Bill Text: IL HB2102 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that when a court has before it a petition for the removal of a child to a location outside of Illinois, the court shall consider the economic cost to the noncustodial parent to visit the child at or to move to the proposed new location outside of Illinois.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-10 - Tabled By Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose [HB2102 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB2102-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB2102 Introduced , by Rep. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
750 ILCS 5/609 from Ch. 40, par. 609
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that when a court has before it a petition for the removal of a child to a location outside of Illinois, the court shall consider the economic cost to the noncustodial parent to visit the child at or to move to the proposed new location outside of Illinois.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 609 as follows:
(750 ILCS 5/609) (from Ch. 40, par. 609)
Sec. 609. Leave to Remove Children.)
(a) The court may grant leave, before or after judgment, to
any party having custody of any minor child or children to
remove such child or children from Illinois whenever such
approval is in the best interests of such child or children.
The court shall consider in making this determination the
economic cost to the noncustodial parent to visit the child at
the proposed new location or the economic cost to the
noncustodial parent of also moving to the proposed new location
outside of Illinois. The burden of proving that such removal is
in the best interests of such child or children is on the party
seeking the removal. When such removal is permitted, the court
may require the party removing such child or children from
Illinois to give reasonable security guaranteeing the return of
such children.
(b) Before a minor child is temporarily removed from
Illinois, the parent responsible for the removal shall inform

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the other parent, or the other parent's attorney, of the
address and telephone number where the child may be reached
during the period of temporary removal, and the date on which
the child shall return to Illinois.
The State of Illinois retains jurisdiction when the minor
child is absent from the State pursuant to this subsection.
(c) The court may not use the availability of electronic
communication as a factor in support of a removal of a child by
the custodial parent from Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 96-331, eff. 1-1-10.)