101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4008

 

Introduced 1/8/2020, by Rep. Katie Stuart

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
705 ILCS 405/1-3  from Ch. 37, par. 801-3
705 ILCS 405/1-5  from Ch. 37, par. 801-5
705 ILCS 405/1-7  from Ch. 37, par. 801-7
705 ILCS 405/1-8  from Ch. 37, par. 801-8
705 ILCS 405/2-10  from Ch. 37, par. 802-10
705 ILCS 405/2-13.1
705 ILCS 405/2-15  from Ch. 37, par. 802-15
705 ILCS 405/2-17  from Ch. 37, par. 802-17
705 ILCS 405/2-17.1
705 ILCS 405/2-24  from Ch. 37, par. 802-24
705 ILCS 405/2-27.1
705 ILCS 405/2-28.1
705 ILCS 405/3-12  from Ch. 37, par. 803-12
705 ILCS 405/3-16  from Ch. 37, par. 803-16
705 ILCS 405/3-17  from Ch. 37, par. 803-17
705 ILCS 405/3-19  from Ch. 37, par. 803-19
705 ILCS 405/4-13  from Ch. 37, par. 804-13
705 ILCS 405/4-14  from Ch. 37, par. 804-14
705 ILCS 405/4-16  from Ch. 37, par. 804-16
705 ILCS 405/5-525
705 ILCS 405/5-610
705 ILCS 405/5-745

    Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that a child representative may be appointed and have the same rights and duties under the Act as a guardian ad litem. Defines "child representative".


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
5changing Sections 1-3, 1-5, 1-7, 1-8, 2-10, 2-13.1, 2-15, 2-17,
62-17.1, 2-24, 2-27.1, 2-28.1, 3-12, 3-16, 3-17, 3-19, 4-13,
74-14, 4-16, 5-525, 5-610, and 5-745 as follows:
 
8    (705 ILCS 405/1-3)  (from Ch. 37, par. 801-3)
9    Sec. 1-3. Definitions. Terms used in this Act, unless the
10context otherwise requires, have the following meanings
11ascribed to them:
12    (1) "Adjudicatory hearing" means a hearing to determine
13whether the allegations of a petition under Section 2-13, 3-15
14or 4-12 that a minor under 18 years of age is abused, neglected
15or dependent, or requires authoritative intervention, or
16addicted, respectively, are supported by a preponderance of the
17evidence or whether the allegations of a petition under Section
185-520 that a minor is delinquent are proved beyond a reasonable
19doubt.
20    (2) "Adult" means a person 21 years of age or older.
21    (3) "Agency" means a public or private child care facility
22legally authorized or licensed by this State for placement or
23institutional care or for both placement and institutional

 

 

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1care.
2    (4) "Association" means any organization, public or
3private, engaged in welfare functions which include services to
4or on behalf of children but does not include "agency" as
5herein defined.
6    (4.05) Whenever a "best interest" determination is
7required, the following factors shall be considered in the
8context of the child's age and developmental needs:
9        (a) the physical safety and welfare of the child,
10    including food, shelter, health, and clothing;
11        (b) the development of the child's identity;
12        (c) the child's background and ties, including
13    familial, cultural, and religious;
14        (d) the child's sense of attachments, including:
15            (i) where the child actually feels love,
16        attachment, and a sense of being valued (as opposed to
17        where adults believe the child should feel such love,
18        attachment, and a sense of being valued);
19            (ii) the child's sense of security;
20            (iii) the child's sense of familiarity;
21            (iv) continuity of affection for the child;
22            (v) the least disruptive placement alternative for
23        the child;
24        (e) the child's wishes and long-term goals;
25        (f) the child's community ties, including church,
26    school, and friends;

 

 

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1        (g) the child's need for permanence which includes the
2    child's need for stability and continuity of relationships
3    with parent figures and with siblings and other relatives;
4        (h) the uniqueness of every family and child;
5        (i) the risks attendant to entering and being in
6    substitute care; and
7        (j) the preferences of the persons available to care
8    for the child.
9    (4.06) "Child representative" has the meaning ascribed to
10it in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 506 of the
11Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
12    (4.1) "Chronic truant" shall have the definition ascribed
13to it in Section 26-2a of the School Code.
14    (5) "Court" means the circuit court in a session or
15division assigned to hear proceedings under this Act.
16    (6) "Dispositional hearing" means a hearing to determine
17whether a minor should be adjudged to be a ward of the court,
18and to determine what order of disposition should be made in
19respect to a minor adjudged to be a ward of the court.
20    (6.5) "Dissemination" or "disseminate" means to publish,
21produce, print, manufacture, distribute, sell, lease, exhibit,
22broadcast, display, transmit, or otherwise share information
23in any format so as to make the information accessible to
24others.
25    (7) "Emancipated minor" means any minor 16 years of age or
26over who has been completely or partially emancipated under the

 

 

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1Emancipation of Minors Act or under this Act.
2    (7.03) "Expunge" means to physically destroy the records
3and to obliterate the minor's name from any official index,
4public record, or electronic database.
5    (7.05) "Foster parent" includes a relative caregiver
6selected by the Department of Children and Family Services to
7provide care for the minor.
8    (8) "Guardianship of the person" of a minor means the duty
9and authority to act in the best interests of the minor,
10subject to residual parental rights and responsibilities, to
11make important decisions in matters having a permanent effect
12on the life and development of the minor and to be concerned
13with his or her general welfare. It includes but is not
14necessarily limited to:
15        (a) the authority to consent to marriage, to enlistment
16    in the armed forces of the United States, or to a major
17    medical, psychiatric, and surgical treatment; to represent
18    the minor in legal actions; and to make other decisions of
19    substantial legal significance concerning the minor;
20        (b) the authority and duty of reasonable visitation,
21    except to the extent that these have been limited in the
22    best interests of the minor by court order;
23        (c) the rights and responsibilities of legal custody
24    except where legal custody has been vested in another
25    person or agency; and
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1    but only if expressly conferred on the guardian in
2    accordance with Section 2-29, 3-30, or 4-27.
3    (8.1) "Juvenile court record" includes, but is not limited
4to:
5        (a) all documents filed in or maintained by the
6    juvenile court pertaining to a specific incident,
7    proceeding, or individual;
8        (b) all documents relating to a specific incident,
9    proceeding, or individual made available to or maintained
10    by probation officers;
11        (c) all documents, video or audio tapes, photographs,
12    and exhibits admitted into evidence at juvenile court
13    hearings; or
14        (d) all documents, transcripts, records, reports, or
15    other evidence prepared by, maintained by, or released by
16    any municipal, county, or State agency or department, in
17    any format, if indicating involvement with the juvenile
18    court relating to a specific incident, proceeding, or
19    individual.
20    (8.2) "Juvenile law enforcement record" includes records
21of arrest, station adjustments, fingerprints, probation
22adjustments, the issuance of a notice to appear, or any other
23records or documents maintained by any law enforcement agency
24relating to a minor suspected of committing an offense, and
25records maintained by a law enforcement agency that identifies
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1include records identifying a juvenile as a victim, witness, or
2missing juvenile and any records created, maintained, or used
3for purposes of referral to programs relating to diversion as
4defined in subsection (6) of Section 5-105.
5    (9) "Legal custody" means the relationship created by an
6order of court in the best interests of the minor which imposes
7on the custodian the responsibility of physical possession of a
8minor and the duty to protect, train and discipline him and to
9provide him with food, shelter, education and ordinary medical
10care, except as these are limited by residual parental rights
11and responsibilities and the rights and responsibilities of the
12guardian of the person, if any.
13    (9.1) "Mentally capable adult relative" means a person 21
14years of age or older who is not suffering from a mental
15illness that prevents him or her from providing the care
16necessary to safeguard the physical safety and welfare of a
17minor who is left in that person's care by the parent or
18parents or other person responsible for the minor's welfare.
19    (10) "Minor" means a person under the age of 21 years
20subject to this Act.
21    (11) "Parent" means a father or mother of a child and
22includes any adoptive parent. It also includes a person (i)
23whose parentage is presumed or has been established under the
24law of this or another jurisdiction or (ii) who has registered
25with the Putative Father Registry in accordance with Section
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1out under the law of this or another jurisdiction. It does not
2include a parent whose rights in respect to the minor have been
3terminated in any manner provided by law. It does not include a
4person who has been or could be determined to be a parent under
5the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or the Illinois Parentage
6Act of 2015, or similar parentage law in any other state, if
7that person has been convicted of or pled nolo contendere to a
8crime that resulted in the conception of the child under
9Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-11, 12-13, 12-14,
1012-14.1, subsection (a) or (b) (but not subsection (c)) of
11Section 11-1.50 or 12-15, or subsection (a), (b), (c), (e), or
12(f) (but not subsection (d)) of Section 11-1.60 or 12-16 of the
13Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or similar
14statute in another jurisdiction unless upon motion of any
15party, other than the offender, to the juvenile court
16proceedings the court finds it is in the child's best interest
17to deem the offender a parent for purposes of the juvenile
18court proceedings.
19    (11.1) "Permanency goal" means a goal set by the court as
20defined in subdivision (2) of Section 2-28.
21    (11.2) "Permanency hearing" means a hearing to set the
22permanency goal and to review and determine (i) the
23appropriateness of the services contained in the plan and
24whether those services have been provided, (ii) whether
25reasonable efforts have been made by all the parties to the
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1and goal have been achieved.
2    (12) "Petition" means the petition provided for in Section
32-13, 3-15, 4-12 or 5-520, including any supplemental petitions
4thereunder in Section 3-15, 4-12 or 5-520.
5    (12.1) "Physically capable adult relative" means a person
621 years of age or older who does not have a severe physical
7disability or medical condition, or is not suffering from
8alcoholism or drug addiction, that prevents him or her from
9providing the care necessary to safeguard the physical safety
10and welfare of a minor who is left in that person's care by the
11parent or parents or other person responsible for the minor's
12welfare.
13    (12.2) "Post Permanency Sibling Contact Agreement" has the
14meaning ascribed to the term in Section 7.4 of the Children and
15Family Services Act.
16    (12.3) "Residential treatment center" means a licensed
17setting that provides 24-hour care to children in a group home
18or institution, including a facility licensed as a child care
19institution under Section 2.06 of the Child Care Act of 1969, a
20licensed group home under Section 2.16 of the Child Care Act of
211969, a secure child care facility as defined in paragraph (18)
22of this Section, or any similar facility in another state.
23"Residential treatment center" does not include a relative
24foster home or a licensed foster family home.
25    (13) "Residual parental rights and responsibilities" means
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1after the transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the
2person, including, but not necessarily limited to, the right to
3reasonable visitation (which may be limited by the court in the
4best interests of the minor as provided in subsection (8)(b) of
5this Section), the right to consent to adoption, the right to
6determine the minor's religious affiliation, and the
7responsibility for his support.
8    (14) "Shelter" means the temporary care of a minor in
9physically unrestricting facilities pending court disposition
10or execution of court order for placement.
11    (14.05) "Shelter placement" means a temporary or emergency
12placement for a minor, including an emergency foster home
13placement.
14    (14.1) "Sibling Contact Support Plan" has the meaning
15ascribed to the term in Section 7.4 of the Children and Family
16Services Act.
17    (14.2) "Significant event report" means a written document
18describing an occurrence or event beyond the customary
19operations, routines, or relationships in the Department of
20Children of Family Services, a child care facility, or other
21entity that is licensed or regulated by the Department of
22Children of Family Services or that provides services for the
23Department of Children of Family Services under a grant,
24contract, or purchase of service agreement; involving children
25or youth, employees, foster parents, or relative caregivers;
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1concern about the well-being of a minor under the jurisdiction
2of the court under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act;
3incidents involving damage to property, allegations of
4criminal activity, misconduct, or other occurrences affecting
5the operations of the Department of Children of Family Services
6or a child care facility; any incident that could have media
7impact; and unusual incidents as defined by Department of
8Children and Family Services rule.
9    (15) "Station adjustment" means the informal handling of an
10alleged offender by a juvenile police officer.
11    (16) "Ward of the court" means a minor who is so adjudged
12under Section 2-22, 3-23, 4-20 or 5-705, after a finding of the
13requisite jurisdictional facts, and thus is subject to the
14dispositional powers of the court under this Act.
15    (17) "Juvenile police officer" means a sworn police officer
16who has completed a Basic Recruit Training Course, has been
17assigned to the position of juvenile police officer by his or
18her chief law enforcement officer and has completed the
19necessary juvenile officers training as prescribed by the
20Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, or in the
21case of a State police officer, juvenile officer training
22approved by the Director of the Department of State Police.
23    (18) "Secure child care facility" means any child care
24facility licensed by the Department of Children and Family
25Services to provide secure living arrangements for children
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1facilities under the Children and Family Services Act and who
2are not subject to placement in facilities for whom standards
3are established by the Department of Corrections under Section
43-15-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections. "Secure child care
5facility" also means a facility that is designed and operated
6to ensure that all entrances and exits from the facility, a
7building, or a distinct part of the building are under the
8exclusive control of the staff of the facility, whether or not
9the child has the freedom of movement within the perimeter of
10the facility, building, or distinct part of the building.
11(Source: P.A. 99-85, eff. 1-1-16; 100-136, eff. 8-8-17;
12100-229, eff. 1-1-18; 100-689, eff. 1-1-19; 100-863, eff.
138-14-18; 100-1162, eff. 12-20-18.)
 
14    (705 ILCS 405/1-5)  (from Ch. 37, par. 801-5)
15    Sec. 1-5. Rights of parties to proceedings.
16    (1) Except as provided in this Section and paragraph (2) of
17Sections 2-22, 3-23, 4-20, 5-610 or 5-705, the minor who is the
18subject of the proceeding and his or her parents, guardian,
19legal custodian or responsible relative who are parties
20respondent have the right to be present, to be heard, to
21present evidence material to the proceedings, to cross-examine
22witnesses, to examine pertinent court files and records and
23also, although proceedings under this Act are not intended to
24be adversary in character, the right to be represented by
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1employ counsel, with the exception of a foster parent permitted
2to intervene under this Section, the court shall appoint the
3Public Defender or such other counsel as the case may require.
4Counsel appointed for the minor and any indigent party shall
5appear at all stages of the trial court proceeding, and such
6appointment shall continue through the permanency hearings and
7termination of parental rights proceedings subject to
8withdrawal, vacating of appointment, or substitution pursuant
9to Supreme Court Rules or the Code of Civil Procedure.
10Following the dispositional hearing, the court may require
11appointed counsel, other than counsel for the minor or counsel
12for the guardian ad litem or child representative, to withdraw
13his or her appearance upon failure of the party for whom
14counsel was appointed under this Section to attend any
15subsequent proceedings.
16    No hearing on any petition or motion filed under this Act
17may be commenced unless the minor who is the subject of the
18proceeding is represented by counsel. Notwithstanding the
19preceding sentence, if a guardian ad litem or child
20representative has been appointed for the minor under Section
212-17 of this Act and the guardian ad litem or child
22representative is a licensed attorney at law of this State, or
23in the event that a court appointed special advocate has been
24appointed as guardian ad litem or child representative and
25counsel has been appointed to represent the court appointed
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1counsel to represent the minor unless the court finds that the
2minor's interests are in conflict with what the guardian ad
3litem or child representative determines to be in the best
4interest of the minor. Each adult respondent shall be furnished
5a written "Notice of Rights" at or before the first hearing at
6which he or she appears.
7    (1.5) The Department shall maintain a system of response to
8inquiry made by parents or putative parents as to whether their
9child is under the custody or guardianship of the Department;
10and if so, the Department shall direct the parents or putative
11parents to the appropriate court of jurisdiction, including
12where inquiry may be made of the clerk of the court regarding
13the case number and the next scheduled court date of the
14minor's case. Effective notice and the means of accessing
15information shall be given to the public on a continuing basis
16by the Department.
17    (2) (a) Though not appointed guardian or legal custodian or
18otherwise made a party to the proceeding, any current or
19previously appointed foster parent or relative caregiver, or
20representative of an agency or association interested in the
21minor has the right to be heard by the court, but does not
22thereby become a party to the proceeding.
23    In addition to the foregoing right to be heard by the
24court, any current foster parent or relative caregiver of a
25minor and the agency designated by the court or the Department
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1is alleged to be or has been adjudicated an abused or neglected
2minor under Section 2-3 or a dependent minor under Section 2-4
3of this Act has the right to and shall be given adequate notice
4at all stages of any hearing or proceeding under this Act.
5    Any foster parent or relative caregiver who is denied his
6or her right to be heard under this Section may bring a
7mandamus action under Article XIV of the Code of Civil
8Procedure against the court or any public agency to enforce
9that right. The mandamus action may be brought immediately upon
10the denial of those rights but in no event later than 30 days
11after the foster parent has been denied the right to be heard.
12    (b) If after an adjudication that a minor is abused or
13neglected as provided under Section 2-21 of this Act and a
14motion has been made to restore the minor to any parent,
15guardian, or legal custodian found by the court to have caused
16the neglect or to have inflicted the abuse on the minor, a
17foster parent may file a motion to intervene in the proceeding
18for the sole purpose of requesting that the minor be placed
19with the foster parent, provided that the foster parent (i) is
20the current foster parent of the minor or (ii) has previously
21been a foster parent for the minor for one year or more, has a
22foster care license or is eligible for a license or is not
23required to have a license, and is not the subject of any
24findings of abuse or neglect of any child. The juvenile court
25may only enter orders placing a minor with a specific foster
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1shall be construed to confer any jurisdiction or authority on
2the juvenile court to issue any other orders requiring the
3appointed guardian or custodian of a minor to place the minor
4in a designated foster home or facility. This Section is not
5intended to encompass any matters that are within the scope or
6determinable under the administrative and appeal process
7established by rules of the Department of Children and Family
8Services under Section 5(o) of the Children and Family Services
9Act. Nothing in this Section shall relieve the court of its
10responsibility, under Section 2-14(a) of this Act to act in a
11just and speedy manner to reunify families where it is the best
12interests of the minor and the child can be cared for at home
13without endangering the child's health or safety and, if
14reunification is not in the best interests of the minor, to
15find another permanent home for the minor. Nothing in this
16Section, or in any order issued by the court with respect to
17the placement of a minor with a foster parent, shall impair the
18ability of the Department of Children and Family Services, or
19anyone else authorized under Section 5 of the Abused and
20Neglected Child Reporting Act, to remove a minor from the home
21of a foster parent if the Department of Children and Family
22Services or the person removing the minor has reason to believe
23that the circumstances or conditions of the minor are such that
24continuing in the residence or care of the foster parent will
25jeopardize the child's health and safety or present an imminent
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1    (c) If a foster parent has had the minor who is the subject
2of the proceeding under Article II in his or her home for more
3than one year on or after July 3, 1994 and if the minor's
4placement is being terminated from that foster parent's home,
5that foster parent shall have standing and intervenor status
6except in those circumstances where the Department of Children
7and Family Services or anyone else authorized under Section 5
8of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act has removed the
9minor from the foster parent because of a reasonable belief
10that the circumstances or conditions of the minor are such that
11continuing in the residence or care of the foster parent will
12jeopardize the child's health or safety or presents an imminent
13risk of harm to the minor's life.
14    (d) The court may grant standing to any foster parent if
15the court finds that it is in the best interest of the child
16for the foster parent to have standing and intervenor status.
17    (3) Parties respondent are entitled to notice in compliance
18with Sections 2-15 and 2-16, 3-17 and 3-18, 4-14 and 4-15 or
195-525 and 5-530, as appropriate. At the first appearance before
20the court by the minor, his parents, guardian, custodian or
21responsible relative, the court shall explain the nature of the
22proceedings and inform the parties of their rights under the
23first 2 paragraphs of this Section.
24    If the child is alleged to be abused, neglected or
25dependent, the court shall admonish the parents that if the
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1custody or guardianship to the Department of Children and
2Family Services, the parents must cooperate with the Department
3of Children and Family Services, comply with the terms of the
4service plans, and correct the conditions that require the
5child to be in care, or risk termination of their parental
6rights.
7    Upon an adjudication of wardship of the court under
8Sections 2-22, 3-23, 4-20 or 5-705, the court shall inform the
9parties of their right to appeal therefrom as well as from any
10other final judgment of the court.
11    When the court finds that a child is an abused, neglected,
12or dependent minor under Section 2-21, the court shall admonish
13the parents that the parents must cooperate with the Department
14of Children and Family Services, comply with the terms of the
15service plans, and correct the conditions that require the
16child to be in care, or risk termination of their parental
17rights.
18    When the court declares a child to be a ward of the court
19and awards guardianship to the Department of Children and
20Family Services under Section 2-22, the court shall admonish
21the parents, guardian, custodian, or responsible relative that
22the parents must cooperate with the Department of Children and
23Family Services, comply with the terms of the service plans,
24and correct the conditions that require the child to be in
25care, or risk termination of their parental rights.
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1subject of the proceedings by reason of his refusal or failure
2to testify in the course of any hearing held prior to final
3adjudication under Section 2-22, 3-23, 4-20 or 5-705.
4    (5) In the discretion of the court, the minor may be
5excluded from any part or parts of a dispositional hearing and,
6with the consent of the parent or parents, guardian, counsel or
7a guardian ad litem or child representative, from any part or
8parts of an adjudicatory hearing.
9    (6) The general public except for the news media and the
10crime victim, as defined in Section 3 of the Rights of Crime
11Victims and Witnesses Act, shall be excluded from any hearing
12and, except for the persons specified in this Section only
13persons, including representatives of agencies and
14associations, who in the opinion of the court have a direct
15interest in the case or in the work of the court shall be
16admitted to the hearing. However, the court may, for the
17minor's safety and protection and for good cause shown,
18prohibit any person or agency present in court from further
19disclosing the minor's identity. Nothing in this subsection (6)
20prevents the court from allowing other juveniles to be present
21or to participate in a court session being held under the
22Juvenile Drug Court Treatment Act.
23    (7) A party shall not be entitled to exercise the right to
24a substitution of a judge without cause under subdivision
25(a)(2) of Section 2-1001 of the Code of Civil Procedure in a
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1a proceeding involving the alleged abuse, neglect, or
2dependency of the minor's sibling or half sibling and that
3judge has made a substantive ruling in the proceeding involving
4the minor's sibling or half sibling.
5(Source: P.A. 101-147, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
6    (705 ILCS 405/1-7)  (from Ch. 37, par. 801-7)
7    Sec. 1-7. Confidentiality of juvenile law enforcement and
8municipal ordinance violation records.
9    (A) All juvenile law enforcement records which have not
10been expunged are confidential and may never be disclosed to
11the general public or otherwise made widely available. Juvenile
12law enforcement records may be obtained only under this Section
13and Section 1-8 and Part 9 of Article V of this Act, when their
14use is needed for good cause and with an order from the
15juvenile court, as required by those not authorized to retain
16them. Inspection, copying, and disclosure of juvenile law
17enforcement records maintained by law enforcement agencies or
18records of municipal ordinance violations maintained by any
19State, local, or municipal agency that relate to a minor who
20has been investigated, arrested, or taken into custody before
21his or her 18th birthday shall be restricted to the following:
22        (0.05) The minor who is the subject of the juvenile law
23    enforcement record, his or her parents, guardian, and
24    counsel.
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1    staff of the court designated by the judge.
2        (0.15) An administrative adjudication hearing officer
3    or members of the staff designated to assist in the
4    administrative adjudication process.
5        (1) Any local, State, or federal law enforcement
6    officers or designated law enforcement staff of any
7    jurisdiction or agency when necessary for the discharge of
8    their official duties during the investigation or
9    prosecution of a crime or relating to a minor who has been
10    adjudicated delinquent and there has been a previous
11    finding that the act which constitutes the previous offense
12    was committed in furtherance of criminal activities by a
13    criminal street gang, or, when necessary for the discharge
14    of its official duties in connection with a particular
15    investigation of the conduct of a law enforcement officer,
16    an independent agency or its staff created by ordinance and
17    charged by a unit of local government with the duty of
18    investigating the conduct of law enforcement officers. For
19    purposes of this Section, "criminal street gang" has the
20    meaning ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois
21    Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
22        (2) Prosecutors, public defenders, probation officers,
23    social workers, or other individuals assigned by the court
24    to conduct a pre-adjudication or pre-disposition
25    investigation, and individuals responsible for supervising
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1    minors under the order of the juvenile court, when
2    essential to performing their responsibilities.
3        (3) Federal, State, or local prosecutors, public
4    defenders, probation officers, and designated staff:
5            (a) in the course of a trial when institution of
6        criminal proceedings has been permitted or required
7        under Section 5-805;
8            (b) when institution of criminal proceedings has
9        been permitted or required under Section 5-805 and the
10        minor is the subject of a proceeding to determine the
11        amount of bail;
12            (c) when criminal proceedings have been permitted
13        or required under Section 5-805 and the minor is the
14        subject of a pre-trial investigation, pre-sentence
15        investigation, fitness hearing, or proceedings on an
16        application for probation; or
17            (d) in the course of prosecution or administrative
18        adjudication of a violation of a traffic, boating, or
19        fish and game law, or a county or municipal ordinance.
20        (4) Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Board.
21        (5) Authorized military personnel.
22        (5.5) Employees of the federal government authorized
23    by law.
24        (6) Persons engaged in bona fide research, with the
25    permission of the Presiding Judge and the chief executive
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1    publication of such research results in no disclosure of a
2    minor's identity and protects the confidentiality of the
3    minor's record.
4        (7) Department of Children and Family Services child
5    protection investigators acting in their official
6    capacity.
7        (8) The appropriate school official only if the agency
8    or officer believes that there is an imminent threat of
9    physical harm to students, school personnel, or others who
10    are present in the school or on school grounds.
11            (A) Inspection and copying shall be limited to
12        juvenile law enforcement records transmitted to the
13        appropriate school official or officials whom the
14        school has determined to have a legitimate educational
15        or safety interest by a local law enforcement agency
16        under a reciprocal reporting system established and
17        maintained between the school district and the local
18        law enforcement agency under Section 10-20.14 of the
19        School Code concerning a minor enrolled in a school
20        within the school district who has been arrested or
21        taken into custody for any of the following offenses:
22                (i) any violation of Article 24 of the Criminal
23            Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
24                (ii) a violation of the Illinois Controlled
25            Substances Act;
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1                (iv) a forcible felony as defined in Section
2            2-8 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
3            Code of 2012;
4                (v) a violation of the Methamphetamine Control
5            and Community Protection Act;
6                (vi) a violation of Section 1-2 of the
7            Harassing and Obscene Communications Act;
8                (vii) a violation of the Hazing Act; or
9                (viii) a violation of Section 12-1, 12-2,
10            12-3, 12-3.05, 12-3.1, 12-3.2, 12-3.4, 12-3.5,
11            12-5, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 25-1, or 25-5 of the
12            Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
13            The information derived from the juvenile law
14        enforcement records shall be kept separate from and
15        shall not become a part of the official school record
16        of that child and shall not be a public record. The
17        information shall be used solely by the appropriate
18        school official or officials whom the school has
19        determined to have a legitimate educational or safety
20        interest to aid in the proper rehabilitation of the
21        child and to protect the safety of students and
22        employees in the school. If the designated law
23        enforcement and school officials deem it to be in the
24        best interest of the minor, the student may be referred
25        to in-school or community-based social services if
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1        services" may include interventions by school support
2        personnel, evaluation for eligibility for special
3        education, referrals to community-based agencies such
4        as youth services, behavioral healthcare service
5        providers, drug and alcohol prevention or treatment
6        programs, and other interventions as deemed
7        appropriate for the student.
8            (B) Any information provided to appropriate school
9        officials whom the school has determined to have a
10        legitimate educational or safety interest by local law
11        enforcement officials about a minor who is the subject
12        of a current police investigation that is directly
13        related to school safety shall consist of oral
14        information only, and not written juvenile law
15        enforcement records, and shall be used solely by the
16        appropriate school official or officials to protect
17        the safety of students and employees in the school and
18        aid in the proper rehabilitation of the child. The
19        information derived orally from the local law
20        enforcement officials shall be kept separate from and
21        shall not become a part of the official school record
22        of the child and shall not be a public record. This
23        limitation on the use of information about a minor who
24        is the subject of a current police investigation shall
25        in no way limit the use of this information by
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1        of the information disclosed during a police
2        investigation of the minor. For purposes of this
3        paragraph, "investigation" means an official
4        systematic inquiry by a law enforcement agency into
5        actual or suspected criminal activity.
6        (9) Mental health professionals on behalf of the
7    Department of Corrections or the Department of Human
8    Services or prosecutors who are evaluating, prosecuting,
9    or investigating a potential or actual petition brought
10    under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act relating
11    to a person who is the subject of juvenile law enforcement
12    records or the respondent to a petition brought under the
13    Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act who is the subject
14    of the juvenile law enforcement records sought. Any
15    juvenile law enforcement records and any information
16    obtained from those juvenile law enforcement records under
17    this paragraph (9) may be used only in sexually violent
18    persons commitment proceedings.
19        (10) The president of a park district. Inspection and
20    copying shall be limited to juvenile law enforcement
21    records transmitted to the president of the park district
22    by the Department of State Police under Section 8-23 of the
23    Park District Code or Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park
24    District Act concerning a person who is seeking employment
25    with that park district and who has been adjudicated a
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1    subsection (c) of Section 8-23 of the Park District Code or
2    subsection (c) of Section 16a-5 of the Chicago Park
3    District Act.
4        (11) Persons managing and designated to participate in
5    a court diversion program as designated in subsection (6)
6    of Section 5-105.
7        (12) The Public Access Counselor of the Office of the
8    Attorney General, when reviewing juvenile law enforcement
9    records under its powers and duties under the Freedom of
10    Information Act.
11        (13) Collection agencies, contracted or otherwise
12    engaged by a governmental entity, to collect any debts due
13    and owing to the governmental entity.
14    (B)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no law
15enforcement officer or other person or agency may knowingly
16transmit to the Department of Corrections, Department of State
17Police, or to the Federal Bureau of Investigation any
18fingerprint or photograph relating to a minor who has been
19arrested or taken into custody before his or her 18th birthday,
20unless the court in proceedings under this Act authorizes the
21transmission or enters an order under Section 5-805 permitting
22or requiring the institution of criminal proceedings.
23    (2) Law enforcement officers or other persons or agencies
24shall transmit to the Department of State Police copies of
25fingerprints and descriptions of all minors who have been
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1the offense of unlawful use of weapons under Article 24 of the
2Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, a Class X
3or Class 1 felony, a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8
4of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or a
5Class 2 or greater felony under the Cannabis Control Act, the
6Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Methamphetamine
7Control and Community Protection Act, or Chapter 4 of the
8Illinois Vehicle Code, pursuant to Section 5 of the Criminal
9Identification Act. Information reported to the Department
10pursuant to this Section may be maintained with records that
11the Department files pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Criminal
12Identification Act. Nothing in this Act prohibits a law
13enforcement agency from fingerprinting a minor taken into
14custody or arrested before his or her 18th birthday for an
15offense other than those listed in this paragraph (2).
16    (C) The records of law enforcement officers, or of an
17independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
18of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
19of law enforcement officers, concerning all minors under 18
20years of age must be maintained separate from the records of
21arrests and may not be open to public inspection or their
22contents disclosed to the public. For purposes of obtaining
23documents under this Section, a civil subpoena is not an order
24of the court.
25        (1) In cases where the law enforcement, or independent
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1    party seeking to inspect the records shall provide actual
2    notice to the attorney or guardian ad litem or child
3    representative of the minor whose records are sought.
4        (2) In cases where the records concern a juvenile court
5    case that is no longer pending, the party seeking to
6    inspect the records shall provide actual notice to the
7    minor or the minor's parent or legal guardian, and the
8    matter shall be referred to the chief judge presiding over
9    matters pursuant to this Act.
10        (3) In determining whether the records should be
11    available for inspection, the court shall consider the
12    minor's interest in confidentiality and rehabilitation
13    over the moving party's interest in obtaining the
14    information. Any records obtained in violation of this
15    subsection (C) shall not be admissible in any criminal or
16    civil proceeding, or operate to disqualify a minor from
17    subsequently holding public office or securing employment,
18    or operate as a forfeiture of any public benefit, right,
19    privilege, or right to receive any license granted by
20    public authority.
21    (D) Nothing contained in subsection (C) of this Section
22shall prohibit the inspection or disclosure to victims and
23witnesses of photographs contained in the records of law
24enforcement agencies when the inspection and disclosure is
25conducted in the presence of a law enforcement officer for the
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1subject to the provisions of this Act or for the investigation
2or prosecution of any crime.
3    (E) Law enforcement officers, and personnel of an
4independent agency created by ordinance and charged by a unit
5of local government with the duty of investigating the conduct
6of law enforcement officers, may not disclose the identity of
7any minor in releasing information to the general public as to
8the arrest, investigation or disposition of any case involving
9a minor.
10    (F) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit law
11enforcement agencies from communicating with each other by
12letter, memorandum, teletype, or intelligence alert bulletin
13or other means the identity or other relevant information
14pertaining to a person under 18 years of age if there are
15reasonable grounds to believe that the person poses a real and
16present danger to the safety of the public or law enforcement
17officers. The information provided under this subsection (F)
18shall remain confidential and shall not be publicly disclosed,
19except as otherwise allowed by law.
20    (G) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the right of a
21Civil Service Commission or appointing authority of any federal
22government, state, county or municipality examining the
23character and fitness of an applicant for employment with a law
24enforcement agency, correctional institution, or fire
25department from obtaining and examining the records of any law
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1having been arrested or taken into custody before the
2applicant's 18th birthday.
3    (G-5) Information identifying victims and alleged victims
4of sex offenses shall not be disclosed or open to the public
5under any circumstances. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit
6the victim or alleged victim of any sex offense from
7voluntarily disclosing his or her own identity.
8    (H) The changes made to this Section by Public Act 98-61
9apply to law enforcement records of a minor who has been
10arrested or taken into custody on or after January 1, 2014 (the
11effective date of Public Act 98-61).
12    (H-5) Nothing in this Section shall require any court or
13adjudicative proceeding for traffic, boating, fish and game
14law, or municipal and county ordinance violations to be closed
15to the public.
16    (I) Willful violation of this Section is a Class C
17misdemeanor and each violation is subject to a fine of $1,000.
18This subsection (I) shall not apply to the person who is the
19subject of the record.
20    (J) A person convicted of violating this Section is liable
21for damages in the amount of $1,000 or actual damages,
22whichever is greater.
23(Source: P.A. 99-298, eff. 8-6-15; 100-285, eff. 1-1-18;
24100-720, eff. 8-3-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-1162, eff.
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1    (705 ILCS 405/1-8)  (from Ch. 37, par. 801-8)
2    Sec. 1-8. Confidentiality and accessibility of juvenile
3court records.
4    (A) A juvenile adjudication shall never be considered a
5conviction nor shall an adjudicated individual be considered a
6criminal. Unless expressly allowed by law, a juvenile
7adjudication shall not operate to impose upon the individual
8any of the civil disabilities ordinarily imposed by or
9resulting from conviction. Unless expressly allowed by law,
10adjudications shall not prejudice or disqualify the individual
11in any civil service application or appointment, from holding
12public office, or from receiving any license granted by public
13authority. All juvenile court records which have not been
14expunged are sealed and may never be disclosed to the general
15public or otherwise made widely available. Sealed juvenile
16court records may be obtained only under this Section and
17Section 1-7 and Part 9 of Article V of this Act, when their use
18is needed for good cause and with an order from the juvenile
19court. Inspection and copying of juvenile court records
20relating to a minor who is the subject of a proceeding under
21this Act shall be restricted to the following:
22        (1) The minor who is the subject of record, his or her
23    parents, guardian, and counsel.
24        (2) Law enforcement officers and law enforcement
25    agencies when such information is essential to executing an
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1    conducting an ongoing investigation or relating to a minor
2    who has been adjudicated delinquent and there has been a
3    previous finding that the act which constitutes the
4    previous offense was committed in furtherance of criminal
5    activities by a criminal street gang.
6        Before July 1, 1994, for the purposes of this Section,
7    "criminal street gang" means any ongoing organization,
8    association, or group of 3 or more persons, whether formal
9    or informal, having as one of its primary activities the
10    commission of one or more criminal acts and that has a
11    common name or common identifying sign, symbol or specific
12    color apparel displayed, and whose members individually or
13    collectively engage in or have engaged in a pattern of
14    criminal activity.
15        Beginning July 1, 1994, for purposes of this Section,
16    "criminal street gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in
17    Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
18    Prevention Act.
19        (3) Judges, hearing officers, prosecutors, public
20    defenders, probation officers, social workers, or other
21    individuals assigned by the court to conduct a
22    pre-adjudication or pre-disposition investigation, and
23    individuals responsible for supervising or providing
24    temporary or permanent care and custody for minors under
25    the order of the juvenile court when essential to
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1        (4) Judges, federal, State, and local prosecutors,
2    public defenders, probation officers, and designated
3    staff:
4            (a) in the course of a trial when institution of
5        criminal proceedings has been permitted or required
6        under Section 5-805;
7            (b) when criminal proceedings have been permitted
8        or required under Section 5-805 and a minor is the
9        subject of a proceeding to determine the amount of
10        bail;
11            (c) when criminal proceedings have been permitted
12        or required under Section 5-805 and a minor is the
13        subject of a pre-trial investigation, pre-sentence
14        investigation or fitness hearing, or proceedings on an
15        application for probation; or
16            (d) when a minor becomes 18 years of age or older,
17        and is the subject of criminal proceedings, including a
18        hearing to determine the amount of bail, a pre-trial
19        investigation, a pre-sentence investigation, a fitness
20        hearing, or proceedings on an application for
21        probation.
22        (5) Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Boards.
23        (6) Authorized military personnel.
24        (6.5) Employees of the federal government authorized
25    by law.
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1    representatives; however, such persons shall have access
2    only to the name and address of the minor and information
3    pertaining to the disposition or alternative adjustment
4    plan of the juvenile court.
5        (8) Persons engaged in bona fide research, with the
6    permission of the presiding judge of the juvenile court and
7    the chief executive of the agency that prepared the
8    particular records; provided that publication of such
9    research results in no disclosure of a minor's identity and
10    protects the confidentiality of the record.
11        (9) The Secretary of State to whom the Clerk of the
12    Court shall report the disposition of all cases, as
13    required in Section 6-204 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
14    However, information reported relative to these offenses
15    shall be privileged and available only to the Secretary of
16    State, courts, and police officers.
17        (10) The administrator of a bonafide substance abuse
18    student assistance program with the permission of the
19    presiding judge of the juvenile court.
20        (11) Mental health professionals on behalf of the
21    Department of Corrections or the Department of Human
22    Services or prosecutors who are evaluating, prosecuting,
23    or investigating a potential or actual petition brought
24    under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act relating
25    to a person who is the subject of juvenile court records or
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1    Violent Persons Commitment Act, who is the subject of
2    juvenile court records sought. Any records and any
3    information obtained from those records under this
4    paragraph (11) may be used only in sexually violent persons
5    commitment proceedings.
6        (12) Collection agencies, contracted or otherwise
7    engaged by a governmental entity, to collect any debts due
8    and owing to the governmental entity.
9    (A-1) Findings and exclusions of paternity entered in
10proceedings occurring under Article II of this Act shall be
11disclosed, in a manner and form approved by the Presiding Judge
12of the Juvenile Court, to the Department of Healthcare and
13Family Services when necessary to discharge the duties of the
14Department of Healthcare and Family Services under Article X of
15the Illinois Public Aid Code.
16    (B) A minor who is the victim in a juvenile proceeding
17shall be provided the same confidentiality regarding
18disclosure of identity as the minor who is the subject of
19record.
20    (C)(0.1) In cases where the records concern a pending
21juvenile court case, the requesting party seeking to inspect
22the juvenile court records shall provide actual notice to the
23attorney or guardian ad litem or child representative of the
24minor whose records are sought.
25    (0.2) In cases where the juvenile court records concern a
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1party seeking to inspect the juvenile court records shall
2provide actual notice to the minor or the minor's parent or
3legal guardian, and the matter shall be referred to the chief
4judge presiding over matters pursuant to this Act.
5    (0.3) In determining whether juvenile court records should
6be made available for inspection and whether inspection should
7be limited to certain parts of the file, the court shall
8consider the minor's interest in confidentiality and
9rehabilitation over the requesting party's interest in
10obtaining the information. The State's Attorney, the minor, and
11the minor's parents, guardian, and counsel shall at all times
12have the right to examine court files and records.
13    (0.4) Any records obtained in violation of this Section
14shall not be admissible in any criminal or civil proceeding, or
15operate to disqualify a minor from subsequently holding public
16office, or operate as a forfeiture of any public benefit,
17right, privilege, or right to receive any license granted by
18public authority.
19    (D) Pending or following any adjudication of delinquency
20for any offense defined in Sections 11-1.20 through 11-1.60 or
2112-13 through 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
22Criminal Code of 2012, the victim of any such offense shall
23receive the rights set out in Sections 4 and 6 of the Bill of
24Rights for Victims and Witnesses of Violent Crime Act; and the
25juvenile who is the subject of the adjudication,
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1treated as an adult for the purpose of affording such rights to
2the victim.
3    (E) Nothing in this Section shall affect the right of a
4Civil Service Commission or appointing authority of the federal
5government, or any state, county, or municipality examining the
6character and fitness of an applicant for employment with a law
7enforcement agency, correctional institution, or fire
8department to ascertain whether that applicant was ever
9adjudicated to be a delinquent minor and, if so, to examine the
10records of disposition or evidence which were made in
11proceedings under this Act.
12    (F) Following any adjudication of delinquency for a crime
13which would be a felony if committed by an adult, or following
14any adjudication of delinquency for a violation of Section
1524-1, 24-3, 24-3.1, or 24-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
16Criminal Code of 2012, the State's Attorney shall ascertain
17whether the minor respondent is enrolled in school and, if so,
18shall provide a copy of the dispositional order to the
19principal or chief administrative officer of the school. Access
20to the dispositional order shall be limited to the principal or
21chief administrative officer of the school and any guidance
22counselor designated by him or her.
23    (G) Nothing contained in this Act prevents the sharing or
24disclosure of information or records relating or pertaining to
25juveniles subject to the provisions of the Serious Habitual
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1used to assist in the early identification and treatment of
2habitual juvenile offenders.
3    (H) When a court hearing a proceeding under Article II of
4this Act becomes aware that an earlier proceeding under Article
5II had been heard in a different county, that court shall
6request, and the court in which the earlier proceedings were
7initiated shall transmit, an authenticated copy of the juvenile
8court record, including all documents, petitions, and orders
9filed and the minute orders, transcript of proceedings, and
10docket entries of the court.
11    (I) The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall report to the
12Department of State Police, in the form and manner required by
13the Department of State Police, the final disposition of each
14minor who has been arrested or taken into custody before his or
15her 18th birthday for those offenses required to be reported
16under Section 5 of the Criminal Identification Act. Information
17reported to the Department under this Section may be maintained
18with records that the Department files under Section 2.1 of the
19Criminal Identification Act.
20    (J) The changes made to this Section by Public Act 98-61
21apply to juvenile law enforcement records of a minor who has
22been arrested or taken into custody on or after January 1, 2014
23(the effective date of Public Act 98-61).
24    (K) Willful violation of this Section is a Class C
25misdemeanor and each violation is subject to a fine of $1,000.
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1subject of the record.
2    (L) A person convicted of violating this Section is liable
3for damages in the amount of $1,000 or actual damages,
4whichever is greater.
5(Source: P.A. 100-285, eff. 1-1-18; 100-720, eff. 8-3-18;
6100-1162, eff. 12-20-18.)
 
7    (705 ILCS 405/2-10)  (from Ch. 37, par. 802-10)
8    Sec. 2-10. Temporary custody hearing. At the appearance of
9the minor before the court at the temporary custody hearing,
10all witnesses present shall be examined before the court in
11relation to any matter connected with the allegations made in
12the petition.
13    (1) If the court finds that there is not probable cause to
14believe that the minor is abused, neglected or dependent it
15shall release the minor and dismiss the petition.
16    (2) If the court finds that there is probable cause to
17believe that the minor is abused, neglected or dependent, the
18court shall state in writing the factual basis supporting its
19finding and the minor, his or her parent, guardian, custodian
20and other persons able to give relevant testimony shall be
21examined before the court. The Department of Children and
22Family Services shall give testimony concerning indicated
23reports of abuse and neglect, of which they are aware through
24the central registry, involving the minor's parent, guardian or
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1the health, safety and best interests of the minor, enter an
2order that the minor shall be released upon the request of
3parent, guardian or custodian if the parent, guardian or
4custodian appears to take custody. If it is determined that a
5parent's, guardian's, or custodian's compliance with critical
6services mitigates the necessity for removal of the minor from
7his or her home, the court may enter an Order of Protection
8setting forth reasonable conditions of behavior that a parent,
9guardian, or custodian must observe for a specified period of
10time, not to exceed 12 months, without a violation; provided,
11however, that the 12-month period shall begin anew after any
12violation. "Custodian" includes the Department of Children and
13Family Services, if it has been given custody of the child, or
14any other agency of the State which has been given custody or
15wardship of the child. If it is consistent with the health,
16safety and best interests of the minor, the court may also
17prescribe shelter care and order that the minor be kept in a
18suitable place designated by the court or in a shelter care
19facility designated by the Department of Children and Family
20Services or a licensed child welfare agency; however, on and
21after January 1, 2015 (the effective date of Public Act 98-803)
22and before January 1, 2017, a minor charged with a criminal
23offense under the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
242012 or adjudicated delinquent shall not be placed in the
25custody of or committed to the Department of Children and
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1of age and committed to the Department of Children and Family
2Services under Section 5-710 of this Act or a minor for whom an
3independent basis of abuse, neglect, or dependency exists; and
4on and after January 1, 2017, a minor charged with a criminal
5offense under the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
62012 or adjudicated delinquent shall not be placed in the
7custody of or committed to the Department of Children and
8Family Services by any court, except a minor less than 15 years
9of age and committed to the Department of Children and Family
10Services under Section 5-710 of this Act or a minor for whom an
11independent basis of abuse, neglect, or dependency exists. An
12independent basis exists when the allegations or adjudication
13of abuse, neglect, or dependency do not arise from the same
14facts, incident, or circumstances which give rise to a charge
15or adjudication of delinquency.
16    In placing the minor, the Department or other agency shall,
17to the extent compatible with the court's order, comply with
18Section 7 of the Children and Family Services Act. In
19determining the health, safety and best interests of the minor
20to prescribe shelter care, the court must find that it is a
21matter of immediate and urgent necessity for the safety and
22protection of the minor or of the person or property of another
23that the minor be placed in a shelter care facility or that he
24or she is likely to flee the jurisdiction of the court, and
25must further find that reasonable efforts have been made or
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1the minor, no efforts reasonably can be made to prevent or
2eliminate the necessity of removal of the minor from his or her
3home. The court shall require documentation from the Department
4of Children and Family Services as to the reasonable efforts
5that were made to prevent or eliminate the necessity of removal
6of the minor from his or her home or the reasons why no efforts
7reasonably could be made to prevent or eliminate the necessity
8of removal. When a minor is placed in the home of a relative,
9the Department of Children and Family Services shall complete a
10preliminary background review of the members of the minor's
11custodian's household in accordance with Section 4.3 of the
12Child Care Act of 1969 within 90 days of that placement. If the
13minor is ordered placed in a shelter care facility of the
14Department of Children and Family Services or a licensed child
15welfare agency, the court shall, upon request of the
16appropriate Department or other agency, appoint the Department
17of Children and Family Services Guardianship Administrator or
18other appropriate agency executive temporary custodian of the
19minor and the court may enter such other orders related to the
20temporary custody as it deems fit and proper, including the
21provision of services to the minor or his family to ameliorate
22the causes contributing to the finding of probable cause or to
23the finding of the existence of immediate and urgent necessity.
24    Where the Department of Children and Family Services
25Guardianship Administrator is appointed as the executive
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1Services shall file with the court and serve on the parties a
2parent-child visiting plan, within 10 days, excluding weekends
3and holidays, after the appointment. The parent-child visiting
4plan shall set out the time and place of visits, the frequency
5of visits, the length of visits, who shall be present at the
6visits, and where appropriate, the minor's opportunities to
7have telephone and mail communication with the parents.
8    Where the Department of Children and Family Services
9Guardianship Administrator is appointed as the executive
10temporary custodian, and when the child has siblings in care,
11the Department of Children and Family Services shall file with
12the court and serve on the parties a sibling placement and
13contact plan within 10 days, excluding weekends and holidays,
14after the appointment. The sibling placement and contact plan
15shall set forth whether the siblings are placed together, and
16if they are not placed together, what, if any, efforts are
17being made to place them together. If the Department has
18determined that it is not in a child's best interest to be
19placed with a sibling, the Department shall document in the
20sibling placement and contact plan the basis for its
21determination. For siblings placed separately, the sibling
22placement and contact plan shall set the time and place for
23visits, the frequency of the visits, the length of visits, who
24shall be present for the visits, and where appropriate, the
25child's opportunities to have contact with their siblings in
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1is not in the best interest of a sibling to have contact with a
2sibling, the Department shall document in the sibling placement
3and contact plan the basis for its determination. The sibling
4placement and contact plan shall specify a date for development
5of the Sibling Contact Support Plan, under subsection (f) of
6Section 7.4 of the Children and Family Services Act, and shall
7remain in effect until the Sibling Contact Support Plan is
8developed.
9    For good cause, the court may waive the requirement to file
10the parent-child visiting plan or the sibling placement and
11contact plan, or extend the time for filing either plan. Any
12party may, by motion, request the court to review the
13parent-child visiting plan to determine whether it is
14reasonably calculated to expeditiously facilitate the
15achievement of the permanency goal. A party may, by motion,
16request the court to review the parent-child visiting plan or
17the sibling placement and contact plan to determine whether it
18is consistent with the minor's best interest. The court may
19refer the parties to mediation where available. The frequency,
20duration, and locations of visitation shall be measured by the
21needs of the child and family, and not by the convenience of
22Department personnel. Child development principles shall be
23considered by the court in its analysis of how frequent
24visitation should be, how long it should last, where it should
25take place, and who should be present. If upon motion of the
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1court determines that the parent-child visiting plan is not
2reasonably calculated to expeditiously facilitate the
3achievement of the permanency goal or that the restrictions
4placed on parent-child contact or sibling placement or contact
5are contrary to the child's best interests, the court shall put
6in writing the factual basis supporting the determination and
7enter specific findings based on the evidence. The court shall
8enter an order for the Department to implement changes to the
9parent-child visiting plan or sibling placement or contact
10plan, consistent with the court's findings. At any stage of
11proceeding, any party may by motion request the court to enter
12any orders necessary to implement the parent-child visiting
13plan, sibling placement or contact plan or subsequently
14developed Sibling Contact Support Plan. Nothing under this
15subsection (2) shall restrict the court from granting
16discretionary authority to the Department to increase
17opportunities for additional parent-child contacts or sibling
18contacts, without further court orders. Nothing in this
19subsection (2) shall restrict the Department from immediately
20restricting or terminating parent-child contact or sibling
21contacts, without either amending the parent-child visiting
22plan or the sibling contact plan or obtaining a court order,
23where the Department or its assigns reasonably believe that
24continuation of the contact, as set out in the plan, would be
25contrary to the child's health, safety, and welfare. The
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1any amendments to the plan within 10 days, excluding weekends
2and holidays, of the change of the visitation.
3    Acceptance of services shall not be considered an admission
4of any allegation in a petition made pursuant to this Act, nor
5may a referral of services be considered as evidence in any
6proceeding pursuant to this Act, except where the issue is
7whether the Department has made reasonable efforts to reunite
8the family. In making its findings that it is consistent with
9the health, safety and best interests of the minor to prescribe
10shelter care, the court shall state in writing (i) the factual
11basis supporting its findings concerning the immediate and
12urgent necessity for the protection of the minor or of the
13person or property of another and (ii) the factual basis
14supporting its findings that reasonable efforts were made to
15prevent or eliminate the removal of the minor from his or her
16home or that no efforts reasonably could be made to prevent or
17eliminate the removal of the minor from his or her home. The
18parents, guardian, custodian, temporary custodian and minor
19shall each be furnished a copy of such written findings. The
20temporary custodian shall maintain a copy of the court order
21and written findings in the case record for the child. The
22order together with the court's findings of fact in support
23thereof shall be entered of record in the court.
24    Once the court finds that it is a matter of immediate and
25urgent necessity for the protection of the minor that the minor
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1returned to the parent, custodian or guardian until the court
2finds that such placement is no longer necessary for the
3protection of the minor.
4    If the child is placed in the temporary custody of the
5Department of Children and Family Services for his or her
6protection, the court shall admonish the parents, guardian,
7custodian or responsible relative that the parents must
8cooperate with the Department of Children and Family Services,
9comply with the terms of the service plans, and correct the
10conditions which require the child to be in care, or risk
11termination of their parental rights. The court shall ensure,
12by inquiring in open court of each parent, guardian, custodian
13or responsible relative, that the parent, guardian, custodian
14or responsible relative has had the opportunity to provide the
15Department with all known names, addresses, and telephone
16numbers of each of the minor's living maternal and paternal
17adult relatives, including, but not limited to, grandparents,
18aunts, uncles, and siblings. The court shall advise the
19parents, guardian, custodian or responsible relative to inform
20the Department if additional information regarding the minor's
21adult relatives becomes available.
22    (3) If prior to the shelter care hearing for a minor
23described in Sections 2-3, 2-4, 3-3 and 4-3 the moving party is
24unable to serve notice on the party respondent, the shelter
25care hearing may proceed ex parte. A shelter care order from an
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1issuance and shall be filed with the clerk's office and entered
2of record. The order shall expire after 10 days from the time
3it is issued unless before its expiration it is renewed, at a
4hearing upon appearance of the party respondent, or upon an
5affidavit of the moving party as to all diligent efforts to
6notify the party respondent by notice as herein prescribed. The
7notice prescribed shall be in writing and shall be personally
8delivered to the minor or the minor's attorney and to the last
9known address of the other person or persons entitled to
10notice. The notice shall also state the nature of the
11allegations, the nature of the order sought by the State,
12including whether temporary custody is sought, and the
13consequences of failure to appear and shall contain a notice
14that the parties will not be entitled to further written
15notices or publication notices of proceedings in this case,
16including the filing of an amended petition or a motion to
17terminate parental rights, except as required by Supreme Court
18Rule 11; and shall explain the right of the parties and the
19procedures to vacate or modify a shelter care order as provided
20in this Section. The notice for a shelter care hearing shall be
21substantially as follows:
22
NOTICE TO PARENTS AND CHILDREN
23
OF SHELTER CARE HEARING
24        On ................ at ........., before the Honorable
25    ................, (address:) ................., the State
26    of Illinois will present evidence (1) that (name of child

 

 

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1    or children) ....................... are abused, neglected
2    or dependent for the following reasons:
3    .............................................. and (2)
4    whether there is "immediate and urgent necessity" to remove
5    the child or children from the responsible relative.
6        YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING MAY RESULT IN
7    PLACEMENT of the child or children in foster care until a
8    trial can be held. A trial may not be held for up to 90
9    days. You will not be entitled to further notices of
10    proceedings in this case, including the filing of an
11    amended petition or a motion to terminate parental rights.
12        At the shelter care hearing, parents have the following
13    rights:
14            1. To ask the court to appoint a lawyer if they
15        cannot afford one.
16            2. To ask the court to continue the hearing to
17        allow them time to prepare.
18            3. To present evidence concerning:
19                a. Whether or not the child or children were
20            abused, neglected or dependent.
21                b. Whether or not there is "immediate and
22            urgent necessity" to remove the child from home
23            (including: their ability to care for the child,
24            conditions in the home, alternative means of
25            protecting the child other than removal).
26                c. The best interests of the child.

 

 

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1            4. To cross examine the State's witnesses.
 
2    The Notice for rehearings shall be substantially as
3follows:
4
NOTICE OF PARENT'S AND CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
5
TO REHEARING ON TEMPORARY CUSTODY
6        If you were not present at and did not have adequate
7    notice of the Shelter Care Hearing at which temporary
8    custody of ............... was awarded to
9    ................, you have the right to request a full
10    rehearing on whether the State should have temporary
11    custody of ................. To request this rehearing,
12    you must file with the Clerk of the Juvenile Court
13    (address): ........................, in person or by
14    mailing a statement (affidavit) setting forth the
15    following:
16            1. That you were not present at the shelter care
17        hearing.
18            2. That you did not get adequate notice (explaining
19        how the notice was inadequate).
20            3. Your signature.
21            4. Signature must be notarized.
22        The rehearing should be scheduled within 48 hours of
23    your filing this affidavit.
24        At the rehearing, your rights are the same as at the
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1    those rights.
2        At the Shelter Care Hearing, children have the
3    following rights:
4            1. To have a guardian ad litem or child
5        representative appointed.
6            2. To be declared competent as a witness and to
7        present testimony concerning:
8                a. Whether they are abused, neglected or
9            dependent.
10                b. Whether there is "immediate and urgent
11            necessity" to be removed from home.
12                c. Their best interests.
13            3. To cross examine witnesses for other parties.
14            4. To obtain an explanation of any proceedings and
15        orders of the court.
16    (4) If the parent, guardian, legal custodian, responsible
17relative, minor age 8 or over, or counsel of the minor did not
18have actual notice of or was not present at the shelter care
19hearing, he or she may file an affidavit setting forth these
20facts, and the clerk shall set the matter for rehearing not
21later than 48 hours, excluding Sundays and legal holidays,
22after the filing of the affidavit. At the rehearing, the court
23shall proceed in the same manner as upon the original hearing.
24    (5) Only when there is reasonable cause to believe that the
25minor taken into custody is a person described in subsection
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1detention home or county or municipal jail. This Section shall
2in no way be construed to limit subsection (6).
3    (6) No minor under 16 years of age may be confined in a
4jail or place ordinarily used for the confinement of prisoners
5in a police station. Minors under 18 years of age must be kept
6separate from confined adults and may not at any time be kept
7in the same cell, room, or yard with adults confined pursuant
8to the criminal law.
9    (7) If the minor is not brought before a judicial officer
10within the time period as specified in Section 2-9, the minor
11must immediately be released from custody.
12    (8) If neither the parent, guardian or custodian appears
13within 24 hours to take custody of a minor released upon
14request pursuant to subsection (2) of this Section, then the
15clerk of the court shall set the matter for rehearing not later
16than 7 days after the original order and shall issue a summons
17directed to the parent, guardian or custodian to appear. At the
18same time the probation department shall prepare a report on
19the minor. If a parent, guardian or custodian does not appear
20at such rehearing, the judge may enter an order prescribing
21that the minor be kept in a suitable place designated by the
22Department of Children and Family Services or a licensed child
23welfare agency.
24    (9) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section any
25interested party, including the State, the temporary
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1under a service plan pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Abused and
2Neglected Child Reporting Act, foster parent, or any of their
3representatives, on notice to all parties entitled to notice,
4may file a motion that it is in the best interests of the minor
5to modify or vacate a temporary custody order on any of the
6following grounds:
7        (a) It is no longer a matter of immediate and urgent
8    necessity that the minor remain in shelter care; or
9        (b) There is a material change in the circumstances of
10    the natural family from which the minor was removed and the
11    child can be cared for at home without endangering the
12    child's health or safety; or
13        (c) A person not a party to the alleged abuse, neglect
14    or dependency, including a parent, relative or legal
15    guardian, is capable of assuming temporary custody of the
16    minor; or
17        (d) Services provided by the Department of Children and
18    Family Services or a child welfare agency or other service
19    provider have been successful in eliminating the need for
20    temporary custody and the child can be cared for at home
21    without endangering the child's health or safety.
22    In ruling on the motion, the court shall determine whether
23it is consistent with the health, safety and best interests of
24the minor to modify or vacate a temporary custody order.
25    The clerk shall set the matter for hearing not later than
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1modifies or vacates a temporary custody order but does not
2vacate its finding of probable cause, the court may order that
3appropriate services be continued or initiated in behalf of the
4minor and his or her family.
5    (10) When the court finds or has found that there is
6probable cause to believe a minor is an abused minor as
7described in subsection (2) of Section 2-3 and that there is an
8immediate and urgent necessity for the abused minor to be
9placed in shelter care, immediate and urgent necessity shall be
10presumed for any other minor residing in the same household as
11the abused minor provided:
12        (a) Such other minor is the subject of an abuse or
13    neglect petition pending before the court; and
14        (b) A party to the petition is seeking shelter care for
15    such other minor.
16    Once the presumption of immediate and urgent necessity has
17been raised, the burden of demonstrating the lack of immediate
18and urgent necessity shall be on any party that is opposing
19shelter care for the other minor.
20    (11) The changes made to this Section by Public Act 98-61
21apply to a minor who has been arrested or taken into custody on
22or after January 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public Act
2398-61).
24    (12) After the court has placed a minor in the care of a
25temporary custodian pursuant to this Section, any party may
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1custodian the authority to serve as a surrogate decision maker
2for the minor under the Health Care Surrogate Act for purposes
3of making decisions pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (b)
4of Section 20 of the Health Care Surrogate Act. The court may
5grant the motion if it determines by clear and convincing
6evidence that it is in the best interests of the minor to grant
7the temporary custodian such authority. In making its
8determination, the court shall weigh the following factors in
9addition to considering the best interests factors listed in
10subsection (4.05) of Section 1-3 of this Act:
11        (a) the efforts to identify and locate the respondents
12    and adult family members of the minor and the results of
13    those efforts;
14        (b) the efforts to engage the respondents and adult
15    family members of the minor in decision making on behalf of
16    the minor;
17        (c) the length of time the efforts in paragraphs (a)
18    and (b) have been ongoing;
19        (d) the relationship between the respondents and adult
20    family members and the minor;
21        (e) medical testimony regarding the extent to which the
22    minor is suffering and the impact of a delay in
23    decision-making on the minor; and
24        (f) any other factor the court deems relevant.
25    If the Department of Children and Family Services is the
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1requirements of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section 20
2of the Health Care Surrogate Act, the Department shall follow
3its rules and procedures in exercising authority granted under
4this subsection.
5(Source: P.A. 99-625, eff. 1-1-17; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16;
6100-159, eff. 8-18-17; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-959, eff.
71-1-19.)
 
8    (705 ILCS 405/2-13.1)
9    Sec. 2-13.1. Early termination of reasonable efforts.
10    (1) (a) In conjunction with, or at any time subsequent to,
11the filing of a petition on behalf of a minor in accordance
12with Section 2-13 of this Act, the State's Attorney, the
13guardian ad litem, child representative, or the Department of
14Children and Family Services may file a motion requesting a
15finding that reasonable efforts to reunify that minor with his
16or her parent or parents are no longer required and are to
17cease.
18    (b) The court shall grant this motion with respect to a
19parent of the minor if the court finds after a hearing that the
20parent has:
21        (i) had his or her parental rights to another child of
22    the parent involuntarily terminated; or
23        (ii) been convicted of:
24            (A) first degree or second degree murder of another
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1            (B) attempt or conspiracy to commit first degree or
2        second degree murder of another child of the parent;
3            (C) solicitation to commit murder of another child
4        of the parent, solicitation to commit murder for hire
5        of another child of the parent, or solicitation to
6        commit second degree murder of another child of the
7        parent;
8            (D) aggravated battery, aggravated battery of a
9        child, or felony domestic battery, any of which has
10        resulted in serious bodily injury to the minor or
11        another child of the parent; or
12            (E) an offense in any other state the elements of
13        which are similar and bear substantial relationship to
14        any of the foregoing offenses
15unless the court sets forth in writing a compelling reason why
16terminating reasonable efforts to reunify the minor with the
17parent would not be in the best interests of that minor.
18    (c) The court shall also grant this motion with respect to
19a parent of the minor if:
20        (i) after a hearing it determines that further
21    reunification services would no longer be appropriate, and
22        (ii) a dispositional hearing has already taken place.
23    (2) (a) The court shall hold a permanency hearing within 30
24days of granting a motion pursuant to this subsection. If an
25adjudicatory or a dispositional hearing, or both, has not taken
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1then either or both hearings shall be held as needed so that
2both take place on or before the date a permanency hearing is
3held pursuant to this subsection.
4    (b) Following a permanency hearing held pursuant to
5paragraph (a) of this subsection, the appointed custodian or
6guardian of the minor shall make reasonable efforts to place
7the child in accordance with the permanency plan and goal set
8by the court, and to complete the necessary steps to locate and
9finalize a permanent placement.
10(Source: P.A. 90-608, eff. 6-30-98.)
 
11    (705 ILCS 405/2-15)  (from Ch. 37, par. 802-15)
12    Sec. 2-15. Summons.
13    (1) When a petition is filed, the clerk of the court shall
14issue a summons with a copy of the petition attached. The
15summons shall be directed to the minor's legal guardian or
16custodian and to each person named as a respondent in the
17petition, except that summons need not be directed to a minor
18respondent under 8 years of age for whom the court appoints a
19guardian ad litem or child representative if the guardian ad
20litem or child representative appears on behalf of the minor in
21any proceeding under this Act.
22    (2) The summons must contain a statement that the minor or
23any of the respondents is entitled to have an attorney present
24at the hearing on the petition, and that the clerk of the court
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1respondent desires to be represented by an attorney but is
2financially unable to employ counsel.
3    (3) The summons shall be issued under the seal of the
4court, attested in and signed with the name of the clerk of the
5court, dated on the day it is issued, and shall require each
6respondent to appear and answer the petition on the date set
7for the adjudicatory hearing. The summons shall contain a
8notice that the parties will not be entitled to further written
9notices or publication notices of proceedings in this case,
10including the filing of an amended petition or a motion to
11terminate parental rights, except as required by Supreme Court
12Rule 11.
13    (4) The summons may be served by any county sheriff,
14coroner or probation officer, even though the officer is the
15petitioner. The return of the summons with endorsement of
16service by the officer is sufficient proof thereof.
17    (5) Service of a summons and petition shall be made by: (a)
18leaving a copy thereof with the person summoned at least 3 days
19before the time stated therein for appearance; (b) leaving a
20copy at his or her usual place of abode with some person of the
21family or a person residing there, of the age of 10 years or
22upwards, and informing that person of the contents thereof,
23provided the officer or other person making service shall also
24send a copy of the summons in a sealed envelope with postage
25fully prepaid, addressed to the person summoned at his usual
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1for appearance; or (c) leaving a copy thereof with the guardian
2or custodian of a minor, at least 3 days before the time stated
3therein for appearance. If the guardian or custodian is an
4agency of the State of Illinois, proper service may be made by
5leaving a copy of the summons and petition with any
6administrative employee of such agency designated by such
7agency to accept service of summons and petitions. The
8certificate of the officer or affidavit of the person that he
9has sent the copy pursuant to this Section is sufficient proof
10of service.
11    (6) When a parent or other person, who has signed a written
12promise to appear and bring the minor to court or who has
13waived or acknowledged service, fails to appear with the minor
14on the date set by the court, a bench warrant may be issued for
15the parent or other person, the minor, or both.
16    (7) The appearance of the minor's legal guardian or
17custodian, or a person named as a respondent in a petition, in
18any proceeding under this Act shall constitute a waiver of
19service of summons and submission to the jurisdiction of the
20court, except that the filing of a motion authorized under
21Section 2-301 of the Code of Civil Procedure does not
22constitute an appearance under this subsection. A copy of the
23summons and petition shall be provided to the person at the
24time of his appearance.
25    (8) Notice to a parent who has appeared or been served with
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1of default has been entered on the petition for wardship and
2has not been set aside shall be provided in accordance with
3Supreme Court Rule 11. Notice to a parent who was served by
4publication and for whom an order of default has been entered
5on the petition for wardship and has not been set aside shall
6be provided in accordance with this Section and Section 2-16.
7(Source: P.A. 101-146, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
8    (705 ILCS 405/2-17)  (from Ch. 37, par. 802-17)
9    Sec. 2-17. Guardian ad litem and child representative.
10    (1) Immediately upon the filing of a petition alleging that
11the minor is a person described in Sections 2-3 or 2-4 of this
12Article, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem or child
13representative for the minor if:
14        (a) such petition alleges that the minor is an abused
15    or neglected child; or
16        (b) such petition alleges that charges alleging the
17    commission of any of the sex offenses defined in Article 11
18    or in Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50,
19    11-1.60, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15 or 12-16 of the
20    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, have
21    been filed against a defendant in any court and that such
22    minor is the alleged victim of the acts of defendant in the
23    commission of such offense.
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1he shall be represented in the performance of his duties by
2counsel. The guardian ad litem or child representative shall
3represent the best interests of the minor and shall present
4recommendations to the court consistent with that duty.
5    (2) Before proceeding with the hearing, the court shall
6appoint a guardian ad litem or child representative for the
7minor if:
8        (a) no parent, guardian, custodian or relative of the
9    minor appears at the first or any subsequent hearing of the
10    case;
11        (b) the petition prays for the appointment of a
12    guardian with power to consent to adoption; or
13        (c) the petition for which the minor is before the
14    court resulted from a report made pursuant to the Abused
15    and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
16    (3) The court may appoint a guardian ad litem or child
17representative for the minor whenever it finds that there may
18be a conflict of interest between the minor and his parents or
19other custodian or that it is otherwise in the minor's best
20interest to do so.
21    (4) Unless the guardian ad litem or child representative is
22an attorney, he shall be represented by counsel.
23    (5) The reasonable fees of a guardian ad litem or child
24representative appointed under this Section shall be fixed by
25the court and charged to the parents of the minor, to the
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1those fees, they shall be paid from the general fund of the
2county.
3    (6) A guardian ad litem or child representative appointed
4under this Section, shall receive copies of any and all
5classified reports of child abuse and neglect made under the
6Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act in which the minor who
7is the subject of a report under the Abused and Neglected Child
8Reporting Act, is also the minor for whom the guardian ad litem
9or child representative is appointed under this Section.
10    (6.5) A guardian ad litem or child representative appointed
11under this Section or attorney appointed under this Act shall
12receive a copy of each significant event report that involves
13the minor no later than 3 days after the Department learns of
14an event requiring a significant event report to be written, or
15earlier as required by Department rule.
16    (7) The appointed guardian ad litem or child representative
17shall remain the child's guardian ad litem or child
18representative throughout the entire juvenile trial court
19proceedings, including permanency hearings and termination of
20parental rights proceedings, unless there is a substitution
21entered by order of the court.
22    (8) The guardian ad litem or child representative or an
23agent of the guardian ad litem or child representative shall
24have a minimum of one in-person contact with the minor and one
25contact with one of the current foster parents or caregivers
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1in-person contact with the child and one contact with one of
2the current foster parents or caregivers after the adjudicatory
3hearing but prior to the first permanency hearing and one
4additional in-person contact with the child and one contact
5with one of the current foster parents or caregivers each
6subsequent year. For good cause shown, the judge may excuse
7face-to-face interviews required in this subsection.
8    (9) In counties with a population of 100,000 or more but
9less than 3,000,000, each guardian ad litem or child
10representative must successfully complete a training program
11approved by the Department of Children and Family Services. The
12Department of Children and Family Services shall provide
13training materials and documents to guardians ad litem and
14child representatives who are not mandated to attend the
15training program. The Department of Children and Family
16Services shall develop and distribute to all guardians ad litem
17and child representatives a bibliography containing
18information including but not limited to the juvenile court
19process, termination of parental rights, child development,
20medical aspects of child abuse, and the child's need for safety
21and permanence.
22(Source: P.A. 100-689, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
 
23    (705 ILCS 405/2-17.1)
24    Sec. 2-17.1. Court appointed special advocate.
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1filing of a petition under this Article or at any time during
2the pendency of a proceeding under this Article. Except in
3counties with a population over 3,000,000, the court appointed
4special advocate may also serve as guardian ad litem or child
5representative by appointment of the court under Section 2-17
6of this Act.
7    (2) The court appointed special advocate shall act as a
8monitor and shall be notified of all administrative case
9reviews pertaining to the minor and work with the parties'
10attorneys, the guardian ad litem or child representative, and
11others assigned to the minor's case to protect the minor's
12health, safety and best interests and insure the proper
13delivery of child welfare services. The court may consider, at
14its discretion, testimony of the court appointed special
15advocate pertaining to the well-being of the child.
16    (3) Court appointed special advocates shall serve as
17volunteers without compensation and shall receive training
18consistent with nationally developed standards.
19    (4) No person convicted of a criminal offense as specified
20in Section 4.2 of the Child Care Act of 1969 and no person
21identified as a perpetrator of an act of child abuse or neglect
22as reflected in the Department of Children and Family Services
23State Central Register shall serve as a court appointed special
24advocate.
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1appointed special advocate or an organization of court
2appointed special advocates. In no event shall the court
3appointed special advocate be liable for any costs of services
4provided to the child.
5    (6) The court may remove the court appointed special
6advocate or the guardian ad litem or child representative from
7a case upon finding that the court appointed special advocate
8or the guardian ad litem or child representative has acted in a
9manner contrary to the child's best interest or if the court
10otherwise deems continued service is unwanted or unnecessary.
11    (7) In any county in which a program of court appointed
12special advocates is in operation, the provisions of this
13Section shall apply unless the county board of that county, by
14resolution, determines that the county shall not be governed by
15this Section.
16    (8) Any court appointed special advocate acting in good
17faith within the scope of his or her appointment shall have
18immunity from any civil or criminal liability that otherwise
19might result by reason of his or her actions, except in cases
20of willful and wanton misconduct. For the purpose of any civil
21or criminal proceedings, the good faith of any court appointed
22special advocate shall be presumed.
23(Source: P.A. 90-28, eff. 1-1-98; 90-608, eff. 6-30-98; 91-357,
24eff. 7-29-99.)
 
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1    Sec. 2-24. Protective supervision.
2    (1) If the order of disposition, following a determination
3of the best interests of the minor, releases the minor to the
4custody of his parents, guardian or legal custodian, or
5continues him in such custody, the court may, if the health,
6safety and best interests of the minor require, place the
7person having custody of the minor, except for representatives
8of private or public agencies or governmental departments,
9under supervision of the probation office.
10    (2) An order of protective supervision may require the
11parent to present the child for periodic medical examinations,
12which shall include an opportunity for medical personnel to
13speak with and examine the child outside the presence of the
14parent. The results of the medical examinations conducted in
15accordance with this Section shall be made available to the
16Department, the guardian ad litem, child representative, and
17the court.
18    (3) Rules or orders of court shall define the terms and
19conditions of protective supervision, which may be modified or
20terminated when the court finds that the health, safety and
21best interests of the minor and the public will be served
22thereby.
23(Source: P.A. 90-28, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
24    (705 ILCS 405/2-27.1)
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1    (1) A minor under 18 years of age and who is subject under
2Article II of this Act to a secure child care facility may be
3admitted to a secure child care facility for inpatient
4treatment upon application to the facility director if, prior
5to admission, the facility director and the Director of the
6Department of Children and Family Services or the Director's
7designate find that: the minor has a mental illness or
8emotional disturbance, including but not limited to a behavior
9disorder, of such severity that placement in a secure child
10care facility is necessary because in the absence of such a
11placement, the minor is likely to endanger self or others or
12not meet his or her basic needs and this placement is the least
13restrictive alternative. Prior to admission, a psychiatrist,
14clinical social worker, or clinical psychologist who has
15personally examined the minor shall state in writing that the
16minor meets the standards for admission. The statement must set
17forth in detail the reasons for that conclusion and shall
18indicate what alternatives to secure treatment have been
19explored. When the minor is placed in a child care facility
20which includes a secure child care facility in addition to a
21less restrictive setting, and the application for admission
22states that the minor will be permanently placed in the less
23restrictive setting of the child care facility as part of his
24or her permanency plan after the need for secure treatment has
25ended, the psychiatrist, clinical social worker, or clinical
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1placed in secure treatment, the conditions under which the
2minor may be placed in the less restrictive setting of the
3facility, and the conditions under which the minor may need to
4be returned to secure treatment.
5    (2) The application for admission under this Section shall
6contain, in large bold-face type, a statement written in simple
7non-technical terms of the minor's right to object and the
8right to a hearing. A minor 12 years of age or older must be
9given a copy of the application and the statement should be
10explained to him or her in an understandable manner. A copy of
11the application shall also be given to the person who executed
12it, the designate of the Director of the Department of Children
13and Family Services, the minor's parent, the minor's attorney,
14and, if the minor is 12 years of age or older, 2 other persons
15whom the minor may designate, excluding persons whose
16whereabouts cannot reasonably be ascertained.
17    (3) Thirty days after admission, the facility director
18shall review the minor's record and assess the need for
19continuing placement in a secure child care facility. When the
20minor has been placed in a child care facility which includes a
21secure child care facility in addition to a less restrictive
22setting, and the application for admission states that the
23minor will be permanently placed in the less restrictive
24setting of the child care facility as part of his or her
25permanency plan after the need for secure treatment has ended,
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1minor's need to be placed in secure treatment, the conditions
2under which the minor may be placed in the less restrictive
3setting of the facility, and the conditions under which the
4minor may need to be returned to secure treatment. The director
5of the facility shall consult with the designate of the
6Director of the Department of Children and Family Services and
7request authorization for continuing placement of the minor.
8Request and authorization should be noted in the minor's
9record. Every 60 days thereafter a review shall be conducted
10and new authorization shall be secured from the designate for
11as long as placement continues. Failure or refusal to authorize
12continued placement shall constitute a request for the minor's
13discharge.
14    (4) At any time during a minor's placement in a secure
15child care facility, an objection may be made to that placement
16by the minor, the minor's parents (except where parental rights
17have been terminated), the minor's guardian ad litem, child
18representative, or the minor's attorney. When an objection is
19made, the minor shall be discharged at the earliest appropriate
20time not to exceed 15 days, including Saturdays, Sundays, and
21holidays unless the objection is withdrawn in writing or
22unless, within that time, the Director or his or her designate
23files with the Court a petition for review of the admission.
24The petition must be accompanied by a certificate signed by a
25psychiatrist, clinical social worker, or clinical
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1examination and shall specify that the minor has a mental
2illness or an emotional disturbance of such severity that
3placement in a secure facility is necessary, that the minor can
4benefit from the placement, that a less restrictive alternative
5is not appropriate, and that the placement is in the minor's
6best interest.
7    (5) Upon receipt of a petition, the court shall set a
8hearing to be held within 5 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays,
9and holidays. The court shall direct that notice of the time
10and place of the hearing shall be served upon the minor, his or
11her attorney and the minor's guardian ad litem, child
12representative, the Director of the Department of Children and
13Family Services or his or her designate, the State's Attorney,
14and the attorney for the parents.
15    (6) The court shall order the minor discharged from the
16secure child care facility if it determines that the minor does
17not have a mental illness or emotional disturbance of such
18severity that placement in a secure facility is necessary, or
19if it determines that a less restrictive alternative is
20appropriate.
21    (7) If however, the court finds that the minor does have a
22mental illness or an emotional disturbance for which the minor
23is likely to benefit from treatment but that a less restrictive
24alternative is appropriate, the court shall order that the
25Department of Children and Family Services prepare a case plan
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1capable of providing adequate and humane treatment in the least
2restrictive setting that is appropriate to the minor's
3condition and serves the minor's best interests, and shall
4authorize the continued placement of the minor in the secure
5child care facility. At each permanency hearing conducted
6thereafter, the court shall determine whether the minor does
7not have a mental illness or emotional disturbance of such
8severity that placement in a secure facility is necessary or,
9if a less restrictive alternative is appropriate. If either of
10these 2 conditions are not met, the court shall order the minor
11discharged from the secure child care facility.
12    (8) Unwillingness or inability of the Department of
13Children and Family Services to find a placement for the minor
14shall not be grounds for the court's refusing to order
15discharge of the minor.
16(Source: P.A. 90-608, eff. 6-30-98.)
 
17    (705 ILCS 405/2-28.1)
18    Sec. 2-28.1. Permanency hearings; before hearing officers.
19    (a) The chief judge of the circuit court may appoint
20hearing officers to conduct the permanency hearings set forth
21in subsection (2) of Section 2-28, in accordance with the
22provisions of this Section. The hearing officers shall be
23attorneys with at least 3 years experience in child abuse and
24neglect or permanency planning and in counties with a
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1after September 1, 1997, must be an attorney admitted to
2practice for at least 7 years. Once trained by the court,
3hearing officers shall be authorized to do the following:
4        (1) Conduct a fair and impartial hearing.
5        (2) Summon and compel the attendance of witnesses.
6        (3) Administer the oath or affirmation and take
7    testimony under oath or affirmation.
8        (4) Require the production of evidence relevant to the
9    permanency hearing to be conducted. That evidence may
10    include, but need not be limited to case plans, social
11    histories, medical and psychological evaluations, child
12    placement histories, visitation records, and other
13    documents and writings applicable to those items.
14        (5) Rule on the admissibility of evidence using the
15    standard applied at a dispositional hearing under Section
16    2-22 of this Act.
17        (6) When necessary, cause notices to be issued
18    requiring parties, the public agency that is custodian or
19    guardian of the minor, or another agency responsible for
20    the minor's care to appear either before the hearing
21    officer or in court.
22        (7) Analyze the evidence presented to the hearing
23    officer and prepare written recommended orders, including
24    findings of fact, based on the evidence.
25        (8) Prior to the hearing, conduct any pre-hearings that
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1        (9) Conduct in camera interviews with children when
2    requested by a child or the child's guardian ad litem or
3    child representative.
4In counties with a population of 3,000,000 or more, hearing
5officers shall also be authorized to do the following:
6        (i) Accept specific consents for adoption or
7    surrenders of parental rights from a parent or parents.
8        (ii) Conduct hearings on the progress made toward the
9    permanency goal set for the minor.
10        (iii) Perform other duties as assigned by the court.
11    (b) The hearing officer shall consider evidence and conduct
12the permanency hearings as set forth in subsections (2) and (3)
13of Section 2-28 in accordance with the standards set forth
14therein. The hearing officer shall assure that a verbatim
15record of the proceedings is made and retained for a period of
1612 months or until the next permanency hearing, whichever date
17is later, and shall direct to the clerk of the court all
18documents and evidence to be made part of the court file. The
19hearing officer shall inform the participants of their
20individual rights and responsibilities. The hearing officer
21shall identify the issues to be reviewed under subsection (2)
22of Section 2-28, consider all relevant facts, and receive or
23request any additional information necessary to make
24recommendations to the court.
25    If a party fails to appear at the hearing, the hearing
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1present at the hearing. The hearing officer shall specifically
2note for the court the absence of any parties. If all parties
3are present at the permanency hearing, and the parties and the
4Department are in agreement that the service plan and
5permanency goal are appropriate or are in agreement that the
6permanency goal for the child has been achieved, the hearing
7officer shall prepare a recommended order, including findings
8of fact, to be submitted to the court, and all parties and the
9Department shall sign the recommended order at the time of the
10hearing. The recommended order will then be submitted to the
11court for its immediate consideration and the entry of an
12appropriate order.
13    The court may enter an order consistent with the
14recommended order without further hearing or notice to the
15parties, may refer the matter to the hearing officer for
16further proceedings, or may hold such additional hearings as
17the court deems necessary. All parties present at the hearing
18and the Department shall be tendered a copy of the court's
19order at the conclusion of the hearing.
20    (c) If one or more parties are not present at the
21permanency hearing, or any party or the Department of Children
22and Family Services objects to the hearing officer's
23recommended order, including any findings of fact, the hearing
24officer shall set the matter for a judicial determination
25within 30 days of the permanency hearing for the entry of the
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1Any objections shall be in writing and identify the specific
2findings or recommendations that are contested, the basis for
3the objections, and the evidence or applicable law supporting
4the objection. The recommended order and its contents may not
5be disclosed to anyone other than the parties and the
6Department or other agency unless otherwise specifically
7ordered by a judge of the court.
8    Following the receipt of objections consistent with this
9subsection from any party or the Department of Children and
10Family Services to the hearing officer's recommended orders,
11the court shall make a judicial determination of those portions
12of the order to which objections were made, and shall enter an
13appropriate order. The court may refuse to review any
14objections that fail to meet the requirements of this
15subsection.
16    (d) The following are judicial functions and shall be
17performed only by a circuit judge or associate judge:
18        (1) Review of the recommended orders of the hearing
19    officer and entry of orders the court deems appropriate.
20        (2) Conduct of judicial hearings on all pre-hearing
21    motions and other matters that require a court order and
22    entry of orders as the court deems appropriate.
23        (3) Conduct of judicial determinations on all matters
24    in which the parties or the Department of Children and
25    Family Services disagree with the hearing officer's
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1        (4) Issuance of rules to show cause, conduct of
2    contempt proceedings, and imposition of appropriate
3    sanctions or relief.
4(Source: P.A. 89-17, eff. 5-31-95; 90-27, eff. 1-1-98; 90-28,
5eff. 1-1-98; 90-87, eff. 9-1-97; 90-608, eff. 6-30-98; 90-655,
6eff. 7-30-98.)
 
7    (705 ILCS 405/3-12)  (from Ch. 37, par. 803-12)
8    Sec. 3-12. Shelter care hearing. At the appearance of the
9minor before the court at the shelter care hearing, all
10witnesses present shall be examined before the court in
11relation to any matter connected with the allegations made in
12the petition.
13    (1) If the court finds that there is not probable cause to
14believe that the minor is a person requiring authoritative
15intervention, it shall release the minor and dismiss the
16petition.
17    (2) If the court finds that there is probable cause to
18believe that the minor is a person requiring authoritative
19intervention, the minor, his or her parent, guardian, custodian
20and other persons able to give relevant testimony shall be
21examined before the court. After such testimony, the court may
22enter an order that the minor shall be released upon the
23request of a parent, guardian or custodian if the parent,
24guardian or custodian appears to take custody. "Custodian"
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1has been given custody of the child, or any other agency of the
2State which has been given custody or wardship of the child.
3The Court shall require documentation by representatives of the
4Department of Children and Family Services or the probation
5department as to the reasonable efforts that were made to
6prevent or eliminate the necessity of removal of the minor from
7his or her home, and shall consider the testimony of any person
8as to those reasonable efforts. If the court finds that it is a
9matter of immediate and urgent necessity for the protection of
10the minor or of the person or property of another that the
11minor be placed in a shelter care facility, or that he or she
12is likely to flee the jurisdiction of the court, and further
13finds that reasonable efforts have been made or good cause has
14been shown why reasonable efforts cannot prevent or eliminate
15the necessity of removal of the minor from his or her home, the
16court may prescribe shelter care and order that the minor be
17kept in a suitable place designated by the court or in a
18shelter care facility designated by the Department of Children
19and Family Services or a licensed child welfare agency;
20otherwise it shall release the minor from custody. If the court
21prescribes shelter care, then in placing the minor, the
22Department or other agency shall, to the extent compatible with
23the court's order, comply with Section 7 of the Children and
24Family Services Act. If the minor is ordered placed in a
25shelter care facility of the Department of Children and Family
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1upon request of the Department or other agency, appoint the
2Department of Children and Family Services Guardianship
3Administrator or other appropriate agency executive temporary
4custodian of the minor and the court may enter such other
5orders related to the temporary custody as it deems fit and
6proper, including the provision of services to the minor or his
7family to ameliorate the causes contributing to the finding of
8probable cause or to the finding of the existence of immediate
9and urgent necessity. Acceptance of services shall not be
10considered an admission of any allegation in a petition made
11pursuant to this Act, nor may a referral of services be
12considered as evidence in any proceeding pursuant to this Act,
13except where the issue is whether the Department has made
14reasonable efforts to reunite the family. In making its
15findings that reasonable efforts have been made or that good
16cause has been shown why reasonable efforts cannot prevent or
17eliminate the necessity of removal of the minor from his or her
18home, the court shall state in writing its findings concerning
19the nature of the services that were offered or the efforts
20that were made to prevent removal of the child and the apparent
21reasons that such services or efforts could not prevent the
22need for removal. The parents, guardian, custodian, temporary
23custodian and minor shall each be furnished a copy of such
24written findings. The temporary custodian shall maintain a copy
25of the court order and written findings in the case record for
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1    The order together with the court's findings of fact and
2support thereof shall be entered of record in the court.
3    Once the court finds that it is a matter of immediate and
4urgent necessity for the protection of the minor that the minor
5be placed in a shelter care facility, the minor shall not be
6returned to the parent, custodian or guardian until the court
7finds that such placement is no longer necessary for the
8protection of the minor.
9    (3) If prior to the shelter care hearing for a minor
10described in Sections 2-3, 2-4, 3-3, and 4-3 the petitioner is
11unable to serve notice on the party respondent, the shelter
12care hearing may proceed ex parte. A shelter care order from an
13ex parte hearing shall be endorsed with the date and hour of
14issuance and shall be filed with the clerk's office and entered
15of record. The order shall expire after 10 days from the time
16it is issued unless before its expiration it is renewed, at a
17hearing upon appearance of the party respondent, or upon an
18affidavit of the moving party as to all diligent efforts to
19notify the party respondent by notice as herein prescribed. The
20notice prescribed shall be in writing and shall be personally
21delivered to the minor or the minor's attorney and to the last
22known address of the other person or persons entitled to
23notice. The notice shall also state the nature of the
24allegations, the nature of the order sought by the State,
25including whether temporary custody is sought, and the
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1of the parties and the procedures to vacate or modify a shelter
2care order as provided in this Section. The notice for a
3shelter care hearing shall be substantially as follows:
4
NOTICE TO PARENTS AND CHILDREN OF SHELTER CARE HEARING
5    On ................ at ........., before the Honorable
6................, (address:) ................., the State of
7Illinois will present evidence (1) that (name of child or
8children) ....................... are abused, neglected or
9dependent for the following reasons:
10.............................................................
11and (2) that there is "immediate and urgent necessity" to
12remove the child or children from the responsible relative.
13    YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING MAY RESULT IN
14PLACEMENT of the child or children in foster care until a trial
15can be held. A trial may not be held for up to 90 days.
16    At the shelter care hearing, parents have the following
17rights:
18        1. To ask the court to appoint a lawyer if they cannot
19    afford one.
20        2. To ask the court to continue the hearing to allow
21    them time to prepare.
22        3. To present evidence concerning:
23            a. Whether or not the child or children were
24        abused, neglected or dependent.
25            b. Whether or not there is "immediate and urgent
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1        their ability to care for the child, conditions in the
2        home, alternative means of protecting the child other
3        than removal).
4            c. The best interests of the child.
5        4. To cross examine the State's witnesses.
6    The Notice for rehearings shall be substantially as
7follows:
8
NOTICE OF PARENT'S AND CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
9
TO REHEARING ON TEMPORARY CUSTODY
10    If you were not present at and did not have adequate notice
11of the Shelter Care Hearing at which temporary custody of
12............... was awarded to ................, you have the
13right to request a full rehearing on whether the State should
14have temporary custody of ................. To request this
15rehearing, you must file with the Clerk of the Juvenile Court
16(address): ........................, in person or by mailing a
17statement (affidavit) setting forth the following:
18        1. That you were not present at the shelter care
19    hearing.
20        2. That you did not get adequate notice (explaining how
21    the notice was inadequate).
22        3. Your signature.
23        4. Signature must be notarized.
24    The rehearing should be scheduled within one day of your
25filing this affidavit.
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1initial shelter care hearing. The enclosed notice explains
2those rights.
3    At the Shelter Care Hearing, children have the following
4rights:
5        1. To have a guardian ad litem or child representative
6    appointed.
7        2. To be declared competent as a witness and to present
8    testimony concerning:
9            a. Whether they are abused, neglected or
10        dependent.
11            b. Whether there is "immediate and urgent
12        necessity" to be removed from home.
13            c. Their best interests.
14        3. To cross examine witnesses for other parties.
15        4. To obtain an explanation of any proceedings and
16    orders of the court.
17    (4) If the parent, guardian, legal custodian, responsible
18relative, or counsel of the minor did not have actual notice of
19or was not present at the shelter care hearing, he or she may
20file an affidavit setting forth these facts, and the clerk
21shall set the matter for rehearing not later than 48 hours,
22excluding Sundays and legal holidays, after the filing of the
23affidavit. At the rehearing, the court shall proceed in the
24same manner as upon the original hearing.
25    (5) Only when there is reasonable cause to believe that the
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1(3) of Section 5-105 may the minor be kept or detained in a
2detention home or county or municipal jail. This Section shall
3in no way be construed to limit subsection (6).
4    (6) No minor under 16 years of age may be confined in a
5jail or place ordinarily used for the confinement of prisoners
6in a police station. Minors under 18 years of age must be kept
7separate from confined adults and may not at any time be kept
8in the same cell, room, or yard with adults confined pursuant
9to the criminal law.
10    (7) If the minor is not brought before a judicial officer
11within the time period specified in Section 3-11, the minor
12must immediately be released from custody.
13    (8) If neither the parent, guardian or custodian appears
14within 24 hours to take custody of a minor released upon
15request pursuant to subsection (2) of this Section, then the
16clerk of the court shall set the matter for rehearing not later
17than 7 days after the original order and shall issue a summons
18directed to the parent, guardian or custodian to appear. At the
19same time the probation department shall prepare a report on
20the minor. If a parent, guardian or custodian does not appear
21at such rehearing, the judge may enter an order prescribing
22that the minor be kept in a suitable place designated by the
23Department of Children and Family Services or a licensed child
24welfare agency.
25    (9) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
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1custodian, an agency providing services to the minor or family
2under a service plan pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Abused and
3Neglected Child Reporting Act, foster parent, or any of their
4representatives, on notice to all parties entitled to notice,
5may file a motion to modify or vacate a temporary custody order
6on any of the following grounds:
7        (a) It is no longer a matter of immediate and urgent
8    necessity that the minor remain in shelter care; or
9        (b) There is a material change in the circumstances of
10    the natural family from which the minor was removed; or
11        (c) A person, including a parent, relative or legal
12    guardian, is capable of assuming temporary custody of the
13    minor; or
14        (d) Services provided by the Department of Children and
15    Family Services or a child welfare agency or other service
16    provider have been successful in eliminating the need for
17    temporary custody.
18    The clerk shall set the matter for hearing not later than
1914 days after such motion is filed. In the event that the court
20modifies or vacates a temporary custody order but does not
21vacate its finding of probable cause, the court may order that
22appropriate services be continued or initiated in behalf of the
23minor and his or her family.
24    (10) The changes made to this Section by Public Act 98-61
25apply to a minor who has been arrested or taken into custody on
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198-61).
2(Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-159, eff. 8-18-17.)
 
3    (705 ILCS 405/3-16)  (from Ch. 37, par. 803-16)
4    Sec. 3-16. Date for adjudicatory hearing. (a) Until January
51, 1988:
6    (1) When a petition has been filed alleging that the minor
7requires authoritative intervention, an adjudicatory hearing
8shall be held within 120 days. The 120 day period in which an
9adjudicatory hearing shall be held is tolled by: (A) delay
10occasioned by the minor; (B) a continuance allowed pursuant to
11Section 114-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 after a
12court's determination of the minor's physical incapacity for
13trial; or (C) an interlocutory appeal. Any such delay shall
14temporarily suspend for the time of the delay the period within
15which the adjudicatory hearing must be held. On the day of
16expiration of the delay, the said period shall continue at the
17point at which it was suspended. Where no such adjudicatory
18hearing is held within 120 days, the court may, on written
19motion of a minor's guardian ad litem or child representative,
20dismiss the petition with respect to such minor. Such dismissal
21shall be without prejudice.
22    Where the court determines that the State exercised,
23without success, due diligence to obtain evidence material to
24the case, and that there are reasonable grounds to believe that
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1upon written motion by the State, continue the matter for not
2more than 30 additional days.
3    (2) In the case of a minor ordered held in shelter care,
4the hearing on the petition must be held within 10 judicial
5days from the date of the order of the court directing shelter
6care or the earliest possible date in compliance with the
7notice provisions of Sections 3-17 and 3-18 as to the custodial
8parent, guardian or legal custodian, but no later than 30
9judicial days from the date of the order of the court directing
10shelter care. Delay occasioned by the respondent shall
11temporarily suspend, for the time of the delay, the period
12within which a respondent must be tried pursuant to this
13Section.
14    Upon failure to comply with the time limits specified in
15this subsection (a)(2), the minor shall be immediately
16released. The time limits specified in subsection (a)(1) shall
17still apply.
18    (3) Nothing in this Section prevents the minor's exercise
19of his or her right to waive any time limits set forth in this
20Section.
21    (b) Beginning January 1, 1988:
22    (1) (A) When a petition has been filed alleging that the
23minor requires authoritative intervention, an adjudicatory
24hearing shall be held within 120 days of a demand made by any
25party, except that when the court determines that the State,
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1material to the case and that there are reasonable grounds to
2believe that such evidence may be obtained at a later date, the
3court may, upon motion by the State, continue the adjudicatory
4hearing for not more than 30 additional days.
5    The 120 day period in which an adjudicatory hearing shall
6be held is tolled by: (i) delay occasioned by the minor; or
7(ii) a continuance allowed pursuant to Section 114-4 of the
8Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 after a court's
9determination of the minor's physical incapacity for trial; or
10(iii) an interlocutory appeal. Any such delay shall temporarily
11suspend, for the time of the delay, the period within which the
12adjudicatory hearing must be held. On the day of expiration of
13the delay, the said period shall continue at the point at which
14it was suspended.
15    (B) When no such adjudicatory hearing is held within the
16time required by paragraph (b)(1)(A) of this Section, the court
17shall, upon motion by any party, dismiss the petition with
18prejudice.
19    (2) Without affecting the applicability of the tolling and
20multiple prosecution provisions of paragraph (b)(1) of this
21Section, when a petition has been filed alleging that the minor
22requires authoritative intervention and the minor is in shelter
23care, the adjudicatory hearing shall be held within 10 judicial
24days after the date of the order directing shelter care, or the
25earliest possible date in compliance with the notice provisions
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1or legal custodian, but no later than 30 judicial days from the
2date of the order of the court directing shelter care.
3    (3) Any failure to comply with the time limits of paragraph
4(b)(2) of this Section shall require the immediate release of
5the minor from shelter care, and the time limits of paragraph
6(b)(1) shall apply.
7    (4) Nothing in this Section prevents the minor or the
8minor's parents or guardian from exercising their respective
9rights to waive the time limits set forth in this Section.
10(Source: P.A. 85-601.)
 
11    (705 ILCS 405/3-17)  (from Ch. 37, par. 803-17)
12    Sec. 3-17. Summons. (1) When a petition is filed, the clerk
13of the court shall issue a summons with a copy of the petition
14attached. The summons shall be directed to the minor's legal
15guardian or custodian and to each person named as a respondent
16in the petition, except that summons need not be directed to a
17minor respondent under 8 years of age for whom the court
18appoints a guardian ad litem or child representative if the
19guardian ad litem or child representative appears on behalf of
20the minor in any proceeding under this Act.
21    (2) The summons must contain a statement that the minor or
22any of the respondents is entitled to have an attorney present
23at the hearing on the petition, and that the clerk of the court
24should be notified promptly if the minor or any other
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1financially unable to employ counsel.
2    (3) The summons shall be issued under the seal of the
3court, attested to and signed with the name of the clerk of the
4court, dated on the day it is issued, and shall require each
5respondent to appear and answer the petition on the date set
6for the adjudicatory hearing.
7    (4) The summons may be served by any county sheriff,
8coroner or probation officer, even though the officer is the
9petitioner. The return of the summons with endorsement of
10service by the officer is sufficient proof thereof.
11    (5) Service of a summons and petition shall be made by: (a)
12leaving a copy thereof with the person summoned at least 3 days
13before the time stated therein for appearance; (b) leaving a
14copy at his usual place of abode with some person of the
15family, of the age of 10 years or upwards, and informing that
16person of the contents thereof, provided the officer or other
17person making service shall also send a copy of the summons in
18a sealed envelope with postage fully prepaid, addressed to the
19person summoned at his usual place of abode, at least 3 days
20before the time stated therein for appearance; or (c) leaving a
21copy thereof with the guardian or custodian of a minor, at
22least 3 days before the time stated therein for appearance. If
23the guardian or custodian is an agency of the State of
24Illinois, proper service may be made by leaving a copy of the
25summons and petition with any administrative employee of such
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1and petitions. The certificate of the officer or affidavit of
2the person that he has sent the copy pursuant to this Section
3is sufficient proof of service.
4    (6) When a parent or other person, who has signed a written
5promise to appear and bring the minor to court or who has
6waived or acknowledged service, fails to appear with the minor
7on the date set by the court, a bench warrant may be issued for
8the parent or other person, the minor, or both.
9    (7) The appearance of the minor's legal guardian or
10custodian, or a person named as a respondent in a petition, in
11any proceeding under this Act shall constitute a waiver of
12service of summons and submission to the jurisdiction of the
13court. A copy of the summons and petition shall be provided to
14the person at the time of his appearance.
15(Source: P.A. 86-441.)
 
16    (705 ILCS 405/3-19)  (from Ch. 37, par. 803-19)
17    Sec. 3-19. Guardian ad litem or child representative.
18    (1) Immediately upon the filing of a petition alleging that
19the minor requires authoritative intervention, the court may
20appoint a guardian ad litem or child representative for the
21minor if
22        (a) such petition alleges that the minor is the victim
23    of sexual abuse or misconduct; or
24        (b) such petition alleges that charges alleging the
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1    or in Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50,
2    11-1.60, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15 or 12-16 of the
3    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, have
4    been filed against a defendant in any court and that such
5    minor is the alleged victim of the acts of the defendant in
6    the commission of such offense.
7    (2) Unless the guardian ad litem or child representative
8appointed pursuant to paragraph (1) is an attorney at law he
9shall be represented in the performance of his duties by
10counsel.
11    (3) Before proceeding with the hearing, the court shall
12appoint a guardian ad litem or child representative for the
13minor if
14        (a) no parent, guardian, custodian or relative of the
15    minor appears at the first or any subsequent hearing of the
16    case;
17        (b) the petition prays for the appointment of a
18    guardian with power to consent to adoption; or
19        (c) the petition for which the minor is before the
20    court resulted from a report made pursuant to the Abused
21    and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
22    (4) The court may appoint a guardian ad litem or child
23representative for the minor whenever it finds that there may
24be a conflict of interest between the minor and his parents or
25other custodian or that it is otherwise in the minor's interest
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1    (5) The reasonable fees of a guardian ad litem or child
2representative appointed under this Section shall be fixed by
3the court and charged to the parents of the minor, to the
4extent they are able to pay. If the parents are unable to pay
5those fees, they shall be paid from the general fund of the
6county.
7(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
8    (705 ILCS 405/4-13)  (from Ch. 37, par. 804-13)
9    Sec. 4-13. Date for adjudicatory hearing. (a) Until January
101, 1988:
11    (1) When a petition has been filed alleging that the minor
12is an addict under this Article, an adjudicatory hearing shall
13be held within 120 days. The 120 day period in which an
14adjudicatory hearing shall be held is tolled by: (A) delay
15occasioned by the minor; (B) a continuance allowed pursuant to
16Section 114-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 after a
17court's determination of the minor's physical incapacity for
18trial; or (C) an interlocutory appeal. Any such delay shall
19temporarily suspend for the time of the delay the period within
20which the adjudicatory hearing must be held. On the day of
21expiration of the delay, the said period shall continue at the
22point at which it was suspended. Where no such adjudicatory
23hearing is held within 120 days the court may, upon written
24motion of such minor's guardian ad litem or child
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1minor. Such dismissal shall be without prejudice.
2    Where the court determines that the State has exercised,
3without success, due diligence to obtain evidence material to
4the case, and that there are reasonable grounds to believe that
5such evidence may be obtained at a later date the court may,
6upon written motion by the state, continue the matter for not
7more than 30 additional days.
8    (2) In the case of a minor ordered held in shelter care,
9the hearing on the petition must be held within 10 judicial
10days from the date of the order of the court directing shelter
11care, or the earliest possible date in compliance with the
12notice provisions of Sections 4-14 and 4-15 as to the custodial
13parent, guardian or legal custodian, but no later than 30
14judicial days from the date of the order of the court directing
15shelter care. Delay occasioned by the respondent shall
16temporarily suspend, for the time of the delay, the period
17within which a respondent must be brought to an adjudicatory
18hearing pursuant to this Section.
19    Any failure to comply with the time limits of this
20subsection must require the immediate release of the minor and
21the time limits of subsection (a) (1) shall apply.
22    (3) Nothing in this Section prevents the minor's exercise
23of his or her right to waive the time limits set forth in this
24Section.
25    (b) Beginning January 1, 1988:
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1minor is an addict under this Article, an adjudicatory hearing
2shall be held within 120 days of a demand made by any party,
3except that when the court determines that the State, without
4success, has exercised due diligence to obtain evidence
5material to the case and that there are reasonable grounds to
6believe that such evidence may be obtained at a later date, the
7court may, upon motion by the State, continue the adjudicatory
8hearing for not more than 30 additional days.
9    The 120 day period in which an adjudicatory hearing shall
10be held is tolled by: (i) delay occasioned by the minor; or
11(ii) a continuance allowed pursuant to Section 114-4 of the
12Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 after a court's
13determination of the minor's physical incapacity for trial; or
14(iii) an interlocutory appeal. Any such delay shall temporarily
15suspend for the time of the delay the period within which the
16adjudicatory hearing must be held. On the day of expiration of
17the delay, the said period shall continue at the point at which
18it was suspended.
19    (B) When no such adjudicatory hearing is held within the
20time required by paragraph (b)(1)(A) of this Section, the court
21shall, upon motion by any party, dismiss the petition with
22prejudice.
23    (2) Without affecting the applicability of the tolling and
24multiple prosecution provisions of paragraph (b) (1) of this
25Section, when a petition has been filed alleging that the minor
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1care, the adjudicatory hearing shall be held within 10 judicial
2days after the date of the order directing shelter care, or the
3earliest possible date in compliance with the notice provisions
4of Sections 4-14 and 4-15 as to the custodial parent, guardian
5or legal custodian, but no later than 30 judicial days from the
6date of the order of the court directing shelter care.
7    (3) Any failure to comply with the time limits of paragraph
8(b)(2) of this Section shall require the immediate release of
9the minor from shelter care, and the time limits of paragraph
10(b)(1) shall apply.
11    (4) Nothing in this Section prevents the minor or the
12minor's parents or guardian from exercising their respective
13rights to waive the time limits set forth in this Section.
14(Source: P.A. 85-601.)
 
15    (705 ILCS 405/4-14)  (from Ch. 37, par. 804-14)
16    Sec. 4-14. Summons. (1) When a petition is filed, the clerk
17of the court shall issue a summons with a copy of the petition
18attached. The summons shall be directed to the minor's legal
19guardian or custodian and to each person named as a respondent
20in the petition, except that summons need not be directed to a
21minor respondent under 8 years of age for whom the court
22appoints a guardian ad litem or child representative if the
23guardian ad litem or child representative appears on behalf of
24the minor in any proceeding under this Act.
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1any of the respondents is entitled to have an attorney present
2at the hearing on the petition, and that the clerk of the court
3should be notified promptly if the minor or any other
4respondent desires to be represented by an attorney but is
5financially unable to employ counsel.
6    (3) The summons shall be issued under the seal of the
7court, attested to and signed with the name of the clerk of the
8court, dated on the day it is issued, and shall require each
9respondent to appear and answer the petition on the date set
10for the adjudicatory hearing.
11    (4) The summons may be served by any county sheriff,
12coroner or probation officer, even though the officer is the
13petitioner. The return of the summons with endorsement of
14service by the officer is sufficient proof thereof.
15    (5) Service of a summons and petition shall be made by: (a)
16leaving a copy thereof with the person summoned at least 3 days
17before the time stated therein for appearance; (b) leaving a
18copy at his usual place of abode with some person of the
19family, of the age of 10 years or upwards, and informing that
20person of the contents thereof, provided that the officer or
21other person making service shall also send a copy of the
22summons in a sealed envelope with postage fully prepaid,
23addressed to the person summoned at his usual place of abode,
24at least 3 days before the time stated therein for appearance;
25or (c) leaving a copy thereof with the guardian or custodian of
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1appearance. If the guardian or custodian is an agency of the
2State of Illinois, proper service may be made by leaving a copy
3of the summons and petition with any administrative employee of
4such agency designated by such agency to accept service of
5summons and petitions. The certificate of the officer or
6affidavit of the person that he has sent the copy pursuant to
7this Section is sufficient proof of service.
8    (6) When a parent or other person, who has signed a written
9promise to appear and bring the minor to court or who has
10waived or acknowledged service, fails to appear with the minor
11on the date set by the court, a bench warrant may be issued for
12the parent or other person, the minor, or both.
13    (7) The appearance of the minor's legal guardian or
14custodian, or a person named as a respondent in a petition, in
15any proceeding under this Act shall constitute a waiver of
16service of summons and submission to the jurisdiction of the
17court. A copy of the summons and petition shall be provided to
18the person at the time of his appearance.
19(Source: P.A. 86-441.)
 
20    (705 ILCS 405/4-16)  (from Ch. 37, par. 804-16)
21    Sec. 4-16. Guardian ad litem and child representative.
22    (1) Immediately upon the filing of a petition alleging that
23the minor is a person described in Section 4-3 of this Act, the
24court may appoint a guardian ad litem or child representative
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1        (a) such petition alleges that the minor is the victim
2    of sexual abuse or misconduct; or
3        (b) such petition alleges that charges alleging the
4    commission of any of the sex offenses defined in Article 11
5    or in Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50,
6    11-1.60, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15 or 12-16 of the
7    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, have
8    been filed against a defendant in any court and that such
9    minor is the alleged victim of the acts of the defendant in
10    the commission of such offense.
11    Unless the guardian ad litem or child representative
12appointed pursuant to this paragraph (1) is an attorney at law
13he shall be represented in the performance of his duties by
14counsel.
15    (2) Before proceeding with the hearing, the court shall
16appoint a guardian ad litem or child representative for the
17minor if
18        (a) no parent, guardian, custodian or relative of the
19    minor appears at the first or any subsequent hearing of the
20    case;
21        (b) the petition prays for the appointment of a
22    guardian with power to consent to adoption; or
23        (c) the petition for which the minor is before the
24    court resulted from a report made pursuant to the Abused
25    and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
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1representative for the minor whenever it finds that there may
2be a conflict of interest between the minor and his parents or
3other custodian or that it is otherwise in the minor's interest
4to do so.
5    (4) Unless the guardian ad litem or child representative is
6an attorney, he shall be represented by counsel.
7    (5) The reasonable fees of a guardian ad litem or child
8representative appointed under this Section shall be fixed by
9the court and charged to the parents of the minor, to the
10extent they are able to pay. If the parents are unable to pay
11those fees, they shall be paid from the general fund of the
12county.
13(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
14    (705 ILCS 405/5-525)
15    Sec. 5-525. Service.
16    (1) Service by summons.
17        (a) Upon the commencement of a delinquency
18    prosecution, the clerk of the court shall issue a summons
19    with a copy of the petition attached. The summons shall be
20    directed to the minor's parent, guardian or legal custodian
21    and to each person named as a respondent in the petition,
22    except that summons need not be directed (i) to a minor
23    respondent under 8 years of age for whom the court appoints
24    a guardian ad litem or child representative if the guardian
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1    minor in any proceeding under this Act, or (ii) to a parent
2    who does not reside with the minor, does not make regular
3    child support payments to the minor, to the minor's other
4    parent, or to the minor's legal guardian or custodian
5    pursuant to a support order, and has not communicated with
6    the minor on a regular basis.
7        (b) The summons must contain a statement that the minor
8    is entitled to have an attorney present at the hearing on
9    the petition, and that the clerk of the court should be
10    notified promptly if the minor desires to be represented by
11    an attorney but is financially unable to employ counsel.
12        (c) The summons shall be issued under the seal of the
13    court, attested in and signed with the name of the clerk of
14    the court, dated on the day it is issued, and shall require
15    each respondent to appear and answer the petition on the
16    date set for the adjudicatory hearing.
17        (d) The summons may be served by any law enforcement
18    officer, coroner or probation officer, even though the
19    officer is the petitioner. The return of the summons with
20    endorsement of service by the officer is sufficient proof
21    of service.
22        (e) Service of a summons and petition shall be made by:
23    (i) leaving a copy of the summons and petition with the
24    person summoned at least 3 days before the time stated in
25    the summons for appearance; (ii) leaving a copy at his or
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1    the age of 10 years or upwards, and informing that person
2    of the contents of the summons and petition, provided, the
3    officer or other person making service shall also send a
4    copy of the summons in a sealed envelope with postage fully
5    prepaid, addressed to the person summoned at his or her
6    usual place of abode, at least 3 days before the time
7    stated in the summons for appearance; or (iii) leaving a
8    copy of the summons and petition with the guardian or
9    custodian of a minor, at least 3 days before the time
10    stated in the summons for appearance. If the guardian or
11    legal custodian is an agency of the State of Illinois,
12    proper service may be made by leaving a copy of the summons
13    and petition with any administrative employee of the agency
14    designated by the agency to accept the service of summons
15    and petitions. The certificate of the officer or affidavit
16    of the person that he or she has sent the copy pursuant to
17    this Section is sufficient proof of service.
18        (f) When a parent or other person, who has signed a
19    written promise to appear and bring the minor to court or
20    who has waived or acknowledged service, fails to appear
21    with the minor on the date set by the court, a bench
22    warrant may be issued for the parent or other person, the
23    minor, or both.
24    (2) Service by certified mail or publication.
25        (a) If service on individuals as provided in subsection
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1    or if it appears that any respondent resides outside the
2    State, service may be made by certified mail. In that case
3    the clerk shall mail the summons and a copy of the petition
4    to that respondent by certified mail marked for delivery to
5    addressee only. The court shall not proceed with the
6    adjudicatory hearing until 5 days after the mailing. The
7    regular return receipt for certified mail is sufficient
8    proof of service.
9        (b) If service upon individuals as provided in
10    subsection (1) is not made on any respondents within a
11    reasonable time or if any person is made a respondent under
12    the designation of "All Whom It May Concern", or if service
13    cannot be made because the whereabouts of a respondent are
14    unknown, service may be made by publication. The clerk of
15    the court as soon as possible shall cause publication to be
16    made once in a newspaper of general circulation in the
17    county where the action is pending. Service by publication
18    is not required in any case when the person alleged to have
19    legal custody of the minor has been served with summons
20    personally or by certified mail, but the court may not
21    enter any order or judgment against any person who cannot
22    be served with process other than by publication unless
23    service by publication is given or unless that person
24    appears. Failure to provide service by publication to a
25    non-custodial parent whose whereabouts are unknown shall
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1    trial or a plea of delinquency by the minor. When a minor
2    has been detained or sheltered under Section 5-501 of this
3    Act and summons has not been served personally or by
4    certified mail within 20 days from the date of the order of
5    court directing such detention or shelter care, the clerk
6    of the court shall cause publication. Service by
7    publication shall be substantially as follows:
8            "A, B, C, D, (here giving the names of the named
9        respondents, if any) and to All Whom It May Concern (if
10        there is any respondent under that designation):
11            Take notice that on (insert date) a petition was
12        filed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 by .... in
13        the circuit court of .... county entitled 'In the
14        interest of ...., a minor', and that in .... courtroom
15        at .... on (insert date) at the hour of ...., or as
16        soon thereafter as this cause may be heard, an
17        adjudicatory hearing will be held upon the petition to
18        have the child declared to be a ward of the court under
19        that Act. The court has authority in this proceeding to
20        take from you the custody and guardianship of the
21        minor.
22            Now, unless you appear at the hearing and show
23        cause against the petition, the allegations of the
24        petition may stand admitted as against you and each of
25        you, and an order or judgment entered.
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1            Clerk
2            Dated (insert the date of publication)"
3        (c) The clerk shall also at the time of the publication
4    of the notice send a copy of the notice by mail to each of
5    the respondents on account of whom publication is made at
6    his or her last known address. The certificate of the clerk
7    that he or she has mailed the notice is evidence of that
8    mailing. No other publication notice is required. Every
9    respondent notified by publication under this Section must
10    appear and answer in open court at the hearing. The court
11    may not proceed with the adjudicatory hearing until 10 days
12    after service by publication on any custodial parent,
13    guardian or legal custodian of a minor alleged to be
14    delinquent.
15        (d) If it becomes necessary to change the date set for
16    the hearing in order to comply with this Section, notice of
17    the resetting of the date must be given, by certified mail
18    or other reasonable means, to each respondent who has been
19    served with summons personally or by certified mail.
20        (3) Once jurisdiction has been established over a
21    party, further service is not required and notice of any
22    subsequent proceedings in that prosecution shall be made in
23    accordance with provisions of Section 5-530.
24        (4) The appearance of the minor's parent, guardian or
25    legal custodian, or a person named as a respondent in a
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1    a waiver of service and submission to the jurisdiction of
2    the court. A copy of the petition shall be provided to the
3    person at the time of his or her appearance.
4(Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
5    (705 ILCS 405/5-610)
6    Sec. 5-610. Guardian ad litem and child representative and
7appointment of attorney.
8    (1) The court may appoint a guardian ad litem or child
9representative for the minor whenever it finds that there may
10be a conflict of interest between the minor and his or her
11parent, guardian or legal custodian or that it is otherwise in
12the minor's interest to do so.
13    (2) Unless the guardian ad litem or child representative is
14an attorney, he or she shall be represented by counsel.
15    (3) The reasonable fees of a guardian ad litem or child
16representative appointed under this Section shall be fixed by
17the court and charged to the parents of the minor, to the
18extent they are able to pay. If the parents are unable to pay
19those fees, they shall be paid from the general fund of the
20county.
21    (4) If, during the court proceedings, the parents,
22guardian, or legal custodian prove that he or she has an actual
23conflict of interest with the minor in that delinquency
24proceeding and that the parents, guardian, or legal custodian
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1that parent, guardian, or legal custodian.
2    (5) A guardian ad litem or child representative appointed
3under this Section for a minor who is in the custody or
4guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services
5or who has an open intact family services case with the
6Department of Children and Family Services is entitled to
7receive copies of any and all classified reports of child abuse
8or neglect made pursuant to the Abused and Neglected Child
9Reporting Act in which the minor, who is the subject of the
10report under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, is
11also a minor for whom the guardian ad litem or child
12representative is appointed under this Act. The Department of
13Children and Family Services' obligation under this subsection
14to provide reports to a guardian ad litem or child
15representative for a minor with an open intact family services
16case applies only if the guardian ad litem or child
17representative notified the Department in writing of the
18representation.
19(Source: P.A. 100-158, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
20    (705 ILCS 405/5-745)
21    Sec. 5-745. Court review.
22    (1) The court may require any legal custodian or guardian
23of the person appointed under this Act, including the
24Department of Juvenile Justice for youth committed under
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1or may cite him or her into court and require him or her, or his
2or her agency, to make a full and accurate report of his or her
3or its doings in behalf of the minor, including efforts to
4secure post-release placement of the youth after release from
5the Department's facilities. The legal custodian or guardian,
6within 10 days after the citation, shall make the report,
7either in writing verified by affidavit or orally under oath in
8open court, or otherwise as the court directs. Upon the hearing
9of the report the court may remove the legal custodian or
10guardian and appoint another in his or her stead or restore the
11minor to the custody of his or her parents or former guardian
12or legal custodian.
13    (2) If the Department of Children and Family Services is
14appointed legal custodian or guardian of a minor under Section
155-740 of this Act, the Department of Children and Family
16Services shall file updated case plans with the court every 6
17months. Every agency which has guardianship of a child shall
18file a supplemental petition for court review, or review by an
19administrative body appointed or approved by the court and
20further order within 18 months of the sentencing order and each
2118 months thereafter. The petition shall state facts relative
22to the child's present condition of physical, mental and
23emotional health as well as facts relative to his or her
24present custodial or foster care. The petition shall be set for
25hearing and the clerk shall mail 10 days notice of the hearing
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1agency having the physical custody of the child, the minor and
2other interested parties unless a written waiver of notice is
3filed with the petition.
4    If the minor is in the custody of the Illinois Department
5of Children and Family Services, pursuant to an order entered
6under this Article, the court shall conduct permanency hearings
7as set out in subsections (1), (2), and (3) of Section 2-28 of
8Article II of this Act.
9    Rights of wards of the court under this Act are enforceable
10against any public agency by complaints for relief by mandamus
11filed in any proceedings brought under this Act.
12    (3) The minor or any person interested in the minor may
13apply to the court for a change in custody of the minor and the
14appointment of a new custodian or guardian of the person or for
15the restoration of the minor to the custody of his or her
16parents or former guardian or custodian. In the event that the
17minor has attained 18 years of age and the guardian or
18custodian petitions the court for an order terminating his or
19her guardianship or custody, guardianship or legal custody
20shall terminate automatically 30 days after the receipt of the
21petition unless the court orders otherwise. No legal custodian
22or guardian of the person may be removed without his or her
23consent until given notice and an opportunity to be heard by
24the court.
25    (4) If the minor is committed to the Department of Juvenile
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1notify the court in writing of the occurrence of any of the
2following:
3        (a) a critical incident involving a youth committed to
4    the Department; as used in this paragraph (a), "critical
5    incident" means any incident that involves a serious risk
6    to the life, health, or well-being of the youth and
7    includes, but is not limited to, an accident or suicide
8    attempt resulting in serious bodily harm or
9    hospitalization, psychiatric hospitalization, alleged or
10    suspected abuse, or escape or attempted escape from
11    custody, filed within 10 days of the occurrence;
12        (b) a youth who has been released by the Prisoner
13    Review Board but remains in a Department facility solely
14    because the youth does not have an approved aftercare
15    release host site, filed within 10 days of the occurrence;
16        (c) a youth, except a youth who has been adjudicated a
17    habitual or violent juvenile offender under Section 5-815
18    or 5-820 of this Act or committed for first degree murder,
19    who has been held in a Department facility for over one
20    consecutive year; or
21        (d) if a report has been filed under paragraph (c) of
22    this subsection, a supplemental report shall be filed every
23    6 months thereafter.
24The notification required by this subsection (4) shall contain
25a brief description of the incident or situation and a summary
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1and the actions the Department took in response to the incident
2or to identify an aftercare release host site, as applicable.
3Upon receipt of the notification, the court may require the
4Department to make a full report under subsection (1) of this
5Section.
6    (5) With respect to any report required to be filed with
7the court under this Section, the Independent Juvenile
8Ombudsman shall provide a copy to the minor's court appointed
9guardian ad litem or child representative, if the Department
10has received written notice of the appointment, and to the
11minor's attorney, if the Department has received written notice
12of representation from the attorney. If the Department has a
13record that a guardian has been appointed for the minor and a
14record of the last known address of the minor's court appointed
15guardian, the Independent Juvenile Ombudsman shall send a
16notice to the guardian that the report is available and will be
17provided by the Independent Juvenile Ombudsman upon request. If
18the Department has no record regarding the appointment of a
19guardian for the minor, and the Department's records include
20the last known addresses of the minor's parents, the
21Independent Juvenile Ombudsman shall send a notice to the
22parents that the report is available and will be provided by
23the Independent Juvenile Ombudsman upon request.
24(Source: P.A. 99-628, eff. 1-1-17; 99-664, eff. 1-1-17;
25100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)