104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0026 Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 750 ILCS 46/104 Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015. Provides that the court shall apply Illinois law, including the rules on choice of law, to adjudicate the parent-child relationship, and that such applicable law may (rather than does not) depend on the place of birth of the child or the past or present residence of the child. Effective immediately. LRB104 02911 LNS 12924 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0026 Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 750 ILCS 46/104 750 ILCS 46/104 Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015. Provides that the court shall apply Illinois law, including the rules on choice of law, to adjudicate the parent-child relationship, and that such applicable law may (rather than does not) depend on the place of birth of the child or the past or present residence of the child. Effective immediately. LRB104 02911 LNS 12924 b LRB104 02911 LNS 12924 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0026 Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
750 ILCS 46/104 750 ILCS 46/104
750 ILCS 46/104
Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015. Provides that the court shall apply Illinois law, including the rules on choice of law, to adjudicate the parent-child relationship, and that such applicable law may (rather than does not) depend on the place of birth of the child or the past or present residence of the child. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning civil law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 is amended
5 by changing Section 104 as follows:
6 (750 ILCS 46/104)
7 Sec. 104. Scope of Act; choice of law; other legal rights
8 and duties preserved.
9 (a) This Act applies to determination of parentage in this
10 State.
11 (b) The court shall apply the law of this State, including
12 the rules on choice of law, to adjudicate the parent-child
13 relationship. The applicable law may does not depend on:
14 (1) the place of birth of the child; or
15 (2) the past or present residence of the child.
16 (c) This Act does not create, enlarge, abrogate, or
17 diminish parental rights or duties under other laws of this
18 State, including the common law.
19 (Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16.)
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0026 Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
750 ILCS 46/104 750 ILCS 46/104
750 ILCS 46/104
Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015. Provides that the court shall apply Illinois law, including the rules on choice of law, to adjudicate the parent-child relationship, and that such applicable law may (rather than does not) depend on the place of birth of the child or the past or present residence of the child. Effective immediately.
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LRB104 02911 LNS 12924 b
A BILL FOR
750 ILCS 46/104
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