and   the   person,
10        persons,  or  business  entity  fail  to maintain an arms
11        length relationship between themselves with regard to any
12        assets.
13             (3)  the non-custodial parent  transfers  assets  to
14        the  person,  persons, or business entity with the intent
15        to perpetrate a fraud on the custodial parent.
16        With respect to assets which are real property, no  order
17    entered  under this paragraph shall affect the rights of bona
18    fide purchasers, mortgagees,  judgment  creditors,  or  other
19    lien  holders  who   acquire  their interests in the property
20    prior to the time a notice of lis  pendens  pursuant  to  the
21    Code  of  Civil Procedure or a copy of the order is placed of
22    record in the office of the recorder of deeds for the  county
23    in which the real property is located.
24        The  court may also order in cases where the parent is 90
25    days or more delinquent in payment of  support  or  has  been
26    adjudicated  in  arrears  in  an  amount  equal  to  90  days
27    obligation  or  more,  that  the  parent's  Illinois  driving
28    privileges  be suspended, and the registration of any vehicle
29    owned and driven by him or her be revoked,  until  the  court
30    determines that the parent is in compliance with the order of
31    support. The court may also order that the parent be issued a
32    family   financial   responsibility  driving  permit,  and  a
33    certificate of  temporary  registration  if  requested,  that
34    would   allow   limited  driving  privileges,  and  temporary
 
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 1    registration  if  requested,  for  employment   and   medical
 2    purposes  in  accordance  with  Sections  Section 7-702.1 and
 3    7-803 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. The clerk of the  circuit
 4    court   shall   certify  the  order  suspending  the  driving
 5    privileges of the parent, revoking the  registration  of  any
 6    vehicle  owned  and  driven  by  him  or her, or granting the
 7    issuance of a family financial responsibility driving permit,
 8    and a certificate of temporary registration if requested,  to
 9    the  Secretary of State on forms prescribed by the Secretary.
10    Upon receipt of the authenticated documents, the Secretary of
11    State shall suspend the parent's driving  privileges    until
12    further  order of the court, shall revoke the registration of
13    any vehicle owned by him or her, and shall, if ordered by the
14    court, subject to the provisions of Sections Section  7-702.1
15    and  7-803  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code,  issue a family
16    financial responsibility driving permit, and a certificate of
17    temporary registration if requested, to the parent.
18        In addition to the penalties or punishment  that  may  be
19    imposed   under   this  Section,  any  person  whose  conduct
20    constitutes a violation of  Section  15  of  the  Non-Support
21    Punishment Act may be prosecuted under that Act, and a person
22    convicted  under that Act may be sentenced in accordance with
23    that Act.  The sentence may include but need not  be  limited
24    to  a  requirement  that the person perform community service
25    under Section 50  of  that  Act  or  participate  in  a  work
26    alternative  program  under Section 50 of that Act.  A person
27    may not be required to  participate  in  a  work  alternative
28    program  under  Section  50  of  that  Act  if  the person is
29    currently participating in a work program pursuant to Section
30    505.1 of this Act.
31        A  support  obligation,  or  any  portion  of  a  support
32    obligation, which becomes due and remains unpaid for 30  days
33    or  more  shall  accrue simple interest at the rate of 9% per
34    annum. An order for support entered or modified on  or  after
 
                            -17-     LRB093 07091 DRH 07244 b
 1    January  1,  2002  shall  contain  a statement that a support
 2    obligation required under the order,  or  any  portion  of  a
 3    support obligation required under the order, that becomes due
 4    and  remains  unpaid  for 30 days or more shall accrue simple
 5    interest at the rate of 9% per annum.  Failure to include the
 6    statement in the  order  for  support  does  not  affect  the
 7    validity  of the order or the accrual of interest as provided
 8    in this Section.
 9        (c)  A one-time charge  of  20%  is  imposable  upon  the
10    amount  of  past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which
11    has accrued under a support order entered by the court.   The
12    charge  shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions of
13    Section 10-21 of the Illinois Public Aid Code  and  shall  be
14    enforced by the court upon petition.
15        (d)  Any  new  or  existing  support order entered by the
16    court under this Section shall be deemed to be  a  series  of
17    judgments   against  the  person  obligated  to  pay  support
18    thereunder, each such judgment to be in the  amount  of  each
19    payment  or  installment of support and each such judgment to
20    be deemed entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
21    installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
22    Each such judgment shall have  the  full  force,  effect  and
23    attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
24    ability  to  be  enforced.  A lien arises by operation of law
25    against the real and personal property  of  the  noncustodial
26    parent  for  each  installment of overdue support owed by the
27    noncustodial parent.
28        (e)  When child support is to be paid through  the  clerk
29    of  the  court  in a county of 1,000,000 inhabitants or less,
30    the order shall direct the obligor to pay to  the  clerk,  in
31    addition  to  the child support payments, all fees imposed by
32    the county board under paragraph (3)  of  subsection  (u)  of
33    Section  27.1  of  the  Clerks of Courts Act.  Unless paid in
34    cash or pursuant to an order for withholding, the payment  of
 
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 1    the  fee  shall  be by a separate instrument from the support
 2    payment and shall be made to the order of the Clerk.
 3        (f)  All orders for support, when  entered  or  modified,
 4    shall include a provision requiring the obligor to notify the
 5    court  and,  in cases in which a party is receiving child and
 6    spouse services under Article X of the  Illinois  Public  Aid
 7    Code,  the  Illinois Department of Public Aid, within 7 days,
 8    (i) of the name and  address  of  any  new  employer  of  the
 9    obligor,  (ii)  whether  the  obligor  has  access  to health
10    insurance  coverage  through  the  employer  or  other  group
11    coverage and, if so, the policy name and number and the names
12    of persons covered under the policy, and  (iii)  of  any  new
13    residential  or  mailing  address  or telephone number of the
14    non-custodial parent.  In any subsequent action to enforce  a
15    support  order,  upon  a  sufficient  showing that a diligent
16    effort has  been  made  to  ascertain  the  location  of  the
17    non-custodial  parent,  service  of  process  or provision of
18    notice necessary in the case may be made at  the  last  known
19    address  of  the non-custodial parent in any manner expressly
20    provided by the Code of Civil Procedure or  this  Act,  which
21    service shall be sufficient for purposes of due process.
22        (g)  An  order  for support shall include a date on which
23    the current support obligation terminates.   The  termination
24    date  shall  be  no  earlier than the date on which the child
25    covered by the order will attain the age of  majority  or  is
26    otherwise emancipated. The order for support shall state that
27    the termination date does not apply to any arrearage that may
28    remain unpaid on that date.  Nothing in this subsection shall
29    be construed to prevent the court from modifying the order.
30        (h)  An  order entered under this Section shall include a
31    provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee  and
32    to  the  clerk  of court within 10 days each time the obligor
33    obtains  new  employment,  and  each   time   the   obligor's
34    employment is terminated for any reason.  The report shall be
 
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 1    in  writing and shall, in the case of new employment, include
 2    the name and address of the new employer.  Failure to  report
 3    new  employment  or the termination of current employment, if
 4    coupled with nonpayment of support for a period in excess  of
 5    60  days,  is  indirect  criminal  contempt.  For any obligor
 6    arrested for failure to report new employment bond  shall  be
 7    set  in the amount of the child support that should have been
 8    paid during the period of unreported  employment.   An  order
 9    entered  under  this  Section  shall also include a provision
10    requiring the obligor and  obligee  parents  to  advise  each
11    other  of  a  change in residence within 5 days of the change
12    except when the court finds that  the  physical,  mental,  or
13    emotional  health  of  a  party  or that of a minor child, or
14    both, would be seriously  endangered  by  disclosure  of  the
15    party's address.
16        (i)  The  court  does  not  lose  the powers of contempt,
17    driver's  license  suspension,   or   other   child   support
18    enforcement   mechanisms,  including,  but  not  limited  to,
19    criminal prosecution as set  forth  in  this  Act,  upon  the
20    emancipation of the minor child or children.
21    (Source:  P.A.  91-113,  eff.  7-15-99;  91-397, eff. 1-1-00;
22    91-655,  eff.  6-1-00;  91-767,  eff.  6-9-00;  92-16,   eff.
23    6-28-01;  92-203,  eff. 8-1-01; 92-374, eff. 8-15-01; 92-651,
24    eff. 7-11-02.)

25        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 92-876)
26        Sec. 505.  Child support; contempt; penalties.
27        (a)  In a proceeding for dissolution of  marriage,  legal
28    separation,   declaration   of   invalidity  of  marriage,  a
29    proceeding for child support  following  dissolution  of  the
30    marriage  by  a court which lacked personal jurisdiction over
31    the  absent  spouse,  a  proceeding  for  modification  of  a
32    previous order for child support under Section  510  of  this
33    Act, or any proceeding authorized under Section 501 or 601 of
34    this  Act, the court may order either or both parents owing a
 
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 1    duty of support to a child of the marriage to pay  an  amount
 2    reasonable  and  necessary for his support, without regard to
 3    marital misconduct. The duty of  support   owed  to  a  child
 4    includes  the  obligation  to  provide for the reasonable and
 5    necessary physical, mental and emotional health needs of  the
 6    child.  For  purposes of this Section, the term "child" shall
 7    include any child under age 18 and any child under age 19 who
 8    is still attending high school.
 9             (1)  The Court shall determine the minimum amount of
10        support by using the following guidelines:
11          Number of Children       Percent of Supporting Party's
12                                             Net Income
13                  1                             20%
14                  2                             25%
15                  3                             32%
16                  4                             40%
17                  5                             45%
18              6 or more                         50%
19             (2)  The above guidelines shall be applied  in  each
20        case unless the court makes a finding that application of
21        the  guidelines would be inappropriate, after considering
22        the best interests of the  child  in  light  of  evidence
23        including but not limited to one or more of the following
24        relevant factors:
25                  (a)  the  financial  resources and needs of the
26             child;
27                  (b)  the financial resources and needs  of  the
28             custodial parent;
29                  (c)  the  standard  of  living  the child would
30             have enjoyed had the marriage not been dissolved;
31                  (d)  the physical and  emotional  condition  of
32             the child, and his educational needs; and
33                  (e)  the  financial  resources and needs of the
34             non-custodial parent.
 
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 1             If the  court  deviates  from  the  guidelines,  the
 2        court's  finding  shall  state the amount of support that
 3        would  have  been  required  under  the  guidelines,   if
 4        determinable.   The  court  shall  include  the reason or
 5        reasons for the variance from the guidelines.
 6             (3)  "Net income" is defined as  the  total  of  all
 7        income from all sources, minus the following deductions:
 8                  (a)  Federal  income  tax  (properly calculated
 9             withholding or estimated payments);
10                  (b)  State  income  tax  (properly   calculated
11             withholding or estimated payments);
12                  (c)  Social Security (FICA payments);
13                  (d)  Mandatory     retirement     contributions
14             required by law or as a condition of employment;
15                  (e)  Union dues;
16                  (f)  Dependent          and          individual
17             health/hospitalization insurance premiums;
18                  (g)  Prior    obligations    of    support   or
19             maintenance actually paid pursuant to a court order;
20                  (h)  Expenditures for repayment of  debts  that
21             represent  reasonable and necessary expenses for the
22             production of income, medical expenditures necessary
23             to preserve life or health, reasonable  expenditures
24             for  the  benefit of the child and the other parent,
25             exclusive of gifts.   The  court  shall  reduce  net
26             income  in determining the minimum amount of support
27             to be ordered only for the period that such payments
28             are  due  and  shall  enter  an   order   containing
29             provisions  for its self-executing modification upon
30             termination of such payment period.
31             (4)  In cases where the  court  order  provides  for
32        health/hospitalization  insurance  coverage  pursuant  to
33        Section   505.2  of  this  Act,  the  premiums  for  that
34        insurance, or that portion of the premiums for which  the
 
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 1        supporting  party is responsible in the case of insurance
 2        provided through  an  employer's  health  insurance  plan
 3        where  the employer pays a portion of the premiums, shall
 4        be subtracted from net income in determining the  minimum
 5        amount of support to be ordered.
 6             (4.5)  In  a  proceeding for child support following
 7        dissolution of  the  marriage  by  a  court  that  lacked
 8        personal  jurisdiction  over  the  absent  spouse, and in
 9        which the court is requiring payment of support  for  the
10        period  before  the  date an order for current support is
11        entered, there  is  a  rebuttable  presumption  that  the
12        supporting  party's  net  income for the prior period was
13        the same as his or her net income at the time  the  order
14        for current support is entered.
15             (5)  If  the net income cannot be determined because
16        of default or any other reason,  the  court  shall  order
17        support   in  an  amount  considered  reasonable  in  the
18        particular case.  The final  order  in  all  cases  shall
19        state  the  support  level in dollar amounts. However, if
20        the court finds that the child support amount  cannot  be
21        expressed exclusively as a dollar amount because all or a
22        portion  of  the  payor's  net  income is uncertain as to
23        source, time of payment, or amount, the court may order a
24        percentage amount of support in addition  to  a  specific
25        dollar  amount  and  enter  such  other  orders as may be
26        necessary to determine and enforce, on  a  timely  basis,
27        the applicable support ordered.
28             (6)  If  (i)  the  non-custodial parent was properly
29        served  with  a  request  for  discovery   of   financial
30        information   relating   to  the  non-custodial  parent's
31        ability to provide child support, (ii) the  non-custodial
32        parent  failed to comply with the request, despite having
33        been ordered to  do  so  by  the  court,  and  (iii)  the
34        non-custodial  parent  is  not  present at the hearing to
 
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 1        determine support despite having received proper  notice,
 2        then  any  relevant  financial information concerning the
 3        non-custodial parent's ability to provide  child  support
 4        that  was obtained pursuant to subpoena and proper notice
 5        shall be admitted  into  evidence  without  the  need  to
 6        establish any further foundation for its admission.
 7        (a-5)  In an action to enforce an order for support based
 8    on  the  respondent's  failure  to  make  support payments as
 9    required by the order, notice  of  proceedings  to  hold  the
10    respondent  in contempt for that failure may be served on the
11    respondent by personal service or by regular  mail  addressed
12    to the respondent's last known address. The respondent's last
13    known  address may be determined from records of the clerk of
14    the court, from the Federal Case Registry  of  Child  Support
15    Orders, or by any other reasonable means.
16        (b)  Failure  of either parent to comply with an order to
17    pay  support  shall  be  punishable  as  in  other  cases  of
18    contempt.  In addition to other penalties provided by law the
19    Court may, after finding the parent guilty of contempt, order
20    that the parent be:
21             (1)  placed on probation  with  such  conditions  of
22        probation as the Court deems advisable;
23             (2)  sentenced to periodic imprisonment for a period
24        not to exceed 6 months; provided, however, that the Court
25        may  permit the parent to be released for periods of time
26        during the day or night to:
27                  (A)  work; or
28                  (B)  conduct a business or other  self-employed
29             occupation.
30        The  Court  may  further  order  any  part  or all of the
31    earnings  of  a  parent  during  a   sentence   of   periodic
32    imprisonment paid to the Clerk of the Circuit Court or to the
33    parent  having  custody  or to the guardian having custody of
34    the children of the sentenced parent for the support of  said
 
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 1    children until further order of the Court.
 2        If  there is a unity of interest and ownership sufficient
 3    to render no financial  separation  between  a  non-custodial
 4    parent  and another person or persons or business entity, the
 5    court may pierce the ownership veil of the  person,  persons,
 6    or  business  entity  to discover assets of the non-custodial
 7    parent held in the name of that  person,  those  persons,  or
 8    that  business  entity.    The  following  circumstances  are
 9    sufficient  to  authorize  a  court to order discovery of the
10    assets of a person, persons, or business entity and to compel
11    the application of any discovered assets  toward  payment  on
12    the judgment for support:
13             (1)  the   non-custodial   parent  and  the  person,
14        persons, or business entity maintain records together.
15             (2)  the  non-custodial  parent  and   the   person,
16        persons,  or  business  entity  fail  to maintain an arms
17        length relationship between themselves with regard to any
18        assets.
19             (3)  the non-custodial parent  transfers  assets  to
20        the  person,  persons, or business entity with the intent
21        to perpetrate a fraud on the custodial parent.
22        With respect to assets which are real property, no  order
23    entered  under this paragraph shall affect the rights of bona
24    fide purchasers, mortgagees,  judgment  creditors,  or  other
25    lien  holders  who   acquire  their interests in the property
26    prior to the time a notice of lis  pendens  pursuant  to  the
27    Code  of  Civil Procedure or a copy of the order is placed of
28    record in the office of the recorder of deeds for the  county
29    in which the real property is located.
30        The  court may also order in cases where the parent is 90
31    days or more delinquent in payment of  support  or  has  been
32    adjudicated  in  arrears  in  an  amount  equal  to  90  days
33    obligation  or  more,  that  the  parent's  Illinois  driving
34    privileges  be suspended, and the registration of any vehicle
 
                            -25-     LRB093 07091 DRH 07244 b
 1    owned and driven by him or her be revoked,  until  the  court
 2    determines that the parent is in compliance with the order of
 3    support.   The court may also order that the parent be issued
 4    a family  financial  responsibility  driving  permit,  and  a
 5    certificate  of  temporary  registration  if  requested, that
 6    would  allow  limited  driving  privileges,   and   temporary
 7    registration   if   requested,  for  employment  and  medical
 8    purposes in accordance  with  Sections  Section  7-702.1  and
 9    7-803  of the Illinois Vehicle Code. The clerk of the circuit
10    court  shall  certify  the  order  suspending   the   driving
11    privileges  of  the  parent, revoking the registration of any
12    vehicle owned and driven by  him  or  her,  or  granting  the
13    issuance of a family financial responsibility driving permit,
14    and  a  temporary registration if requested, to the Secretary
15    of State on forms prescribed by the Secretary.  Upon  receipt
16    of  the authenticated documents, the Secretary of State shall
17    suspend the parent's driving privileges until  further  order
18    of  the  court,  shall revoke the registration of any vehicle
19    owned by him or her, and shall,  if  ordered  by  the  court,
20    subject  to  the  provisions  of Sections Section 7-702.1 and
21    7-803 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, issue a family  financial
22    responsibility driving permit, and a certificate of temporary
23    registration if requested, to the parent.
24        In  addition  to  the penalties or punishment that may be
25    imposed  under  this  Section,  any  person   whose   conduct
26    constitutes  a  violation  of  Section  15 of the Non-Support
27    Punishment Act may be prosecuted under that Act, and a person
28    convicted under that Act may be sentenced in accordance  with
29    that  Act.   The sentence may include but need not be limited
30    to a requirement that the person  perform  community  service
31    under  Section  50  of  that  Act  or  participate  in a work
32    alternative program under Section 50 of that Act.   A  person
33    may  not  be  required  to  participate in a work alternative
34    program under Section  50  of  that  Act  if  the  person  is
 
                            -26-     LRB093 07091 DRH 07244 b
 1    currently participating in a work program pursuant to Section
 2    505.1 of this Act.
 3        A  support  obligation,  or  any  portion  of  a  support
 4    obligation,  which becomes due and remains unpaid for 30 days
 5    or more shall accrue simple interest at the rate  of  9%  per
 6    annum.  An  order for support entered or modified on or after
 7    January 1, 2002 shall contain  a  statement  that  a  support
 8    obligation  required  under  the  order,  or any portion of a
 9    support obligation required under the order, that becomes due
10    and remains unpaid for 30 days or more  shall  accrue  simple
11    interest at the rate of 9% per annum.  Failure to include the
12    statement  in  the  order  for  support  does  not affect the
13    validity of the order or the accrual of interest as  provided
14    in this Section.
15        (c)  A  one-time  charge  of  20%  is  imposable upon the
16    amount of past-due child support owed on July 1,  1988  which
17    has  accrued under a support order entered by the court.  The
18    charge shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions  of
19    Section  10-21  of  the Illinois Public Aid Code and shall be
20    enforced by the court upon petition.
21        (d)  Any new or existing support  order  entered  by  the
22    court  under  this  Section shall be deemed to be a series of
23    judgments  against  the  person  obligated  to  pay   support
24    thereunder,  each  such  judgment to be in the amount of each
25    payment or installment of support and each such  judgment  to
26    be deemed entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
27    installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
28    Each  such  judgment  shall  have  the full force, effect and
29    attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
30    ability to be enforced. A lien arises  by  operation  of  law
31    against  the  real  and personal property of the noncustodial
32    parent for each installment of overdue support  owed  by  the
33    noncustodial parent.
34        (e)  When  child  support is to be paid through the clerk
 
                            -27-     LRB093 07091 DRH 07244 b
 1    of the court in a county of 1,000,000  inhabitants  or  less,
 2    the  order  shall  direct the obligor to pay to the clerk, in
 3    addition to the child support payments, all fees  imposed  by
 4    the  county  board  under  paragraph (3) of subsection (u) of
 5    Section 27.1 of the Clerks of Courts  Act.   Unless  paid  in
 6    cash  or pursuant to an order for withholding, the payment of
 7    the fee shall be by a separate instrument  from  the  support
 8    payment and shall be made to the order of the Clerk.
 9        (f)  All  orders  for  support, when entered or modified,
10    shall include a provision requiring the obligor to notify the
11    court and, in cases in which a party is receiving  child  and
12    spouse  services  under  Article X of the Illinois Public Aid
13    Code, the Illinois Department of Public Aid, within  7  days,
14    (i)  of  the  name  and  address  of  any new employer of the
15    obligor, (ii)  whether  the  obligor  has  access  to  health
16    insurance  coverage  through  the  employer  or  other  group
17    coverage and, if so, the policy name and number and the names
18    of  persons  covered  under  the policy, and (iii) of any new
19    residential or mailing address or  telephone  number  of  the
20    non-custodial  parent.  In any subsequent action to enforce a
21    support order, upon a  sufficient  showing  that  a  diligent
22    effort  has  been  made  to  ascertain  the  location  of the
23    non-custodial parent, service  of  process  or  provision  of
24    notice  necessary  in  the case may be made at the last known
25    address of the non-custodial parent in any  manner  expressly
26    provided  by  the  Code of Civil Procedure or this Act, which
27    service shall be sufficient for purposes of due process.
28        (g)  An order for support shall include a date  on  which
29    the  current  support obligation terminates.  The termination
30    date shall be no earlier than the date  on  which  the  child
31    covered  by the order will attain the age of 18.  However, if
32    the child will not graduate  from  high  school  until  after
33    attaining  the  age of 18, then the termination date shall be
34    no earlier than the earlier of the date on which the  child's
 
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 1    high  school  graduation  will occur or the date on which the
 2    child will attain the age of 19.  The order for support shall
 3    state that  the  termination  date  does  not  apply  to  any
 4    arrearage  that  may  remain unpaid on that date.  Nothing in
 5    this subsection shall be construed to prevent the court  from
 6    modifying the order or terminating the order in the event the
 7    child is otherwise emancipated.
 8        (h)  An  order entered under this Section shall include a
 9    provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee  and
10    to  the  clerk  of court within 10 days each time the obligor
11    obtains  new  employment,  and  each   time   the   obligor's
12    employment is terminated for any reason.  The report shall be
13    in  writing and shall, in the case of new employment, include
14    the name and address of the new employer.  Failure to  report
15    new  employment  or the termination of current employment, if
16    coupled with nonpayment of support for a period in excess  of
17    60  days,  is  indirect  criminal  contempt.  For any obligor
18    arrested for failure to report new employment bond  shall  be
19    set  in the amount of the child support that should have been
20    paid during the period of unreported  employment.   An  order
21    entered  under  this  Section  shall also include a provision
22    requiring the obligor and  obligee  parents  to  advise  each
23    other  of  a  change in residence within 5 days of the change
24    except when the court finds that  the  physical,  mental,  or
25    emotional  health  of  a  party  or that of a child, or both,
26    would be seriously endangered by disclosure  of  the  party's
27    address.
28        (i)  The  court  does  not  lose  the powers of contempt,
29    driver's  license  suspension,   or   other   child   support
30    enforcement   mechanisms,  including,  but  not  limited  to,
31    criminal prosecution as set  forth  in  this  Act,  upon  the
32    emancipation of the minor child or children.
33    (Source:  P.A.  91-113,  eff.  7-15-99;  91-397, eff. 1-1-00;
34    91-655,  eff.  6-1-00;  91-767,  eff.  6-9-00;  92-16,   eff.
 
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 1    6-28-01;  92-203,  eff. 8-1-01; 92-374, eff. 8-15-01; 92-651,
 2    eff. 7-11-02; 92-876, eff. 6-1-03.)

 3        Section  15.  The  Illinois  Parentage  Act  of  1984  is
 4    amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

 5        (750 ILCS 45/15) (from Ch. 40, par. 2515)
 6        Sec. 15.  Enforcement of Judgment or Order.
 7        (a)  If existence of the parent and child relationship is
 8    declared,  or  paternity  or  duty  of   support   has   been
 9    established  under  this  Act or under prior law or under the
10    law  of  any  other  jurisdiction,  the   judgment   rendered
11    thereunder  may  be enforced in the same or other proceedings
12    by any party or any person or agency that  has  furnished  or
13    may  furnish  financial  assistance or services to the child.
14    The Income Withholding for Support Act and Sections 14 and 16
15    of this Act shall also be applicable with respect  to  entry,
16    modification  and enforcement of any support judgment entered
17    under provisions of the "Paternity  Act",  approved  July  5,
18    1957, as amended, repealed July 1, 1985.
19        (b)  Failure  to comply with any order of the court shall
20    be punishable as contempt as in other  cases  of  failure  to
21    comply  under  the  "Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of
22    Marriage  Act",  as now or hereafter amended.  In addition to
23    other penalties provided by law, the court may, after finding
24    the party guilty of contempt, order that the party be:
25             (1)  Placed on probation  with  such  conditions  of
26        probation as the court deems advisable;
27             (2)  Sentenced to periodic imprisonment for a period
28        not  to  exceed  6 months.  However, the court may permit
29        the party to be released for periods of time  during  the
30        day  or  night  to  work  or  conduct  business  or other
31        self-employed occupation.  The court  may  further  order
32        any part of all the earnings of a party during a sentence
 
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 1        of  periodic  imprisonment to be paid to the Clerk of the
 2        Circuit Court or to the person or parent  having  custody
 3        of  the  minor  child for the support of said child until
 4        further order of the court.
 5             (2.5)  The court may also pierce the ownership  veil
 6        of  a  person,  persons,  or  business entity to discover
 7        assets of a non-custodial parent held in the name of that
 8        person, those persons, or that business entity  if  there
 9        is a unity of interest and ownership sufficient to render
10        no  financial separation between the non-custodial parent
11        and that person, those persons, or the  business  entity.
12        The following circumstances are sufficient for a court to
13        order  discovery  of  the assets of a person, persons, or
14        business entity and to  compel  the  application  of  any
15        discovered  assets  toward  payment  on  the judgment for
16        support:
17                  (A)  the non-custodial parent and  the  person,
18             persons,   or   business   entity  maintain  records
19             together.
20                  (B)  the non-custodial parent and  the  person,
21             persons, or business entity fail to maintain an arms
22             length  relationship  between themselves with regard
23             to any assets.
24                  (C)  the non-custodial parent transfers  assets
25             to  the person, persons, or business entity with the
26             intent  to  perpetrate  a  fraud  on  the  custodial
27             parent.
28             With respect to assets which are real  property,  no
29        order  entered  under this subdivision (2.5) shall affect
30        the rights of bona fide purchasers, mortgagees,  judgment
31        creditors,  or  other  lien  holders  who  acquire  their
32        interests  in  the property prior to the time a notice of
33        lis pendens pursuant to the Code of Civil Procedure or  a
34        copy  of  the  order is placed of record in the office of
 
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 1        the recorder of deeds for the county in  which  the  real
 2        property is located.
 3             (3)  The  court  may  also order that in cases where
 4        the party is 90 days or more  delinquent  in  payment  of
 5        support  or  has been adjudicated in arrears in an amount
 6        equal to 90 days obligation or  more,  that  the  party's
 7        Illinois   driving   privileges  be  suspended,  and  the
 8        registration of any vehicle  driven  by  him  or  her  be
 9        revoked,  until the court determines that the party is in
10        compliance with the judgement or duty  of  support.   The
11        court  may  also order that the parent be issued a family
12        financial   responsibility   driving   permit,   and    a
13        certificate  of temporary registration if requested, that
14        would allow limited  driving  privileges,  and  temporary
15        registration  if  requested,  for  employment and medical
16        purposes in accordance with Sections Section 7-702.1  and
17        7-803  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code. The clerk of the
18        circuit court shall  certify  the  order  suspending  the
19        driving   privileges   of   the   parent,   revoking  the
20        registration of any vehicle owned and driven  by  him  or
21        her,  or  granting  the  issuance  of  a family financial
22        responsibility  driving  permit,  and  a  certificate  of
23        temporary registration if requested, to the Secretary  of
24        State  on forms prescribed by the Secretary. Upon receipt
25        of the authenticated documents, the  Secretary  of  State
26        shall   suspend  the  party's  driving  privileges  until
27        further order of the court, shall revoke the registration
28        of any vehicle owned and driven by him or her, and shall,
29        if ordered by the court, subject  to  the  provisions  of
30        Sections  Section  7-702.1  and  7-803  of  the  Illinois
31        Vehicle  Code,  issue  a  family financial responsibility
32        driving  permit,   and   a   certificate   of   temporary
33        registration if requested, to the parent.
34        In  addition  to  the penalties or punishment that may be
 
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 1    imposed  under  this  Section,  any  person   whose   conduct
 2    constitutes  a  violation  of  Section  15 of the Non-Support
 3    Punishment Act may be prosecuted under that Act, and a person
 4    convicted under that Act may be sentenced in accordance  with
 5    that  Act.   The sentence may include but need not be limited
 6    to a requirement that the person  perform  community  service
 7    under  Section  50  of  that  Act  or  participate  in a work
 8    alternative program under Section 50 of that Act.   A  person
 9    may  not  be  required  to  participate in a work alternative
10    program under Section  50  of  that  Act  if  the  person  is
11    currently participating in a work program pursuant to Section
12    15.1 of this Act.
13        (c)  In any post-judgment proceeding to enforce or modify
14    the  judgment  the parties shall continue to be designated as
15    in the original proceeding.
16    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)

17        Section 95.  No acceleration or delay.   Where  this  Act
18    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
19    text  that  is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
20    Section represented by multiple versions), the  use  of  that
21    text  does  not  accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
22    the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived  from
23    any other Public Act.

24        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
25    becoming law.