(a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this State may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if:
         (1) the individual is personally served with notice
    
within this State;
        (2) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of
    
this State by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;
        (3) the individual resided with the child in this
    
State;
        (4) the individual resided in this State and provided
    
prenatal expenses or support for the child;
        (5) the child resides in this State as a result of
    
the acts or directives of the individual;
        (6) the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in
    
this State and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;
        (7) the individual asserted parentage of a child in
    
the putative father registry maintained in this State by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services; or
        (8) there is any other basis consistent with the
    
constitutions of this State and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
    (b) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (a) or in any other law of this State may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this State to modify a child-support order of another state unless the requirements of Section 611 are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of Section 615 are met.
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 750 ILCS 22/201

  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
  • United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
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