ILCS » Chapter 750 · Act 22
Illinois Compiled Statutes

750 ILCS 22/615 (2026)

Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section IL-ILGAilga.gov JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
(750 ILCS 22/615)
    Sec. 615. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country.
    (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 711, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child-support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this State may assume jurisdiction to modify the child-support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether the consent to modification of a child-support order otherwise required of the individual pursuant to Section 611 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this State or of the foreign country.
    (b) An order issued by a tribunal of this State modifying a foreign child-support order pursuant to this Section is the controlling order.
(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2010–2023 · leading case: In Re Marriage of Vailas, 939 N.E.2d 565 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
In Re Marriage of Vailas, 939 N.E.2d 565 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “See 750 ILCS 22/615 (West 2008). 2 Although Illinois has not yet adopted the 2008 amendments to UIFSA, we note that our reasoning and holding are also fully consistent with the intent of the drafters as expressed in those amendments.”
In re Parentage of A.H., A.H., & A.H., 2023 IL App (1st) 190572 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). · cites it 2× “) ¶ 11 Respondent moved to dismiss the petition, arguing that the circuit court lacked statutory authority to modify the Thai judgment under section 615 of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (Support Act) (750 ILCS 22/615 (West 2016)). ¶ 12 In October 2017, the circuit…”
In re Parentage of A.H., 2023 IL App (1st) 190572 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). · cites it 2× “) ¶ 11 Respondent moved to dismiss the petition, arguing that the circuit court lacked statutory authority to modify the Thai judgment under section 615 of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (Support Act) (750 ILCS 22/615 (West 2016)). ¶ 12 In October 2017, the circuit…”
In re Marriage of Vailas (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “See 750 ILCS 22/615 (West 2008). 5 No. 1-10-0730 committee comments to section 201 note, “[T]he addition of new Subsection (b) [is] designed to preclude a tribunal of the forum from ignoring the restrictions on modification of child-support orders established by UIFSA.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.