From 146 to 110: Public Act 104-0733 and Illinois’ New Shared-Care Child-Support Regime
By Steve Rakowski
Family Law,
September 2026
On July 31, 2026, Illinois enacted Public Act 104-0733, effective January 1, 2027, amending sections 505 and 510 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, and making five changes of immediate importance to family-law practitioners: it lowers the shared-care threshold, introduces “overnight equivalents,” expands the minimum-support category, creates a detailed incarceration procedure, and requires annual exchanges of income information.
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