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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1889

Introduced 1/29/2025, by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

750 ILCS 5/505

from Ch. 40, par. 505

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
Excludes from the definition of a parent's "gross income" income or value
received by a parent as a gift that is the voluntary transfer of property,
including, but not limited to, money that is completely free of repayment
or obligation while both the giver and the parent are still alive.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning civil law.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
5
Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 505 as follows:

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(750 ILCS 5/505)

(from Ch. 40, par. 505)
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Sec. 505.
Child support; contempt; penalties.
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(a) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal
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separation, declaration of invalidity of marriage, or
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dissolution of a civil union, a proceeding for child support
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following a legal separation or dissolution of the marriage or
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civil union by a court that lacked personal jurisdiction over
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the absent spouse, a proceeding for modification of a previous
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order for child support under Section 510 of this Act, or any
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proceeding authorized under Section 501 or 601 of this Act,
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the court may order either or both parents owing a duty of
17
support to a child of the marriage or civil union to pay an
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amount reasonable and necessary for support. The duty of
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support owed to a child includes the obligation to provide for
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the reasonable and necessary physical, mental and emotional
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health needs of the child. For purposes of this Section, the
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term "child" shall include any child under age 18 and any child
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age 19 or younger who is still attending high school. For

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purposes of this Section, the term "obligor" means the parent
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obligated to pay support to the other parent.
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(1) Child support guidelines. The Illinois Department
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of Healthcare and Family Services shall adopt rules
5

establishing child support guidelines which include
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worksheets to aid in the calculation of the child support
7

obligations and a schedule of basic child support
8

obligations that reflects the percentage of combined net
9

income that parents living in the same household in this
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State ordinarily spend on their child. The child support
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guidelines have the following purposes:
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(A) to establish as State policy an adequate
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standard of support for a child, subject to the
14

ability of parents to pay;
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(B) to make child support obligations more
16

equitable by ensuring more consistent treatment of
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parents in similar circumstances;
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(C) to improve the efficiency of the court process
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by promoting settlements and giving courts and the
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parties guidance in establishing levels of child
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support;
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(D) to calculate child support based upon the
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parents' combined net income estimated to have been
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allocated for the support of the child if the parents
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and child were living in an intact household;
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(E) to adjust child support based upon the needs

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of the child; and
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(F) to allocate the amount of child support to be
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paid by each parent based upon a parent's net income
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and the child's physical care arrangements.
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(1.5) Computation of basic child support obligation.
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The court shall compute the basic child support obligation
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by taking the following steps:
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(A) determine each parent's monthly net income;
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(B) add the parents' monthly net incomes together
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to determine the combined monthly net income of the
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parents;
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(C) select the corresponding appropriate amount
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from the schedule of basic child support obligations
14

based on the parties' combined monthly net income and
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number of children of the parties; and
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(D) calculate each parent's percentage share of
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the basic child support obligation.
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Although a monetary obligation is computed for each
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parent as child support, the receiving parent's share is
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not payable to the other parent and is presumed to be spent
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directly on the child.
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(2) Duty of support. The court shall determine child
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support in each case by applying the child support
24

guidelines unless the court makes a finding that
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application of the guidelines would be inappropriate,
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after considering the best interests of the child and

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evidence which shows relevant factors including, but not
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limited to, one or more of the following:
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(A) the financial resources and needs of the
4

child;
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(B) the financial resources and needs of the
6

parents;
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(C) the standard of living the child would have
8

enjoyed had the marriage or civil union not been
9

dissolved; and
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(D) the physical and emotional condition of the
11

child and his or her educational needs.
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(3) Income.
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(A) As used in this Section, "gross income" means
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the total of all income from all sources, except
15

"gross income" does not include (i) benefits received
16

by the parent from means-tested public assistance
17

programs, including, but not limited to, Temporary
18

Assistance for Needy Families, Supplemental Security
19

Income, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
20

Program
;

or
(ii) benefits and income received by the
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parent for other children in the household, including,
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but not limited to, child support, survivor benefits,
23

and foster care payments
; or (iii) income or value
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received by a parent as a gift that is the voluntary
25

transfer of property, including but not limited to,
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money that is completely free of repayment or

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obligation while both the giver and the parent are
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still alive
. Social security disability and retirement
3

benefits paid for the benefit of the subject child
4

must be included in the disabled or retired parent's
5

gross income for purposes of calculating the parent's
6

child support obligation, but the parent is entitled
7

to a child support credit for the amount of benefits
8

paid to the other party for the child. "Gross income"
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includes maintenance treated as taxable income for
10

federal income tax purposes to the payee and received
11

pursuant to a court order in the pending proceedings
12

or any other proceedings and shall be included in the
13

payee's gross income for purposes of calculating the
14

parent's child support obligation.
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(B) As used in this Section, "net income" means
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gross income minus either the standardized tax amount
17

calculated pursuant to subparagraph (C) of this
18

paragraph (3) or the individualized tax amount
19

calculated pursuant to subparagraph (D) of this
20

paragraph (3), and minus any adjustments pursuant to
21

subparagraph (F) of this paragraph (3). The
22

standardized tax amount shall be used unless the
23

requirements for an individualized tax amount set
24

forth in subparagraph (E) of this paragraph (3) are
25

met. "Net income" includes maintenance not includable
26

in the gross taxable income of the payee for federal

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income tax purposes under a court order in the pending
2

proceedings or any other proceedings and shall be
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included in the payee's net income for purposes of
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calculating the parent's child support obligation.
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(C) As used in this Section, "standardized tax
6

amount" means the total of federal and state income
7

taxes for a single person claiming the standard tax
8

deduction, one personal exemption, and the applicable
9

number of dependency exemptions for the minor child or
10

children of the parties, and Social Security and
11

Medicare tax calculated at the Federal Insurance
12

Contributions Act rate.
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(I) Unless a court has determined otherwise or
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the parties otherwise agree, the party with the
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majority of parenting time shall be deemed
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entitled to claim the dependency exemption for the
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parties' minor child.
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(II) The Illinois Department of Healthcare and
19

Family Services shall promulgate a standardized
20

net income conversion table that computes net
21

income by deducting the standardized tax amount
22

from gross income.
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(D) As used in this Section, "individualized tax
24

amount" means the aggregate of the following taxes:
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(I) federal income tax (properly calculated
26

withholding or estimated payments);

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(II) State income tax (properly calculated
2

withholding or estimated payments); and
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(III) Social Security or self-employment tax,
4

if applicable (or, if none, mandatory retirement
5

contributions required by law or as a condition of
6

employment) and Medicare tax calculated at the
7

Federal Insurance Contributions Act rate.
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(E) In lieu of a standardized tax amount, a
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determination of an individualized tax amount may be
10

made under items (I), (II), or (III) below. If an
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individualized tax amount determination is made under
12

this subparagraph (E), all relevant tax attributes
13

(including filing status, allocation of dependency
14

exemptions, and whether a party is to claim the use of
15

the standard deduction or itemized deductions for
16

federal income tax purposes) shall be as the parties
17

agree or as the court determines. To determine a
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party's reported income, the court may order the party
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to complete an Internal Revenue Service Form 4506-T,
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Request for Tax Transcript.
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(I) Agreement. Irrespective of whether the
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parties agree on any other issue before the court,
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if they jointly stipulate for the record their
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concurrence on a computation method for the
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individualized tax amount that is different from
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the method set forth under subparagraph (D), the

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stipulated method shall be used by the court
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unless the court rejects the proposed stipulated
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method for good cause.
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(II) Summary hearing. If the court determines
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child support in a summary hearing under Section
6

501 and an eligible party opts in to the
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individualized tax amount method under this item
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(II), the individualized tax amount shall be
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determined by the court on the basis of
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information contained in one or both parties'
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Supreme Court approved Financial Affidavit (Family &
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Divorce Cases) and relevant supporting documents
13

under applicable court rules. No party, however,
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is eligible to opt in unless the party, under
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applicable court rules, has served the other party
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with the required Supreme Court approved Financial
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Affidavit (Family & Divorce Cases) and has
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substantially produced supporting documents
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required by the applicable court rules.
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(III) Evidentiary hearing. If the court
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determines child support in an evidentiary
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hearing, whether for purposes of a temporary order
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or at the conclusion of a proceeding, item (II) of
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this subparagraph (E) does not apply. In each such
25

case (unless item (I) governs), the individualized
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tax amount shall be as determined by the court on

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the basis of the record established.
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(F) Adjustments to income.
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(I) Multi-family adjustment. If a parent is
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also legally responsible for support of a child
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not shared with the other parent and not subject
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to the present proceeding, there shall be an
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adjustment to net income as follows:
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(i) Multi-family adjustment with court
9

order. The court shall deduct from the
10

parent's net income the amount of child
11

support actually paid by the parent pursuant
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to a support order unless the court makes a
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finding that it would cause economic hardship
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to the child.
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(ii) Multi-family adjustment without court
16

order. Upon the request or application of a
17

parent actually supporting a presumed,
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acknowledged, or adjudicated child living in
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or outside of that parent's household, there
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shall be an adjustment to child support. The
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court shall deduct from the parent's net
22

income the amount of financial support
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actually paid by the parent for the child or
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75% of the support the parent should pay under
25

the child support guidelines (before this
26

adjustment), whichever is less, unless the

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court makes a finding that it would cause
2

economic hardship to the child. The adjustment
3

shall be calculated using that parent's income
4

alone.
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(II) Spousal Maintenance adjustment.
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Obligations pursuant to a court order for spousal
7

maintenance in the pending proceeding actually
8

paid or payable to the same party to whom child
9

support is to be payable or actually paid to a
10

former spouse pursuant to a court order shall be
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deducted from the parent's after-tax income,
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unless the maintenance obligation is tax
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deductible to the payor for federal income tax
14

purposes, in which case it shall be deducted from
15

the payor's gross income for purposes of
16

calculating the parent's child support obligation.
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(3.1) Business income. For purposes of calculating
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child support, net business income from the operation of a
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business means gross receipts minus ordinary and necessary
20

expenses required to carry on the trade or business. As
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used in this paragraph, "business" includes, but is not
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limited to, sole proprietorships, closely held
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corporations, partnerships, other flow-through business
24

entities, and self-employment. The court shall apply the
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following:
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(A) The accelerated component of depreciation and

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any business expenses determined either judicially or
2

administratively to be inappropriate or excessive
3

shall be excluded from the total of ordinary and
4

necessary business expenses to be deducted in the
5

determination of net business income from gross
6

business income.
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(B) Any item of reimbursement or in-kind payment
8

received by a parent from a business, including, but
9

not limited to, a company car, reimbursed meals, free
10

housing, or a housing allowance, shall be counted as
11

income if not otherwise included in the recipient's
12

gross income, if the item is significant in amount and
13

reduces personal expenses.
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(3.2a) Unemployment or underemployment. If a parent is
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voluntarily unemployed or underemployed, child support
16

shall be calculated based on a determination of potential
17

income. In determining potential income, the court shall
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consider the specific circumstances of a party, to the
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extent known, including, but not limited to, the parent's:
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(1) assets;
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(2) ownership of a substantial non-income
22

producing asset;
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(3) residence;
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(4) employment and earning history;
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(5) job skills;
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(6) educational attainment;

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(7) literacy;
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(8) age;
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(9) health;
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(10) criminal records and other employment
5

barriers; and
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(11) record of seeking work.
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The court shall also consider the local job market,
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availability of local employers willing to hire the
9

parent, prevailing earning levels in the local community,
10

and other relevant background factors in the case. If
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there is insufficient work history to determine employment
12

potential and probable earnings level, there shall be a
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rebuttable presumption that the parent's potential income
14

is 75% of the most recent United States Department of
15

Health and Human Services Federal Poverty Guidelines for a
16

family of one person. Incarceration shall not be
17

considered voluntary unemployment for child support
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purposes in establishing or modifying child support.
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(3.2b) The court may impute income to a party only
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upon conducting an evidentiary hearing or by agreement of
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the parties. Imputation of income shall be accompanied by
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specific written findings identifying the basis or bases
23

for imputation using these factors.
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(3.3) Rebuttable presumption in favor of guidelines.
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There is a rebuttable presumption in any judicial or
26

administrative proceeding for child support that the

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amount of the child support obligation that would result
2

from the application of the child support guidelines is
3

the correct amount of child support.
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(3.3a) Minimum child support obligation. There is a
5

rebuttable presumption that a minimum child support
6

obligation of $40 per month, per child, will be entered
7

for an obligor who has actual or imputed gross income at or
8

less than 75% of the most recent United States Department
9

of Health and Human Services Federal Poverty Guidelines
10

for a family of one person, with a maximum total child
11

support obligation for that obligor of $120 per month to
12

be divided equally among all of the obligor's children.
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(3.3b) Zero dollar child support order. For parents
14

with no gross income, who receive only means-tested
15

assistance, or who cannot work due to a medically proven
16

disability, incarceration, or institutionalization, there
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is a rebuttable presumption that the $40 per month minimum
18

support order is inapplicable and a zero dollar order
19

shall be entered.
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(3.4) Deviation factors. In any action to establish or
21

modify child support, whether pursuant to a temporary or
22

final administrative or court order, the child support
23

guidelines shall be used as a rebuttable presumption for
24

the establishment or modification of the amount of child
25

support. The court may deviate from the child support
26

guidelines if the application would be inequitable,

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unjust, or inappropriate. Any deviation from the
2

guidelines shall be accompanied by written findings by the
3

court specifying the reasons for the deviation and the
4

presumed amount under the child support guidelines without
5

a deviation. These reasons may include:
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(A) extraordinary medical expenditures necessary
7

to preserve the life or health of a party or a child of
8

either or both of the parties;
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(B) additional expenses incurred for a child
10

subject to the child support order who has special
11

medical, physical, or developmental needs; and
12

(C) any other factor the court determines should
13

be applied upon a finding that the application of the
14

child support guidelines would be inappropriate, after
15

considering the best interest of the child.
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(3.5) Income in excess of the schedule of basic child
17

support obligation. A court may use its discretion to
18

determine child support if the combined adjusted net
19

income of the parties exceeds the highest level of the
20

schedule of basic child support obligation, except that
21

the basic child support obligation shall not be less than
22

the highest level of combined net income set forth in the
23

schedule of basic child support obligation.
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(3.6) Extracurricular activities and school expenses.
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The court, in its discretion, in addition to the basic
26

child support obligation, may order either or both parents

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owing a duty of support to the child to contribute to the
2

reasonable school and extracurricular activity expenses
3

incurred which are intended to enhance the educational,
4

athletic, social, or cultural development of the child.
5

(3.7) Child care expenses. The court, in its
6

discretion, in addition to the basic child support
7

obligation, may order either or both parents owing a duty
8

of support to the child to contribute to the reasonable
9

child care expenses of the child. The child care expenses
10

shall be made payable directly to a party or directly to
11

the child care provider at the time of child care
12

services.
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(A) "Child care expenses" means actual expenses
14

reasonably necessary to enable a parent or non-parent
15

custodian to be employed, to attend educational or
16

vocational training programs to improve employment
17

opportunities, or to search for employment. "Child
18

care expenses" also includes deposits for securing
19

placement in a child care program, the cost of before
20

and after school care, and camps when school is not in
21

session. A child's special needs shall be a
22

consideration in determining reasonable child care
23

expenses.
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(B) Child care expenses shall be prorated in
25

proportion to each parent's percentage share of
26

combined net income, and may be added to the basic

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child support obligation if not paid directly by each
2

parent to the provider of child care services. The
3

obligor's and obligee's portion of actual child care
4

expenses shall appear in the support order. If
5

allowed, the value of the federal income tax credit
6

for child care shall be subtracted from the actual
7

cost to determine the net child care costs.
8

(C) The amount of child care expenses shall be
9

adequate to obtain reasonable and necessary child
10

care. The actual child care expenses shall be used to
11

calculate the child care expenses, if available. When
12

actual child care expenses vary, the actual child care
13

expenses may be averaged over the most recent 12-month
14

period. When a parent is temporarily unemployed or
15

temporarily not attending educational or vocational
16

training programs, future child care expenses shall be
17

based upon prospective expenses to be incurred upon
18

return to employment or educational or vocational
19

training programs.
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(D) An order for child care expenses may be
21

modified upon a showing of a substantial change in
22

circumstances. The party incurring child care expenses
23

shall notify the other party within 14 days of any
24

change in the amount of child care expenses that would
25

affect the annualized child care amount as determined
26

in the support order.

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(3.8) Shared physical care. If each parent exercises
2

146 or more overnights per year with the child, the basic
3

child support obligation is multiplied by 1.5 to calculate
4

the shared care child support obligation. The court shall
5

determine each parent's share of the shared care child
6

support obligation based on the parent's percentage share
7

of combined net income. The child support obligation is
8

then computed for each parent by multiplying that parent's
9

portion of the shared care support obligation by the
10

percentage of time the child spends with the other parent.
11

The respective child support obligations are then offset,
12

with the parent owing more child support paying the
13

difference between the child support amounts. The Illinois
14

Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
15

promulgate a worksheet to calculate child support in cases
16

in which the parents have shared physical care and use the
17

standardized tax amount to determine net income.
18

(3.9) Split physical care. When there is more than one
19

child and each parent has physical care of at least one but
20

not all of the children, the support is calculated by
21

using 2 child support worksheets to determine the support
22

each parent owes the other. The support shall be
23

calculated as follows:
24

(A) compute the support the first parent would owe
25

to other parent as if the child in his or her care was
26

the only child of the parties; then

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(B) compute the support the other parent would owe
2

to the first parent as if the child in his or her care
3

were the only child of the parties; then
4

(C) subtract the lesser support obligation from
5

the greater.
6

The parent who owes the greater obligation shall be
7

ordered to pay the difference in support to the other
8

parent, unless the court determines, pursuant to other
9

provisions of this Section, that it should deviate from
10

the guidelines.
11

(4) Health care to be addressed by the court.
12

(A) A portion of the basic child support
13

obligation is intended to cover basic ordinary
14

out-of-pocket medical expenses. The court, in its
15

discretion, in addition to the basic child support
16

obligation, shall also provide for the child's current
17

and future medical needs by ordering either or both
18

parents to initiate health insurance coverage for the
19

child through currently effective health insurance
20

policies held by the parent or parents, purchase one
21

or more or all health, dental, or vision insurance
22

policies for the child, or provide for the child's
23

current and future medical needs through some other
24

manner.
25

(B) The court, in its discretion, may order either
26

or both parents to contribute to the reasonable health

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care needs of the child not covered by insurance,
2

including, but not limited to, unreimbursed medical,
3

dental, orthodontic, or vision expenses and any
4

prescription medication for the child not covered
5

under the child's health insurance.
6

(C) If neither parent has access to appropriate
7

private health insurance coverage, the court may
8

order:
9

(I) one or both parents to provide health
10

insurance coverage at any time it becomes
11

available at a reasonable cost; or
12

(II) the parent or non-parent custodian with
13

primary physical responsibility for the child to
14

apply for public health insurance coverage for the
15

child and require either or both parents to pay a
16

reasonable amount of the cost of health insurance
17

for the child.
18

The order may also provide that any time private
19

health insurance coverage is available at a reasonable
20

cost to that party it will be provided instead of cash
21

medical support. As used in this Section, "cash
22

medical support" means an amount ordered to be paid
23

toward the cost of health insurance provided by a
24

public entity or by another person through employment
25

or otherwise or for other medical costs not covered by
26

insurance.

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(D) The amount to be added to the basic child
2

support obligation shall be the actual amount of the
3

total health insurance premium that is attributable to
4

the child who is the subject of the order. If this
5

amount is not available or cannot be verified, the
6

total cost of the health insurance premium shall be
7

divided by the total number of persons covered by the
8

policy. The cost per person derived from this
9

calculation shall be multiplied by the number of
10

children who are the subject of the order and who are
11

covered under the health insurance policy. This amount
12

shall be added to the basic child support obligation
13

and shall be allocated between the parents in
14

proportion to their respective net incomes.
15

(E) After the health insurance premium for the
16

child is added to the basic child support obligation
17

and allocated between the parents in proportion to
18

their respective incomes for child support purposes,
19

if the obligor is paying the premium, the amount
20

calculated for the obligee's share of the health
21

insurance premium for the child shall be deducted from
22

the obligor's share of the total child support
23

obligation. If the obligee is paying for private
24

health insurance for the child, the child support
25

obligation shall be increased by the obligor's share
26

of the premium payment. The obligor's and obligee's

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portion of health insurance costs shall appear in the
2

support order.
3

(F) Prior to allowing the health insurance
4

adjustment, the parent requesting the adjustment must
5

submit proof that the child has been enrolled in a
6

health insurance plan and must submit proof of the
7

cost of the premium. The court shall require the
8

parent receiving the adjustment to annually submit
9

proof of continued coverage of the child to the other
10

parent, or as designated by the court.
11

(G) A reasonable cost for providing health
12

insurance coverage for the child may not exceed 5% of
13

the providing parent's gross income. Parents with a
14

net income below 133% of the most recent United States
15

Department of Health and Human Services Federal
16

Poverty Guidelines or whose child is covered by
17

Medicaid based on that parent's income may not be
18

ordered to contribute toward or provide private
19

coverage, unless private coverage is obtainable
20

without any financial contribution by that parent.
21

(H) If dental or vision insurance is included as
22

part of the employer's medical plan, the coverage
23

shall be maintained for the child. If not included in
24

the employer's medical plan, adding the dental or
25

vision insurance for the child is at the discretion of
26

the court.

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(I) If a parent has been directed to provide
2

health insurance pursuant to this paragraph and that
3

parent's spouse or legally recognized partner provides
4

the insurance for the benefit of the child either
5

directly or through employment, a credit on the child
6

support worksheet shall be given to that parent in the
7

same manner as if the premium were paid by that parent.
8

(4.5) In a proceeding for child support following
9

dissolution of the marriage or civil union by a court that
10

lacked personal jurisdiction over the absent spouse, and
11

in which the court is requiring payment of support for the
12

period before the date an order for current support is
13

entered, there is a rebuttable presumption that the
14

obligor's net income for the prior period was the same as
15

his or her net income at the time the order for current
16

support is entered.
17

(5) If the net income cannot be determined because of
18

default or any other reason, the court shall order support
19

in an amount considered reasonable in the particular case.
20

The final order in all cases shall state the support level
21

in dollar amounts. However, if the court finds that the
22

child support amount cannot be expressed exclusively as a
23

dollar amount because all or a portion of the obligor's
24

net income is uncertain as to source, time of payment, or
25

amount, the court may order a percentage amount of support
26

in addition to a specific dollar amount and enter such

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other orders as may be necessary to determine and enforce,
2

on a timely basis, the applicable support ordered.
3

(6) If (i) the obligor was properly served with a
4

request for discovery of financial information relating to
5

the obligor's ability to provide child support, (ii) the
6

obligor failed to comply with the request, despite having
7

been ordered to do so by the court, and (iii) the obligor
8

is not present at the hearing to determine support despite
9

having received proper notice, then any relevant financial
10

information concerning the obligor's ability to provide
11

child support that was obtained pursuant to subpoena and
12

proper notice shall be admitted into evidence without the
13

need to establish any further foundation for its
14

admission.
15

(a-3) Life insurance to secure support. At the discretion
16
of the court, a child support obligation pursuant to this
17
Section and Sections 510, 513, and 513.5 of this Act may be
18
secured, in whole or in part, by reasonably affordable life
19
insurance on the life of one or both parents on such terms as
20
the parties agree or as the court orders. The court may require
21
such insurance remain in full force and effect until the
22
termination of all obligations of support, subject to the
23
following:
24

(1) Existing life insurance. The court shall be
25

apprised through evidence, stipulation, or otherwise as to
26

the level, ownership, and type of existing life insurance

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death benefit coverage available to one or both parents,
2

the cost of the premiums, cost ratings, and escalations
3

and assignment of the policy, if applicable, and all other
4

relevant circumstances. The court shall make findings
5

relative thereto.
6

(2) New life insurance. The court shall be apprised
7

through evidence, stipulation, or otherwise as to the
8

availability of obtaining reasonably affordable new life
9

insurance. To the extent the court determines that the
10

support obligations should be secured, in whole or in
11

part, by new life insurance on the life of one or both
12

parents, the court may order that one or both parents
13

comply with all requirements to obtain such new life
14

insurance through employment, trade union, fraternal
15

organizations, associations, or individual means.
16

In determining the level and type of death benefits
17

coverage to be obtained by a parent, the court shall
18

consider access and availability of life insurance to that
19

parent, the cost of the premium, cost ratings, and
20

escalations, if applicable, and all other relevant
21

circumstances.
22

(3) Other security. If life insurance is unavailable
23

to a parent, the court, in its discretion, or as agreed to
24

by the parties, may order other equitable and reasonable
25

means to secure a child support obligation.
26

(a-5) In an action to enforce an order for child support

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based on the obligor's failure to make support payments as
2
required by the order, notice of proceedings to hold the
3
obligor in contempt for that failure may be served on the
4
obligor by personal service or by regular mail addressed to
5
the last known address of the obligor. The last known address
6
of the obligor may be determined from records of the clerk of
7
the court, from the Federal Case Registry of Child Support
8
Orders, or by any other reasonable means.
9

(b) Failure of either parent to comply with an order to pay
10
support shall be punishable as in other cases of contempt. In
11
addition to other penalties provided by law the court may,
12
after finding the parent guilty of contempt, order that the
13
parent be:
14

(1) placed on probation with such conditions of
15

probation as the court deems advisable;
16

(2) sentenced to periodic imprisonment for a period
17

not to exceed 6 months; provided, however, that the court
18

may permit the parent to be released for periods of time
19

during the day or night to:
20

(A) work; or
21

(B) conduct a business or other self-employed
22

occupation.
23

The court may further order any part or all of the earnings
24
of a parent during a sentence of periodic imprisonment paid to
25
the Clerk of the Circuit Court or to the parent having physical
26
possession of the child or to the non-parent custodian having

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custody of the child of the sentenced parent for the support of
2
the child until further order of the court.
3

If a parent who is found guilty of contempt for failure to
4
comply with an order to pay support is a person who conducts a
5
business or who is self-employed, the court in addition to
6
other penalties provided by law may order that the parent do
7
one or more of the following: (i) provide to the court monthly
8
financial statements showing income and expenses from the
9
business or the self-employment; (ii) seek employment and
10
report periodically to the court with a diary, listing, or
11
other memorandum of his or her employment search efforts; or
12
(iii) report to the Department of Employment Security for job
13
search services to find employment that will be subject to
14
withholding for child support.
15

If there is a unity of interest and ownership sufficient
16
to render no financial separation between an obligor and
17
another person or persons or business entity, the court may
18
pierce the ownership veil of the person, persons, or business
19
entity to discover assets of the obligor held in the name of
20
that person, those persons, or that business entity. The
21
following circumstances are sufficient to authorize a court to
22
order discovery of the assets of a person, persons, or
23
business entity and to compel the application of any
24
discovered assets toward payment on the judgment for support:
25

(1) the obligor and the person, persons, or business
26

entity maintain records together.

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(2) the obligor and the person, persons, or business
2

entity fail to maintain an arm's length relationship
3

between themselves with regard to any assets.
4

(3) the obligor transfers assets to the person,
5

persons, or business entity with the intent to perpetrate
6

a fraud on the obligee.
7

With respect to assets which are real property, no order
8
entered under this paragraph shall affect the rights of bona
9
fide purchasers, mortgagees, judgment creditors, or other lien
10
holders who acquire their interests in the property prior to
11
the time a notice of lis pendens pursuant to the Code of Civil
12
Procedure or a copy of the order is placed of record in the
13
office of the recorder of deeds for the county in which the
14
real property is located.
15

The court may also order in cases where the parent is 90
16
days or more delinquent in payment of support or has been
17
adjudicated in arrears in an amount equal to 90 days
18
obligation or more, that the parent's Illinois driving
19
privileges be suspended until the court determines that the
20
parent is in compliance with the order of support. The court
21
may also order that the parent be issued a family financial
22
responsibility driving permit that would allow limited driving
23
privileges for employment and medical purposes in accordance
24
with Section 7-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. The Clerk
25
of the Circuit Court shall certify the order suspending the
26
driving privileges of the parent or granting the issuance of a

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family financial responsibility driving permit to the
2
Secretary of State on forms prescribed by the Secretary of
3
State. Upon receipt of the authenticated documents, the
4
Secretary of State shall suspend the parent's driving
5
privileges until further order of the court and shall, if
6
ordered by the court, subject to the provisions of Section
7
7-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, issue a family financial
8
responsibility driving permit to the parent.
9

In addition to the penalties or punishment that may be
10
imposed under this Section, any person whose conduct
11
constitutes a violation of Section 15 of the Non-Support
12
Punishment Act may be prosecuted under that Act, and a person
13
convicted under that Act may be sentenced in accordance with
14
that Act. The sentence may include but need not be limited to a
15
requirement that the person perform community service under
16
Section 50 of that Act or participate in a work alternative
17
program under Section 50 of that Act. A person may not be
18
required to participate in a work alternative program under
19
Section 50 of that Act if the person is currently
20
participating in a work program pursuant to Section 505.1 of
21
this Act.
22

A support obligation, or any portion of a support
23
obligation, which becomes due and remains unpaid as of the end
24
of each month, excluding the child support that was due for
25
that month to the extent that it was not paid in that month,
26
shall accrue simple interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of

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the Code of Civil Procedure. An order for support entered or
2
modified on or after January 1, 2006 shall contain a statement
3
that a support obligation required under the order, or any
4
portion of a support obligation required under the order, that
5
becomes due and remains unpaid as of the end of each month,
6
excluding the child support that was due for that month to the
7
extent that it was not paid in that month, shall accrue simple
8
interest as set forth in Section 12-109 of the Code of Civil
9
Procedure. Failure to include the statement in the order for
10
support does not affect the validity of the order or the
11
accrual of interest as provided in this Section.
12

(c) A one-time charge of 20% is imposable upon the amount
13
of past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which has
14
accrued under a support order entered by the court. The charge
15
shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section
16
10-21 of the Illinois Public Aid Code and shall be enforced by
17
the court upon petition.
18

(d) Any new or existing support order entered by the court
19
under this Section shall be deemed to be a series of judgments
20
against the person obligated to pay support thereunder, each
21
such judgment to be in the amount of each payment or
22
installment of support and each such judgment to be deemed
23
entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
24
installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
25
Each such judgment shall have the full force, effect and
26
attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the

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ability to be enforced. Notwithstanding any other State or
2
local law to the contrary, a lien arises by operation of law
3
against the real and personal property of the obligor for each
4
installment of overdue support owed by the obligor.
5

(e) When child support is to be paid through the Clerk of
6
the Court in a county of 500,000 inhabitants or less, the order
7
shall direct the obligor to pay to the Clerk, in addition to
8
the child support payments, all fees imposed by the county
9
board under paragraph (2) of subsection (j-5) of Section 27.1b
10
of the Clerks of Courts Act. When child support is to be paid
11
through the clerk of the court in a county of more than 500,000
12
but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the order shall direct
13
the obligor to pay to the clerk, in addition to the child
14
support payments, all fees imposed by the county board under
15
paragraph (4) of subsection (bb) of Section 27.2 of the Clerks
16
of Courts Act. Unless paid pursuant to an Income Withholding
17
Order/Notice for Support, the payment of the fee shall be by
18
payment acceptable to the clerk and shall be made to the order
19
of the Clerk.
20

(f) All orders for support, when entered or modified,
21
shall include a provision requiring the obligor to notify the
22
court and, in cases in which a party is receiving child and
23
spouse services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid
24
Code, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, within
25
7 days, (i) of the name and address of any new employer of the
26
obligor, (ii) whether the obligor has access to health

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insurance coverage through the employer or other group
2
coverage and, if so, the policy name and number and the names
3
of persons covered under the policy, except only the initials
4
of any covered minors shall be included, and (iii) of any new
5
residential or mailing address or telephone number of the
6
obligor. In any subsequent action to enforce a support order,
7
upon a sufficient showing that a diligent effort has been made
8
to ascertain the location of the obligor, service of process
9
or provision of notice necessary in the case may be made at the
10
last known address of the obligor in any manner expressly
11
provided by the Code of Civil Procedure or this Act, which
12
service shall be sufficient for purposes of due process.
13

(g) An order for support shall include a date on which the
14
current support obligation terminates. The termination date
15
shall be no earlier than the date on which the child covered by
16
the order will attain the age of 18. However, if the child will
17
not graduate from high school until after attaining the age of
18
18, then the termination date shall be no earlier than the
19
earlier of the date on which the child's high school
20
graduation will occur or the date on which the child will
21
attain the age of 19. The order for support shall state that
22
the termination date does not apply to any arrearage that may
23
remain unpaid on that date. Nothing in this subsection shall
24
be construed to prevent the court from modifying the order or
25
terminating the order in the event the child is otherwise
26
emancipated.

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(g-5) If there is an unpaid arrearage or delinquency (as
2
those terms are defined in the Income Withholding for Support
3
Act) equal to at least one month's support obligation on the
4
termination date stated in the order for support or, if there
5
is no termination date stated in the order, on the date the
6
child attains the age of majority or is otherwise emancipated,
7
the periodic amount required to be paid for current support of
8
that child immediately prior to that date shall automatically
9
continue to be an obligation, not as current support but as
10
periodic payment toward satisfaction of the unpaid arrearage
11
or delinquency. That periodic payment shall be in addition to
12
any periodic payment previously required for satisfaction of
13
the arrearage or delinquency. The total periodic amount to be
14
paid toward satisfaction of the arrearage or delinquency may
15
be enforced and collected by any method provided by law for
16
enforcement and collection of child support, including but not
17
limited to income withholding under the Income Withholding for
18
Support Act. Each order for support entered or modified on or
19
after January 1, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act
20
93-1061) must contain a statement notifying the parties of the
21
requirements of this subsection. Failure to include the
22
statement in the order for support does not affect the
23
validity of the order or the operation of the provisions of
24
this subsection with regard to the order. This subsection
25
shall not be construed to prevent or affect the establishment
26
or modification of an order for support of a minor child or the

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establishment or modification of an order for support of a
2
non-minor child or educational expenses under Section 513 of
3
this Act.
4

(h) An order entered under this Section shall include a
5
provision requiring either parent to report to the other
6
parent and to the Clerk of Court within 10 days each time
7
either parent obtains new employment, and each time either
8
parent's employment is terminated for any reason. The report
9
shall be in writing and shall, in the case of new employment,
10
include the name and address of the new employer. Failure to
11
report new employment or the termination of current
12
employment, if coupled with nonpayment of support for a period
13
in excess of 60 days, is indirect criminal contempt. For
14
either parent arrested for failure to report new employment
15
bond shall be set in the amount of the child support that
16
should have been paid during the period of unreported
17
employment. An order entered under this Section shall also
18
include a provision requiring either obligor and obligee to
19
advise the other of a change in residence within 5 days of the
20
change except when the court finds that the physical, mental,
21
or emotional health of a party or that of a child, or both,
22
would be seriously endangered by disclosure of the party's
23
address.
24

(i) The court does not lose the powers of contempt,
25
driver's license suspension, or other child support
26
enforcement mechanisms, including, but not limited to,

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criminal prosecution as set forth in this Act, upon the
2
emancipation of the minor child.
3
(Source: P.A. 102-823, eff. 5-13-22; 103-967, eff. 1-1-25
.)

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