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91_HB1018

 
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 1        AN ACT to  amend  the  Juvenile  Court  Act  of  1987  by
 2    changing Section 5-501.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended  by
 6    changing Section 5-501 as follows:

 7        (705 ILCS 405/5-501)
 8        Sec.  5-501.  Detention  or  shelter care hearing. At the
 9    appearance of the minor before the court at the detention  or
10    shelter  care  hearing,  the court shall receive all relevant
11    information and evidence, including affidavits concerning the
12    allegations made in the petition.  Evidence used by the court
13    in its findings or stated in or offered  in  connection  with
14    this  Section  may  be  by  way  of proffer based on reliable
15    information offered by the  State  or  minor.   All  evidence
16    shall be admissible if it is relevant and reliable regardless
17    of whether it would be admissible under the rules of evidence
18    applicable  at  a  trial.   No hearing may be held unless the
19    minor is represented by counsel.
20        (1)  If the court finds that there is not probable  cause
21    to  believe  that  the  minor  is a delinquent minor it shall
22    release the minor and dismiss the petition.
23        (2)  If the court finds that there is probable  cause  to
24    believe  that the minor is a delinquent minor, the minor, his
25    or her parent, guardian, custodian and other persons able  to
26    give  relevant  testimony  may  be examined before the court.
27    The court may also consider any evidence by  way  of  proffer
28    based  upon  reliable information offered by the State or the
29    minor.   All  evidence,  including   affidavits,   shall   be
30    admissible  if  it  is  relevant  and  reliable regardless of
31    whether it would be admissible under the  rules  of  evidence
 
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 1    applicable  at  trial.  After the such evidence is presented,
 2    the court may enter an order that the minor shall be released
 3    upon the request of a parent, guardian or legal custodian  if
 4    the parent, guardian or custodian appears to take custody.
 5        If  the  court finds that it is a matter of immediate and
 6    urgent necessity for the protection of the minor  or  of  the
 7    person  or  property of another that the minor be detained or
 8    placed in a shelter care facility or that he or she is likely
 9    to  flee  the  jurisdiction  of  the  court,  the  court  may
10    prescribe detention or shelter care and order that the  minor
11    be  kept  in a suitable place designated by the court or in a
12    shelter  care  facility  designated  by  the  Department   of
13    Children  and  Family  Services  or  a licensed child welfare
14    agency; otherwise it shall release the minor from custody. If
15    the court prescribes shelter care, then in placing the minor,
16    the  Department  or  other  agency  shall,  to   the   extent
17    compatible  with  the court's order, comply with Section 7 of
18    the  Children  and  Family  Services  Act.   In  making   the
19    determination  of  the  existence  of  immediate  and  urgent
20    necessity,  the court shall consider among other matters: (a)
21    the nature and seriousness of the alleged  offense;  (b)  the
22    minor's record of delinquency offenses, including whether the
23    minor  has delinquency cases pending;  (c) the minor's record
24    of willful failure to appear  following  the  issuance  of  a
25    summons  or  warrant;  (d)  the availability of non-custodial
26    alternatives, including the presence of a parent, guardian or
27    other  responsible  relative  able  and  willing  to  provide
28    supervision and care for the minor and to assure his  or  her
29    compliance with a summons.  If the minor is ordered placed in
30    a  shelter  care facility of a licensed child welfare agency,
31    the court shall, upon request  of  the  agency,  appoint  the
32    appropriate agency executive temporary custodian of the minor
33    and  the  court  may  enter  such other orders related to the
34    temporary custody of the minor as it deems fit and proper.
 
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 1        The order together with the court's findings of  fact  in
 2    support of the order shall be entered of record in the court.
 3        Once the court finds that it is a matter of immediate and
 4    urgent  necessity  for  the  protection of the minor that the
 5    minor be placed in a shelter care facility, the  minor  shall
 6    not  be  returned  to the parent, custodian or guardian until
 7    the court finds that the placement is no longer necessary for
 8    the protection of the minor.
 9        (3)  Only when there is reasonable cause to believe  that
10    the  minor  taken  into custody is a delinquent minor may the
11    minor be kept  or  detained  in  a  facility  authorized  for
12    juvenile   detention.   This  Section  shall  in  no  way  be
13    construed to limit subsection (4).
14        (4)  Minors 12  years  of  age  or  older  must  be  kept
15    separate from confined adults and may not at any time be kept
16    in  the  same  cell, room or yard with confined adults.  This
17    paragraph (4):
18             (a)  shall only apply  to  confinement  pending   an
19        adjudicatory  hearing  and  shall  not  exceed  40 hours,
20        excluding  Saturdays,  Sundays,  and   court   designated
21        holidays.   To  accept  or  hold  minors during this time
22        period, county jails shall  comply  with  all  monitoring
23        standards for juvenile detention homes promulgated by the
24        Department of Corrections and training standards approved
25        by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.
26             (b)  To  accept  or  hold minors, 12 years of age or
27        older, after the time period prescribed in clause (a)  of
28        subsection  (4)  of this Section but not exceeding 7 days
29        including Saturdays, Sundays, and  holidays,  pending  an
30        adjudicatory  hearing, county jails shall comply with all
31        temporary  detention   standards   promulgated   by   the
32        Department of Corrections and training standards approved
33        by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.
34             (c)  To  accept  or  hold  minors 12 years of age or
 
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 1        older, after the time period prescribed in clause (a) and
 2        (b), of this subsection county jails  shall  comply  with
 3        all  programmatic  and  training  standards  for juvenile
 4        detention  homes  promulgated  by   the   Department   of
 5        Corrections.
 6        (5)  If  the  minor  is  not  brought  before  a judicial
 7    officer within the time period as specified in Section  5-415
 8    the minor must immediately be released from custody.
 9        (6)  If  neither  the parent, guardian or legal custodian
10    appears within 24 hours to take custody of a  minor  released
11    from  detention  or shelter care, then the clerk of the court
12    shall set the matter for rehearing  not  later  than  7  days
13    after  the  original order and shall issue a summons directed
14    to the parent, guardian or legal custodian to appear.  At the
15    same time the probation department shall prepare a report  on
16    the minor.  If a parent, guardian or legal custodian does not
17    appear  at  such  rehearing,  the  judge  may  enter an order
18    prescribing that the  minor  be  kept  in  a  suitable  place
19    designated  by the Department of Human Services or a licensed
20    child welfare agency. The time during which  a  minor  is  in
21    custody  after  being  released upon the request of a parent,
22    guardian or legal custodian shall be considered as time spent
23    in detention for purposes of scheduling the trial.
24        (7)  Any  party,  including  the  State,  the   temporary
25    custodian,  an  agency  providing  services  to  the minor or
26    family under a service plan pursuant to Section  8.2  of  the
27    Abused  and  Neglected Child Reporting Act, foster parent, or
28    any of their representatives, may file a motion to modify  or
29    vacate  a  temporary  custody  order or vacate a detention or
30    shelter care order on any of the following grounds:
31             (a)  It is no  longer  a  matter  of  immediate  and
32        urgent  necessity  that  the minor remain in detention or
33        shelter care;  or
34             (b)  There is a material change in the circumstances
 
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 1        of the natural family from which the minor  was  removed;
 2        or
 3             (c)  A person, including a parent, relative or legal
 4        guardian, is capable of assuming temporary custody of the
 5        minor;  or
 6             (d)  Services provided by the Department of Children
 7        and  Family  Services  or a child welfare agency or other
 8        service provider have been successful in eliminating  the
 9        need for temporary custody.
10        The clerk shall set the matter for hearing not later than
11    14  days  after  such motion is filed.  In the event that the
12    court modifies or vacates a  temporary  order  but  does  not
13    vacate  its  finding  of  probable cause, the court may order
14    that appropriate services be continued or initiated in behalf
15    of the minor and his or her family.
16        (8)  Whenever a petition has  been  filed  under  Section
17    5-520   the  court  can,  at  any  time  prior  to  trial  or
18    sentencing, order that the minor be placed in detention or  a
19    shelter  care facility after the court conducts a hearing and
20    finds that the conduct and behavior of the minor may endanger
21    the health, person, welfare, or property of himself or others
22    or that the circumstances of his or her home environment  may
23    endanger his or her health, person, welfare or property.
24    (Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)

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