HB3076 Summary: Child Support During Incarceration and Unemployment

• Stays child support payment obligations and suspends interest accrual automatically when an obligor is incarcerated, from date of custody until release.

• Allows obligor to petition for stay of child support payments and interest during long-term unemployment, from date employment ceases until new employment is secured.

• Requires Department of Corrections to exchange information with Department of Healthcare and Family Services to ensure State Case Registry accurately reflects obligor's incarcerated status.

• Mandates that parenting skills programs offered by Department of Corrections include instruction about meeting applicable child support obligations.

• Applies stay provisions to child support orders under Illinois Public Aid Code, Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, and Parentage Act of 1984.