Chapter 750, FAMILIES

(750 ILCS 46/101) Sec. 101. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015. (Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16.)

(750 ILCS 22/101) (was 750 ILCS 22/100) Sec. 101. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. (Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)

(750 ILCS 36/101) Sec. 101. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. (Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04.)

(750 ILCS 22/102) (was 750 ILCS 22/101) Sec. 102. Definitions. In this Act: (1) "Child" means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a …

(750 ILCS 36/102) Sec. 102. Definitions. In this Act: (1) "Abandoned" means left without provision for reasonable and necessary care or supervision. (2) "Child" means an individual who has not attained 18 years of age. (3) "Child-custody determination" means a judgment, decree, o…

(750 ILCS 46/102) Sec. 102. Public policy. Illinois recognizes the right of every child to the physical, mental, emotional, and financial support of a parent or parents. The parent-child relationship, including support obligations, extends equally to every child and to the child'…

(750 ILCS 36/103) Sec. 103. Proceedings Governed By Other Law. This Act does not govern an adoption proceeding or a proceeding pertaining to the authorization of emergency medical care for a child. (Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04.)

(750 ILCS 22/103) (was 750 ILCS 22/102) Sec. 103. State tribunal and support enforcement agency. (a) The circuit court is a tribunal of this State. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services is an initiating tribunal. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services is also…

(750 ILCS 46/103) Sec. 103. Definitions. In this Act: (a) "Acknowledged parent" means a person who has established a parent-child relationship under Article 3. (b) "Adjudicated parent" means a person who has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction, or as authorized …

(750 ILCS 46/104) Sec. 104. Scope of Act; choice of law; other legal rights and duties preserved. (a) This Act applies to determination of parentage in this State. (b) The court shall apply the law of this State to adjudicate the parent-child relationship. The applicable law does…

(750 ILCS 22/104) (was 750 ILCS 22/103) Sec. 104. Remedies cumulative. (a) Remedies provided by this Act are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law, or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity. (b) This Act does not: (1)…

(750 ILCS 36/104) Sec. 104. Application To Indian Tribes. (a) A child-custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian child as defined in the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq., is not subject to this Act to the extent that it is governed by the Indian Child Welfare A…

(750 ILCS 46/105) Sec. 105. Authority to establish parentage. The circuit courts are authorized to establish parentage under this Act. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may make an administrative determination of parentage or non-parentage in accordance with Sectio…

(750 ILCS 36/105) Sec. 105. International Application Of Act. (a) A court of this State shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying Articles 1 and 2. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a child-custody deter…

(750 ILCS 22/105) Sec. 105. Application of Act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding. (a) A tribunal of this State shall apply Articles 1 through 6 and, as applicable, Article 7, to a support proceeding involving: (1) a foreign support order; (2) a foreign…

(750 ILCS 46/106) Sec. 106. Protection of participants. Proceedings under this Act are subject to other law of this State governing the health, safety, privacy, and liberty of a child or other individual who could be jeopardized by disclosure of identifying information, including…

(750 ILCS 36/106) Sec. 106. Effect Of Child-Custody Determination. A child-custody determination made by a court of this State that had jurisdiction under this Act binds all persons who have been served in accordance with the laws of this State or notified in accordance with Sect…

(750 ILCS 36/107) Sec. 107. Priority. If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under this Act is raised in a child-custody proceeding, the question, upon request of a party, must be given priority on the calendar and handled expeditiously. (Source: P.A. 93-108, eff.…

(750 ILCS 46/107) Sec. 107. Applicability. Insofar as practicable, the provisions of this Act applicable to the parent and child relationship shall apply equally without regard to gender including, but not limited to, the obligation to support. (Source: P.A. 104-448, eff. 12-12-2…

(750 ILCS 36/108) Sec. 108. Notice To Persons Outside State. (a) Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction when a person is outside this State may be given in a manner prescribed by the law of this State for service of process or by the law of the state in which the servic…

(750 ILCS 36/109) Sec. 109. Appearance And Limited Immunity. (a) A party to a child-custody proceeding, including a modification proceeding, or a petitioner or respondent in a proceeding to enforce or register a child-custody determination, is not subject to personal jurisdiction…

(750 ILCS 36/110) Sec. 110. Communication Between Courts. (a) A court of this State may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under this Act. (b) The court may allow the parties to participate in the communication. If the parties are not able t…

(750 ILCS 36/111) Sec. 111. Taking Testimony In Another State. (a) In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child-custody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are located in another state, including testimony of the parties and the child, by d…

(750 ILCS 36/112) Sec. 112. Cooperation Between Courts; Preservation Of Records. (a) A court of this State may request the appropriate court of another state to: (1) hold an evidentiary hearing; (2) order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state; …

(750 ILCS 22/201) Sec. 201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this State may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's gua…

(750 ILCS 36/201) Sec. 201. Initial Child-Custody Jurisdiction. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 204, a court of this State has jurisdiction to make an initial child-custody determination only if: (1) this State is the home state of the child on the date of the commenc…

(750 ILCS 46/201) Sec. 201. Establishment of parent-child relationship. (a) The parent-child relationship is established between a person and a child by: (1) the woman or person having given birth to the child, except as otherwise provided in the Gestational Surrogacy Act; (2) a …

(750 ILCS 46/202) Sec. 202. Parents' legal relationship. Every child has equal rights under the law regardless of the parents' legal relationship. (Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16.)

(750 ILCS 22/202) Sec. 202. Duration of personal jurisdiction. Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this State in a proceeding under this Act or other law of this State relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this State has continuing, exclusive …

(750 ILCS 36/202) Sec. 202. Exclusive, Continuing Jurisdiction. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 204, a court of this State which has made a child-custody determination consistent with Section 201 or 203 has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over the determination unt…

(750 ILCS 36/203) Sec. 203. Jurisdiction To Modify Determination. Except as otherwise provided in Section 204, a court of this State may not modify a child-custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of this State has jurisdiction to make an initial dete…

(750 ILCS 22/203) Sec. 203. Initiating and responding tribunal of State. Under this Act, a tribunal of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a…

(750 ILCS 46/203) Sec. 203. Consequences of establishment of parentage. A parent-child relationship established under this Act applies for all purposes, except as otherwise specifically provided by other law of this State. (Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16.)

(750 ILCS 22/204) Sec. 204. Simultaneous proceedings. (a) A tribunal of this State may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if: (1) the petition or c…

(750 ILCS 36/204) Sec. 204. Temporary Emergency Jurisdiction. (a) A court of this State has temporary emergency jurisdiction if the child is present in this State and the child has been abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child, or a sibl…

(750 ILCS 46/204) Sec. 204. Presumption of parentage. (a) A person is presumed to be the parent of a child if: (1) the person and the woman or person who gave birth to the child have entered into a marriage, civil union, or substantially similar legal relationship, and the child …

(750 ILCS 22/205) Sec. 205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child-support order. (a) A tribunal of this State that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this State has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child-sup…

(750 ILCS 36/205) Sec. 205. Notice; Opportunity To Be Heard; Joinder. (a) Before a child-custody determination is made under this Act, notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the standards of Section 108 must be given to all persons entitled to notice under the l…

(750 ILCS 46/205) Sec. 205. Proceedings to declare the non-existence of the parent-child relationship. (a) An action to declare the non-existence of the parent-child relationship may be brought by the child, the woman or person who gave birth to the child, or a person presumed to…

(750 ILCS 46/206) Sec. 206. Presumption; burden of proof. A person challenging a presumption under Section 204 of this Act may rebut the presumption with clear and convincing evidence. (Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16.)

(750 ILCS 22/206) Sec. 206. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child-support order. (a) A tribunal of this State that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce: (1) …

(750 ILCS 36/206) Sec. 206. Simultaneous Proceedings. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 204, a court of this State may not exercise its jurisdiction under this Article if, at the time of the commencement of the proceeding, a proceeding concerning the custody of the chil…

(750 ILCS 22/207) Sec. 207. Determination of controlling child-support order. (a) If a proceeding is brought under this Act and only one tribunal has issued a child-support order, the order of that tribunal controls and must be recognized. (b) If a proceeding is brought under thi…

(750 ILCS 36/207) Sec. 207. Inconvenient Forum. (a) A court of this State which has jurisdiction under this Act to make a child-custody determination may decline to exercise its jurisdiction at any time if it determines that it is an inconvenient forum under the circumstances and…

(750 ILCS 36/208) Sec. 208. Jurisdiction Declined By Reason Of Conduct. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 204 or by other law of this State, if a court of this State has jurisdiction under this Act because a person seeking to invoke its jurisdiction has engaged in unjus…

(750 ILCS 22/208) Sec. 208. Child-support orders for two or more obligees. In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child-support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of…

(750 ILCS 22/209) Sec. 209. Credit for payments. A tribunal of this State shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child-support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child-support order for support of the same child issu…

(750 ILCS 36/209) Sec. 209. Information to be submitted to court. (a) Subject to any other law providing for the confidentiality of procedures, addresses, and other identifying information, in a child-custody proceeding, each party, in its first pleading or in an attached affidav…

(750 ILCS 36/210) Sec. 210. Appearance Of Parties And Child. (a) In a child-custody proceeding in this State, the court may order a party to the proceeding who is in this State to appear before the court in person with or without the child. The court may order any person who is i…

(750 ILCS 22/210) Sec. 210. Application of Act to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction. A tribunal of this State exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this Act, under other law of this State relating to a support order, or recognizing a…