97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3839

 

Introduced 10/19/2011, by Rep. Monique D. Davis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/10-16.5
735 ILCS 5/12-109  from Ch. 110, par. 12-109
750 ILCS 5/504  from Ch. 40, par. 504
750 ILCS 5/505  from Ch. 40, par. 505
750 ILCS 16/20
750 ILCS 16/23
750 ILCS 45/20.7

    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Code of Civil Procedure, the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, and the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 to provide that no child support order entered on or after the effective date shall accrue interest and that interest on orders entered prior to the effective date shall no longer accrue interest after the effective date.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5changing Section 10-16.5 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/10-16.5)
7    Sec. 10-16.5. Interest on support obligations. A support
8obligation, or any portion of a support obligation, which
9becomes due and remains unpaid as of the end of each month,
10excluding the child support that was due for that month to the
11extent that it was not paid in that month, shall accrue simple
12interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of the Code of Civil
13Procedure until the effective date of this amendatory Act of
14the 97th General Assembly. An order for support entered or
15modified on or after January 1, 2006 shall contain a statement
16that a support obligation required under the order, or any
17portion of a support obligation required under the order, that
18becomes due and remains unpaid as of the end of each month,
19excluding the child support that was due for that month to the
20extent that it was not paid in that month, shall accrue simple
21interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of the Code of Civil
22Procedure. Failure to include the statement in the order for
23support does not affect the validity of the order or the

 

 

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1accrual of interest as provided in this Section.
2(Source: P.A. 94-90, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
3    Section 10. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
4changing Section 12-109 as follows:
 
5    (735 ILCS 5/12-109)  (from Ch. 110, par. 12-109)
6    Sec. 12-109. Interest on judgments.
7    (a) Every judgment except those arising by operation of law
8from child support orders shall bear interest thereon as
9provided in Section 2-1303.
10    (a-5) From and after the effective date of this amendatory
11Act of the 97th General Assembly, no judgment arising by
12operation of law from a child support order shall bear
13interest. Any judgment arising by operation of law from a child
14support order that was entered prior to the effective date of
15this Amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly shall not bear
16interest after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
1797th General Assembly.
18    (b) Except as provided in subsection (a-5), every Every
19judgment arising by operation of law from a child support order
20shall bear interest as provided in this subsection. The
21interest on judgments arising by operation of law from child
22support orders shall be calculated by applying one-twelfth of
23the current statutory interest rate as provided in Section
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1each calendar month. The unpaid child support balance at the
2end of the month is the total amount of child support ordered,
3excluding the child support that was due for that month to the
4extent that it was not paid in that month and including
5judgments for retroactive child support, less all payments
6received and applied as set forth in this subsection. The
7accrued interest shall not be included in the unpaid child
8support balance when calculating interest at the end of the
9month. The unpaid child support balance as of the end of each
10month shall be determined by calculating the current monthly
11child support obligation and applying all payments received for
12that month, except federal income tax refund intercepts, first
13to the current monthly child support obligation and then
14applying any payments in excess of the current monthly child
15support obligation to the unpaid child support balance owed
16from previous months. The current monthly child support
17obligation shall be determined from the document that
18established the support obligation. Federal income tax refund
19intercepts and any payments in excess of the current monthly
20child support obligation shall be applied to the unpaid child
21support balance. Any payments in excess of the current monthly
22child support obligation and the unpaid child support balance
23shall be applied to the accrued interest on the unpaid child
24support balance. Interest on child support obligations may be
25collected by any means available under federal and State laws,
26rules, and regulations providing for the collection of child

 

 

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1support.
2(Source: P.A. 94-90, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
3    Section 15. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
4Marriage Act is amended by changing Sections 504 and 505 as
5follows:
 
6    (750 ILCS 5/504)  (from Ch. 40, par. 504)
7    Sec. 504. Maintenance.
8    (a) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal
9separation or declaration of invalidity of marriage, or a
10proceeding for maintenance following dissolution of the
11marriage by a court which lacked personal jurisdiction over the
12absent spouse, the court may grant a temporary or permanent
13maintenance award for either spouse in amounts and for periods
14of time as the court deems just, without regard to marital
15misconduct, in gross or for fixed or indefinite periods of
16time, and the maintenance may be paid from the income or
17property of the other spouse after consideration of all
18relevant factors, including:
19        (1) the income and property of each party, including
20    marital property apportioned and non-marital property
21    assigned to the party seeking maintenance;
22        (2) the needs of each party;
23        (3) the present and future earning capacity of each
24    party;

 

 

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1        (4) any impairment of the present and future earning
2    capacity of the party seeking maintenance due to that party
3    devoting time to domestic duties or having forgone or
4    delayed education, training, employment, or career
5    opportunities due to the marriage;
6        (5) the time necessary to enable the party seeking
7    maintenance to acquire appropriate education, training,
8    and employment, and whether that party is able to support
9    himself or herself through appropriate employment or is the
10    custodian of a child making it appropriate that the
11    custodian not seek employment;
12        (6) the standard of living established during the
13    marriage;
14        (7) the duration of the marriage;
15        (8) the age and the physical and emotional condition of
16    both parties;
17        (9) the tax consequences of the property division upon
18    the respective economic circumstances of the parties;
19        (10) contributions and services by the party seeking
20    maintenance to the education, training, career or career
21    potential, or license of the other spouse;
22        (11) any valid agreement of the parties; and
23        (12) any other factor that the court expressly finds to
24    be just and equitable.
25    (b) (Blank).
26    (b-5) Any maintenance obligation including any unallocated

 

 

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1maintenance and child support obligation, or any portion of any
2support obligation, that becomes due and remains unpaid shall
3accrue simple interest as set forth in Section 505 of this Act
4until the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
5General Assembly.
6    (b-6) The provisions of subsection (b-5) shall not apply to
7any child support obligation contained in an order entered on
8or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
9General Assembly. On and after the effective date of this
10amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, no interest shall
11accrue on a child support order entered prior to the effective
12date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly.
13    (b-7) Any new or existing maintenance order including any
14unallocated maintenance and child support order entered by the
15court under this Section shall be deemed to be a series of
16judgments against the person obligated to pay support
17thereunder. Each such judgment to be in the amount of each
18payment or installment of support and each such judgment to be
19deemed entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
20installment becomes due under the terms of the support order,
21except no judgment shall arise as to any installment coming due
22after the termination of maintenance as provided by Section 510
23of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act or the
24provisions of any order for maintenance. Each such judgment
25shall have the full force, effect and attributes of any other
26judgment of this State, including the ability to be enforced.

 

 

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1Notwithstanding any other State or local law to the contrary, a
2lien arises by operation of law against the real and personal
3property of the obligor for each installment of overdue support
4owed by the obligor.
5    (c) The court may grant and enforce the payment of
6maintenance during the pendency of an appeal as the court shall
7deem reasonable and proper.
8    (d) No maintenance shall accrue during the period in which
9a party is imprisoned for failure to comply with the court's
10order for the payment of such maintenance.
11    (e) When maintenance is to be paid through the clerk of the
12court in a county of 1,000,000 inhabitants or less, the order
13shall direct the obligor to pay to the clerk, in addition to
14the maintenance payments, all fees imposed by the county board
15under paragraph (3) of subsection (u) of Section 27.1 of the
16Clerks of Courts Act. Unless paid in cash or pursuant to an
17order for withholding, the payment of the fee shall be by a
18separate instrument from the support payment and shall be made
19to the order of the Clerk.
20    (f) An award ordered by a court upon entry of a dissolution
21judgment or upon entry of an award of maintenance following a
22reservation of maintenance in a dissolution judgment may be
23reasonably secured, in whole or in part, by life insurance on
24the payor's life on terms as to which the parties agree, or, if
25they do not agree, on such terms determined by the court,
26subject to the following:

 

 

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1        (1) With respect to existing life insurance, provided
2    the court is apprised through evidence, stipulation, or
3    otherwise as to level of death benefits, premium, and other
4    relevant data and makes findings relative thereto, the
5    court may allocate death benefits, the right to assign
6    death benefits, or the obligation for future premium
7    payments between the parties as it deems just.
8        (2) To the extent the court determines that its award
9    should be secured, in whole or in part, by new life
10    insurance on the payor's life, the court may only order:
11            (i) that the payor cooperate on all appropriate
12        steps for the payee to obtain such new life insurance;
13        and
14            (ii) that the payee, at his or her sole option and
15        expense, may obtain such new life insurance on the
16        payor's life up to a maximum level of death benefit
17        coverage, or descending death benefit coverage, as is
18        set by the court, such level not to exceed a reasonable
19        amount in light of the court's award, with the payee or
20        the payee's designee being the beneficiary of such life
21        insurance.
22    In determining the maximum level of death benefit coverage,
23    the court shall take into account all relevant facts and
24    circumstances, including the impact on access to life
25    insurance by the maintenance payor. If in resolving any
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1    reviews any submitted or proposed application for new
2    insurance on the life of a maintenance payor, the review
3    shall be in camera.
4        (3) A judgment shall expressly set forth that all death
5    benefits paid under life insurance on a payor's life
6    maintained or obtained pursuant to this subsection to
7    secure maintenance are designated as excludable from the
8    gross income of the maintenance payee under Section
9    71(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, unless an
10    agreement or stipulation of the parties otherwise
11    provides.
12(Source: P.A. 97-186, eff. 7-22-11; 97-608, eff. 1-1-12;
13revised 9-29-11.)
 
14    (750 ILCS 5/505)  (from Ch. 40, par. 505)
15    Sec. 505. Child support; contempt; penalties.
16    (a) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal
17separation, declaration of invalidity of marriage, a
18proceeding for child support following dissolution of the
19marriage by a court which lacked personal jurisdiction over the
20absent spouse, a proceeding for modification of a previous
21order for child support under Section 510 of this Act, or any
22proceeding authorized under Section 501 or 601 of this Act, the
23court may order either or both parents owing a duty of support
24to a child of the marriage to pay an amount reasonable and
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1misconduct. The duty of support owed to a child includes the
2obligation to provide for the reasonable and necessary
3physical, mental and emotional health needs of the child. For
4purposes of this Section, the term "child" shall include any
5child under age 18 and any child under age 19 who is still
6attending high school.
7        (1) The Court shall determine the minimum amount of
8    support by using the following guidelines:
9Number of ChildrenPercent of Supporting Party's
10Net Income
11120%
12228%
13332%
14440%
15545%
166 or more50%
17        (2) The above guidelines shall be applied in each case
18    unless the court makes a finding that application of the
19    guidelines would be inappropriate, after considering the
20    best interests of the child in light of evidence including
21    but not limited to one or more of the following relevant
22    factors:
23            (a) the financial resources and needs of the child;
24            (b) the financial resources and needs of the
25        custodial parent;
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1        enjoyed had the marriage not been dissolved;
2            (d) the physical and emotional condition of the
3        child, and his educational needs; and
4            (e) the financial resources and needs of the
5        non-custodial parent.
6        If the court deviates from the guidelines, the court's
7    finding shall state the amount of support that would have
8    been required under the guidelines, if determinable. The
9    court shall include the reason or reasons for the variance
10    from the guidelines.
11        (3) "Net income" is defined as the total of all income
12    from all sources, minus the following deductions:
13            (a) Federal income tax (properly calculated
14        withholding or estimated payments);
15            (b) State income tax (properly calculated
16        withholding or estimated payments);
17            (c) Social Security (FICA payments);
18            (d) Mandatory retirement contributions required by
19        law or as a condition of employment;
20            (e) Union dues;
21            (f) Dependent and individual
22        health/hospitalization insurance premiums;
23            (g) Prior obligations of support or maintenance
24        actually paid pursuant to a court order;
25            (h) Expenditures for repayment of debts that
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1        production of income, medical expenditures necessary
2        to preserve life or health, reasonable expenditures
3        for the benefit of the child and the other parent,
4        exclusive of gifts. The court shall reduce net income
5        in determining the minimum amount of support to be
6        ordered only for the period that such payments are due
7        and shall enter an order containing provisions for its
8        self-executing modification upon termination of such
9        payment period;
10            (i) Foster care payments paid by the Department of
11        Children and Family Services for providing licensed
12        foster care to a foster child.
13        (4) In cases where the court order provides for
14    health/hospitalization insurance coverage pursuant to
15    Section 505.2 of this Act, the premiums for that insurance,
16    or that portion of the premiums for which the supporting
17    party is responsible in the case of insurance provided
18    through an employer's health insurance plan where the
19    employer pays a portion of the premiums, shall be
20    subtracted from net income in determining the minimum
21    amount of support to be ordered.
22        (4.5) In a proceeding for child support following
23    dissolution of the marriage by a court that lacked personal
24    jurisdiction over the absent spouse, and in which the court
25    is requiring payment of support for the period before the
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1    rebuttable presumption that the supporting party's net
2    income for the prior period was the same as his or her net
3    income at the time the order for current support is
4    entered.
5        (5) If the net income cannot be determined because of
6    default or any other reason, the court shall order support
7    in an amount considered reasonable in the particular case.
8    The final order in all cases shall state the support level
9    in dollar amounts. However, if the court finds that the
10    child support amount cannot be expressed exclusively as a
11    dollar amount because all or a portion of the payor's net
12    income is uncertain as to source, time of payment, or
13    amount, the court may order a percentage amount of support
14    in addition to a specific dollar amount and enter such
15    other orders as may be necessary to determine and enforce,
16    on a timely basis, the applicable support ordered.
17        (6) If (i) the non-custodial parent was properly served
18    with a request for discovery of financial information
19    relating to the non-custodial parent's ability to provide
20    child support, (ii) the non-custodial parent failed to
21    comply with the request, despite having been ordered to do
22    so by the court, and (iii) the non-custodial parent is not
23    present at the hearing to determine support despite having
24    received proper notice, then any relevant financial
25    information concerning the non-custodial parent's ability
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1    subpoena and proper notice shall be admitted into evidence
2    without the need to establish any further foundation for
3    its admission.
4    (a-5) In an action to enforce an order for support based on
5the respondent's failure to make support payments as required
6by the order, notice of proceedings to hold the respondent in
7contempt for that failure may be served on the respondent by
8personal service or by regular mail addressed to the
9respondent's last known address. The respondent's last known
10address may be determined from records of the clerk of the
11court, from the Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders,
12or by any other reasonable means.
13    (b) Failure of either parent to comply with an order to pay
14support shall be punishable as in other cases of contempt. In
15addition to other penalties provided by law the Court may,
16after finding the parent guilty of contempt, order that the
17parent be:
18        (1) placed on probation with such conditions of
19    probation as the Court deems advisable;
20        (2) sentenced to periodic imprisonment for a period not
21    to exceed 6 months; provided, however, that the Court may
22    permit the parent to be released for periods of time during
23    the day or night to:
24            (A) work; or
25            (B) conduct a business or other self-employed
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1    The Court may further order any part or all of the earnings
2of a parent during a sentence of periodic imprisonment paid to
3the Clerk of the Circuit Court or to the parent having custody
4or to the guardian having custody of the children of the
5sentenced parent for the support of said children until further
6order of the Court.
7    If there is a unity of interest and ownership sufficient to
8render no financial separation between a non-custodial parent
9and another person or persons or business entity, the court may
10pierce the ownership veil of the person, persons, or business
11entity to discover assets of the non-custodial parent held in
12the name of that person, those persons, or that business
13entity. The following circumstances are sufficient to
14authorize a court to order discovery of the assets of a person,
15persons, or business entity and to compel the application of
16any discovered assets toward payment on the judgment for
17support:
18        (1) the non-custodial parent and the person, persons,
19    or business entity maintain records together.
20        (2) the non-custodial parent and the person, persons,
21    or business entity fail to maintain an arms length
22    relationship between themselves with regard to any assets.
23        (3) the non-custodial parent transfers assets to the
24    person, persons, or business entity with the intent to
25    perpetrate a fraud on the custodial parent.
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1entered under this paragraph shall affect the rights of bona
2fide purchasers, mortgagees, judgment creditors, or other lien
3holders who acquire their interests in the property prior to
4the time a notice of lis pendens pursuant to the Code of Civil
5Procedure or a copy of the order is placed of record in the
6office of the recorder of deeds for the county in which the
7real property is located.
8    The court may also order in cases where the parent is 90
9days or more delinquent in payment of support or has been
10adjudicated in arrears in an amount equal to 90 days obligation
11or more, that the parent's Illinois driving privileges be
12suspended until the court determines that the parent is in
13compliance with the order of support. The court may also order
14that the parent be issued a family financial responsibility
15driving permit that would allow limited driving privileges for
16employment and medical purposes in accordance with Section
177-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. The clerk of the circuit
18court shall certify the order suspending the driving privileges
19of the parent or granting the issuance of a family financial
20responsibility driving permit to the Secretary of State on
21forms prescribed by the Secretary. Upon receipt of the
22authenticated documents, the Secretary of State shall suspend
23the parent's driving privileges until further order of the
24court and shall, if ordered by the court, subject to the
25provisions of Section 7-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
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1parent.
2    In addition to the penalties or punishment that may be
3imposed under this Section, any person whose conduct
4constitutes a violation of Section 15 of the Non-Support
5Punishment Act may be prosecuted under that Act, and a person
6convicted under that Act may be sentenced in accordance with
7that Act. The sentence may include but need not be limited to a
8requirement that the person perform community service under
9Section 50 of that Act or participate in a work alternative
10program under Section 50 of that Act. A person may not be
11required to participate in a work alternative program under
12Section 50 of that Act if the person is currently participating
13in a work program pursuant to Section 505.1 of this Act.
14    (b-10) A support obligation, or any portion of a support
15obligation, which becomes due and remains unpaid as of the end
16of each month, excluding the child support that was due for
17that month to the extent that it was not paid in that month,
18shall accrue simple interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of
19the Code of Civil Procedure until the effective date of this
20amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. An order for
21support entered or modified on or after January 1, 2006 shall
22contain a statement that a support obligation required under
23the order, or any portion of a support obligation required
24under the order, that becomes due and remains unpaid as of the
25end of each month, excluding the child support that was due for
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1shall accrue simple interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of
2the Code of Civil Procedure. Failure to include the statement
3in the order for support does not affect the validity of the
4order or the accrual of interest as provided in this Section.
5    (b-11) The provisions of subsection (b-10) shall not apply
6to any child support order entered on or after the effective
7date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. On
8and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
9General Assembly, no interest shall accrue on a child support
10order entered prior to the effective date of this amendatory
11Act of the 97th General Assembly.
12    (c) A one-time charge of 20% is imposable upon the amount
13of past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which has
14accrued under a support order entered by the court. The charge
15shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section
1610-21 of the Illinois Public Aid Code and shall be enforced by
17the court upon petition.
18    (d) Any new or existing support order entered by the court
19under this Section shall be deemed to be a series of judgments
20against the person obligated to pay support thereunder, each
21such judgment to be in the amount of each payment or
22installment of support and each such judgment to be deemed
23entered as of the date the corresponding payment or installment
24becomes due under the terms of the support order. Each such
25judgment shall have the full force, effect and attributes of
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1enforced. A lien arises by operation of law against the real
2and personal property of the noncustodial parent for each
3installment of overdue support owed by the noncustodial parent.
4    (e) When child support is to be paid through the clerk of
5the court in a county of 1,000,000 inhabitants or less, the
6order shall direct the obligor to pay to the clerk, in addition
7to the child support payments, all fees imposed by the county
8board under paragraph (3) of subsection (u) of Section 27.1 of
9the Clerks of Courts Act. Unless paid in cash or pursuant to an
10order for withholding, the payment of the fee shall be by a
11separate instrument from the support payment and shall be made
12to the order of the Clerk.
13    (f) All orders for support, when entered or modified, shall
14include a provision requiring the obligor to notify the court
15and, in cases in which a party is receiving child and spouse
16services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the
17Department of Healthcare and Family Services, within 7 days,
18(i) of the name and address of any new employer of the obligor,
19(ii) whether the obligor has access to health insurance
20coverage through the employer or other group coverage and, if
21so, the policy name and number and the names of persons covered
22under the policy, and (iii) of any new residential or mailing
23address or telephone number of the non-custodial parent. In any
24subsequent action to enforce a support order, upon a sufficient
25showing that a diligent effort has been made to ascertain the
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1provision of notice necessary in the case may be made at the
2last known address of the non-custodial parent in any manner
3expressly provided by the Code of Civil Procedure or this Act,
4which service shall be sufficient for purposes of due process.
5    (g) An order for support shall include a date on which the
6current support obligation terminates. The termination date
7shall be no earlier than the date on which the child covered by
8the order will attain the age of 18. However, if the child will
9not graduate from high school until after attaining the age of
1018, then the termination date shall be no earlier than the
11earlier of the date on which the child's high school graduation
12will occur or the date on which the child will attain the age
13of 19. The order for support shall state that the termination
14date does not apply to any arrearage that may remain unpaid on
15that date. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
16prevent the court from modifying the order or terminating the
17order in the event the child is otherwise emancipated.
18    (g-5) If there is an unpaid arrearage or delinquency (as
19those terms are defined in the Income Withholding for Support
20Act) equal to at least one month's support obligation on the
21termination date stated in the order for support or, if there
22is no termination date stated in the order, on the date the
23child attains the age of majority or is otherwise emancipated,
24the periodic amount required to be paid for current support of
25that child immediately prior to that date shall automatically
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1periodic payment toward satisfaction of the unpaid arrearage or
2delinquency. That periodic payment shall be in addition to any
3periodic payment previously required for satisfaction of the
4arrearage or delinquency. The total periodic amount to be paid
5toward satisfaction of the arrearage or delinquency may be
6enforced and collected by any method provided by law for
7enforcement and collection of child support, including but not
8limited to income withholding under the Income Withholding for
9Support Act. Each order for support entered or modified on or
10after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
11General Assembly must contain a statement notifying the parties
12of the requirements of this subsection. Failure to include the
13statement in the order for support does not affect the validity
14of the order or the operation of the provisions of this
15subsection with regard to the order. This subsection shall not
16be construed to prevent or affect the establishment or
17modification of an order for support of a minor child or the
18establishment or modification of an order for support of a
19non-minor child or educational expenses under Section 513 of
20this Act.
21    (h) An order entered under this Section shall include a
22provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee and to
23the clerk of court within 10 days each time the obligor obtains
24new employment, and each time the obligor's employment is
25terminated for any reason. The report shall be in writing and
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1address of the new employer. Failure to report new employment
2or the termination of current employment, if coupled with
3nonpayment of support for a period in excess of 60 days, is
4indirect criminal contempt. For any obligor arrested for
5failure to report new employment bond shall be set in the
6amount of the child support that should have been paid during
7the period of unreported employment. An order entered under
8this Section shall also include a provision requiring the
9obligor and obligee parents to advise each other of a change in
10residence within 5 days of the change except when the court
11finds that the physical, mental, or emotional health of a party
12or that of a child, or both, would be seriously endangered by
13disclosure of the party's address.
14    (i) The court does not lose the powers of contempt,
15driver's license suspension, or other child support
16enforcement mechanisms, including, but not limited to,
17criminal prosecution as set forth in this Act, upon the
18emancipation of the minor child or children.
19(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-1134, eff. 7-21-10.)
 
20    Section 20. The Non-Support Punishment Act is amended by
21changing Sections 20 and 23 as follows:
 
22    (750 ILCS 16/20)
23    Sec. 20. Entry of order for support; income withholding.
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1support is in effect against the defendant:
2        (1) at any time before the trial, upon motion of the
3    State's Attorney, or of the Attorney General if the action
4    has been instituted by his office, and upon notice to the
5    defendant, or at the time of arraignment or as a condition
6    of postponement of arraignment, the court may enter such
7    temporary order for support as may seem just, providing for
8    the support or maintenance of the spouse or child or
9    children of the defendant, or both, pendente lite; or
10        (2) before trial with the consent of the defendant, or
11    at the trial on entry of a plea of guilty, or after
12    conviction, instead of imposing the penalty provided in
13    this Act, or in addition thereto, the court may enter an
14    order for support, subject to modification by the court
15    from time to time as circumstances may require, directing
16    the defendant to pay a certain sum for maintenance of the
17    spouse, or for support of the child or children, or both.
18    (b) The court shall determine the amount of child support
19by using the guidelines and standards set forth in subsection
20(a) of Section 505 and in Section 505.2 of the Illinois
21Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
22    If (i) the non-custodial parent was properly served with a
23request for discovery of financial information relating to the
24non-custodial parent's ability to provide child support, (ii)
25the non-custodial parent failed to comply with the request,
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1the non-custodial parent is not present at the hearing to
2determine support despite having received proper notice, then
3any relevant financial information concerning the
4non-custodial parent's ability to provide support that was
5obtained pursuant to subpoena and proper notice shall be
6admitted into evidence without the need to establish any
7further foundation for its admission.
8    (c) The court shall determine the amount of maintenance
9using the standards set forth in Section 504 of the Illinois
10Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
11    (d) The court may, for violation of any order under this
12Section, punish the offender as for a contempt of court, but no
13pendente lite order shall remain in effect longer than 4
14months, or after the discharge of any panel of jurors summoned
15for service thereafter in such court, whichever is sooner.
16    (e) Any order for support entered by the court under this
17Section shall be deemed to be a series of judgments against the
18person obligated to pay support under the judgments, each such
19judgment to be in the amount of each payment or installment of
20support and each judgment to be deemed entered as of the date
21the corresponding payment or installment becomes due under the
22terms of the support order. Each judgment shall have the full
23force, effect, and attributes of any other judgment of this
24State, including the ability to be enforced. Each judgment is
25subject to modification or termination only in accordance with
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1Marriage Act. Notwithstanding any other State or local law to
2the contrary, a lien arises by operation of law against the
3real and personal property of the noncustodial parent for each
4installment of overdue support owed by the noncustodial parent.
5    (f) An order for support entered under this Section shall
6include a provision requiring the obligor to report to the
7obligee and to the clerk of the court within 10 days each time
8the obligor obtains new employment, and each time the obligor's
9employment is terminated for any reason. The report shall be in
10writing and shall, in the case of new employment, include the
11name and address of the new employer.
12    Failure to report new employment or the termination of
13current employment, if coupled with nonpayment of support for a
14period in excess of 60 days, is indirect criminal contempt. For
15any obligor arrested for failure to report new employment, bond
16shall be set in the amount of the child support that should
17have been paid during the period of unreported employment.
18    An order for support entered under this Section shall also
19include a provision requiring the obligor and obligee parents
20to advise each other of a change in residence within 5 days of
21the change except when the court finds that the physical,
22mental, or emotional health of a party or of a minor child, or
23both, would be seriously endangered by disclosure of the
24party's address.
25    (g) An order for support entered or modified in a case in
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1under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code shall include a
2provision requiring the noncustodial parent to notify the
3Department of Healthcare and Family Services, within 7 days, of
4the name and address of any new employer of the noncustodial
5parent, whether the noncustodial parent has access to health
6insurance coverage through the employer or other group coverage
7and, if so, the policy name and number and the names of persons
8covered under the policy.
9    (h) In any subsequent action to enforce an order for
10support entered under this Act, upon sufficient showing that
11diligent effort has been made to ascertain the location of the
12noncustodial parent, service of process or provision of notice
13necessary in that action may be made at the last known address
14of the noncustodial parent, in any manner expressly provided by
15the Code of Civil Procedure or in this Act, which service shall
16be sufficient for purposes of due process.
17    (i) An order for support shall include a date on which the
18current support obligation terminates. The termination date
19shall be no earlier than the date on which the child covered by
20the order will attain the age of 18. However, if the child will
21not graduate from high school until after attaining the age of
2218, then the termination date shall be no earlier than the
23earlier of the date on which the child's high school graduation
24will occur or the date on which the child will attain the age
25of 19. The order for support shall state that the termination
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1that date. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
2prevent the court from modifying the order or terminating the
3order in the event the child is otherwise emancipated.
4    (i-5) If there is an unpaid arrearage or delinquency (as
5those terms are defined in the Income Withholding for Support
6Act) equal to at least one month's support obligation on the
7termination date stated in the order for support or, if there
8is no termination date stated in the order, on the date the
9child attains the age of majority or is otherwise emancipated,
10the periodic amount required to be paid for current support of
11that child immediately prior to that date shall automatically
12continue to be an obligation, not as current support but as
13periodic payment toward satisfaction of the unpaid arrearage or
14delinquency. That periodic payment shall be in addition to any
15periodic payment previously required for satisfaction of the
16arrearage or delinquency. The total periodic amount to be paid
17toward satisfaction of the arrearage or delinquency may be
18enforced and collected by any method provided by law for
19enforcement and collection of child support, including but not
20limited to income withholding under the Income Withholding for
21Support Act. Each order for support entered or modified on or
22after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
23General Assembly must contain a statement notifying the parties
24of the requirements of this subsection. Failure to include the
25statement in the order for support does not affect the validity
26of the order or the operation of the provisions of this

 

 

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1subsection with regard to the order. This subsection shall not
2be construed to prevent or affect the establishment or
3modification of an order for support of a minor child or the
4establishment or modification of an order for support of a
5non-minor child or educational expenses under Section 513 of
6the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
7    (j) A support obligation, or any portion of a support
8obligation, which becomes due and remains unpaid as of the end
9of each month, excluding the child support that was due for
10that month to the extent that it was not paid in that month,
11shall accrue simple interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of
12the Code of Civil Procedure until the effective date of this
13amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. An order for
14support entered or modified on or after January 1, 2006 shall
15contain a statement that a support obligation required under
16the order, or any portion of a support obligation required
17under the order, that becomes due and remains unpaid as of the
18end of each month, excluding the child support that was due for
19that month to the extent that it was not paid in that month,
20shall accrue simple interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of
21the Code of Civil Procedure. Failure to include the statement
22in the order for support does not affect the validity of the
23order or the accrual of interest as provided in this Section.
24(Source: P.A. 97-186, eff. 7-22-11.)
 
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1    Sec. 23. Interest on support obligations. A support
2obligation, or any portion of a support obligation, which
3becomes due and remains unpaid as of the end of each month,
4excluding the child support that was due for that month to the
5extent that it was not paid in that month, shall accrue
6interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of the Code of Civil
7Procedure until the effective date of this amendatory Act of
8the 97th General Assembly.
9(Source: P.A. 94-90, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
10    Section 25. The Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 if amended
11by changing Section 20.7 as follows:
 
12    (750 ILCS 45/20.7)
13    Sec. 20.7. Interest on support obligations. A support
14obligation, or any portion of a support obligation, which
15becomes due and remains unpaid as of the end of each month,
16excluding the child support that was due for that month to the
17extent that it was not paid in that month, shall accrue simple
18interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of the Code of Civil
19Procedure. An order for support entered or modified on or after
20January 1, 2006 shall contain a statement that a support
21obligation required under the order, or any portion of a
22support obligation required under the order, that becomes due
23and remains unpaid as of the end of each month, excluding the
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1was not paid in that month, shall accrue simple interest as set
2forth in Section 12-109 of the Code of Civil Procedure until
3the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
4Assembly. Failure to include the statement in the order for
5support does not affect the validity of the order or the
6accrual of interest as provided in this Section.
7(Source: P.A. 94-90, eff. 1-1-06.)