Chapter 750, FAMILIES

(750 ILCS 22/211) Sec. 211. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order. (a) A tribunal of this State issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of this State has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout…

(750 ILCS 46/301) Sec. 301. Voluntary acknowledgment. A parent-child relationship may be established voluntarily by the signing and witnessing of a voluntary acknowledgment in accordance with Section 12 of the Vital Records Act and Section 10-17.7 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.…

(750 ILCS 22/301) Sec. 301. Proceedings under Act. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Article applies to all proceedings under this Act. (b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this Act by filing a pe…

(750 ILCS 36/301) Sec. 301. Definitions. In this Article: (1) "Petitioner" means a person who seeks enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or enforcement of a child-custody determination. (2) …

(750 ILCS 46/302) Sec. 302. Execution of voluntary acknowledgment. (a) A voluntary acknowledgment described in Section 301 of this Act must: (1) be in a record; (2) be signed, or otherwise authenticated, under penalty of perjury by the woman or person who gave birth to the child …

(750 ILCS 22/302) Sec. 302. Proceeding by minor parent. A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor's child. (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

(750 ILCS 36/302) Sec. 302. Enforcement Under Hague Convention. Under this Article a court of this State may enforce an order for the return of the child made under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction as if it were a child-custody determinat…

(750 ILCS 46/303) Sec. 303. Denial of parentage. A presumed parent may sign a denial of parentage. The denial is valid only if: (a) a voluntary acknowledgment described in Section 301 of this Act signed, or otherwise authenticated, by a person is filed pursuant to Section 305 of …

(750 ILCS 36/303) Sec. 303. Duty To Enforce. (a) A court of this State shall recognize and enforce a child-custody determination of a court of another state if the latter court exercised jurisdiction in substantial conformity with this Act or the determination was made under fact…

(750 ILCS 22/303) Sec. 303. Application of law of State. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a responding tribunal of this State shall: (1) apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this State and may exercise all po…

(750 ILCS 36/304) Sec. 304. Temporary Visitation. (a) A court of this State which does not have jurisdiction to modify a child-custody determination, may issue a temporary order enforcing: (1) a visitation schedule made by a court of another state; or (2) the visitation provision…

(750 ILCS 22/304) Sec. 304. Duties of initiating tribunal. (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this Act, an initiating tribunal of this State shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents: (1) to the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement a…

(750 ILCS 46/304) Sec. 304. Rules for voluntary acknowledgment and denial of parentage. (a) A voluntary acknowledgment as described in Section 301 of this Act and a denial of parentage may be contained in a single document or may be signed in counterparts, and may be filed separa…

(750 ILCS 22/305) Sec. 305. Duties and powers of responding tribunal. (a) When a responding tribunal of this State receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to Section 301(b), it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed an…

(750 ILCS 36/305) Sec. 305. Registration Of Child-Custody Determination. (a) A child-custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered in this State, with or without a simultaneous request for enforcement, by sending to the circuit court in this State: (1…

(750 ILCS 46/305) Sec. 305. Effect of voluntary acknowledgment or denial of parentage. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 307 and 308 of this Act, a valid voluntary acknowledgment filed with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, as provided by law, is equiva…

(750 ILCS 46/306) Sec. 306. No filing fee. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, as provided by law, may not charge a fee for filing a voluntary acknowledgment or denial. (Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16.)

(750 ILCS 22/306) Sec. 306. Inappropriate tribunal. If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this State, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of this State or another state and notify…

(750 ILCS 36/306) Sec. 306. Enforcement Of Registered Determination. (a) A court of this State may grant any relief normally available under the law of this State to enforce a registered child-custody determination made by a court of another state. (b) A court of this State shall…

(750 ILCS 22/307) Sec. 307. Duties of support enforcement agency. (a) In a proceeding under this Act, a support enforcement agency of this State, upon request: (1) shall provide services to a petitioner residing in a state; (2) shall provide services to a petitioner requesting se…

(750 ILCS 36/307) Sec. 307. Simultaneous Proceedings. If a proceeding for enforcement under this Article is commenced in a court of this State and the court determines that a proceeding to modify the determination is pending in a court of another state having jurisdiction to modi…

(750 ILCS 46/307) Sec. 307. Proceeding for rescission. A signatory may rescind a voluntary acknowledgment or denial by filing a signed and witnessed rescission with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services as provided in Section 12 of the Vital Records Act, before the ear…

(750 ILCS 46/308) Sec. 308. Challenge after expiration of period for rescission. After the period for rescission under Section 307 of this Act has expired, a signatory of a voluntary acknowledgment or denial may commence a proceeding to challenge the voluntary acknowledgment or d…

(750 ILCS 36/308) Sec. 308. Expedited Enforcement Of Child-Custody Determination. (a) A petition under this Article must be verified. Certified copies of all orders sought to be enforced and of any order confirming registration must be attached to the petition. A copy of a certif…

(750 ILCS 22/308) Sec. 308. Duty of Attorney General. (a) If the Attorney General determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the Attorney General may order the agency to perform its duties under this Act or may p…

(750 ILCS 36/309) Sec. 309. Service Of Petition And Order. Except as otherwise provided in Section 311, the petition and order must be served, by any method authorized by the law of this State, upon respondent and any person who has physical custody of the child. (Source: P.A. 93…

(750 ILCS 46/309) Sec. 309. Procedure for challenge. (a) A voluntary acknowledgment and any related denial may be challenged only on the basis of fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact by filing a verified petition under this Section within 2 years after the effective date of…

(750 ILCS 22/309) Sec. 309. Private counsel. An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this Act. (Source: P.A. 88-550, eff. date changed from 1-1-95 to 1-1-96 by P.A. 88-691.)

(750 ILCS 22/310) Sec. 310. Duties of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. (a) The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services is the state information agency under this Act. (b) The state information agency shall: (1) compile and maintain a curren…

(750 ILCS 46/310) Sec. 310. Ratification barred. A court or administrative agency conducting a judicial or administrative proceeding is not required or permitted to ratify an unchallenged voluntary acknowledgment described in Section 301 of this Act. (Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1…

(750 ILCS 36/310) Sec. 310. Hearing And Order. (a) Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order pursuant to Section 204, upon a finding that a petitioner is entitled to immediate physical custody of the child, the court shall order that the petitioner may take immediate ph…

(750 ILCS 22/311) Sec. 311. Pleadings and accompanying documents. (a) In a proceeding under this Act, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign countr…

(750 ILCS 36/311) Sec. 311. Warrant To Take Physical Custody Of Child. (a) Upon the filing of a petition seeking enforcement of a child-custody determination, the petitioner may file a verified application for the issuance of a warrant to take physical custody of the child if the…

(750 ILCS 46/311) Sec. 311. Full faith and credit. A court of this State shall give full faith and credit to a valid voluntary acknowledgment or denial of parentage effective in another state if the voluntary acknowledgment or denial has been signed and is otherwise in compliance…

(750 ILCS 46/312) Sec. 312. Forms for voluntary acknowledgment and denial of parentage. (a) To facilitate compliance with this Article, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall prescribe forms for the voluntary acknowledgment and denial of parentage and for the resc…

(750 ILCS 22/312) Sec. 312. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances. If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that …

(750 ILCS 36/312) Sec. 312. Costs, Fees, And Expenses. (a) The court shall award the prevailing party, including a state, necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of the party, including costs, communication expenses, attorney's fees, investigative fees, expense…

(750 ILCS 36/313) Sec. 313. Recognition And Enforcement. A court of this State shall accord full faith and credit to an order issued by another state and consistent with this Act which enforces a child-custody determination by a court of another state unless the order has been va…

(750 ILCS 46/313) Sec. 313. Release of information. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may release information relating to the voluntary acknowledgment described in Section 301 of this Act, or the related denial, to a signatory of the voluntary acknowledgment or den…

(750 ILCS 22/313) Sec. 313. Costs and fees. (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. (b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this State may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney's fees, other costs, and necessary…

(750 ILCS 36/314) Sec. 314. Appeals. An appeal may be taken from a final order in a proceeding under this Article in accordance with expedited appellate procedures which are or may be established by Supreme Court Rule. Unless the court enters a temporary emergency order under Sec…

(750 ILCS 46/314) Sec. 314. Adoption of rules. The Department of Public Health and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may adopt rules to implement this Article. (Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16.)

(750 ILCS 22/314) Sec. 314. Limited immunity of petitioner. (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this Act before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer perso…

(750 ILCS 22/315) Sec. 315. Nonparentage as defense. A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under this Act. (Source: P.A. 88-550, eff. date changed from 1-1-95 to 1-1-96 by P.…

(750 ILCS 36/315) Sec. 315. Role Of State's Attorney. (a) In a case arising under this Act or involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the State's Attorney or other appropriate public official may take any lawful action, including reso…

(750 ILCS 22/316) Sec. 316. Special rules of evidence and procedure. (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of this State is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or modification of a support order or the rendition of a judg…

(750 ILCS 36/316) Sec. 316. Role Of Law Enforcement. At the request of a State's Attorney or other appropriate public official acting under Section 315, a law enforcement officer may take any lawful action reasonably necessary to locate a child or a party and assist a State's Att…

(750 ILCS 22/317) Sec. 317. Communications between tribunals. A tribunal of this State may communicate with a tribunal outside this State in a record or by telephone, electronic mail, or other means, to obtain information concerning the laws, the legal effect of a judgment, decre…

(750 ILCS 36/317) Sec. 317. Costs And Expenses. If the respondent is not the prevailing party, the court may assess against the respondent all direct expenses and costs incurred by the State's Attorney or other appropriate public official and law enforcement officers under Sectio…

(750 ILCS 22/318) Sec. 318. Assistance with discovery. A tribunal of this State may: (1) request a tribunal outside this State to assist in obtaining discovery; and (2) upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribun…