HB2532 Summary

• Establishes that child support obligations do not require a previous court order for custody or allocation of parental responsibilities, and shall follow Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act guidelines.

• Allows actions to establish or enforce child support to be brought after dismissal based on lack of custody orders, absence of common law duty, or paternity judgment deficiencies, clarifying the cumulative nature of support statutes.

• Makes child support remedies under the Illinois Public Aid Code, Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, Illinois Parentage Act of 2015, Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, and common law cumulative and usable in conjunction with one another.

• Specifies that custody or visitation determinations are not prerequisites for support obligations under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, though courts may make such determinations under other applicable state law when appropriate.

• Amends the Illinois Parentage Act to allow explicit reservation of child support issues in paternity judgments and clarifies that judgments of paternity do not automatically create de facto custody orders or allocation of parental responsibilities.