HB2510 Summary

• Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act to define "visitation" to include electronic communication such as telephone, email, instant messaging, video conferencing, and other internet-based technologies under conditions and at times determined by the court.

• Establishes that "electronic communication" means time a parent spends with a child who is not in the parent's physical custody but is facilitated through communication tools.

• Prohibits courts from using the availability of electronic communication as a factor to support removal of a child from Illinois by the custodial parent.

• Extends electronic communication visitation rights to grandparents, great-grandparents, and siblings of minor children in addition to parents.

• Clarifies that courts cannot use time spent in electronic communication to affect child support, custody, visitation determinations, or removal decisions.