Illinois state legislator seeks to modernize child support laws

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'Senator Michael Hastings (D-Tinley Park) sponsored legislation to modernize the state's child support laws, by requiring both parents' income to be considered in determining child support.

"Illinois has a lot of archaic laws. The child support laws on the books do not consider the modern family when determining the necessary child support for many families," Hastings said.

House Bill 3982 would update a portion of Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act for the first time since 1984.

The new model is called the "income shares" model. It would consider the income of both parents and what it would be if they were living together. It also would modernize the costs of raising a child in Illinois.'