Chapter 305, PUBLIC AID

(305 ILCS 5/10-13.8) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-13.8) Sec. 10-13.8. Compelling attendance of witness and production of records. The circuit court, of the county wherein the investigation or administrative hearing is held, upon the application of the Illinois Department or any duly aut…

(305 ILCS 5/10-13.9) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-13.9) Sec. 10-13.9. Penalty for non-compliance with subpoena. Any person who is served with a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum, issued by the Illinois Department or any duly authorized officer or employee thereof, to appear and testify o…

(305 ILCS 5/10-14) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-14) Sec. 10-14. Review of Illinois department decision on petition for hearing. Any responsible relative or person receiving child support enforcement services under this Article affected by a final administrative decision of the Illinois …

(305 ILCS 5/10-14.1) Sec. 10-14.1. Relief from administrative orders. Notwithstanding the 30-day appeal period provided in Sections 10-12 and 10-12.1 and the limitation on review of final administrative decisions contained in Section 10-14, a responsible relative or a person rece…

(305 ILCS 5/10-15) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-15) Sec. 10-15. Enforcement of administrative order; costs and fees. If a responsible relative refuses, neglects, or fails to comply with a final administrative support or reimbursement order of the Illinois Department entered by the Child…

(305 ILCS 5/10-15.1) Sec. 10-15.1. Judicial registration of administrative support orders and administrative paternity orders. (a) A final administrative support order or a final administrative paternity order, excluding a voluntary acknowledgement or denial of paternity that is …

(305 ILCS 5/10-16) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-16) Sec. 10-16. Judicial enforcement of court and administrative support orders. Court orders entered in proceedings under Section 10-10 and court orders for enforcement of an administrative order under Section 10-15 and for the payment of…

(305 ILCS 5/10-16.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-16.2) Sec. 10-16.2. Withholding of Income to Secure Payment of Support. Orders for support entered under this Code are subject to the Income Withholding for Support Act. (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97; 90-425, eff. 8-15-97; 90-655, eff…

(305 ILCS 5/10-16.3) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-16.3) Sec. 10-16.3. Posting Security, Bond or Guarantee to Secure Payment. The court may require the responsible relative to post security, bond or give some other guarantee of a character and amount sufficient to assure payment of any a…

(305 ILCS 5/10-16.4) Sec. 10-16.4. Information concerning obligors. (a) In this Section: "Arrearage", "delinquency", "obligor", and "order for support" have the meanings attributed to those terms in the Income Withholding for Support Act. "Consumer reporting agency" has the meani…

(305 ILCS 5/10-16.5) Sec. 10-16.5. Interest on support obligations. A support obligation, or any portion of a support obligation, which becomes due and remains unpaid as of the end of each month, excluding the child support that was due for that month to the extent that it was no…

(305 ILCS 5/10-16.6) Sec. 10-16.6. Electronic Funds Transfer Committee. (a) The Director of Public Aid shall establish within the Department an Electronic Funds Transfer Committee. The Director or his or her designee shall be a member of the committee and shall serve as chairpers…

(305 ILCS 5/10-16.7) Sec. 10-16.7. Child support enforcement debit authorization. (a) For purposes of this Section: "Financial institution" and "account" are defined as set forth in Section 10-24. "Payor" is defined as set forth in Section 15 of the Income Withholding for Support…

(305 ILCS 5/10-17) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-17) Sec. 10-17. Other actions and remedies for support. The procedures, actions, and remedies provided in this Article shall in no way be exclusive, but shall be available in addition to other actions and remedies of support, including, bu…

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.05) Sec. 10-17.05. Actions and remedies for support; other laws. Notwithstanding any other State or local law to the contrary, actions and remedies under this Article, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, or other State laws shall be cumulative and used in…

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-17.1) Sec. 10-17.1. Administrative Order by Registration. The Illinois Department may provide by rule for the administrative registration of a support order entered by a court or administrative body of another state. The purpose of regis…

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.11) Sec. 10-17.11. Requests to other states for administrative enforcement. The Illinois Department may provide by rule for certification to other states' child support enforcement agencies of past due support owed by responsible relatives under a support order …

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.12) Sec. 10-17.12. Compromise of assigned child support arrearages. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may provide by rule for compromise of debt owed to the State in the form of child support arrearages and interest accrued on child support arrear…

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.13) Sec. 10-17.13. Vehicle immobilization and impoundment. The Illinois Department may provide by rule for certification to municipalities of past due support owed by responsible relatives under a support order entered by a court or administrative body of this o…

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.14) Sec. 10-17.14. Denial of passports. The Illinois Department may provide by rule for certification to the United States Department of Health and Human Services of past due support owed by responsible relatives under a support order entered by a court or admin…

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.15) Sec. 10-17.15. Certification of information to State gaming licensees. (a) For purposes of this Section, "State gaming licensee" means, as applicable, an organization licensee or advance deposit wagering licensee licensed under the Illinois Horse Racing Act …

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-17.2) Sec. 10-17.2. Income Withholding By Administrative Order. The Illinois Department may provide by rule for entry of an administrative support order containing income withholding provisions and for service and enforcement of an incom…

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.3) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-17.3) Sec. 10-17.3. Federal Income Tax Refund Intercept. The Illinois Department may provide by rule for certification to the United States Department of Health and Human Services of past due support owed by responsible relatives under a…

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.4) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-17.4) Sec. 10-17.4. Security, Bond or Guarantee to Secure Payment. The Illinois Department may provide by rule for the requiring of, or for the requesting of the court to require, a responsible relative to post security, bond or give som…

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.5) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-17.5) Sec. 10-17.5. State Income Tax Refund and Other Payment Intercept. The Illinois Department may provide by rule for certification to the Comptroller of past due support owed by responsible relatives under a support order entered by …

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.6) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-17.6) Sec. 10-17.6. Certification of Information to Licensing Agencies. (a) The Illinois Department may provide by rule for certification to any State licensing agency to suspend, revoke, or deny issuance or renewal of licenses because o…

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.7) Sec. 10-17.7. Administrative determination of paternity. The Illinois Department may provide by rule for the administrative determination of paternity by the Child and Spouse Support Unit in cases involving applicants for or recipients of financial aid under …

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.8) Sec. 10-17.8. New birth certificate. The Illinois Department shall notify the Department of Public Health of a final determination of parentage and a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity made under the rules authorized by Section 10-17.7, and the Department …

(305 ILCS 5/10-17.9) Sec. 10-17.9. Past due support information to State Department of Revenue. (a) The Illinois Department may provide by rule for certification to the Illinois Department of Revenue of past due support owed by responsible relatives under a support order entered …

(305 ILCS 5/10-18) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-18) Sec. 10-18. Recoveries-Deductibility of Direct Relatives' Support Payment.) In any actions for the recovery of the financial aid, including actions for the enforcement of estate and lien claims, amounts contributed by responsible relat…

(305 ILCS 5/10-19) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-19) Sec. 10-19. Support Payments Ordered Under Other Laws; where deposited. The Illinois Department and local governmental units are authorized to receive payments directed by court order for the support of recipients, as provided in the f…

(305 ILCS 5/10-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-2) Sec. 10-2. Extent of liability. A husband is liable for the support of his wife and a wife for the support of her husband. Unless the child is otherwise emancipated, the parents are severally liable for the support of any child under age…

(305 ILCS 5/10-23) Sec. 10-23. Employer obligations. If a parent is required by a court or administrative order for support to provide coverage for a child's health care expenses and if that coverage is available to the parent through an employer who does business in this State, …

(305 ILCS 5/10-24) Sec. 10-24. Definitions. In this Section through Section 10-24.50: "Account" means a demand deposit account, checking or negotiable withdrawal order account, savings account, time deposit account, or money market mutual fund account. "Financial institution" inc…

(305 ILCS 5/10-24.30) Sec. 10-24.30. Types of accounts to be reported. The reporting requirements of Section 10-24.5 regarding accounts as defined in Section 10-24 apply to individual accounts, joint accounts, and sole proprietorship accounts. In the case of a joint account, the …

(305 ILCS 5/10-24.35) Sec. 10-24.35. Accommodation of financial institutions. The Illinois Department shall make a reasonable effort to accommodate those financial institutions on which the requirements of this Article X would impose a hardship. In the case of a non-automated fin…

(305 ILCS 5/10-24.40) Sec. 10-24.40. Financial institution's charges on account. (a) If the Illinois Department requests a financial institution to hold or encumber assets in an account as defined in Section 10-24, the financial institution at which the account as defined in Sect…

(305 ILCS 5/10-24.45) Sec. 10-24.45. Confidentiality. All information provided by a financial institution under Sections 10-24 through 10-24.50 is confidential and may be used only for the purpose of enforcing payment of child support. The Illinois Department shall adopt rules to…

(305 ILCS 5/10-24.5) Sec. 10-24.5. Financial institutions data matches. (a) The Illinois Department may design and implement a data match system pursuant to which the Illinois Department shall enter into agreements with financial institutions doing business in this State for the …

(305 ILCS 5/10-24.50) Sec. 10-24.50. Financial institution's freedom from liability. A financial institution that provides information under Sections 10-24 through 10-24.50 shall not be liable to any account holder, owner, or other person in any civil, criminal, or administrative…

(305 ILCS 5/10-25) Sec. 10-25. Administrative liens and levies on real property for past-due child support and for fines against a payor who wilfully fails to withhold or pay over income pursuant to a properly served income withholding notice or otherwise fails to comply with any…

(305 ILCS 5/10-25.5) Sec. 10-25.5. Administrative liens and levies on personal property for past-due child support and for fines against a payor who wilfully fails to withhold or pay over income pursuant to a properly served income withholding notice or otherwise fails to comply …

(305 ILCS 5/10-26) Sec. 10-26. State Disbursement Unit. (a) Effective October 1, 1999 the Illinois Department shall establish a State Disbursement Unit in accordance with the requirements of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. The Illinois Department shall enter into an agreem…

(305 ILCS 5/10-26.2) Sec. 10-26.2. Contracts concerning the operation of the State Disbursement Unit. (a) In this Section: "Contract" has the same meaning as in the Illinois Procurement Code. "SDU contractor" means any public or private entity or individual with whom the Illinois…

(305 ILCS 5/10-26.5) Sec. 10-26.5. Delayed payment from State Disbursement Unit. (a) In this Section, "adversely affected recipient of support" means a person who meets all of the following criteria: (1) The person is entitled to disbursement of a child support payment from the S…

(305 ILCS 5/10-27) Sec. 10-27. State Case Registry. (a) The Illinois Department shall establish an automated State Case Registry to contain records concerning child support orders for parties receiving child support enforcement services under this Article X, and for all child sup…

(305 ILCS 5/10-28) Sec. 10-28. Notice of child support enforcement services. The Illinois Department may provide notice at any time to the parties to a judicial action filed under this Code, or under any other law providing for support of a spouse or dependent child, that child s…

(305 ILCS 5/10-3) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-3) Sec. 10-3. Standard and Regulations for Determining Ability to Support. The Illinois Department shall establish a standard by which shall be measured the ability of responsible relatives to provide support, and shall implement the standa…

(305 ILCS 5/10-3.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-3.1) Sec. 10-3.1. Child and Spouse Support Unit. The Illinois Department shall establish within its administrative staff a Child and Spouse Support Unit to search for and locate absent parents and spouses liable for the support of persons…

(305 ILCS 5/10-3.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-3.2) Sec. 10-3.2. Parent Locator Service. The Illinois Department through its Child and Spouse Support Unit shall enter into agreements with the Secretary of Health and Human Services or his designee under which the services of the federa…