Bill > SB2031

This bill amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act to specifically address how courts should consider sex offender convictions when determining parenting time. The bill focuses on situations where a parent or nonparent is a convicted sex offender, particularly when the conviction involved a minor who lived in the offender's home. Under the new provision, even if a sex offender completes a treatment program, a court cannot use that program completion as evidence supporting the child's physical, mental, moral, or emotional health when making parenting time decisions. This means that for sex offenders who committed crimes against minors in their own household, completing a treatment program will not automatically improve their chances of gaining parenting time. The bill maintains the existing framework that parenting time should be allocated based on the child's best interests, with careful consideration of factors that could potentially endanger the child's well-being. The change aims to provide additional protection for children who may have been exposed to sexual offenses within their own home.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2031&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104