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750 ILCS 36/112 (2026)

Cooperation Between Courts; Preservation Of Records

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(750 ILCS 36/112)
    Sec. 112. Cooperation Between Courts; Preservation Of Records.
    (a) A court of this State may request the appropriate court of another state to:
        (1) hold an evidentiary hearing;
        (2) order a person to produce or give evidence
    
pursuant to procedures of that state;
        (3) order that an evaluation be made with respect to
    
the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;
        (4) forward to the court of this State a certified
    
copy of the transcript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with the request; and
        (5) order a party to a child-custody proceeding or
    
any person having physical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or without the child.
    (b) Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this State may hold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection (a).
    (c) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsections (a) and (b) may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this State.
    (d) A court of this State shall preserve the pleadings, orders, decrees, records of hearings, evaluations, and other pertinent records with respect to a child-custody proceeding until the child attains 18 years of age. Upon appropriate request by a court or law enforcement official of another state, the court shall forward a certified copy of those records.
(Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04.)


 
    (750 ILCS 36/Art. 2 heading)
ARTICLE 2
JURISDICTION

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2008–2008 · leading case: In Re Sophia GL, 890 N.E.2d 470 (Ill. 2008).
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In Re Sophia GL, 890 N.E.2d 470 (Ill. 2008). “See 750 ILCS 36/110, 204, 206, 307 (West 2004); see also 750 ILCS 36/112 (West 2004) (setting forth provisions for "Cooperation Between Courts").”
Cochran v. Lindeman, 890 N.E.2d 470 (Ill. 2008). “See 750 ILCS 36/110, 204, 206, 307 (West 2004); see also 750 ILCS 36/112 (West 2004) (setting forth provisions for “Cooperation Between Courts”).”
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