Public Act 097-0294
 
HB0192 EnrolledLRB097 03001 AJO 43032 b

    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Stalking No Contact Order Act is amended by
changing Section 80 as follows:
 
    (740 ILCS 21/80)
    Sec. 80. Stalking no contact orders; remedies.
    (a) If the court finds that the petitioner has been a
victim of stalking, a stalking no contact order shall issue;
provided that the petitioner must also satisfy the requirements
of Section 95 on emergency orders or Section 100 on plenary
orders. The petitioner shall not be denied a stalking no
contact order because the petitioner or the respondent is a
minor. The court, when determining whether or not to issue a
stalking no contact order, may not require physical injury on
the person of the petitioner. Modification and extension of
prior stalking no contact orders shall be in accordance with
this Act.
    (b) A stalking no contact order shall order one or more of
the following:
        (1) prohibit the respondent from threatening to commit
    or committing stalking;
        (2) order the respondent not to have any contact with
    the petitioner or a third person specifically named by the
    court;
        (3) prohibit the respondent from knowingly coming
    within, or knowingly remaining within a specified distance
    of the petitioner or the petitioner's residence, school,
    daycare, or place of employment, or any specified place
    frequented by the petitioner; however, the court may order
    the respondent to stay away from the respondent's own
    residence, school, or place of employment only if the
    respondent has been provided actual notice of the
    opportunity to appear and be heard on the petition;
        (4) prohibit the respondent from possessing a Firearm
    Owners Identification Card, or possessing or buying
    firearms; and
        (5) order other injunctive relief the court determines
    to be necessary to protect the petitioner or third party
    specifically named by the court.
    (b-5) When the petitioner and the respondent attend the
same public, private, or non-public elementary, middle, or high
school, the court when issuing a stalking no contact order and
providing relief shall consider the severity of the act, any
continuing physical danger or emotional distress to the
petitioner, the educational rights guaranteed to the
petitioner and respondent under federal and State law, the
availability of a transfer of the respondent to another school,
a change of placement or a change of program of the respondent,
the expense, difficulty, and educational disruption that would
be caused by a transfer of the respondent to another school,
and any other relevant facts of the case. The court may order
that the respondent not attend the public, private, or
non-public elementary, middle, or high school attended by the
petitioner, order that the respondent accept a change of
placement or program, as determined by the school district or
private or non-public school, or place restrictions on the
respondent's movements within the school attended by the
petitioner. The respondent bears the burden of proving by a
preponderance of the evidence that a transfer, change of
placement, or change of program of the respondent is not
available. The respondent also bears the burden of production
with respect to the expense, difficulty, and educational
disruption that would be caused by a transfer of the respondent
to another school. A transfer, change of placement, or change
of program is not unavailable to the respondent solely on the
ground that the respondent does not agree with the school
district's or private or non-public school's transfer, change
of placement, or change of program or solely on the ground that
the respondent fails or refuses to consent to or otherwise does
not take an action required to effectuate a transfer, change of
placement, or change of program. When a court orders a
respondent to stay away from the public, private, or non-public
school attended by the petitioner and the respondent requests a
transfer to another attendance center within the respondent's
school district or private or non-public school, the school
district or private or non-public school shall have sole
discretion to determine the attendance center to which the
respondent is transferred. In the event the court order results
in a transfer of the minor respondent to another attendance
center, a change in the respondent's placement, or a change of
the respondent's program, the parents, guardian, or legal
custodian of the respondent is responsible for transportation
and other costs associated with the transfer or change.
    (b-6) The court may order the parents, guardian, or legal
custodian of a minor respondent to take certain actions or to
refrain from taking certain actions to ensure that the
respondent complies with the order. In the event the court
orders a transfer of the respondent to another school, the
parents, guardian, or legal custodian of the respondent are
responsible for transportation and other costs associated with
the change of school by the respondent.
    (b-7) The court shall not hold a school district or private
or non-public school or any of its employees in civil or
criminal contempt unless the school district or private or
non-public school has been allowed to intervene.
    (b-8) The court may hold the parents, guardian, or legal
custodian of a minor respondent in civil or criminal contempt
for a violation of any provision of any order entered under
this Act for conduct of the minor respondent in violation of
this Act if the parents, guardian, or legal custodian directed,
encouraged, or assisted the respondent minor in such conduct.
    (c) The court may award the petitioner costs and attorneys
fees if a stalking no contact order is granted.
    (d) Monetary damages are not recoverable as a remedy.
(Source: P.A. 96-246, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
    Section 10. The Civil No Contact Order Act is amended by
changing Sections 213 and 220 as follows:
 
    (740 ILCS 22/213)
    Sec. 213. Civil no contact order; remedies.
    (a) If the court finds that the petitioner has been a
victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual
sexual penetration, a civil no contact order shall issue;
provided that the petitioner must also satisfy the requirements
of Section 214 on emergency orders or Section 215 on plenary
orders. The petitioner shall not be denied a civil no contact
order because the petitioner or the respondent is a minor. The
court, when determining whether or not to issue a civil no
contact order, may not require physical injury on the person of
the victim. Modification and extension of prior civil no
contact orders shall be in accordance with this Act.
    (b) (Blank).
    (b-5) The court may provide relief as follows:
        (1) prohibit the respondent from knowingly coming
    within, or knowingly remaining within, a specified
    distance from the petitioner;
        (2) restrain the respondent from having any contact,
    including nonphysical contact, with the petitioner
    directly, indirectly, or through third parties, regardless
    of whether those third parties know of the order;
        (3) prohibit the respondent from knowingly coming
    within, or knowingly remaining within, a specified
    distance from the petitioner's residence, school, day care
    or other specified location;
        (4) order the respondent to stay away from any property
    or animal owned, possessed, leased, kept, or held by the
    petitioner and forbid the respondent from taking,
    transferring, encumbering, concealing, harming, or
    otherwise disposing of the property or animal; and
        (5) order any other injunctive relief as necessary or
    appropriate for the protection of the petitioner.
    (b-6) When the petitioner and the respondent attend the
same public or private elementary, middle, or high school, the
court when issuing a civil no contact order and providing
relief shall consider, among the other facts of the case, the
severity of the act, any continuing physical danger or
emotional distress to the petitioner, the educational rights
guaranteed to the petitioner and respondent under federal and
State law, the availability of a transfer of the respondent to
another school, a change of placement or a change of program of
the respondent, the expense, difficulty, and educational
disruption that would be caused by a transfer of the respondent
to another school, and any other relevant facts of the case and
the expense, difficulty, and educational disruption that would
be caused by a transfer of the respondent to another school.
The court may order that the respondent not attend the public,
or private, or non-public elementary, middle, or high school
attended by the petitioner, order that the respondent accept a
change of placement or program, as determined by the school
district or private or non-public school, or place restrictions
on the respondent's movements within the school attended by the
petitioner. The respondent bears the burden of proving by a
preponderance of the evidence that a transfer, change of
placement, or change of program of the respondent is not
available. The respondent also bears the burden of production
with respect to the expense, difficulty, and educational
disruption that would be caused by a transfer of the respondent
to another school. A transfer, change of placement, or change
of program is not unavailable to the respondent solely on the
ground that the respondent does not agree with the school
district's or private or non-public school's transfer, change
of placement, or change of program or solely on the ground that
the respondent fails or refuses to consent to or otherwise does
not take an action required to effectuate a transfer, change of
placement, or change of program. When a court orders a
respondent to stay away from the public, private, or non-public
school attended by the petitioner and the respondent requests a
transfer to another attendance center within the respondent's
school district or private or non-public school, the school
district or private or non-public school shall have sole
discretion to determine the attendance center to which the
respondent is transferred. In the event the court order results
in a transfer of the minor respondent to another attendance
center, a change in the respondent's placement, or a change of
the respondent's program, the parents, guardian, or legal
custodian of the respondent is responsible for transportation
and other costs associated with the transfer or change.
    (b-7) The court may order the parents, guardian, or legal
custodian of a minor respondent to take certain actions or to
refrain from taking certain actions to ensure that the
respondent complies with the order. In the event the court
orders a transfer of the respondent to another school, the
parents or legal guardians of the respondent are responsible
for transportation and other costs associated with the change
of school by the respondent.
    (c) Denial of a remedy may not be based, in whole or in
part, on evidence that:
        (1) the respondent has cause for any use of force,
    unless that cause satisfies the standards for justifiable
    use of force provided by Article VII of the Criminal Code
    of 1961;
        (2) the respondent was voluntarily intoxicated;
        (3) the petitioner acted in self-defense or defense of
    another, provided that, if the petitioner utilized force,
    such force was justifiable under Article VII of the
    Criminal Code of 1961;
        (4) the petitioner did not act in self-defense or
    defense of another;
        (5) the petitioner left the residence or household to
    avoid further non-consensual sexual conduct or
    non-consensual sexual penetration by the respondent; or
        (6) the petitioner did not leave the residence or
    household to avoid further non-consensual sexual conduct
    or non-consensual sexual penetration by the respondent.
    (d) Monetary damages are not recoverable as a remedy.
(Source: P.A. 96-311, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
    (740 ILCS 22/220)
    Sec. 220. Enforcement of a civil no contact order.
    (a) Nothing in this Act shall preclude any Illinois court
from enforcing a valid protective order issued in another
state.
    (b) Illinois courts may enforce civil no contact orders
through both criminal proceedings and civil contempt
proceedings, unless the action which is second in time is
barred by collateral estoppel or the constitutional
prohibition against double jeopardy.
    (b-1) The court shall not hold a school district or private
or non-public school or any of its employees in civil or
criminal contempt unless the school district or private or
non-public school has been allowed to intervene.
    (b-2) The court may hold the parents, guardian, or legal
custodian of a minor respondent in civil or criminal contempt
for a violation of any provision of any order entered under
this Act for conduct of the minor respondent in violation of
this Act if the parents, guardian, or legal custodian directed,
encouraged, or assisted the respondent minor in such conduct.
    (c) Criminal prosecution. A violation of any civil no
contact order, whether issued in a civil or criminal
proceeding, shall be enforced by a criminal court when the
respondent commits the crime of violation of a civil no contact
order pursuant to Section 219 by having knowingly violated:
        (1) remedies described in Section 213 and included in a
    civil no contact order; or
        (2) a provision of an order, which is substantially
    similar to provisions of Section 213, in a valid civil no
    contact order which is authorized under the laws of another
    state, tribe, or United States territory.
    Prosecution for a violation of a civil no contact order
shall not bar a concurrent prosecution for any other crime,
including any crime that may have been committed at the time of
the violation of the civil no contact order.
    (d) Contempt of court. A violation of any valid Illinois
civil no contact order, whether issued in a civil or criminal
proceeding, may be enforced through civil or criminal contempt
procedures, as appropriate, by any court with jurisdiction,
regardless of where the act or acts which violated the civil no
contact order were committed, to the extent consistent with the
venue provisions of this Act.
        (1) In a contempt proceeding where the petition for a
    rule to show cause or petition for adjudication of criminal
    contempt sets forth facts evidencing an immediate danger
    that the respondent will flee the jurisdiction or inflict
    physical abuse on the petitioner or minor children or on
    dependent adults in the petitioner's care, the court may
    order the attachment of the respondent without prior
    service of the petition for a rule to show cause, the rule
    to show cause, the petition for adjudication of criminal
    contempt or the adjudication of criminal contempt. Bond
    shall be set unless specifically denied in writing.
        (2) A petition for a rule to show cause or a petition
    for adjudication of criminal contempt for violation of a
    civil no contact order shall be treated as an expedited
    proceeding.
    (e) Actual knowledge. A civil no contact order may be
enforced pursuant to this Section if the respondent violates
the order after the respondent has actual knowledge of its
contents as shown through one of the following means:
        (1) by service, delivery, or notice under Section 208;
        (2) by notice under Section 218;
        (3) by service of a civil no contact order under
    Section 218; or
        (4) by other means demonstrating actual knowledge of
    the contents of the order.
    (f) The enforcement of a civil no contact order in civil or
criminal court shall not be affected by either of the
following:
        (1) the existence of a separate, correlative order,
    entered under Section 202; or
        (2) any finding or order entered in a conjoined
    criminal proceeding.
    (g) Circumstances. The court, when determining whether or
not a violation of a civil no contact order has occurred, shall
not require physical manifestations of abuse on the person of
the victim.
    (h) Penalties.
        (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this
    subsection, where the court finds the commission of a crime
    or contempt of court under subsection (a) or (b) of this
    Section, the penalty shall be the penalty that generally
    applies in such criminal or contempt proceedings, and may
    include one or more of the following: incarceration,
    payment of restitution, a fine, payment of attorneys' fees
    and costs, or community service.
        (2) The court shall hear and take into account evidence
    of any factors in aggravation or mitigation before deciding
    an appropriate penalty under paragraph (1) of this
    subsection.
        (3) To the extent permitted by law, the court is
    encouraged to:
            (i) increase the penalty for the knowing violation
        of any civil no contact order over any penalty
        previously imposed by any court for respondent's
        violation of any civil no contact order or penal
        statute involving petitioner as victim and respondent
        as defendant;
            (ii) impose a minimum penalty of 24 hours
        imprisonment for respondent's first violation of any
        civil no contact order; and
            (iii) impose a minimum penalty of 48 hours
        imprisonment for respondent's second or subsequent
        violation of a civil no contact order unless the court
        explicitly finds that an increased penalty or that
        period of imprisonment would be manifestly unjust.
        (4) In addition to any other penalties imposed for a
    violation of a civil no contact order, a criminal court may
    consider evidence of any previous violations of a civil no
    contact order:
            (i) to increase, revoke or modify the bail bond on
        an underlying criminal charge pursuant to Section
        110-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
            (ii) to revoke or modify an order of probation,
        conditional discharge or supervision, pursuant to
        Section 5-6-4 of the Unified Code of Corrections; or
            (iii) to revoke or modify a sentence of periodic
        imprisonment, pursuant to Section 5-7-2 of the Unified
        Code of Corrections.
(Source: P.A. 96-311, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
    Section 15. The Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 is
amended by changing Sections 214 and 223 as follows:
 
    (750 ILCS 60/214)  (from Ch. 40, par. 2312-14)
    Sec. 214. Order of protection; remedies.
    (a) Issuance of order. If the court finds that petitioner
has been abused by a family or household member or that
petitioner is a high-risk adult who has been abused, neglected,
or exploited, as defined in this Act, an order of protection
prohibiting the abuse, neglect, or exploitation shall issue;
provided that petitioner must also satisfy the requirements of
one of the following Sections, as appropriate: Section 217 on
emergency orders, Section 218 on interim orders, or Section 219
on plenary orders. Petitioner shall not be denied an order of
protection because petitioner or respondent is a minor. The
court, when determining whether or not to issue an order of
protection, shall not require physical manifestations of abuse
on the person of the victim. Modification and extension of
prior orders of protection shall be in accordance with this
Act.
    (b) Remedies and standards. The remedies to be included in
an order of protection shall be determined in accordance with
this Section and one of the following Sections, as appropriate:
Section 217 on emergency orders, Section 218 on interim orders,
and Section 219 on plenary orders. The remedies listed in this
subsection shall be in addition to other civil or criminal
remedies available to petitioner.
        (1) Prohibition of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
    Prohibit respondent's harassment, interference with
    personal liberty, intimidation of a dependent, physical
    abuse, or willful deprivation, neglect or exploitation, as
    defined in this Act, or stalking of the petitioner, as
    defined in Section 12-7.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961, if
    such abuse, neglect, exploitation, or stalking has
    occurred or otherwise appears likely to occur if not
    prohibited.
        (2) Grant of exclusive possession of residence.
    Prohibit respondent from entering or remaining in any
    residence, household, or premises of the petitioner,
    including one owned or leased by respondent, if petitioner
    has a right to occupancy thereof. The grant of exclusive
    possession of the residence, household, or premises shall
    not affect title to real property, nor shall the court be
    limited by the standard set forth in Section 701 of the
    Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
            (A) Right to occupancy. A party has a right to
        occupancy of a residence or household if it is solely
        or jointly owned or leased by that party, that party's
        spouse, a person with a legal duty to support that
        party or a minor child in that party's care, or by any
        person or entity other than the opposing party that
        authorizes that party's occupancy (e.g., a domestic
        violence shelter). Standards set forth in subparagraph
        (B) shall not preclude equitable relief.
            (B) Presumption of hardships. If petitioner and
        respondent each has the right to occupancy of a
        residence or household, the court shall balance (i) the
        hardships to respondent and any minor child or
        dependent adult in respondent's care resulting from
        entry of this remedy with (ii) the hardships to
        petitioner and any minor child or dependent adult in
        petitioner's care resulting from continued exposure to
        the risk of abuse (should petitioner remain at the
        residence or household) or from loss of possession of
        the residence or household (should petitioner leave to
        avoid the risk of abuse). When determining the balance
        of hardships, the court shall also take into account
        the accessibility of the residence or household.
        Hardships need not be balanced if respondent does not
        have a right to occupancy.
            The balance of hardships is presumed to favor
        possession by petitioner unless the presumption is
        rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence, showing
        that the hardships to respondent substantially
        outweigh the hardships to petitioner and any minor
        child or dependent adult in petitioner's care. The
        court, on the request of petitioner or on its own
        motion, may order respondent to provide suitable,
        accessible, alternate housing for petitioner instead
        of excluding respondent from a mutual residence or
        household.
        (3) Stay away order and additional prohibitions. Order
    respondent to stay away from petitioner or any other person
    protected by the order of protection, or prohibit
    respondent from entering or remaining present at
    petitioner's school, place of employment, or other
    specified places at times when petitioner is present, or
    both, if reasonable, given the balance of hardships.
    Hardships need not be balanced for the court to enter a
    stay away order or prohibit entry if respondent has no
    right to enter the premises.
            (A) If an order of protection grants petitioner
        exclusive possession of the residence, or prohibits
        respondent from entering the residence, or orders
        respondent to stay away from petitioner or other
        protected persons, then the court may allow respondent
        access to the residence to remove items of clothing and
        personal adornment used exclusively by respondent,
        medications, and other items as the court directs. The
        right to access shall be exercised on only one occasion
        as the court directs and in the presence of an
        agreed-upon adult third party or law enforcement
        officer.
            (B) When the petitioner and the respondent attend
        the same public, private, or non-public elementary,
        middle, or high school, the court when issuing an order
        of protection and providing relief shall consider the
        severity of the act, any continuing physical danger or
        emotional distress to the petitioner, the educational
        rights guaranteed to the petitioner and respondent
        under federal and State law, the availability of a
        transfer of the respondent to another school, a change
        of placement or a change of program of the respondent,
        the expense, difficulty, and educational disruption
        that would be caused by a transfer of the respondent to
        another school, and any other relevant facts of the
        case. The court may order that the respondent not
        attend the public, private, or non-public elementary,
        middle, or high school attended by the petitioner,
        order that the respondent accept a change of placement
        or change of program, as determined by the school
        district or private or non-public school, or place
        restrictions on the respondent's movements within the
        school attended by the petitioner. The respondent
        bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the
        evidence that a transfer, change of placement, or
        change of program of the respondent is not available.
        The respondent also bears the burden of production with
        respect to the expense, difficulty, and educational
        disruption that would be caused by a transfer of the
        respondent to another school. A transfer, change of
        placement, or change of program is not unavailable to
        the respondent solely on the ground that the respondent
        does not agree with the school district's or private or
        non-public school's transfer, change of placement, or
        change of program or solely on the ground that the
        respondent fails or refuses to consent or otherwise
        does not take an action required to effectuate a
        transfer, change of placement, or change of program.
        When a court orders a respondent to stay away from the
        public, private, or non-public school attended by the
        petitioner and the respondent requests a transfer to
        another attendance center within the respondent's
        school district or private or non-public school, the
        school district or private or non-public school shall
        have sole discretion to determine the attendance
        center to which the respondent is transferred. In the
        event the court order results in a transfer of the
        minor respondent to another attendance center, a
        change in the respondent's placement, or a change of
        the respondent's program, the parents, guardian, or
        legal custodian of the respondent is responsible for
        transportation and other costs associated with the
        transfer or change.
            (C) The court may order the parents, guardian, or
        legal custodian of a minor respondent to take certain
        actions or to refrain from taking certain actions to
        ensure that the respondent complies with the order. The
        court may order the parents, guardian, or legal
        custodian of a minor respondent to take certain actions
        or to refrain from taking certain actions to ensure
        that the respondent complies with the order. In the
        event the court orders a transfer of the respondent to
        another school, the parents, guardian, or legal
        custodian of the respondent is responsible for
        transportation and other costs associated with the
        change of school by the respondent.
        (4) Counseling. Require or recommend the respondent to
    undergo counseling for a specified duration with a social
    worker, psychologist, clinical psychologist, psychiatrist,
    family service agency, alcohol or substance abuse program,
    mental health center guidance counselor, agency providing
    services to elders, program designed for domestic violence
    abusers or any other guidance service the court deems
    appropriate. The Court may order the respondent in any
    intimate partner relationship to report to an Illinois
    Department of Human Services protocol approved partner
    abuse intervention program for an assessment and to follow
    all recommended treatment.
        (5) Physical care and possession of the minor child. In
    order to protect the minor child from abuse, neglect, or
    unwarranted separation from the person who has been the
    minor child's primary caretaker, or to otherwise protect
    the well-being of the minor child, the court may do either
    or both of the following: (i) grant petitioner physical
    care or possession of the minor child, or both, or (ii)
    order respondent to return a minor child to, or not remove
    a minor child from, the physical care of a parent or person
    in loco parentis.
        If a court finds, after a hearing, that respondent has
    committed abuse (as defined in Section 103) of a minor
    child, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that
    awarding physical care to respondent would not be in the
    minor child's best interest.
        (6) Temporary legal custody. Award temporary legal
    custody to petitioner in accordance with this Section, the
    Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the
    Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, and this State's Uniform
    Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.
        If a court finds, after a hearing, that respondent has
    committed abuse (as defined in Section 103) of a minor
    child, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that
    awarding temporary legal custody to respondent would not be
    in the child's best interest.
        (7) Visitation. Determine the visitation rights, if
    any, of respondent in any case in which the court awards
    physical care or temporary legal custody of a minor child
    to petitioner. The court shall restrict or deny
    respondent's visitation with a minor child if the court
    finds that respondent has done or is likely to do any of
    the following: (i) abuse or endanger the minor child during
    visitation; (ii) use the visitation as an opportunity to
    abuse or harass petitioner or petitioner's family or
    household members; (iii) improperly conceal or detain the
    minor child; or (iv) otherwise act in a manner that is not
    in the best interests of the minor child. The court shall
    not be limited by the standards set forth in Section 607.1
    of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
    If the court grants visitation, the order shall specify
    dates and times for the visitation to take place or other
    specific parameters or conditions that are appropriate. No
    order for visitation shall refer merely to the term
    "reasonable visitation".
        Petitioner may deny respondent access to the minor
    child if, when respondent arrives for visitation,
    respondent is under the influence of drugs or alcohol and
    constitutes a threat to the safety and well-being of
    petitioner or petitioner's minor children or is behaving in
    a violent or abusive manner.
        If necessary to protect any member of petitioner's
    family or household from future abuse, respondent shall be
    prohibited from coming to petitioner's residence to meet
    the minor child for visitation, and the parties shall
    submit to the court their recommendations for reasonable
    alternative arrangements for visitation. A person may be
    approved to supervise visitation only after filing an
    affidavit accepting that responsibility and acknowledging
    accountability to the court.
        (8) Removal or concealment of minor child. Prohibit
    respondent from removing a minor child from the State or
    concealing the child within the State.
        (9) Order to appear. Order the respondent to appear in
    court, alone or with a minor child, to prevent abuse,
    neglect, removal or concealment of the child, to return the
    child to the custody or care of the petitioner or to permit
    any court-ordered interview or examination of the child or
    the respondent.
        (10) Possession of personal property. Grant petitioner
    exclusive possession of personal property and, if
    respondent has possession or control, direct respondent to
    promptly make it available to petitioner, if:
            (i) petitioner, but not respondent, owns the
        property; or
            (ii) the parties own the property jointly; sharing
        it would risk abuse of petitioner by respondent or is
        impracticable; and the balance of hardships favors
        temporary possession by petitioner.
        If petitioner's sole claim to ownership of the property
    is that it is marital property, the court may award
    petitioner temporary possession thereof under the
    standards of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph only if a
    proper proceeding has been filed under the Illinois
    Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as now or
    hereafter amended.
        No order under this provision shall affect title to
    property.
        (11) Protection of property. Forbid the respondent
    from taking, transferring, encumbering, concealing,
    damaging or otherwise disposing of any real or personal
    property, except as explicitly authorized by the court, if:
            (i) petitioner, but not respondent, owns the
        property; or
            (ii) the parties own the property jointly, and the
        balance of hardships favors granting this remedy.
        If petitioner's sole claim to ownership of the property
    is that it is marital property, the court may grant
    petitioner relief under subparagraph (ii) of this
    paragraph only if a proper proceeding has been filed under
    the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as
    now or hereafter amended.
        The court may further prohibit respondent from
    improperly using the financial or other resources of an
    aged member of the family or household for the profit or
    advantage of respondent or of any other person.
        (11.5) Protection of animals. Grant the petitioner the
    exclusive care, custody, or control of any animal owned,
    possessed, leased, kept, or held by either the petitioner
    or the respondent or a minor child residing in the
    residence or household of either the petitioner or the
    respondent and order the respondent to stay away from the
    animal and forbid the respondent from taking,
    transferring, encumbering, concealing, harming, or
    otherwise disposing of the animal.
        (12) Order for payment of support. Order respondent to
    pay temporary support for the petitioner or any child in
    the petitioner's care or custody, when the respondent has a
    legal obligation to support that person, in accordance with
    the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act,
    which shall govern, among other matters, the amount of
    support, payment through the clerk and withholding of
    income to secure payment. An order for child support may be
    granted to a petitioner with lawful physical care or
    custody of a child, or an order or agreement for physical
    care or custody, prior to entry of an order for legal
    custody. Such a support order shall expire upon entry of a
    valid order granting legal custody to another, unless
    otherwise provided in the custody order.
        (13) Order for payment of losses. Order respondent to
    pay petitioner for losses suffered as a direct result of
    the abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Such losses shall
    include, but not be limited to, medical expenses, lost
    earnings or other support, repair or replacement of
    property damaged or taken, reasonable attorney's fees,
    court costs and moving or other travel expenses, including
    additional reasonable expenses for temporary shelter and
    restaurant meals.
            (i) Losses affecting family needs. If a party is
        entitled to seek maintenance, child support or
        property distribution from the other party under the
        Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, as
        now or hereafter amended, the court may order
        respondent to reimburse petitioner's actual losses, to
        the extent that such reimbursement would be
        "appropriate temporary relief", as authorized by
        subsection (a)(3) of Section 501 of that Act.
            (ii) Recovery of expenses. In the case of an
        improper concealment or removal of a minor child, the
        court may order respondent to pay the reasonable
        expenses incurred or to be incurred in the search for
        and recovery of the minor child, including but not
        limited to legal fees, court costs, private
        investigator fees, and travel costs.
        (14) Prohibition of entry. Prohibit the respondent
    from entering or remaining in the residence or household
    while the respondent is under the influence of alcohol or
    drugs and constitutes a threat to the safety and well-being
    of the petitioner or the petitioner's children.
        (14.5) Prohibition of firearm possession.
            (a) When a complaint is made under a request for an
        order of protection, that the respondent has
        threatened or is likely to use firearms illegally
        against the petitioner, the court shall examine on oath
        the petitioner, and any witnesses who may be produced.
        If the court is satisfied that there is any danger of
        the illegal use of firearms, and the respondent is
        present in court, it shall issue an order that any
        firearms and any Firearm Owner's Identification Card
        in the possession of the respondent, except as provided
        in subsection (b), be turned over to the local law
        enforcement agency for safekeeping. If the court is
        satisfied that there is any danger of the illegal use
        of firearms, and if the respondent is not present in
        court, the court shall issue a warrant for seizure of
        any firearm and Firearm Owner's Identification Card in
        the possession of the respondent, to be kept by the
        local law enforcement agency for safekeeping, except
        as provided in subsection (b). The period of
        safekeeping shall be for a stated period of time not to
        exceed 2 years. The firearm or firearms and Firearm
        Owner's Identification Card shall be returned to the
        respondent at the end of the stated period or at
        expiration of the order of protection, whichever is
        sooner.
            (b) If the respondent is a peace officer as defined
        in Section 2-13 of the Criminal Code of 1961, the court
        shall order that any firearms used by the respondent in
        the performance of his or her duties as a peace officer
        be surrendered to the chief law enforcement executive
        of the agency in which the respondent is employed, who
        shall retain the firearms for safekeeping for the
        stated period not to exceed 2 years as set forth in the
        court order.
            (c) Upon expiration of the period of safekeeping,
        if the firearms or Firearm Owner's Identification Card
        cannot be returned to respondent because respondent
        cannot be located, fails to respond to requests to
        retrieve the firearms, or is not lawfully eligible to
        possess a firearm, upon petition from the local law
        enforcement agency, the court may order the local law
        enforcement agency to destroy the firearms, use the
        firearms for training purposes, or for any other
        application as deemed appropriate by the local law
        enforcement agency; or that the firearms be turned over
        to a third party who is lawfully eligible to possess
        firearms, and who does not reside with respondent.
        (15) Prohibition of access to records. If an order of
    protection prohibits respondent from having contact with
    the minor child, or if petitioner's address is omitted
    under subsection (b) of Section 203, or if necessary to
    prevent abuse or wrongful removal or concealment of a minor
    child, the order shall deny respondent access to, and
    prohibit respondent from inspecting, obtaining, or
    attempting to inspect or obtain, school or any other
    records of the minor child who is in the care of
    petitioner.
        (16) Order for payment of shelter services. Order
    respondent to reimburse a shelter providing temporary
    housing and counseling services to the petitioner for the
    cost of the services, as certified by the shelter and
    deemed reasonable by the court.
        (17) Order for injunctive relief. Enter injunctive
    relief necessary or appropriate to prevent further abuse of
    a family or household member or further abuse, neglect, or
    exploitation of a high-risk adult with disabilities or to
    effectuate one of the granted remedies, if supported by the
    balance of hardships. If the harm to be prevented by the
    injunction is abuse or any other harm that one of the
    remedies listed in paragraphs (1) through (16) of this
    subsection is designed to prevent, no further evidence is
    necessary that the harm is an irreparable injury.
    (c) Relevant factors; findings.
        (1) In determining whether to grant a specific remedy,
    other than payment of support, the court shall consider
    relevant factors, including but not limited to the
    following:
            (i) the nature, frequency, severity, pattern and
        consequences of the respondent's past abuse, neglect
        or exploitation of the petitioner or any family or
        household member, including the concealment of his or
        her location in order to evade service of process or
        notice, and the likelihood of danger of future abuse,
        neglect, or exploitation to petitioner or any member of
        petitioner's or respondent's family or household; and
            (ii) the danger that any minor child will be abused
        or neglected or improperly removed from the
        jurisdiction, improperly concealed within the State or
        improperly separated from the child's primary
        caretaker.
        (2) In comparing relative hardships resulting to the
    parties from loss of possession of the family home, the
    court shall consider relevant factors, including but not
    limited to the following:
            (i) availability, accessibility, cost, safety,
        adequacy, location and other characteristics of
        alternate housing for each party and any minor child or
        dependent adult in the party's care;
            (ii) the effect on the party's employment; and
            (iii) the effect on the relationship of the party,
        and any minor child or dependent adult in the party's
        care, to family, school, church and community.
        (3) Subject to the exceptions set forth in paragraph
    (4) of this subsection, the court shall make its findings
    in an official record or in writing, and shall at a minimum
    set forth the following:
            (i) That the court has considered the applicable
        relevant factors described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of
        this subsection.
            (ii) Whether the conduct or actions of respondent,
        unless prohibited, will likely cause irreparable harm
        or continued abuse.
            (iii) Whether it is necessary to grant the
        requested relief in order to protect petitioner or
        other alleged abused persons.
        (4) For purposes of issuing an ex parte emergency order
    of protection, the court, as an alternative to or as a
    supplement to making the findings described in paragraphs
    (c)(3)(i) through (c)(3)(iii) of this subsection, may use
    the following procedure:
        When a verified petition for an emergency order of
    protection in accordance with the requirements of Sections
    203 and 217 is presented to the court, the court shall
    examine petitioner on oath or affirmation. An emergency
    order of protection shall be issued by the court if it
    appears from the contents of the petition and the
    examination of petitioner that the averments are
    sufficient to indicate abuse by respondent and to support
    the granting of relief under the issuance of the emergency
    order of protection.
        (5) Never married parties. No rights or
    responsibilities for a minor child born outside of marriage
    attach to a putative father until a father and child
    relationship has been established under the Illinois
    Parentage Act of 1984, the Illinois Public Aid Code,
    Section 12 of the Vital Records Act, the Juvenile Court Act
    of 1987, the Probate Act of 1985, the Revised Uniform
    Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the Uniform
    Interstate Family Support Act, the Expedited Child Support
    Act of 1990, any judicial, administrative, or other act of
    another state or territory, any other Illinois statute, or
    by any foreign nation establishing the father and child
    relationship, any other proceeding substantially in
    conformity with the Personal Responsibility and Work
    Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-193),
    or where both parties appeared in open court or at an
    administrative hearing acknowledging under oath or
    admitting by affirmation the existence of a father and
    child relationship. Absent such an adjudication, finding,
    or acknowledgement, no putative father shall be granted
    temporary custody of the minor child, visitation with the
    minor child, or physical care and possession of the minor
    child, nor shall an order of payment for support of the
    minor child be entered.
    (d) Balance of hardships; findings. If the court finds that
the balance of hardships does not support the granting of a
remedy governed by paragraph (2), (3), (10), (11), or (16) of
subsection (b) of this Section, which may require such
balancing, the court's findings shall so indicate and shall
include a finding as to whether granting the remedy will result
in hardship to respondent that would substantially outweigh the
hardship to petitioner from denial of the remedy. The findings
shall be an official record or in writing.
    (e) Denial of remedies. Denial of any remedy shall not be
based, in whole or in part, on evidence that:
        (1) Respondent has cause for any use of force, unless
    that cause satisfies the standards for justifiable use of
    force provided by Article VII of the Criminal Code of 1961;
        (2) Respondent was voluntarily intoxicated;
        (3) Petitioner acted in self-defense or defense of
    another, provided that, if petitioner utilized force, such
    force was justifiable under Article VII of the Criminal
    Code of 1961;
        (4) Petitioner did not act in self-defense or defense
    of another;
        (5) Petitioner left the residence or household to avoid
    further abuse, neglect, or exploitation by respondent;
        (6) Petitioner did not leave the residence or household
    to avoid further abuse, neglect, or exploitation by
    respondent;
        (7) Conduct by any family or household member excused
    the abuse, neglect, or exploitation by respondent, unless
    that same conduct would have excused such abuse, neglect,
    or exploitation if the parties had not been family or
    household members.
(Source: P.A. 95-234, eff. 1-1-08; 95-773, eff. 1-1-09; 96-701,
eff. 1-1-10; 96-1239, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
    (750 ILCS 60/223)  (from Ch. 40, par. 2312-23)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 96-1551)
    Sec. 223. Enforcement of orders of protection.
    (a) When violation is crime. A violation of any order of
protection, whether issued in a civil or criminal proceeding,
shall be enforced by a criminal court when:
        (1) The respondent commits the crime of violation of an
    order of protection pursuant to Section 12-30 of the
    Criminal Code of 1961, by having knowingly violated:
            (i) remedies described in paragraphs (1), (2),
        (3), (14), or (14.5) of subsection (b) of Section 214
        of this Act; or
            (ii) a remedy, which is substantially similar to
        the remedies authorized under paragraphs (1), (2),
        (3), (14), and (14.5) of subsection (b) of Section 214
        of this Act, in a valid order of protection which is
        authorized under the laws of another state, tribe, or
        United States territory; or
            (iii) any other remedy when the act constitutes a
        crime against the protected parties as defined by the
        Criminal Code of 1961.
        Prosecution for a violation of an order of protection
    shall not bar concurrent prosecution for any other crime,
    including any crime that may have been committed at the
    time of the violation of the order of protection; or
        (2) The respondent commits the crime of child abduction
    pursuant to Section 10-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961, by
    having knowingly violated:
            (i) remedies described in paragraphs (5), (6) or
        (8) of subsection (b) of Section 214 of this Act; or
            (ii) a remedy, which is substantially similar to
        the remedies authorized under paragraphs (5), (6), or
        (8) of subsection (b) of Section 214 of this Act, in a
        valid order of protection which is authorized under the
        laws of another state, tribe, or United States
        territory.
    (b) When violation is contempt of court. A violation of any
valid Illinois order of protection, whether issued in a civil
or criminal proceeding, may be enforced through civil or
criminal contempt procedures, as appropriate, by any court with
jurisdiction, regardless where the act or acts which violated
the order of protection were committed, to the extent
consistent with the venue provisions of this Act. Nothing in
this Act shall preclude any Illinois court from enforcing any
valid order of protection issued in another state. Illinois
courts may enforce orders of protection through both criminal
prosecution and contempt proceedings, unless the action which
is second in time is barred by collateral estoppel or the
constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy.
        (1) In a contempt proceeding where the petition for a
    rule to show cause sets forth facts evidencing an immediate
    danger that the respondent will flee the jurisdiction,
    conceal a child, or inflict physical abuse on the
    petitioner or minor children or on dependent adults in
    petitioner's care, the court may order the attachment of
    the respondent without prior service of the rule to show
    cause or the petition for a rule to show cause. Bond shall
    be set unless specifically denied in writing.
        (2) A petition for a rule to show cause for violation
    of an order of protection shall be treated as an expedited
    proceeding.
    (b-1) The court shall not hold a school district or private
or non-public school or any of its employees in civil or
criminal contempt unless the school district or private or
non-public school has been allowed to intervene.
    (b-2) The court may hold the parents, guardian, or legal
custodian of a minor respondent in civil or criminal contempt
for a violation of any provision of any order entered under
this Act for conduct of the minor respondent in violation of
this Act if the parents, guardian, or legal custodian directed,
encouraged, or assisted the respondent minor in such conduct.
    (c) Violation of custody or support orders. A violation of
remedies described in paragraphs (5), (6), (8), or (9) of
subsection (b) of Section 214 of this Act may be enforced by
any remedy provided by Section 611 of the Illinois Marriage and
Dissolution of Marriage Act. The court may enforce any order
for support issued under paragraph (12) of subsection (b) of
Section 214 in the manner provided for under Parts V and VII of
the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
    (d) Actual knowledge. An order of protection may be
enforced pursuant to this Section if the respondent violates
the order after the respondent has actual knowledge of its
contents as shown through one of the following means:
        (1) By service, delivery, or notice under Section 210.
        (2) By notice under Section 210.1 or 211.
        (3) By service of an order of protection under Section
    222.
        (4) By other means demonstrating actual knowledge of
    the contents of the order.
    (e) The enforcement of an order of protection in civil or
criminal court shall not be affected by either of the
following:
        (1) The existence of a separate, correlative order,
    entered under Section 215.
        (2) Any finding or order entered in a conjoined
    criminal proceeding.
    (f) Circumstances. The court, when determining whether or
not a violation of an order of protection has occurred, shall
not require physical manifestations of abuse on the person of
the victim.
    (g) Penalties.
        (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this
    subsection, where the court finds the commission of a crime
    or contempt of court under subsections (a) or (b) of this
    Section, the penalty shall be the penalty that generally
    applies in such criminal or contempt proceedings, and may
    include one or more of the following: incarceration,
    payment of restitution, a fine, payment of attorneys' fees
    and costs, or community service.
        (2) The court shall hear and take into account evidence
    of any factors in aggravation or mitigation before deciding
    an appropriate penalty under paragraph (1) of this
    subsection.
        (3) To the extent permitted by law, the court is
    encouraged to:
            (i) increase the penalty for the knowing violation
        of any order of protection over any penalty previously
        imposed by any court for respondent's violation of any
        order of protection or penal statute involving
        petitioner as victim and respondent as defendant;
            (ii) impose a minimum penalty of 24 hours
        imprisonment for respondent's first violation of any
        order of protection; and
            (iii) impose a minimum penalty of 48 hours
        imprisonment for respondent's second or subsequent
        violation of an order of protection
    unless the court explicitly finds that an increased penalty
    or that period of imprisonment would be manifestly unjust.
        (4) In addition to any other penalties imposed for a
    violation of an order of protection, a criminal court may
    consider evidence of any violations of an order of
    protection:
            (i) to increase, revoke or modify the bail bond on
        an underlying criminal charge pursuant to Section
        110-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
            (ii) to revoke or modify an order of probation,
        conditional discharge or supervision, pursuant to
        Section 5-6-4 of the Unified Code of Corrections;
            (iii) to revoke or modify a sentence of periodic
        imprisonment, pursuant to Section 5-7-2 of the Unified
        Code of Corrections.
        (5) In addition to any other penalties, the court shall
    impose an additional fine of $20 as authorized by Section
    5-9-1.11 of the Unified Code of Corrections upon any person
    convicted of or placed on supervision for a violation of an
    order of protection. The additional fine shall be imposed
    for each violation of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-1551)
    Sec. 223. Enforcement of orders of protection.
    (a) When violation is crime. A violation of any order of
protection, whether issued in a civil or criminal proceeding,
shall be enforced by a criminal court when:
        (1) The respondent commits the crime of violation of an
    order of protection pursuant to Section 12-3.4 or 12-30 of
    the Criminal Code of 1961, by having knowingly violated:
            (i) remedies described in paragraphs (1), (2),
        (3), (14), or (14.5) of subsection (b) of Section 214
        of this Act; or
            (ii) a remedy, which is substantially similar to
        the remedies authorized under paragraphs (1), (2),
        (3), (14), and (14.5) of subsection (b) of Section 214
        of this Act, in a valid order of protection which is
        authorized under the laws of another state, tribe, or
        United States territory; or
            (iii) any other remedy when the act constitutes a
        crime against the protected parties as defined by the
        Criminal Code of 1961.
        Prosecution for a violation of an order of protection
    shall not bar concurrent prosecution for any other crime,
    including any crime that may have been committed at the
    time of the violation of the order of protection; or
        (2) The respondent commits the crime of child abduction
    pursuant to Section 10-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961, by
    having knowingly violated:
            (i) remedies described in paragraphs (5), (6) or
        (8) of subsection (b) of Section 214 of this Act; or
            (ii) a remedy, which is substantially similar to
        the remedies authorized under paragraphs (5), (6), or
        (8) of subsection (b) of Section 214 of this Act, in a
        valid order of protection which is authorized under the
        laws of another state, tribe, or United States
        territory.
    (b) When violation is contempt of court. A violation of any
valid Illinois order of protection, whether issued in a civil
or criminal proceeding, may be enforced through civil or
criminal contempt procedures, as appropriate, by any court with
jurisdiction, regardless where the act or acts which violated
the order of protection were committed, to the extent
consistent with the venue provisions of this Act. Nothing in
this Act shall preclude any Illinois court from enforcing any
valid order of protection issued in another state. Illinois
courts may enforce orders of protection through both criminal
prosecution and contempt proceedings, unless the action which
is second in time is barred by collateral estoppel or the
constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy.
        (1) In a contempt proceeding where the petition for a
    rule to show cause sets forth facts evidencing an immediate
    danger that the respondent will flee the jurisdiction,
    conceal a child, or inflict physical abuse on the
    petitioner or minor children or on dependent adults in
    petitioner's care, the court may order the attachment of
    the respondent without prior service of the rule to show
    cause or the petition for a rule to show cause. Bond shall
    be set unless specifically denied in writing.
        (2) A petition for a rule to show cause for violation
    of an order of protection shall be treated as an expedited
    proceeding.
    (b-1) The court shall not hold a school district or private
or non-public school or any of its employees in civil or
criminal contempt unless the school district or private or
non-public school has been allowed to intervene.
    (b-2) The court may hold the parents, guardian, or legal
custodian of a minor respondent in civil or criminal contempt
for a violation of any provision of any order entered under
this Act for conduct of the minor respondent in violation of
this Act if the parents, guardian, or legal custodian directed,
encouraged, or assisted the respondent minor in such conduct.
    (c) Violation of custody or support orders. A violation of
remedies described in paragraphs (5), (6), (8), or (9) of
subsection (b) of Section 214 of this Act may be enforced by
any remedy provided by Section 611 of the Illinois Marriage and
Dissolution of Marriage Act. The court may enforce any order
for support issued under paragraph (12) of subsection (b) of
Section 214 in the manner provided for under Parts V and VII of
the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
    (d) Actual knowledge. An order of protection may be
enforced pursuant to this Section if the respondent violates
the order after the respondent has actual knowledge of its
contents as shown through one of the following means:
        (1) By service, delivery, or notice under Section 210.
        (2) By notice under Section 210.1 or 211.
        (3) By service of an order of protection under Section
    222.
        (4) By other means demonstrating actual knowledge of
    the contents of the order.
    (e) The enforcement of an order of protection in civil or
criminal court shall not be affected by either of the
following:
        (1) The existence of a separate, correlative order,
    entered under Section 215.
        (2) Any finding or order entered in a conjoined
    criminal proceeding.
    (f) Circumstances. The court, when determining whether or
not a violation of an order of protection has occurred, shall
not require physical manifestations of abuse on the person of
the victim.
    (g) Penalties.
        (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this
    subsection, where the court finds the commission of a crime
    or contempt of court under subsections (a) or (b) of this
    Section, the penalty shall be the penalty that generally
    applies in such criminal or contempt proceedings, and may
    include one or more of the following: incarceration,
    payment of restitution, a fine, payment of attorneys' fees
    and costs, or community service.
        (2) The court shall hear and take into account evidence
    of any factors in aggravation or mitigation before deciding
    an appropriate penalty under paragraph (1) of this
    subsection.
        (3) To the extent permitted by law, the court is
    encouraged to:
            (i) increase the penalty for the knowing violation
        of any order of protection over any penalty previously
        imposed by any court for respondent's violation of any
        order of protection or penal statute involving
        petitioner as victim and respondent as defendant;
            (ii) impose a minimum penalty of 24 hours
        imprisonment for respondent's first violation of any
        order of protection; and
            (iii) impose a minimum penalty of 48 hours
        imprisonment for respondent's second or subsequent
        violation of an order of protection
    unless the court explicitly finds that an increased penalty
    or that period of imprisonment would be manifestly unjust.
        (4) In addition to any other penalties imposed for a
    violation of an order of protection, a criminal court may
    consider evidence of any violations of an order of
    protection:
            (i) to increase, revoke or modify the bail bond on
        an underlying criminal charge pursuant to Section
        110-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
            (ii) to revoke or modify an order of probation,
        conditional discharge or supervision, pursuant to
        Section 5-6-4 of the Unified Code of Corrections;
            (iii) to revoke or modify a sentence of periodic
        imprisonment, pursuant to Section 5-7-2 of the Unified
        Code of Corrections.
        (5) In addition to any other penalties, the court shall
    impose an additional fine of $20 as authorized by Section
    5-9-1.11 of the Unified Code of Corrections upon any person
    convicted of or placed on supervision for a violation of an
    order of protection. The additional fine shall be imposed
    for each violation of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)