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Ing to this act, all parents not granted custody or who are not designated the residential parent for a child are ?entitled to reasonable parenting time with the child unless the court finds, after a Hearing, the parenting time would endanger seriously the child's mental, moral or physical health.? In other words ...

The petition may be submitted independently or as part of a divorce, separation, order of protection or parentage case. You must file all forms electronically, unless you have been granted an exemption. Unless you qualify for a fee waiver, you will have to pay filing fees, usually around $300.

As mentioned above, Illinois law has only a narrow exception to parents' visitation rights?when it would be seriously dangerous or harmful for a child to spend time with a parent. But even when that's the case, judges will often set restrictions or conditions on visitation rather than denying it entirely.

A mother cannot deny a father access to their child if there is a custody order in place. If there is no order in place, then the mother isn't really breaking the law by withholding the child.

(c) A person committing unlawful visitation or parenting time interference is guilty of a petty offense. Any person violating this Section after 2 prior convictions of unlawful visitation interference or unlawful visitation or parenting time interference, however, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

In most cases, a non-custodial parent is entitled to at least the minimum visitation schedule, with visitation one weeknight per week, overnights every other weekend, and an extended summer visit.