750 ILCS 22/320
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 3 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

(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 entered by any tribunal of this State but shall not  mean orders providing for spousal maintenance under which  there is no child support obligation.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the contrary, each  order  for  support entered or modified on or after October 1, 1999 shall require that  support  payments be made to the State Disbursement Unit established under Section 10-26  of the  Illinois Public Aid Code if:(1) a party to the order is receiving child support     enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code; or(2) no party to the order is receiving child support     enforcement services, but the support payments are made through income withholding.(c) Support payments shall be made to the State  Disbursement Unit if:(1) the order for support was entered before October     1, 1999, and a party to the order is receiving child support enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code; or(2) no party to the order is receiving child support     enforcement services, and the support payments are being made through income withholding.(c-5) If no party to the order is receiving child support  enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, and  the support  payments are not made through income withholding, then support payments shall  be made as directed by the order for support.(c-10) At any time, and notwithstanding the existence of an order  directing payments  to be made elsewhere, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may provide notice to the  obligor and, where applicable, to the obligor's payor:(1) to make support payments to the State     Disbursement Unit if:(A) a party to the order for support is receiving         child support enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code; or(B) no party to the order for support is         receiving child support enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, but the support payments are made through income withholding; or(2) to make support payments to the State     Disbursement Unit of another state upon request of another state's Title IV-D child support enforcement agency, in accordance with the requirements of Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act and regulations promulgated under that Part D.The Department of Healthcare and Family Services                shall provide a copy of the notice to the  obligee  and to the clerk of the circuit court.(c-15) Within 15 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the  91st General  Assembly, the clerk of the circuit court shall provide written notice to the  obligor to  make payments  directly to the clerk of the circuit court if no party to the order is  receiving child  support enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid  Code, the support  payments are not made through income withholding, and the order for  support requires support payments to be made directly to the clerk of the  circuit court.  The clerk shall provide a copy of the notice to the  obligee.(c-20) If the State Disbursement Unit receives a support payment that was  not  appropriately  made to the Unit under this Section, the Unit shall immediately return the  payment to the sender, including, if possible, instructions detailing where to  send the support payments.(d) The notices under subsections (c-10) and  (c-15) may be sent by ordinary mail,  certified mail, return receipt requested, facsimile transmission, or other  electronic process, or may be served upon the obligor or payor using any method  provided by law for service of a summons.        (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)