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Short title. This Act may be cited as the Neutral Site Custody Exchange Funding Act. (Source: P.A. 91-811, eff. 6-13-00.)
Illinois · statute · 55 ILCS 82 · 7 active provisions
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Neutral Site Custody Exchange Funding Act. (Source: P.A. 91-811, eff. 6-13-00.)
Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds that the domestic relations area of law, and particularly child custody matters, frequently involves seemingly minor disputes between individuals that escalate into major social and legal problems without the intervention of neutral parties; these problems often result i…
Definition. In this Act: "Custody exchange" means an exchange of the physical custody of a child at the commencement or conclusion of visitation with the child or at other times pursuant to an order for child custody or visitation. "Neutral site" means a place not under the ownership or control of any party to an order…
Fund; fee; administration. (a) In any county, a neutral site custody exchange fund may be established by the passage of an ordinance by the county board. (b) In each county in which a county board has enacted an ordinance authorizing a neutral site custody exchange fund to be established, the county board shall set a f…
Grant disbursements. (a) The county board in a county that has established a neutral site custody exchange fund shall annually make grant disbursements from the fund to one or more qualified not-for-profit organizations for the purpose of implementing a neutral site custody exchange program, provided that the expenditu…
Rules. (a) The county board in a county in which a neutral site custody exchange fund has been established shall make rules pertaining to the operation and standards to be adhered to by a not-for-profit organization in that county in order to qualify for a grant under Section 20. The rules shall provide for the followi…
Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 91-811, eff. 6-13-00.)