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750 ILCS 22/211
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 2 - Jurisdiction

(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 the existence of the support obligation.(b) A tribunal of this State may not modify a spousal-support order issued  by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over  that order under the law of that state or foreign country.(c) A tribunal of this State that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction  over a spousal-support order may serve as:(1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of     another state to enforce the spousal-support order issued in this State; or(2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its     own spousal-support order. (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)
750 ILCS 22/Art. 3 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 3 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

 ARTICLE 3.      CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
750 ILCS 22/301
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 3 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

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 petition in an initiating  tribunal for forwarding to  a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a  comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can  obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.  (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)
750 ILCS 22/302
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 3 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

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 22/303
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 3 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

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 powers  and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and(2) determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance  with the law and support guidelines of this State.    (Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)
750 ILCS 22/304
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 3 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

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 agency in the responding state; or(2) if the identity of the responding tribunal is     unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.(b) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this State  shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the  law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of this State shall specify the amount of  support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign  currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly  reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements  of the responding foreign tribunal.  (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)
750 ILCS 22/305
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 3 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

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 and  notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.(b) A responding tribunal of this State, to the extent not prohibited by  other law, may do one or more of the following:(1) establish or enforce a support order, modify a     child-support order, determine the controlling child-support order, or determine parentage of a child;(2) order an obligor to comply with a support order,     specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;(3) order income withholding;(4) determine the amount of any arrearages, and     specify a method of payment;(5) enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or     both;(6) set aside property for satisfaction of the     support  order;(7) place liens and order execution on the obligor's     property;(8) order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of     the obligor's current residential address, electronic-mail address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;(9) issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has     failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the bench warrant in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;(10) order the obligor to seek appropriate employment     by specified methods;(11) award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees     and costs; and(12) grant any other available remedy.(c) A responding tribunal of this State shall include in a support order  issued under this Act, or in the documents accompanying the order, the  calculations on which the support order is based.(d) A responding tribunal of this State may not condition the payment of a  support order issued under this Act upon compliance by a party with provisions  for visitation.(e) If a responding tribunal of this State issues an order under this  Act, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner   and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.(f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or  modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of  this State shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the  equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange  rate as publicly reported.  (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)
750 ILCS 22/306
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 3 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

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 the petitioner where and when the pleading  was sent.  (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)
750 ILCS 22/308
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 3 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

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 provide those services directly to the  individual.(b) The Attorney General may determine that a foreign country has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this State and take appropriate action for notification of the determination.   (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)
750 ILCS 22/309
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 3 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

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

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 current list, including     addresses, of the tribunals in this State which have jurisdiction under this Act and any support enforcement agencies in this State and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;(2) maintain a register of names and addresses of     tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states;(3) forward to the appropriate tribunal in the county     in this State in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this Act received from another state or a foreign country; and(4) obtain information concerning the location of the     obligor and the obligor's property within this State not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses, and social security.   (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)
750 ILCS 22/311
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 3 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

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 country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under Section  312, the petition or accompanying documents  must provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social  security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and  alleged parent, and the name,  sex, residential address, social security number, and date of  birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose  parentage is to be determined.  Unless filed at the time of registration,  the petition must be  accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been  issued by another tribunal.  The  petition may include any other information that may assist in locating or  identifying the respondent.(b) The petition must specify the relief sought.  The  petition and accompanying documents must conform substantially with the  requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for  use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.  (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)
750 ILCS 22/312
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 3 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

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 information must be sealed and may not be  disclosed to the other party or the public. After a hearing in which a tribunal  takes into consideration the health, safety, or liberty of the party or child,  the tribunal may order disclosure of information that the tribunal determines  to be in the interest of justice.  (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)
750 ILCS 22/313
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 3 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

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  travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee   and the obligee's   witnesses.  The tribunal may not assess fees,  costs,  or expenses against the obligee or the support enforcement  agency of either  the initiating or responding state or foreign country, except as provided by other  law.  Attorney's fees may be taxed as costs, and may be ordered paid  directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's  own name.  Payment of support owed to the obligee has  priority over fees,  costs, and expenses.(c) The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and  reasonable attorney's fees if it determines that a hearing was requested  primarily for delay.  In a proceeding under Article 6,  a hearing is presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a  registered support order is confirmed or enforced without change.  (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)
750 ILCS 22/314
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 3 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

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 personal  jurisdiction over the petitioner in another proceeding.(b) A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil process while  physically present in this State to participate in a proceeding under  this Act.(c) The immunity granted by this Section does not extend  to civil litigation based on acts unrelated to a proceeding under this  Act committed by a party while physically present in this State to participate  in the proceeding.  (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)
750 ILCS 22/315
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 3 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

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.A.  88-691.)
750 ILCS 22/316
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 3 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

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 judgment determining  parentage of a child.(b) An affidavit, a document substantially complying with federally  mandated forms, or a  document incorporated by reference in any of them,  which would not be excluded under the hearsay rule if given in person, is  admissible in evidence if given under penalty of perjury by a party or witness  residing outside this State.(c) A copy of the record of child-support payments  certified as a true copy of the original by the custodian of the record may be  forwarded to a responding tribunal.  The copy is evidence of facts  asserted in it, and is admissible to show whether payments were made.(d) Copies of bills for testing for parentage of a child, and for prenatal and  postnatal health care of the mother and child, furnished to the  adverse party at least 10 days before trial, are admissible in  evidence to prove the amount of the charges billed and that the charges were  reasonable, necessary, and customary.(e) Documentary evidence transmitted from outside this State   to a tribunal of this State by telephone, telecopier, or other electronic means  that do not provide an original record may not be excluded from  evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.(f) In a proceeding under this Act, a tribunal of this State shall permit  a party or witness residing outside this State to be deposed or to testify under penalty of perjury by  telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means at a designated  tribunal or other location.  A tribunal of this State shall  cooperate with other tribunals in designating an appropriate  location for the deposition or testimony.(g) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refuses  to answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating,  the trier of fact may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.(h) A privilege against disclosure of communications between  spouses does not apply in a proceeding under this Act.(i) The defense of immunity based on the relationship of  husband and wife or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding  under this Act.(j) A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as a true copy,  is admissible to establish parentage of the child.  (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)
750 ILCS 22/317
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 3 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

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, decree, or order of that  tribunal, and the status of a proceeding.  A tribunal of this State may furnish similar  information by similar means to a tribunal outside this State.  (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)
750 ILCS 22/318
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 3 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

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 tribunal outside this State. (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)
750 ILCS 22/319
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 3 - Civil Provisions Of General Application

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 party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified  statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all  payments received.(b) If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the  child resides in this State, upon request from the support enforcement agency  of this State or another state, the support enforcement agency of this State  or a tribunal of this State shall:(1) direct that the support payment be made to the     support enforcement agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services; and(2) issue and send to the obligor's employer a     conforming income-withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected payments.(c) The support enforcement agency of this State receiving redirected  payments from another state pursuant to a law similar to subsection (b) shall  furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of the other state a certified  statement by the custodian of the record of the amount and dates of all  payments received.  (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)
750 ILCS 22/Art. 4 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 4 - Establishment Of Support Order Or Determination Of Parentage

     ARTICLE 4.  ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER OR DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE   (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)
750 ILCS 22/401
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 4 - Establishment Of Support Order Or Determination Of Parentage

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 the order resides outside     this State; or(2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order     is located outside this State.(b) The tribunal may issue a temporary child-support  order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the  individual ordered to pay is:(1) a presumed father of the child;(2) petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;(3) identified as the father of the child through     genetic testing;(4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to     genetic testing;(5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the     father of the child;(6) an acknowledged father as provided by applicable     State law;(7) the mother of the child; or(8) an individual who has been ordered to pay child     support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.(c) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order  directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to Section  305.  (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)
750 ILCS 22/402
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 4 - Establishment Of Support Order Or Determination Of Parentage

(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 similar to this Act.  (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)
750 ILCS 22/Art. 5 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 5 - Enforcement Of Support Order Without Registration

     ARTICLE 5.  ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER WITHOUT REGISTRATION    (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)
750 ILCS 22/501
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 750 - FAMILIES|750 ILCS 22/ - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.|Article 5 - Enforcement Of Support Order Without Registration

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 the income-withholding law of this State without  first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a  tribunal of this State.    (Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)