94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5520

 

Introduced 1/27/2006, by Rep. Aaron Schock

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/10-5   from Ch. 38, par. 10-5

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that the offense of child abduction also includes intentionally luring or attempting to lure a child under the age of 16 into an aircraft, watercraft, or isolated area without the consent of the parent or lawful custodian of the child for other than a lawful purpose. Effective immediately.


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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Section 10-5 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/10-5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 10-5)
7     Sec. 10-5. Child Abduction.
8     (a) For purposes of this Section, the following terms shall
9 have the following meanings:
10         (1) "Child" means a person under the age of 18 or a
11     severely or profoundly mentally retarded person at the time
12     the alleged violation occurred; and
13         (2) "Detains" means taking or retaining physical
14     custody of a child, whether or not the child resists or
15     objects; and
16         (3) "Lawful custodian" means a person or persons
17     granted legal custody of a child or entitled to physical
18     possession of a child pursuant to a court order. It is
19     presumed that, when the parties have never been married to
20     each other, the mother has legal custody of the child
21     unless a valid court order states otherwise. If an
22     adjudication of paternity has been completed and the father
23     has been assigned support obligations or visitation
24     rights, such a paternity order should, for the purposes of
25     this Section be considered a valid court order granting
26     custody to the mother.
27     (b) A person commits child abduction when he or she:
28         (1) Intentionally violates any terms of a valid court
29     order granting sole or joint custody, care or possession to
30     another, by concealing or detaining the child or removing
31     the child from the jurisdiction of the court; or
32         (2) Intentionally violates a court order prohibiting

 

 

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1     the person from concealing or detaining the child or
2     removing the child from the jurisdiction of the court; or
3         (3) Intentionally conceals, detains or removes the
4     child without the consent of the mother or lawful custodian
5     of the child if the person is a putative father and either:
6     (A) the paternity of the child has not been legally
7     established or (B) the paternity of the child has been
8     legally established but no orders relating to custody have
9     been entered. However, notwithstanding the presumption
10     created by paragraph (3) of subsection (a), a mother
11     commits child abduction when she intentionally conceals or
12     removes a child, whom she has abandoned or relinquished
13     custody of, from an unadjudicated father who has provided
14     sole ongoing care and custody of the child in her absence;
15     or
16         (4) Intentionally conceals or removes the child from a
17     parent after filing a petition or being served with process
18     in an action affecting marriage or paternity but prior to
19     the issuance of a temporary or final order determining
20     custody; or
21         (5) At the expiration of visitation rights outside the
22     State, intentionally fails or refuses to return or impedes
23     the return of the child to the lawful custodian in
24     Illinois; or
25         (6) Being a parent of the child, and where the parents
26     of such child are or have been married and there has been
27     no court order of custody, conceals the child for 15 days,
28     and fails to make reasonable attempts within the 15 day
29     period to notify the other parent as to the specific
30     whereabouts of the child, including a means by which to
31     contact such child, or to arrange reasonable visitation or
32     contact with the child. It is not a violation of this
33     Section for a person fleeing domestic violence to take the
34     child with him or her to housing provided by a domestic
35     violence program; or
36         (7) Being a parent of the child, and where the parents

 

 

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1     of the child are or have been married and there has been no
2     court order of custody, conceals, detains, or removes the
3     child with physical force or threat of physical force; or
4         (8) Conceals, detains, or removes the child for payment
5     or promise of payment at the instruction of a person who
6     has no legal right to custody; or
7         (9) Retains in this State for 30 days a child removed
8     from another state without the consent of the lawful
9     custodian or in violation of a valid court order of
10     custody; or
11         (10) Intentionally lures or attempts to lure a child
12     under the age of 16 into a motor vehicle, aircraft,
13     watercraft, isolated area, building, housetrailer, or
14     dwelling place without the consent of the parent or lawful
15     custodian of the child for other than a lawful purpose.
16     For the purposes of this subsection (b), paragraph (10),
17 the luring or attempted luring of a child under the age of 16
18 into a motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, isolated area,
19 building, housetrailer, or dwelling place without the consent
20 of the parent or lawful custodian of the child shall be prima
21 facie evidence of other than a lawful purpose.
22     (c) It shall be an affirmative defense that:
23         (1) The person had custody of the child pursuant to a
24     court order granting legal custody or visitation rights
25     which existed at the time of the alleged violation; or
26         (2) The person had physical custody of the child
27     pursuant to a court order granting legal custody or
28     visitation rights and failed to return the child as a
29     result of circumstances beyond his or her control, and the
30     person notified and disclosed to the other parent or legal
31     custodian the specific whereabouts of the child and a means
32     by which such child can be contacted or made a reasonable
33     attempt to notify the other parent or lawful custodian of
34     the child of such circumstances and make such disclosure
35     within 24 hours after the visitation period had expired and
36     returned the child as soon as possible; or

 

 

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1         (3) The person was fleeing an incidence or pattern of
2     domestic violence; or
3         (4) The person lured or attempted to lure a child under
4     the age of 16 into a motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft,
5     isolated area, building, housetrailer, or dwelling place
6     for a lawful purpose in prosecutions under subsection (b),
7     paragraph (10).
8     (d) A person convicted of child abduction under this
9 Section is guilty of a Class 4 felony. A person convicted of a
10 second or subsequent violation of paragraph (10) of subsection
11 (b) of this Section is guilty of a Class 3 felony. It shall be a
12 factor in aggravation for which a court may impose a more
13 severe sentence under Section 5-8-1 of the Unified Code of
14 Corrections, if upon sentencing the court finds evidence of any
15 of the following aggravating factors:
16         (1) that the defendant abused or neglected the child
17     following the concealment, detention or removal of the
18     child; or
19         (2) that the defendant inflicted or threatened to
20     inflict physical harm on a parent or lawful custodian of
21     the child or on the child with intent to cause such parent
22     or lawful custodian to discontinue criminal prosecution of
23     the defendant under this Section; or
24         (3) that the defendant demanded payment in exchange for
25     return of the child or demanded that he or she be relieved
26     of the financial or legal obligation to support the child
27     in exchange for return of the child; or
28         (4) that the defendant has previously been convicted of
29     child abduction; or
30         (5) that the defendant committed the abduction while
31     armed with a deadly weapon or the taking of the child
32     resulted in serious bodily injury to another; or
33         (6) that the defendant committed the abduction while in
34     a school, regardless of the time of day or time of year; in
35     a playground; on any conveyance owned, leased, or
36     contracted by a school to transport students to or from

 

 

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1     school or a school related activity; on the real property
2     of a school; or on a public way within 1,000 feet of the
3     real property comprising any school or playground. For
4     purposes of this paragraph (6), "playground" means a piece
5     of land owned or controlled by a unit of local government
6     that is designated by the unit of local government for use
7     solely or primarily for children's recreation; and
8     "school" means a public or private elementary or secondary
9     school, community college, college, or university.
10     (e) The court may order the child to be returned to the
11 parent or lawful custodian from whom the child was concealed,
12 detained or removed. In addition to any sentence imposed, the
13 court may assess any reasonable expense incurred in searching
14 for or returning the child against any person convicted of
15 violating this Section.
16     (f) Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to
17 limit the court's contempt power.
18     (g) Every law enforcement officer investigating an alleged
19 incident of child abduction shall make a written police report
20 of any bona fide allegation and the disposition of such
21 investigation. Every police report completed pursuant to this
22 Section shall be compiled and recorded within the meaning of
23 Section 5.1 of "An Act in relation to criminal identification
24 and investigation", approved July 2, 1931, as now or hereafter
25 amended.
26     (h) Whenever a law enforcement officer has reasons to
27 believe a child abduction has occurred, he shall provide the
28 lawful custodian a summary of her or his rights under this Act,
29 including the procedures and relief available to her or him.
30     (i) If during the course of an investigation under this
31 Section the child is found in the physical custody of the
32 defendant or another, the law enforcement officer shall return
33 the child to the parent or lawful custodian from whom the child
34 was concealed, detained or removed, unless there is good cause
35 for the law enforcement officer or the Department of Children
36 and Family Services to retain temporary protective custody of

 

 

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1 the child pursuant to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
2 Act, as now or hereafter amended.
3 (Source: P.A. 92-434, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
4     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.