Chapter 750, FAMILIES

(750 ILCS 22/319) Sec. 319. Receipt and disbursement of payments. (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this State shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting pa…

(750 ILCS 22/320) Sec. 320. Payment of Support to State Disbursement Unit. (a) As used in this Section: "Order for support", "obligor", "obligee", and "payor" mean those terms as defined in the Income Withholding for Support Act, except that "order for support" means an order ent…

(750 ILCS 36/401) Sec. 401. Application And Construction. In applying and construing this Uniform Act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. (Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04.)

(750 ILCS 46/401) Sec. 401. Proceeding authorized. (a) As soon as practicable, a court, or an administrative hearing officer in an Expedited Child Support System may, subject to subsection (c), order or direct a woman or person who gave birth to the child, the child, and an alleg…

(750 ILCS 22/401) Sec. 401. Establishment of support order. (a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this Act has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this State with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if: (1) the individual seeking …

(750 ILCS 36/402) Sec. 402. Severability Clause. If any provision of this Act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or a…

(750 ILCS 46/402) Sec. 402. Requirements for genetic testing. (a) The genetic testing shall be conducted by an expert qualified as an examiner of blood or tissue types and appointed by the court. The expert shall determine the genetic testing procedures. However, any interested p…

(750 ILCS 22/402) Sec. 402. Proceeding to determine parentage. A tribunal of this State authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under this Act or a law or procedure substantially sim…

(750 ILCS 36/402.1) Sec. 402.1. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 36/402.2) Sec. 402.2. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 36/402.3) Sec. 402.3. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 36/402.4) Sec. 402.4. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 36/402.5) Sec. 402.5. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 36/402.6) Sec. 402.6. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 46/403) Sec. 403. Genetic test results. (a) The expert shall prepare a written report of the genetic test results. If the genetic test results show that the alleged genetic parent is not excluded, the report shall contain statistics based upon the statistical formula of…

(750 ILCS 36/403) Sec. 403. Effective Date. This Act takes effect on January 1, 2004. (Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04.)

(750 ILCS 36/404) Sec. 404. Repeals. The following Acts and parts of Acts are hereby repealed: Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act. (Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04.)

(750 ILCS 46/404) Sec. 404. Effect of genetic testing. Genetic testing taken under this Article shall have the following effect: (a) If the court finds that the conclusion of the expert or experts, as disclosed by the evidence based upon the genetic testing, is that the alleged g…

(750 ILCS 36/405) Sec. 405. Transitional Provision. A motion or other request for relief made in a child-custody proceeding or to enforce a child-custody determination which was commenced before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the motio…

(750 ILCS 46/405) Sec. 405. Cost of genetic testing. The expense of the genetic testing shall be paid by the party who requests the genetic testing, except that the court may apportion the costs between the parties, upon request. When the genetic testing is requested by the party…

(750 ILCS 46/406) Sec. 406. Compensation of expert. The compensation of each expert witness appointed by the court shall be paid as provided in Section 405 of this Act. Any part of the payment may be taxed as costs in the action, except that no costs may be taxed against a public…

(750 ILCS 46/407) Sec. 407. Independent genetic testing. Nothing in this Article shall prevent a party from obtaining genetic testing of the party's own blood or tissue independent of those ordered by the court or from presenting expert testimony interpreting those tests or any o…

(750 ILCS 46/408) Sec. 408. Additional persons to be tested. (a) Subject to subsection (b), if a genetic-testing specimen is not available from a person who may be the parent of a child, for good cause and under circumstances the court considers to be just, the court may order th…

(750 ILCS 46/501) Sec. 501. Temporary orders. (a) On a motion by a party and a showing of clear and convincing evidence of parentage, the court shall issue a temporary order for support of a child, including a non-minor child with a disability, if the order is appropriate and the…

(750 ILCS 22/501) Sec. 501. Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state. An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor's employer under…

(750 ILCS 22/502) Sec. 502. Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state. (a) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor. (b) The employer shall treat an income-withholdi…

(750 ILCS 46/502) Sec. 502. Injunctive relief. (a) In any action brought under this Act for the initial determination of parentage, the allocation of parental responsibilities or parenting time, or for modification of a prior allocation order or judgment or parenting time order, …

(750 ILCS 22/503) Sec. 503. Employer's compliance with two or more income-withholding orders. If an obligor's employer receives two or more income-withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the orders if the employer c…

(750 ILCS 22/504) Sec. 504. Immunity from civil liability. An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this Article is not subject to civil liability to an individual or agency with regard to the employer's withholding of …

(750 ILCS 22/505) Sec. 505. Penalties for noncompliance. An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding order issued in another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance with an order issued by…

(750 ILCS 22/506) Sec. 506. Contest by obligor. (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this State by registering the order in a tribunal of this State and filing a conte…

(750 ILCS 22/507) Sec. 507. Administrative enforcement of orders. (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registeri…

(750 ILCS 22/601) Sec. 601. Registration of order for enforcement. A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this State for enforcement. (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

(750 ILCS 46/601) Sec. 601. Proceeding authorized. A civil proceeding may be maintained to adjudicate the parentage of a child. The proceeding is governed by the Code of Civil Procedure and Illinois Supreme Court Rules. Administrative proceedings adjudicating parentage shall be g…

(750 ILCS 46/602) Sec. 602. Standing. A complaint to adjudicate parentage shall be verified, shall be designated a petition, and shall name the person or persons alleged to be the parent of the child. Subject to Article 3 and Sections 607, 608, and 609 of this Act, a proceeding t…

(750 ILCS 22/602) Sec. 602. Procedure to register order for enforcement. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 706, a support order or income-withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this State by sending the following records to th…

(750 ILCS 22/603) Sec. 603. Effect of registration for enforcement. (a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this State. (b) A registered support order i…

(750 ILCS 46/603) Sec. 603. Subject matter and personal jurisdiction. (a) The circuit courts of this State shall have jurisdiction of an action brought under this Act. In a civil action not brought under this Act, the provisions of this Act shall apply if parentage is at issue. T…

(750 ILCS 22/604) Sec. 604. Choice of law. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs: (1) the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments under a registered support order; (2) the computation and payme…

(750 ILCS 46/604) Sec. 604. Venue. (a) Venue for a proceeding to adjudicate parentage is any county of this State in which a party resides, or if the presumed parent or alleged genetic parent is deceased, in which a proceeding for probate or administration of the presumed parent'…

(750 ILCS 22/605) Sec. 605. Notice of registration of order. (a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this State shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be acc…

(750 ILCS 46/605) Sec. 605. Notice to presumed parent. (a) Except in cases governed under the Gestational Surrogacy Act, the petitioner shall give notice of a proceeding to adjudicate parentage to the following individuals: (1) the woman or individual who gave birth to the child,…

(750 ILCS 46/606) Sec. 606. Summons. The summons that is served on a respondent shall include the return date on or by which the respondent must appear and shall contain the following information, in a prominent place and in conspicuous language, in addition to the information re…

(750 ILCS 22/606) Sec. 606. Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order. (a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered support order in this State shall request a hearing within the time required by Section …

(750 ILCS 46/607) Sec. 607. No limitation; child having no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated parent. A proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a child having no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated parent may be commenced at any time, even after: (a) the child becomes an…

(750 ILCS 22/607) Sec. 607. Contest of registration or enforcement. (a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses: (1) the issuing tribunal lac…

(750 ILCS 46/608) Sec. 608. Limitation; child having presumed parent. (a) An action to challenge a presumption of parentage under Section 204 of this Act must be commenced by an individual other than the child not later than 2 years after the petitioner knew or should have known …

(750 ILCS 22/608) Sec. 608. Confirmed order. Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration. (Source: …

(750 ILCS 46/609) Sec. 609. Limitation; child having acknowledged or adjudicated parent. (a) If a child has an acknowledged parent, a signatory to the acknowledgment described in Section 301 of this Act or related denial may commence a proceeding seeking to challenge the acknowle…

(750 ILCS 22/609) Sec. 609. Procedure to register child-support order of another state for modification. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child-support order issued in another state shall register that order in this State in the…