Illinois Senate Bill 2197 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that it is presumed that each parent is fit and that a fit parent acts in the best interest of his or her child, unless either presumption is rebutted. It is presumed that, absent a written parental agreement on residential time-sharing arrangements for a child, it is in the best interest of the child to reside with each parent for an equal period of time. Provides that in a proceeding for a temporary child custody order or a parenting time order, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that it is in the best interest of the child to order joint custody and to allocate parenting time to each parent for an equal period of time, absent a written parental agreement to the contrary. Effective immediately.

DISSOLUTION-CUSTODY-PRESUMPTN

Sen. Mattie Hunter [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	Senate	Session Sine Die
2011-04-08	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2011-03-18	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 8, 2011
2011-03-02	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2011-02-10	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2011-02-10	Senate	First Reading
2011-02-10	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
750	5	602	Amended Code	Citation Text
750	5	603	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2197&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/09700SB2197.htm