(720 ILCS 5/10-10) Sec. 10-10. Failure to report the death or disappearance of a child under 13 years of age. (a) A parent, legal guardian, or caretaker
of a child under 13 years of age commits failure to report the death or disappearance of a child under 13 years of age when he or she knows or should know and fails to report the child as missing or deceased to a law enforcement agency within 24 hours if the parent, legal guardian, or caretaker reasonably believes that the child is missing or deceased. In the case of a child under the age of 2 years, the reporting requirement is reduced to no more than one hour. (b) A parent, legal guardian, or caretaker
of a child under 13 years of age must report the death of the child to the law enforcement agency of the county where the child's corpse was found if the parent, legal guardian, or caretaker reasonably believes that the death of the child was caused by a homicide, accident, or other suspicious circumstance. (c) The Department of Children and Family Services
Guardianship Administrator shall not personally be subject to the reporting requirements in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section. (d) A parent, legal guardian, or caretaker does not commit the offense of failure to report the death or disappearance of a child under 13 years of age when: (1) the failure to report is due to an act of God, | ||
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(2) the parent, legal guardian, or caretaker calls | ||
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(3) the parent, legal guardian, or caretaker knows | ||
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(4) the parent, legal guardian, or caretaker is | ||
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(e) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 97-1079, eff. 1-1-13.) |
(720 ILCS 5/Art. 10A heading)
ARTICLE 10A.
(Repealed)
(Source: Repealed by P.A. 96-710, eff. 1-1-10.)
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