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750 ILCS 5/603.10 (2026)

Restriction of parental responsibilities

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(750 ILCS 5/603.10)
    Sec. 603.10. Restriction of parental responsibilities.
    (a) After a hearing, if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that a parent engaged in any conduct that seriously endangered the child's mental, moral, or physical health or that significantly impaired the child's emotional development, the court shall enter orders as necessary to protect the child. Such orders may include, but are not limited to, orders for one or more of the following:
        (1) a reduction, elimination, or other adjustment of
    
the parent's decision-making responsibilities or parenting time, or both decision-making responsibilities and parenting time;
        (2) supervision, including ordering the Department of
    
Children and Family Services to exercise continuing supervision under Section 5 of the Children and Family Services Act;
        (3) requiring the exchange of the child between the
    
parents through an intermediary or in a protected setting;
        (4) restraining a parent's communication with or
    
proximity to the other parent or the child;
        (5) requiring a parent to abstain from possessing or
    
consuming alcohol or non-prescribed drugs while exercising parenting time with the child and within a specified period immediately preceding the exercise of parenting time;
        (6) restricting the presence of specific persons
    
while a parent is exercising parenting time with the child;
        (7) requiring a parent to post a bond to secure the
    
return of the child following the parent's exercise of parenting time or to secure other performance required by the court;
        (8) requiring a parent to complete a treatment
    
program for perpetrators of abuse, for drug or alcohol abuse, or for other behavior that is the basis for restricting parental responsibilities under this Section; and
        (9) any other constraints or conditions that the
    
court deems necessary to provide for the child's safety or welfare.
    (b) The court may modify an order restricting parental responsibilities if, after a hearing, the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that a modification is in the child's best interests based on (i) a change of circumstances that occurred after the entry of an order restricting parental responsibilities; or (ii) conduct of which the court was previously unaware that seriously endangers the child. In determining whether to modify an order under this subsection, the court must consider factors that include, but need not be limited to, the following:
        (1) abuse, neglect, or abandonment of the child;
        (2) abusing or allowing abuse of another person that
    
had an impact upon the child;
        (3) use of drugs, alcohol, or any other substance in
    
a way that interferes with the parent's ability to perform caretaking functions with respect to the child; and
        (4) persistent continuing interference with the other
    
parent's access to the child, except for actions taken with a reasonable, good-faith belief that they are necessary to protect the child's safety pending adjudication of the facts underlying that belief, provided that the interfering parent initiates a proceeding to determine those facts as soon as practicable.
    (c) An order granting parenting time to a parent or visitation to another person may be revoked by the court if that parent or other person is found to have knowingly used his or her parenting time or visitation to facilitate contact between the child and a parent who has been barred from contact with the child or to have knowingly used his or her parenting time or visitation to facilitate contact with the child that violates any restrictions imposed on a parent's parenting time by a court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this subsection limits a court's authority to enforce its orders in any other manner authorized by law.
    (d) If parenting time of a parent is restricted, an order granting visitation to a non-parent with a child or an order granting parenting time to the other parent shall contain the following language:
        "If a person granted parenting time or visitation
    
under this order uses that time to facilitate contact between the child and a parent whose parenting time is restricted, or if such a person violates any restrictions placed on parenting time or visitation by the court, the parenting time or visitation granted under this order shall be revoked until further order of court."
    (e) A parent who, after a hearing, is determined by the court to have been convicted of any offense involving an illegal sex act perpetrated upon a victim less than 18 years of age, including but not limited to an offense under Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 2012, is not entitled to parenting time while incarcerated or while on parole, probation, conditional discharge, periodic imprisonment, or mandatory supervised release for a felony offense, until the parent complies with such terms and conditions as the court determines are in the child's best interests, taking into account the exact nature of the offense and what, if any, treatment in which the parent successfully participated.
    (f) A parent may not, while the child is present, visit any person granted visitation or parenting time who has been convicted of first degree murder, unless the court finds, after considering all relevant factors, including those set forth in subsection (b) of Section 602.7, that it would be in the child's best interests to allow the child to be present during such a visit.
(Source: P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 63 cases (45 in the last 5 years), 2017–2026 · leading case: In re Marriage of Mayes, 2018 IL App (4th) 180149 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018).
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In re Marriage of Mayes, 2018 IL App (4th) 180149 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 7× “10(a) of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Act) ( 750 ILCS 5/603.10(a) (West 2016) ), seeking to restrict James's parenting time.”
In re Marriage of Hipes, 2023 IL App (1st) 230953-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). · cites it 7× “750 ILCS 5/603.10 (West 2020). A restriction on parenting time is a limitation or condition placed on parenting time once parenting time has been allocated.”
In re Marriage of Mayes, 2018 IL App (4th) 180149 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 5× “10(a) of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Act) (750 ILCS 5/603.10(a) (West 2016)), seeking to restrict James’s parenting time.”
In re Custody of G.L., 2017 IL App (1st) 163171 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 2× “” 750 ILCS 5/603.10 (a) (West Supp. 2015). The section then lists several restrictions the court may impose on parental decision making and parenting time, including “any other constraints or conditions that the court deems necessary to provide for the child’s safety or welfare.”
E.A. v. Mary Gardner, 929 F.3d 922 (7th Cir. 2019). · cites it 2× “Second, he contends that the statute violates the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause because it treats parents differently based on whether they are divorced: the standard of proof for awarding or modifying divorced parents' custody is preponderance of the evidence,…”
In re Custody of G.L., 2017 IL App (1st) 163171 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 2× “” 750 ILCS 5/603.10(a) (West Supp. 2015). The section then lists several restrictions the court may impose on parental decision making and parenting time, including “any other constraints or conditions that the court deems necessary to provide for the child’s safety or welfare.”
In re Marriage of Trapkus, 2022 IL App (3d) 190631 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “See 750 ILCS 5/603.10 (West 2016). In relevant part, 22 section 603.”
In re Marriage of Hipes, 2023 IL App (1st) 230953 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). · cites it 5× “; 750 ILCS 5/603.10(a) (West 2020). The party seeking to restrict parenting time has the burden of proving serious endangerment.”
In re Marriage of Palarz, 2022 IL App (1st) 210618 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “The Marriage Act provides that a trial court may order parenting time to be supervised, if “[a]fter a hearing,” the trial court finds “by a preponderance of the evidence that a parent engaged in any conduct that seriously endangered the child’s mental, moral, or physical health…”
In re Marriage of Potenza, 2020 IL App (1st) 192454 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “See 750 ILCS 5/603.10(b) (West 2018). ¶ 57 The best interest of the children is paramount, and though divorcing parents often do not realize it, the children’s best interest is served when there is a close and healthy relationship with both parents.”
In re Marriage of Gorr, 2024 IL App (3d) 230412-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). · cites it 4× “750 ILCS 5/603.10(a)(1), (9) (West 2022); see In re Marriage of Trapkus, 2022 IL App (3d) 190631, ¶ 46 .”
In re Parentage of Nathan W., 2023 IL App (5th) 230076-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). · cites it 5× “750 ILCS 5/603.10 (West 2022). The party seeking the 14 restriction has the burden to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that conduct has seriously endangered the child.”
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— 750 ILCS 5/603.10(a) — 27 cases
In re Marriage of Mayes, 2018 IL App (4th) 180149 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “10(a) of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Act) ( 750 ILCS 5/603.10(a) (West 2016) ), seeking to restrict James's parenting time.”
In re Marriage of Mayes, 2018 IL App (4th) 180149 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “10(a) of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Act) (750 ILCS 5/603.10(a) (West 2016)), seeking to restrict James’s parenting time.”
In re Marriage of Hipes, 2023 IL App (1st) 230953-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “750 ILCS 5/603.10 (West 2020). A restriction on parenting time is a limitation or condition placed on parenting time once parenting time has been allocated.”
In re Custody of G.L., 2017 IL App (1st) 163171 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “” 750 ILCS 5/603.10(a) (West Supp. 2015). The section then lists several restrictions the court may impose on parental decision making and parenting time, including “any other constraints or conditions that the court deems necessary to provide for the child’s safety or welfare.”
In re Marriage of Hipes, 2023 IL App (1st) 230953 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “; 750 ILCS 5/603.10(a) (West 2020). The party seeking to restrict parenting time has the burden of proving serious endangerment.”
— 750 ILCS 5/603.10(a)(1) — 11 cases
In re Marriage of Mayes, 2018 IL App (4th) 180149 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “10(a) of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Act) ( 750 ILCS 5/603.10(a) (West 2016) ), seeking to restrict James's parenting time.”
In re Marriage of Mayes, 2018 IL App (4th) 180149 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “10(a) of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Act) (750 ILCS 5/603.10(a) (West 2016)), seeking to restrict James’s parenting time.”
In re Marriage of Hipes, 2023 IL App (1st) 230953-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “750 ILCS 5/603.10 (West 2020). A restriction on parenting time is a limitation or condition placed on parenting time once parenting time has been allocated.”
In re Marriage of Hipes, 2023 IL App (1st) 230953 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “; 750 ILCS 5/603.10(a) (West 2020). The party seeking to restrict parenting time has the burden of proving serious endangerment.”
In re Marriage of Gorr, 2024 IL App (3d) 230412-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “750 ILCS 5/603.10(a)(1), (9) (West 2022); see In re Marriage of Trapkus, 2022 IL App (3d) 190631, ¶ 46 .”
— 750 ILCS 5/603.10(a)(1)(a)(9) — 2 cases
In re Marriage of Goldin, 2023 IL App (1st) 221428-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023).
In re Marriage of Goldin, 2024 IL App (1st) 221428-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024).
— 750 ILCS 5/603.10(a)(5) — 2 cases
In re Marriage of Hipes, 2023 IL App (1st) 230953-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “750 ILCS 5/603.10 (West 2020). A restriction on parenting time is a limitation or condition placed on parenting time once parenting time has been allocated.”
In re Marriage of Hipes, 2023 IL App (1st) 230953 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “; 750 ILCS 5/603.10(a) (West 2020). The party seeking to restrict parenting time has the burden of proving serious endangerment.”
— 750 ILCS 5/603.10(a)(8) — 3 cases
In re Parentage of Nathan W., 2023 IL App (5th) 230076-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “750 ILCS 5/603.10 (West 2022). The party seeking the 14 restriction has the burden to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that conduct has seriously endangered the child.”
In re Marriage of Garnhart, 2021 IL App (2d) 191043-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021).
In re Marriage of S.F., 2024 IL App (2d) 240440-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024).
— 750 ILCS 5/603.10(a)(9) — 5 cases
In re Custody of G.L., 2017 IL App (1st) 163171 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “” 750 ILCS 5/603.10 (a) (West Supp. 2015). The section then lists several restrictions the court may impose on parental decision making and parenting time, including “any other constraints or conditions that the court deems necessary to provide for the child’s safety or welfare.”
In re Custody of G.L., 2017 IL App (1st) 163171 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “” 750 ILCS 5/603.10(a) (West Supp. 2015). The section then lists several restrictions the court may impose on parental decision making and parenting time, including “any other constraints or conditions that the court deems necessary to provide for the child’s safety or welfare.”
In re Custody of G.L., 2017 IL App (1st) 163171 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017).
In re Marriage of Adler, 2020 IL App (3d) 190202-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020).
In re Marriage of Neal, 2025 IL App (3d) 250101-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025).
— 750 ILCS 5/603.10(b) — 10 cases
E.A. v. Mary Gardner, 929 F.3d 922 (7th Cir. 2019). “Second, he contends that the statute violates the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause because it treats parents differently based on whether they are divorced: the standard of proof for awarding or modifying divorced parents' custody is preponderance of the evidence,…”
In re Marriage of Potenza, 2020 IL App (1st) 192454 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “See 750 ILCS 5/603.10(b) (West 2018). ¶ 57 The best interest of the children is paramount, and though divorcing parents often do not realize it, the children’s best interest is served when there is a close and healthy relationship with both parents.”
In re Marriage of Gorr, 2024 IL App (3d) 230412-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “750 ILCS 5/603.10(a)(1), (9) (West 2022); see In re Marriage of Trapkus, 2022 IL App (3d) 190631, ¶ 46 .”
In re Marriage of Gorr, 2024 IL App (3d) 230412 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024).
In re Parentage of K.K., 2023 IL App (2d) 230235-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023).
— 750 ILCS 5/603.10(b)(i) — 1 case
In re Marriage of Gorr, 2024 IL App (3d) 230412 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024).
— 750 ILCS 5/603.10(d) — 1 case
Rhodes v. Tesar, 2025 IL App (5th) 250259-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025).
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