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IL HB0620

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/4/2021

Primary Sponsor

LaShawn Ford

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Origin

House of Representatives

102nd General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Deletes language from the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act stating that nothing requires each parent be allocated decision-making responsibilities.

  • Adds presumption that fit parents act in the best interests of their children in parenting time allocations.

  • Removes requirement that courts consider the amount of time each parent spent performing caretaking functions in the 24 months preceding a parental responsibility petition (or since birth for children under 2 years old).

  • Maintains courts' authority to allocate significant decision-making responsibilities for education, health, religion, and extracurricular activities based on child's best interests and other relevant factors.

  • Requires courts to restrict parenting time only upon finding by preponderance of evidence that a parent's exercise of parenting time would seriously endanger the child's physical, mental, moral, or emotional health.

Legislative Description

IMDMA-PARENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Last Action

Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher

4/4/2022

Committee Referrals

Rules3/27/2021
Family Law & Probate Subcommittee3/23/2021
Judiciary - Civil3/2/2021
Rules2/8/2021

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