Illinois Compiled Statutes
750 ILCS 60/209 (2026)
Venue
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(750 ILCS 60/209)
(from Ch. 40, par. 2312-9)
Sec. 209.
Venue.
(a) Filing. A petition for an order of protection may be
filed in any county where (i) petitioner resides, (ii) respondent resides,
(iii) the alleged abuse occurred or (iv) the petitioner is temporarily
located if petitioner left petitioner's residence to avoid further abuse and
could not obtain safe, accessible, and adequate temporary housing in
the county of that residence.
(b) Exclusive Possession. With respect to requests for exclusive
possession of the residence under this Act, venue is proper only in the
county where the residence is located, except in the following circumstances:
(1) If a request for exclusive possession of the | residence is made under this Act in conjunction with a proceeding under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, venue is proper in the county or judicial circuit where the residence is located or in a contiguous county or judicial circuit. |
(2) If a request for exclusive possession of the | residence is made under this Act in any other proceeding, provided the petitioner meets the requirements of item (iv) of subsection (a), venue is proper in the county or judicial circuit where the residence is located or in a contiguous county or judicial circuit. In such case, however, if the court is not located in the county where the residence is located, it may grant exclusive possession of the residence under subdivision (b)(2) of Section 214 only in an emergency order under Section 217, and such grant may be extended thereafter beyond the maximum initial period only by a court located in the county where the residence is located. |
(c) Inconvenient forum. If an order of protection is issued by a court
in a county in which neither of the parties resides, the court
may balance hardships to the parties and accordingly transfer any
proceeding to extend, modify, re-open, vacate or enforce any such order to
a county wherein a party resides.
(d) Objection. Objection to venue is waived if not made within such time as
respondent's response is due, except as otherwise provided in subsection
(b). In no event shall venue be deemed jurisdictional.
(Source: P.A. 86-966; 87-1186.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case (1 in the last 5 years), 2025–2025 · leading case: McLaughlin v. McLaughlin, 2025 IL App (1st) 241310-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025).
McLaughlin v. McLaughlin, 2025 IL App (1st) 241310-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “750 ILCS 60/209(a) (West 2020). Although petitioner’s residence was in question, respondent was a resident of Lake County.”
— 750 ILCS 60/209(a) — 1 case
McLaughlin v. McLaughlin, 2025 IL App (1st) 241310-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “750 ILCS 60/209(a) (West 2020). Although petitioner’s residence was in question, respondent was a resident of Lake County.”
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