Rule 100.13 Definitions

For purposes of these rules, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Act” shall mean the Expedited Child Support Act of 1990.

(b) “Administrative hearing officer” shall mean the person employed by the chief judge of the circuit court of each circuit, county, multicounty area or multicircuit area establishing an expedited child support system for the purpose of hearing child support and parentage matters and recommending orders.

(c) “Expedited child support hearing” shall mean a hearing before an administrative hearing officer pursuant to the Act and these rules.

(d) “Plan” shall mean the plan submitted by the chief judge of a judicial circuit to the Supreme Court for the creation of an expedited child support system in such circuit pursuant to the Act and these rules.

(e) “System” shall mean the procedures and personnel created by the Act and these rules for the expedited establishment, modification, and enforcement of child support orders, and for the expedited establishment of parentage.

(f) “IV-D program” shall mean the Child Support Enforcement Program established pursuant to Title IV, Part D, of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. §651 et seq.) as administered by the Illinois Department of Public Aid.