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740 ILCS 21/15 (2026)

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(740 ILCS 21/15)
    Sec. 15. Persons protected by this Act. A petition for a stalking no contact order may be filed when relief is not available to the petitioner under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986:
        (1) by any person who is a victim of stalking;
        (2) by a person on behalf of a minor child or an
    
adult who is a victim of stalking but, because of age, disability, health, or inaccessibility, cannot file the petition;
        (3) by an authorized agent of a workplace;
        (4) by an authorized agent of a place of worship;
        (5) by an authorized agent of a school;
        (6) by a service member of the Illinois National
    
Guard or any reserve military component serving within the State who is a victim of stalking who has also received a Military Protective Order; or
        (7) by the Staff Judge Advocate of the Illinois
    
National Guard or any reserve military component serving within the State on behalf of a named victim who is a victim of stalking who has also received a Military Protective Order only after receiving consent from the victim, and the petition shall include a statement that the victim has consented to the Staff Judge Advocate filing the petition.
(Source: P.A. 103-407, eff. 7-28-23.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2021–2026 · leading case: Coutant v. Durell, 2021 IL App (3d) 210255 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021).
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Coutant v. Durell, 2021 IL App (3d) 210255 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 2× “740 ILCS 21/15 (West 2020). Here, Jean’s course of conduct was not directed at the minors and, thus, they were not the victims of Jean’s stalking.”
Slabon v. Ladisa, 2024 IL App (1st) 230837-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “740 ILCS 21/15(1) (West 2020). The Illinois rules of civil procedure generally govern a proceeding to obtain a stalking no contact order.”
Skertich v. Luffman, 2026 IL App (5th) 250473-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2026). “740 ILCS 21/10 (West 2024) ( “ ‘Petitioner’ means any named petitioner for the stalking no contact order or any named victim of stalking on whose behalf the petition is brought,” and includes “an authorized 9 agent of a school”); 740 ILCS 21/15 (West 2024) (“petition for a…”
740 ILCS 21/15(1): 1 case
Slabon v. Ladisa, 2024 IL App (1st) 230837-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “740 ILCS 21/15(1) (West 2020). The Illinois rules of civil procedure generally govern a proceeding to obtain a stalking no contact order.”
740 ILCS 21/15(2): 1 case
Coutant v. Durell, 2021 IL App (3d) 210255 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “740 ILCS 21/15 (West 2020). Here, Jean’s course of conduct was not directed at the minors and, thus, they were not the victims of Jean’s stalking.”
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