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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 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act is
5amended by renumbering and changing Sections 902 and 903, by
6changing Sections 102, 103, 104, 201, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207,
7208, 209, 210, 211, 301, 302, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 310,
8311, 312, 313, 314, 316, 317, 318, 319, 401, 502, 503, 504,
9505, 506, 507, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609,
10610, 611, 612, 615, 701, and 802, by changing the headings of
11Articles 4, 5, and 7, by changing the headings of Parts 1 and 3
12of Article 6, by adding Sections 105, 402, 616, 702, 703, 704,
13705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, and 902, and by
14adding the heading of Part 4 of Article 6 as follows:
 
15    (750 ILCS 22/102)  (was 750 ILCS 22/101)
16    Sec. 102. Definitions. In this Act:
17    (1) "Child" means an individual, whether over or under the
18age of majority 18, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of
19support by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to
20be the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent.
21    (2) "Child-support order" means a support order for a
22child, including a child who has attained the age of majority
23under the law of the issuing state or foreign country 18.

 

 

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1    (3) "Convention" means the Convention on the International
2Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family
3Maintenance, concluded at The Hague on November 23, 2007.
4    (4) "Duty of support" means an obligation imposed or
5imposable by law to provide support for a child, spouse, or
6former spouse including an unsatisfied obligation to provide
7support.
8    (5) "Foreign country" means a country, including a
9political subdivision thereof, other than the United States,
10that authorizes the issuance of support orders and:
11        (A) which has been declared under the law of the United
12    States to be a foreign reciprocating country;
13        (B) which has established a reciprocal arrangement for
14    child support with this State as provided in Section 308;
15        (C) which has enacted a law or established procedures
16    for the issuance and enforcement of support orders which
17    are substantially similar to the procedures under this Act;
18    or
19        (D) in which the Convention is in force with respect to
20    the United States.
21    (6) "Foreign support order" means a support order of a
22foreign tribunal.
23    (7) "Foreign tribunal" means a court, administrative
24agency, or quasi-judicial entity of a foreign country which is
25authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or
26to determine parentage of a child. The term includes a

 

 

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1competent authority under the Convention.
2    (8) "Home state" means the state or foreign country in
3which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as parent
4for at least 6 consecutive months immediately preceding the
5time of filing of a petition or comparable pleading for
6support, and if a child is less than 6 months old, the state or
7foreign country in which the child lived from birth with any of
8them. A period of temporary absence of any of them is counted
9as part of the 6-month or other period.
10    (9) "Income" includes earnings or other periodic
11entitlements to money from any source and any other property
12subject to withholding for support under the law of this State.
13    (10) "Income-withholding order" means an order or other
14legal process directed to an obligor's employer or other
15debtor, as defined by the Income Withholding for Support Act
16Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the
17Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act, the Non-Support
18Punishment Act the Illinois Public Aid Code, and the Illinois
19Parentage Act of 1984, to withhold support from the income of
20the obligor.
21    (11) "Initiating tribunal state" means the tribunal of a
22state or foreign country from which a petition or comparable
23pleading proceeding is forwarded or in which a petition or
24comparable pleading proceeding is filed for forwarding to
25another state or foreign country a responding state under this
26Act or a law or procedure substantially similar to this Act.

 

 

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1    "Initiating tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in an
2initiating state.
3    (12) "Issuing foreign country" means the foreign country in
4which a tribunal issues a support order or a judgment
5determining parentage of a child.
6    (13) "Issuing state" means the state in which a tribunal
7issues a support order or renders a judgment determining
8parentage of a child.
9    (14) "Issuing tribunal" means the tribunal of a state or
10foreign country that issues a support order or renders a
11judgment determining parentage of a child.
12    (15) "Law" includes decisional and statutory law and rules
13and regulations having the force of law.
14    (16) "Obligee" means:
15        (A) an individual to whom a duty of support is or is
16    alleged to be owed or in whose favor a support order has
17    been issued or a judgment determining parentage of a child
18    has been issued has been rendered;
19        (B) a foreign country, state, or political subdivision
20    of a state to which the rights under a duty of support or
21    support order have been assigned or which has independent
22    claims based on financial assistance provided to an
23    individual obligee in place of child support; or
24        (C) an individual seeking a judgment determining
25    parentage of the individual's child; or .
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1    Article 7.
2    (17) "Obligor" means an individual, or the estate of a
3decedent that:
4        (A) (i) who owes or is alleged to owe a duty of
5    support;
6        (B) (ii) who is alleged but has not been adjudicated to
7    be a parent of a child; or
8        (C) (iii) who is liable under a support order; or .
9        (D) is a debtor in a proceeding under Article 7.
10    (18) "Outside this State" means a location in another state
11or a country other than the United States, whether or not the
12country is a foreign country.
13    (19) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business
14trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company,
15association, joint venture, public corporation, government or ,
16governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public
17corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity.
18    (20) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a
19tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other
20medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
21    (21) "Register" means to record or file in a tribunal of
22this State a support order or judgment determining parentage of
23a child issued in another state or a foreign country in the
24appropriate Registry of Foreign Support Orders.
25    (22) "Registering tribunal" means a tribunal in which a
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1registered.
2    (23) "Responding state" means a state in which a petition
3or comparable pleading for support or to determine parentage of
4a child proceeding is filed or to which a petition or
5comparable pleading proceeding is forwarded for filing from
6another an initiating state or a foreign country under this Act
7or a law or procedure substantially similar to this Act.
8    (24) "Responding tribunal" means the authorized tribunal
9in a responding state or foreign country.
10    (25) "Spousal-support order" means a support order for a
11spouse or former spouse of the obligor.
12    (26) "State" means a state of the United States, the
13District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin
14Islands, or any territory or insular possession under subject
15to the jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes an
16Indian nation or tribe. :
17        (A) an Indian tribe; and
18        (B) a foreign country or political subdivision that:
19            (i) has been declared to be a foreign reciprocating
20        country or political subdivision under federal law;
21            (ii) has established a reciprocal arrangement for
22        child support with this State as provided in Section
23        308; or
24            (iii) has enacted a law or established procedures
25        for issuance and enforcement of support orders which
26        are substantially similar to the procedures under this

 

 

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1        Act.
2    (27) "Support enforcement agency" means a public official,
3governmental entity, or private agency authorized to seek:
4        (A) seek enforcement of support orders or laws relating
5    to the duty of support;
6        (B) seek establishment or modification of child
7    support;
8        (C) request determination of parentage of a child;
9        (D) attempt to locate obligors or their assets; or
10        (E) request determination of the controlling
11    child-support child support order.
12    (28) "Support order" means a judgment, decree, order,
13decision, or directive, whether temporary, final, or subject to
14modification, issued in a state or foreign country by a
15tribunal for the benefit of a child, a spouse, or a former
16spouse, which provides for monetary support, health care,
17arrearages, retroactive support, or reimbursement for
18financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place
19of child support. The term , and may include related costs and
20fees, interest, income withholding, automatic adjustment,
21reasonable attorney's fees, and other relief.
22    (29) "Tribunal" means a court, administrative agency, or
23quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or
24modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child.
25(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04; revised
2611-26-14.)
 

 

 

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1    (750 ILCS 22/103)  (was 750 ILCS 22/102)
2    Sec. 103. State tribunal and support enforcement agency
3Tribunal of State.
4    (a) The circuit court is a tribunal of this State. The
5Department of Healthcare and Family Services is an initiating
6tribunal. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services is
7also a responding tribunal of this State to the extent that it
8can administratively establish paternity and establish,
9modify, and enforce an administrative child-support order
10under authority of Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
11    (b) The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family
12Services is the support enforcement agency of this State.
13(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
14    (750 ILCS 22/104)  (was 750 ILCS 22/103)
15    Sec. 104. Remedies cumulative.
16    (a) Remedies provided by this Act are cumulative and do not
17affect the availability of remedies under other law, or
18including the recognition of a foreign support order of a
19foreign country or political subdivision on the basis of
20comity.
21    (b) This Act does not:
22        (1) provide the exclusive method of establishing or
23    enforcing a support order under the law of this State; or
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1    render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody
2    or visitation in a proceeding under this Act.
3(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
4    (750 ILCS 22/105 new)
5    Sec. 105. Application of Act to resident of foreign country
6and foreign support proceeding.
7    (a) A tribunal of this State shall apply Articles 1 through
86 and, as applicable, Article 7, to a support proceeding
9involving:
10        (1) a foreign support order;
11        (2) a foreign tribunal; or
12        (3) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign
13    country.
14    (b) A tribunal of this State that is requested to recognize
15and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply
16the procedural and substantive provisions of Articles 1 through
176.
18    (c) Article 7 applies only to a support proceeding under
19the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Article
207 is inconsistent with Articles 1 through 6, Article 7
21controls.
 
22    (750 ILCS 22/201)
23    Sec. 201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident.
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1or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this State
2may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident
3individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if:
4        (1) the individual is personally served with notice
5    within this State;
6        (2) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of this
7    State by consent in a record, by entering a general
8    appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the
9    effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;
10        (3) the individual resided with the child in this
11    State;
12        (4) the individual resided in this State and provided
13    prenatal expenses or support for the child;
14        (5) the child resides in this State as a result of the
15    acts or directives of the individual;
16        (6) the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in
17    this State and the child may have been conceived by that
18    act of intercourse;
19        (7) the individual asserted parentage of a child in the
20    putative father registry maintained in this State by the
21    Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
22    (blank); or
23        (8) there is any other basis consistent with the
24    constitutions of this State and the United States for the
25    exercise of personal jurisdiction.
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1subsection (a) or in any other law of this State may not be
2used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this
3the State to modify a child-support child support order of
4another state unless the requirements of Section 611 are met,
5or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the
6requirements of Section or 615 are met.
7(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
8    (750 ILCS 22/203)
9    Sec. 203. Initiating and responding tribunal of State.
10Under this Act, a tribunal of this State may serve as an
11initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of
12another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings
13initiated in another state or a foreign country.
14(Source: P.A. 90-240, eff. 7-28-97.)
 
15    (750 ILCS 22/204)
16    Sec. 204. Simultaneous proceedings.
17    (a) A tribunal of this State may exercise jurisdiction to
18establish a support order if the petition or comparable
19pleading is filed after a petition or comparable pleading is
20filed in another state or a foreign country only if:
21        (1) the petition or comparable pleading in this State
22    is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the
23    other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive
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1    other state or the foreign country;
2        (2) the contesting party timely challenges the
3    exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign
4    country; and
5        (3) if relevant, this State is the home state of the
6    child.
7    (b) A tribunal of this State may not exercise jurisdiction
8to establish a support order if the petition or comparable
9pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is
10filed in another state or a foreign country if:
11        (1) the petition or comparable pleading in the other
12    state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of
13    the time allowed in this State for filing a responsive
14    pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this
15    State;
16        (2) the contesting party timely challenges the
17    exercise of jurisdiction in this State; and
18        (3) if relevant, the other state or foreign country is
19    the home state of the child.
20(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
21    (750 ILCS 22/205)
22    Sec. 205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify
23child-support order.
24    (a) A tribunal of this State that has issued a
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1State has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive
2jurisdiction to modify its child-support order if the order is
3the controlling order and:
4        (1) at the time of the filing of a request for
5    modification this State is the residence of the obligor,
6    the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the
7    support order is issued; or
8        (2) even if this State is not the residence of the
9    obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose
10    benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in
11    a record or in open court that the tribunal of this State
12    may continue to exercise the jurisdiction to modify its
13    order.
14    (b) A tribunal of this State that has issued a
15child-support order consistent with the law of this State may
16not exercise continuing exclusive jurisdiction to modify the
17order if:
18        (1) all of the parties who are individuals file consent
19    in a record with the tribunal of this State that a tribunal
20    of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of
21    the parties who is an individual or that is located in the
22    state of residence of the child may modify the order and
23    assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or
24        (2) its order is not the controlling order.
25    (c) If a tribunal of another state has issued a
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1Support Act or a law substantially similar to that Act which
2modifies a child-support order of a tribunal of this State,
3tribunals of this State shall recognize the continuing,
4exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.
5    (d) A tribunal of this State that lacks continuing,
6exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child-support order may
7serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of
8another state to modify a support order issued in that state.
9    (e) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending
10resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create
11continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.
12(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
13    (750 ILCS 22/206)
14    Sec. 206. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child-support
15order.
16    (a) A tribunal of this State that has issued a
17child-support order consistent with the law of this State may
18serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of
19another state to enforce:
20        (1) the order if the order is the controlling order and
21    has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that
22    assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate
23    Family Support Act; or
24        (2) a money judgment for arrears of support and
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1    an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling
2    order.
3    (b) A tribunal of this State having continuing jurisdiction
4over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to
5enforce the order.
6(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
7    (750 ILCS 22/207)
8    Sec. 207. Determination of controlling child-support
9order.
10    (a) If a proceeding is brought under this Act and only one
11tribunal has issued a child-support order, the order of that
12tribunal controls and must be so recognized.
13    (b) If a proceeding is brought under this Act, and two or
14more child-support orders have been issued by tribunals of this
15State, or another state, or a foreign country with regard to
16the same obligor and same child, a tribunal of this State
17having personal jurisdiction over both the obligor and
18individual obligee shall apply the following rules and by order
19shall determine which order controls and must be recognized:
20        (1) If only one of the tribunals would have continuing,
21    exclusive jurisdiction under this Act, the order of that
22    tribunal controls and must be so recognized.
23        (2) If more than one of the tribunals would have
24    continuing, exclusive jurisdiction under this Act:
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1        home state of the child controls; or but
2            (B) if an order has not been issued in the current
3        home state of the child, the order most recently issued
4        controls.
5        (3) If none of the tribunals would have continuing,
6    exclusive jurisdiction under this Act, the tribunal of this
7    State shall issue a child-support order, which controls.
8    (c) If two or more child-support orders have been issued
9for the same obligor and same child, upon request of a party
10who is an individual or that is a support enforcement agency, a
11tribunal of this State having personal jurisdiction over both
12the obligor and the obligee who is an individual shall
13determine which order controls under subsection (b). The
14request may be filed with a registration for enforcement or
15registration for modification pursuant to Article 6, or may be
16filed as a separate proceeding.
17    (d) A request to determine which is the controlling order
18must be accompanied by a copy of every child-support order in
19effect and the applicable record of payments. The requesting
20party shall give notice of the request to each party whose
21rights may be affected by the determination.
22    (e) The tribunal that issued the controlling order under
23subsection (a), (b), or (c) has continuing jurisdiction to the
24extent provided in Section 205 or 206.
25    (f) A tribunal of this State that determines by order which
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1or that issues a new controlling order under subsection (b)(3),
2shall state in that order:
3        (1) the basis upon which the tribunal made its
4    determination;
5        (2) the amount of prospective support, if any; and
6        (3) the total amount of consolidated arrears and
7    accrued interest, if any, under all of the orders after all
8    payments made are credited as provided by Section 209.
9    (g) Within 30 days after issuance of an order determining
10which is the controlling order, the party obtaining the order
11shall file a certified copy of it in each tribunal that issued
12or registered an earlier order of child support. A party or
13support enforcement agency obtaining the order that fails to
14file a certified copy is subject to appropriate sanctions by a
15tribunal in which the issue of failure to file arises. The
16failure to file does not affect the validity or enforceability
17of the controlling order.
18    (h) An order that has been determined to be the controlling
19order, or a judgment for consolidated arrears of support and
20interest, if any, made pursuant to this Section must be
21recognized in proceedings under this Act.
22(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
23    (750 ILCS 22/208)
24    Sec. 208. Child-support orders for two or more obligees. In
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1or more child-support child support orders in effect at the
2same time with regard to the same obligor and different
3individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a
4tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of
5this State shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if
6the orders had been issued by a tribunal of this State.
7(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
8    (750 ILCS 22/209)
9    Sec. 209. Credit for payments. A tribunal of this State
10shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant
11to any child-support order against the amounts owed for the
12same period under any other child-support order for support of
13the same child issued by a tribunal of this State, or another
14state, or a foreign country.
15(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
16    (750 ILCS 22/210)
17    Sec. 210. Application of Act to nonresident subject to
18personal jurisdiction. A tribunal of this State exercising
19personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under
20this Act, under other law of this State relating to a support
21order, or recognizing a foreign support order of a foreign
22country or political subdivision on the basis of comity may
23receive evidence from outside this State another state pursuant
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1of another state pursuant to Section 317, and obtain discovery
2through a tribunal outside this State of another state pursuant
3to Section 318. In all other respects, Articles 3 through 6 7
4do not apply, and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and
5substantive law of this State.
6(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
7    (750 ILCS 22/211)
8    Sec. 211. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify
9spousal-support order.
10    (a) A tribunal of this State issuing a spousal-support
11order consistent with the law of this State has continuing,
12exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order
13throughout the existence of the support obligation.
14    (b) A tribunal of this State may not modify a
15spousal-support order issued by a tribunal of another state or
16a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
17over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.
18    (c) A tribunal of this State that has continuing, exclusive
19jurisdiction over a spousal-support order may serve as:
20        (1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of
21    another state to enforce the spousal-support order issued
22    in this State; or
23        (2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own
24    spousal-support order.
25(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 

 

 

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1    (750 ILCS 22/301)
2    Sec. 301. Proceedings under Act.
3    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Article
4applies to all proceedings under this Act.
5    (b) An individual petitioner obligee or a support
6enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under
7this Act by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for
8forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or
9a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state
10or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal
11jurisdiction over the respondent obligor.
12(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
13    (750 ILCS 22/302)
14    Sec. 302. Proceeding by minor parent. A minor parent, or a
15guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may
16maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the
17minor's child.
18(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
19    (750 ILCS 22/304)
20    Sec. 304. Duties of initiating tribunal.
21    (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this Act,
22an initiating tribunal of this State shall forward the petition
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1        (1) to the responding tribunal or appropriate support
2    enforcement agency in the responding state; or
3        (2) if the identity of the responding tribunal is
4    unknown, to the state information agency of the responding
5    state with a request that they be forwarded to the
6    appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.
7    (b) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of
8this State shall issue a certificate or other document and make
9findings required by the law of the responding state. If the
10responding tribunal state is in a foreign country or political
11subdivision, upon request the tribunal of this State shall
12specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into
13the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable
14official or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and
15provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the
16requirements of the responding foreign tribunal state.
17(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
18    (750 ILCS 22/305)
19    Sec. 305. Duties and powers of responding tribunal.
20    (a) When a responding tribunal of this State receives a
21petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or
22directly pursuant to Section 301(b), it shall cause the
23petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner
24obligee where and when it was filed.
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1prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:
2        (1) establish issue or enforce a support order, modify
3    a child-support order, determine the controlling
4    child-support order, or determine parentage of a child;
5        (2) order an obligor to comply with a support order,
6    specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;
7        (3) order income withholding;
8        (4) determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify
9    a method of payment;
10        (5) enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or
11    both;
12        (6) set aside property for satisfaction of the support
13    order;
14        (7) place liens and order execution on the obligor's
15    property;
16        (8) order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of
17    the obligor's current residential address, electronic-mail
18    address, telephone number, employer, address of
19    employment, and telephone number at the place of
20    employment;
21        (9) issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed
22    after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the
23    tribunal and enter the bench warrant in any local and state
24    computer systems for criminal warrants;
25        (10) order the obligor to seek appropriate employment
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1        (11) award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees
2    and costs; and
3        (12) grant any other available remedy.
4    (c) A responding tribunal of this State shall include in a
5support order issued under this Act, or in the documents
6accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support
7order is based.
8    (d) A responding tribunal of this State may not condition
9the payment of a support order issued under this Act upon
10compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.
11    (e) If a responding tribunal of this State issues an order
12under this Act, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to
13the petitioner obligee and the respondent obligor and to the
14initiating tribunal, if any.
15    (f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or
16judgment judgement or modify a support order stated in a
17foreign currency, a responding tribunal of this State shall
18convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the
19equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or
20market exchange rate as publicly reported.
21(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
22    (750 ILCS 22/306)
23    Sec. 306. Inappropriate tribunal. If a petition or
24comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of
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1accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of in this
2State or another state and notify the petitioner obligee where
3and when the pleading was sent.
4(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
5    (750 ILCS 22/307)
6    Sec. 307. Duties of support enforcement agency.
7    (a) In a proceeding under this Act, a A support enforcement
8agency of this State, upon request: ,
9        (1) shall provide services to a petitioner residing in
10    a state;
11        (2) shall provide services to a petitioner requesting
12    services through a central authority of a foreign country
13    as described in Section 102(5)(A) or (D); and
14        (3) may provide services to a petitioner who is an
15    individual not residing in a state proceeding under this
16    Act.
17    This subsection does not affect any ability the support
18enforcement agency may have to require an application for
19services, charge fees, or recover costs in accordance with
20federal or State law and regulations.
21    (b) A support enforcement agency of this State that is
22providing services to the petitioner shall:
23        (1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate
24    tribunal of in this State, or another state, or a foreign
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1        (2) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date,
2    time, and place for a hearing;
3        (3) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant
4    information, including information as to income and
5    property of the parties;
6        (4) within five 10 days, exclusive of Saturdays,
7    Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of a written
8    notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or
9    registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the
10    petitioner;
11        (5) within five 10 days, exclusive of Saturdays,
12    Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of a written
13    communication in a record from the respondent or the
14    respondent's attorney, send a copy of the communication to
15    the petitioner; and
16        (6) notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the
17    respondent cannot be obtained.
18    (c) A support enforcement agency of this State that
19requests registration of a child-support order in this State
20for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable
21efforts:
22        (1) to ensure that the order to be registered is the
23    controlling order; or
24        (2) if two or more child-support orders exist and the
25    identity of the controlling order has not been determined,
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1    in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.
2    (d) A support enforcement agency of this State that
3requests registration and enforcement of a support order,
4arrears, or judgment judgement stated in a foreign currency
5shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into
6the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official
7or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
8    (e) A support enforcement agency of this State shall issue
9or request a tribunal of this State to issue a child-support
10order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of
11current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by
12a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to
13Section 319 of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
14    (f) This Act does not create or negate a relationship of
15attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a
16support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and
17the individual being assisted by the agency.
18(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
19    (750 ILCS 22/308)
20    Sec. 308. Duty of Attorney General.
21    (a) If the support enforcement agency is a prosecuting
22attorney of this State and if the Attorney General determines
23that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing
24to provide services to an individual, the Attorney General may
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1provide those services directly to the individual.
2    (b) The Attorney General may determine that a foreign
3country has established a reciprocal arrangement for child
4support with this State and take appropriate action for
5notification of the determination.
6(Source: P.A. 88-550, eff. date changed from 1-1-95 to 1-1-96
7by P.A. 88-691.)
 
8    (750 ILCS 22/310)
9    Sec. 310. Duties of the Illinois Department of Healthcare
10and Family Services.
11    (a) The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family
12Services is the state information agency under this Act.
13    (b) The state information agency shall:
14        (1) compile and maintain a current list, including
15    addresses, of the tribunals in this State which have
16    jurisdiction under this Act and any support enforcement
17    agencies in this State and transmit a copy to the state
18    information agency of every other state;
19        (2) maintain a register of names and addresses of
20    tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from
21    other states;
22        (3) forward to the appropriate tribunal in the county
23    in this State in which the obligee who is an individual or
24    the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's property is
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1    proceeding under this Act received from another state or a
2    foreign country an initiating tribunal or the state
3    information agency of the initiating state; and
4        (4) obtain information concerning the location of the
5    obligor and the obligor's property within this State not
6    exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification
7    and federal or state locator services, examination of
8    telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address
9    from employers, and examination of governmental records,
10    including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those
11    relating to real property, vital statistics, law
12    enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses,
13    and social security.
14    (c) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may
15determine that a foreign country or political subdivision has
16established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with
17Illinois and take appropriate action for notification of this
18determination.
19(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
20    (750 ILCS 22/311)
21    Sec. 311. Pleadings and accompanying documents.
22    (a) In a proceeding under this Act, a petitioner seeking to
23establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child,
24or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of
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1otherwise ordered under Section 312, the petition or
2accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name,
3residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor
4respondent and the obligee petitioner or the parent and alleged
5parent, and the name, sex, residential address, social security
6number, and date of birth of each child for whose benefit
7support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined.
8Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition must be
9accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been
10issued by another tribunal. The petition may include any other
11information that may assist in locating or identifying the
12respondent.
13    (b) The petition must specify the relief sought. The
14petition and accompanying documents must conform substantially
15with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal
16law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.
17(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
18    (750 ILCS 22/312)
19    Sec. 312. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional
20circumstances. If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading
21under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or
22child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific
23identifying information, that information must be sealed and
24may not be disclosed to the other party or the public. After a
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1health, safety, or liberty of the party or child, the tribunal
2may order disclosure of information that the tribunal
3determines to be in the interest of justice.
4(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
5    (750 ILCS 22/313)
6    Sec. 313. Costs and fees.
7    (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee
8or other costs.
9    (b) If an obligee a petitioner prevails, a responding
10tribunal of this State may assess against an obligor a
11respondent filing fees, reasonable attorney's fees, other
12costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses
13incurred by the obligee petitioner and the obligee's
14petitioner's witnesses. The tribunal may not assess fees,
15costs, or expenses against the obligee petitioner or the
16support enforcement agency of either the initiating or the
17responding state or foreign country, except as provided by
18other law. Attorney's fees may be taxed as costs, and may be
19ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the
20order in the attorney's own name. Payment of support owed to
21the obligee petitioner has priority over fees, costs, and
22expenses.
23    (c) The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and
24reasonable attorney's fees if it determines that a hearing was
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1a hearing is presumed to have been requested primarily for
2delay if a registered support order is confirmed or enforced
3without change.
4(Source: P.A. 88-550, eff. date changed from 1-1-95 to 1-1-96
5by P.A. 88-691; 88-691, eff. 1-24-95.)
 
6    (750 ILCS 22/314)
7    Sec. 314. Limited immunity of petitioner.
8    (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under
9this Act before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by
10private attorney, or through services provided by the support
11enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction over
12the petitioner in another proceeding.
13    (b) A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil
14process while physically present in this State to participate
15in a proceeding under this Act.
16    (c) The immunity granted by this Section does not extend to
17civil litigation based on acts unrelated to a proceeding under
18this Act committed by a party while physically present in this
19State to participate in the proceeding.
20(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
21    (750 ILCS 22/316)
22    Sec. 316. Special rules of evidence and procedure.
23    (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an
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1establishment, enforcement, or modification of a support order
2or the rendition of a judgment determining parentage of a
3child.
4    (b) An affidavit, a document substantially complying with
5federally mandated forms, or a document incorporated by
6reference in any of them, which would not be excluded under the
7hearsay rule if given in person, is admissible in evidence if
8given under penalty of perjury by a party or witness residing
9outside this State in another state.
10    (c) A copy of the record of child-support payments
11certified as a true copy of the original by the custodian of
12the record may be forwarded to a responding tribunal. The copy
13is evidence of facts asserted in it, and is admissible to show
14whether payments were made.
15    (d) Copies of bills for testing for parentage of a child,
16and for prenatal and postnatal health care of the mother and
17child, furnished to the adverse party at least 10 days before
18trial, are admissible in evidence to prove the amount of the
19charges billed and that the charges were reasonable, necessary,
20and customary.
21    (e) Documentary evidence transmitted from outside this
22State another state to a tribunal of this State by telephone,
23telecopier, or other electronic means that do not provide an
24original record may not be excluded from evidence on an
25objection based on the means of transmission.
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1State shall permit a party or witness residing outside this
2State in another state to be deposed or to testify under
3penalty of perjury by telephone, audiovisual means, or other
4electronic means at a designated tribunal or other location in
5that state. A tribunal of this State shall cooperate with other
6tribunals of other states in designating an appropriate
7location for the deposition or testimony.
8    (g) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refuses
9to answer on the ground that the testimony may be
10self-incriminating, the trier of fact may draw an adverse
11inference from the refusal.
12    (h) A privilege against disclosure of communications
13between spouses does not apply in a proceeding under this Act.
14    (i) The defense of immunity based on the relationship of
15husband and wife or parent and child does not apply in a
16proceeding under this Act.
17    (j) A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as a
18true copy, is admissible to establish parentage of the child.
19(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
20    (750 ILCS 22/317)
21    Sec. 317. Communications between tribunals. A tribunal of
22this State may communicate with a tribunal outside this State
23of another state or foreign country or political subdivision in
24a record, or by telephone, electronic mail, or other means, to
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1judgment, decree, or order of that tribunal, and the status of
2a proceeding in the other state or foreign country or political
3subdivision. A tribunal of this State may furnish similar
4information by similar means to a tribunal outside this State
5of another state or foreign country or political subdivision.
6(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
7    (750 ILCS 22/318)
8    Sec. 318. Assistance with discovery. A tribunal of this
9State may:
10    (1) request a tribunal outside this State of another state
11to assist in obtaining discovery; and
12    (2) upon request, compel a person over which whom it has
13jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a
14tribunal outside this State of another state.
15(Source: P.A. 88-550, eff. date changed from 1-1-95 to 1-1-96
16by P.A. 88-691.)
 
17    (750 ILCS 22/319)
18    Sec. 319. Receipt and disbursement of payments.
19    (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this State
20shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a
21support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal
22shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another
23state or a foreign country a certified statement by the
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1payments received.
2    (b) If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an
3individual, nor the child resides in this State, upon request
4from the support enforcement agency of this State or another
5state, the support enforcement agency of this State or a
6tribunal of this State shall:
7        (1) direct that the support payment be made to the
8    support enforcement agency in the state in which the
9    obligee is receiving services; and
10        (2) issue and send to the obligor's employer a
11    conforming income-withholding order or an administrative
12    notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected
13    payments.
14    (c) (3) The support enforcement agency of this State
15receiving redirected payments from another state pursuant to a
16law similar to subsection (b) shall furnish to a requesting
17party or tribunal of the other state a certified statement by
18the custodian of the record of the amount and dates of all
19payments received.
20(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
21    (750 ILCS 22/Art. 4 heading)
22
ARTICLE 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER
23
OR DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE

 
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1    Sec. 401. Establishment of Petition to establish support
2order.
3    (a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this
4Act has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this State
5with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support
6order if:
7        (1) the individual seeking the order resides outside
8    this State in another state; or
9        (2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order is
10    located outside this State in another state.
11    (b) The tribunal may issue a temporary child-support order
12if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate
13and the individual ordered to pay is:
14        (1) a presumed father of the child;
15        (2) petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;
16        (3) identified as the father of the child through
17    genetic testing;
18        (4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to
19    genetic testing;
20        (5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the
21    father of the child;
22        (6) an acknowledged father as provided by applicable
23    State law;
24        (7) the mother of the child; or
25        (8) an individual who has been ordered to pay child
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1    reversed or vacated.
2    (c) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard,
3that an obligor a respondent owes a duty of support, the
4tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor
5respondent and may issue other orders pursuant to Section 305.
6(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
7    (750 ILCS 22/402 new)
8    Sec. 402. Proceeding to determine parentage. A tribunal of
9this State authorized to determine parentage of a child may
10serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine
11parentage of a child brought under this Act or a law or
12procedure substantially similar to this Act.
 
13    (750 ILCS 22/Art. 5 heading)
14
ARTICLE 5. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER
15
OF ANOTHER STATE WITHOUT REGISTRATION

 
16    (750 ILCS 22/502)
17    Sec. 502. Employer's compliance with income-withholding
18order of another state.
19    (a) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the
20obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of the
21order to the obligor.
22    (b) The employer shall treat an income-withholding order
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1it had been issued by a tribunal of this State.
2    (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and
3Section 503, the employer shall withhold and distribute the
4funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with
5terms of the order which specify:
6        (1) the duration and amount of periodic payments of
7    current child-support, stated as a sum certain;
8        (2) the person designated to receive payments and the
9    address to which the payments are to be forwarded;
10        (3) medical support, whether in the form of periodic
11    cash payment, stated as a sum certain, or ordering the
12    obligor to provide health insurance coverage for the child
13    under a policy available through the obligor's employment;
14        (4) the amount of periodic payments of fees and costs
15    for a support enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal, and
16    the obligee's attorney, stated as sums certain; and
17        (5) the amount of periodic payments of arrearages and
18    interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain.
19    (d) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of
20the obligor's principal place of employment for withholding
21from income with respect to:
22        (1) the employer's fee for processing an
23    income-withholding order;
24        (2) the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from
25    the obligor's income; and
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1    the withholding order and forward the child-support child
2    support payment.
3(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
4    (750 ILCS 22/503)
5    Sec. 503. Employer's compliance with two or more
6income-withholding orders. If an obligor's employer receives
7two or more income-withholding orders with respect to the
8earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms
9of the orders if the employer complies with the law of the
10state of the obligor's principal place of employment to
11establish the priorities for withholding and allocating income
12withheld for two or more child-support child support obligees.
13(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
14    (750 ILCS 22/504)
15    Sec. 504. Immunity from civil liability. An employer that
16who complies with an income-withholding order issued in another
17state in accordance with this Article is not subject to civil
18liability to an individual or agency with regard to the
19employer's withholding of child support from the obligor's
20income.
21(Source: P.A. 90-240, eff. 7-28-97.)
 
22    (750 ILCS 22/505)
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1willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding order
2issued in by another state and received for enforcement is
3subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for
4noncompliance with an order issued by a tribunal of this State.
5(Source: P.A. 90-240, eff. 7-28-97.)
 
6    (750 ILCS 22/506)
7    Sec. 506. Contest by obligor.
8    (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of
9an income-withholding order issued in another state and
10received directly by an employer in this State by registering
11the order in a tribunal of this State and filing a contest to
12that order as provided in Article 6, or otherwise contesting
13the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by
14a tribunal of this State.
15    (b) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:
16        (1) a support enforcement agency providing services to
17    the obligee;
18        (2) each employer that has directly received an
19    income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and
20        (3) the person designated to receive payments in the
21    income-withholding order or, if no person is designated, to
22    the obligee.
23(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
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1    Sec. 507. Administrative enforcement of orders.
2    (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to
3enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or
4both, issued in by a tribunal of another state or a foreign
5support order may send the documents required for registering
6the order to a support enforcement agency of this State.
7    (b) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement
8agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall
9consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure
10authorized by the law of this State to enforce a support order
11or an income-withholding order, or both. If the obligor does
12not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be
13registered. If the obligor contests the validity or
14administrative enforcement of the order, the support
15enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to this
16Act.
17(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
18    (750 ILCS 22/Art. 6 Pt. 1 heading)
19
PART 1
20
REGISTRATION FOR AND ENFORCEMENT
21
OF SUPPORT ORDER
22(Source: P.A. 88-550.)
 
23    (750 ILCS 22/601)
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1order or income-withholding order issued in by a tribunal of
2another state or a foreign support order may be registered in
3this State for enforcement.
4(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
5    (750 ILCS 22/602)
6    Sec. 602. Procedure to register order for enforcement.
7    (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 706, a A
8support order or income-withholding order of another state or a
9foreign support order may be registered in this State by
10sending the following records and information to the
11appropriate tribunal in this State:
12        (1) a letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting
13    registration and enforcement;
14        (2) 2 copies, including one certified copy, of the
15    order to be registered, including any modification of the
16    order;
17        (3) a sworn statement by the person requesting
18    registration or a certified statement by the custodian of
19    the records showing the amount of any arrearage;
20        (4) the name of the obligor and, if known:
21            (A) (i) the obligor's address and social security
22        number;
23            (B) (ii) the name and address of the obligor's
24        employer and any other source of income of the obligor;
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1            (C) (iii) a description and the location of
2        property of the obligor in this State not exempt from
3        execution; and
4        (5) except as otherwise provided in Section 312, the
5    name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the
6    person to whom support payments are to be remitted.
7    (b) On receipt of a request for registration, the
8registering tribunal shall cause the order to be filed as an
9order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign support order
10judgment, together with one copy of the documents and
11information, regardless of their form.
12    (c) A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that
13must be affirmatively sought under other law of this State may
14be filed at the same time as the request for registration or
15later. The pleading must specify the grounds for the remedy
16sought.
17    (d) If two or more orders are in effect, the person
18requesting registration shall:
19        (1) furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support
20    order asserted to be in effect in addition to the documents
21    specified in this Section;
22        (2) specify the order alleged to be the controlling
23    order, if any; and
24        (3) specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any.
25    (e) A request for a determination of which is the
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1registration and enforcement or for registration and
2modification. The person requesting registration shall give
3notice of the request to each party whose rights may be
4affected by the determination.
5(Source: P.A. 92-463, eff. 8-22-01; 93-479, eff. 1-1-04,
6operative 7-1-04.)
 
7    (750 ILCS 22/603)
8    Sec. 603. Effect of registration for enforcement.
9    (a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in
10another state or a foreign support order is registered when the
11order is filed in the registering tribunal of this State.
12    (b) A registered support order issued in another state or a
13foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is
14subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal
15of this State.
16    (c) Except as otherwise provided in this Act Article, a
17tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce, but may not
18modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had
19jurisdiction.
20(Source: P.A. 88-550, eff. date changed from 1-1-95 to 1-1-96
21by P.A. 88-691.)
 
22    (750 ILCS 22/604)
23    Sec. 604. Choice of law.
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1of the issuing state or foreign country governs:
2        (1) the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current
3    payments under a registered support order;
4        (2) the computation and payment of arrearages and
5    accrual of interest on the arrearages under the support
6    order; and
7        (3) the existence and satisfaction of other
8    obligations under the support order.
9    (b) In a proceeding for arrears under a registered support
10order, the statute of limitation of this State, or of the
11issuing state or foreign country, whichever is longer, applies.
12    (c) A responding tribunal of this State shall apply the
13procedures and remedies of this State to enforce current
14support and collect arrears and interest due on a support order
15of another state or a foreign country registered in this State.
16    (d) After a tribunal of this State or another state
17determines which is the controlling order and issues an order
18consolidating arrears, if any, a tribunal of this State shall
19prospectively apply the law of the state or foreign country
20issuing the controlling order, including its law on interest on
21arrears, on current and future support, and on consolidated
22arrears.
23(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
24    (750 ILCS 22/605)
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1    (a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued
2in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the
3registering tribunal of this State shall notify the
4nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy
5of the registered order and the documents and relevant
6information accompanying the order.
7    (b) A notice must inform the nonregistering party:
8        (1) that a registered support order is enforceable as
9    of the date of registration in the same manner as an order
10    issued by a tribunal of this State;
11        (2) that a hearing to contest the validity or
12    enforcement of the registered order must be requested
13    within 20 days after the date of mailing or personal
14    service of the notice unless the registered order is under
15    Section 707;
16        (3) that failure to contest the validity or enforcement
17    of the registered order in a timely manner will result in
18    confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and
19    the alleged arrearages and precludes further contest of
20    that order with respect to any matter that could have been
21    asserted; and
22        (4) of the amount of any alleged arrearages.
23    (c) If the registering party asserts that two or more
24orders are in effect, a notice must also:
25        (1) identify the two or more orders and the order
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1    controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;
2        (2) notify the nonregistering party of the right to a
3    determination of which is the controlling order;
4        (3) state that the procedures provided in subsection
5    (b) apply to the determination of which is the controlling
6    order; and
7        (4) state that failure to contest the validity or
8    enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling
9    order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that
10    the order is the controlling order.
11    (d) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for
12enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering
13tribunal shall notify the obligor's employer pursuant to the
14Income Withholding for Support Act.
15(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
16    (750 ILCS 22/606)
17    Sec. 606. Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of
18registered support order.
19    (a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity
20or enforcement of a registered support order in this State
21shall request a hearing within the time required by Section 605
2220 days after the date of mailing or personal service of notice
23of the registration. The nonregistering party may seek to
24vacate the registration, to assert any defense to an allegation
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1remedies being sought or the amount of any alleged arrearages
2pursuant to Section 607.
3    (b) If the nonregistering party fails to contest the
4validity or enforcement of the registered support order in a
5timely manner, the order is confirmed by operation of law.
6    (c) If a nonregistering party requests a hearing to contest
7the validity or enforcement of the registered support order,
8the registering tribunal shall schedule the matter for hearing
9and give notice to the parties of the date, time, and place of
10the hearing.
11(Source: P.A. 90-240, eff. 7-28-97.)
 
12    (750 ILCS 22/607)
13    Sec. 607. Contest of registration or enforcement.
14    (a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a
15registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration
16has the burden of proving one or more of the following
17defenses:
18        (1) the issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction
19    over the contesting party;
20        (2) the order was obtained by fraud;
21        (3) the order has been vacated, suspended, or modified
22    by a later order;
23        (4) the issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending
24    appeal;
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1    the remedy sought;
2        (6) full or partial payment has been made;
3        (7) the statute of limitation under Section 604
4    precludes enforcement of some or all of the alleged
5    arrearages; or
6        (8) the alleged controlling order is not the
7    controlling order.
8    (b) If a party presents evidence establishing a full or
9partial defense under subsection (a), a tribunal may stay
10enforcement of a the registered support order, continue the
11proceeding to permit production of additional relevant
12evidence, and issue other appropriate orders. An uncontested
13portion of the registered support order may be enforced by all
14remedies available under the law of this State.
15    (c) If the contesting party does not establish a defense
16under subsection (a) to the validity or enforcement of a
17registered support the order, the registering tribunal shall
18issue an order confirming the order.
19(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
20    (750 ILCS 22/608)
21    Sec. 608. Confirmed order. Confirmation of a registered
22support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and
23hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to
24any matter that could have been asserted at the time of
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1(Source: P.A. 88-550, eff. date changed from 1-1-95 to 1-1-96
2by P.A. 88-691.)
 
3    (750 ILCS 22/Art. 6 Pt. 3 heading)
4
PART 3. REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION OF
5
CHILD-SUPPORT CHILD SUPPORT ORDER
6
OF ANOTHER STATE

 
7    (750 ILCS 22/609)
8    Sec. 609. Procedure to register child-support order of
9another state for modification. A party or support enforcement
10agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a
11child-support order issued in another state shall register that
12order in this State in the same manner provided in Sections 601
13through 608 Part 1 if the order has not been registered. A
14petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a
15request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify
16the grounds for modification.
17(Source: P.A. 90-240, eff. 7-28-97.)
 
18    (750 ILCS 22/610)
19    Sec. 610. Effect of registration for modification. A
20tribunal of this State may enforce a child-support order of
21another state registered for purposes of modification, in the
22same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of
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1only if the requirements of Section 611, 613, or 613 615 have
2been met.
3(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
4    (750 ILCS 22/611)
5    Sec. 611. Modification of child-support order of another
6state Child-Support Order of Another State.
7    (a) If Section 613 does not no apply, except as otherwise
8provided in Section 615, upon petition a tribunal of this State
9may modify a child-support order issued in another state which
10is registered in this State if, after notice and hearing, the
11tribunal finds that:
12        (1) the following requirements are met:
13            (A) neither the child, nor the obligee petitioner
14        who is an individual, nor the obligor respondent
15        resides in the issuing state;
16            (B) a petitioner who is a nonresident of this State
17        seeks modification; and
18            (C) the respondent is subject to the personal
19        jurisdiction of the tribunal of this State; or
20        (2) this State is the State of residence of the child,
21    or a party who is an individual is subject to the personal
22    jurisdiction of the tribunal of this State, and all of the
23    parties who are individuals have filed consents in a record
24    in the issuing tribunal for a tribunal of this State to
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1    jurisdiction.
2    (b) Modification of a registered child-support order is
3subject to the same requirements, procedures, and defenses that
4apply to the modification of an order issued by a tribunal of
5this State and the order may be enforced and satisfied in the
6same manner.
7    (c) A Except as otherwise provided in Section 615, a
8tribunal of this State may not modify any aspect of a
9child-support order that may not be modified under the law of
10the issuing state, including the duration of the obligation of
11support. If two or more tribunals have issued child-support
12orders for the same obligor and same child, the order that
13controls and must be so recognized under Section 207
14establishes the aspects of the support order which are
15nonmodifiable.
16    (d) In a proceeding to modify a child-support order, the
17law of the state that is determined to have issued the initial
18controlling order governs the duration of the obligation of
19support. The obligor's fulfillment of the duty of support
20established by that order precludes imposition of a further
21obligation of support by a tribunal of this State.
22    (e) On the issuance of an order by a tribunal of this State
23modifying a child-support order issued in another state, the
24tribunal of this State becomes the tribunal having continuing,
25exclusive jurisdiction.
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1Section 201(b), a tribunal of this State retains jurisdiction
2to modify an order issued by a tribunal of this State if:
3        (1) one party resides in another state; and
4        (2) the other party resides outside the United States.
5(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
6    (750 ILCS 22/612)
7    Sec. 612. Recognition of order modified in another state.
8If a child-support order issued by a tribunal of this State is
9modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed
10jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support
11Act, a tribunal of this State:
12        (1) may enforce its order that was modified only as to
13    arrears and interest accruing before the modification;
14        (2) may provide appropriate relief for violations of
15    its order which occurred before the effective date of the
16    modification; and
17        (3) shall recognize the modifying order of the other
18    state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.
19(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
20    (750 ILCS 22/Art. 6 Pt. 4 heading new)
21
PART 4. REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION
22
OF FOREIGN CHILD-SUPPORT ORDER

 
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1    Sec. 615. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of
2foreign country or political subdivision.
3    (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 711, if a
4foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to
5modify its child-support order If a foreign country or
6political subdivision that otherwise meets the requirements
7for inclusion under this Act as set forth in subpart (B) of the
8definition of "State" contained in Section 102 will not or may
9not modify its order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this
10State may assume jurisdiction to modify the child-support order
11and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction
12of the tribunal whether or not the consent to modification of a
13child-support order otherwise required of the individual
14pursuant to Section 611 has been given or whether the
15individual seeking modification is a resident of this State or
16of the foreign country or political subdivision.
17    (b) An order issued by a tribunal of this State modifying a
18foreign child-support order pursuant to this Section is the
19controlling order.
20(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
21    (750 ILCS 22/616 new)
22    Sec. 616. Procedure to register child-support order of
23foreign country for modification. A party or support
24enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce,
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1register that order in this State under Sections 601 through
2608 if the order has not been registered. A petition for
3modification may be filed at the same time as a request for
4registration, or at another time. The petition must specify the
5grounds for modification.
 
6    (750 ILCS 22/Art. 7 heading)
7
ARTICLE 7. SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION
8
DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE

 
9    (750 ILCS 22/701)
10    Sec. 701. Definitions Proceeding to determine parentage.
11In this Article:
12        (1) "Application" means a request under the Convention
13    by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made
14    through a central authority for assistance from another
15    central authority.
16        (2) "Central authority" means the entity designated by
17    the United States or a foreign country described in Section
18    102(5)(D) to perform the functions specified in the
19    Convention.
20        (3) "Convention support order" means a support order of
21    a tribunal of a foreign country described in Section
22    102(5)(D).
23        (4) "Direct request" means a petition filed by an
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1    involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside
2    the United States.
3        (5) "Foreign central authority" means the entity
4    designated by a foreign country described in Section
5    102(5)(D) to perform the functions specified in the
6    Convention.
7        (6) "Foreign support agreement":
8            (A) means an agreement for support in a record
9        that:
10                (i) is enforceable as a support order in the
11            country of origin;
12                (ii) has been:
13                    (I) formally drawn up or registered as an
14                authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal; or
15                    (II) authenticated by, or concluded,
16                registered, or filed with a foreign tribunal;
17                and
18                (iii) may be reviewed and modified by a foreign
19            tribunal; and
20            (B) includes a maintenance arrangement or
21        authentic instrument under the Convention.
22        (7) "United States central authority" means the
23    Secretary of the United States Department of Health and
24    Human Services. A tribunal of this State authorized to
25    determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding
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1    under this Act or a law substantially similar to this Act.
2(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
3    (750 ILCS 22/702 new)
4    Sec. 702. Applicability. This Article applies only to a
5support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding,
6if a provision of this Article is inconsistent with Articles 1
7through 6, this Article controls.
 
8    (750 ILCS 22/703 new)
9    Sec. 703. Relationship of the Illinois Department of
10Healthcare and Family Services to United States central
11authority. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services of
12this State is recognized as the agency designated by the United
13States central authority to perform specific functions under
14the Convention.
 
15    (750 ILCS 22/704 new)
16    Sec. 704. Initiation by Illinois Department of Healthcare
17and Family Services of support proceeding under Convention.
18    (a) In a support proceeding under this Article, the
19Department of Healthcare and Family Services of this State
20shall:
21        (1) transmit and receive applications; and
22        (2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a
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1    State.
2    (b) The following support proceedings are available to an
3obligee under the Convention:
4        (1) recognition or recognition and enforcement of a
5    foreign support order;
6        (2) enforcement of a support order issued or recognized
7    in this State;
8        (3) establishment of a support order if there is no
9    existing order, including, if necessary, determination of
10    parentage of a child;
11        (4) establishment of a support order if recognition of
12    a foreign support order is refused under Section 708(b)(2),
13    (4), or (9);
14        (5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of
15    this State; and
16        (6) modification of a support order of a tribunal of
17    another state or a foreign country.
18    (c) The following support proceedings are available under
19the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing
20support order:
21        (1) recognition of an order suspending or limiting
22    enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of
23    this State;
24        (2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of
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1    another state or a foreign country.
2    (d) A tribunal of this State may not require security,
3bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment
4of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.
 
5    (750 ILCS 22/705 new)
6    Sec. 705. Direct request.
7    (a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking
8establishment or modification of a support order or
9determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the
10law of this State applies.
11    (b) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking
12recognition and enforcement of a support order or support
13agreement. In the proceeding, Sections 706 through 713 apply.
14    (c) In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of
15a Convention support order or foreign support agreement:
16        (1) a security, bond, or deposit is not required to
17    guarantee the payment of costs and expenses; and
18        (2) an obligee or obligor that in the issuing country
19    has benefited from free legal assistance is entitled to
20    benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal
21    assistance provided for by the law of this State under the
22    same circumstances.
23    (d) A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to
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1    (e) This Article does not prevent the application of laws
2of this State that provide simplified, more expeditious rules
3regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a
4foreign support order or foreign support agreement.
 
5    (750 ILCS 22/706 new)
6    Sec. 706. Registration of convention support order.
7    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, a party
8who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking
9recognition of a Convention support order shall register the
10order in this State as provided in Article 6.
11    (b) Notwithstanding Sections 311 and 602(a), a request for
12registration of a Convention support order must be accompanied
13by:
14        (1) a complete text of the support order or an abstract
15    or extract of the support order drawn up by the issuing
16    foreign tribunal, which may be in the form recommended by
17    the Hague Conference on Private International Law;
18        (2) a record stating that the support order is
19    enforceable in the issuing country;
20        (3) if the respondent did not appear and was not
21    represented in the proceedings in the issuing country, a
22    record attesting, as appropriate, either that the
23    respondent had proper notice of the proceedings and an
24    opportunity to be heard or that the respondent had proper
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1    in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal;
2        (4) a record showing the amount of arrears, if any, and
3    the date the amount was calculated;
4        (5) a record showing a requirement for automatic
5    adjustment of the amount of support, if any, and the
6    information necessary to make the appropriate
7    calculations; and
8        (6) if necessary, a record showing the extent to which
9    the applicant received free legal assistance in the issuing
10    country.
11    (c) A request for registration of a Convention support
12order may seek recognition and partial enforcement of the
13order.
14    (d) A tribunal of this State may vacate the registration of
15a Convention support order without the filing of a contest
16under Section 707 only if, acting on its own motion, the
17tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement of the order
18would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.
19    (e) The tribunal shall promptly notify the parties of the
20registration or the order vacating the registration of a
21Convention support order.
 
22    (750 ILCS 22/707 new)
23    Sec. 707. Contest of registered Convention support order.
24    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, Sections
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1support order.
2    (b) A party contesting a registered Convention support
3order shall file a contest not later than 30 days after notice
4of the registration, but if the contesting party does not
5reside in the United States, the contest must be filed not
6later than 60 days after notice of the registration.
7    (c) If the nonregistering party fails to contest the
8registered Convention support order by the time specified in
9subsection (b), the order is enforceable.
10    (d) A contest of a registered Convention support order may
11be based only on grounds set forth in Section 708. The
12contesting party bears the burden of proof.
13    (e) In a contest of a registered Convention support order,
14a tribunal of this State:
15        (1) is bound by the findings of fact on which the
16    foreign tribunal based its jurisdiction; and
17        (2) may not review the merits of the order.
18    (f) A tribunal of this State deciding a contest of a
19registered Convention support order shall promptly notify the
20parties of its decision.
21    (g) A challenge or appeal, if any, does not stay the
22enforcement of a Convention support order unless there are
23exceptional circumstances.
 
24    (750 ILCS 22/708 new)
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1Convention support order.
2    (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a
3tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce a registered
4Convention support order.
5    (b) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a
6tribunal of this State may refuse recognition and enforcement
7of a registered Convention support order:
8        (1) recognition and enforcement of the order is
9    manifestly incompatible with public policy, including the
10    failure of the issuing tribunal to observe minimum
11    standards of due process, which include notice and an
12    opportunity to be heard;
13        (2) the issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction
14    consistent with Section 201;
15        (3) the order is not enforceable in the issuing
16    country;
17        (4) the order was obtained by fraud in connection with
18    a matter of procedure;
19        (5) a record transmitted in accordance with Section 706
20    lacks authenticity or integrity;
21        (6) a proceeding between the same parties and having
22    the same purpose is pending before a tribunal of this State
23    and that proceeding was the first to be filed;
24        (7) the order is incompatible with a more recent
25    support order involving the same parties and having the
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1    to recognition and enforcement under this Act in this
2    State;
3        (8) payment, to the extent alleged arrears have been
4    paid in whole or in part;
5        (9) in a case in which the respondent neither appeared
6    nor was represented in the proceeding in the issuing
7    foreign country:
8            (A) if the law of that country provides for prior
9        notice of proceedings, the respondent did not have
10        proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to
11        be heard; or
12            (B) if the law of that country does not provide for
13        prior notice of the proceedings, the respondent did not
14        have proper notice of the order and an opportunity to
15        be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before
16        a tribunal; or
17        (10) the order was made in violation of Section 711.
18    (c) If a tribunal of this State does not recognize a
19Convention support order under subsection (b)(2), (4), or (9):
20        (1) the tribunal may not dismiss the proceeding without
21    allowing a reasonable time for a party to request the
22    establishment of a new Convention support order; and
23        (2) the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family
24    Services shall take all appropriate measures to request a
25    child-support order for the obligee if the application for
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1    704.
 
2    (750 ILCS 22/709 new)
3    Sec. 709. Partial enforcement. If a tribunal of this State
4does not recognize and enforce a Convention support order in
5its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order.
6An application or direct request may seek recognition and
7partial enforcement of a Convention support order.
 
8    (750 ILCS 22/710 new)
9    Sec. 710. Foreign support agreement.
10    (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and
11(d), a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce a
12foreign support agreement registered in this State.
13    (b) An application or direct request for recognition and
14enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied
15by:
16        (1) a complete text of the foreign support agreement;
17    and
18        (2) a record stating that the foreign support agreement
19    is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing
20    country.
21    (c) A tribunal of this State may vacate the registration of
22a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion,
23the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be
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1    (d) In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal
2of this State may refuse recognition and enforcement of the
3agreement if it finds:
4        (1) recognition and enforcement of the agreement is
5    manifestly incompatible with public policy;
6        (2) the agreement was obtained by fraud or
7    falsification;
8        (3) the agreement is incompatible with a support order
9    involving the same parties and having the same purpose in
10    this State, another state, or a foreign country if the
11    support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement
12    under this Act in this State; or
13        (4) the record submitted under subsection (b) lacks
14    authenticity or integrity.
15    (e) A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a
16foreign support agreement must be suspended during the pendency
17of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal
18of another state or a foreign country.
 
19    (750 ILCS 22/711 new)
20    Sec. 711. Modification of Convention child-support order.
21    (a) A tribunal of this State may not modify a Convention
22child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the
23foreign country where the support order was issued unless:
24        (1) the obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a
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1    the merits of the case without objecting to the
2    jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or
3        (2) the foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise
4    jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new
5    support order.
6    (b) If a tribunal of this State does not modify a
7Convention child-support order because the order is not
8recognized in this State, Section 708(c) applies.
 
9    (750 ILCS 22/712 new)
10    Sec. 712. Personal information; limit on use. Personal
11information gathered or transmitted under this Article may be
12used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or
13transmitted.
 
14    (750 ILCS 22/713 new)
15    Sec. 713. Record in original language; English
16translation. A record filed with a tribunal of this State under
17this Article must be in the original language and, if not in
18English, must be accompanied by an English translation.
 
19    (750 ILCS 22/802)
20    Sec. 802. Conditions of rendition.
21    (a) Before making a demand that the governor of another
22state surrender an individual charged criminally in this State
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1the Governor of this State may require a prosecutor of this
2State to demonstrate that at least 60 days previously the
3obligee had initiated proceedings for support pursuant to this
4Act or that the proceeding would be of no avail.
5    (b) If, under this Act or a law substantially similar to
6this Act, the Governor of another state makes a demand that the
7governor of this State surrender an individual charged
8criminally in that state with having failed to provide for the
9support of a child or other individual to whom a duty of
10support is owed, the governor may require a prosecutor to
11investigate the demand and report whether a proceeding for
12support has been initiated or would be effective. If it appears
13that a proceeding would be effective but has not been
14initiated, the governor may delay honoring the demand for a
15reasonable time to permit the initiation of a proceeding.
16    (c) If a proceeding for support has been initiated and the
17individual whose rendition is demanded prevails, the governor
18may decline to honor the demand. If the petitioner obligee
19prevails and the individual whose rendition is demanded is
20subject to a support order, the governor may decline to honor
21the demand if the individual is complying with the support
22order.
23(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
24    (750 ILCS 22/902 new)
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1the 99th General Assembly applies to proceedings begun on or
2after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th
3General Assembly to establish a support order or determine
4parentage of a child or to register, recognize, enforce, or
5modify a prior support order, determination, or agreement,
6whenever issued or entered.
 
7    (750 ILCS 22/903)
8    Sec. 903 902. Severability clause. If any provision of this
9Act or its application to any person or circumstance is held
10invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or
11applications of this Act which can be given effect without the
12invalid provision or application, and to this end the
13provisions of this Act are severable.
14(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
 
15    (750 ILCS 22/905)  (was 750 ILCS 22/903)
16    Sec. 905 903. Effective date. (See Sec. 999 for effective
17date.)
18(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    750 ILCS 22/102was 750 ILCS 22/101
4    750 ILCS 22/103was 750 ILCS 22/102
5    750 ILCS 22/104was 750 ILCS 22/103
6    750 ILCS 22/105 new
7    750 ILCS 22/201
8    750 ILCS 22/203
9    750 ILCS 22/204
10    750 ILCS 22/205
11    750 ILCS 22/206
12    750 ILCS 22/207
13    750 ILCS 22/208
14    750 ILCS 22/209
15    750 ILCS 22/210
16    750 ILCS 22/211
17    750 ILCS 22/301
18    750 ILCS 22/302
19    750 ILCS 22/304
20    750 ILCS 22/305
21    750 ILCS 22/306
22    750 ILCS 22/307
23    750 ILCS 22/308
24    750 ILCS 22/310
25    750 ILCS 22/311

 

 

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1    750 ILCS 22/312
2    750 ILCS 22/313
3    750 ILCS 22/314
4    750 ILCS 22/316
5    750 ILCS 22/317
6    750 ILCS 22/318
7    750 ILCS 22/319
8    750 ILCS 22/Art. 4 heading
9    750 ILCS 22/401
10    750 ILCS 22/402 new
11    750 ILCS 22/Art. 5 heading
12    750 ILCS 22/502
13    750 ILCS 22/503
14    750 ILCS 22/504
15    750 ILCS 22/505
16    750 ILCS 22/506
17    750 ILCS 22/507
18    750 ILCS 22/Art. 6 Pt. 1
19    heading
20    750 ILCS 22/601
21    750 ILCS 22/602
22    750 ILCS 22/603
23    750 ILCS 22/604
24    750 ILCS 22/605
25    750 ILCS 22/606
26    750 ILCS 22/607

 

 

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1    750 ILCS 22/608
2    750 ILCS 22/Art. 6 Pt. 3
3    heading
4    750 ILCS 22/609
5    750 ILCS 22/610
6    750 ILCS 22/611
7    750 ILCS 22/612
8    750 ILCS 22/Art. 6 Pt. 4
9    heading new
10    750 ILCS 22/615
11    750 ILCS 22/616 new
12    750 ILCS 22/Art. 7 heading
13    750 ILCS 22/701
14    750 ILCS 22/702 new
15    750 ILCS 22/703 new
16    750 ILCS 22/704 new
17    750 ILCS 22/705 new
18    750 ILCS 22/706 new
19    750 ILCS 22/707 new
20    750 ILCS 22/708 new
21    750 ILCS 22/709 new
22    750 ILCS 22/710 new
23    750 ILCS 22/711 new
24    750 ILCS 22/712 new
25    750 ILCS 22/713 new
26    750 ILCS 22/802

 

 

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1    750 ILCS 22/902 new
2    750 ILCS 22/903
3    750 ILCS 22/905was 750 ILCS 22/903