Definitions . In this Act: (1) "Abandoned" means left without provision for reasonable and necessary care or supervision. (2) "Child" means an individual who has ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 103

Proceedings Governed By Other Law . This Act does not govern an adoption proceeding or a proceeding pertaining to the authorization of emergency medical care for a ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 104

Application To Indian Tribes . (a) A child-custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian child as defined in the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. 1901 et ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 105

International Application Of Act . (a) A court of this State shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 106

Effect Of Child-Custody Determination . A child-custody determination made by a court of this State that had jurisdiction under this Act binds all persons who have been ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 107

Priority . If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under this Act is raised in a child-custody proceeding, the question, upon request of a party, ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 108

Notice To Persons Outside State . (a) Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction when a person is outside this State may be given in a manner ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 109

Appearance And Limited Immunity . (a) A party to a child-custody proceeding, including a modification proceeding, or a petitioner or respondent in a proceeding to enforce or ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 110

Communication Between Courts . (a) A court of this State may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under this Act. (b) ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 111

Taking Testimony In Another State . (a) In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child-custody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 112

Cooperation Between Courts; Preservation Of Records . (a) A court of this State may request the appropriate court of another state to: (1) hold an evidentiary ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 201

Initial Child-Custody Jurisdiction . (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 204, a court of this State has jurisdiction to make an initial child-custody determination only if: ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 202

Exclusive, Continuing Jurisdiction . (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 204, a court of this State which has made a child-custody determination consistent with Section 201 ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 203

Jurisdiction To Modify Determination . Except as otherwise provided in Section 204, a court of this State may not modify a child-custody determination made by a court ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 204

Temporary Emergency Jurisdiction . (a) A court of this State has temporary emergency jurisdiction if the child is present in this State and the child has been ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 205

Notice; Opportunity To Be Heard; Joinder . (a) Before a child-custody determination is made under this Act, notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 206

Simultaneous Proceedings . (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 204, a court of this State may not exercise its jurisdiction under this Article if, at the ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 207

Inconvenient Forum . (a) A court of this State which has jurisdiction under this Act to make a child-custody determination may decline to exercise its jurisdiction at ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 208

Jurisdiction Declined By Reason Of Conduct . (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 204 or by other law of this State, if a court of this ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 209

Information To Be Submitted To Court . (a) Subject to any other law providing for the confidentiality of procedures, addresses, and other identifying information, in a child-custody ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 210

Appearance Of Parties And Child . (a) In a child-custody proceeding in this State, the court may order a party to the proceeding who is in this ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 301

Definitions . In this Article: (1) "Petitioner" means a person who seeks enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague Convention on ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 302

Enforcement Under Hague Convention . Under this Article a court of this State may enforce an order for the return of the child made under the Hague ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 303

Duty To Enforce . (a) A court of this State shall recognize and enforce a child-custody determination of a court of another state if the latter court ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 304

Temporary Visitation . (a) A court of this State which does not have jurisdiction to modify a child-custody determination, may issue a temporary order enforcing: (1) ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 305

Registration Of Child-Custody Determination . (a) A child-custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered in this State, with or without a simultaneous ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 306

Enforcement Of Registered Determination . (a) A court of this State may grant any relief normally available under the law of this State to enforce a registered ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 307

Simultaneous Proceedings . If a proceeding for enforcement under this Article is commenced in a court of this State and the court determines that a proceeding to ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 308

Expedited Enforcement Of Child-Custody Determination . (a) A petition under this Article must be verified. Certified copies of all orders sought to be enforced and of ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 309

Service Of Petition And Order . Except as otherwise provided in Section 311, the petition and order must be served, by any method authorized by the law ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 310

Hearing And Order . (a) Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order pursuant to Section 204, upon a finding that a petitioner is entitled to immediate ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 311

Warrant To Take Physical Custody Of Child . (a) Upon the filing of a petition seeking enforcement of a child-custody determination, the petitioner may file a verified ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 312

Costs, Fees, And Expenses . (a) The court shall award the prevailing party, including a state, necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of the ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 313

Recognition And Enforcement . A court of this State shall accord full faith and credit to an order issued by another state and consistent with this Act ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 314

Appeals . An appeal may be taken from a final order in a proceeding under this Article in accordance with expedited appellate procedures which are or may ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 315

Role Of State's Attorney . (a) In a case arising under this Act or involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 316

Role Of Law Enforcement . At the request of a State's Attorney or other appropriate public official acting under Section 315, a law enforcement officer may take ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 317

Costs And Expenses . If the respondent is not the prevailing party, the court may assess against the respondent all direct expenses and costs incurred by the ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 401

Application And Construction . In applying and construing this Uniform Act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 402

Severability Clause . If any provision of this Act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions ...

Illinois Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - 750 ILCS 36, Section 402.1