Chapter 750 — FAMILIES

(750 ILCS 16/22) Sec. 22. Withholding of income to secure payment of support. An order for support entered or modified under this Act is subject to the Income Withholding for Support Act. (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)

(750 ILCS 16/23) Sec. 23. 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 not paid in…

(750 ILCS 16/25) Sec. 25. Payment of support to State Disbursement Unit; clerk of the court. (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. (b) Each order for support enter…

(750 ILCS 16/30) Sec. 30. Information to State Case Registry. (a) In this Section: "Order for support", "obligor", "obligee", and "business day" are defined as set forth in the Income Withholding for Support Act. "State Case Registry" means the State Case Registry established und…

(750 ILCS 16/33) Sec. 33. Information to locate putative fathers and noncustodial parents. (a) Upon request by a public office, employers, labor unions, and telephone companies shall provide location information concerning putative fathers and noncustodial parents for the purpose…

(750 ILCS 16/35) Sec. 35. Fine; release of defendant on probation; violation of order for support; forfeiture of recognizance. (a) Whenever a fine is imposed it may be directed by the court to be paid, in whole or in part, to the spouse, ex-spouse, or if the support of a child or…

(750 ILCS 16/40) Sec. 40. Evidence. No other or greater evidence shall be required to prove the marriage of a husband and wife, or that the defendant is the father or mother of the child or children than is or shall be required to prove that fact in a civil action. (Source: P.A. …

(750 ILCS 16/45) Sec. 45. Husband or wife as competent witness. In no prosecution under this Act shall any existing statute or rule of law prohibiting the disclosure of confidential communications between husband and wife apply. And both husband and wife shall be competent witnes…

(750 ILCS 16/5) Sec. 5. Prosecutions by State's Attorneys. A proceeding for enforcement of this Act may be instituted and prosecuted by the several State's Attorneys only upon the filing of a verified complaint by the person or persons receiving child or spousal support. (Source:…

(750 ILCS 16/50) Sec. 50. Community service; work alternative program. (a) In addition to any other penalties imposed against an offender under this Act, the court may order the offender to perform community service for not less than 30 and not more than 120 hours per month, if c…

(750 ILCS 16/55) Sec. 55. Offenses; how construed. It is hereby expressly declared that the offenses set forth in this Act shall be construed to be continuing offenses. (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)

(750 ILCS 16/60) Sec. 60. Unemployed persons owing duty of support. (a) Whenever it is determined in a proceeding to establish or enforce a child support or maintenance obligation that the person owing a duty of support is unemployed, the court may order the person to seek employ…

(750 ILCS 16/65) Sec. 65. Order of protection; status. Whenever relief sought under this Act is based on allegations of domestic violence, as defined in the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, the court, before granting relief, shall determine whether any order of protection …

(750 ILCS 16/7) Sec. 7. Prosecutions by Attorney General. In addition to enforcement proceedings by the several State's Attorneys, a proceeding for the enforcement of this Act may be instituted and prosecuted by the Attorney General in cases referred by the Department of Healthca…

(750 ILCS 16/70) Sec. 70. Severability. If any provision of this Act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity of that provision or application does not affect other provisions or applications of this Act that can be given effect without the…

(750 ILCS 16/905) Sec. 905. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 16/910) Sec. 910. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 16/915) Sec. 915. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 16/920) Sec. 920. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 16/925) Sec. 925. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 16/930) Sec. 930. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 16/935) Sec. 935. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 16/940) Sec. 940. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 16/945) Sec. 945. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 7-1-00; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 16/955) Sec. 955. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-613. eff. 10-1-99; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 16/960) Sec. 960. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 16/965) Sec. 965. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 16/970) Sec. 970. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 16/975) Sec. 975. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 16/980) Sec. 980. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 16/985) Sec. 985. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 16/990) Sec. 990. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; text omitted.)

(750 ILCS 16/992) Sec. 992. Repealer. The Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act is repealed. (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)

(750 ILCS 16/995) Sec. 995. Certain actions to be determined under prior law. An action that was commenced under the Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act and is pending on the effective date of this Act shall be decided in accordance with the Non-Support of Spouse and Children …

(750 ILCS 16/999) Sec. 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect on October 1, 1999, except that Section 945 takes effect July 1, 2000. (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)

(750 ILCS 22/100) (now 750 ILCS 22/101) Sec. 100. (Renumbered). (Source: Renumbered by P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)

(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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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…