Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Filed: 3/11/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2330

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2330 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5adding Section 10-12.5 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/10-12.5 new)
7    Sec. 10-12.5. Suspension of child support during a period
8of incarceration.
9    (a) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties in a written
10agreement set forth in a court or administrative order for
11support or unless otherwise approved by a court, an obligation
12to pay child support is suspended by operation of law during
13any period of time in which the person owing a duty of support
14is committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections or
15the Department of Juvenile Justice.
16    (b) Any period of incarceration of a parent obligated to

 

 

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1pay child support shall not be considered a period of voluntary
2unemployment. In the case of an incarcerated parent obligated
3to pay child support greater than $0 whose period of
4incarceration is greater than one year and whose period of
5incarceration begins on or after July 1, 2013, the Department
6shall:
7        (1) temporarily suspend any support obligation of the
8    parent and the enforcement of any support obligation of the
9    parent existing prior to the period of incarceration; and
10        (2) temporarily prohibit the accrual of any interest on
11    any support obligation of the parent existing prior to the
12    period of incarceration during such period.
13    The temporary suspension of the child support obligation
14and of the accrual of interest on any support obligation of the
15parent existing prior to the period of incarceration shall end
16and both support and accrual of interest on any pre-existing
17unpaid obligation shall resume upon the first charging period
18to occur after the obligated parent's release from
19incarceration. Unless the terms of the support obligation have
20been otherwise modified, the support terms shall resume at the
21same level as prior to the temporary suspension.
22    (c) Provided the Department is advised or given notice of
23the obligated parent's incarceration for a period to exceed one
24year beginning after July 1, 2013, the Department, for cases
25enrolled in the Child Support Enforcement Program established
26by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, or the noncustodial

 

 

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1parent or his or her representative in all other cases, shall
2provide both parties with:
3        (1) notice of any suspension of review, adjustment, or
4    enforcement of a support obligation and of any prohibition
5    on interest accrual on such obligation that is imposed in
6    accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b);
7    and
8        (2) an opportunity to request that the suspension or
9    prohibition be terminated or modified on the basis that the
10    noncustodial parent has sufficient income or resources to
11    continue payment of the support obligation during the
12    noncustodial parent's period of incarceration.
13    (d) The Department shall not be liable for failing to act
14upon the provisions established under paragraphs (1) and (2) of
15subsection (a) if the Department has not been advised of the
16obligated parent's incarceration or if the Department has in
17place proper procedures for considering an obligated parent's
18incarceration when setting and modifying child support
19obligations and follows those procedures routinely.
 
20    Section 10. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
21Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 510 as follows:
 
22    (750 ILCS 5/510)  (from Ch. 40, par. 510)
23    Sec. 510. Modification and termination of provisions for
24maintenance, support, educational expenses, and property

 

 

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1disposition.
2    (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (f) of
3Section 502 and in subsection (b), clause (3) of Section 505.2,
4the provisions of any judgment respecting maintenance or
5support may be modified only as to installments accruing
6subsequent to due notice by the moving party of the filing of
7the motion for modification. An order for child support may be
8modified as follows:
9        (1) upon a showing of a substantial change in
10    circumstances, including incarceration prior to July 1,
11    2013 or for a period of incarceration of less than one
12    year; and
13        (2) without the necessity of showing a substantial
14    change in circumstances, as follows:
15            (A) upon a showing of an inconsistency of at least
16        20%, but no less than $10 per month, between the amount
17        of the existing order and the amount of child support
18        that results from application of the guidelines
19        specified in Section 505 of this Act unless the
20        inconsistency is due to the fact that the amount of the
21        existing order resulted from a deviation from the
22        guideline amount and there has not been a change in the
23        circumstances that resulted in that deviation; or
24            (B) upon a showing of a need to provide for the
25        health care needs of the child under the order through
26        health insurance or other means. In no event shall the

 

 

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1        eligibility for or receipt of medical assistance be
2        considered to meet the need to provide for the child's
3        health care needs.
4    The provisions of subparagraph (a)(2)(A) shall apply only
5in cases in which a party is receiving child support
6enforcement services from the Department of Healthcare and
7Family Services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid
8Code, and only when at least 36 months have elapsed since the
9order for child support was entered or last modified.
10    (a-5) An order for maintenance may be modified or
11terminated only upon a showing of a substantial change in
12circumstances. In all such proceedings, as well as in
13proceedings in which maintenance is being reviewed, the court
14shall consider the applicable factors set forth in subsection
15(a) of Section 504 and the following factors:
16        (1) any change in the employment status of either party
17    and whether the change has been made in good faith;
18        (2) the efforts, if any, made by the party receiving
19    maintenance to become self-supporting, and the
20    reasonableness of the efforts where they are appropriate;
21        (3) any impairment of the present and future earning
22    capacity of either party;
23        (4) the tax consequences of the maintenance payments
24    upon the respective economic circumstances of the parties;
25        (5) the duration of the maintenance payments
26    previously paid (and remaining to be paid) relative to the

 

 

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1    length of the marriage;
2        (6) the property, including retirement benefits,
3    awarded to each party under the judgment of dissolution of
4    marriage, judgment of legal separation, or judgment of
5    declaration of invalidity of marriage and the present
6    status of the property;
7        (7) the increase or decrease in each party's income
8    since the prior judgment or order from which a review,
9    modification, or termination is being sought;
10        (8) the property acquired and currently owned by each
11    party after the entry of the judgment of dissolution of
12    marriage, judgment of legal separation, or judgment of
13    declaration of invalidity of marriage; and
14        (9) any other factor that the court expressly finds to
15    be just and equitable.
16    (b) The provisions as to property disposition may not be
17revoked or modified, unless the court finds the existence of
18conditions that justify the reopening of a judgment under the
19laws of this State.
20    (c) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties in a written
21agreement set forth in the judgment or otherwise approved by
22the court, the obligation to pay future maintenance is
23terminated upon the death of either party, or the remarriage of
24the party receiving maintenance, or if the party receiving
25maintenance cohabits with another person on a resident,
26continuing conjugal basis. Any obligation of a payor party for

 

 

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1premium payments respecting insurance on such party's life
2imposed under subsection (f) of Section 504 is also terminated
3on the occurrence of any of the foregoing events, unless
4otherwise agreed by the parties. Any termination of an
5obligation for maintenance as a result of the death of the
6payor party, however, shall be inapplicable to any right of the
7other party or such other party's designee to receive a death
8benefit under such insurance on the payor party's life.
9    (d) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, or as agreed in
10writing or expressly provided in the judgment, provisions for
11the support of a child are terminated by emancipation of the
12child, or if the child has attained the age of 18 and is still
13attending high school, provisions for the support of the child
14are terminated upon the date that the child graduates from high
15school or the date the child attains the age of 19, whichever
16is earlier, but not by the death of a parent obligated to
17support or educate the child. An existing obligation to pay for
18support or educational expenses, or both, is not terminated by
19the death of a parent. When a parent obligated to pay support
20or educational expenses, or both, dies, the amount of support
21or educational expenses, or both, may be enforced, modified,
22revoked or commuted to a lump sum payment, as equity may
23require, and that determination may be provided for at the time
24of the dissolution of the marriage or thereafter.
25    (d-5) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties in a written
26agreement set forth in the judgment or otherwise approved by

 

 

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1the court, an obligation to pay child support is suspended by
2operation of law during any period of time in which the person
3owing a duty of support is committed to the custody of the
4Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
5Justice.
6    (d-6) The State shall not consider any period of
7incarceration of such parent as a period of voluntary
8unemployment that disqualifies the parent from obtaining a
9modification of the support obligation consistent with the
10parent's ability to pay child support. In the case of an
11incarcerated parent the State shall:
12        (1) temporarily suspend any support obligation of the
13    parent and the enforcement of any support obligation of the
14    parent existing prior to the period of incarceration; and
15        (2) temporarily prohibit the accrual of any interest on
16    any support obligation of the parent existing prior to the
17    period of incarceration during such period.
18    (d-7) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, for
19cases enrolled in the Child Support Enforcement Program
20established by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, or the
21noncustodial parent or his or her representative in all other
22cases, shall provide a custodial parent with:
23        (1) notice of any suspension of review, adjustment, or
24    enforcement of a support obligation and notice of any
25    prohibition on the accrual of interest on the support
26    obligation that is imposed in accordance with paragraphs

 

 

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1    (1) and (2) of subsection (d-6); and
2        (2) an opportunity to request that the suspension or
3    prohibition be terminated or modified on the basis that the
4    noncustodial parent has sufficient income or resources to
5    continue payment of the support obligation during the
6    noncustodial parent's period of incarceration.
7    (e) The right to petition for support or educational
8expenses, or both, under Sections 505 and 513 is not
9extinguished by the death of a parent. Upon a petition filed
10before or after a parent's death, the court may award sums of
11money out of the decedent's estate for the child's support or
12educational expenses, or both, as equity may require. The time
13within which a claim may be filed against the estate of a
14decedent under Sections 505 and 513 and subsection (d) and this
15subsection shall be governed by the provisions of the Probate
16Act of 1975, as a barrable, noncontingent claim.
17    (f) A petition to modify or terminate child support,
18custody, or visitation shall not delay any child support
19enforcement litigation or supplementary proceeding on behalf
20of the obligee, including, but not limited to, a petition for a
21rule to show cause, for non-wage garnishment, or for a
22restraining order.
23    (g) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services and
24the Department of Corrections shall share relevant data and
25collaborate on the facilitation of identification of
26incarcerated parents eligible for either temporary suspension

 

 

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1of a child support obligation or modification of a child
2support obligation and shall provide relevant information and
3assistance to incarcerated parents eligible for modification
4of support.
5    (h) The crime for which the incarcerated parents was
6convicted, or the prosecution of the incarcerated parent for
7that crime by a legal representative of the Department of
8Healthcare and Family Services for cases enrolled in the Child
9Support Enforcement Program established by Title IV-D of the
10Social Security Act, shall not disqualify the incarcerated
11parent from consideration of modification of a child support
12obligation, nor shall the action of the Department's legal
13representative to bring forth the modification request for
14consideration be considered a conflict of interest for the
15prosecuting office, except in cases where the crime was
16committed to avoid a child support obligation or was committed
17against a child of the obligated parent or the other parent.
18(Source: P.A. 97-608, eff. 1-1-12.)".