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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 Marriage and Dissolution of
5Marriage Act is amended by changing Sections 503, 504, 505, and
6510 as follows:
 
7    (750 ILCS 5/503)  (from Ch. 40, par. 503)
8    Sec. 503. Disposition of property.
9    (a) For purposes of this Act, "marital property" means all
10property acquired by either spouse subsequent to the marriage,
11except the following, which is known as "non-marital property":
12        (1) property acquired by gift, legacy or descent;
13        (2) property acquired in exchange for property
14    acquired before the marriage or in exchange for property
15    acquired by gift, legacy or descent;
16        (3) property acquired by a spouse after a judgment of
17    legal separation;
18        (4) property excluded by valid agreement of the
19    parties;
20        (5) any judgment or property obtained by judgment
21    awarded to a spouse from the other spouse;
22        (6) property acquired before the marriage;
23        (7) the increase in value of property acquired by a

 

 

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1    method listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) of this
2    subsection, irrespective of whether the increase results
3    from a contribution of marital property, non-marital
4    property, the personal effort of a spouse, or otherwise,
5    subject to the right of reimbursement provided in
6    subsection (c) of this Section; and
7        (8) income from property acquired by a method listed in
8    paragraphs (1) through (7) of this subsection if the income
9    is not attributable to the personal effort of a spouse.
10    (b)(1) For purposes of distribution of property pursuant to
11this Section, all property acquired by either spouse after the
12marriage and before a judgment of dissolution of marriage or
13declaration of invalidity of marriage, including non-marital
14property transferred into some form of co-ownership between the
15spouses, is presumed to be marital property, regardless of
16whether title is held individually or by the spouses in some
17form of co-ownership such as joint tenancy, tenancy in common,
18tenancy by the entirety, or community property. The presumption
19of marital property is overcome by a showing that the property
20was acquired by a method listed in subsection (a) of this
21Section.
22    (2) For purposes of distribution of property pursuant to
23this Section, all pension benefits (including pension benefits
24under the Illinois Pension Code) acquired by either spouse
25after the marriage and before a judgment of dissolution of
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1presumed to be marital property, regardless of which spouse
2participates in the pension plan. The presumption that these
3pension benefits are marital property is overcome by a showing
4that the pension benefits were acquired by a method listed in
5subsection (a) of this Section. The right to a division of
6pension benefits in just proportions under this Section is
7enforceable under Section 1-119 of the Illinois Pension Code.
8    The value of pension benefits in a retirement system
9subject to the Illinois Pension Code shall be determined in
10accordance with the valuation procedures established by the
11retirement system.
12    The recognition of pension benefits as marital property and
13the division of those benefits pursuant to a Qualified Illinois
14Domestic Relations Order shall not be deemed to be a
15diminishment, alienation, or impairment of those benefits. The
16division of pension benefits is an allocation of property in
17which each spouse has a species of common ownership.
18    (3) For purposes of distribution of property under this
19Section, all stock options granted to either spouse after the
20marriage and before a judgment of dissolution of marriage or
21declaration of invalidity of marriage, whether vested or
22non-vested or whether their value is ascertainable, are
23presumed to be marital property. This presumption of marital
24property is overcome by a showing that the stock options were
25acquired by a method listed in subsection (a) of this Section.
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1the time of the judgment of dissolution of marriage or
2declaration of invalidity of marriage recognizing that the
3value of the stock options may not be then determinable and
4that the actual division of the options may not occur until a
5future date. In making the allocation between the parties, the
6court shall consider, in addition to the factors set forth in
7subsection (d) of this Section, the following:
8        (i) All circumstances underlying the grant of the stock
9    option including but not limited to whether the grant was
10    for past, present, or future efforts, or any combination
11    thereof.
12        (ii) The length of time from the grant of the option to
13    the time the option is exercisable.
14    (b-5) As to any policy of life insurance insuring the life
15of either spouse, or any interest in such policy, that
16constitutes marital property, whether whole life, term life,
17group term life, universal life, or other form of life
18insurance policy, and whether or not the value is
19ascertainable, the court shall allocate ownership, death
20benefits or the right to assign death benefits, and the
21obligation for premium payments, if any, equitably between the
22parties at the time of the judgment for dissolution or
23declaration of invalidity of marriage.
24    (c) Commingled marital and non-marital property shall be
25treated in the following manner, unless otherwise agreed by the
26spouses:

 

 

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1        (1) When marital and non-marital property are
2    commingled by contributing one estate of property into
3    another resulting in a loss of identity of the contributed
4    property, the classification of the contributed property
5    is transmuted to the estate receiving the contribution,
6    subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this
7    subsection; provided that if marital and non-marital
8    property are commingled into newly acquired property
9    resulting in a loss of identity of the contributing
10    estates, the commingled property shall be deemed
11    transmuted to marital property, subject to the provisions
12    of paragraph (2) of this subsection.
13        (2) When one estate of property makes a contribution to
14    another estate of property, or when a spouse contributes
15    personal effort to non-marital property, the contributing
16    estate shall be reimbursed from the estate receiving the
17    contribution notwithstanding any transmutation; provided,
18    that no such reimbursement shall be made with respect to a
19    contribution which is not retraceable by clear and
20    convincing evidence, or was a gift, or, in the case of a
21    contribution of personal effort of a spouse to non-marital
22    property, unless the effort is significant and results in
23    substantial appreciation of the non-marital property.
24    Personal effort of a spouse shall be deemed a contribution
25    by the marital estate. The court may provide for
26    reimbursement out of the marital property to be divided or

 

 

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1    by imposing a lien against the non-marital property which
2    received the contribution.
3    (d) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or
4declaration of invalidity of marriage, or in a proceeding for
5disposition of property following dissolution of marriage by a
6court which lacked personal jurisdiction over the absent spouse
7or lacked jurisdiction to dispose of the property, the court
8shall assign each spouse's non-marital property to that spouse.
9It also shall divide the marital property without regard to
10marital misconduct in just proportions considering all
11relevant factors, including:
12        (1) the contribution of each party to the acquisition,
13    preservation, or increase or decrease in value of the
14    marital or non-marital property, including (i) any such
15    decrease attributable to a payment deemed to have been an
16    advance from the parties' marital estate under subsection
17    (c-1)(2) of Section 501 and (ii) the contribution of a
18    spouse as a homemaker or to the family unit;
19        (2) the dissipation by each party of the marital or
20    non-marital property;
21        (3) the value of the property assigned to each spouse;
22        (4) the duration of the marriage;
23        (5) the relevant economic circumstances of each spouse
24    when the division of property is to become effective,
25    including the desirability of awarding the family home, or
26    the right to live therein for reasonable periods, to the

 

 

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1    spouse having custody of the children;
2        (6) any obligations and rights arising from a prior
3    marriage of either party;
4        (7) any antenuptial agreement of the parties;
5        (8) the age, health, station, occupation, amount and
6    sources of income, vocational skills, employability,
7    estate, liabilities, and needs of each of the parties;
8        (9) the custodial provisions for any children;
9        (10) whether the apportionment is in lieu of or in
10    addition to maintenance;
11        (11) the reasonable opportunity of each spouse for
12    future acquisition of capital assets and income; and
13        (12) the tax consequences of the property division upon
14    the respective economic circumstances of the parties.
15    (e) Each spouse has a species of common ownership in the
16marital property which vests at the time dissolution
17proceedings are commenced and continues only during the
18pendency of the action. Any such interest in marital property
19shall not encumber that property so as to restrict its
20transfer, assignment or conveyance by the title holder unless
21such title holder is specifically enjoined from making such
22transfer, assignment or conveyance.
23    (f) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or
24declaration of invalidity of marriage or in a proceeding for
25disposition of property following dissolution of marriage by a
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1or lacked jurisdiction to dispose of the property, the court,
2in determining the value of the marital and non-marital
3property for purposes of dividing the property, shall value the
4property as of the date of trial or some other date as close to
5the date of trial as is practicable.
6    (g) The court if necessary to protect and promote the best
7interests of the children may set aside a portion of the
8jointly or separately held estates of the parties in a separate
9fund or trust for the support, maintenance, education, physical
10and mental health, and general welfare of any minor, dependent,
11or incompetent child of the parties. In making a determination
12under this subsection, the court may consider, among other
13things, the conviction of a party of any of the offenses set
14forth in Section 12-3.3, 12-4, 12-4.1, 12-4.2, 12-4.3, 12-13,
1512-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, or 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 if
16the victim is a child of one or both of the parties, and there
17is a need for, and cost of, care, healing and counseling for
18the child who is the victim of the crime.
19    (h) Unless specifically directed by a reviewing court, or
20upon good cause shown, the court shall not on remand consider
21any increase or decrease in the value of any "marital" or
22"non-marital" property occurring since the assessment of such
23property at the original trial or hearing, but shall use only
24that assessment made at the original trial or hearing.
25    (i) The court may make such judgments affecting the marital
26property as may be just and may enforce such judgments by

 

 

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1ordering a sale of marital property, with proceeds therefrom to
2be applied as determined by the court.
3    (j) After proofs have closed in the final hearing on all
4other issues between the parties (or in conjunction with the
5final hearing, if all parties so stipulate) and before judgment
6is entered, a party's petition for contribution to fees and
7costs incurred in the proceeding shall be heard and decided, in
8accordance with the following provisions:
9        (1) A petition for contribution, if not filed before
10    the final hearing on other issues between the parties,
11    shall be filed no later than 30 days after the closing of
12    proofs in the final hearing or within such other period as
13    the court orders.
14        (2) Any award of contribution to one party from the
15    other party shall be based on the criteria for division of
16    marital property under this Section 503 and, if maintenance
17    has been awarded, on the criteria for an award of
18    maintenance under Section 504.
19        (3) The filing of a petition for contribution shall not
20    be deemed to constitute a waiver of the attorney-client
21    privilege between the petitioning party and current or
22    former counsel; and such a waiver shall not constitute a
23    prerequisite to a hearing for contribution. If either
24    party's presentation on contribution, however, includes
25    evidence within the scope of the attorney-client
26    privilege, the disclosure or disclosures shall be narrowly

 

 

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1    construed and shall not be deemed by the court to
2    constitute a general waiver of the privilege as to matters
3    beyond the scope of the presentation.
4        (4) No finding on which a contribution award is based
5    or denied shall be asserted against counsel or former
6    counsel for purposes of any hearing under subsection (c) or
7    (e) of Section 508.
8        (5) A contribution award (payable to either the
9    petitioning party or the party's counsel, or jointly, as
10    the court determines) may be in the form of either a set
11    dollar amount or a percentage of fees and costs (or a
12    portion of fees and costs) to be subsequently agreed upon
13    by the petitioning party and counsel or, alternatively,
14    thereafter determined in a hearing pursuant to subsection
15    (c) of Section 508 or previously or thereafter determined
16    in an independent proceeding under subsection (e) of
17    Section 508.
18        (6) The changes to this Section 503 made by this
19    amendatory Act of 1996 apply to cases pending on or after
20    June 1, 1997, except as otherwise provided in Section 508.
21(Source: P.A. 95-374, eff. 1-1-08; 96-583, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
22    (750 ILCS 5/504)  (from Ch. 40, par. 504)
23    Sec. 504. Maintenance.
24    (a) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal
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1proceeding for maintenance following dissolution of the
2marriage by a court which lacked personal jurisdiction over the
3absent spouse, the court may grant a temporary or permanent
4maintenance award for either spouse in amounts and for periods
5of time as the court deems just, without regard to marital
6misconduct, in gross or for fixed or indefinite periods of
7time, and the maintenance may be paid from the income or
8property of the other spouse after consideration of all
9relevant factors, including:
10        (1) the income and property of each party, including
11    marital property apportioned and non-marital property
12    assigned to the party seeking maintenance;
13        (2) the needs of each party;
14        (3) the present and future earning capacity of each
15    party;
16        (4) any impairment of the present and future earning
17    capacity of the party seeking maintenance due to that party
18    devoting time to domestic duties or having forgone or
19    delayed education, training, employment, or career
20    opportunities due to the marriage;
21        (5) the time necessary to enable the party seeking
22    maintenance to acquire appropriate education, training,
23    and employment, and whether that party is able to support
24    himself or herself through appropriate employment or is the
25    custodian of a child making it appropriate that the
26    custodian not seek employment;

 

 

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1        (6) the standard of living established during the
2    marriage;
3        (7) the duration of the marriage;
4        (8) the age and the physical and emotional condition of
5    both parties;
6        (9) the tax consequences of the property division upon
7    the respective economic circumstances of the parties;
8        (10) contributions and services by the party seeking
9    maintenance to the education, training, career or career
10    potential, or license of the other spouse;
11        (11) any valid agreement of the parties; and
12        (12) any other factor that the court expressly finds to
13    be just and equitable.
14    (b) (Blank).
15    (b-5) Any maintenance obligation including any unallocated
16maintenance and child support obligation, or any portion of any
17support obligation, that becomes due and remains unpaid shall
18accrue simple interest as set forth in Section 505 of this Act.
19    (b-7) Any new or existing maintenance order including any
20unallocated maintenance and child support order entered by the
21court under this Section shall be deemed to be a series of
22judgments against the person obligated to pay support
23thereunder. Each such judgment to be in the amount of each
24payment or installment of support and each such judgment to be
25deemed entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
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1except no judgment shall arise as to any installment coming due
2after the termination of maintenance as provided by Section 510
3of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act or the
4provisions of any order for maintenance. Each such judgment
5shall have the full force, effect and attributes of any other
6judgment of this State, including the ability to be enforced. A
7lien arises by operation of law against the real and personal
8property of the obligor for each installment of overdue support
9owed by the obligor.
10    (c) The court may grant and enforce the payment of
11maintenance during the pendency of an appeal as the court shall
12deem reasonable and proper.
13    (d) No maintenance shall accrue during the period in which
14a party is imprisoned for failure to comply with the court's
15order for the payment of such maintenance.
16    (e) When maintenance is to be paid through the clerk of the
17court in a county of 1,000,000 inhabitants or less, the order
18shall direct the obligor to pay to the clerk, in addition to
19the maintenance payments, all fees imposed by the county board
20under paragraph (3) of subsection (u) of Section 27.1 of the
21Clerks of Courts Act. Unless paid in cash or pursuant to an
22order for withholding, the payment of the fee shall be by a
23separate instrument from the support payment and shall be made
24to the order of the Clerk.
25    (f) An award ordered by a court upon entry of a dissolution
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1reservation of maintenance in a dissolution judgment may be
2reasonably secured, in whole or in part, by life insurance on
3the payor's life on terms as to which the parties agree, or, if
4they do not agree, on such terms determined by the court,
5subject to the following:
6        (1) With respect to existing life insurance, provided
7    the court is apprised through evidence, stipulation, or
8    otherwise as to level of death benefits, premium, and other
9    relevant data and makes findings relative thereto, the
10    court may allocate death benefits, the right to assign
11    death benefits, or the obligation for future premium
12    payments between the parties as it deems just.
13        (2) To the extent the court determines that its award
14    should be secured, in whole or in part, by new life
15    insurance on the payor's life, the court may only order:
16            (i) that the payor cooperate on all appropriate
17        steps for the payee to obtain such new life insurance;
18        and
19            (ii) that the payee, at his or her sole option and
20        expense, may obtain such new life insurance on the
21        payor's life up to a maximum level of death benefit
22        coverage, or descending death benefit coverage, as is
23        set by the court, such level not to exceed a reasonable
24        amount in light of the court's award, with the payee or
25        the payee's designee being the beneficiary of such life
26        insurance.

 

 

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1In determining the maximum level of death benefit coverage, the
2court shall take into account all relevant facts and
3circumstances, including the impact on access to life insurance
4by the maintenance payor. If in resolving any issues under
5paragraph (2) of this subsection (f) a court reviews any
6submitted or proposed application for new insurance on the life
7of a maintenance payor, the review shall be in camera.
8        (3) A judgment shall expressly set forth that all death
9    benefits paid under life insurance on a payor's life
10    maintained or obtained pursuant to this subsection to
11    secure maintenance are designated as excludable from the
12    gross income of the maintenance payee under Section
13    71(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, unless an
14    agreement or stipulation of the parties otherwise
15    provides.
16(Source: P.A. 94-89, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
17    (750 ILCS 5/505)  (from Ch. 40, par. 505)
18    Sec. 505. Child support; contempt; penalties.
19    (a) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal
20separation, declaration of invalidity of marriage, a
21proceeding for child support following dissolution of the
22marriage by a court which lacked personal jurisdiction over the
23absent spouse, a proceeding for modification of a previous
24order for child support under Section 510 of this Act, or any
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1court may order either or both parents owing a duty of support
2to a child of the marriage to pay an amount reasonable and
3necessary for his support, without regard to marital
4misconduct. The duty of support owed to a child includes the
5obligation to provide for the reasonable and necessary
6physical, mental and emotional health needs of the child. For
7purposes of this Section, the term "child" shall include any
8child under age 18 and any child under age 19 who is still
9attending high school.
10        (1) The Court shall determine the minimum amount of
11    support by using the following guidelines:
12Number of ChildrenPercent of Supporting Party's
13Net Income
14120%
15228%
16332%
17440%
18545%
196 or more50%
20        (2) The above guidelines shall be applied in each case
21    unless the court makes a finding that application of the
22    guidelines would be inappropriate, after considering the
23    best interests of the child in light of evidence including
24    but not limited to one or more of the following relevant
25    factors:
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1            (b) the financial resources and needs of the
2        custodial parent;
3            (c) the standard of living the child would have
4        enjoyed had the marriage not been dissolved;
5            (d) the physical and emotional condition of the
6        child, and his educational needs; and
7            (e) the financial resources and needs of the
8        non-custodial parent.
9        If the court deviates from the guidelines, the court's
10    finding shall state the amount of support that would have
11    been required under the guidelines, if determinable. The
12    court shall include the reason or reasons for the variance
13    from the guidelines.
14        (3) "Net income" is defined as the total of all income
15    from all sources, minus the following deductions:
16            (a) Federal income tax (properly calculated
17        withholding or estimated payments);
18            (b) State income tax (properly calculated
19        withholding or estimated payments);
20            (c) Social Security (FICA payments);
21            (d) Mandatory retirement contributions required by
22        law or as a condition of employment;
23            (e) Union dues;
24            (f) Dependent and individual
25        health/hospitalization insurance premiums and life
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1        court to reasonably secure child support or support
2        ordered pursuant to Section 513, any such order to
3        entail provisions on which the parties agree or,
4        otherwise, in accordance with the limitations set
5        forth in subsection 504(f)(1) and (2);
6            (g) Prior obligations of support or maintenance
7        actually paid pursuant to a court order;
8            (h) Expenditures for repayment of debts that
9        represent reasonable and necessary expenses for the
10        production of income, medical expenditures necessary
11        to preserve life or health, reasonable expenditures
12        for the benefit of the child and the other parent,
13        exclusive of gifts. The court shall reduce net income
14        in determining the minimum amount of support to be
15        ordered only for the period that such payments are due
16        and shall enter an order containing provisions for its
17        self-executing modification upon termination of such
18        payment period;
19            (i) Foster care payments paid by the Department of
20        Children and Family Services for providing licensed
21        foster care to a foster child.
22        (4) In cases where the court order provides for
23    health/hospitalization insurance coverage pursuant to
24    Section 505.2 of this Act, the premiums for that insurance,
25    or that portion of the premiums for which the supporting
26    party is responsible in the case of insurance provided

 

 

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1    through an employer's health insurance plan where the
2    employer pays a portion of the premiums, shall be
3    subtracted from net income in determining the minimum
4    amount of support to be ordered.
5        (4.5) In a proceeding for child support following
6    dissolution of the marriage by a court that lacked personal
7    jurisdiction over the absent spouse, and in which the court
8    is requiring payment of support for the period before the
9    date an order for current support is entered, there is a
10    rebuttable presumption that the supporting party's net
11    income for the prior period was the same as his or her net
12    income at the time the order for current support is
13    entered.
14        (5) If the net income cannot be determined because of
15    default or any other reason, the court shall order support
16    in an amount considered reasonable in the particular case.
17    The final order in all cases shall state the support level
18    in dollar amounts. However, if the court finds that the
19    child support amount cannot be expressed exclusively as a
20    dollar amount because all or a portion of the payor's net
21    income is uncertain as to source, time of payment, or
22    amount, the court may order a percentage amount of support
23    in addition to a specific dollar amount and enter such
24    other orders as may be necessary to determine and enforce,
25    on a timely basis, the applicable support ordered.
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1    with a request for discovery of financial information
2    relating to the non-custodial parent's ability to provide
3    child support, (ii) the non-custodial parent failed to
4    comply with the request, despite having been ordered to do
5    so by the court, and (iii) the non-custodial parent is not
6    present at the hearing to determine support despite having
7    received proper notice, then any relevant financial
8    information concerning the non-custodial parent's ability
9    to provide child support that was obtained pursuant to
10    subpoena and proper notice shall be admitted into evidence
11    without the need to establish any further foundation for
12    its admission.
13    (a-5) In an action to enforce an order for support based on
14the respondent's failure to make support payments as required
15by the order, notice of proceedings to hold the respondent in
16contempt for that failure may be served on the respondent by
17personal service or by regular mail addressed to the
18respondent's last known address. The respondent's last known
19address may be determined from records of the clerk of the
20court, from the Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders,
21or by any other reasonable means.
22    (b) Failure of either parent to comply with an order to pay
23support shall be punishable as in other cases of contempt. In
24addition to other penalties provided by law the Court may,
25after finding the parent guilty of contempt, order that the
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1        (1) placed on probation with such conditions of
2    probation as the Court deems advisable;
3        (2) sentenced to periodic imprisonment for a period not
4    to exceed 6 months; provided, however, that the Court may
5    permit the parent to be released for periods of time during
6    the day or night to:
7            (A) work; or
8            (B) conduct a business or other self-employed
9        occupation.
10    The Court may further order any part or all of the earnings
11of a parent during a sentence of periodic imprisonment paid to
12the Clerk of the Circuit Court or to the parent having custody
13or to the guardian having custody of the children of the
14sentenced parent for the support of said children until further
15order of the Court.
16    If there is a unity of interest and ownership sufficient to
17render no financial separation between a non-custodial parent
18and another person or persons or business entity, the court may
19pierce the ownership veil of the person, persons, or business
20entity to discover assets of the non-custodial parent held in
21the name of that person, those persons, or that business
22entity. The following circumstances are sufficient to
23authorize a court to order discovery of the assets of a person,
24persons, or business entity and to compel the application of
25any discovered assets toward payment on the judgment for
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1        (1) the non-custodial parent and the person, persons,
2    or business entity maintain records together.
3        (2) the non-custodial parent and the person, persons,
4    or business entity fail to maintain an arms length
5    relationship between themselves with regard to any assets.
6        (3) the non-custodial parent transfers assets to the
7    person, persons, or business entity with the intent to
8    perpetrate a fraud on the custodial parent.
9    With respect to assets which are real property, no order
10entered under this paragraph shall affect the rights of bona
11fide purchasers, mortgagees, judgment creditors, or other lien
12holders who acquire their interests in the property prior to
13the time a notice of lis pendens pursuant to the Code of Civil
14Procedure or a copy of the order is placed of record in the
15office of the recorder of deeds for the county in which the
16real property is located.
17    The court may also order in cases where the parent is 90
18days or more delinquent in payment of support or has been
19adjudicated in arrears in an amount equal to 90 days obligation
20or more, that the parent's Illinois driving privileges be
21suspended until the court determines that the parent is in
22compliance with the order of support. The court may also order
23that the parent be issued a family financial responsibility
24driving permit that would allow limited driving privileges for
25employment and medical purposes in accordance with Section
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1court shall certify the order suspending the driving privileges
2of the parent or granting the issuance of a family financial
3responsibility driving permit to the Secretary of State on
4forms prescribed by the Secretary. Upon receipt of the
5authenticated documents, the Secretary of State shall suspend
6the parent's driving privileges until further order of the
7court and shall, if ordered by the court, subject to the
8provisions of Section 7-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
9issue a family financial responsibility driving permit to the
10parent.
11    In addition to the penalties or punishment that may be
12imposed under this Section, any person whose conduct
13constitutes a violation of Section 15 of the Non-Support
14Punishment Act may be prosecuted under that Act, and a person
15convicted under that Act may be sentenced in accordance with
16that Act. The sentence may include but need not be limited to a
17requirement that the person perform community service under
18Section 50 of that Act or participate in a work alternative
19program under Section 50 of that Act. A person may not be
20required to participate in a work alternative program under
21Section 50 of that Act if the person is currently participating
22in a work program pursuant to Section 505.1 of this Act.
23    A support obligation, or any portion of a support
24obligation, which becomes due and remains unpaid as of the end
25of 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. An order for support entered or
3modified on or after January 1, 2006 shall contain a statement
4that a support obligation required under the order, or any
5portion of a support obligation required under the order, that
6becomes due and remains unpaid as of the end of each month,
7excluding the child support that was due for that month to the
8extent that it was not paid in that month, shall accrue simple
9interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of the Code of Civil
10Procedure. Failure to include the statement in the order for
11support does not affect the validity of the order or the
12accrual of interest as provided in this Section.
13    (c) A one-time charge of 20% is imposable upon the amount
14of past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which has
15accrued under a support order entered by the court. The charge
16shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section
1710-21 of the Illinois Public Aid Code and shall be enforced by
18the court upon petition.
19    (d) Any new or existing support order entered by the court
20under this Section shall be deemed to be a series of judgments
21against the person obligated to pay support thereunder, each
22such judgment to be in the amount of each payment or
23installment of support and each such judgment to be deemed
24entered as of the date the corresponding payment or installment
25becomes due under the terms of the support order. Each such
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1any other judgment of this State, including the ability to be
2enforced. A lien arises by operation of law against the real
3and personal property of the noncustodial parent for each
4installment of overdue support owed by the noncustodial parent.
5    (e) When child support is to be paid through the clerk of
6the court in a county of 1,000,000 inhabitants or less, the
7order shall direct the obligor to pay to the clerk, in addition
8to the child support payments, all fees imposed by the county
9board under paragraph (3) of subsection (u) of Section 27.1 of
10the Clerks of Courts Act. Unless paid in cash or pursuant to an
11order for withholding, the payment of the fee shall be by a
12separate instrument from the support payment and shall be made
13to the order of the Clerk.
14    (f) All orders for support, when entered or modified, shall
15include a provision requiring the obligor to notify the court
16and, in cases in which a party is receiving child and spouse
17services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the
18Department of Healthcare and Family Services, within 7 days,
19(i) of the name and address of any new employer of the obligor,
20(ii) whether the obligor has access to health insurance
21coverage through the employer or other group coverage and, if
22so, the policy name and number and the names of persons covered
23under the policy, and (iii) of any new residential or mailing
24address or telephone number of the non-custodial parent. In any
25subsequent action to enforce a support order, upon a sufficient
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1location of the non-custodial parent, service of process or
2provision of notice necessary in the case may be made at the
3last known address of the non-custodial parent in any manner
4expressly provided by the Code of Civil Procedure or this Act,
5which service shall be sufficient for purposes of due process.
6    (g) An order for support shall include a date on which the
7current support obligation terminates. The termination date
8shall be no earlier than the date on which the child covered by
9the order will attain the age of 18. However, if the child will
10not graduate from high school until after attaining the age of
1118, then the termination date shall be no earlier than the
12earlier of the date on which the child's high school graduation
13will occur or the date on which the child will attain the age
14of 19. The order for support shall state that the termination
15date does not apply to any arrearage that may remain unpaid on
16that date. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
17prevent the court from modifying the order or terminating the
18order in the event the child is otherwise emancipated.
19    (g-5) If there is an unpaid arrearage or delinquency (as
20those terms are defined in the Income Withholding for Support
21Act) equal to at least one month's support obligation on the
22termination date stated in the order for support or, if there
23is no termination date stated in the order, on the date the
24child attains the age of majority or is otherwise emancipated,
25the periodic amount required to be paid for current support of
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1continue to be an obligation, not as current support but as
2periodic payment toward satisfaction of the unpaid arrearage or
3delinquency. That periodic payment shall be in addition to any
4periodic payment previously required for satisfaction of the
5arrearage or delinquency. The total periodic amount to be paid
6toward satisfaction of the arrearage or delinquency may be
7enforced and collected by any method provided by law for
8enforcement and collection of child support, including but not
9limited to income withholding under the Income Withholding for
10Support Act. Each order for support entered or modified on or
11after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
12General Assembly must contain a statement notifying the parties
13of the requirements of this subsection. Failure to include the
14statement in the order for support does not affect the validity
15of the order or the operation of the provisions of this
16subsection with regard to the order. This subsection shall not
17be construed to prevent or affect the establishment or
18modification of an order for support of a minor child or the
19establishment or modification of an order for support of a
20non-minor child or educational expenses under Section 513 of
21this Act.
22    (h) An order entered under this Section shall include a
23provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee and to
24the clerk of court within 10 days each time the obligor obtains
25new employment, and each time the obligor's employment is
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1shall, in the case of new employment, include the name and
2address of the new employer. Failure to report new employment
3or the termination of current employment, if coupled with
4nonpayment of support for a period in excess of 60 days, is
5indirect criminal contempt. For any obligor arrested for
6failure to report new employment bond shall be set in the
7amount of the child support that should have been paid during
8the period of unreported employment. An order entered under
9this Section shall also include a provision requiring the
10obligor and obligee parents to advise each other of a change in
11residence within 5 days of the change except when the court
12finds that the physical, mental, or emotional health of a party
13or that of a child, or both, would be seriously endangered by
14disclosure of the party's address.
15    (i) The court does not lose the powers of contempt,
16driver's license suspension, or other child support
17enforcement mechanisms, including, but not limited to,
18criminal prosecution as set forth in this Act, upon the
19emancipation of the minor child or children.
20(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-1134, eff. 7-21-10.)
 
21    (750 ILCS 5/510)  (from Ch. 40, par. 510)
22    Sec. 510. Modification and termination of provisions for
23maintenance, support, educational expenses, and property
24disposition.
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1Section 502 and in subsection (b), clause (3) of Section 505.2,
2the provisions of any judgment respecting maintenance or
3support may be modified only as to installments accruing
4subsequent to due notice by the moving party of the filing of
5the motion for modification. An order for child support may be
6modified as follows:
7        (1) upon a showing of a substantial change in
8    circumstances; and
9        (2) without the necessity of showing a substantial
10    change in circumstances, as follows:
11            (A) upon a showing of an inconsistency of at least
12        20%, but no less than $10 per month, between the amount
13        of the existing order and the amount of child support
14        that results from application of the guidelines
15        specified in Section 505 of this Act unless the
16        inconsistency is due to the fact that the amount of the
17        existing order resulted from a deviation from the
18        guideline amount and there has not been a change in the
19        circumstances that resulted in that deviation; or
20            (B) Upon a showing of a need to provide for the
21        health care needs of the child under the order through
22        health insurance or other means. In no event shall the
23        eligibility for or receipt of medical assistance be
24        considered to meet the need to provide for the child's
25        health care needs.
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1in cases in which a party is receiving child support
2enforcement services from the Department of Healthcare and
3Family Services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid
4Code, and only when at least 36 months have elapsed since the
5order for child support was entered or last modified.
6    (a-5) An order for maintenance may be modified or
7terminated only upon a showing of a substantial change in
8circumstances. In all such proceedings, as well as in
9proceedings in which maintenance is being reviewed, the court
10shall consider the applicable factors set forth in subsection
11(a) of Section 504 and the following factors:
12        (1) any change in the employment status of either party
13    and whether the change has been made in good faith;
14        (2) the efforts, if any, made by the party receiving
15    maintenance to become self-supporting, and the
16    reasonableness of the efforts where they are appropriate;
17        (3) any impairment of the present and future earning
18    capacity of either party;
19        (4) the tax consequences of the maintenance payments
20    upon the respective economic circumstances of the parties;
21        (5) the duration of the maintenance payments
22    previously paid (and remaining to be paid) relative to the
23    length of the marriage;
24        (6) the property, including retirement benefits,
25    awarded to each party under the judgment of dissolution of
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1    declaration of invalidity of marriage and the present
2    status of the property;
3        (7) the increase or decrease in each party's income
4    since the prior judgment or order from which a review,
5    modification, or termination is being sought;
6        (8) the property acquired and currently owned by each
7    party after the entry of the judgment of dissolution of
8    marriage, judgment of legal separation, or judgment of
9    declaration of invalidity of marriage; and
10        (9) any other factor that the court expressly finds to
11    be just and equitable.
12    (b) The provisions as to property disposition may not be
13revoked or modified, unless the court finds the existence of
14conditions that justify the reopening of a judgment under the
15laws of this State.
16    (c) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties in a written
17agreement set forth in the judgment or otherwise approved by
18the court, the obligation to pay future maintenance is
19terminated upon the death of either party, or the remarriage of
20the party receiving maintenance, or if the party receiving
21maintenance cohabits with another person on a resident,
22continuing conjugal basis. Any obligation of a payor party for
23premium payments respecting insurance on such party's life
24imposed under subsection (f) of Section 504 is also terminated
25on the occurrence of any of the foregoing events, unless
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1obligation for maintenance as a result of the death of the
2payor party, however, shall be inapplicable to any right of the
3other party or such other party's designee to receive a death
4benefit under such insurance on the payor party's life.
5    (d) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, or as agreed in
6writing or expressly provided in the judgment, provisions for
7the support of a child are terminated by emancipation of the
8child, or if the child has attained the age of 18 and is still
9attending high school, provisions for the support of the child
10are terminated upon the date that the child graduates from high
11school or the date the child attains the age of 19, whichever
12is earlier, but not by the death of a parent obligated to
13support or educate the child. An existing obligation to pay for
14support or educational expenses, or both, is not terminated by
15the death of a parent. When a parent obligated to pay support
16or educational expenses, or both, dies, the amount of support
17or educational expenses, or both, may be enforced, modified,
18revoked or commuted to a lump sum payment, as equity may
19require, and that determination may be provided for at the time
20of the dissolution of the marriage or thereafter.
21    (e) The right to petition for support or educational
22expenses, or both, under Sections 505 and 513 is not
23extinguished by the death of a parent. Upon a petition filed
24before or after a parent's death, the court may award sums of
25money out of the decedent's estate for the child's support or
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1within which a claim may be filed against the estate of a
2decedent under Sections 505 and 513 and subsection (d) and this
3subsection shall be governed by the provisions of the Probate
4Act of 1975, as a barrable, noncontingent claim.
5    (f) A petition to modify or terminate child support,
6custody, or visitation shall not delay any child support
7enforcement litigation or supplementary proceeding on behalf
8of the obligee, including, but not limited to, a petition for a
9rule to show cause, for non-wage garnishment, or for a
10restraining order.
11(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)