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Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Expedited Child Support Act of 1990. (Source: P.A. 86-1401.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 750 ILCS 25 — Expedited Child Support Act of 1990.
Illinois · statute · 750 ILCS 25 · 11 active provisions
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Purpose
Purpose. It is the express public policy of this State to ensure the expeditious establishment, enforcement and modification of child support orders and to ensure the expeditious establishment of parentage. (Source: P.A. 86-1401.)
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Definitions
Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, the following terms shall have the following meaning: (a) "Administrative Hearing Officer" shall mean the person employed by the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of each county establishing an Expedited Child Support System for the purpose of hearing child support and parentag…
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Establishment of the Expedited Child Support System
Establishment of the Expedited Child Support System. (a) Creation of Expedited Child Support System. (1) Beginning July 1, 1991, an Expedited Child Support System may be established in accordance with this Act in one or more counties for actions to establish parentage and to establish, modify, and enforce child support…
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Actions subject to Expedited Child Support Hearings
Actions subject to Expedited Child Support Hearings. (a) The Chief Judge of each Judicial Circuit that establishes a System shall delegate to the Administrative Hearing Officer the authority to hear the following actions: (1) Petitions for child support and for medical support, pursuant to Section 505.2 of the Illinois…
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Authority of hearing officers
Authority of hearing officers. (a) With the exception of judicial functions exclusively retained by the court in Section 8 of this Act and in accordance with Supreme Court rules promulgated pursuant to this Act, Administrative Hearing Officers shall be authorized to: (1) Accept voluntary agreements reached by the parti…
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Expedited Child Support Hearings
Expedited Child Support Hearings. (a) Service. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and in Section 11 of this Act, the service of notice to commence an action under this Act may be made by regular mail. The notice shall be sent to the last known address of the Obligor. Parentage actions, actions for the esta…
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Authority retained by the court
Authority retained by the court. The following shall be deemed judicial functions and shall only be performed by a judge or associate judge: (a) review the recommendations of the Administrative Hearing Officer and enter such order as it deems appropriate; (b) conduct judicial hearings on all pre-hearing motions and oth…
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Judicial hearings
Judicial hearings. (a) Upon receipt of any recommended order to which both parties agree, the court shall review the Administrative Hearing Officer's recommendations. The court may enter an order consistent with these recommendations, may refer the matter to the Administrative Hearing Officer for further proceedings, o…
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Failure to appear
Failure to appear. (a) In any case in which the responding party fails to appear at the hearing, the Administrative Hearing Officer shall proceed to hear the case based upon the testimony of the petitioning party and other evidence presented, and shall recommend that the court enter an appropriate order. If the petitio…
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This Act takes effect upon becoming law
This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 86-1401.)