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750 ILCS 60/208 (2026)

Jurisdiction over persons

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(750 ILCS 60/208) (from Ch. 40, par. 2312-8)
    Sec. 208. Jurisdiction over persons. In child custody proceedings, the court's personal jurisdiction is determined by this State's Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. Otherwise, the courts of this State have jurisdiction to bind (i) State residents and (ii) non-residents having minimum contacts with this State, to the extent permitted by the long-arm statute, Section 2-209 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as now or hereafter amended.
(Source: P.A. 93-108, eff. 1-1-04.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2006–2023 · leading case: A.A. v. Nita A., 2023 IL App (1st) 230011 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023).
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A.A. v. Nita A., 2023 IL App (1st) 230011 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). · cites it 2× “3d 531, 534 (1993); 750 ILCS 60/208 (West 2020). Under section 208, a court has “jurisdiction to bind (i) State residents and (ii) non-residents having minimum contacts with this State, to the extent permitted by the long-arm statute, Section 2-209 of the Code of Civil Procedure.”
Scheider v. Ackerman, 860 N.E.2d 1140 (Ill. App. Ct. 2006). “In fact, section 218(a)(1) states that, to be entitled to any interim order, the petitioner must “establish” that “[t]he court has jurisdiction under Section 208 [(750 ILCS 60/208 (West 2004))].” 750 ILCS 60/218(a)(l) (West 2004).”
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