(a) The circuit court is a tribunal of this State. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services is an initiating tribunal. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services is also a responding tribunal of this State to the extent that it can administratively establish paternity and establish, modify, and enforce an administrative child-support order under authority of Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code. (b) The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services is the support enforcement agency of this State.
750 ILCS 22/103
State tribunal and support enforcement agency
Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
The act spans §§ 750-22-100 to 750-22-105 (6 sections).
P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.
Official source: Illinois General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Illinois statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.