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      750 ILCS 50/1             from Ch. 40, par. 1501
          Amends the Adoption Act.  In  the  definition  of  "unfit
      person",  provides  that "failure to make reasonable progress
      toward the return of the child to the parent" may be  defined
      as failure to complete within 12 months after an adjudication
      under  the Juvenile Court Act the service plan established to
      correct the conditions that were the basis for the removal of
      the child from the parent.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT concerning children.
 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4                             ARTICLE 5.
 5        Section  5-1.  Short title.  This Article may be cited as
 6    the Interstate Compact on Adoption  Act,  and  references  in
 7    this Article to "this Act" mean this Article.
 8        Section 5-5. Findings.  The legislature finds that:
 9        (1)  Finding  adoptive  families  for  children, for whom
10    state assistance is desirable pursuant to subsection  (j)  of
11    Section  5  of  the  Children  and  Family  Services Act, and
12    ensuring the protection  of  the  interest  of  the  children
13    affected during the entire assistance period, require special
14    measures  when  the  adoptive parents move to other states or
15    are residents of another state.
16        (2)  Provision of medical and  other  necessary  services
17    for  children,  with  state  assistance,  encounters  special
18    difficulties  when  the  provision of services takes place in
19    other states.
20        Section 5-10.  Purposes. The purposes of the Act are to:
21        (1)  Authorize the Illinois Department  of  Children  and
22    Family  Services  to  enter  into  interstate agreements with
23    agencies of other states for the protection  of  children  on
24    behalf  of  whom adoption assistance is being provided by the
25    Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
26        (2)  Provide   procedures   for   interstate   children's
27    adoption assistance payments, including medical payments.
28        Section 5-15.  Definitions. As used in this  Act,  unless
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 1    the context clearly indicates otherwise:
 2        "Adoption  assistance  state"  means  the  state  that is
 3    signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular
 4    case.
 5        "Residence state" means the  state  where  the  child  is
 6    living.
 7        "State"  means a state of the United States, the District
 8    of Columbia, the Commonwealth  of  Puerto  Rico,  the  Virgin
 9    Islands,  Guam,  the  Commonwealth  of  the  Northern Mariana
10    Islands, or a Territory or Possession of or  administered  by
11    the United States.
12        Section   5-20.   Compacts   authorized.   The   Illinois
13    Department  of  Children and Family Services is authorized to
14    develop, participate in the development  of,  negotiate,  and
15    enter  into one or more interstate compacts on behalf of this
16    State with other states to  implement  one  or  more  of  the
17    purposes  set  forth  in this Act.  When so entered into, and
18    for so long as it shall remain in force, such a compact shall
19    have the force and effect of law.
20        Section 5-25. Contents of  compacts.  A  compact  entered
21    into  pursuant  to the authority conferred  by this Act shall
22    contain the following:
23             (1)  A provision making it available for joinder  by
24        all states.
25             (2)  A  provision  or provisions for withdrawal from
26        the compact upon written notice to the parties,  but with
27        a period of one year between the date of the  notice  and
28        the effective date of the withdrawal.
29             (3)  A  requirement that the protections afforded by
30        or pursuant to the compact  continue  in  force  for  the
31        duration  of the adoption assistance and be applicable to
32        all children  and  their  adoptive  parents  who  on  the
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 1        effective  date  of the withdrawal are receiving adoption
 2        assistance from a party state other than the one in which
 3        they are resident  and  have  their  principal  place  of
 4        abode.
 5             (4)  A  requirement  that  each instance of adoption
 6        assistance to which the compact applies be covered by  an
 7        adoption  assistance  agreement  in  writing  between the
 8        adoptive parents and the state child  welfare  agency  of
 9        the   state  that  undertakes  to  provide  the  adoption
10        assistance, and  further,  that  any  such  agreement  be
11        expressly  for  the  benefit  of  the  adopted  child and
12        enforceable by the adoptive parents and the state  agency
13        providing the adoption assistance.
14             (5)  Other  provisions  that  may  be appropriate to
15        implement the proper administration of the compact.
16        Section 5-30. Optional contents of  compacts.  A  compact
17    entered  into pursuant to the authority conferred by this Act
18    may contain provisions in addition to those required pursuant
19    to Section 5-25 of this Act, as follows:
20             (1)  Provisions  establishing  procedures  for   and
21        entitlement   to   medical  and  other  necessary  social
22        services for the  child  in  accordance  with  applicable
23        laws,  even though the child and the adoptive parents are
24        in  a  state  other  than  the  one  responsible  for  or
25        providing the services or the funds to defray part or all
26        of the costs of the services.
27             (2)  Other provisions that  may  be  appropriate  or
28        incidental to the proper administration of the compact.
29        Section 5-35. Medical assistance.
30        (a)  A child with special needs who resides in this State
31    and  who  is  the subject of an adoption assistance agreement
32    with another state shall be eligible for  medical  assistance
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 1    from  this  State  under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid
 2    Code upon the filing of agreed  documentation  obtained  from
 3    the  assistance  state and filed with the Illinois Department
 4    of Public Aid. The Department of Children and Family Services
 5    shall be required at least annually  to  establish  that  the
 6    agreement is still in force or has been renewed.
 7        (b)  If  a child (i) is in another state, (ii) is covered
 8    by an adoption assistance  agreement  made  by  the  Illinois
 9    Department  of  Children  and  Family Services, and (iii) was
10    eligible for  medical  assistance  under  Article  V  of  the
11    Illinois  Public  Aid  Code  at the time he or she resided in
12    this State  and  would  continue  to  be  eligible  for  that
13    assistance if he or she was currently residing in this State,
14    then  that  child  is  eligible  for medical assistance under
15    Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code, but only for those
16    medical assistance benefits under  Article  V  that  are  not
17    provided  by  the  other  state. There shall be no payment or
18    reimbursement by this State for services or benefits  covered
19    under  any insurance or other third party medical contract or
20    arrangement held by the child or the adoptive parents.
21        (c)  The  submission  of  any  claim   for   payment   or
22    reimbursement  for  services  or  benefits  pursuant  to this
23    Section  or  the  making  of  any  statement  in   connection
24    therewith, which claim or statement the maker knows or should
25    know  to  be  false,  misleading,  or  fraudulent,  shall  be
26    punishable as perjury and shall also be subject to a fine not
27    to  exceed $10,000 or imprisonment for not to exceed 2 years,
28    or both.
29        (d)  The provisions of this Section shall apply  only  to
30    medical  assistance  for  children  under adoption assistance
31    agreements from states that have entered into a compact  with
32    this  State  under  which  the  other  state provided medical
33    assistance to children  with  special  needs  under  adoption
34    assistance agreements made by this State.
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 1        (e)  The  Illinois  Department  of  Children  and  Family
 2    Services  and the Illinois Department of Public Aid may adopt
 3    all rules necessary to implement this Section.
 4        Section  5-40.  Federal  participation.  Consistent  with
 5    federal law, the Illinois Department of Children  and  Family
 6    Services  and  the  Illinois  Department of Public Aid or the
 7    Illinois Department  of  Human  Services,  as  the  successor
 8    agency   of   the  Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid,  in
 9    connection with  the  administration  of  this  Act  and  any
10    compact  entered  into pursuant to this Act, shall include in
11    any state plan made pursuant to the Adoption  Assistance  and
12    Child  Welfare  Act  of 1980 (P.L. 96-272), Titles IV (e) and
13    XIX of the Social Security  Act,  and  any  other  applicable
14    federal laws the provision of adoption assistance and medical
15    assistance  for which the federal government pays some or all
16    of the cost.  The Department of Children and Family  Services
17    and  the  Illinois Department of Public Aid or the Department
18    of Human Services, as the successor agency  of  the  Illinois
19    Department  of Public Aid, shall apply for and administer all
20    relevant federal aid in accordance with law.
21                             ARTICLE 10
22        Section 10-5.  The Children and Family  Services  Act  is
23    amended by changing Sections 5, 6a, 7, and 7.7 as follows:
24        (20 ILCS 505/5) (from Ch. 23, par. 5005)
25        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
26        Sec.  5.  To  provide  direct child welfare services when
27    not available through other public or private child  care  or
28    program facilities.
29        (a)  For purposes of this Section:
30             (1)  "Children" means persons found within the State
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 1        who  are  under  the  age  of  18  years.   The term also
 2        includes persons under age 19 who:
 3                  (A)  were committed to the Department  pursuant
 4             to  the Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act
 5             of 1987, as amended, prior to the age of 18 and  who
 6             continue under the jurisdiction of the court; or
 7                  (B)  were   accepted   for  care,  service  and
 8             training by the Department prior to the  age  of  18
 9             and  whose  best  interest  in the discretion of the
10             Department would be served by continuing that  care,
11             service  and  training  because  of severe emotional
12             disturbances, physical disability, social adjustment
13             or any combination thereof, or because of  the  need
14             to  complete  an  educational or vocational training
15             program.
16             (2)  "Homeless youth" means persons found within the
17        State who are under the age of 19, are not in a safe  and
18        stable living situation and cannot be reunited with their
19        families.
20             (3)  "Child  welfare  services"  means public social
21        services which are directed toward the accomplishment  of
22        the following purposes:
23                  (A)  protecting  and  promoting  the welfare of
24             children, including homeless, dependent or neglected
25             children;
26                  (B)  preventing or remedying, or  assisting  in
27             the  solution  of  problems which may result in, the
28             neglect,  abuse,  exploitation  or  delinquency   of
29             children;
30                  (C)  preventing  the  unnecessary separation of
31             children from their families by  identifying  family
32             problems,  assisting  families  in  resolving  their
33             problems,  and  preventing the breakup of the family
34             where the prevention of child removal  is  desirable
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 1             and possible;
 2                  (D)  restoring  to  their families children who
 3             have been removed, by the provision of  services  to
 4             the child and the families;
 5                  (E)  placing   children  in  suitable  adoptive
 6             homes, in cases where restoration to the  biological
 7             family is not possible or appropriate;
 8                  (F)  assuring  adequate  care  of children away
 9             from their homes, in cases where the child cannot be
10             returned home or cannot be placed for adoption;
11                  (G)  providing supportive services  and  living
12             maintenance   which   contribute  to  the  physical,
13             emotional and social well-being of children who  are
14             pregnant and unmarried;
15                  (H)  providing  shelter  and independent living
16             services for homeless youth; and
17                  (I)  placing  and   maintaining   children   in
18             facilities that provide separate living quarters for
19             children  under  the  age  of 18 and for children 18
20             years of age and older, unless a child 18  years  of
21             age  is in the last year of high school education or
22             vocational training, in an  approved  individual  or
23             group  treatment  program,  or in a licensed shelter
24             facility. The Department is not required to place or
25             maintain children:
26                       (i)  who are in a foster home, or
27                       (ii)  who are persons with a developmental
28                  disability, as defined in the Mental Health and
29                  Developmental Disabilities Code, or
30                       (iii)  who are  female  children  who  are
31                  pregnant,  pregnant and parenting or parenting,
32                  or
33                       (iv)  who are siblings,
34             in facilities that provide separate living  quarters
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 1             for  children  18  years  of  age  and older and for
 2             children under 18 years of age.
 3        (b)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  to
 4    authorize the expenditure of public funds for the purpose  of
 5    performing abortions.
 6        (c)  The   Department   shall   establish   and  maintain
 7    tax-supported child welfare services and extend and  seek  to
 8    improve  voluntary  services throughout the State, to the end
 9    that services and care shall be available on an  equal  basis
10    throughout the State to children requiring such services.
11        (d)  The Director may authorize advance disbursements for
12    any new program initiative to any agency contracting with the
13    Department.   As a prerequisite for an advance  disbursement,
14    the  contractor  must post a surety bond in the amount of the
15    advance disbursement and have a purchase of service  contract
16    approved  by  the Department.  The Department may pay up to 2
17    months operational expenses in advance.  The  amount  of  the
18    advance  disbursement  shall be prorated over the life of the
19    contract  or  the  remaining  months  of  the  fiscal   year,
20    whichever  is  less, and the installment amount shall then be
21    deducted   from   future   bills.     Advance    disbursement
22    authorizations  for  new initiatives shall not be made to any
23    agency after that agency has operated  during  2  consecutive
24    fiscal  years.  The  requirements  of this Section concerning
25    advance disbursements shall not apply  with  respect  to  the
26    following:   payments  to local public agencies for child day
27    care services as authorized by Section 5a of  this  Act;  and
28    youth  service  programs  receiving grant funds under Section
29    17a-4.
30        (e)  For the purpose  of  insuring  effective  state-wide
31    planning,  development,  and utilization of resources for the
32    day care of children, operated under  various  auspices,  the
33    Department  is  hereby  designated to coordinate all day care
34    activities for children of the State and shall:
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 1             (1)  Develop on or  before  December  1,  1977,  and
 2        update  every  year  thereafter,  a  state  comprehensive
 3        day-care  plan  for  submission  to  the  Governor  which
 4        identifies  high-priority areas and groups, relating them
 5        to  available  resources,  and   identifying   the   most
 6        effective  approaches  to  the  use  of existing day care
 7        services. The State comprehensive day-care plan shall  be
 8        made  available  to  the  General  Assembly following the
 9        Governor's approval  of the plan.
10             The plan shall include methods  and  procedures  for
11        the  development  of  additional  day  care resources for
12        children to meet  the  goal  of  reducing  short-run  and
13        long-run  dependency  and to provide necessary enrichment
14        and stimulation  to  the  education  of  young  children.
15        Recommendation  shall be made for State policy on optimum
16        use of private  and  public,  local,  state  and  federal
17        resources,  including an estimate of the resources needed
18        for the licensing and regulation of day care facilities.
19             A written report shall be submitted to the  Governor
20        and  the  General  Assembly,  annually,  on April 15, and
21        shall include an  evaluation  of  developments  over  the
22        preceding fiscal year, including cost-benefit analyses of
23        various  arrangements.  Beginning with the report in 1990
24        and every 2  years  thereafter,  the  report  shall  also
25        include the following:
26                  (A)  An  assessment of the child care services,
27             needs and available resources throughout  the  State
28             and  an assessment of the adequacy of existing child
29             care  services,  including,  but  not  limited   to,
30             services assisted under this Act and under any other
31             program administered by other State agencies.
32                  (B)  A   survey   of  day  care  facilities  to
33             determine the number  of  qualified  caregivers,  as
34             defined  by  rule, attracted to vacant positions and
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 1             any problems encountered by facilities in attracting
 2             and retaining capable caregivers.
 3                  (C)  The average wages and salaries and  fringe
 4             benefit  packages  paid to caregivers throughout the
 5             State, computed on a regional basis.
 6                  (D)  The qualifications of new caregivers hired
 7             at licensed day care facilities during the  previous
 8             2 year period.
 9                  (E)  Recommendations  for  increasing caregiver
10             wages  and  salaries  to  insure  quality  care  for
11             children.
12                  (F)  Evaluation of the fee structure and income
13             eligibility for child care subsidized by the State.
14             The  requirement  for  reporting  to   the   General
15        Assembly  shall  be  satisfied  by  filing  copies of the
16        report with the Speaker,  the  Minority  Leader  and  the
17        Clerk  of the House of Representatives and the President,
18        the Minority Leader and the Secretary of the  Senate  and
19        the Legislative Research Unit, as required by Section 3.1
20        of the General Assembly Organization Act, and filing such
21        additional   copies  with  the  State  Government  Report
22        Distribution  Center  for  the  General  Assembly  as  is
23        required under paragraph (t) of Section 7  of  the  State
24        Library Act.
25             (2)  Establish    policies    and   procedures   for
26        developing and implementing interagency  agreements  with
27        other agencies of the State providing child care services
28        or reimbursement for such services.
29             (3)  In   cooperation  with  other  State  agencies,
30        develop and implement a resource and referral system  for
31        the  State of Illinois either within the Department or by
32        contract with local or regional  agencies.   Funding  for
33        implementation  of  this  system  may be provided through
34        Department appropriations or other  inter-agency  funding
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 1        arrangements.  The  resource  and  referral  system shall
 2        provide at least the following services:
 3                  (A)  assembling and maintaining a data base  on
 4             the supply of child care services;
 5                  (B)  providing  information  and  referrals for
 6             parents;
 7                  (C)  coordinating the development of new  child
 8             care resources;
 9                  (D)  providing    technical    assistance   and
10             training to child care service providers; and
11                  (E)  recording and  analyzing  the  demand  for
12             child care services.
13             The Department shall complete implementation of this
14        resource  and referral system in all regions of the State
15        by January 1, 1992.
16             (4)  Conduct day care planning activities  with  the
17        following priorities:
18                  (A)  development    of   voluntary   day   care
19             resources wherever possible, with the provision  for
20             grants-in-aid  only  where demonstrated to be useful
21             and necessary as incentives or supports;
22                  (B)  emphasis  on  service   to   children   of
23             recipients  of  public assistance where such service
24             will allow training  or  employment  of  the  parent
25             toward achieving the goal of independence;
26                  (C)  maximum employment of recipients of public
27             assistance  in  day care centers and day care homes,
28             operated  in  conjunction   with   short-term   work
29             training programs;
30                  (D)  care  of  children from families in stress
31             and crises whose members potentially may become,  or
32             are   in  danger  of  becoming,  non-productive  and
33             dependent;
34                  (E)  expansion of family  day  care  facilities
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 1             wherever possible;
 2                  (F)  location   of   centers   in  economically
 3             depressed neighborhoods, preferably in multi-service
 4             centers with cooperation of other agencies;
 5                  (G)  use of existing facilities free of  charge
 6             or  for  reasonable rental wherever possible in lieu
 7             of construction;
 8                  (H)  development of strategies for  assuring  a
 9             more  complete  range of day care options, including
10             provision of day care services in homes, in  schools
11             or in centers, which will enable a parent or parents
12             to  complete  a  course  of  education  or obtain or
13             maintain employment.
14             Emphasis shall be given to  support  services  which
15        will  help  to  ensure such parents' graduation from high
16        school and to services for participants  in  the  Project
17        Chance  program of job training conducted by the Illinois
18        Department of Public Aid.
19             (5)  Actively stimulate the  development  of  public
20        and  private resources at the local level.  It shall also
21        seek the fullest utilization of federal funds directly or
22        indirectly available to the Department.
23        Where appropriate, existing non-governmental agencies  or
24    associations shall be involved in planning by the Department.
25        (f)  The  Department,  pursuant  to  a  contract with the
26    Illinois Department of Public Aid,  may  provide  child  care
27    services   to  former  recipients  of  assistance  under  The
28    Illinois Public Aid Code as authorized by  Section  9-6.3  of
29    that Code.
30        (g)  The Department shall establish rules and regulations
31    concerning  its  operation  of  programs designed to meet the
32    goals  of  child  protection,  family  preservation,   family
33    reunification,  adoption and youth development, including but
34    not limited to:
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 1             (1)  adoption;
 2             (2)  foster care;
 3             (3)  family counseling;
 4             (4)  protective services;
 5             (5)  service to unwed mothers;
 6             (6)  homemaker service;
 7             (7)  return of runaway children;
 8             (8)  independent  living  skills  and  shelter   for
 9        homeless youth;
10             (9)  placement  under  Section  5-7  of the Juvenile
11        Court Act or Section 2-27, 3-28,  4-25  or  5-29  of  the
12        Juvenile Court Act of 1987 in accordance with the federal
13        Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980; and
14             (10)  interstate services.
15        Rules and regulations established by the Department shall
16    include  provisions  for  training  Department  staff and the
17    staff of Department grantees, through  contracts  with  other
18    agencies  or  resources,  in alcohol and drug abuse screening
19    techniques to identify children  and  adults  who  should  be
20    referred  to  an alcohol and drug abuse treatment program for
21    professional evaluation.
22        (h)  If the Department finds that there is no appropriate
23    program or facility within or available to the Department for
24    a ward and that no licensed private facility has an  adequate
25    and  appropriate  program  or none agrees to accept the ward,
26    the Department shall create  an  appropriate  individualized,
27    program-oriented  plan  for  such  ward.   The  plan  may  be
28    developed  within  the  Department  or  through  purchase  of
29    services  by  the  Department to the extent that it is within
30    its statutory authority to do.
31        (i)  Service programs shall be available  throughout  the
32    State  and  shall include but not be limited to the following
33    services:
34             (1)  case management;
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 1             (2)  homemakers;
 2             (3)  counseling;
 3             (4)  parent education;
 4             (5)  day care; and
 5             (6)  emergency assistance and advocacy.
 6        In addition, the following services may be made available
 7    to assess and meet the needs of children and families:
 8             (1)  comprehensive family-based services;
 9             (2)  assessments;
10             (3)  respite care; and
11             (4)  in-home health services.
12        The Department shall provide transportation  for  any  of
13    the  services  it  makes available to children or families or
14    for which it refers children or families.
15        (j)  The Department may provide financial assistance, and
16    shall  establish  rules  and  regulations   concerning   such
17    assistance,  to  persons  who  adopt  physically  or mentally
18    handicapped,  older  and  other  hard-to-place  children  who
19    immediately prior to their adoption were legal wards  of  the
20    Department.    The  Department  may  also  provide  financial
21    assistance, and shall establish  rules  and  regulations  for
22    such  assistance, to persons appointed guardian of the person
23    under Section 5-7 of the Juvenile Court Act or Section  2-27,
24    3-28,  4-25  or  5-29  of  the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for
25    children who were wards  of  the  Department  for  12  months
26    immediately   prior  to  the  appointment  of  the  successor
27    guardian and for whom  the  Department  has  set  a  goal  of
28    permanent family placement with a foster family.
29        The  amount  of  assistance  may vary, depending upon the
30    needs of the child and the adoptive parents, but must  be  at
31    least  $25 less than the monthly cost of care of the child in
32    a  foster  home,  as  set  forth  in  the  annual  assistance
33    agreement.  Special purpose  grants  are  allowed  where  the
34    child  requires special service but such costs may not exceed
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 1    the amounts which similar services would cost the  Department
 2    if  it  were  to  provide  or  secure them as guardian of the
 3    child.
 4        Any financial assistance provided under  this  subsection
 5    is  inalienable  by  assignment, sale, execution, attachment,
 6    garnishment, or any other remedy for recovery  or  collection
 7    of a judgment or debt.
 8        (k)  The  Department  shall  accept for care and training
 9    any child who has been adjudicated neglected  or  abused,  or
10    dependent  committed to it pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act
11    or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
12        (l)  Before July 1, 2000, the Department may provide, and
13    beginning July 1, 2000, the Department shall provide,  family
14    preservation services, as determined to be appropriate and in
15    the  child's best interests and when the child will not be in
16    imminent risk of harm, to any family  whose  child  has  been
17    placed  in  substitute  care,  any persons who have adopted a
18    child and require  post-adoption  services,  or  any  persons
19    whose  child  or children are at risk of being placed outside
20    their  home  as  documented  by  an  "indicated"  report   of
21    suspected  child  abuse or neglect determined pursuant to the
22    Abused and Neglected Child Reporting  Act.  Nothing  in  this
23    paragraph  shall  be  construed  to create a private right of
24    action or claim on  the  part  of  any  individual  or  child
25    welfare agency.
26        The  Department  shall notify the child and his family of
27    the Department's responsibility to offer and  provide  family
28    preservation services as identified in the service plan.  The
29    child  and  his family shall be eligible for services as soon
30    as  the  report  is  determined  to  be   "indicated".    The
31    Department  may  offer  services  to any child or family with
32    respect to whom a report of suspected child abuse or  neglect
33    has  been  filed, prior to concluding its investigation under
34    Section 7.12 of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
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 1    However,  the  child's  or  family's  willingness  to  accept
 2    services shall not be considered in the  investigation.   The
 3    Department  may  also provide services to any child or family
 4    who is the subject of any report of suspected child abuse  or
 5    neglect  or  may  refer  such  child  or  family  to services
 6    available from other agencies in the community, even  if  the
 7    report  is  determined  to be unfounded, if the conditions in
 8    the child's or family's home are reasonably likely to subject
 9    the child or family to  future  reports  of  suspected  child
10    abuse  or  neglect.   Acceptance  of  such  services shall be
11    voluntary.
12        The Department may, at its discretion  except  for  those
13    children  also adjudicated neglected or dependent, accept for
14    care  and  training  any  child  who  has  been   adjudicated
15    addicted,  as  a  truant minor in need of supervision or as a
16    minor  requiring  authoritative   intervention,   under   the
17    Juvenile  Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, but no
18    such child shall be committed to the Department by any  court
19    without the approval of the Department.  A minor charged with
20    a  criminal  offense  under  the  Criminal  Code  of  1961 or
21    adjudicated delinquent shall not be placed in the custody  of
22    or  committed  to the Department by any court, except a minor
23    less than 13 years of age committed to the  Department  under
24    Section 5-23 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
25        (m)  The  Department  may assume temporary custody of any
26    child if:
27             (1)  it has  received  a  written  consent  to  such
28        temporary  custody  signed by the parents of the child or
29        by the parent having custody of the child if the  parents
30        are  not  living together or by the guardian or custodian
31        of the child if the child is not in the custody of either
32        parent, or
33             (2)  the child is found in the State and  neither  a
34        parent,  guardian  nor  custodian  of  the  child  can be
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 1        located.
 2    If the child is found in  his  or  her  residence  without  a
 3    parent,  guardian,  custodian  or  responsible caretaker, the
 4    Department may, instead of removing the  child  and  assuming
 5    temporary  custody, place an authorized representative of the
 6    Department in that residence until such  time  as  a  parent,
 7    guardian  or  custodian  enters  the  home  and  expresses  a
 8    willingness  and  apparent ability to resume permanent charge
 9    of the child, or until a relative  enters  the  home  and  is
10    willing  and  able  to  assume  charge  of  the child until a
11    parent, guardian or custodian enters the home  and  expresses
12    such  willingness  and  ability  to  resume permanent charge.
13    After a caretaker has remained in the home for a  period  not
14    to   exceed  12  hours,  the  Department  must  follow  those
15    procedures outlined in Section 2-9, 3-11, 4-8 or 5-9  of  the
16    Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
17        The Department shall have the authority, responsibilities
18    and  duties  that  a  legal custodian of the child would have
19    pursuant to subsection (9) of Section  1-3  of  the  Juvenile
20    Court  Act of 1987.  Whenever a child is taken into temporary
21    custody pursuant to an investigation  under  the  Abused  and
22    Neglected  Child Reporting Act, or pursuant to a referral and
23    acceptance under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 of a minor in
24    limited  custody,  the  Department,  during  the  period   of
25    temporary  custody  and  before the child is brought before a
26    judicial officer as required by Section 2-9, 3-11, 4-8 or 5-9
27    of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, shall have the  authority,
28    responsibilities  and  duties  that  a legal custodian of the
29    child would have under subsection (9) of Section 1-3  of  the
30    Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
31        The  Department  shall  ensure  that any child taken into
32    custody  is  scheduled  for  an  appointment  for  a  medical
33    examination.
34        A parent,  guardian  or  custodian  of  a  child  in  the
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 1    temporary custody of the Department who would have custody of
 2    the  child  if  he  were  not in the temporary custody of the
 3    Department may deliver to the  Department  a  signed  request
 4    that  the  Department  surrender the temporary custody of the
 5    child. The Department may retain  temporary  custody  of  the
 6    child  for  10  days after the receipt of the request, during
 7    which period the Department may cause to be filed a  petition
 8    pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.  If a petition is
 9    so  filed,  the  Department shall retain temporary custody of
10    the child until the court orders otherwise.  If a petition is
11    not filed within the  10  day  period,  the  child  shall  be
12    surrendered to the custody of the requesting parent, guardian
13    or  custodian  not  later  than  the expiration of the 10 day
14    period, at  which  time  the  authority  and  duties  of  the
15    Department with respect to the temporary custody of the child
16    shall terminate.
17        (n)  The  Department may place children under 18 years of
18    age in licensed child care facilities when in the opinion  of
19    the   Department,   appropriate   services  aimed  at  family
20    preservation have been unsuccessful or unavailable  and  such
21    placement  would  be  for  their  best interest.  Payment for
22    board, clothing, care, training and supervision of any  child
23    placed  in  a licensed child care facility may be made by the
24    Department, by the parents or guardians  of  the  estates  of
25    those  children, or by both the Department and the parents or
26    guardians, except that no  payments  shall  be  made  by  the
27    Department  for  any  child  placed  in a licensed child care
28    facility for board, clothing, care, training and  supervision
29    of  such  a  child that exceed the average per capita cost of
30    maintaining and of caring for a  child  in  institutions  for
31    dependent  or  neglected children operated by the Department.
32    However, such restriction on payments does not apply in cases
33    where children require specialized  care  and  treatment  for
34    problems    of   severe   emotional   disturbance,   physical
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 1    disability, social adjustment, or any combination thereof and
 2    suitable facilities for the placement of  such  children  are
 3    not  available  at  payment  rates within the limitations set
 4    forth  in  this  Section.  All  reimbursements  for  services
 5    delivered shall  be  absolutely  inalienable  by  assignment,
 6    sale, attachment, garnishment or otherwise.
 7        (o)  The  Department  shall  establish  an administrative
 8    review and appeal  process  for  children  and  families  who
 9    request   or   receive   child   welfare  services  from  the
10    Department.  Children who are wards of the Department and are
11    placed by private child welfare agencies, and foster families
12    with whom those children are placed, shall  be  afforded  the
13    same procedural and appeal rights as children and families in
14    the  case of placement by the Department, including the right
15    to an  initial review of a private agency  decision  by  that
16    agency.   The  Department shall insure that any private child
17    welfare agency, which accepts wards  of  the  Department  for
18    placement,  affords  those  rights  to  children  and  foster
19    families.   The  Department  shall  accept for administrative
20    review and an appeal hearing a complaint made by a  child  or
21    foster  family  concerning  a  decision  following an initial
22    review by a private child welfare agency.   An  appeal  of  a
23    decision  concerning  a  change  in  the placement of a child
24    shall be conducted in an expedited manner.
25        (p)  There is hereby created the Department  of  Children
26    and  Family Services Emergency Assistance Fund from which the
27    Department  may  provide  special  financial  assistance   to
28    families which are in economic crisis when such assistance is
29    not available through other public or private sources and the
30    assistance  is deemed necessary to prevent dissolution of the
31    family unit or to reunite families which have been  separated
32    due  to  child  abuse  and  neglect.   The  Department  shall
33    establish  administrative  rules  specifying the criteria for
34    determining eligibility for and  the  amount  and  nature  of
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 1    assistance  to  be  provided.   The Department may also enter
 2    into  written  agreements  with  private  and  public  social
 3    service agencies to provide emergency financial  services  to
 4    families   referred  by  the  Department.  Special  financial
 5    assistance payments shall be available to a  family  no  more
 6    than once during each fiscal year and the total payments to a
 7    family may not exceed $500 during a fiscal year.
 8        (q)  The   Department  may  receive  and  use,  in  their
 9    entirety, for the benefit of children any gift,  donation  or
10    bequest  of  money  or  other  property  which is received on
11    behalf of such children, or any financial benefits  to  which
12    such  children  are  or  may  become entitled while under the
13    jurisdiction or care of the Department.
14        The Department  shall  set  up  and  administer  no-cost,
15    interest-bearing  savings  accounts  in appropriate financial
16    institutions ("individual accounts") for  children  for  whom
17    the  Department  is  legally  responsible  and  who have been
18    determined eligible for Veterans' Benefits,  Social  Security
19    benefits,  assistance allotments from the armed forces, court
20    ordered payments, parental voluntary  payments,  Supplemental
21    Security  Income,  Railroad  Retirement  payments, Black Lung
22    benefits, or other miscellaneous payments.   Interest  earned
23    by  each individual account shall be credited to the account,
24    unless disbursed in accordance with this subsection.
25        In disbursing funds from children's individual  accounts,
26    the Department shall:
27             (1)  Establish  standards  in  accordance with State
28        and federal laws for  disbursing  money  from  children's
29        individual   accounts.    In   all   circumstances,   the
30        Department's  "Guardianship  Administrator" or his or her
31        designee  must  approve  disbursements  from   children's
32        individual accounts.  The Department shall be responsible
33        for  keeping  complete  records  of all disbursements for
34        each individual account for any purpose.
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 1             (2)  Calculate on a monthly basis the  amounts  paid
 2        from  State funds for the child's board and care, medical
 3        care not covered under Medicaid, and social services; and
 4        utilize funds from the  child's  individual  account,  as
 5        covered   by   regulation,   to  reimburse  those  costs.
 6        Monthly, disbursements  from  all  children's  individual
 7        accounts,  up  to 1/12 of $13,000,000, shall be deposited
 8        by the Department into the General Revenue Fund  and  the
 9        balance over 1/12 of $13,000,000 into the DCFS Children's
10        Services Fund.
11             (3)  Maintain    any    balance    remaining   after
12        reimbursing for the child's costs of care,  as  specified
13        in  item  (2). The balance shall accumulate in accordance
14        with  relevant  State  and  federal  laws  and  shall  be
15        disbursed to the child or his or her guardian, or to  the
16        issuing agency.
17        (r)  The    Department   shall   promulgate   regulations
18    encouraging all adoption agencies to voluntarily  forward  to
19    the  Department  or  its  agent  names  and  addresses of all
20    persons who have applied  for  and  have  been  approved  for
21    adoption  of  a  hard-to-place  or  handicapped child and the
22    names of such children who have not been placed for adoption.
23    A list of such names and addresses shall be maintained by the
24    Department or its agent, and coded lists which  maintain  the
25    confidentiality  of the person seeking to adopt the child and
26    of the child shall be  made  available,  without  charge,  to
27    every  adoption agency in the State to assist the agencies in
28    placing  such  children  for  adoption.  The  Department  may
29    delegate to an agent its duty to maintain and make  available
30    such  lists.   The  Department  shall  ensure that such agent
31    maintains the confidentiality of the person seeking to  adopt
32    the child and of the child.
33        (s)  The  Department  of Children and Family Services may
34    establish and implement a program to reimburse Department and
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 1    private child welfare agency foster parents licensed  by  the
 2    Department  of  Children  and  Family  Services  for  damages
 3    sustained  by the foster parents as a result of the malicious
 4    or negligent acts of foster children, as  well  as  providing
 5    third  party  coverage for such foster parents with regard to
 6    actions  of  foster  children  to  other  individuals.   Such
 7    coverage will be secondary to  the  foster  parent  liability
 8    insurance policy, if applicable.  The program shall be funded
 9    through   appropriations   from  the  General  Revenue  Fund,
10    specifically designated for such purposes.
11        (t)  The  Department  shall  perform  home  studies   and
12    investigations and shall exercise supervision over visitation
13    as  ordered  by a court pursuant to the Illinois Marriage and
14    Dissolution of Marriage Act or the Adoption Act only if:
15             (1)  an  order  entered   by   an   Illinois   court
16        specifically  directs  the  Department  to  perform  such
17        services; and
18             (2)  the  court  has  ordered  one  or  both  of the
19        parties to the proceeding to reimburse the Department for
20        its reasonable  costs  for  providing  such  services  in
21        accordance  with Department rules, or has determined that
22        neither party is financially able to pay.
23        The Department shall provide written notification to  the
24    court  of the specific arrangements for supervised visitation
25    and projected monthly costs  within  60  days  of  the  court
26    order.  The  Department  shall  send to the court information
27    related to the costs incurred except in cases where the court
28    has determined the parties are financially unable to pay. The
29    court may order additional periodic reports as appropriate.
30        (u)  Whenever the Department places a child in a licensed
31    foster home, group home, child  care  institution,  or  in  a
32    relative home, the Department shall provide to the caretaker:
33             (1)  available  detailed  information concerning the
34        child's  educational  and  health  history,   copies   of
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 1        immunization  records  (including  insurance  and medical
 2        card information), a  history  of  the  child's  previous
 3        placements,  if  any,  and  reasons for placement changes
 4        excluding any information that identifies or reveals  the
 5        location of any previous caretaker;
 6             (2)  a  copy  of  the  child's portion of the client
 7        service plan, including any visitation  arrangement,  and
 8        all  amendments  or  revisions  to  it  as related to the
 9        child; and
10             (3)  information containing details of  the  child's
11        individualized   educational   plan  when  the  child  is
12        receiving special education services.
13        The caretaker shall be informed of any  known  social  or
14    behavioral  information  (including, but not limited to, fire
15    setting, perpetuation of sexual abuse, destructive  behavior,
16    and  substance abuse) necessary to care for and safeguard the
17    child.
18        (u-5)  Effective  July  1,   1995,   only   foster   care
19    placements  licensed  as  foster family homes pursuant to the
20    Child Care Act of 1969 shall be eligible  to  receive  foster
21    care  payments  from the Department. Relative caregivers who,
22    as of July  1,  1995,  were  approved  pursuant  to  approved
23    relative   placement  rules  previously  promulgated  by  the
24    Department at 89 Ill. Adm. Code  335  and  had  submitted  an
25    application  for  licensure  as  a  foster  family  home  may
26    continue  to  receive  foster  care  payments  only until the
27    Department determines that they may be licensed as  a  foster
28    family home or that their application for licensure is denied
29    or until September 30, 1995, whichever occurs first.
30        (v)  The  Department shall access criminal history record
31    information as defined in  the  Illinois  Uniform  Conviction
32    Information   Act   and   information   maintained   in   the
33    adjudicatory  and  dispositional  record system as defined in
34    subdivision (A)19 of Section 55a of the Civil  Administrative
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 1    Code of Illinois if the Department determines the information
 2    is  necessary  to  perform  its  duties  under the Abused and
 3    Neglected Child Reporting Act, the Child Care  Act  of  1969,
 4    and  the  Children  and  Family Services Act.  The Department
 5    shall provide for interactive computerized communication  and
 6    processing    equipment    that    permits   direct   on-line
 7    communication with the Department of State  Police's  central
 8    criminal  history  data  repository.   The  Department  shall
 9    comply   with  all  certification  requirements  and  provide
10    certified operators who have been trained by  personnel  from
11    the  Department  of State Police.  In addition, one Office of
12    the Inspector General investigator shall have training in the
13    use of the criminal history  information  access  system  and
14    have  access to the terminal.  The Department of Children and
15    Family Services and its employees shall abide  by  rules  and
16    regulations  established  by  the  Department of State Police
17    relating to the access and dissemination of this information.
18        (w)  Within 120 days of August 20,  1995  (the  effective
19    date  of Public Act 89-392), the Department shall prepare and
20    submit to the Governor and the General  Assembly,  a  written
21    plan  for  the  development of in-state licensed secure child
22    care facilities that care for children who  are  in  need  of
23    secure  living  arrangements  for  their  health, safety, and
24    well-being.  For purposes of  this  subsection,  secure  care
25    facility  shall mean a facility that is designed and operated
26    to ensure that all entrances and exits from the  facility,  a
27    building  or  a  distinct part of the building, are under the
28    exclusive control of the staff of the  facility,  whether  or
29    not  the  child  has  the  freedom  of  movement  within  the
30    perimeter  of the facility, building, or distinct part of the
31    building.  The plan shall include descriptions of  the  types
32    of  facilities  that  are  needed  in  Illinois;  the cost of
33    developing these secure care facilities; the estimated number
34    of placements; the potential cost savings resulting from  the
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 1    movement of children currently out-of-state who are projected
 2    to   be   returned  to  Illinois;  the  necessary  geographic
 3    distribution of these facilities in Illinois; and a  proposed
 4    timetable for development of such facilities.
 5    (Source: P.A.  88-380;  88-398;  88-487; 88-614, eff. 9-7-94;
 6    88-670,  eff.  12-2-94;  89-21,  eff.  6-6-95;  89-392,  eff.
 7    8-20-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
 8        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
 9        Sec. 5.  Direct child  welfare  services;  Department  of
10    Children and Family Services. To provide direct child welfare
11    services  when  not available through other public or private
12    child care or program facilities.
13        (a)  For purposes of this Section:
14             (1)  "Children" means persons found within the State
15        who are under  the  age  of  18  years.   The  term  also
16        includes persons under age 19 who:
17                  (A)  were  committed to the Department pursuant
18             to the Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court  Act
19             of  1987, as amended, prior to the age of 18 and who
20             continue under the jurisdiction of the court; or
21                  (B)  were  accepted   for  care,  service   and
22             training  by  the  Department prior to the age of 18
23             and whose best interest in  the  discretion  of  the
24             Department  would be served by continuing that care,
25             service and training  because  of  severe  emotional
26             disturbances, physical disability, social adjustment
27             or  any  combination thereof, or because of the need
28             to complete an educational  or  vocational  training
29             program.
30             (2)  "Homeless youth" means persons found within the
31        State  who are under the age of 19, are not in a safe and
32        stable living situation and cannot be reunited with their
33        families.
34             (3)  "Child welfare services"  means  public  social
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 1        services  which are directed toward the accomplishment of
 2        the following purposes:
 3                  (A)  protecting  and  promoting   the   health,
 4             safety  and welfare of children, including homeless,
 5             dependent or neglected children;
 6                  (B)  remedying, or assisting in the solution of
 7             problems which may result in,  the  neglect,  abuse,
 8             exploitation or delinquency of children;
 9                  (C)  preventing  the  unnecessary separation of
10             children from their families by  identifying  family
11             problems,  assisting  families  in  resolving  their
12             problems,  and  preventing the breakup of the family
13             where the prevention of child removal  is  desirable
14             and possible when the child can be cared for at home
15             without endangering the child's health and safety;
16                  (D)  restoring  to  their families children who
17             have been removed, by the provision of  services  to
18             the  child  and  the  families when the child can be
19             cared for at home without  endangering  the  child's
20             health and safety;
21                  (E)  placing   children  in  suitable  adoptive
22             homes, in cases where restoration to the  biological
23             family is not safe, possible or appropriate;
24                  (F)  assuring   safe   and   adequate  care  of
25             children away from their homes, in cases  where  the
26             child  cannot  be  returned home or cannot be placed
27             for  adoption.   At  the  time  of  placement,   the
28             Department  shall  consider  concurrent planning, as
29             described in subsection (l-1)  of  this  Section  so
30             that   permanency   may   occur   at   the  earliest
31             opportunity.  Consideration should be given so  that
32             if  reunification fails or is delayed, the placement
33             made is the  best  available  placement  to  provide
34             permanency for the child;
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 1                  (G)  (blank);
 2                  (H)  (blank); and
 3                  (I)  placing   and   maintaining   children  in
 4             facilities that provide separate living quarters for
 5             children under the age of 18  and  for  children  18
 6             years  of  age and older, unless a child 18 years of
 7             age is in the last year of high school education  or
 8             vocational  training,  in  an approved individual or
 9             group treatment program, or in  a  licensed  shelter
10             facility. The Department is not required to place or
11             maintain children:
12                       (i)  who are in a foster home, or
13                       (ii)  who are persons with a developmental
14                  disability, as defined in the Mental Health and
15                  Developmental Disabilities Code, or
16                       (iii)  who  are  female  children  who are
17                  pregnant, pregnant and parenting or  parenting,
18                  or
19                       (iv)  who are siblings,
20             in  facilities that provide separate living quarters
21             for children 18 years  of  age  and  older  and  for
22             children under 18 years of age.
23        (b)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  to
24    authorize  the expenditure of public funds for the purpose of
25    performing abortions.
26        (c)  The  Department   shall   establish   and   maintain
27    tax-supported  child  welfare services and extend and seek to
28    improve voluntary services throughout the State, to  the  end
29    that  services  and care shall be available on an equal basis
30    throughout the State to children requiring such services.
31        (d)  The Director may authorize advance disbursements for
32    any new program initiative to any agency contracting with the
33    Department.   As a prerequisite for an advance  disbursement,
34    the contractor must post a surety bond in the amount  of  the
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 1    advance  disbursement and have a purchase of service contract
 2    approved by the Department.  The Department may pay up  to  2
 3    months  operational  expenses  in advance.  The amount of the
 4    advance disbursement shall be prorated over the life  of  the
 5    contract   or  the  remaining  months  of  the  fiscal  year,
 6    whichever is less, and the installment amount shall  then  be
 7    deducted    from    future   bills.    Advance   disbursement
 8    authorizations for new initiatives shall not be made  to  any
 9    agency  after  that  agency has operated during 2 consecutive
10    fiscal years. The requirements  of  this  Section  concerning
11    advance  disbursements  shall  not  apply with respect to the
12    following:  payments to local public agencies for  child  day
13    care  services  as  authorized by Section 5a of this Act; and
14    youth service programs receiving grant  funds  under  Section
15    17a-4.
16        (e)  (Blank).
17        (f)  (Blank).
18        (g)  The Department shall establish rules and regulations
19    concerning  its  operation  of  programs designed to meet the
20    goals of child safety and  protection,  family  preservation,
21    family reunification, and adoption, including but not limited
22    to:
23             (1)  adoption;
24             (2)  foster care;
25             (3)  family counseling;
26             (4)  protective services;
27             (5)  (blank);
28             (6)  homemaker service;
29             (7)  return of runaway children;
30             (8)  (blank);
31             (9)  placement  under  Section  5-7  of the Juvenile
32        Court Act or Section 2-27, 3-28,  4-25  or  5-29  of  the
33        Juvenile Court Act of 1987 in accordance with the federal
34        Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980; and
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 1             (10)  interstate services.
 2        Rules and regulations established by the Department shall
 3    include  provisions  for  training  Department  staff and the
 4    staff of Department grantees, through  contracts  with  other
 5    agencies  or  resources,  in alcohol and drug abuse screening
 6    techniques to identify children  and  adults  who  should  be
 7    referred  to  an alcohol and drug abuse treatment program for
 8    professional evaluation.
 9        (h)  If the Department finds that there is no appropriate
10    program or facility within or available to the Department for
11    a ward and that no licensed private facility has an  adequate
12    and  appropriate  program  or none agrees to accept the ward,
13    the Department shall create  an  appropriate  individualized,
14    program-oriented  plan  for  such  ward.   The  plan  may  be
15    developed  within  the  Department  or  through  purchase  of
16    services  by  the  Department to the extent that it is within
17    its statutory authority to do.
18        (i)  Service programs shall be available  throughout  the
19    State  and  shall include but not be limited to the following
20    services:
21             (1)  case management;
22             (2)  homemakers;
23             (3)  counseling;
24             (4)  parent education;
25             (5)  day care; and
26             (6)  emergency assistance and advocacy.
27        In addition, the following services may be made available
28    to assess and meet the needs of children and families:
29             (1)  comprehensive family-based services;
30             (2)  assessments;
31             (3)  respite care; and
32             (4)  in-home health services.
33        The Department shall provide transportation  for  any  of
34    the  services  it  makes available to children or families or
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 1    for which it refers children or families.
 2        (j)  The Department may provide financial assistance, and
 3    shall  establish  rules  and  regulations   concerning   such
 4    assistance,  to  persons  who  adopt  physically  or mentally
 5    handicapped,  older  and  other  hard-to-place  children  who
 6    immediately prior to their adoption were legal wards  of  the
 7    Department.    The  Department  may  also  provide  financial
 8    assistance, and shall establish  rules  and  regulations  for
 9    such  assistance, to persons appointed guardian of the person
10    under Section 5-7 of the Juvenile Court Act or Section  2-27,
11    3-28,  4-25  or  5-29  of  the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for
12    children who were wards  of  the  Department  for  12  months
13    immediately   prior  to  the  appointment  of  the  successor
14    guardian and for whom  the  Department  has  set  a  goal  of
15    permanent family placement with a foster family.
16        The  amount  of  assistance  may vary, depending upon the
17    needs of the child and the adoptive parents, but must  be  at
18    least  $25 less than the monthly cost of care of the child in
19    a  foster  home,  as  set  forth  in  the  annual  assistance
20    agreement.  Special purpose  grants  are  allowed  where  the
21    child  requires special service but such costs may not exceed
22    the amounts which similar services would cost the  Department
23    if  it  were  to  provide  or  secure them as guardian of the
24    child.
25        Any financial assistance provided under  this  subsection
26    is  inalienable  by  assignment, sale, execution, attachment,
27    garnishment, or any other remedy for recovery  or  collection
28    of a judgment or debt.
29        (k)  The  Department  shall  accept for care and training
30    any child who has been adjudicated neglected  or  abused,  or
31    dependent  committed to it pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act
32    or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
33        (l)  Before July 1, 2000, the Department may provide, and
34    beginning July 1, 2000, the Department shall provide,  family
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 1    preservation services, as determined to be appropriate and in
 2    the  child's  best  interests and when the child will be safe
 3    and not be in imminent risk of  harm,  to  any  family  whose
 4    child  has  been  placed  in substitute care, any persons who
 5    have adopted a child and require post-adoption  services,  or
 6    any  persons  whose  child  or  children are at risk of being
 7    placed outside their home as  documented  by  an  "indicated"
 8    report   of  suspected  child  abuse  or  neglect  determined
 9    pursuant to the Abused and  Neglected  Child  Reporting  Act.
10    Nothing  in  this  paragraph  shall  be construed to create a
11    private  right  of  action  or  claim  on  the  part  of  any
12    individual or child welfare agency.
13        The Department shall notify the child and his  family  of
14    the  Department's  responsibility to offer and provide family
15    preservation services as identified in the service plan.  The
16    child and his family shall be eligible for services  as  soon
17    as   the   report  is  determined  to  be  "indicated".   The
18    Department may offer services to any  child  or  family  with
19    respect  to whom a report of suspected child abuse or neglect
20    has been filed, prior to concluding its  investigation  under
21    Section 7.12 of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
22    However,  the  child's  or  family's  willingness  to  accept
23    services  shall  not be considered in the investigation.  The
24    Department may also provide services to any child  or  family
25    who  is the subject of any report of suspected child abuse or
26    neglect or  may  refer  such  child  or  family  to  services
27    available  from  other agencies in the community, even if the
28    report is determined to be unfounded, if  the  conditions  in
29    the child's or family's home are reasonably likely to subject
30    the  child  or  family  to  future reports of suspected child
31    abuse or neglect.   Acceptance  of  such  services  shall  be
32    voluntary.
33        The  Department  may,  at its discretion except for those
34    children also adjudicated neglected or dependent, accept  for
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 1    care   and  training  any  child  who  has  been  adjudicated
 2    addicted, as a truant minor in need of supervision  or  as  a
 3    minor   requiring   authoritative   intervention,  under  the
 4    Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, but  no
 5    such  child shall be committed to the Department by any court
 6    without the approval of the Department.  A minor charged with
 7    a criminal  offense  under  the  Criminal  Code  of  1961  or
 8    adjudicated  delinquent shall not be placed in the custody of
 9    or committed to the Department by any court, except  a  minor
10    less  than  13 years of age committed to the Department under
11    Section 5-23 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
12        (l-1)  The legislature recognizes that the best interests
13    of the child require that the child be  placed  in  the  most
14    permanent  living  arrangement  as  soon  as  is  practically
15    possible.   To achieve this goal, the legislature directs the
16    Department  of  Children  and  Family  Services  to   conduct
17    concurrent  planning  so  that  permanency  may  occur at the
18    earliest  opportunity.   Permanent  living  arrangements  may
19    include prevention of placement of a child outside  the  home
20    of the family when the child can be cared for at home without
21    endangering  the child's health or safety; reunification with
22    the family, when safe and appropriate, if temporary placement
23    is necessary; or  movement  of  the  child  toward  the  most
24    permanent living arrangement and permanent legal status.
25        When  a  child  is  placed in foster care, the Department
26    shall ensure and document that reasonable efforts  were  made
27    to prevent or eliminate the need to remove the child from the
28    child's home.  The Department must make reasonable efforts to
29    reunify  the  family  when  temporary  placement of the child
30    occurs  or  must  request  a  finding  from  the  court  that
31    reasonable  efforts  are  not  appropriate   or   have   been
32    unsuccessful.
33        A  decision  to place a child in substitute care shall be
34    made with considerations of the child's health,  safety,  and
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 1    best  interests.   At  the  time  of placement, consideration
 2    should also be given so that if  reunification  fails  or  is
 3    delayed,  the  placement made is the best available placement
 4    to provide permanency for the child.
 5        The Department shall adopt  rules  addressing  concurrent
 6    planning  for  reunification  and permanency.  The Department
 7    shall  consider  the  following  factors   when   determining
 8    appropriateness of concurrent planning:
 9             (1)  the likelihood of prompt reunification;
10             (2)  the past history of the family;
11             (3)  the  barriers  to reunification being addressed
12        by the family;
13             (4)  the level of cooperation of the family;
14             (5)  the foster parents' willingness  to  work  with
15        the family to reunite;
16             (6)  the  willingness  and  ability  of  the  foster
17        family   to   provide   an  adoptive  home  or  long-term
18        placement;
19             (7)  the age of the child;
20             (8)  placement of siblings.
21        (m)  The Department may assume temporary custody  of  any
22    child if:
23             (1)  it  has  received  a  written  consent  to such
24        temporary custody signed by the parents of the  child  or
25        by  the parent having custody of the child if the parents
26        are not living together or by the guardian  or  custodian
27        of the child if the child is not in the custody of either
28        parent, or
29             (2)  the  child  is found in the State and neither a
30        parent, guardian  nor  custodian  of  the  child  can  be
31        located.
32    If  the  child  is  found  in  his or her residence without a
33    parent, guardian, custodian  or  responsible  caretaker,  the
34    Department  may,  instead  of removing the child and assuming
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 1    temporary custody, place an authorized representative of  the
 2    Department  in  that  residence  until such time as a parent,
 3    guardian  or  custodian  enters  the  home  and  expresses  a
 4    willingness and apparent ability to ensure the child's health
 5    and safety and resume permanent charge of the child, or until
 6    a relative enters the home and is willing and able to  ensure
 7    the  child's health and safety and assume charge of the child
 8    until a parent, guardian or custodian  enters  the  home  and
 9    expresses  such willingness and ability to ensure the child's
10    safety and resume permanent charge.  After  a  caretaker  has
11    remained in the home for a period not to exceed 12 hours, the
12    Department  must  follow those procedures outlined in Section
13    2-9, 3-11, 4-8 or 5-9 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
14        The Department shall have the authority, responsibilities
15    and duties that a legal custodian of  the  child  would  have
16    pursuant  to  subsection  (9)  of Section 1-3 of the Juvenile
17    Court Act of 1987.  Whenever a child is taken into  temporary
18    custody  pursuant  to  an  investigation under the Abused and
19    Neglected Child Reporting Act, or pursuant to a referral  and
20    acceptance under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 of a minor in
21    limited   custody,  the  Department,  during  the  period  of
22    temporary custody and before the child is  brought  before  a
23    judicial officer as required by Section 2-9, 3-11, 4-8 or 5-9
24    of  the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, shall have the authority,
25    responsibilities and duties that a  legal  custodian  of  the
26    child  would  have under subsection (9) of Section 1-3 of the
27    Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
28        The Department shall ensure that  any  child  taken  into
29    custody  is  scheduled  for  an  appointment  for  a  medical
30    examination.
31        A  parent,  guardian  or  custodian  of  a  child  in the
32    temporary custody of the Department who would have custody of
33    the child if he were not in  the  temporary  custody  of  the
34    Department  may  deliver  to  the Department a signed request
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 1    that the Department surrender the temporary  custody  of  the
 2    child.  The  Department  may  retain temporary custody of the
 3    child for 10 days after the receipt of  the  request,  during
 4    which  period the Department may cause to be filed a petition
 5    pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.  If a petition is
 6    so filed, the Department shall retain  temporary  custody  of
 7    the child until the court orders otherwise.  If a petition is
 8    not  filed  within  the  10  day  period,  the child shall be
 9    surrendered to the custody of the requesting parent, guardian
10    or custodian not later than the  expiration  of  the  10  day
11    period,  at  which  time  the  authority  and  duties  of the
12    Department with respect to the temporary custody of the child
13    shall terminate.
14        (n)  The Department may place children under 18 years  of
15    age  in licensed child care facilities when in the opinion of
16    the  Department,  appropriate  services   aimed   at   family
17    preservation  have  been  unsuccessful  and cannot ensure the
18    child's  health  and  safety  or  are  unavailable  and  such
19    placement would be  for  their  best  interest.  Payment  for
20    board,  clothing, care, training and supervision of any child
21    placed in a licensed child care facility may be made  by  the
22    Department,  by  the  parents  or guardians of the estates of
23    those children, or by both the Department and the parents  or
24    guardians,  except  that  no  payments  shall  be made by the
25    Department for any child placed  in  a  licensed  child  care
26    facility  for board, clothing, care, training and supervision
27    of such a child that exceed the average per  capita  cost  of
28    maintaining  and  of  caring  for a child in institutions for
29    dependent or neglected children operated by  the  Department.
30    However, such restriction on payments does not apply in cases
31    where  children  require  specialized  care and treatment for
32    problems   of   severe   emotional   disturbance,    physical
33    disability, social adjustment, or any combination thereof and
34    suitable  facilities  for  the placement of such children are
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 1    not available at payment rates  within  the  limitations  set
 2    forth  in  this  Section.  All  reimbursements  for  services
 3    delivered  shall  be  absolutely  inalienable  by assignment,
 4    sale, attachment, garnishment or otherwise.
 5        (o)  The Department  shall  establish  an  administrative
 6    review  and  appeal  process  for  children  and families who
 7    request  or  receive  child   welfare   services   from   the
 8    Department.  Children who are wards of the Department and are
 9    placed by private child welfare agencies, and foster families
10    with  whom  those  children are placed, shall be afforded the
11    same procedural and appeal rights as children and families in
12    the case of placement by the Department, including the  right
13    to  an   initial  review of a private agency decision by that
14    agency.  The Department shall insure that any  private  child
15    welfare  agency,  which  accepts  wards of the Department for
16    placement,  affords  those  rights  to  children  and  foster
17    families.  The Department  shall  accept  for  administrative
18    review  and  an appeal hearing a complaint made by a child or
19    foster family concerning  a  decision  following  an  initial
20    review  by  a  private  child welfare agency.  An appeal of a
21    decision concerning a change in  the  placement  of  a  child
22    shall be conducted in an expedited manner.
23        (p)  There  is  hereby created the Department of Children
24    and Family Services Emergency Assistance Fund from which  the
25    Department   may  provide  special  financial  assistance  to
26    families which are in economic crisis when such assistance is
27    not available through other public or private sources and the
28    assistance is deemed necessary to prevent dissolution of  the
29    family  unit or to reunite families which have been separated
30    due  to  child  abuse  and  neglect.   The  Department  shall
31    establish administrative rules specifying  the  criteria  for
32    determining  eligibility  for  and  the  amount and nature of
33    assistance to be provided.  The  Department  may  also  enter
34    into  written  agreements  with  private  and  public  social
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 1    service  agencies  to provide emergency financial services to
 2    families  referred  by  the  Department.  Special   financial
 3    assistance  payments  shall  be available to a family no more
 4    than once during each fiscal year and the total payments to a
 5    family may not exceed $500 during a fiscal year.
 6        (q)  The  Department  may  receive  and  use,  in   their
 7    entirety,  for  the benefit of children any gift, donation or
 8    bequest of money or  other  property  which  is  received  on
 9    behalf  of  such children, or any financial benefits to which
10    such children are or may  become  entitled  while  under  the
11    jurisdiction or care of the Department.
12        The  Department  shall  set  up  and  administer no-cost,
13    interest-bearing savings accounts  in  appropriate  financial
14    institutions  ("individual  accounts")  for children for whom
15    the Department is  legally  responsible  and  who  have  been
16    determined  eligible  for Veterans' Benefits, Social Security
17    benefits, assistance allotments from the armed forces,  court
18    ordered  payments,  parental voluntary payments, Supplemental
19    Security Income, Railroad  Retirement  payments,  Black  Lung
20    benefits,  or  other miscellaneous payments.  Interest earned
21    by each individual account shall be credited to the  account,
22    unless disbursed in accordance with this subsection.
23        In  disbursing funds from children's individual accounts,
24    the Department shall:
25             (1)  Establish standards in  accordance  with  State
26        and  federal  laws  for  disbursing money from children's
27        individual   accounts.    In   all   circumstances,   the
28        Department's "Guardianship Administrator" or his  or  her
29        designee   must  approve  disbursements  from  children's
30        individual accounts.  The Department shall be responsible
31        for keeping complete records  of  all  disbursements  for
32        each individual account for any purpose.
33             (2)  Calculate  on  a monthly basis the amounts paid
34        from State funds for the child's board and care,  medical
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 1        care not covered under Medicaid, and social services; and
 2        utilize  funds  from  the  child's individual account, as
 3        covered  by  regulation,  to   reimburse   those   costs.
 4        Monthly,  disbursements  from  all  children's individual
 5        accounts, up to 1/12 of $13,000,000, shall  be  deposited
 6        by  the  Department into the General Revenue Fund and the
 7        balance over 1/12 of $13,000,000 into the DCFS Children's
 8        Services Fund.
 9             (3)  Maintain   any    balance    remaining    after
10        reimbursing  for  the child's costs of care, as specified
11        in item (2). The balance shall accumulate  in  accordance
12        with  relevant  State  and  federal  laws  and  shall  be
13        disbursed  to the child or his or her guardian, or to the
14        issuing agency.
15        (r)  The   Department   shall   promulgate    regulations
16    encouraging  all  adoption agencies to voluntarily forward to
17    the Department or  its  agent  names  and  addresses  of  all
18    persons  who  have  applied  for  and  have been approved for
19    adoption of a hard-to-place  or  handicapped  child  and  the
20    names of such children who have not been placed for adoption.
21    A list of such names and addresses shall be maintained by the
22    Department  or  its agent, and coded lists which maintain the
23    confidentiality of the person seeking to adopt the child  and
24    of  the  child  shall  be  made available, without charge, to
25    every adoption agency in the State to assist the agencies  in
26    placing  such  children  for  adoption.  The  Department  may
27    delegate  to an agent its duty to maintain and make available
28    such lists.  The Department  shall  ensure  that  such  agent
29    maintains  the confidentiality of the person seeking to adopt
30    the child and of the child.
31        (s)  The Department of Children and Family  Services  may
32    establish and implement a program to reimburse Department and
33    private  child  welfare agency foster parents licensed by the
34    Department  of  Children  and  Family  Services  for  damages
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 1    sustained by the foster parents as a result of the  malicious
 2    or  negligent  acts  of foster children, as well as providing
 3    third party coverage for such foster parents with  regard  to
 4    actions  of  foster  children  to  other  individuals.   Such
 5    coverage  will  be  secondary  to the foster parent liability
 6    insurance policy, if applicable.  The program shall be funded
 7    through  appropriations  from  the  General   Revenue   Fund,
 8    specifically designated for such purposes.
 9        (t)  The   Department  shall  perform  home  studies  and
10    investigations and shall exercise supervision over visitation
11    as ordered by a court pursuant to the Illinois  Marriage  and
12    Dissolution of Marriage Act or the Adoption Act only if:
13             (1)  an   order   entered   by   an  Illinois  court
14        specifically  directs  the  Department  to  perform  such
15        services; and
16             (2)  the court  has  ordered  one  or  both  of  the
17        parties to the proceeding to reimburse the Department for
18        its  reasonable  costs  for  providing  such  services in
19        accordance with Department rules, or has determined  that
20        neither party is financially able to pay.
21        The  Department shall provide written notification to the
22    court of the specific arrangements for supervised  visitation
23    and  projected  monthly  costs  within  60  days of the court
24    order. The Department shall send  to  the  court  information
25    related to the costs incurred except in cases where the court
26    has determined the parties are financially unable to pay. The
27    court may order additional periodic reports as appropriate.
28        (u)  Whenever the Department places a child in a licensed
29    foster  home,  group  home,  child  care institution, or in a
30    relative home, the Department shall provide to the caretaker:
31             (1)  available detailed information  concerning  the
32        child's   educational   and  health  history,  copies  of
33        immunization records  (including  insurance  and  medical
34        card  information),  a  history  of  the child's previous
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 1        placements, if any, and  reasons  for  placement  changes
 2        excluding  any information that identifies or reveals the
 3        location of any previous caretaker;
 4             (2)  a copy of the child's  portion  of  the  client
 5        service  plan,  including any visitation arrangement, and
 6        all amendments or revisions  to  it  as  related  to  the
 7        child; and
 8             (3)  information  containing  details of the child's
 9        individualized  educational  plan  when  the   child   is
10        receiving special education services.
11        The  caretaker  shall  be informed of any known social or
12    behavioral information (including, but not limited  to,  fire
13    setting,  perpetuation of sexual abuse, destructive behavior,
14    and substance abuse) necessary to care for and safeguard  the
15    child.
16        (u-5)  Effective   July   1,   1995,   only  foster  care
17    placements licensed as foster family homes  pursuant  to  the
18    Child  Care  Act  of 1969 shall be eligible to receive foster
19    care payments from the Department. Relative  caregivers  who,
20    as  of  July  1,  1995,  were  approved  pursuant to approved
21    relative  placement  rules  previously  promulgated  by   the
22    Department  at  89  Ill.  Adm.  Code 335 and had submitted an
23    application  for  licensure  as  a  foster  family  home  may
24    continue to receive  foster  care  payments  only  until  the
25    Department  determines  that they may be licensed as a foster
26    family home or that their application for licensure is denied
27    or until September 30, 1995, whichever occurs first.
28        (v)  The Department shall access criminal history  record
29    information  as  defined  in  the Illinois Uniform Conviction
30    Information   Act   and   information   maintained   in   the
31    adjudicatory and dispositional record system  as  defined  in
32    subdivision  (A)19 of Section 55a of the Civil Administrative
33    Code of Illinois if the Department determines the information
34    is necessary to perform  its  duties  under  the  Abused  and
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 1    Neglected  Child  Reporting  Act, the Child Care Act of 1969,
 2    and the Children and Family  Services  Act.   The  Department
 3    shall  provide for interactive computerized communication and
 4    processing   equipment   that    permits    direct    on-line
 5    communication  with  the Department of State Police's central
 6    criminal  history  data  repository.   The  Department  shall
 7    comply  with  all  certification  requirements  and   provide
 8    certified  operators  who have been trained by personnel from
 9    the Department of State Police.  In addition, one  Office  of
10    the Inspector General investigator shall have training in the
11    use  of  the  criminal  history information access system and
12    have access to the terminal.  The Department of Children  and
13    Family  Services  and  its employees shall abide by rules and
14    regulations established by the  Department  of  State  Police
15    relating to the access and dissemination of this information.
16        (w)  Within  120  days  of August 20, 1995 (the effective
17    date of Public Act 89-392), the Department shall prepare  and
18    submit  to  the  Governor and the General Assembly, a written
19    plan for the development of in-state  licensed  secure  child
20    care  facilities  that  care  for children who are in need of
21    secure living arrangements  for  their  health,  safety,  and
22    well-being.   For  purposes  of  this subsection, secure care
23    facility shall mean a facility that is designed and  operated
24    to  ensure  that all entrances and exits from the facility, a
25    building or a distinct part of the building,  are  under  the
26    exclusive  control  of  the staff of the facility, whether or
27    not  the  child  has  the  freedom  of  movement  within  the
28    perimeter of the facility, building, or distinct part of  the
29    building.   The  plan shall include descriptions of the types
30    of facilities that  are  needed  in  Illinois;  the  cost  of
31    developing these secure care facilities; the estimated number
32    of  placements; the potential cost savings resulting from the
33    movement of children currently out-of-state who are projected
34    to  be  returned  to  Illinois;  the   necessary   geographic
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 1    distribution  of these facilities in Illinois; and a proposed
 2    timetable for development of such facilities.
 3    (Source: P.A. 88-380; 88-398; 88-487;  88-614,  eff.  9-7-94;
 4    88-670,  eff.  12-2-94;  89-21,  eff.  6-6-95;  89-392,  eff.
 5    8-20-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
 6        (20 ILCS 505/6a) (from Ch. 23, par. 5006a)
 7        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-704)
 8        Sec. 6a.  Case Plan.
 9        (a)  With  respect to each Department client for whom the
10    Department is providing  placement  service,  the  Department
11    shall  develop  a  case plan designed to stabilize the family
12    situation and prevent placement of a child outside  the  home
13    of  the  family, reunify the family if temporary placement is
14    necessary, or move the child toward the most permanent living
15    arrangement and permanent legal status.  Such case plan shall
16    provide for the utilization of family preservation  services.
17    Such  case plan shall be reviewed and updated every 6 months.
18    Where   appropriate,   the   case    plan    shall    include
19    recommendations concerning alcohol or drug abuse evaluation.
20        (b)  The  Department  may  enter  into written agreements
21    with child welfare agencies to establish and  implement  case
22    plan  demonstration  projects.   The  demonstration  projects
23    shall  require  that  service  providers  develop, implement,
24    review and update client case  plans.  The  Department  shall
25    examine  the  effectiveness  of the demonstration projects in
26    promoting the family reunification or the permanent placement
27    of each client and shall report its findings to  the  General
28    Assembly  no  later  than 90 days after the end of the fiscal
29    year in which any such demonstration project is implemented.
30    (Source: P.A. 85-985; 86-1296.)
31        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-704)
32        Sec. 6a.  Case Plan.
33        (a)  With respect to each Department client for whom  the
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 1    Department  is  providing  placement  service, the Department
 2    shall develop a case plan designed to  stabilize  the  family
 3    situation  and  prevent placement of a child outside the home
 4    of the family when the child can be cared for at home without
 5    endangering the child's health or safety, reunify the  family
 6    if   temporary   placement   is   necessary   when  safe  and
 7    appropriate, or move the  child  toward  the  most  permanent
 8    living  arrangement  and  permanent  legal status.  Such case
 9    plan shall provide for the utilization of  reasonable  family
10    preservation services as defined in Section 8.2 of the Abused
11    and  Neglected  Child Reporting Act.  Such case plan shall be
12    reviewed and updated every 6 months.  Where appropriate,  the
13    case plan shall include recommendations concerning alcohol or
14    drug abuse evaluation.
15        (b)  The  Department  may  enter  into written agreements
16    with child welfare agencies to establish and  implement  case
17    plan  demonstration  projects.   The  demonstration  projects
18    shall  require  that  service  providers  develop, implement,
19    review and update client case  plans.  The  Department  shall
20    examine  the  effectiveness  of the demonstration projects in
21    promoting the family reunification or the permanent placement
22    of each client and shall report its findings to  the  General
23    Assembly  no  later  than 90 days after the end of the fiscal
24    year in which any such demonstration project is implemented.
25    (Source: P.A. 89-704, eff. 1-1-98.)
26        (20 ILCS 505/7) (from Ch. 23, par. 5007)
27        Sec. 7.  Placement of children; considerations.
28        (a)  In placing any child under this Act, the  Department
29    shall  place  such child, as far as possible, in the care and
30    custody of some individual holding the same religious  belief
31    as the parents of the child, or with some child care facility
32    which  is  operated by persons of like religious faith as the
33    parents of such child.
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 1        (b)  In placing a child under this  Act,  the  Department
 2    may  place  a  child  with  a  relative if the Department has
 3    reason  to  believe  that  the  relative  will  be  able   to
 4    adequately  provide  for  the child's safety and welfare. The
 5    Department may not place a child with a  relative,  with  the
 6    exception  of  certain  circumstances  which may be waived as
 7    defined by the Department in rules, if the results of a check
 8    of the Law Enforcement Agency Data System (LEADS)  identifies
 9    a  prior  criminal  conviction  of  the relative or any adult
10    member of the relative's household for any of  the  following
11    offenses under the Criminal Code of 1961:
12             (1)  murder;
13             (1.1)  solicitation of murder;
14             (1.2)  solicitation of murder for hire;
15             (1.3)  intentional homicide of an unborn child;
16             (1.4)  voluntary manslaughter of an unborn child;
17             (1.5)  involuntary manslaughter;
18             (1.6)  reckless homicide;
19             (1.7)  concealment of a homicidal death;
20             (1.8)  involuntary manslaughter of an unborn child;
21             (1.9)  reckless homicide of an unborn child;
22             (1.10)  drug-induced homicide;
23             (2)  a sex offense under Article 11, except offenses
24        described in Sections 11-7, 11-8, 11-12, and 11-13;
25             (3)  kidnapping;
26             (3.1)  aggravated unlawful restraint;
27             (3.2)  forcible detention;
28             (3.3)  aiding and abetting child abduction;
29             (4)  aggravated kidnapping;
30             (5)  child abduction;
31             (6)  aggravated battery of a child;
32             (7)  criminal sexual assault;
33             (8)  aggravated criminal sexual assault;
34             (8.1)  predatory criminal sexual assault of a child;
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 1             (9)  criminal sexual abuse;
 2             (10)  aggravated sexual abuse;
 3             (11)  heinous battery;
 4             (12)  aggravated battery with a firearm;
 5             (13)  tampering with food, drugs, or cosmetics;
 6             (14)  drug-induced infliction of great bodily harm;
 7             (15)  aggravated stalking;
 8             (16)  home invasion;
 9             (17)  vehicular invasion;
10             (18)  criminal transmission of HIV;
11             (19)  criminal  neglect  of  an  elderly or disabled
12        person;
13             (20)  child abandonment;
14             (21)  endangering the life or health of a child;
15             (22)  ritual mutilation;
16             (23)  ritualized abuse of a child;
17             (24)  an offense in any other state the elements  of
18        which  are similar and bear a substantial relationship to
19        any of the foregoing offenses.
20    For the purpose of this subsection, "relative" shall  include
21    any  person,  21 years of age or over, other than the parent,
22    who (i) is currently related to  the  child  in  any  of  the
23    following  ways  by  blood or adoption: grandparent, sibling,
24    great-grandparent, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, first  cousin,
25    great-uncle,  or  great-aunt; or (ii) is the spouse of such a
26    relative; or (iii) is the child's  step-father,  step-mother,
27    or   adult   step-brother  or  step-sister;  "relative"  also
28    includes a person related in any of the foregoing ways  to  a
29    sibling  of a child, even though the person is not related to
30    the child, when the child and its sibling are placed together
31    with that person.  A relative with whom  a  child  is  placed
32    pursuant  to  this  subsection  may,  but is not required to,
33    apply for licensure as a foster family home pursuant  to  the
34    Child Care Act of 1969; provided, however, that as of July 1,
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 1    1995,  foster  care  payments  shall be made only to licensed
 2    foster family homes pursuant to the terms  of  Section  5  of
 3    this Act.
 4        (c)  In  placing  a  child under this Act, the Department
 5    shall ensure  that  the  child's  health,  safety,  and  best
 6    interests  are  met by giving due, not sole, consideration to
 7    the child's race or ethnic heritage in making a family foster
 8    care placement. The Department shall consider  the  cultural,
 9    ethnic, or racial background of the child and the capacity of
10    the  prospective foster or adoptive parents to meet the needs
11    of a child of this background as one of a number  of  factors
12    used  to  determine  the  best  interests  of the child.  The
13    Department  shall  make  special  efforts  for  the  diligent
14    recruitment of potential foster and  adoptive  families  that
15    reflect  the  ethnic and racial diversity of the children for
16    whom foster and adoptive homes are needed.  "Special efforts"
17    shall  include  contacting   and   working   with   community
18    organizations  and  religious  organizations  and may include
19    contracting with those organizations, utilizing  local  media
20    and   other   local   resources,   and   conducting  outreach
21    activities.
22        (c-1)  At the time of  placement,  the  Department  shall
23    consider  concurrent  planning,  as  described  in subsection
24    (l-1) of Section 5, so  that  permanency  may  occur  at  the
25    earliest  opportunity.  Consideration should be given so that
26    if reunification fails or is delayed, the placement  made  is
27    the  best  available  placement to provide permanency for the
28    child.
29        (d)  The Department may accept gifts, grants,  offers  of
30    services,  and  other  contributions to use in making special
31    recruitment efforts.
32        (e)  The Department in placing children  in  adoptive  or
33    foster care homes may not, in any policy or practice relating
34    to  the  placement  of  children for adoption or foster care,
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 1    discriminate against any child or prospective adoptive parent
 2    on the basis of race.
 3    (Source:  P.A.  89-21,  eff.  7-1-95;  89-422;  89-428,  eff.
 4    12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
 5        (20 ILCS 505/7.7)
 6        Sec.  7.7.  Limit  on  multiple   placements.    If   the
 7    Department  has placed a child in substitute care pursuant to
 8    a court order, the Department  may  not  change  the  child's
 9    placement  unless  the Department specifically documents that
10    the current placement is unsafe or unsuitable or that another
11    placement is in the child's best interests or unless the  new
12    placement   is   in  an  adoptive  home  or  other  permanent
13    placement.
14    (Source: P.A. 89-422.)
15        Section 10-10.  The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended  by
16    changing Section 4.2 as follows:
17        (225 ILCS 10/4.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 2214.2)
18        Sec.  4.2.   (a)  No applicant may receive a license from
19    the Department and no person may be employed  by  a  licensed
20    child care facility who refuses to authorize an investigation
21    as required by Section 4.1.
22        (b)  No   applicant   may  receive  a  license  from  the
23    Department and no person may be  employed  by  a  child  care
24    facility  licensed  by the Department who has been declared a
25    sexually dangerous  person  under  "An  Act  in  relation  to
26    sexually   dangerous   persons,   and   providing  for  their
27    commitment, detention  and  supervision",  approved  July  6,
28    1938, as amended, or convicted of committing or attempting to
29    commit  any  of  the  following offenses stipulated under the
30    Criminal Code of 1961:
31             (1)  murder;
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 1             (1.1)  solicitation of murder;
 2             (1.2)  solicitation of murder for hire;
 3             (1.3)  intentional homicide of an unborn child;
 4             (1.4)  voluntary manslaughter of an unborn child;
 5             (1.5)  involuntary manslaughter;
 6             (1.6)  reckless homicide;
 7             (1.7)  concealment of a homicidal death;
 8             (1.8)  involuntary manslaughter of an unborn child;
 9             (1.9)  reckless homicide of an unborn child;
10             (1.10)  drug induced homicide;
11             (2)  a sex offense under Article 11, except offenses
12        described in Sections 11-7, 11-8, 11-12, and 11-13;
13             (3)  kidnapping;
14             (3.1)  aggravated unlawful restraint;
15             (3.2)  forcible detention;
16             (3.3)  harboring a runaway;
17             (3.4)  aiding and abetting child abduction;
18             (4)  aggravated kidnapping;
19             (5)  child abduction;
20             (6)  aggravated battery of a child;
21             (7)  criminal sexual assault;
22             (8)  aggravated criminal sexual assault;
23             (8.1)  predatory criminal sexual assault of a child;
24             (9)  criminal sexual abuse;
25             (10)  aggravated sexual abuse;
26             (11)  heinous battery;
27             (12)  aggravated battery with a firearm;
28             (13)  tampering with food, drugs, or cosmetics;
29             (14)  drug induced infliction of great bodily harm;
30             (15)  hate crime;
31             (16)  stalking;
32             (17)  aggravated stalking;
33             (18)  threatening public officials;
34             (19)  home invasion;
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 1             (20)  vehicular invasion;
 2             (21)  criminal transmission of HIV;
 3             (22)  criminal neglect of  an  elderly  or  disabled
 4        person;
 5             (23)  child abandonment;
 6             (24)  endangering the life or health of a child;
 7             (25)  ritual mutilation;
 8             (26)  ritualized abuse of a child;
 9             (27)  an  offense in any other state the elements of
10        which are similar and bear a substantial relationship  to
11        any of the foregoing offenses.
12        (c)  In   addition   to   the  provisions  set  forth  in
13    subsection (b), no applicant may receive a license  from  the
14    Department  to  operate  a  foster  family home, and no adult
15    person may reside in a foster family  home  licensed  by  the
16    Department,   who   has   been  convicted  of  committing  or
17    attempting to commit any of the following offenses stipulated
18    under the Criminal Code of 1961, the  Cannabis  Control  Act,
19    and the Illinois Controlled Substances Act:
20              (I)  OFFENSES DIRECTED AGAINST THE PERSON
21        (A)  KIDNAPPING AND RELATED OFFENSES
22             (1)  Unlawful restraint.
23        (B)  BODILY HARM
24             (2)  Felony aggravated assault.
25             (3)  Vehicular endangerment.
26             (4)  Felony domestic battery.
27             (5)  Aggravated battery.
28             (6)  Heinous battery.
29             (7)  Aggravated battery with a firearm.
30             (8)  Aggravated battery of an unborn child.
31             (9)  Aggravated battery of a senior citizen.
32             (10)  Intimidation.
33             (11)  Compelling organization membership of persons.
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 1             (12)  Abuse  and  gross  neglect of a long term care
 2        facility resident.
 3             (13)  Felony violation of an order of protection.
 4              (II)  OFFENSES DIRECTED AGAINST PROPERTY
 5             (14)  Felony theft.
 6             (15)  Robbery.
 7             (16)  Armed robbery.
 8             (17)  Aggravated robbery.
 9             (18)  Vehicular hijacking.
10             (19)  Aggravated vehicular hijacking.
11             (20)  Burglary.
12             (21)  Possession of burglary tools.
13             (22)  Residential burglary.
14             (23)  Criminal  fortification  of  a  residence   or
15        building.
16             (24)  Arson.
17             (25)  Aggravated arson.
18             (26)  Possession    of    explosive   or   explosive
19        incendiary devices.
20    (III)  OFFENSES AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND DECENCY
21             (27)  Felony unlawful use of weapons.
22             (28)  Aggravated discharge of a firearm.
23             (29)  Reckless discharge of a firearm.
24             (30)  Unlawful use of metal piercing bullets.
25             (31)  Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms  on  the
26        premises of any school.
27             (32)  Disarming a police officer.
28             (33)  Obstructing justice.
29             (34)  Concealing or aiding a fugitive.
30             (35)  Armed violence.
31             (36)  Felony    contributing    to    the   criminal
32        delinquency of a juvenile.
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 1                         (IV)  DRUG OFFENSES
 2             (37)  Possession of more than 30 grams of cannabis.
 3             (38)  Manufacture of more than 10 grams of cannabis.
 4             (39)  Cannabis trafficking.
 5             (40)  Delivery of cannabis on school grounds.
 6             (41)  Unauthorized  production  of   more   than   5
 7        cannabis sativa plants.
 8             (42)  Calculated criminal cannabis conspiracy.
 9             (43)  Unauthorized   manufacture   or   delivery  of
10        controlled substances.
11             (44)  Controlled substance trafficking.
12             (45)  Manufacture, distribution, or advertisement of
13        look-alike substances.
14             (46)  Calculated criminal drug conspiracy.
15             (46.5)  Streetgang criminal drug conspiracy.
16             (47)  Permitting unlawful use of a building.
17             (48)  Delivery  of   controlled,   counterfeit,   or
18        look-alike  substances  to  persons  under  age 18, or at
19        truck stops, rest stops, or  safety  rest  areas,  or  on
20        school property.
21             (49)  Using, engaging, or employing persons under 18
22        to   deliver   controlled,   counterfeit,  or  look-alike
23        substances.
24             (50)  Delivery of controlled substances.
25             (51)  Sale or delivery of drug paraphernalia.
26             (52)  Felony  possession,  sale,  or   exchange   of
27        instruments  adapted for use of a controlled substance or
28        cannabis by subcutaneous injection.
29        (d) Notwithstanding subsection (c),  the  Department  may
30    issue  a  new  foster  family  home  license  or may renew an
31    existing foster family home license of an applicant  who  was
32    convicted of an offense described in subsection (c), provided
33    all of the following requirements are met:
34             (1)  The   relevant  criminal  offense  or  offenses
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 1        occurred more than 10 years prior to the  effective  date
 2        of this amendatory Act of 1997.
 3             (2)  The  applicant  had  previously  disclosed  the
 4        conviction  or convictions to the Department for purposes
 5        of a background check.
 6             (3)  After the  disclosure,  the  Department  either
 7        placed  a  child  in  the  home or the foster family home
 8        license was issued.
 9             (4)  During the background check, the Department had
10        assessed and waived the conviction in compliance with the
11        existing statutes and rules in effect at the time of  the
12        waiver.
13             (5)  The  applicant meets all other requirements and
14        qualifications to be licensed as  a  foster  family  home
15        under this Act and the Department's administrative rules.
16             (6)  The  applicant  has  a  history  of providing a
17        safe,  stable  home  environment  and  appears  able   to
18        continue to provide a safe, stable home environment.
19    (Source:  P.A.  89-21,  eff.  7-1-95;  89-263,  eff. 8-10-95;
20    89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462,  eff.  5-29-96;  89-498,  eff.
21    6-27-96.)
22        Section  10-15.  The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
23    Act is amended by changing Sections 2, 5,  7.5,  and  8.2  as
24    follows:
25        (325 ILCS 5/2) (from Ch. 23, par. 2052)
26        Sec.  2.   The Illinois Department of Children and Family
27    Services shall, upon receiving reports made under  this  Act,
28    protect  the  health, safety, and best interests of the child
29    in all situations in which the child is vulnerable  to  child
30    abuse  or  neglect,  offer  protective  services  in order to
31    prevent any further harm to the child and to  other  children
32    in  the  same  environment  or  family,  stabilize  the  home
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 1    environment,  and  preserve family life whenever possible and
 2    protect the health and safety of children in  all  situations
 3    in  which  they  are  vulnerable  to  child abuse or neglect.
 4    Recognizing that children also can be  abused  and  neglected
 5    while  living  in  public  or private residential agencies or
 6    institutions meant to serve them, while  attending  day  care
 7    centers  or  schools,  or when in contact with adults who are
 8    responsible for the welfare of the child at that  time,  this
 9    Act  also  provides  for  the  reporting and investigation of
10    child abuse and neglect in such instances.  In performing any
11    of these duties, the Department may utilize  such  protective
12    services of voluntary agencies as are available.
13    (Source: P.A. 84-1318.)
14        (325 ILCS 5/5) (from Ch. 23, par. 2055)
15        Sec.  5.   An  officer of a local law enforcement agency,
16    designated  employee  of  the  Department,  or  a   physician
17    treating  a  child  may  take  or retain temporary protective
18    custody of the  child  without  the  consent  of  the  person
19    responsible for the child's welfare, if (1)  he has reason to
20    believe  that the child cannot be cared for at home or in the
21    circumstances or  conditions  of  the  child  are  such  that
22    continuing  in  his  place  of  residence  or in the care and
23    custody of the person responsible  for  the  child's  welfare
24    without endangering the child's health or safety, presents an
25    imminent danger to that child's life or health; and (2) there
26    is  not  time  to  apply for a court order under the Juvenile
27    Court Act of 1987 for temporary custody  of  the  child.  The
28    person  taking  or  retaining a child in temporary protective
29    custody shall immediately make  every  reasonable  effort  to
30    notify  the  person  responsible  for the child's welfare and
31    shall immediately  notify  the  Department.   The  Department
32    shall  provide  to  the  temporary  caretaker  of a child any
33    information in the  Department's  possession  concerning  the
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 1    positive  results  of  a  test  performed  on  the  child  to
 2    determine  the  presence  of the antibody or antigen to Human
 3    Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), or of HIV infection, as well as
 4    any communicable diseases or communicable infections that the
 5    child has.  The temporary caretaker  of  a  child  shall  not
 6    disclose  to  another  person any information received by the
 7    temporary  caretaker  from  the  Department  concerning   the
 8    results  of  a  test  performed on the child to determine the
 9    presence of the  antibody  or  antigen  to  HIV,  or  of  HIV
10    infection,   except   pursuant  to  Section  9  of  the  AIDS
11    Confidentiality  Act,  as  now  or  hereafter  amended.   The
12    Department shall  promptly  initiate  proceedings  under  the
13    Juvenile  Court  Act  of  1987  for  the  continued temporary
14    custody of the child.
15        Where the physician keeping a child in his  custody  does
16    so  in his capacity as a member of the staff of a hospital or
17    similar institution, he shall notify the person in charge  of
18    the  institution  or  his  designated  agent,  who shall then
19    become responsible for the further care of such child in  the
20    hospital  or  similar  institution under the direction of the
21    Department.
22        Said care includes, but is not limited to the granting of
23    permission to perform emergency medical treatment to a  minor
24    where  the  treatment  itself  does not involve a substantial
25    risk of harm to the minor and  the  failure  to  render  such
26    treatment  will  likely  result in death or permanent harm to
27    the minor, and there is not time to apply for a  court  order
28    under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
29        Any  person  authorized  and  acting in good faith in the
30    removal of a child under this  Section  shall  have  immunity
31    from any liability, civil or criminal that might otherwise be
32    incurred  or  imposed  as  a  result  of  such  removal.  Any
33    physician  authorized  and  acting  in  good  faith  and   in
34    accordance  with acceptable medical practice in the treatment
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 1    of a child under this Section shall have  immunity  from  any
 2    liability,   civil  or  criminal,  that  might  otherwise  be
 3    incurred or imposed as a result of  granting  permission  for
 4    emergency treatment.
 5        With respect to any child taken into temporary protective
 6    custody  pursuant to this Section, the Department of Children
 7    and  Family  Services  Guardianship  Administrator   or   his
 8    designee  shall  be  deemed  the  child's  legally authorized
 9    representative for purposes of consenting to an HIV  test  if
10    deemed   necessary   and   appropriate  by  the  Department's
11    Guardianship Administrator  or  designee  and  obtaining  and
12    disclosing  information  concerning such test pursuant to the
13    AIDS Confidentiality Act if deemed necessary and  appropriate
14    by  the  Department's  Guardianship Administrator or designee
15    and for purposes of consenting to the release of  information
16    pursuant  to  the  Illinois  Sexually  Transmissible  Disease
17    Control  Act  if  deemed  necessary  and  appropriate  by the
18    Department's Guardianship Administrator or designee.
19        Any person who administers an HIV test upon  the  consent
20    of   the   Department   of   Children   and  Family  Services
21    Guardianship Administrator or his designee, or who  discloses
22    the  results  of  such tests to the Department's Guardianship
23    Administrator or his designee, shall have immunity  from  any
24    liability, civil, criminal or otherwise, that might result by
25    reason  of  such actions. For the purpose of any proceedings,
26    civil or criminal, the good faith of any persons required  to
27    administer  or disclose the results of tests, or permitted to
28    take such actions, shall be presumed.
29    (Source: P.A. 86-733; 86-904; 86-1028.)
30        (325 ILCS 5/7.5) (from Ch. 23, par. 2057.5)
31        Sec. 7.5.  If the Child Protective Service Unit is denied
32    reasonable access to a child by the parents or other  persons
33    and  it  deems that the health, safety, and best interests of
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 1    the child so require, it shall request the intervention of  a
 2    local  law  enforcement  agency  or seek an appropriate court
 3    order to examine and interview the child.
 4    (Source: P.A. 81-1077.)
 5        (325 ILCS 5/8.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 2058.2)
 6        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
 7        Sec.  8.2.  If  the   Child   Protective   Service   Unit
 8    determines,  following  an  investigation  made  pursuant  to
 9    Section 7.4 of this Act, that there is credible evidence that
10    the child is abused or neglected, the Department shall assess
11    the  family's  need for services, and, as necessary, develop,
12    with the family, an appropriate service plan for the family's
13    voluntary acceptance or refusal. In any case where  there  is
14    evidence  that  the perpetrator of the abuse or neglect is an
15    addict or alcoholic as defined in the  Alcoholism  and  Other
16    Drug  Abuse  and  Dependency Act, the Department, when making
17    referrals for drug or alcohol abuse services, shall make such
18    referrals  to  facilities  licensed  by  the  Department   of
19    Alcoholism  and  Substance  Abuse or the Department of Public
20    Health. The Department  shall  comply  with  Section  8.1  by
21    explaining   its  lack  of  legal  authority  to  compel  the
22    acceptance  of  services  and  may  explain  its  concomitant
23    noncommitant authority to petition the  Circuit  court  under
24    the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or refer the case to the local
25    law  enforcement  authority  or State's attorney for criminal
26    prosecution.
27        For purposes of this Act, the term  "family  preservation
28    services"  refers to all services to prevent the placement of
29    children in substitute  care,  to  reunite  them  with  their
30    families  if so placed and if reunification is an appropriate
31    goal,  or  to  maintain  an  adoptive  placement.   The  term
32    "homemaker"  includes   emergency   caretakers,   homemakers,
33    caretakers,   housekeepers  and  chore  services.   The  term
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 1    "counseling" includes individual therapy, infant  stimulation
 2    therapy,  family  therapy,  group  therapy, self-help groups,
 3    drug and alcohol abuse counseling, vocational counseling  and
 4    post-adoptive   services.    The  term  "day  care"  includes
 5    protective  day  care  and  day  care  to  meet  educational,
 6    prevocational  or  vocational  needs.  The  term   "emergency
 7    assistance  and  advocacy"  includes  coordinated services to
 8    secure emergency cash, food, housing and  medical  assistance
 9    or  advocacy  for  other  subsistence  and  family protective
10    needs.
11        Before July  1,  2000,  appropriate  family  preservation
12    services  shall, subject to appropriation, be included in the
13    service plan if the  Department  has  determined  that  those
14    services are in the child's best interests and when the child
15    will  not  be  in  imminent  risk of harm.  Beginning July 1,
16    2000,  appropriate  family  preservation  services  shall  be
17    uniformly available throughout  the  State.   The  Department
18    shall   promptly   notify   children   and  families  of  the
19    Department's  responsibility  to  offer  and  provide  family
20    preservation services as  identified  in  the  service  plan.
21    Such   plans  may  include  but  are  not  limited  to:  case
22    management   services;   homemakers;    counseling;    parent
23    education;   day  care;  emergency  assistance  and  advocacy
24    assessments;   respite    care;    in-home    health    care;
25    transportation  to  obtain  any  of  the  above services; and
26    medical  assistance.  Nothing  in  this  paragraph  shall  be
27    construed to create a private right of action or claim on the
28    part of any individual or child welfare agency.
29        The Department shall provide a preliminary report to  the
30    General  Assembly no later than January 1, 1991, in regard to
31    the  provision  of  services  authorized  pursuant  to   this
32    Section. The report shall include:
33             (a)  the  number of families and children served, by
34        type of services;
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 1             (b)  the  outcome  from  the   provision   of   such
 2        services, including the number of families which remained
 3        intact  at  least  6  months following the termination of
 4        services;
 5             (c)  the number of families which have been subjects
 6        of founded reports of abuse following the termination  of
 7        services;
 8             (d)  an  analysis of general family circumstances in
 9        which family preservation services have  been  determined
10        to be an effective intervention;
11             (e)  information regarding the number of families in
12        need  of  services  but unserved due to budget or program
13        criteria guidelines;
14             (f)  an estimate of the time necessary for  and  the
15        annual cost of statewide implementation of such services;
16             (g)  an  estimate  of  the  length  of  time  before
17        expansion  of  these  services  will  be  made to include
18        families with children over the age of 6; and
19             (h)  recommendations    regarding    any    proposed
20        legislative changes to this program.
21        Each Department field office shall maintain  on  a  local
22    basis  directories  of  services  available  to  children and
23    families in the local area where  the  Department  office  is
24    located.
25        The  Department  shall refer children and families served
26    pursuant to this Section to private agencies and governmental
27    agencies, where available.
28        Where  there  are  2  equal   proposals   from   both   a
29    not-for-profit  and  a for-profit agency to provide services,
30    the Department shall give preference to the proposal from the
31    not-for-profit agency.
32        No service plan shall  compel  any  child  or  parent  to
33    engage  in any activity or refrain from any activity which is
34    not reasonably related to remedying a condition or conditions
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 1    that gave rise or which could give rise  to  any  finding  of
 2    child abuse or neglect.
 3    (Source: P.A.  88-670,  eff.  12-2-94;  89-21,  eff.  6-6-95;
 4    revised 2-7-97.)
 5        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
 6        Sec.   8.2.  If   the   Child   Protective  Service  Unit
 7    determines,  following  an  investigation  made  pursuant  to
 8    Section 7.4 of this Act, that there is credible evidence that
 9    the child is abused or neglected, the Department shall assess
10    the family's need for services, and, as  necessary,  develop,
11    with the family, an appropriate service plan for the family's
12    voluntary  acceptance  or refusal. In any case where there is
13    evidence that the perpetrator of the abuse or neglect  is  an
14    addict  or  alcoholic  as defined in the Alcoholism and Other
15    Drug Abuse and Dependency Act, the  Department,  when  making
16    referrals for drug or alcohol abuse services, shall make such
17    referrals  to  facilities licensed by the Department of Human
18    Services or the Department of Public Health.  The  Department
19    shall comply with Section 8.1 by explaining its lack of legal
20    authority  to  compel  the  acceptance  of  services  and may
21    explain its concomitant noncommitant  authority  to  petition
22    the  Circuit  court  under  the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or
23    refer the case to the  local  law  enforcement  authority  or
24    State's attorney for criminal prosecution.
25        For  purposes  of this Act, the term "family preservation
26    services" refers to all services to prevent the placement  of
27    children  in  substitute  care when the children can be cared
28    for at home or in the custody of the person  responsible  for
29    the  children's  welfare  without  endangering the children's
30    health or safety, to reunite them with their families  if  so
31    placed  when  and if reunification is an appropriate goal, or
32    to maintain an  adoptive  placement.   The  term  "homemaker"
33    includes   emergency   caretakers,   homemakers,  caretakers,
34    housekeepers  and  chore  services.   The  term  "counseling"
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 1    includes  individual  therapy,  infant  stimulation  therapy,
 2    family therapy, group therapy,  self-help  groups,  drug  and
 3    alcohol   abuse   counseling,   vocational   counseling   and
 4    post-adoptive   services.    The  term  "day  care"  includes
 5    protective  day  care  and  day  care  to  meet  educational,
 6    prevocational  or  vocational  needs.  The  term   "emergency
 7    assistance  and  advocacy"  includes  coordinated services to
 8    secure emergency cash, food, housing and  medical  assistance
 9    or  advocacy  for  other  subsistence  and  family protective
10    needs.
11        Before July  1,  2000,  appropriate  family  preservation
12    services  shall, subject to appropriation, be included in the
13    service plan if the  Department  has  determined  that  those
14    services  will  ensure  the child's health and safety, are in
15    the child's best interests, and will not place the child when
16    the child will not be in imminent risk  of  harm.   Beginning
17    July  1, 2000, appropriate family preservation services shall
18    be uniformly available throughout the State.  The  Department
19    shall   promptly   notify   children   and  families  of  the
20    Department's  responsibility  to  offer  and  provide  family
21    preservation services as  identified  in  the  service  plan.
22    Such   plans  may  include  but  are  not  limited  to:  case
23    management   services;   homemakers;    counseling;    parent
24    education;   day  care;  emergency  assistance  and  advocacy
25    assessments;   respite    care;    in-home    health    care;
26    transportation  to  obtain  any  of  the  above services; and
27    medical  assistance.  Nothing  in  this  paragraph  shall  be
28    construed to create a private right of action or claim on the
29    part of any individual or child welfare agency.
30        The Department shall provide a preliminary report to  the
31    General  Assembly no later than January 1, 1991, in regard to
32    the  provision  of  services  authorized  pursuant  to   this
33    Section. The report shall include:
34             (a)  the  number of families and children served, by
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 1        type of services;
 2             (b)  the  outcome  from  the   provision   of   such
 3        services, including the number of families which remained
 4        intact  at  least  6  months following the termination of
 5        services;
 6             (c)  the number of families which have been subjects
 7        of founded reports of abuse following the termination  of
 8        services;
 9             (d)  an  analysis of general family circumstances in
10        which family preservation services have  been  determined
11        to be an effective intervention;
12             (e)  information regarding the number of families in
13        need  of  services  but unserved due to budget or program
14        criteria guidelines;
15             (f)  an estimate of the time necessary for  and  the
16        annual cost of statewide implementation of such services;
17             (g)  an  estimate  of  the  length  of  time  before
18        expansion  of  these  services  will  be  made to include
19        families with children over the age of 6; and
20             (h)  recommendations    regarding    any    proposed
21        legislative changes to this program.
22        Each Department field office shall maintain  on  a  local
23    basis  directories  of  services  available  to  children and
24    families in the local area where  the  Department  office  is
25    located.
26        The  Department  shall refer children and families served
27    pursuant to this Section to private agencies and governmental
28    agencies, where available.
29        Where  there  are  2  equal   proposals   from   both   a
30    not-for-profit  and  a for-profit agency to provide services,
31    the Department shall give preference to the proposal from the
32    not-for-profit agency.
33        No service plan shall  compel  any  child  or  parent  to
34    engage  in any activity or refrain from any activity which is
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 1    not reasonably related to remedying a condition or conditions
 2    that gave rise or which could give rise  to  any  finding  of
 3    child abuse or neglect.
 4    (Source: P.A.  88-670,  eff.  12-2-94;  89-21,  eff.  6-6-95;
 5    89-507, eff. 7-1-97; revised 2-7-97.)
 6        Section 10-20.  The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended
 7    by  changing Sections 1-2, 1-3, 1-5, 1-8, 2-10, 2-10.1, 2-13,
 8    2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 2-17, 2-17.1, 2-20, 2-21, 2-22, 2-23, 2-24,
 9    2-25, 2-27, 2-28,  2-28.1,  2-29,  and  2-31  and  by  adding
10    Section 2-27.5 as follows:
11        (705 ILCS 405/1-2) (from Ch. 37, par. 801-2)
12        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-704)
13        Sec.  1-2.   Purpose  and policy. (1) The purpose of this
14    Act is to secure for each minor subject hereto such care  and
15    guidance,  preferably  in  his or her own home, as will serve
16    the moral, emotional, mental, and  physical  welfare  of  the
17    minor  and  the  best interests of the community; to preserve
18    and strengthen the minor's  family  ties  whenever  possible,
19    removing  him  or  her from the custody of his or her parents
20    only when his or her welfare or safety or the  protection  of
21    the  public cannot be adequately safeguarded without removal;
22    and, when the minor is removed from his or her own family, to
23    secure for him or her custody, care and discipline as  nearly
24    as  possible  equivalent to that which should be given by his
25    or her parents, and in cases where it should and can properly
26    be done to place the minor in a family home so that he or she
27    may become a member  of  the  family  by  legal  adoption  or
28    otherwise.
29        (2)  In  all  proceedings  under  this  Act the court may
30    direct the course thereof so as  promptly  to  ascertain  the
31    jurisdictional  facts and fully to gather information bearing
32    upon the current condition  and  future  welfare  of  persons
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 1    subject  to  this  Act.  This  Act shall be administered in a
 2    spirit of humane concern, not only  for  the  rights  of  the
 3    parties,   but   also   for  the  fears  and  the  limits  of
 4    understanding of all who appear before the court.
 5        (3)  In all procedures  under  this  Act,  the  following
 6    shall apply:
 7        (a)  The  procedural rights assured to the minor shall be
 8    the rights of adults unless specifically  precluded  by  laws
 9    which enhance the protection of such minors.
10        (b)  Every child has a right to services necessary to his
11    or  her  proper  development, including health, education and
12    social services.
13        (c)  The parents' right to the  custody  of  their  child
14    shall  not  prevail  when  the  court  determines  that it is
15    contrary to the best interests of the child.
16        (4)  This Act shall be liberally construed to  carry  out
17    the foregoing purpose and policy.
18    (Source: P.A. 85-601.)
19        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-704)
20        Sec. 1-2.  Purpose and policy.
21        (1)  The  purpose of this Act is to secure for each minor
22    subject hereto such care and guidance, preferably in  his  or
23    her  own home, as will serve the safety and moral, emotional,
24    mental, and physical  welfare  of  the  minor  and  the  best
25    interests  of  the  community; to preserve and strengthen the
26    minor's family ties whenever possible, removing  him  or  her
27    from  the  custody of his or her parents only when his or her
28    safety or welfare or safety or the protection of  the  public
29    cannot  be  adequately  safeguarded  without  removal; if the
30    child is removed from the custody of his or her  parent,  the
31    Department  of Children and Family Services immediately shall
32    consider concurrent planning, as described in  Section  5  of
33    the  Children  and Family Services Act so that permanency may
34    occur at the earliest opportunity;  consideration  should  be
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 1    given  so  that  if  reunification  fails  or is delayed, the
 2    placement made is the best  available  placement  to  provide
 3    permanency for the child; and, when the minor is removed from
 4    his or her own family, to secure for him or her custody, care
 5    and discipline as nearly as possible equivalent to that which
 6    should  be given by his or her parents, and in cases where it
 7    should and can properly be done  to  place  the  minor  in  a
 8    family  home  so  that  he  or she may become a member of the
 9    family by legal  adoption  or  otherwise.   Provided  that  a
10    ground  for  unfitness  under the Adoption Act can be met, it
11    may  be  appropriate  to  expedite  termination  of  parental
12    rights:
13        (a)  when reasonable efforts are inappropriate,  or  have
14    been   provided   and   were   unsuccessful,  and  there  are
15    aggravating circumstances  including,  but  not  limited  to,
16    those  cases  in  which (i) a child or a sibling of the child
17    was (A) abandoned, (B) tortured, or (C) chronically abused or
18    (ii) the parent is criminally convicted of (A)  first  degree
19    murder  or  second degree murder of any child, (B) attempt or
20    conspiracy to commit first degree  murder  or  second  degree
21    murder  of  any  child,  (C)  solicitation  to commit murder,
22    solicitation to commit murder for hire,  or  solicitation  to
23    commit  second  degree murder of any child, or accountability
24    for the first or second degree murder of any  child,  or  (D)
25    aggravated  criminal  sexual  assault in violation of Section
26    12-14(b)(1) of the Criminal Code of 1961; or
27        (b)  when the parental rights of a parent with respect to
28    a  sibling  of  the  child  have  been  terminated;   or   in
29    abandonment  cases;  or  in  those extreme cases in which the
30    parent's conduct toward the child or the child's sibling  has
31    been  so egregious that the behavior justifies termination of
32    parental rights; or
33        (c)  in  those  extreme  cases  in  which  the   parent's
34    incapacity  to care for the child, combined with an extremely
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 1    poor prognosis for  treatment  or  rehabilitation,  justifies
 2    expedited termination of a determination that parental rights
 3    should be terminated.
 4        (2)  In  all  proceedings  under  this  Act the court may
 5    direct the course thereof so as  promptly  to  ascertain  the
 6    jurisdictional  facts and fully to gather information bearing
 7    upon the current condition  and  future  welfare  of  persons
 8    subject  to  this  Act.  This  Act shall be administered in a
 9    spirit of humane concern, not only  for  the  rights  of  the
10    parties,   but   also   for  the  fears  and  the  limits  of
11    understanding of all who appear before the court.
12        (3)  In all procedures  under  this  Act,  the  following
13    shall apply:
14             (a)  The  procedural  rights  assured  to  the minor
15        shall  be  the  rights  of  adults  unless   specifically
16        precluded  by  laws  which enhance the protection of such
17        minors.
18             (b)  Every child has a right to  services  necessary
19        to  his  or  her safety and proper development, including
20        health, education and social services.
21             (c)  The parents' right  to  the  custody  of  their
22        child shall not prevail when the court determines that it
23        is  contrary to the health, safety, and best interests of
24        the child.
25        (4)  This Act shall be liberally construed to  carry  out
26    the foregoing purpose and policy.
27    (Source: P.A. 89-704, eff. 1-1-98.)
28        (705 ILCS 405/1-3) (from Ch. 37, par. 801-3)
29        Sec.  1-3.   Definitions.  Terms used in this Act, unless
30    the context otherwise requires, have the  following  meanings
31    ascribed to them:
32        (1)  Adjudicatory hearing. "Adjudicatory hearing" means a
33    hearing  to  determine  whether the allegations of a petition
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 1    under Section 2-13, 3-15 or 4-12 that a minor under 18  years
 2    of  age  is  abused,  neglected  or  dependent,  or  requires
 3    authoritative  intervention,  or  addicted, respectively, are
 4    supported by a preponderance of the evidence or  whether  the
 5    allegations  of a petition under Section 5-13 that a minor is
 6    delinquent are proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
 7        (2)  Adult. "Adult" means a person 21  years  of  age  or
 8    older.
 9        (3)  Agency.  "Agency"  means  a  public or private child
10    care facility legally authorized or licensed  by  this  State
11    for placement or institutional care or for both placement and
12    institutional care.
13        (4)  Association.  "Association"  means any organization,
14    public or private, engaged in welfare functions which include
15    services to or on behalf of children  but  does  not  include
16    "agency" as herein defined.
17        (4.05)  Best   Interests.   Whenever  a  "best  interest"
18    determination is required, the  following  factors  shall  be
19    considered   in   the   context   of   the  child's  age  and
20    developmental needs:
21        (a)  the  physical  safety  and  welfare  of  the  child,
22    including food, shelter, health, and clothing;
23        (b)  the development of the child's identity;
24        (c)  the child's background and ties, including familial,
25    racial, cultural, and religious;
26        (d)  the child's sense of attachments, including:
27             (i)  where   the   child   actually   feels    love,
28        attachment,  and  a  sense of being valued (as opposed to
29        where adults believe the child  should  feel  such  love,
30        attachment, and a sense of being valued);
31             (ii)  the child's sense of security;
32             (iii)  the child's sense of familiarity;
33             (iv)  continuity of affection for the child;
34             (v)  the  least disruptive placement alternative for
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 1        the child;
 2        (e)  the child's wishes and long-term goals;
 3        (f)  the  child's  community  ties,   including   church,
 4    school, and friends;
 5        (g)  permanence for the child;
 6        (h)  the uniqueness of every family and child;
 7        (i)  the   risks  attendant  to  entering  and  being  in
 8    substitute care; and
 9        (j)  the preferences of the persons available to care for
10    the child.
11        (4.1)  Chronic truant.  "Chronic truant" shall  have  the
12    definition  ascribed  to  it  in  Section 26-2a of The School
13    Code.
14        (5)  Court. "Court" means the circuit court in a  session
15    or division assigned to hear proceedings under this Act.
16        (6)  Dispositional hearing. "Dispositional hearing" means
17    a  hearing to determine whether a minor should be adjudged to
18    be a ward of the  court,  and  to  determine  what  order  of
19    disposition  should be made in respect to a minor adjudged to
20    be a ward of the court.
21        (7)  Emancipated minor.  "Emancipated  minor"  means  any
22    minor  16  years  of  age  or over who has been completely or
23    partially  emancipated  under  the  "Emancipation  of  Mature
24    Minors Act", enacted by the Eighty-First General Assembly, or
25    under this Act.
26        (8)  Guardianship of the  person.  "Guardianship  of  the
27    person" of a minor means the duty and authority to act in the
28    best  interests  of  the  minor, subject to residual parental
29    rights and responsibilities, to make important  decisions  in
30    matters having a permanent effect on the life and development
31    of  the  minor  and  to  be concerned with his or her general
32    welfare. It includes but is not necessarily limited to:
33             (a)  the  authority  to  consent  to  marriage,   to
34        enlistment  in  the armed forces of the United States, or
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 1        to a major medical, psychiatric, and surgical  treatment;
 2        to  represent  the  minor  in  legal actions; and to make
 3        other  decisions  of   substantial   legal   significance
 4        concerning the minor;
 5             (b)  the    authority   and   duty   of   reasonable
 6        visitation, except to the extent  that  these  have  been
 7        limited  in  the  best  interests  of  the minor by court
 8        order;
 9             (c)  the  rights  and  responsibilities   of   legal
10        custody  except  where  legal  custody has been vested in
11        another person or agency; and
12             (d)  the power to consent to  the  adoption  of  the
13        minor, but only if expressly conferred on the guardian in
14        accordance with Section 2-29, 3-30, 4-27 or 5-31.
15        (9)  Legal    custody.    "Legal   custody"   means   the
16    relationship created  by  an  order  of  court  in  the  best
17    interests  of  the  minor  which imposes on the custodian the
18    responsibility of physical possession of a minor and the duty
19    to protect, train and discipline him and to provide him  with
20    food, shelter, education and ordinary medical care, except as
21    these   are   limited   by   residual   parental  rights  and
22    responsibilities and the rights and responsibilities  of  the
23    guardian of the person, if any.
24        (10)  Minor.  "Minor"  means a person under the age of 21
25    years subject to this Act.
26        (11)  Parents.  "Parent" means the father or mother of  a
27    child and includes any adoptive parent.  It also includes the
28    father  whose  paternity  is presumed or has been established
29    under the law of this or another jurisdiction.  It  does  not
30    include  a  parent  whose rights in respect to the minor have
31    been terminated in any manner provided by law.
32        (11.1)  "Permanency goal" means a goal set by  a  service
33    plan  or  an  administrative  case review, including, but not
34    limited to, (i) remaining home,  (ii)  returning  home  to  a
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 1    specified  parent or guardian, (iii) adoption, (iv) successor
 2    guardianship, (v) long-term relative foster care, (vi)  other
 3    long-term substitute care, when no other goal is appropriate,
 4    or  (vii)  emancipation  the  court as defined in subdivision
 5    (2)(c) of Section 2-28.
 6        (11.2)  "Permanency review hearing" means  a  hearing  to
 7    review   and   determine   (i)  the  appropriateness  of  the
 8    permanency goal in light of the permanency alternatives, (ii)
 9    the appropriateness of the services contained in the plan and
10    whether those services have  been  provided  to  achieve  the
11    goal,  (iii) whether reasonable efforts have been made by all
12    the  parties  to  the  service  plan  to  achieve   the   the
13    appropriateness of the services delivered and to be delivered
14    to  effectuate  the plan and goal, and (iv) the efforts being
15    made by all the parties to achieve whether the plan and  goal
16    have been achieved.
17        (12)  Petition.  "Petition"  means  the petition provided
18    for in Section  2-13,  3-15,  4-12  or  5-13,  including  any
19    supplemental  petitions  thereunder  in Section 3-15, 4-12 or
20    5-13.
21        (13)  Residual  parental  rights  and   responsibilities.
22    "Residual  parental  rights and responsibilities" means those
23    rights and responsibilities remaining with the  parent  after
24    the  transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person,
25    including, but not  necessarily  limited  to,  the  right  to
26    reasonable  visitation  (which may be limited by the court in
27    the best interests of the minor  as  provided  in  subsection
28    (8)(b)  of  this  Section), the right to consent to adoption,
29    the right to determine the minor's religious affiliation, and
30    the responsibility for his support.
31        (14)  Shelter. "Shelter" means the temporary  care  of  a
32    minor  in  physically  unrestricting facilities pending court
33    disposition or execution of court order for placement.
34        (15)  Station adjustment.  "Station adjustment" means the
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 1    informal handling of an alleged offender by a juvenile police
 2    officer.
 3        (16)  Ward of the court. "Ward  of  the  court"  means  a
 4    minor  who  is  so adjudged under Section 2-22, 3-23, 4-20 or
 5    5-22, after a finding of the requisite jurisdictional  facts,
 6    and  thus is subject to the dispositional powers of the court
 7    under this Act.
 8        (17)  Juvenile police officer.  "Juvenile police officer"
 9    means a sworn  police  officer  who  has  completed  a  Basic
10    Recruit Training Course, has been assigned to the position of
11    juvenile  police  officer by his or her chief law enforcement
12    officer and has completed  the  necessary  juvenile  officers
13    training  as  prescribed  by  the  Illinois  Law  Enforcement
14    Training  Standards  Board,  or in the case of a State police
15    officer, juvenile officer training approved by  the  Director
16    of the Department of State Police.
17    (Source:  P.A.  88-7,  Sec. 5; 88-7, Sec. 15; 88-487; 88-586,
18    eff. 8-12-94; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
19        (705 ILCS 405/1-5) (from Ch. 37, par. 801-5)
20        Sec. 1-5.  Rights of parties to proceedings.
21        (1)  Except as provided in this Section and paragraph (2)
22    of Sections 2-22, 3-23, 4-20 or 5-22, the minor  who  is  the
23    subject  of  the  proceeding and his parents, guardian, legal
24    custodian or responsible relative who are parties  respondent
25    have  the  right  to  be  present,  to  be  heard, to present
26    evidence  material  to  the  proceedings,  to   cross-examine
27    witnesses,  to  examine pertinent court files and records and
28    also, although proceedings under this Act are not intended to
29    be adversary in character, the right  to  be  represented  by
30    counsel.   At  the request of any party financially unable to
31    employ  counsel,  with  the  exception  of  a  foster  parent
32    permitted to intervene under this Section,  the  court  shall
33    appoint the Public Defender or such other counsel as the case
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 1    may require. Counsel appointed for the minor and any indigent
 2    party   shall  appear  at  all  stages  of  the  trial  court
 3    proceeding, including permanency hearings and termination  of
 4    parental rights proceedings.
 5        No hearing on any petition or motion filed under this Act
 6    may  be  commenced unless the minor who is the subject of the
 7    proceeding is represented by counsel.  Each adult  respondent
 8    shall  be furnished a written "Notice of Rights" at or before
 9    the first hearing at which he or she appears.
10        (2) (a)  Though not appointed guardian or legal custodian
11    or otherwise made a party to the proceeding, any  current  or
12    previously  appointed  foster  parent or representative of an
13    agency or association interested in the minor has  the  right
14    to be heard by the court, but does not thereby become a party
15    to the proceeding.
16        In  addition  to  the  foregoing right to be heard by the
17    court, any current foster parent of a minor  and  the  agency
18    designated  by  the  court  or the Department of Children and
19    Family Services as  custodian  of  the  minor  who  has  been
20    adjudicated an abused or neglected minor under Section 2-3 or
21    a dependent minor under Section 2-4 of this Act has the right
22    to  and  shall  be given adequate notice at all stages of any
23    hearing or proceeding under this Act wherein the  custody  or
24    status  of  the  minor  may  be  changed.   Such notice shall
25    contain a statement regarding the nature and denomination  of
26    the  hearing  or proceeding to be held, the change in custody
27    or status of the minor sought to be obtained at such  hearing
28    or  proceeding,  and the date, time and place of such hearing
29    or  proceeding.   The  Department  of  Children  and   Family
30    Services or the licensed child welfare agency that has placed
31    the  minor  with  the foster parent shall notify the clerk of
32    the court of the name  and  address  of  the  current  foster
33    parent.   The  clerk  shall mail the notice by certified mail
34    marked for delivery to addressee only.   The  regular  return
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 1    receipt for certified mail is sufficient proof of service.
 2        Any  foster  parent  who is denied his or her right to be
 3    heard under this Section may bring a  mandamus  action  under
 4    Article  XIV of the Code of Civil Procedure against the court
 5    or any public agency to enforce  that  right.   The  mandamus
 6    action  may  be  brought immediately upon the denial of those
 7    rights but in no event later than 30 days  after  the  foster
 8    parent has been denied the right to be heard.
 9        (b)  If  after  an adjudication that a minor is abused or
10    neglected as provided under Section 2-21 of this  Act  and  a
11    motion  an  application has been made to restore the minor to
12    any parent, guardian, or legal custodian found by  the  court
13    to  have caused the neglect or to have inflicted the abuse on
14    the minor, a foster parent may file  a  motion  petition  the
15    court  to intervene in the proceeding for the sole purpose of
16    requesting that the minor be placed with the  foster  parent,
17    provided  that  the  foster  parent (i) is the current foster
18    parent of the minor or (ii)  has  previously  been  a  foster
19    parent  for the minor for one year or more, has a foster care
20    license or is eligible for a license, and is not the  subject
21    of  any  findings  of  abuse  or  neglect  of any child.  The
22    juvenile court may only enter orders placing a minor  with  a
23    specific  foster  parent  under  this  subsection  (2)(b) and
24    nothing in this Section shall  be  construed  to  confer  any
25    jurisdiction  or authority on the juvenile court to issue any
26    other orders requiring the appointed guardian or custodian of
27    a minor to place the minor in a  designated  foster  home  or
28    facility.   This  Section  is  not  intended to encompass any
29    matters that are within the scope or determinable  under  the
30    administrative and appeal process established by rules of the
31    Department of Children and Family Services under Section 5(o)
32    of  the  Children  and  Family Services Act.  Nothing in this
33    Section shall relieve the court of its responsibility,  under
34    Section  2-14(a)  of  this  Act  to  act in a just and speedy
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 1    manner to reunify families where it is the best interests  of
 2    the  minor  and  the  child  can be cared for at home without
 3    endangering  the   child's   health   or   safety   and,   if
 4    reunification  is  not in the best interests of the minor, to
 5    find another permanent home for the minor.  Nothing  in  this
 6    Section,  or in any order issued by the court with respect to
 7    the placement of a minor with a foster parent,  shall  impair
 8    the   ability  of  the  Department  of  Children  and  Family
 9    Services, or anyone else authorized under Section  5  of  the
10    Abused  and  Neglected Child Reporting Act, to remove a minor
11    from the home  of  a  foster  parent  if  the  Department  of
12    Children and Family Services or the person removing the minor
13    has reason to believe that the circumstances or conditions of
14    the  minor  are such that continuing in the residence or care
15    of the foster parent will jeopardize the child's  health  and
16    safety  or  present  an imminent risk of harm to that minor's
17    life or health.
18        (c)  If a foster parent has had  the  minor  who  is  the
19    subject of the proceeding under Article II in his or her home
20    for  more  than  one year on or after July 3, 1994 and if the
21    minor's  placement  is  being  terminated  from  that  foster
22    parent's home, that foster parent  shall  have  standing  and
23    intervenor  status  except  in  those circumstances where the
24    Department of Children and Family  Services  or  anyone  else
25    authorized  under Section 5 of the Abused and Neglected Child
26    Reporting Act has removed the minor from  the  foster  parent
27    because  of  a  reasonable  belief  that the circumstances or
28    conditions of the minor  are  such  that  continuing  in  the
29    residence  or  care  of the foster parent will jeopardize the
30    child's health or safety or presents an imminent risk of harm
31    to the minor's life or health.
32        (d)  The court may grant standing to any foster parent if
33    the court finds that it is in the best interest of the  child
34    for the foster parent to have standing and intervenor status.
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 1        (3)  Parties   respondent   are  entitled  to  notice  in
 2    compliance with Sections 2-15 and 2-16, 3-17 and  3-18,  4-14
 3    and  4-15  or  5-15  and  5-16,  as appropriate. At the first
 4    appearance before  the  court  by  the  minor,  his  parents,
 5    guardian,  custodian or responsible relative, the court shall
 6    explain the nature of the proceedings and inform the  parties
 7    of their rights under the first 2 paragraphs of this Section.
 8        If  the  child  is  alleged  to  be  abused, neglected or
 9    dependent, the court shall admonish the parents that  if  the
10    court declares the child to be a ward of the court and awards
11    custody  or  guardianship  to  the Department of Children and
12    Family  Services,  the  parents  must  cooperate   with   the
13    Department  of  Children and Family Services, comply with the
14    terms of the service plans, and correct the  conditions  that
15    require the child to be in care, or risk termination of their
16    parental rights.
17        Upon  an  adjudication  of  wardship  of  the court under
18    Sections 2-22, 3-23, 4-20 or 5-22, the court shall inform the
19    parties of their right to appeal therefrom as  well  as  from
20    any other final judgment of the court.
21        When   the  court  finds  that  a  child  is  an  abused,
22    neglected, or dependent minor under Section 2-21,  the  court
23    shall  admonish  the  parents that the parents must cooperate
24    with the Department of Children and Family  Services,  comply
25    with  the  terms  of  the  service  plans,  and  correct  the
26    conditions  that  require  the  child  to be in care, or risk
27    termination of their parental rights.
28        When the court declares a child to be a ward of the court
29    and awards guardianship to the  Department  of  Children  and
30    Family  Services under Section 2-22, the court shall admonish
31    the parents, guardian,  custodian,  or  responsible  relative
32    that  the  parents  must  cooperate  with  the  Department of
33    Children and Family Services, comply with the  terms  of  the
34    service  plans,  and  correct the conditions that require the
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 1    child to be in care, or risk termination  of  their  parental
 2    rights.
 3        (4)  No  sanction may be applied against the minor who is
 4    the subject of the proceedings by reason of  his  refusal  or
 5    failure to testify in the course of any hearing held prior to
 6    final adjudication under Section 2-22, 3-23, 4-20 or 5-22.
 7        (5)  In  the  discretion  of  the court, the minor may be
 8    excluded from any part or parts of  a  dispositional  hearing
 9    and,  with  the  consent  of the parent or parents, guardian,
10    counsel or a guardian ad litem, from any part or parts of  an
11    adjudicatory hearing.
12        (6)  The general public except for the news media and the
13    victim shall be excluded from any hearing and, except for the
14    persons  specified  in  this  Section only persons, including
15    representatives of agencies  and  associations,  who  in  the
16    opinion of the court have a direct interest in the case or in
17    the  work  of  the  court  shall  be admitted to the hearing.
18    However, the court may, for the minor's safety and protection
19    and for good cause  shown,  prohibit  any  person  or  agency
20    present   in   court  from  further  disclosing  the  minor's
21    identity.
22    (Source: P.A. 87-759; 88-7; 88-549, eff. 7-3-94; 88-550, eff.
23    7-3-94; 88-691, eff. 1-24-95; 89-235, eff. 8-4-95.)
24        (705 ILCS 405/1-8) (from Ch. 37, par. 801-8)
25        Sec. 1-8.  Confidentiality and accessibility of  juvenile
26    court records.
27        (A)  Inspection  and  copying  of  juvenile court records
28    relating to a minor who is the subject of a proceeding  under
29    this Act shall be restricted to the following:
30             (1)  The  minor  who  is  the subject of record, his
31        parents, guardian and counsel.
32             (2)  Law enforcement officers  and  law  enforcement
33        agencies  when such information is essential to executing
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 1        an arrest or search warrant or other compulsory  process,
 2        or  to conducting an ongoing investigation or relating to
 3        a minor who has been adjudicated delinquent and there has
 4        been a previous finding that the  act  which  constitutes
 5        the  previous  offense  was  committed  in furtherance of
 6        criminal activities by a criminal street gang.
 7             Before July  1,  1994,  for  the  purposes  of  this
 8        Section,   "criminal   street  gang"  means  any  ongoing
 9        organization, association, or group of 3 or more persons,
10        whether formal or informal, having as one of its  primary
11        activities  the  commission  of one or more criminal acts
12        and that has a common name or  common  identifying  sign,
13        symbol  or  specific  color  apparel displayed, and whose
14        members individually or collectively engage  in  or  have
15        engaged in a pattern of criminal activity.
16             Beginning   July  1,  1994,  for  purposes  of  this
17        Section, "criminal street gang" has the meaning  ascribed
18        to  it in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism
19        Omnibus Prevention Act.
20             (3)  Judges,    hearing    officers,    prosecutors,
21        probation officers, social workers or  other  individuals
22        assigned  by  the  court to conduct a pre-adjudication or
23        predisposition investigation, and individuals responsible
24        for supervising or providing temporary or permanent  care
25        and  custody  for  minors  pursuant  to  the order of the
26        juvenile  court  when  essential  to   performing   their
27        responsibilities.
28             (4)  Judges, prosecutors and probation officers:
29                  (a)  in  the course of a trial when institution
30             of criminal proceedings  has  been  permitted  under
31             Section 5-4 or required under Section 5-4; or
32                  (b)  when   criminal   proceedings   have  been
33             permitted  under  Section  5-4  or  required   under
34             Section  5-4  and  a  minor  is  the  subject  of  a
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 1             proceeding to determine the amount of bail; or
 2                  (c)  when   criminal   proceedings   have  been
 3             permitted  under  Section  5-4  or  required   under
 4             Section  5-4  and  a  minor  is  the  subject  of  a
 5             pre-trial  investigation, pre-sentence investigation
 6             or fitness hearing, or proceedings on an application
 7             for probation; or
 8                  (d)  when a minor becomes 17 years  of  age  or
 9             older,  and  is the subject of criminal proceedings,
10             including a hearing to determine the amount of bail,
11             a   pre-trial    investigation,    a    pre-sentence
12             investigation,  a fitness hearing, or proceedings on
13             an application for probation.
14             (5)  Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Boards.
15             (6)  Authorized military personnel.
16             (7)  Victims,    their    subrogees    and     legal
17        representatives;  however, such persons shall have access
18        only to the name and address of the minor and information
19        pertaining to the disposition or  alternative  adjustment
20        plan of the juvenile court.
21             (8)  Persons engaged in bona fide research, with the
22        permission  of  the presiding judge of the juvenile court
23        and the chief executive of the agency that  prepared  the
24        particular  records;  provided  that  publication of such
25        research results in no disclosure of a  minor's  identity
26        and protects the confidentiality of the record.
27             (9)  The Secretary of State to whom the Clerk of the
28        Court  shall  report  the  disposition  of  all cases, as
29        required in Section 6-204 of The Illinois  Vehicle  Code.
30        However,  information reported relative to these offenses
31        shall be privileged and available only to  the  Secretary
32        of State, courts, and police officers.
33             (10)  The  administrator  of  a  bonafide  substance
34        abuse  student  assistance program with the permission of
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 1        the presiding judge of the juvenile court.
 2        (B)  A minor who is the victim in a  juvenile  proceeding
 3    shall   be   provided   the  same  confidentiality  regarding
 4    disclosure of identity as the minor who  is  the  subject  of
 5    record.
 6        (C)  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (C),
 7    juvenile  court  records  shall  not be made available to the
 8    general public but may be  inspected  by  representatives  of
 9    agencies,  associations  and  news  media  or  other properly
10    interested persons by general or special order of the  court.
11    The  State's  Attorney,  the minor, his parents, guardian and
12    counsel shall at all times have the right  to  examine  court
13    files and records.
14             (1)  The  court  shall  allow  the general public to
15        have access to the name, address, and offense of a  minor
16        who  is  adjudicated  a  delinquent  minor under this Act
17        under either of the following circumstances:
18                  (A)  The adjudication of delinquency was  based
19             upon  the minor's commission of first degree murder,
20             attempt to commit first  degree  murder,  aggravated
21             criminal sexual assault, or criminal sexual assault;
22             or
23                  (B)  The  court  has  made  a  finding that the
24             minor was at least 13 years of age at the  time  the
25             act   was   committed   and   the   adjudication  of
26             delinquency was based upon  the  minor's  commission
27             of: (i) an act in furtherance of the commission of a
28             felony  as  a  member  of or on behalf of a criminal
29             street gang, (ii) an act  involving  the  use  of  a
30             firearm  in the commission of a felony, (iii) an act
31             that would be a Class X felony offense under or  the
32             minor's  second  or  subsequent  Class  2 or greater
33             felony offense under the  Cannabis  Control  Act  if
34             committed  by  an adult, (iv) an act that would be a
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 1             second or subsequent offense under  Section  402  of
 2             the  Illinois Controlled Substances Act if committed
 3             by an adult, or (v) an act that would be an  offense
 4             under   Section   401  of  the  Illinois  Controlled
 5             Substances Act if committed by an adult.
 6             (2)  The court shall allow  the  general  public  to
 7        have  access to the name, address, and offense of a minor
 8        who is at least 13 years of age at the time  the  offense
 9        is   committed   and   who   is  convicted,  in  criminal
10        proceedings permitted  or  required  under  Section  5-4,
11        under either of the following circumstances:
12                  (A)  The  minor  has  been  convicted  of first
13             degree  murder,  attempt  to  commit  first   degree
14             murder,   aggravated  criminal  sexual  assault,  or
15             criminal sexual assault,
16                  (B)  The court has  made  a  finding  that  the
17             minor  was  at least 13 years of age at the time the
18             offense was committed and the conviction  was  based
19             upon  the  minor's  commission of: (i) an offense in
20             furtherance of the  commission  of  a  felony  as  a
21             member  of  or  on behalf of a criminal street gang,
22             (ii) an offense involving the use of  a  firearm  in
23             the  commission  of a felony, (iii) a Class X felony
24             offense under or a second or subsequent Class  2  or
25             greater  felony  offense  under the Cannabis Control
26             Act, (iv)  a  second  or  subsequent  offense  under
27             Section  402  of  the Illinois Controlled Substances
28             Act, or (v) an offense  under  Section  401  of  the
29             Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
30        (D)  Pending or following any adjudication of delinquency
31    for  any  offense  defined in Sections 12-13 through 12-16 of
32    the Criminal Code of 1961, the victim  of  any  such  offense
33    shall  receive  the rights set out in Sections 4 and 6 of the
34    Bill of Rights for Victims and  Witnesses  of  Violent  Crime
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 1    Act; and the juvenile who is the subject of the adjudication,
 2    notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of this Act, shall be
 3    treated as an adult for the purpose of affording such  rights
 4    to the victim.
 5        (E)  Nothing  in this Section shall affect the right of a
 6    Civil Service Commission or  appointing  authority  examining
 7    the character and fitness of an applicant for a position as a
 8    law  enforcement  officer to ascertain whether that applicant
 9    was ever adjudicated to be a delinquent minor and, if so,  to
10    examine  the  records  of  disposition or evidence which were
11    made in proceedings under this Act.
12        (F)  Following any  adjudication  of  delinquency  for  a
13    crime  which  would  be a felony if committed by an adult, or
14    following any adjudication of delinquency for a violation  of
15    Section  24-1,  24-3, 24-3.1, or 24-5 of the Criminal Code of
16    1961, the State's Attorney shall ascertain whether the  minor
17    respondent  is enrolled in school and, if so, shall provide a
18    copy of the dispositional order to  the  principal  or  chief
19    administrative   officer  of  the  school.   Access  to  such
20    juvenile records shall be limited to the principal  or  chief
21    administrative   officer  of  the  school  and  any  guidance
22    counselor designated by him.
23        (G)  Nothing contained in this Act prevents  the  sharing
24    or   disclosure   of   information  or  records  relating  or
25    pertaining to juveniles subject  to  the  provisions  of  the
26    Serious  Habitual  Offender Comprehensive Action Program when
27    that  information  is   used   to   assist   in   the   early
28    identification and treatment of habitual juvenile offenders.
29        (H)  When  a  Court hearing a proceeding under Article II
30    of this Act becomes aware that an  earlier  proceeding  under
31    Article  II  had been heard in a different county, that Court
32    shall request, and the Court in which the earlier proceedings
33    were initiated shall transmit, an authenticated copy  of  the
34    Court  record, including all documents, petitions, and orders
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 1    filed  therein  and  the   minute   orders,   transcript   of
 2    proceedings, and docket entries of the Court.
 3        (I)  The  Clerk  of the Circuit Court shall report to the
 4    Department of State Police, in the form and  manner  required
 5    by  the  Department of State Police, the final disposition of
 6    each minor who has been arrested or taken into custody before
 7    his or her 17th birthday for those offenses  required  to  be
 8    reported  under Section 5 of the Criminal Identification Act.
 9    Information reported to the Department under this Section may
10    be maintained with records that the  Department  files  under
11    Section 2.1 of the Criminal Identification Act.
12    (Source: P.A.  88-45;  88-51;  88-344;  88-467;  88-548, eff.
13    1-1-95; 88-550, eff. 7-3-94;  88-614,  eff.  9-7-94;  88-670,
14    eff.  12-2-94;  89-198,  eff.  7-21-95;  89-235, eff. 8-4-95;
15    89-377, eff. 8-18-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
16        (705 ILCS 405/2-10) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-10)
17        Sec. 2-10.  Temporary custody hearing.  At the appearance
18    of the minor  before  the  court  at  the  temporary  custody
19    hearing,  all  witnesses present shall be examined before the
20    court  in  relation  to  any  matter   connected   with   the
21    allegations made in the petition.
22        (1)  If  the court finds that there is not probable cause
23    to believe that the minor is abused, neglected  or  dependent
24    it shall release the minor and dismiss the petition.
25        (2)  If  the  court finds that there is probable cause to
26    believe that the minor is abused, neglected or dependent, the
27    court shall state in writing the factual basis supporting its
28    finding and the minor, his or her parent, guardian, custodian
29    and other persons able to give relevant  testimony  shall  be
30    examined  before  the  court.  The Department of Children and
31    Family Services shall  give  testimony  concerning  indicated
32    reports  of  abuse  and  neglect,  of which they are aware of
33    through the central registry, involving the  minor's  parent,
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 1    guardian  or custodian.  After such testimony, the court may,
 2    consistent with if it is  in  the  health,  safety  and  best
 3    interests  of  the minor, enter an order that the minor shall
 4    be released upon the request of parent, guardian or custodian
 5    if the parent, guardian or custodian appears to take custody.
 6    Custodian shall include any agency of  the  State  which  has
 7    been  given  custody  or  wardship  of  the  child.  If it is
 8    consistent with in the health, safety and best  interests  of
 9    the  minor,  the  court  may  also prescribe shelter care and
10    order that the minor be kept in a suitable  place  designated
11    by  the court or in a shelter care facility designated by the
12    Department of Children and  Family  Services  or  a  licensed
13    child  welfare  agency;  however,  a  minor  charged  with  a
14    criminal   offense   under  the  Criminal  Code  of  1961  or
15    adjudicated delinquent shall not be placed in the custody  of
16    or  committed  to  the  Department  of  Children  and  Family
17    Services  by  any court, except a minor less than 13 years of
18    age and committed to the Department of  Children  and  Family
19    Services  under  Section 5-23 of this Act or a minor for whom
20    an independent basis of abuse, neglect, or dependency exists,
21    which must be defined by departmental rule.  In  placing  the
22    minor,  the  Department  or other agency shall, to the extent
23    compatible with the court's order, comply with Section  7  of
24    the  Children and Family Services Act. In determining that it
25    is in the health, safety and best interests of the  minor  to
26    prescribe  shelter  care,  the  court  must find that it is a
27    matter of immediate and urgent necessity for the  safety  and
28    protection  of  the  minor  or  of  the person or property of
29    another that the minor be placed in a shelter  care  facility
30    or  that  he or she is likely to flee the jurisdiction of the
31    court, and must further find  that  reasonable  efforts  have
32    been  made or that, consistent with the health, safety and in
33    the best interests of the minor, no efforts reasonably can be
34    made to prevent or eliminate the necessity of removal of  the
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 1    minor   from  his  or  her  home.  The  court  shall  require
 2    documentation from the  Department  of  Children  and  Family
 3    Services  as  to  the  reasonable  efforts  that were made to
 4    prevent or eliminate the necessity of removal  of  the  minor
 5    from his or her home or the reasons why no efforts reasonably
 6    could  be  made  to  prevent  or  eliminate  the necessity of
 7    removal. When a minor is placed in the home  of  a  relative,
 8    the Department of Children and Family Services shall complete
 9    a preliminary background review of the members of the minor's
10    custodian's  household  in accordance with Section 4.3 of the
11    Child Care Act of 1969 within 90 days of that placement.   If
12    the minor is ordered placed in a shelter care facility of the
13    Department  of  Children  and  Family  Services or a licensed
14    child welfare agency, the court shall, upon  request  of  the
15    appropriate   Department   or   other   agency,  appoint  the
16    Department  of  Children  and  Family  Services  Guardianship
17    Administrator or other appropriate agency executive temporary
18    custodian of the minor and the court  may  enter  such  other
19    orders  related  to the temporary custody as it deems fit and
20    proper, including the provision of services to the  minor  or
21    his  family  to  ameliorate  the  causes  contributing to the
22    finding of probable cause or to the finding of the  existence
23    of  immediate  and  urgent  necessity. Acceptance of services
24    shall not be considered an admission of any allegation  in  a
25    petition  made  pursuant  to  this Act, nor may a referral of
26    services be considered as evidence in any proceeding pursuant
27    to this Act, except where the issue is whether the Department
28    has made reasonable efforts to reunite the family. In  making
29    its findings that it is consistent with in the health, safety
30    and  best  interests  of the minor to prescribe shelter care,
31    the court shall  state  in  writing  (i)  the  factual  basis
32    supporting  its  findings concerning the immediate and urgent
33    necessity for the protection of the minor or of the person or
34    property of another and (ii) the factual basis supporting its
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 1    findings that reasonable efforts  were  made  to  prevent  or
 2    eliminate  the  removal  of the minor from his or her home or
 3    that no efforts  reasonably  could  be  made  to  prevent  or
 4    eliminate the removal of the minor from his or her home.  The
 5    parents,  guardian,  custodian, temporary custodian and minor
 6    shall each be furnished a copy of such written findings.  The
 7    temporary custodian shall maintain a copy of the court  order
 8    and  written  findings  in the case record for the child. The
 9    order together with the court's findings of fact  in  support
10    thereof shall be entered of record in the court.
11        Once the court finds that it is a matter of immediate and
12    urgent  necessity  for  the  protection of the minor that the
13    minor be placed in a shelter care facility, the  minor  shall
14    not  be  returned  to the parent, custodian or guardian until
15    the court finds that such placement is  no  longer  necessary
16    for the protection of the minor.
17        If  the  child  is placed in the temporary custody of the
18    Department of Children and Family Services  for  his  or  her
19    protection,  the  court shall admonish the parents, guardian,
20    custodian or  responsible  relative  that  the  parents  must
21    cooperate   with   the  Department  of  Children  and  Family
22    Services, comply with the terms of  the  service  plans,  and
23    correct the conditions which require the child to be in care,
24    or risk termination of their parental rights.
25        (3)  If  prior  to  the  shelter care hearing for a minor
26    described in Sections 2-3, 2-4, 3-3 and 4-3 the moving  party
27    is  unable  to  serve  notice  on  the  party respondent, the
28    shelter care hearing may proceed ex-parte.   A  shelter  care
29    order  from  an  ex-parte  hearing shall be endorsed with the
30    date and hour of issuance and shall be filed with the clerk's
31    office and entered of record. The order shall expire after 10
32    days from the time it is issued unless before its  expiration
33    it  is  renewed,  at  a  hearing upon appearance of the party
34    respondent, or upon an affidavit of the moving  party  as  to
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 1    all diligent efforts to notify the party respondent by notice
 2    as  herein  prescribed.   The  notice  prescribed shall be in
 3    writing and shall be personally delivered to the minor or the
 4    minor's attorney and to the last known address of  the  other
 5    person  or persons entitled to notice.  The notice shall also
 6    state the nature of the allegations, the nature of the  order
 7    sought  by  the State, including whether temporary custody is
 8    sought, and the consequences of failure to appear  and  shall
 9    contain  a  notice  that  the parties will not be entitled to
10    further written notices or publication notices of proceedings
11    in this case, including the filing of an amended petition  or
12    a  motion to terminate parental rights; and shall explain the
13    right of the parties and the procedures to vacate or modify a
14    shelter care order as provided in this Section.   The  notice
15    for a shelter care hearing shall be substantially as follows:
16                     NOTICE TO PARENTS AND CHILDREN
17                         OF SHELTER CARE HEARING
18             On   ................   at   .........,  before  the
19        Honorable ................, (address:) .................,
20        the State of Illinois  will  present  evidence  (1)  that
21        (name  of  child or children) ....................... are
22        abused, neglected or dependent for the following reasons:
23        ..............................................  and   (2)
24        that  there is "immediate and urgent necessity" to remove
25        the child or children from the responsible relative.
26             YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING MAY RESULT  IN
27        PLACEMENT of the child or children in foster care until a
28        trial  can be held.  A trial may not be held for up to 90
29        days.  You will not be entitled  to  further  notices  of
30        proceedings  in  this  case,  including  the filing of an
31        amended  petition  or  a  motion  to  terminate  parental
32        rights.
33             At  the  shelter  care  hearing,  parents  have  the
34        following rights:
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 1                  1.  To ask the court to  appoint  a  lawyer  if
 2             they cannot afford one.
 3                  2.  To ask the court to continue the hearing to
 4             allow them time to prepare.
 5                  3.  To present evidence concerning:
 6                       a.  Whether  or  not the child or children
 7                  were abused, neglected or dependent.
 8                       b.  Whether or not there is "immediate and
 9                  urgent necessity" to remove the child from home
10                  (including:  their  ability  to  care  for  the
11                  child,  conditions  in  the  home,  alternative
12                  means  of  protecting  the  child  other   than
13                  removal).
14                       c.  The best interests of the child.
15                  4.  To cross examine the State's witnesses.
16        The  Notice  for  rehearings  shall  be  substantially as
17    follows:
18                NOTICE OF PARENT'S AND CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
19                    TO REHEARING ON TEMPORARY CUSTODY
20             If you were not present at and did not have adequate
21        notice of the Shelter Care  Hearing  at  which  temporary
22        custody     of    ...............    was    awarded    to
23        ................, you have the right to  request  a  full
24        rehearing  on  whether  the  State  should have temporary
25        custody of .................  To request this  rehearing,
26        you  must  file  with  the  Clerk  of  the Juvenile Court
27        (address):  ........................,  in  person  or  by
28        mailing  a  statement  (affidavit)  setting   forth   the
29        following:
30                  1.  That  you  were  not present at the shelter
31             care hearing.
32                  2.  That  you  did  not  get  adequate   notice
33             (explaining how the notice was inadequate).
34                  3.  Your signature.
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 1                  4.  Signature must be notarized.
 2             The  rehearing should be scheduled within one day of
 3        your filing this affidavit.
 4             At the rehearing, your rights are the same as at the
 5        initial  shelter  care  hearing.   The  enclosed   notice
 6        explains those rights.
 7             At  the  Shelter  Care  Hearing,  children  have the
 8        following rights:
 9                  1.  To have a guardian ad litem appointed.
10                  2.  To be declared competent as a  witness  and
11             to present testimony concerning:
12                       a.  Whether  they are abused, neglected or
13                  dependent.
14                       b.  Whether there is "immediate and urgent
15                  necessity" to be removed from home.
16                       c.  Their best interests.
17                  3.  To  cross  examine  witnesses   for   other
18             parties.
19                  4.  To obtain an explanation of any proceedings
20             and orders of the court.
21        (4)  If    the   parent,   guardian,   legal   custodian,
22    responsible relative, minor age 8 or over, or counsel of  the
23    minor did not have actual notice of or was not present at the
24    shelter care hearing, he or she may file an affidavit setting
25    forth  these  facts,  and  the clerk shall set the matter for
26    rehearing not later than  48  hours,  excluding  Sundays  and
27    legal  holidays,  after  the  filing of the affidavit. At the
28    rehearing, the court shall proceed in the same manner as upon
29    the original hearing.
30        (5)  Only when there is reasonable cause to believe  that
31    the minor taken into custody is a person described in Section
32    5-3  may the minor be kept or detained in a detention home or
33    county or municipal jail.  This Section shall in  no  way  be
34    construed to limit subsection (6).
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 1        (6)  No  minor under 16 years of age may be confined in a
 2    jail  or  place  ordinarily  used  for  the  confinement   of
 3    prisoners  in a police station.  Minors under 17 years of age
 4    must be kept separate from confined adults and may not at any
 5    time be kept in the same cell,  room,  or  yard  with  adults
 6    confined pursuant to the criminal law.
 7        (7)  If  the  minor  is  not  brought  before  a judicial
 8    officer within the time period as specified in  Section  2-9,
 9    the minor must immediately be released from custody.
10        (8)  If neither the parent, guardian or custodian appears
11    within  24  hours  to  take  custody of a minor released upon
12    request pursuant to subsection (2) of this Section, then  the
13    clerk  of  the  court  shall set the matter for rehearing not
14    later than 7 days after the original order and shall issue  a
15    summons  directed  to  the  parent,  guardian or custodian to
16    appear.  At the same  time  the  probation  department  shall
17    prepare  a  report  on  the  minor.  If a parent, guardian or
18    custodian does not appear at such rehearing,  the  judge  may
19    enter  an  order  prescribing  that  the  minor  be kept in a
20    suitable place designated by the Department of  Children  and
21    Family Services or a licensed child welfare agency.
22        (9)  Notwithstanding  any other provision of this Section
23    any interested party,  including  the  State,  the  temporary
24    custodian,  an  agency  providing  services  to  the minor or
25    family under a service plan pursuant to Section  8.2  of  the
26    Abused  and  Neglected Child Reporting Act, foster parent, or
27    any of  their  representatives,  on  notice  to  all  parties
28    entitled  to notice, may file a motion that it is in the best
29    interests of the  minor  to  modify  or  vacate  a  temporary
30    custody 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  shelter  care;
33        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        and  the  child  can  be  cared  for  at   home   without
 3        endangering the child's health or safety; or
 4             (c)  A  person  not  a  party  to the alleged abuse,
 5        neglect or dependency, including a  parent,  relative  or
 6        legal  guardian, is capable of assuming temporary custody
 7        of the minor; or
 8             (d)  Services provided by the Department of Children
 9        and Family Services or a child welfare  agency  or  other
10        service  provider have been successful in eliminating the
11        need for temporary custody and the child can be cared for
12        at home without endangering the child's health or safety.
13        In ruling  on  the  motion,  the  court  shall  determine
14    whether  it is consistent with in the health, safety and best
15    interests of the  minor  to  modify  or  vacate  a  temporary
16    custody order.
17        The clerk shall set the matter for hearing not later than
18    14  days  after  such motion is filed.  In the event that the
19    court modifies or vacates a temporary custody order but  does
20    not vacate its finding of probable cause, the court may order
21    that appropriate services be continued or initiated in behalf
22    of the minor and his or her family.
23        (10)  When  the  court  finds  or has found that there is
24    probable cause to believe a  minor  is  an  abused  minor  as
25    described  in subsection (2) of Section 2-3 and that there is
26    an immediate and urgent necessity for the abused minor to  be
27    placed  in shelter care, immediate and urgent necessity shall
28    be  presumed  for  any  other  minor  residing  in  the  same
29    household as the abused minor provided:
30             (a)  Such other minor is the subject of an abuse  or
31        neglect petition pending before the court; and
32             (b)  A party to the petition is seeking shelter care
33        for such other minor.
34        Once  the  presumption  of immediate and urgent necessity
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 1    has been raised, the burden  of  demonstrating  the  lack  of
 2    immediate  and urgent necessity shall be on any party that is
 3    opposing shelter care for the other minor.
 4    (Source: P.A. 88-7; 88-491; 88-614, eff. 9-7-94; 88-670, eff.
 5    12-2-94; 89-21, eff. 7-1-95;  89-422;  89-582,  eff.  1-1-97;
 6    89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
 7        (705 ILCS 405/2-10.1) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-10.1)
 8        Sec.  2-10.1.  Whenever a minor is placed in shelter care
 9    with the Department or a licensed  child  welfare  agency  in
10    accordance  with  Section  2-10, the Department or agency, as
11    appropriate, shall prepare and file with the court within  45
12    days  of  placement  under  Section  2-10  a  case plan which
13    complies with  the  federal  Adoption  Assistance  and  Child
14    Welfare  Act  of  1980  and is consistent with in the health,
15    safety and best interests of the minor.
16    (Source: P.A. 88-487.)
17        (705 ILCS 405/2-13) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-13)
18        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-704)
19        Sec. 2-13.  Petition; supplemental petitions.
20        (1)  Any adult person, any agency or association  by  its
21    representative  may  file,  or the court on its own motion in
22    the best interests of the minor may direct the filing through
23    the State's Attorney of a petition  in  respect  of  a  minor
24    under  this  Act.  The  petition  and  all  subsequent  court
25    documents  shall  be  entitled  "In  the  interest of ...., a
26    minor".
27        (2)  The petition shall be verified  but  the  statements
28    may be made upon information and belief. It shall allege that
29    the  minor is abused, neglected, or dependent, with citations
30    to the appropriate provisions of this Act, and set forth  (a)
31    facts  sufficient to bring the minor under Section 2-3 or 2-4
32    and to inform respondents of the cause of action,  including,
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 1    but  not  limited  to,  a  plain and concise statement of the
 2    factual allegations that form the basis for the filing of the
 3    petition; (b) the name, age and residence of the  minor;  (c)
 4    the  names  and  residences  of his parents; (d) the name and
 5    residence of his legal guardian  or  the  person  or  persons
 6    having  custody  or  control  of the minor, or of the nearest
 7    known relative if no parent or guardian can be found; and (e)
 8    if the minor upon whose behalf the  petition  is  brought  is
 9    sheltered  in  custody,  the  date  on  which  such temporary
10    custody was ordered by the  court  or  the  date  set  for  a
11    temporary  custody  hearing.  If  any  of  the  facts  herein
12    required  are not known by the petitioner, the petition shall
13    so state.
14        (3)  The petition must allege that  it  is  in  the  best
15    interests  of the minor and of the public that he be adjudged
16    a ward of  the  court  and  may  pray  generally  for  relief
17    available  under  this Act. The petition need not specify any
18    proposed disposition following adjudication of wardship.
19        (4)  If appointment of a  guardian  of  the  person  with
20    power  to consent to adoption of the minor under Section 2-29
21    is sought, the petition shall so state.
22        (5)  At any time before  dismissal  of  the  petition  or
23    before final closing and discharge under Section 2-31, one or
24    more  supplemental  petitions  in  the  best interests of the
25    minor may be  filed  in  respect  of  the  same  minor.   The
26    supplemental  petition  shall  specify  sufficient  facts  in
27    support  of  the  relief requested. The court shall liberally
28    allow the petitioner to amend the petition  to  set  forth  a
29    cause  of  action  or  to  add,  amend, or supplement factual
30    allegations that form the basis for  a  cause  of  action  up
31    until   14   days   before  the  adjudicatory  hearing.   The
32    petitioner may amend the petition after that date  and  prior
33    to  the  adjudicatory  hearing  if  the court grants leave to
34    amend upon a showing of  good  cause.  The  court  may  allow
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 1    amendment of the petition to conform with the evidence at any
 2    time  prior  to  ruling.  In all cases in which the court has
 3    granted  leave  to  amend  based  on  new  evidence  or   new
 4    allegations,   the  court  shall  permit  the  respondent  an
 5    adequate opportunity to prepare  a  defense  to  the  amended
 6    petition.
 7    (Source: P.A. 88-7; 88-614, eff. 9-7-94.)
 8        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-704)
 9        Sec. 2-13.  Petition; supplemental petitions.
10        (1)  Any  adult  person, any agency or association by its
11    representative may file, or the  court  on  its  own  motion,
12    consistent  with  in the health, safety and best interests of
13    the minor may direct the filing through the State's  Attorney
14    of  a  petition  in  respect  of  a minor under this Act. The
15    petition and all subsequent court documents shall be entitled
16    "In the interest of ...., a minor".
17        (2)  The petition shall be verified  but  the  statements
18    may be made upon information and belief. It shall allege that
19    the  minor is abused, neglected, or dependent, with citations
20    to the appropriate provisions of this Act, and set forth  (a)
21    facts  sufficient to bring the minor under Section 2-3 or 2-4
22    and to inform respondents of the cause of action,  including,
23    but  not  limited  to,  a  plain and concise statement of the
24    factual allegations that form the basis for the filing of the
25    petition; (b) the name, age and residence of the  minor;  (c)
26    the  names  and  residences  of his parents; (d) the name and
27    residence of his legal guardian  or  the  person  or  persons
28    having  custody  or  control  of the minor, or of the nearest
29    known relative if no parent or guardian can be found; and (e)
30    if the minor upon whose behalf the  petition  is  brought  is
31    sheltered  in  custody,  the  date  on  which  such temporary
32    custody was ordered by the  court  or  the  date  set  for  a
33    temporary  custody  hearing.  If  any  of  the  facts  herein
34    required  are not known by the petitioner, the petition shall
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 1    so state.
 2        (3)  The petition must allege that  it  is  in  the  best
 3    interests  of the minor and of the public that he be adjudged
 4    a ward of  the  court  and  may  pray  generally  for  relief
 5    available  under  this Act. The petition need not specify any
 6    proposed disposition following adjudication of wardship.
 7        (4)  If termination of parental rights and appointment of
 8    a guardian of the person with power to consent to adoption of
 9    the minor under Section 2-29 is sought, the petition shall so
10    state. If the petition includes this request, the prayer  for
11    relief  shall  clearly  and  obviously state that the parents
12    could permanently lose their  rights  as  a  parent  at  this
13    hearing.
14        In  addition to the foregoing, the petitioner, by motion,
15    may  request  the  termination   of   parental   rights   and
16    appointment of a guardian of the person with power to consent
17    to adoption of the minor under Section 2-29 at any time after
18    the entry of a dispositional order under Section 2-22.
19        (5)  At  any  time  before  dismissal  of the petition or
20    before final closing and discharge under Section 2-31, one or
21    more supplemental petitions in  the  best  interests  of  the
22    minor  may  be  filed  in  respect  of  the  same minor.  The
23    supplemental  petition  shall  specify  sufficient  facts  in
24    support of the relief requested. The  court  shall  liberally
25    allow  the  petitioner  to  amend the petition to set forth a
26    cause of action or  to  add,  amend,  or  supplement  factual
27    allegations  that  form  the  basis  for a cause of action up
28    until  14  days  before  the   adjudicatory   hearing.    The
29    petitioner  may  amend the petition after that date and prior
30    to the adjudicatory hearing if  the  court  grants  leave  to
31    amend  upon  a  showing  of  good  cause. The court may allow
32    amendment of the petition to conform with the evidence at any
33    time prior to ruling.  In all cases in which  the  court  has
34    granted   leave  to  amend  based  on  new  evidence  or  new
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 1    allegations,  the  court  shall  permit  the  respondent   an
 2    adequate  opportunity  to  prepare  a  defense to the amended
 3    petition.
 4        (6)  At any time before  dismissal  of  the  petition  or
 5    before final closing and discharge under Section 2-31, one or
 6    more motions in the best interests of the minor may be filed.
 7    The  motion  shall specify sufficient facts in support of the
 8    relief requested.
 9    (Source:  P.A.  88-7;  88-614,  eff.  9-7-94;  89-704,   eff.
10    1-1-98.)
11        (705 ILCS 405/2-14) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-14)
12        Sec. 2-14.  Date for Adjudicatory Hearing.
13        (a)  Purpose and policy.  The legislature recognizes that
14    serious  delay  in  the  adjudication  of  abuse, neglect, or
15    dependency cases can cause grave harm to the  minor  and  the
16    family  and  that  it  frustrates the health, safety and best
17    interests of the minor and the effort to establish  permanent
18    homes  for  children in need.  The purpose of this Section is
19    to  insure  that,  consistent  with  the   federal   Adoption
20    Assistance  and Child Welfare Act of 1980, Public Law 96-272,
21    as amended, and the intent of this Act, the State of Illinois
22    will act in a just and speedy manner to  determine  the  best
23    interests of the minor, including providing for the safety of
24    the  minor, identifying families in need, reunifying families
25    where the minor can be cared for at home without  endangering
26    the  minor's health or safety and it is in the best interests
27    of the minor, and, if reunification is not consistent with in
28    the health, safety and best interests of the  minor,  finding
29    another permanent home for the minor.
30        (b)  When  a petition is filed alleging that the minor is
31    abused, neglected or dependent, an adjudicatory hearing shall
32    be held within 90 days of the date of service of process upon
33    the minor, parents, any guardian and any legal custodian.
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 1        (c)  Upon written motion of a party filed no  later  than
 2    10  days prior to hearing, or upon the court's own motion and
 3    only for good cause shown, the Court may continue the hearing
 4    for a  period  not  to  exceed  30  days,  and  only  if  the
 5    continuance is consistent with in the health, safety and best
 6    interests  of the minor. When the court grants a continuance,
 7    it shall enter  specific  factual  findings  to  support  its
 8    order,  including  factual  findings  supporting  the court's
 9    determination that the continuance is in the  best  interests
10    of  the  minor. Only one such continuance shall be granted. A
11    period of continuance for good cause  as  described  in  this
12    Section  shall temporarily suspend as to all parties, for the
13    time of the delay, the period within which a hearing must  be
14    held.  On  the day of the expiration of the delay, the period
15    shall continue at the point at which it was suspended.
16        The term "good cause" as applied in this Section shall be
17    strictly construed and be in accordance  with  Supreme  Court
18    Rule  231 (a) through (f). Neither stipulation by counsel nor
19    the convenience of any party constitutes good cause.   If the
20    adjudicatory hearing is not  heard  within  the  time  limits
21    required  by  subsection  (b)  or  (c)  of this Section, upon
22    motion by any party the petition shall be  dismissed  without
23    prejudice.
24        (d)  The  time  limits of this Section may be waived only
25    by consent of all parties and approval by the court.
26        (e)  For  all  cases  filed  before  July  1,  1991,   an
27    adjudicatory hearing must, be held within 180 days of July 1,
28    1991.
29    (Source: P.A. 88-7.)
30        (705 ILCS 405/2-15) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-15)
31        Sec.  2-15.   Summons.  (1) When a petition is filed, the
32    clerk of the court shall issue a summons with a copy  of  the
33    petition  attached.  The  summons  shall  be  directed to the
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 1    minor's legal guardian or custodian and to each person  named
 2    as a respondent in the petition, except that summons need not
 3    be  directed  to  a minor respondent under 8 years of age for
 4    whom the court appoints a guardian ad litem if  the  guardian
 5    ad  litem  appears  on  behalf of the minor in any proceeding
 6    under this Act.
 7        (2)  The summons must contain a statement that the  minor
 8    or  any  of  the  respondents is entitled to have an attorney
 9    present at the hearing on the petition, and that the clerk of
10    the court should be notified promptly if  the  minor  or  any
11    other respondent desires to be represented by an attorney but
12    is financially unable to employ counsel.
13        (3)  The  summons  shall  be issued under the seal of the
14    court, attested in and signed with the name of the  clerk  of
15    the  court,  dated on the day it is issued, and shall require
16    each respondent to appear and answer the petition on the date
17    set for the adjudicatory hearing. The summons shall contain a
18    notice that the parties  will  not  be  entitled  to  further
19    written notices or publication notices of proceedings in this
20    case, including the filing of an amended petition or a motion
21    to terminate parental rights.
22        (4)  The  summons  may  be  served by any county sheriff,
23    coroner or probation officer, even though the officer is  the
24    petitioner.  The  return  of  the summons with endorsement of
25    service by the officer is sufficient proof thereof.
26        (5)  Service of a summons and petition shall be made  by:
27    (a)  leaving a copy thereof with the person summoned at least
28    3 days before the time stated  therein  for  appearance;  (b)
29    leaving  a  copy at his usual place of abode with some person
30    of the family, of  the  age  of  10  years  or  upwards,  and
31    informing  that  person of the contents thereof, provided the
32    officer or other person making service shall also send a copy
33    of the summons  in  a  sealed  envelope  with  postage  fully
34    prepaid,  addressed to the person summoned at his usual place
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 1    of abode, at least 3 days before the time stated therein  for
 2    appearance;  or  (c) leaving a copy thereof with the guardian
 3    or custodian of a minor, at least  3  days  before  the  time
 4    stated  therein for appearance.  If the guardian or custodian
 5    is an agency of the State of Illinois, proper service may  be
 6    made  by  leaving a copy of the summons and petition with any
 7    administrative employee of such  agency  designated  by  such
 8    agency  to  accept  service  of  summons  and  petitions. The
 9    certificate of the officer or affidavit of the person that he
10    has sent the copy pursuant  to  this  Section  is  sufficient
11    proof of service.
12        (6)  When  a  parent  or  other  person, who has signed a
13    written promise to appear and bring the minor to court or who
14    has waived or acknowledged service, fails to appear with  the
15    minor  on  the  date set by the court, a bench warrant may be
16    issued for the parent or other person, the minor, or both.
17        (7)  The appearance of  the  minor's  legal  guardian  or
18    custodian,  or  a person named as a respondent in a petition,
19    in any proceeding under this Act shall constitute a waiver of
20    service of summons and submission to the jurisdiction of  the
21    court,  except  that  the  filing  of  a  special  appearance
22    authorized under Section 2-301 of the Code of Civil Procedure
23    does  not  constitute  an appearance under this subsection. A
24    copy of the summons and petition shall  be  provided  to  the
25    person at the time of his appearance.
26    (Source: P.A. 86-441.)
27        (705 ILCS 405/2-16) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-16)
28        Sec. 2-16.  Notice by certified mail or publication.
29        (1)  If  service  on  individuals  as provided in Section
30    2-15 is not made on any respondent within a  reasonable  time
31    or  if  it  appears  that  any respondent resides outside the
32    State, service may be made by certified mail.  In  such  case
33    the  clerk  shall mail the summons and a copy of the petition
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 1    to that respondent by certified mail marked for  delivery  to
 2    addressee  only.   The  court  shall  not  proceed  with  the
 3    adjudicatory  hearing  until  5 days after such mailing.  The
 4    regular return receipt for certified mail is sufficient proof
 5    of service.
 6        (2)  Where a respondent's usual place  of  abode  is  not
 7    known,  a  diligent  inquiry  shall  be made to ascertain the
 8    respondent's current and last known address.  The  Department
 9    of  Children  and  Family Services shall adopt rules defining
10    the requirements for conducting a diligent search  to  locate
11    parents of minors in the custody of the Department. If, after
12    diligent   inquiry,  the  usual  place  of  abode  cannot  be
13    reasonably ascertained, or if respondent is concealing his or
14    her whereabouts to avoid  service  of  process,  petitioner's
15    attorney  shall  file an affidavit at the office of the clerk
16    of  court  in  which  the  action  is  pending  showing  that
17    respondent on due inquiry cannot be found  or  is  concealing
18    his or her whereabouts so that process cannot be served.  The
19    affidavit   shall   state  the  last  known  address  of  the
20    respondent. The affidavit shall also state what efforts  were
21    made  to  effectuate service. Within 3 days of receipt of the
22    affidavit, the  clerk  shall  issue  publication  service  as
23    provided  below.  The clerk shall also send a copy thereof by
24    mail addressed to each respondent listed in the affidavit  at
25    his or her last known address. The clerk of the court as soon
26    as  possible  shall  cause  publication  to be made once in a
27    newspaper of general circulation  in  the  county  where  the
28    action  is pending.  Notice by publication is not required in
29    any case when the person alleged to have legal custody of the
30    minor has been served with summons personally or by certified
31    mail, but the court may  not  enter  any  order  or  judgment
32    against  any  person  who cannot be served with process other
33    than by publication unless notice by publication is given  or
34    unless  that person appears.  When a minor has been sheltered
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 1    under Section 2-10 of this  Act  and  summons  has  not  been
 2    served  personally  or  by certified mail within 20 days from
 3    the date of the order of court directing such  shelter  care,
 4    the  clerk  of  the court shall cause publication.  Notice by
 5    publication shall be substantially as follows:
 6        "A, B,  C,  D,  (here  giving  the  names  of  the  named
 7    respondents, if any) and to All Whom It May Concern (if there
 8    is any respondent under that designation):
 9        Take  notice  that  on  the  ....   day  of ...., 19..  a
10    petition was filed under the Juvenile Court Act by  ....   in
11    the circuit court of .... county entitled 'In the interest of
12    ....,  a  minor',  and that in .... courtroom at ....  on the
13    ....  day of ....  at the hour of ...., or as soon thereafter
14    as this cause may be heard, an adjudicatory hearing  will  be
15    held  upon  the  petition  to have the child declared to be a
16    ward of the court under that Act.  The court has authority in
17    this proceeding to take from you the custody and guardianship
18    of the minor., (and  If the petition requests the termination
19    of your parental rights and prays for the  appointment  of  a
20    guardian  with power to consent to adoption, you may lose all
21    parental rights to the child) and to appoint a guardian  with
22    power  to consent to adoption of the minor. Unless you appear
23    you will not  be  entitled  to  further  written  notices  or
24    publication   notices   of  the  proceedings  in  this  case,
25    including the filing of an amended petition or  a  motion  to
26    terminate parental rights.
27        Now,  unless  you  appear  at  the hearing and show cause
28    against the petition, the allegations  of  the  petition  may
29    stand  admitted  as against you and each of you, and an order
30    or judgment entered.
31                                           ......................
32                                                   Clerk
33    Dated (the date of publication)"
34        (3)  The clerk shall also at the time of the  publication
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 1    of  the  notice  send  a  copy thereof by mail to each of the
 2    respondents on account of whom publication is made at his  or
 3    her last known address.  The certificate of the clerk that he
 4    or  she  has mailed the notice is evidence thereof.  No other
 5    publication notice is required.  Every respondent notified by
 6    publication under this Section must appear and answer in open
 7    court at the hearing.  The court may  not  proceed  with  the
 8    adjudicatory   hearing   until   10  days  after  service  by
 9    publication on any parent, guardian or legal custodian in the
10    case of a minor described in Section 2-3 or 2-4.
11        (4)  If it becomes necessary to change the date  set  for
12    the hearing in order to comply with Section 2-14 or with this
13    Section,  notice  of the resetting of the date must be given,
14    by  certified  mail  or  other  reasonable  means,  to   each
15    respondent  who has been served with summons personally or by
16    certified mail.
17    (Source: P.A. 88-614, eff. 9-7-94.)
18        (705 ILCS 405/2-17) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-17)
19        Sec. 2-17.  Guardian ad litem.
20        (1)  Immediately upon the filing of a  petition  alleging
21    that  the  minor is a person described in Sections 2-3 or 2-4
22    of this Article, the court shall appoint a guardian ad  litem
23    for the minor if:
24             (a)  such  petition  alleges  that  the  minor is an
25        abused or neglected child; or
26             (b)  such petition alleges that charges alleging the
27        commission of any of the sex offenses defined in  Article
28        11  or  in Sections 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15 or 12-16
29        of the Criminal Code of 1961, as amended, have been filed
30        against a defendant in any court and that such  minor  is
31        the  alleged  victim  of  the  acts  of  defendant in the
32        commission of such offense.
33        Unless the guardian ad litem appointed pursuant  to  this
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 1    paragraph  (1)  is an attorney at law he shall be represented
 2    in the performance of his duties by counsel.  The guardian ad
 3    litem shall represent the best interests  of  the  minor  and
 4    shall  present  recommendations  to the court consistent with
 5    that duty.
 6        (2)  Before proceeding with the hearing, the court  shall
 7    appoint a guardian ad litem for the minor if
 8             (a)  no  parent,  guardian, custodian or relative of
 9        the minor appears at the first or any subsequent  hearing
10        of the 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  for  the
17    minor  whenever  it  finds  that  there  may be a conflict of
18    interest between the minor and his parents or other custodian
19    or that it is otherwise in the minor's best  interest  to  do
20    so.
21        (4)  Unless  the  guardian  ad  litem  is an attorney, he
22    shall be represented by counsel.
23        (5)  The reasonable fees of a guardian ad litem appointed
24    under this Section shall be fixed by the court and charged to
25    the parents of the minor, to the extent they are able to pay.
26    If the parents are unable to pay those fees,  they  shall  be
27    paid from the general fund of the county.
28        Whenever the petition alleges that the minor is neglected
29    or  abused  because of physical abuse inflicted by the parent
30    or guardian the guardian ad litem must have at least one face
31    to face interview with the minor before the beginning of  the
32    adjudicatory hearing.
33        (6)  A  guardian  ad  litem appointed under this Section,
34    shall receive copies of any and  all  classified  reports  of
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 1    child  abuse  and neglect made under the Abused and Neglected
 2    Child Reporting Act in which the minor who is the subject  of
 3    a  report under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act,
 4    is also the minor for whom the guardian ad litem is appointed
 5    under this Section.
 6        (7)  In counties with a population less  than  3,000,000,
 7    the  appointed  guardian  ad  litem  shall remain the child's
 8    guardian ad litem throughout the entire juvenile trial  court
 9    proceedings, including permanency hearings and termination of
10    parental  rights  proceedings, unless there is a substitution
11    entered by order of the court.
12        (8)  In  counties  with  a  population   of   less   than
13    3,000,000,  the  guardian  ad litem shall have a minimum of 2
14    in-person contacts with the  minor  and  the  current  foster
15    parents  or  caregiver prior to the adjudicatory hearing, and
16    at least one additional in-person contact with the child  and
17    the  current  foster  parents  or  caregiver  prior  to  each
18    permanency hearing.
19        (9)  In counties with a population of 100,000 or more but
20    less than 3,000,000, each guardian ad litem must successfully
21    complete  a  training  program  approved by the Department of
22    Children and Family Services.  The Department of Children and
23    Family  Services  shall  provide   training   materials   and
24    documents  to  guardians  ad  litem  who  are not mandated to
25    attend the training program.  The Department of Children  and
26    Family Services shall develop and distribute to all guardians
27    ad  litem a bibliography containing information including but
28    not limited to the juvenile  court  process,  termination  of
29    parental  rights, child development, medical aspects of child
30    abuse, and the child's need for safety and permanence.
31    (Source: P.A.  88-7;  89-428,  eff.  12-13-95;  89-462,  eff.
32    5-29-96.)
33        (705 ILCS 405/2-17.1)
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 1        Sec. 2-17.1.  Court appointed special advocate.
 2        (1)  The  court  may  appoint a special advocate upon the
 3    filing of a petition under this Article or at any time during
 4    the pendency of a proceeding under this  Article.  Except  in
 5    counties   with   a  population  over  3,000,000,  the  court
 6    appointed special advocate may  also  serve  as  guardian  ad
 7    litem  by appointment of the court under Section 2-17 of this
 8    Act.
 9        (2)  The court appointed special advocate shall act as  a
10    monitor  and  shall  be  notified  of all administrative case
11    reviews pertaining to the minor and work  with  the  parties'
12    attorneys,  the guardian ad litem, and others assigned to the
13    minor's case to protect the minor's health, safety  and  best
14    interests  and  insure  the  proper delivery of child welfare
15    services.  The  court  may  consider,  at   its   discretion,
16    testimony  of the court appointed special advocate pertaining
17    to the well-being of the child.
18        (3)  Court appointed special  advocates  shall  serve  as
19    volunteers  without  compensation  and shall receive training
20    consistent with nationally developed standards.
21        (4)  No  person  convicted  of  a  criminal  offense   as
22    specified in Section 4.2 of the Child Care Act of 1969 and no
23    person  identified  as a perpetrator of an act of child abuse
24    or neglect as reflected in the  Department  of  Children  and
25    Family Services State Central Register shall serve as a court
26    appointed special advocate.
27        (5)  All costs associated with the appointment and duties
28    of  the court appointed special advocate shall be paid by the
29    court appointed special advocate or an organization of  court
30    appointed  special  advocates.  In  no  event shall the court
31    appointed  special  advocate  be  liable  for  any  costs  of
32    services provided to the child.
33        (6)  The court may remove  the  court  appointed  special
34    advocate  or  the  guardian ad litem from a case upon finding
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 1    that the court appointed special advocate or the guardian  ad
 2    litem  has  acted  in  a  manner contrary to the child's best
 3    interest or if the court otherwise deems continued service is
 4    unwanted or unnecessary.
 5        (7) (a)  In any  county  in  which  a  program  of  court
 6    appointed  special  advocates is in operation, the provisions
 7    of this Section shall apply unless the county board  of  that
 8    county,  by  resolution, determines that the county shall not
 9    be governed by this Section.
10    (Source: P.A. 88-97.)
11        (705 ILCS 405/2-20) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-20)
12        Sec. 2-20.  Continuance under supervision.
13        (1)  The court may enter an order  of  continuance  under
14    supervision  (a)  upon  an  admission  or  stipulation by the
15    appropriate respondent  or  minor  respondent  of  the  facts
16    supporting the petition and before proceeding to findings and
17    adjudication,   or   after   hearing   the  evidence  at  the
18    adjudicatory hearing but before  noting  in  the  minutes  of
19    proceeding  a  finding of whether or not the minor is abused,
20    neglected or dependent; and (b) in the absence  of  objection
21    made  in  open  court  by  the  minor,  his parent, guardian,
22    custodian, responsible  relative,  defense  attorney  or  the
23    State's Attorney.
24        (2)  If  the  minor,  his  parent,  guardian,  custodian,
25    responsible   relative,   defense  attorney  or  the  State's
26    Attorney, objects in open court to any such  continuance  and
27    insists  upon  proceeding  to  findings and adjudication, the
28    court shall so proceed.
29        (3)  Nothing in this Section  limits  the  power  of  the
30    court   to  order  a  continuance  of  the  hearing  for  the
31    production of additional evidence or  for  any  other  proper
32    reason.
33        (4)  When  a  hearing  where  a  minor  is  alleged to be
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 1    abused, neglected or dependent is continued pursuant to  this
 2    Section, the court may permit the minor to remain in his home
 3    if  the  court  determines and makes written factual findings
 4    that the minor can be cared for at home  without  endangering
 5    his  or  her  health  or safety and that it is in the minor's
 6    best  interests  to  do  so,  subject  to   such   conditions
 7    concerning  his  conduct  and  supervision  as  the court may
 8    require by order.
 9        (5)  If a petition is filed charging  a  violation  of  a
10    condition  of  the  continuance  under supervision, the court
11    shall conduct  a  hearing.  If  the  court  finds  that  such
12    condition of supervision has not been fulfilled the court may
13    proceed  to  findings  and  adjudication and disposition. The
14    filing of a petition for violation  of  a  condition  of  the
15    continuance  under  supervision  shall  toll  the  period  of
16    continuance  under  supervision until the final determination
17    of  the  charge,  and  the  term  of  the  continuance  under
18    supervision shall not run until the hearing  and  disposition
19    of  the  petition  for violation; provided where the petition
20    alleges conduct that does not constitute a criminal  offense,
21    the  hearing must be held within 15 days of the filing of the
22    petition unless a delay in such hearing has  been  occasioned
23    by  the  minor,  in  which  case the delay shall continue the
24    tolling of the period of continuance  under  supervision  for
25    the period of such delay.
26    (Source: P.A. 88-7.)
27        (705 ILCS 405/2-21) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-21)
28        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-704)
29        Sec. 2-21. Findings and adjudication.
30        (1)  After hearing the evidence the court shall determine
31    whether  or not the minor is abused, neglected, or dependent.
32    If it finds that the minor is not such a  person,  the  court
33    shall  order the petition dismissed and the minor discharged.
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 1    The court's determination of whether  the  minor  is  abused,
 2    neglected,  or  dependent shall be stated in writing with the
 3    factual basis supporting that determination.
 4        If the court finds that the minor is  abused,  neglected,
 5    or  dependent,  the  court  shall  then  determine and put in
 6    writing the factual basis  supporting  the  determination  of
 7    whether  the  abuse,  neglect, or dependency is the result of
 8    physical abuse to the minor inflicted by a parent,  guardian,
 9    or  legal  custodian.  That finding shall appear in the order
10    of the court.
11        (2)  If the court determines  and  puts  in  writing  the
12    factual  basis supporting the determination that the minor is
13    either abused or neglected or dependent, the court shall then
14    set a time not later than 30 days  after  the  entry  of  the
15    finding  for  a  dispositional  hearing to be conducted under
16    Section 2-22 at  which  hearing  the  court  shall  determine
17    whether  it  is  in  the  best interests of the minor and the
18    public that he be made a ward of the court.   To  assist  the
19    court   in  making  this  and  other  determinations  at  the
20    dispositional  hearing,  the  court   may   order   that   an
21    investigation  be  conducted  and  a  dispositional report be
22    prepared concerning the minor's physical and  mental  history
23    and  condition,  family  situation  and  background, economic
24    status, education,  occupation,  history  of  delinquency  or
25    criminality,  personal habits, and any other information that
26    may be helpful to the court.  The dispositional  hearing  may
27    be  continued  once for a period not to exceed 30 days if the
28    court finds that such continuance is  necessary  to  complete
29    the dispositional report.
30        (3)  The  time  limits of this Section may be waived only
31    by consent of all parties  and  approval  by  the  court,  as
32    determined to be in the best interests of the minor.
33        (4)  For all cases adjudicated prior to July 1, 1991, for
34    which  no  dispositional  hearing has been held prior to that
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 1    date, a dispositional hearing under  Section  2-22  shall  be
 2    held within 90 days of July 1, 1991.
 3    (Source: P.A. 88-7; 88-487; 88-614, eff. 9-7-94; 88-670, eff.
 4    12-2-94.)
 5        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-704)
 6        Sec. 2-21. Findings and adjudication.
 7        (1)  The  court  shall state for the record the manner in
 8    which the parties received service of process and shall  note
 9    whether  the  return  or  returns  of  service, postal return
10    receipt  or  receipts  for  notice  by  certified  mail,   or
11    certificate or certificates of publication have been filed in
12    the court record.  The court shall default any parent who has
13    been served in any manner and fails to appear.
14        No further service of process as defined in Sections 2-15
15    and  2-16  is  required  in  any  subsequent proceeding for a
16    parent who was served in any manner.
17        The caseworker shall testify about  the  diligent  search
18    conducted for the parent.
19        After  hearing  the  evidence  the  court shall determine
20    whether or not the minor is abused, neglected, or  dependent.
21    If  it  finds  that the minor is not such a person, the court
22    shall order the petition dismissed and the minor  discharged.
23    The  court's  determination  of  whether the minor is abused,
24    neglected, or dependent shall be stated in writing  with  the
25    factual basis supporting that determination.
26        If  the  court finds that the minor is abused, neglected,
27    or dependent, the court  shall  then  determine  and  put  in
28    writing  the  factual  basis  supporting the determination of
29    whether the abuse, neglect, or dependency is  the  result  of
30    physical  abuse to the minor inflicted by a parent, guardian,
31    or legal custodian.  That finding shall appear in  the  order
32    of the court.
33        If  the  court  finds  that  the  child  has been abused,
34    neglected or dependent, the court shall admonish the  parents
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 1    that  they must cooperate with the Department of Children and
 2    Family Services, comply with the terms of the  service  plan,
 3    and  correct  the  conditions that require the child to be in
 4    care, or risk termination of parental rights.
 5        (2)  If the court determines  and  puts  in  writing  the
 6    factual  basis supporting the determination that the minor is
 7    either abused or neglected or dependent, the court shall then
 8    set a time not later than 30 days  after  the  entry  of  the
 9    finding  for  a  dispositional  hearing to be conducted under
10    Section 2-22 at  which  hearing  the  court  shall  determine
11    whether  it is consistent with in the health, safety and best
12    interests of the minor and the public that he be made a  ward
13    of  the  court.  To assist the court in making this and other
14    determinations at the dispositional hearing,  the  court  may
15    order  that an investigation be conducted and a dispositional
16    report be prepared concerning the minor's physical and mental
17    history  and  condition,  family  situation  and  background,
18    economic   status,   education,   occupation,   history    of
19    delinquency  or  criminality,  personal habits, and any other
20    information  that  may  be  helpful  to   the   court.    The
21    dispositional  hearing may be continued once for a period not
22    to exceed 30 days if the court finds that such continuance is
23    necessary to complete the dispositional report.
24        (3)  The time limits of this Section may be  waived  only
25    by  consent  of  all  parties  and  approval by the court, as
26    determined to be consistent with in the  health,  safety  and
27    best interests of the minor.
28        (4)  For all cases adjudicated prior to July 1, 1991, for
29    which  no  dispositional  hearing has been held prior to that
30    date, a dispositional hearing under  Section  2-22  shall  be
31    held within 90 days of July 1, 1991.
32        (5)  The  court  may  terminate  the parental rights of a
33    parent at the initial dispositional hearing  if  all  of  the
34    following conditions are met:
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 1             (i)  the   original  or,  amended,  or  supplemental
 2        petition contains a request for termination  of  parental
 3        rights  and  appointment  of  a  guardian  with  power to
 4        consent to adoption; and
 5             (ii)  the court has  found  by  a  preponderance  of
 6        evidence,  introduced or stipulated to at an adjudicatory
 7        hearing, that the child comes under the  jurisdiction  of
 8        the  court  as  an  abused, neglected, or dependent minor
 9        under Section 2-18; and
10             (iii)  the court finds, on the basis  of  clear  and
11        convincing    legally    admissible   evidence   admitted
12        introduced or stipulated to at the  adjudicatory  hearing
13        or  at  the  dispositional hearing, that the parent is an
14        unfit person under subdivision D  of  Section  1  of  the
15        Adoption Act; and
16             (iv)  the  court  determines  in accordance with the
17        rules of evidence for dispositional proceedings, that:
18                  (A)  it is in the best interest  of  the  minor
19             and  public  that  the  child  be made a ward of the
20             court; and
21                  (A-5)  reasonable  efforts   under   subsection
22             (l-1)  of  Section  5  of  the  Children  and Family
23             Services Act are inappropriate or such efforts  were
24             made and were unsuccessful; and
25                  (B)  termination   of   parental   rights   and
26             appointment  of  a guardian with power to consent to
27             adoption is  in  the  best  interest  of  the  child
28             pursuant to Section 2-29.
29    (Source: P.A. 88-7; 88-487; 88-614, eff. 9-7-94; 88-670, eff.
30    12-2-94; 89-704, eff. 1-1-98.)
31        (705 ILCS 405/2-22) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-22)
32        Sec. 2-22. Dispositional hearing; evidence; continuance.
33        (1)  At   the  dispositional  hearing,  the  court  shall
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 1    determine whether it is in the best interests  of  the  minor
 2    and  the  public that he be made a ward of the court, and, if
 3    he is to be made  a  ward  of  the  court,  the  court  shall
 4    determine  the  proper  disposition  best serving the health,
 5    safety and interests of the minor and the public.  The  court
 6    also  shall  consider  the permanency goal set for the minor,
 7    the nature of the service plan for the minor and the services
 8    delivered and to be delivered under the  plan.  All  evidence
 9    helpful  in  determining  these questions, including oral and
10    written reports, may be admitted and may be  relied  upon  to
11    the  extent of its probative value, even though not competent
12    for the purposes of the adjudicatory hearing.
13        (2)  Notice in compliance  with  Supreme  Court  Rule  11
14    Sections    2-15    and   2-16   must   be   given   to   all
15    parties-respondent prior to  proceeding  to  a  dispositional
16    hearing.   Before  making  an  order of disposition the court
17    shall advise the State's  Attorney,  the  parents,  guardian,
18    custodian  or  responsible  relative  or their counsel of the
19    factual contents and the conclusions of the reports  prepared
20    for  the  use  of  the court and considered by it, and afford
21    fair opportunity, if requested, to controvert them. The court
22    may  order,  however,  that  the  documents  containing  such
23    reports need not be submitted to inspection, or that  sources
24    of  confidential  information need not be disclosed except to
25    the attorneys for the parties. Factual contents, conclusions,
26    documents and sources  disclosed  by  the  court  under  this
27    paragraph  shall not be further disclosed without the express
28    approval of the court pursuant to an in camera hearing.
29        (3)  A record of a prior  continuance  under  supervision
30    under  Section  2-20,  whether  successfully  completed  with
31    regard  to  the  child's health, safety and best interest, or
32    not, is admissible at the dispositional hearing.
33        (4)  On its own motion or that of the State's Attorney, a
34    parent, guardian, custodian, responsible relative or counsel,
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 1    the court may adjourn the hearing for a reasonable period  to
 2    receive  reports  or  other  evidence,  if the adjournment is
 3    consistent with in the health, safety and best  interests  of
 4    the  minor,  but in no event shall continuances be granted so
 5    that the dispositional hearing occurs more than 6  12  months
 6    after the initial removal of a minor from his or her home. In
 7    scheduling  investigations and hearings, the court shall give
 8    priority to proceedings in which a  minor  has  been  removed
 9    from  his or her home before an order of disposition has been
10    made.
11        (5)  Unless already set by the court, at  the  conclusion
12    of  the  dispositional  hearing, the court shall set the date
13    for the first  permanency  hearing,  to  be  conducted  under
14    subsection  (2) of Section 2-28, which shall be held no later
15    than 12 16 months after the minor  is  taken  into  temporary
16    custody.
17        (6)  When  the court declares a child to be a ward of the
18    court and awards guardianship to the Department  of  Children
19    and  Family  Services,  the court shall admonish the parents,
20    guardian, custodian or responsible relative that the  parents
21    must  cooperate  with  the  Department of Children and Family
22    Services, comply with the terms of  the  service  plans,  and
23    correct the conditions which require the child to be in care,
24    or risk termination of their parental rights.
25    (Source: P.A. 88-7; 88-487; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-17, eff.
26    5-31-95.)
27        (705 ILCS 405/2-23) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-23)
28        Sec. 2-23.  Kinds of dispositional orders.
29        (1)  The  following kinds of orders of disposition may be
30    made in respect of wards of the court:
31             (a)  A minor under 18  years  of  age  found  to  be
32        neglected   or  abused  under  Section  2-3  may  be  (1)
33        continued in the custody of his or her parents,  guardian
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 1        or legal custodian; (2) placed in accordance with Section
 2        2-27;  or (3) ordered partially or completely emancipated
 3        in accordance with the provisions of the Emancipation  of
 4        Mature Minors Act.
 5             However,  in  any  case in which a minor is found by
 6        the court to be neglected or abused under Section 2-3  of
 7        this  Act,  custody of the minor shall not be restored to
 8        any parent, guardian or  legal  custodian  found  by  the
 9        court to have caused the neglect or to have inflicted the
10        abuse on the minor, unless it is in the best interests of
11        the  minor,  until  such time as a hearing is held on the
12        issue of the best interests of the minor and the  fitness
13        of  such  parent, guardian or legal custodian to care for
14        the minor  without  endangering  the  minor's  health  or
15        safety,  and  the court enters an order that such parent,
16        guardian or legal custodian is fit to care for the minor.
17             (b)  A minor under 18  years  of  age  found  to  be
18        dependent   under  Section  2-4  may  be  (1)  placed  in
19        accordance with Section 2-27 or (2) ordered partially  or
20        completely  emancipated in accordance with the provisions
21        of the Emancipation of Mature Minors Act.
22             However, in any case in which a minor  is  found  by
23        the  court  to be dependent under Section 2-4 of this Act
24        and the court has made a further finding under  paragraph
25        (2) of Section 2-21 that such dependency is the result of
26        physical  abuse,  custody  of  the  minor  shall  not  be
27        restored to any parent, guardian or legal custodian found
28        by  the  court  to  have  inflicted physical abuse on the
29        minor until such time as a hearing is held on  the  issue
30        of   the  fitness  of  such  parent,  guardian  or  legal
31        custodian to care for the minor without  endangering  the
32        minor's  health  or safety, and the court enters an order
33        that such parent, guardian or legal custodian is  fit  to
34        care for the minor.
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 1             (c)  When  the  court  awards  guardianship  to  the
 2        Department  of  Children  and  Family Services, the court
 3        shall order the parents to  cooperate with the Department
 4        of Children and Family Services, comply with the terms of
 5        the service plans,  and  correct  the  combinations  that
 6        require  the  child to be in care, or risk termination of
 7        their parental rights.
 8             (d)  When the court orders a child restored  to  the
 9        custody  of  the parent or parents, the court shall order
10        the parent or parents to cooperate with the Department of
11        Children and Family Services and comply with the terms of
12        an after-care plan, or risk the loss of  custody  of  the
13        child  and  the  possible  termination  of their parental
14        rights.
15        (2)  Any order of disposition may provide for  protective
16    supervision  under  Section  2-24 and may include an order of
17    protection under Section 2-25.
18        Unless the order of disposition expressly so provides, it
19    does  not  operate  to  close  proceedings  on  the   pending
20    petition,  but  is  subject to modification, not inconsistent
21    with Section 2-28, until final closing and discharge  of  the
22    proceedings under Section 2-31.
23        (3)  The   court   also  shall  enter  any  other  orders
24    necessary to fulfill the service  plan,  including,  but  not
25    limited  to,  (i)  orders requiring parties to cooperate with
26    services, (ii) restraining orders controlling the conduct  of
27    any  party  likely  to frustrate the achievement of the goal,
28    and (iii) visiting  orders.   Unless  otherwise  specifically
29    authorized  by  law,  the  court  is not empowered under this
30    subsection  (3)  to  order  specific   placements,   specific
31    services, or specific service providers to be included in the
32    plan.  If the court concludes that the Department of Children
33    and  Family Services has abused its discretion in setting the
34    current service plan or permanency goal for  the  minor,  the
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 1    court  shall  enter specific findings in writing based on the
 2    evidence and shall enter  an  order  for  the  Department  to
 3    develop  and implement a new permanency goal and service plan
 4    consistent with the court's findings.  The new  service  plan
 5    shall be filed with the court and served on all parties.  The
 6    court shall continue the matter until the new service plan is
 7    filed.
 8        (4)  In  addition  to any other order of disposition, the
 9    court may order any minor adjudicated neglected with  respect
10    to  his or her own injurious behavior to make restitution, in
11    monetary or non-monetary form, under the terms and conditions
12    of Section 5-5-6 of the Unified Code of  Corrections,  except
13    that  the  "presentence hearing" referred to therein shall be
14    the dispositional hearing for purposes of this Section.   The
15    parent, guardian or legal custodian of the minor may pay some
16    or all of such restitution on the minor's behalf.
17        (5)  Any   order  for  disposition  where  the  minor  is
18    committed or placed in accordance  with  Section  2-27  shall
19    provide  for  the  parents  or guardian of the estate of such
20    minor to pay to the legal custodian or guardian of the person
21    of the minor such sums as are determined by the custodian  or
22    guardian  of  the  person  of  the minor as necessary for the
23    minor's needs. Such  payments  may  not  exceed  the  maximum
24    amounts  provided  for  by  Section  9.1  of the Children and
25    Family Services Act.
26        (6)  Whenever the order of disposition requires the minor
27    to attend school or participate in a program of training, the
28    truant officer or designated school official shall  regularly
29    report  to  the  court  if the minor is a chronic or habitual
30    truant under Section 26-2a of the School Code.
31    (Source: P.A. 88-7; 88-487; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-17, eff.
32    5-31-95; 89-235, eff. 8-4-95.)
33        (705 ILCS 405/2-24) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-24)
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 1        Sec. 2-24. Protective supervision.
 2        (1)  If   the   order   of   disposition,   following   a
 3    determination of the best interests of  the  minor,  releases
 4    the  minor  to  the custody of his parents, guardian or legal
 5    custodian, or continues him in such custody, the  court  may,
 6    if  it  is  in  the  health, safety and best interests of the
 7    minor require, place the person having custody of the  minor,
 8    except  for  representatives of private or public agencies or
 9    governmental departments, under supervision of the  probation
10    office.
11        (2)  An  order  of protective supervision may require the
12    parent  to   present   the   child   for   periodic   medical
13    examinations,  which shall include an opportunity for medical
14    personnel to speak with and examine  the  child  outside  the
15    presence   of   the  parent.   The  results  of  the  medical
16    examinations conducted in accordance with this Section  shall
17    be  made  available to the Department, the guardian ad litem,
18    and the court.
19        (3)  Rules or orders of court shall define the terms  and
20    conditions  of  protective supervision, which may be modified
21    or terminated when the court finds that  the  health,  safety
22    and best interests of the minor and the public will be served
23    thereby.
24    (Source: P.A. 88-7.)
25        (705 ILCS 405/2-25) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-25)
26        Sec. 2-25.  Order of protection.
27        (1)  The  court  may  make  an  order  of  protection  in
28    assistance of or as a condition of any other order authorized
29    by  this  Act.  The order of protection shall be based on the
30    health, safety and best interests of the minor  and  may  set
31    forth  reasonable conditions of behavior to be observed for a
32    specified period. Such an order may require a person:
33             (a)  To stay away from the home or the minor;
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 1             (b)  To permit a parent to visit the minor at stated
 2        periods;
 3             (c)  To abstain from offensive conduct  against  the
 4        minor,  his  parent  or any person to whom custody of the
 5        minor is awarded;
 6             (d)  To give proper attention to  the  care  of  the
 7        home;
 8             (e)  To  cooperate  in  good faith with an agency to
 9        which custody of a minor is entrusted  by  the  court  or
10        with  an  agency  or  association  to  which the minor is
11        referred by the court;
12             (f)  To prohibit and prevent any contact  whatsoever
13        with  the  respondent  minor by a specified individual or
14        individuals who are  alleged  in  either  a  criminal  or
15        juvenile proceeding to have caused injury to a respondent
16        minor or a sibling of a respondent minor;
17             (g)  To  refrain from acts of commission or omission
18        that tend to make the home not a  proper  place  for  the
19        minor.
20        (2)  The  court  shall  enter  an  order of protection to
21    prohibit and prevent any contact between a  respondent  minor
22    or  a sibling of a respondent minor and any person named in a
23    petition  seeking  an  order  of  protection  who  has   been
24    convicted of heinous battery under Section 12-4.1, aggravated
25    battery  of  a  child  under  Section 12-4.3, criminal sexual
26    assault  under  Section  12-13,  aggravated  criminal  sexual
27    assault  under  Section  12-14,  predatory  criminal   sexual
28    assault  of  a  child  under Section 12-14.1, criminal sexual
29    abuse under Section  12-15,  or  aggravated  criminal  sexual
30    abuse  under  Section  12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961, or
31    has been convicted of an offense that resulted in  the  death
32    of  a  child,  or has violated a previous order of protection
33    under this Section.
34        (3)  When the court issues an order of protection against
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 1    any person as provided  by  this  Section,  the  court  shall
 2    direct  a  copy  of such order to the Sheriff of that county.
 3    The Sheriff shall furnish a copy of the order  of  protection
 4    to  the  Department of State Police with 24 hours of receipt,
 5    in the form and  manner  required  by  the  Department.   The
 6    Department  of  State Police shall maintain a complete record
 7    and index of such orders of protection  and  make  this  data
 8    available to all local law enforcement agencies.
 9        (4)  After notice and opportunity for hearing afforded to
10    a  person subject to an order of protection, the order may be
11    modified or extended for a further specified period  or  both
12    or  may  be  terminated  if  the court finds that the health,
13    safety, and best interests of the minor and the  public  will
14    be served thereby.
15        (5)  An  order  of  protection  may be sought at any time
16    during the course of any  proceeding  conducted  pursuant  to
17    this  Act  if such an order is consistent with in the health,
18    safety, and best interests of the minor.  Any person  against
19    whom  an  order of protection is sought may retain counsel to
20    represent him at a hearing, and has rights to be  present  at
21    the  hearing,  to be informed prior to the hearing in writing
22    of the contents of the petition seeking  a  protective  order
23    and of the date, place and time of such hearing, and to cross
24    examine  witnesses  called  by  the petitioner and to present
25    witnesses and argument in opposition to the relief sought  in
26    the petition.
27        (6)  Diligent  efforts shall be made by the petitioner to
28    serve any  person  or  persons  against  whom  any  order  of
29    protection  is  sought with written notice of the contents of
30    the petition seeking a protective  order  and  of  the  date,
31    place  and time at which the hearing on the petition is to be
32    held.  When a protective order is being sought in conjunction
33    with a temporary custody hearing, if the court finds that the
34    person against whom the protective order is being sought  has
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 1    been  notified  of  the hearing or that diligent efforts have
 2    been made to notify such person,  the  court  may  conduct  a
 3    hearing.   If  a protective order is sought at any time other
 4    than in conjunction with a  temporary  custody  hearing,  the
 5    court  may  not  conduct   a  hearing  on the petition in the
 6    absence of the person against whom the order is sought unless
 7    the petitioner has notified such person by  personal  service
 8    at  least   3  days  before  the  hearing or has sent written
 9    notice by first  class  mail  to  such  person's  last  known
10    address at least 5 days before the hearing.
11        (7)  A  person  against  whom  an  order of protection is
12    being  sought  who  is  neither  a  parent,  guardian,  legal
13    custodian or responsible relative as described in Section 1-5
14    is not a party or respondent as defined in that  Section  and
15    shall  not  be  entitled to the rights provided therein. Such
16    person does not have a right to appointed counsel  or  to  be
17    present  at  any  hearing other than the hearing in which the
18    order of protection is being sought  or  a  hearing  directly
19    pertaining to that order.  Unless the court orders otherwise,
20    such person does not have a right to inspect the court file.
21        (8)  All  protective  orders  entered  under this Section
22    shall be in writing.  Unless  the  person  against  whom  the
23    order  was  obtained  was present in court when the order was
24    issued,  the  sheriff,  other  law  enforcement  official  or
25    special process server shall promptly serve that  order  upon
26    that  person  and  file  proof of such service, in the manner
27    provided for service of process in  civil  proceedings.   The
28    person  against  whom  the  protective order was obtained may
29    seek a modification of the order by filing a  written  motion
30    to modify the order within 7 days after actual receipt by the
31    person of a copy of the order.  Any modification of the order
32    granted by the court must be determined to be consistent with
33    the best interests of the minor.
34    (Source:  P.A.  88-7;  89-428,  eff.  12-13-95;  89-462, eff.
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 1    5-29-96.)
 2        (705 ILCS 405/2-27) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-27)
 3        Sec. 2-27. Placement; legal custody or guardianship.
 4        (1)  If the court determines  and  puts  in  writing  the
 5    factual  basis  supporting  the  determination of whether the
 6    parents, guardian, or legal custodian of a minor  adjudged  a
 7    ward  of  the  court are unfit or are unable, for some reason
 8    other  than  financial  circumstances  alone,  to  care  for,
 9    protect, train or discipline the minor or are unwilling to do
10    so, and that it is in the health, safety, and  best  interest
11    of  the  minor will be jeopardized if the minor remains in to
12    take him  from  the  custody  of  his  parents,  guardian  or
13    custodian,  the  court  may  at this hearing and at any later
14    point:
15             (a)  place him in the custody of a suitable relative
16        or other person as legal custodian or guardian;
17             (b)  place him under the guardianship of a probation
18        officer;
19             (c)  commit him to an agency for care or  placement,
20        except   an   institution  under  the  authority  of  the
21        Department  of  Corrections  or  of  the  Department   of
22        Children and Family Services;
23             (d)  commit  him  to  the Department of Children and
24        Family Services for care and service;  however,  a  minor
25        charged  with  a criminal offense under the Criminal Code
26        of 1961 or adjudicated delinquent shall not be placed  in
27        the custody of or committed to the Department of Children
28        and  Family  Services  by  any court, except a minor less
29        than 13 years of age and committed to the  Department  of
30        Children  and  Family Services under Section 5-23 of this
31        Act. The Department shall be  given  due  notice  of  the
32        pendency of the action and the Guardianship Administrator
33        of  the  Department of Children and Family Services shall
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 1        be  appointed  guardian  of  the  person  of  the  minor.
 2        Whenever the Department seeks to discharge a  minor  from
 3        its  care  and  service,  the  Guardianship Administrator
 4        shall  petition  the  court  for  an  order   terminating
 5        guardianship.    The   Guardianship   Administrator   may
 6        designate one or more other officers of  the  Department,
 7        appointed  as Department officers by administrative order
 8        of the  Department  Director,  authorized  to  affix  the
 9        signature  of the Guardianship Administrator to documents
10        affecting the guardian-ward relationship of children  for
11        whom  he  has been appointed guardian at such times as he
12        is unable to  perform  the  duties  of  his  office.  The
13        signature  authorization shall include but not be limited
14        to matters of consent  of  marriage,  enlistment  in  the
15        armed  forces, legal proceedings, adoption, major medical
16        and  surgical  treatment  and  application  for  driver's
17        license. Signature authorizations made  pursuant  to  the
18        provisions  of  this  paragraph  shall  be filed with the
19        Secretary of State  and  the  Secretary  of  State  shall
20        provide  upon  payment  of  the  customary fee, certified
21        copies of the authorization to any  court  or  individual
22        who requests a copy.
23        (1.5)  In  making a determination under this Section, the
24    court shall also consider whether, based on  health,  safety,
25    and the best interests of the minor,
26             (a)  appropriate    services    aimed    at   family
27        preservation   and   family   reunification   have   been
28        unsuccessful in rectifying the conditions that  have  led
29        to  a  finding  of  unfitness  or  inability to care for,
30        protect, train, or  discipline  the  minor,  or  whether,
31        based on the best interests of the minor,
32             (b)  no  family preservation or family reunification
33        services would be appropriate,
34    and  if  the  petition  or  amended  petition  contained   an
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 1    allegation  that  the parent is an unfit person as defined in
 2    subdivision (D) of Section 1 of the  Adoption  Act,  and  the
 3    order  of  adjudication  recites  that parental unfitness was
 4    established by clear and convincing evidence, the court shall
 5    enter an order terminating parental rights and  appointing  a
 6    guardian with power to consent to adoption in accordance with
 7    Section 2-29.
 8        When  making  a  placement, the court, wherever possible,
 9    shall require the Department of Children and Family  Services
10    to  select a person holding the same religious belief as that
11    of the minor or a private agency  controlled  by  persons  of
12    like  religious  faith  of  the  minor  and shall require the
13    Department to otherwise comply with Section 7 of the Children
14    and Family Services Act in placing the  child.  In  addition,
15    whenever  alternative  plans for placement are available, the
16    court shall ascertain and consider, to the extent appropriate
17    in the particular case, the  views  and  preferences  of  the
18    minor.
19        (2)  When  a  minor is placed with a suitable relative or
20    other person pursuant to item  (a)  of  subsection  (1),  the
21    court  shall  appoint  him the legal custodian or guardian of
22    the person of the minor. When a minor  is  committed  to  any
23    agency,  the  court  shall  appoint  the  proper  officer  or
24    representative  thereof as legal custodian or guardian of the
25    person of the minor. Legal custodians and  guardians  of  the
26    person of the minor have the respective rights and duties set
27    forth  in  subsection  (9) of Section 1-3 except as otherwise
28    provided by order of court; but no guardian of the person may
29    consent to adoption of the minor  unless  that  authority  is
30    conferred upon him in accordance with Section 2-29. An agency
31    whose  representative  is appointed guardian of the person or
32    legal custodian of the minor may place him in any child  care
33    facility,  but  the facility must be licensed under the Child
34    Care Act of 1969 or have been approved by the  Department  of
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 1    Children   and  Family  Services  as  meeting  the  standards
 2    established for such licensing. No agency may place  a  minor
 3    adjudicated  under  Sections  2-3  or  2-4  in  a  child care
 4    facility unless the placement is in compliance with the rules
 5    and regulations for placement under this Section  promulgated
 6    by  the  Department  of  Children  and  Family Services under
 7    Section 5 of the  Children  and  Family  Services  Act.  Like
 8    authority  and  restrictions  shall be conferred by the court
 9    upon any probation officer who has been appointed guardian of
10    the person of a minor.
11        (3)  No placement by  any  probation  officer  or  agency
12    whose  representative  is appointed guardian of the person or
13    legal custodian of a minor may be made in any  out  of  State
14    child  care  facility  unless it complies with the Interstate
15    Compact on the  Placement  of  Children.   Placement  with  a
16    parent, however, is not subject to that Interstate Compact.
17        (4)  The  clerk  of  the  court  shall issue to the legal
18    custodian or guardian of the person a certified copy  of  the
19    order  of  court, as proof of his authority. No other process
20    is necessary as authority for the keeping of the minor.
21        (5)  Custody or guardianship granted under  this  Section
22    continues  until  the  court otherwise directs, but not after
23    the minor reaches the age of 19 years except as set forth  in
24    Section 2-31.
25    (Source: P.A. 88-7; 88-487; 88-614, eff. 9-7-94; 88-670, eff.
26    12-2-94; 89-21, eff. 7-1-95; 89-422; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
27        (705 ILCS 405/2.27.5 new)
28        Sec.  2-27.5.  Termination  of parental rights of persons
29    in default. After the dispositional hearing, and  before  the
30    first  permanency  hearing, the State's Attorney shall file a
31    motion to terminate parental rights of:
32             (1) an unknown parent;
33             (2) a parent whose whereabouts are unknown  after  a
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 1        diligent inquiry within the past 12 months; and
 2             (3)  a  parent  who has been found in default at the
 3        adjudicatory  hearing  and  has  not  obtained  an  order
 4        setting aside the  default  in  accordance  with  Section
 5        2-1301 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
 6        If  the  court  has  already acquired jurisdiction of the
 7    respondent parent by service of process  in  accordance  with
 8    Sections  2-15  and  2-16, as shown by the return of service,
 9    postal return receipt,  or  certificate  of  publication,  no
10    further   service   of  process  is  required  prior  to  the
11    termination of  parental rights for such person.   Notice  of
12    the  motion  to  terminate parental rights for a party who is
13    not in default shall be served upon the respondent's attorney
14    of record or, if there is  no  attorney  of  record  for  the
15    respondent,  mailed to the respondent's last known address in
16    accordance with Supreme Court Rule 11.
17        The court may enter an order terminating parental  rights
18    and  appointing  a guardian with power to consent to adoption
19    in accordance with  this  Section  before  or  at  the  first
20    permanency hearing.
21        (705 ILCS 405/2-28) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-28)
22        Sec. 2-28. Court review.
23        (1)  The   court  may  require  any  legal  custodian  or
24    guardian of the person appointed under  this  Act  to  report
25    periodically  to  the  court  or  may cite him into court and
26    require him or his agency, to make a full and accurate report
27    of his or its doings in behalf of the minor.   The  custodian
28    or  guardian,  within 10 days after such citation, shall make
29    the report, either in writing verified by affidavit or orally
30    under oath in open court, or otherwise as the court  directs.
31    Upon  the  hearing  of  the  report  the court may remove the
32    custodian or guardian and appoint another  in  his  stead  or
33    restore  the  minor  to  the custody of his parents or former
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 1    guardian or custodian.  However, custody of the  minor  shall
 2    not be restored to any parent, guardian or legal custodian in
 3    any  case  in  which  the  minor  is found to be neglected or
 4    abused under Section 2-3 of this Act, unless the minor can be
 5    cared for at home without endangering the minor's  health  or
 6    safety  and  it is in the best interests of the minor, and if
 7    such neglect or abuse is found by the court  under  paragraph
 8    (2)  of Section 2-21 of this Act to be the result of physical
 9    abuse inflicted on the minor  by  such  parent,  guardian  or
10    legal  custodian, until such time as an investigation is made
11    as provided in paragraph (5) and a hearing  is  held  on  the
12    issue  of  the  fitness  of  such  parent,  guardian or legal
13    custodian to care for the minor and the court enters an order
14    that such parent, guardian or legal custodian is fit to  care
15    for the minor.
16        (2)  In  counties  under 3,000,000 population, permanency
17    hearings shall be conducted by the court.  In counties with a
18    population of 3,000,000 or more, the first permanency hearing
19    shall  be  conducted  by  a  judge.   Subsequent   permanency
20    hearings  may  be  heard  by  a judge, or by hearing officers
21    appointed or approved by the court in the manner set forth in
22    Section 2-28.1 of this Act.   Permanency  hearings  shall  be
23    held every 6 12 months or more frequently if necessary in the
24    court's   determination   following  the  initial  permanency
25    hearing, in accordance with the standards set forth  in  this
26    Section,  until  the  court determines that the plan and goal
27    have been  achieved.   Once  the  plan  and  goal  have  been
28    achieved,  if  the minor remains in substitute care, the case
29    shall be reviewed at least  every  6  12  months  thereafter,
30    subject  to  the provisions of this Section, unless the minor
31    is placed in the guardianship of a suitable relative or other
32    person and the court determines that  further  monitoring  by
33    the  court  does  not  further  the  health,  safety  or best
34    interest of the child and that this  is  a  stable  permanent
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 1    placement.
 2        Notice  in  compliance  with  Sections 2-15 and 2-16 must
 3    have been given to all parties-respondent  before  proceeding
 4    to a permanency hearing.
 5        The  public  agency  that is the custodian or guardian of
 6    the minor, or another  agency  responsible  for  the  minor's
 7    care,  shall  ensure  that  all  parties  to  the  permanency
 8    hearings  are provided a copy of the most recent service plan
 9    prepared within the prior  6  months  at  least  14  days  in
10    advance  of  the  hearing.  If not contained in the plan, the
11    agency shall also include a  report  setting  forth  (i)  any
12    special   physical,   psychological,   educational,  medical,
13    emotional, or other needs of the minor or his or  her  family
14    that  are relevant to a permanency or placement determination
15    and (ii) for any minor age 16 or over, a written  description
16    of  the  programs  and services that will enable the minor to
17    prepare for independent living.  The agency's written  report
18    must  explain  why  the child cannot be returned home without
19    jeopardizing the child's health, safety and welfare  and  why
20    termination of parental rights or private guardianship is not
21    in  the  best  interests  of  the child.  The caseworker must
22    appear  and  testify  at  the  permanency  hearing.    If   a
23    permanency  review  hearing has not previously been scheduled
24    by the court, the moving party shall move for the setting  of
25    a  permanency  hearing  and  the entry of an order within the
26    time frames set forth in this subsection.
27        At the permanency hearing, the court shall determine  the
28    future  status  of the child.  The court shall set one of the
29    following permanency goals:
30             (A)  The minor will be returned home by  a  specific
31        date within 5 months.
32             (B)  The  minor  will  be  in short-term care with a
33        continued goal to return home  within  a  period  not  to
34        exceed  one  year,  where  the  progress of the parent or
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 1        parents is substantial considering the age and individual
 2        needs of the minor.
 3             (C)  The minor will be in  substitute  care  pending
 4        court determination on termination of parental rights.
 5             (D)  Adoption,  provided  that  parental rights have
 6        been terminated or relinquished.
 7             (E)  The  guardianship  of   the   minor   will   be
 8        transferred  to  an  individual  or couple on a permanent
 9        basis provided that goals (A) through (D) have been ruled
10        out.
11             (F)  The minor over age 12  will  be  in  substitute
12        care pending independence.
13             (G)  The minor will be in substitute care because he
14        or  she  cannot be provided for in a home environment due
15        to  developmental  disabilities  or  mental  illness   or
16        because he or she is a danger to self or others, provided
17        that goals (A) through (D) have been ruled out.
18        In   selecting  any  permanency  goal,  the  court  shall
19    indicate in writing the reasons the goal was selected and why
20    the preceding goals were ruled out.
21        The court  shall  consider  the  following  factors  when
22    setting the permanency goal:
23             (1)  Age of the child.
24             (2)  Options available for permanence.
25             (3)  Current  placement  of the child and the intent
26        of the family regarding adoption.
27             (4)  Emotional,  physical,  and  mental  status   or
28        condition of the child.
29             (5)  Types   of   services  previously  offered  and
30        whether or not the services were successful and,  if  not
31        successful, the reasons the services failed.
32             (6)  Availability  of  services currently needed and
33        whether the services exist.
34             (7)  Status of siblings of the minor.
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 1        At the permanency hearing, the court shall determine  the
 2    future  status  of the child.  The court shall review (i) the
 3    appropriateness   of   the   permanency   goal,   (ii)    the
 4    appropriateness  of  the  services  contained in the plan and
 5    whether those services have  been  provided  to  achieve  the
 6    goal,  (iii) whether reasonable efforts have been made by all
 7    the parties to the service plan to achieve the goal, and  the
 8    appropriateness  of  the  services  contained in the plan and
 9    whether those  services  have  been  provided,  (iv)  whether
10    reasonable  efforts  have been made by all the parties to the
11    service plan to achieve the goal, and (v)  whether  the  plan
12    and  goal  have  been  achieved.   All  evidence  relevant to
13    determining  these  questions,  including  oral  and  written
14    reports, may be admitted and may be relied on to  the  extent
15    of their probative value.
16        In  reviewing  the  permanency  goal  and the most recent
17    service plan prepared within the prior 6 months, the standard
18    of review to be employed by the court shall  be  whether  the
19    Department  of  Children  and Family Services, in setting the
20    permanency goal and the service plan, abused  its  discretion
21    in  light  of the best interests of the child, the permanency
22    alternatives, and the facts in the individual case.
23        If the plan and goal has are found to be appropriate  and
24    to  have been achieved, the court shall enter orders that are
25    necessary to conform the minor's legal custody and status  to
26    those findings.
27        If,  after  receiving evidence, the court determines that
28    the Department of Children and  Family  Services  abused  its
29    discretion in identifying services contained in the plan that
30    are  not  reasonably  calculated to facilitate achievement of
31    the permanency goal, the  court  shall  put  in  writing  the
32    factual basis supporting the determination and enter specific
33    findings  based  on the evidence.  The court also shall enter
34    an order for the Department to develop and  implement  a  new
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 1    service  plan  or to implement changes to the current service
 2    plan consistent with the court's findings.  The  new  service
 3    plan  shall be filed with the court and served on all parties
 4    within 45 days of the date of the  order.   The  court  shall
 5    continue  the  matter  until  the  new service plan is filed.
 6    Unless otherwise specifically authorized by law, the court is
 7    not empowered under this subsection (2) or  under  subsection
 8    (3)  to  order  specific  placements,  specific  services, or
 9    specific service providers to be included in the plan.
10        If, after receiving evidence, the court  determines  that
11    the  Department  of  Children  and Family Services abused its
12    discretion in setting a permanency goal that is  not  in  the
13    best  interests  of the minor, the court shall enter specific
14    findings in writing based on the evidence.   The  court  also
15    shall  enter  an  order  for  the  Department  to  set  a new
16    permanency goal and to develop and implement  a  new  service
17    plan  that  is consistent with the court's findings.  The new
18    service plan shall be filed with the court and served on  all
19    parties  within  45 days of the date of the order.  The court
20    shall continue the matter  until  the  new  service  plan  is
21    filed.
22        A  guardian  or custodian appointed by the court pursuant
23    to this Act shall file updated  case  plans  with  the  court
24    every 6 months until the permanency goal set by the court has
25    been achieved.
26        Rights   of  wards  of  the  court  under  this  Act  are
27    enforceable against  any  public  agency  by  complaints  for
28    relief  by  mandamus  filed  in any proceedings brought under
29    this Act.
30        (3)  Following the permanency hearing,  the  court  shall
31    enter  an order setting forth the following determinations in
32    writing:
33             (a)  The future status of the minor,  including  the
34        permanency  goal,  but  not  limited to whether the minor
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 1        should be returned to the parent, should be continued  in
 2        the  care  of  the  Department  of  Children  and  Family
 3        Services  or  other agency for a specified period, should
 4        be placed for adoption, should be emancipated, or  should
 5        (because  of  the minor's special needs or circumstances)
 6        be continued in the care of the  Department  of  Children
 7        and  Family  Services  or  other agency on a permanent or
 8        long-term  basis,  and  any  order  orders  necessary  to
 9        conform the minor's legal  custody  and  status  to  such
10        determination; or
11             (b)  if  the  permanency  goal  future status of the
12        minor  cannot  be  achieved  immediately,  the   specific
13        reasons  for  continuing  the  minor  in  the care of the
14        Department of  Children  and  Family  Services  or  other
15        agency  for  short  term  placement,  and  the  following
16        determinations:
17                  (i)  (Blank). Whether the permanency goal is in
18             the  best  interests  of  the  minor, or whether the
19             Department of Children and  Family  Services  abused
20             its  discretion in setting a goal that is not in the
21             best interests of the minor.
22                  (ii)  Whether  the  services  required  by  the
23             court and by any service plan  prepared  within  the
24             prior  6  months  have  been provided and (A) if so,
25             whether the services were reasonably  calculated  to
26             facilitate the achievement of the permanency goal or
27             (B)  if  not  provided,  why  the  services were not
28             provided.
29                  (iii)  Whether   the   minor's   placement   is
30             necessary, and appropriate to  the  plan  and  goal,
31             recognizing   the  right  of  minors  to  the  least
32             restrictive (most family-like) setting available and
33             in close proximity to the parents'  home  consistent
34             with  the  health, safety, best interest and special
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 1             needs of the minor  and,  if  the  minor  is  placed
 2             out-of-State,  whether  the  out-of-State  placement
 3             continues  to  be appropriate and consistent with in
 4             the health, safety, and best interest of the minor.
 5                  (iv)  (Blank). Whether, because of any  of  the
 6             findings  under subparagraphs (i) through (iii), the
 7             Department of Children and Family Services should be
 8             ordered to set a new permanency goal or develop  and
 9             implement  a  new  service plan consistent with such
10             findings.
11                  (v)  (Blank).  Whether any orders to effectuate
12             the completion of a  plan  or  goal  are  necessary,
13             including  conforming  the minor's custody or status
14             to a goal being achieved.
15        When a motion is before the court seeking termination  of
16    parental  rights  of  a  parent  in  accordance  with Section
17    2-27.5, the court shall enter an order  terminating  parental
18    rights  and  appointing  a  guardian with power to consent to
19    adoption with regard to the parent identified in the motion.
20        Any order entered pursuant to this subsection  (3)  shall
21    be  immediately appealable as a matter of right under Supreme
22    Court Rule 304(b)(1).
23        (4)  The minor or any person interested in the minor  may
24    apply  to  the court for a change in custody of the minor and
25    the appointment of a new custodian or guardian of the  person
26    or  for  the  restoration  of the minor to the custody of his
27    parents or former guardian or custodian.
28        When return home is not selected as the permanency goal:
29             (a) The  State's  Attorney  or  the  current  foster
30        parent or relative caregiver seeking private guardianship
31        may  file a motion for private guardianship of the minor.
32        The court and  the  Department  of  Children  and  Family
33        Services   must  approve  the  appointment  of a guardian
34        under this Section.
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 1             (b) the  State's  Attorney  may  file  a  motion  to
 2        terminate parental rights of any parent who has failed to
 3        make  reasonable  efforts to correct the conditions which
 4        led to the removal of the child  or  reasonable  progress
 5        toward the return of the child, as defined in subdivision
 6        (D)(m)  of  Section 1 of the Adoption Act or for whom any
 7        other unfitness ground for terminating parental rights as
 8        defined in subdivision (D) of Section 1 of  the  Adoption
 9        Act exists.
10        However,  Custody  of  the minor shall not be restored to
11    any parent, guardian or legal custodian in any case in  which
12    the  minor  is  found to be neglected or abused under Section
13    2-3 of this Act, unless the minor can be cared  for  at  home
14    without  endangering his or her health or safety and it is in
15    the best interest of the minor, and if such neglect or  abuse
16    is  found by the court under paragraph (2) of Section 2-21 of
17    this Act to be the result of physical abuse inflicted on  the
18    minor by such parent, guardian or legal custodian, until such
19    time as an investigation is made as provided in paragraph (4)
20    and  a hearing is held on the issue of the health, safety and
21    best interest of the minor and the fitness  of  such  parent,
22    guardian  or  legal  custodian  to care for the minor and the
23    court enters an order that such  parent,  guardian  or  legal
24    custodian  is  fit  to care for the minor.  In the event that
25    the minor has attained 18 years of age and  the  guardian  or
26    custodian  petitions  the  court for an order terminating his
27    guardianship  or  custody,  guardianship  or  custody   shall
28    terminate  automatically  30  days  after  the receipt of the
29    petition  unless  the  court  orders  otherwise.   No   legal
30    custodian  or  guardian  of the person may be removed without
31    his consent until given notice and an opportunity to be heard
32    by the court.
33        When the court orders a child restored to the custody  of
34    the  parent  or  parents, the court shall order the parent or
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 1    parents to cooperate with  the  Department  of  Children  and
 2    Family  Services  and  comply with the terms of an after-care
 3    plan, or risk the loss of custody of the child  and  possible
 4    termination  of  their  parental  rights.  The court may also
 5    enter an order of protective supervision in  accordance  with
 6    Section 2-24.
 7        (5)  Whenever  a  parent,  guardian,  or  legal custodian
 8    files a motion petitions for restoration of  custody  of  the
 9    minor, and the minor was adjudicated neglected or abused as a
10    result of physical abuse, the court shall cause to be made an
11    investigation  as  to  whether the movant petitioner has ever
12    been charged with or convicted of any criminal offense  which
13    would  indicate  the likelihood of any further physical abuse
14    to the minor.  Evidence of such criminal convictions shall be
15    taken into account in determining whether the  minor  can  be
16    cared  for  at  home without endangering his or her health or
17    safety  and  fitness  of  the  parent,  guardian,  or   legal
18    custodian.
19             (a)  Any  agency  of  this  State or any subdivision
20        thereof shall co-operate with the agent of the  court  in
21        providing any information sought in the investigation.
22             (b)  The  information derived from the investigation
23        and any conclusions or recommendations derived  from  the
24        information shall be provided to the parent, guardian, or
25        legal  custodian  seeking restoration of custody prior to
26        the hearing on fitness and the  movant  petitioner  shall
27        have   an  opportunity  at  the  hearing  to  refute  the
28        information or contest its significance.
29             (c)  All information obtained from any investigation
30        shall be confidential as provided in Section 1-10 of this
31        Act.
32    (Source: P.A. 88-7; 88-487; 88-614, eff. 9-7-94; 88-670, eff.
33    12-2-94; 89-17, eff. 5-31-95;  89-21,  eff.  7-1-95;  89-626,
34    eff. 8-9-96.)
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 1        (705 ILCS 405/2-28.1)
 2        Sec.   2-28.1.  Permanency   hearings;   before   hearing
 3    officers.
 4        (a)  The  chief  judge  of  the circuit court may appoint
 5    hearing officers to conduct the permanency hearings set forth
 6    in subsection (2) of Section 2-28 of this Act, in  accordance
 7    with  the  provisions  of this Section.  The hearing officers
 8    shall be attorneys with at least 3 years experience in  child
 9    abuse  and  neglect  or  permanency planning, and in counties
10    with a population of 3,000,000 or more, admitted to  practice
11    for  at  least  7  years., Once trained by the court, hearing
12    officers shall be authorized to do the following:
13             (1)  Conduct a fair and impartial hearing  in  which
14        the strict rules of evidence need not apply.
15             (2)  Summon and compel the attendance of witnesses.
16             (3)  Administer  the  oath  or  affirmation and take
17        testimony under oath or affirmation.
18             (4)  Require the production of evidence relevant  to
19        the  permanency  hearing  to be conducted.  That evidence
20        may include, but need  not  be  limited  to  case  plans,
21        social  histories, medical and psychological evaluations,
22        child placement histories, visitation records, and  other
23        documents and writings applicable to those items.
24             (5)  Rule on the admissibility of evidence using the
25        standard applied at a dispositional hearing under Section
26        2-22 of this Act or other information.
27             (6)  Cause  notices  to be issued requiring parties,
28        the public agency that is custodian or  guardian  of  the
29        minor, or another agency responsible for the minor's care
30        to appear either before the hearing officer or in court.
31             (7)  Analyze  the  evidence presented to the hearing
32        officer and prepare written recommended orders, including
33        findings of fact, based on the evidence.
34             (8)  Prior to the hearing, conduct any  pre-hearings
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 1        that may be necessary.
 2             (9)  Conduct in camera interviews with children when
 3        requested by a child or the child's guardian ad litem.
 4        In  counties  with  a  population  of  3,000,000 or more,
 5    hearing  officers  shall  also  be  authorized  to   do   the
 6    following:
 7             (10)  Accept   specific  consents  for  adoption  or
 8        surrenders of parental rights from a parent or parents.
 9             (11)  Conduct hearings on the progress  made  toward
10        the permanency goal set for the minor.
11             (12)  Perform other duties as assigned by the court.
12        (b)  The  hearing  officer  shall  consider  evidence and
13    conduct the permanency hearings as set forth  in  subsections
14    (2)  and  (3)  of Section 2-28 of this Act in accordance with
15    the standards set forth therein.  The hearing  officer  shall
16    assure  that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made and
17    retained for  a  period  of  12  months  or  until  the  next
18    permanency  hearing,  whichever  date  is  later,  and  shall
19    preserve  all  documents  and  evidence  for the record.  The
20    hearing  officer  shall  inform  the  participants  of  their
21    individual rights and responsibilities.  The hearing  officer
22    shall identify the issues to be reviewed under subsection (2)
23    of  Section 2-28, consider all relevant facts, and receive or
24    request  any  additional  information   necessary   to   make
25    recommendations  to the court.  If a party fails to appear at
26    the  hearing,  the  hearing  officer  may  proceed   to   the
27    permanency  hearing  with the parties present at the hearing.
28    The hearing officer shall specifically note for the court the
29    absence of any parties.  If all parties are  present  at  the
30    permanency hearing, and the parties and the Department are in
31    agreement  that  the  service  plan  and  permanency goal are
32    appropriate or are in agreement that the permanency goal  for
33    the  child  has  been  achieved,  the  hearing  officer shall
34    prepare a recommended order, including findings of  fact,  to
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 1    be submitted to the court, and all parties and the Department
 2    shall  sign the recommended order at the time of the hearing.
 3    The recommended order will then be submitted to the court for
 4    its immediate consideration and the entry of  an  appropriate
 5    order.
 6        The   court  may  enter  an  order  consistent  with  the
 7    recommended order without further hearing or  notice  to  the
 8    parties,  may  refer  the  matter  to the hearing officer for
 9    further proceedings, or may hold such additional hearings  as
10    the  court  deems  necessary.   All  parties  present  at the
11    hearing and the Department shall be tendered a  copy  of  the
12    court's order at the conclusion of the hearing.
13        (c)  If  one  or  more  parties  are  not  present at the
14    permanency  hearing,  or  any  party  or  the  Department  of
15    Children and Family Services objects to the hearing officer's
16    recommended  order,  including  any  findings  of  fact,  the
17    hearing  officer  shall  set  the  matter  for   a   judicial
18    determination  within  30  days of the permanency hearing for
19    the entry of the recommended order  or  for  receipt  of  the
20    parties'  objections.   Any  objections  shall  identify  the
21    specific  findings or recommendations that are contested, the
22    basis for the objections, and the evidence or applicable  law
23    supporting  the  objection.  The hearing officer shall mail a
24    copy of the recommended order to any  non-attending  parties,
25    together  with a notice of the date and place of the judicial
26    determination and the right of the parties to present at that
27    time  objections  consistent  with  this  subsection.     The
28    recommended  order  and  its contents may not be disclosed to
29    anyone other than the parties and  the  Department  or  other
30    agency  unless  otherwise  specifically ordered by a judge of
31    the court.
32        Following the receipt of objections consistent with  this
33    subsection  from  any party or the Department of Children and
34    Family Services to the hearing officer's recommended  orders,
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 1    the  court  shall  make  a  judicial  determination  of those
 2    portions of the order to  which  objections  were  made,  and
 3    shall  enter  an  appropriate order.  The court may refuse to
 4    review any objections that fail to meet the  requirements  of
 5    this subsection.
 6        (d)  The  following  are  judicial functions and shall be
 7    performed only by a circuit judge or associate judge:
 8             (1)  Review of the recommended orders of the hearing
 9        officer and entry of orders the court deems appropriate.
10             (2)  Conduct of judicial hearings on all pre-hearing
11        motions and other matters that require a court order  and
12        entry of orders as the court deems appropriate.
13             (3)  Conduct   of  judicial  determinations  on  all
14        matters  in  which  the  parties  or  the  Department  of
15        Children and Family Services disagree  with  the  hearing
16        officer's recommended orders under subsection (3).
17             (4)  Issuance  of  rules  to  show cause, conduct of
18        contempt  proceedings,  and  imposition  of   appropriate
19        sanctions or relief.
20    (Source: P.A. 89-17, eff. 5-31-95.)
21        (705 ILCS 405/2-29) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-29)
22        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-704)
23        Sec.  2-29.  Adoption; appointment of guardian with power
24    to consent.
25        (1)  A ward of the court under this Act, with the consent
26    of the court, may be the subject of a petition  for  adoption
27    under  "An Act in relation to the adoption of persons, and to
28    repeal an Act therein named", approved July 17, 1959, as  now
29    or  hereafter amended, or with like consent his or her parent
30    or parents may, in the manner required by such Act, surrender
31    him or her for adoption to an agency  legally  authorized  or
32    licensed to place children for adoption.
33        (2)  If the petition prays and the court finds that it is
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 1    in  the  best  interest  of  the minor that a guardian of the
 2    person be appointed and authorized to consent to the adoption
 3    of the minor, the court with the consent of the  parents,  if
 4    living,  or  after  finding,  based upon clear and convincing
 5    evidence, that a non-consenting parent is an unfit person  as
 6    defined  in  Section 1 of "An Act in relation to the adoption
 7    of persons, and to repeal an  Act  therein  named",  approved
 8    July  17,  1959,  as amended, may empower the guardian of the
 9    person of the minor, in the order appointing him  or  her  as
10    such  guardian,  to appear in court where any proceedings for
11    the adoption of the minor may at any time be pending  and  to
12    consent  to  the  adoption.  Such  consent  is  sufficient to
13    authorize the court in the adoption proceedings  to  enter  a
14    proper  order  or judgment of adoption without further notice
15    to, or consent by, the parents of  the  minor.  An  order  so
16    empowering  the  guardian  to  consent to adoption terminates
17    parental rights, deprives the parents of  the  minor  of  all
18    legal  rights  as respects the minor and relieves them of all
19    parental responsibility for him or her, and frees  the  minor
20    from  all  obligations of maintenance and obedience to his or
21    her natural parents.
22        If the minor is over 14 years of age, the court  may,  in
23    its   discretion,   consider  the  wishes  of  the  minor  in
24    determining whether the best interests of the minor would  be
25    promoted  by the finding of the unfitness of a non-consenting
26    parent.
27        (3)  Parental  consent  to  the  order  authorizing   the
28    guardian  of  the  person to consent to adoption of the minor
29    shall be given in open court whenever possible and  otherwise
30    must be in writing and signed in the form provided in "An Act
31    in  relation to the adoption of persons, and to repeal an Act
32    therein named", approved July 17, 1959, as now  or  hereafter
33    amended,  but  no  names  of petitioners for adoption need be
34    included. A finding  of  the  unfitness  of  a  nonconsenting
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 1    parent  must be made in compliance with that Act and be based
 2    upon clear and convincing evidence.  Provisions of  that  Act
 3    relating  to  minor  parents  and to mentally ill or mentally
 4    deficient parents apply to proceedings under this Section and
 5    any findings with respect to such parents shall be based upon
 6    clear and convincing evidence.
 7    (Source: P.A. 85-601.)
 8        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-704)
 9        Sec. 2-29.  Adoption; appointment of guardian with  power
10    to consent.
11        (1)  With  leave of the court, a minor who is the subject
12    of an abuse, neglect, or dependency petition under  this  Act
13    may  be  the  subject  of  a  petition for adoption under the
14    Adoption Act.
15        (1.1)  The parent or parents of a child in whose interest
16    a petition under Section 2-13 of this Act is pending may,  in
17    the manner required by the Adoption Act, (a) surrender him or
18    her  for adoption to an agency legally authorized or licensed
19    to place children for adoption, (b) consent  to  his  or  her
20    adoption,  or  (c)  consent  to  his  or  her  adoption  by a
21    specified person or persons. Nothing in this Section requires
22    that the parent or parents execute the surrender, consent, or
23    consent to adoption by a specified person in open court.
24        (2)  If a petition or motion alleges petition  prays  and
25    the  court finds that it is in the best interest of the minor
26    that parental rights be terminated and the petition or motion
27    requests that a guardian  of  the  person  be  appointed  and
28    authorized  to  consent  to  the  adoption  of the minor, the
29    court, with the consent agreement of the parents, if  living,
30    or  after  finding, based upon clear and convincing evidence,
31    that a parent is an unfit person as defined in Section  1  of
32    the  Adoption  Act, may terminate parental rights and empower
33    the guardian of  the  person  of  the  minor,  in  the  order
34    appointing  him  or  her as such guardian, to appear in court
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 1    where any proceedings for the adoption of the  minor  may  at
 2    any  time  be  pending  and  to consent to the adoption. Such
 3    consent is sufficient to authorize the court in the  adoption
 4    proceedings  to  enter a proper order or judgment of adoption
 5    without further notice to, or consent by, the parents of  the
 6    minor.  An  order  so  empowering  the guardian to consent to
 7    adoption terminates parental rights, deprives the parents  of
 8    the  minor  of  all  legal  rights  as respects the minor and
 9    relieves them of all parental responsibility for him or  her,
10    and  frees  the minor from all obligations of maintenance and
11    obedience to his or her natural parents.
12        If the minor is over 14 years of age, the court  may,  in
13    its   discretion,   consider  the  wishes  of  the  minor  in
14    determining whether the best interests of the minor would  be
15    promoted  by the finding of the unfitness of a non-consenting
16    parent.
17        (3)  Parental  consent  to  the  request  for  an   order
18    terminating  parental  rights and authorizing the guardian of
19    the person to consent to adoption of the minor shall be  made
20    in  open  court  whenever  possible  and otherwise must be in
21    writing and signed in the form provided in the Adoption  Act,
22    but no names of petitioners for adoption need be included.
23        (4)  A  finding of the unfitness of a parent must be made
24    in compliance with the Adoption Act, without  regard  to  the
25    likelihood that the child will be placed for adoption, and be
26    based  upon clear and convincing evidence.  Provisions of the
27    Adoption Act relating to minor parents and to mentally ill or
28    mentally deficient parents apply to  proceedings  under  this
29    Section  and  any findings with respect to such parents shall
30    be based upon clear and convincing evidence.
31    (Source: P.A. 89-704, eff. 1-1-98.)
32        (705 ILCS 405/2-31) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-31)
33        Sec.  2-31.  Duration  of  wardship  and   discharge   of
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 1    proceedings.
 2        (1)  All  proceedings  under  this  Act in respect of any
 3    minor for whom a petition was filed after the effective  date
 4    of  this  amendatory Act of 1991 automatically terminate upon
 5    his attaining the age of 19 years, except that  a  court  may
 6    continue  the wardship of a minor until age 21 for good cause
 7    when there is satisfactory evidence presented  to  the  court
 8    and the court makes written factual findings that the health,
 9    safety, and best interest of the minor and the public require
10    the continuation of the wardship.
11        (2)  Whenever  the  court  determines,  and makes written
12    factual findings, that health, safety, and the best interests
13    of the minor and the public no longer require the wardship of
14    the court, the court shall order the wardship terminated  and
15    all  proceedings under this Act respecting that minor finally
16    closed and  discharged.  The  court  may  at  the  same  time
17    continue  or  terminate  any  custodianship  or  guardianship
18    theretofore  ordered  but  the  termination  must  be made in
19    compliance with Section 2-28.
20        (3)  The wardship of the minor and any  custodianship  or
21    guardianship  respecting  the  minor  for whom a petition was
22    filed after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991
23    automatically terminates when he attains the age of 19  years
24    except  as  set forth in subsection (1) of this Section.  The
25    clerk of the court shall at that time record all  proceedings
26    under  this  Act  as  finally  closed and discharged for that
27    reason.
28    (Source: P.A. 87-14; 88-7.)
29        Section 10-25.  The Adoption Act is amended  by  changing
30    Section 1 as follows:
31        (750 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 40, par. 1501)
32        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-704)
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 1        Sec.  1.  Definitions.  When used in this Act, unless the
 2    context otherwise requires:
 3        A.  "Child" means a person under  legal  age  subject  to
 4    adoption under this Act.
 5        B.  "Related  child"  means  a  child subject to adoption
 6    where either or both of the adopting parents stands in any of
 7    the  following  relationships  to  the  child  by  blood   or
 8    marriage: parent, grand-parent, brother, sister, step-parent,
 9    step-grandparent,  step-brother,  step-sister,  uncle,  aunt,
10    great-uncle,  great-aunt, or cousin of first degree.  A child
11    whose parent has executed  a  final  irrevocable  consent  to
12    adoption  or  a  final  irrevocable surrender for purposes of
13    adoption, or whose parent has had his or her parental  rights
14    terminated, is not a related child to that person.
15        C.  "Agency"  for  the purpose of this Act means a public
16    child welfare agency or a licensed child welfare agency.
17        D.  "Unfit person" means any person whom the court  shall
18    find  to  be  unfit  to  have  a child, without regard to the
19    likelihood that the child will be placed for  adoption.   The
20    grounds of unfitness are any one or more of the following:
21             (a)  Abandonment of the child.
22             (b)  Failure  to  maintain  a  reasonable  degree of
23        interest, concern or responsibility  as  to  the  child's
24        welfare.
25             (c)  Desertion  of  the child for more than 3 months
26        next  preceding  the   commencement   of   the   Adoption
27        proceeding.
28             (d)  Substantial  neglect of the child if continuous
29        or repeated.
30             (e)  Extreme or repeated cruelty to the child.
31             (f)  Two or more findings of physical abuse  to  any
32        children  under  Section 4-8 of the Juvenile Court Act or
33        Section 2-21 of the Juvenile Court Act of  1987, the most
34        recent of which was  determined  by  the  juvenile  court
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 1        hearing   the   matter  to  be  supported  by  clear  and
 2        convincing evidence; a criminal conviction resulting from
 3        the death of any child by  physical  child  abuse;  or  a
 4        finding  of physical child abuse resulting from the death
 5        of any child under Section 4-8 of the Juvenile Court  Act
 6        or Section 2-21 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
 7             (g)  Failure  to  protect  the child from conditions
 8        within his environment injurious to the child's welfare.
 9             (h)  Other neglect  of,  or  misconduct  toward  the
10        child; provided that in making a finding of unfitness the
11        court  hearing the adoption proceeding shall not be bound
12        by any previous finding, order or judgment  affecting  or
13        determining  the  rights  of the parents toward the child
14        sought to be adopted in any other proceeding except  such
15        proceedings  terminating  parental rights as shall be had
16        under either this Act, the  Juvenile  Court  Act  or  the
17        Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
18             (i)  Depravity.
19             (j)  Open and notorious adultery or fornication.
20             (j-1)  Conviction   of   first   degree   murder  in
21        violation of paragraph  1  or  2  of  subsection  (a)  of
22        Section 9-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or conviction of
23        second  degree  murder  in violation of subsection (a) of
24        Section 9-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961 of a  parent  of
25        the  child  to  be  adopted shall create a presumption of
26        unfitness  that  may  be  overcome  only  by  clear   and
27        convincing evidence.
28             (k)  Habitual  drunkenness  or  addiction  to drugs,
29        other than those prescribed by a physician, for at  least
30        one  year  immediately  prior  to the commencement of the
31        unfitness proceeding.
32             (l)  Failure to demonstrate a reasonable  degree  of
33        interest,  concern or responsibility as to the welfare of
34        a new born child during  the  first  30  days  after  its
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 1        birth.
 2             (m)  Failure  by a parent to make reasonable efforts
 3        to correct the conditions that were  the  basis  for  the
 4        removal  of  the  child  from  the  parent,  or  to  make
 5        reasonable progress toward the return of the child to the
 6        parent  within  9  12  months  after  an  adjudication of
 7        neglected or minor, abused minor under Section 2-3 of the
 8        Juvenile Court Act  of  1987  or  dependent  minor  under
 9        Section  2-4  of  that  Act the Juvenile Court Act or the
10        Juvenile Court Act of 1987.  If a service plan  has  been
11        established  as  required under Section 8.2 of the Abused
12        and  Neglected  Child  Reporting  Act  to   correct   the
13        conditions  that  were  the  basis for the removal of the
14        child from the parent, then, for purposes  of  this  Act,
15        "failure to make reasonable progress toward the return of
16        the  child  to  the  parent" includes failure to complete
17        that service plan within 12 months after the adjudication
18        under Section 2-3 or 2-4 of the  Juvenile  Court  Act  of
19        1987.
20             (n)  Evidence   of  intent  to  forego  his  or  her
21        parental rights, whether or not the child is  a  ward  of
22        the  court, (1) as manifested by his or her failure for a
23        period of 12 months: (i) to  visit  the  child,  (ii)  to
24        communicate with the child or agency, although able to do
25        so  and  not  prevented  from doing so by an agency or by
26        court order, or (iii) to maintain contact  with  or  plan
27        for  the future of the child, although physically able to
28        do so, or (2) as  manifested  by  the  father's  failure,
29        where  he  and  the mother of the child were unmarried to
30        each other at the time  of  the  child's  birth,  (i)  to
31        commence  legal  proceedings  to  establish his paternity
32        under the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or  the  law  of
33        the  jurisdiction  of the child's birth within 30 days of
34        being informed, pursuant to Section 12a of this Act, that
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 1        he is the father or the likely father of  the  child  or,
 2        after  being so informed where the child is not yet born,
 3        within 30 days of the child's birth, or (ii)  to  make  a
 4        good  faith  effort  to  pay  a  reasonable amount of the
 5        expenses related to the birth of the child and to provide
 6        a reasonable amount for  the  financial  support  of  the
 7        child,  the  court  to  consider in its determination all
 8        relevant circumstances, including the financial condition
 9        of both parents; provided that the ground for termination
10        provided in this subparagraph (n)(2)(ii)  shall  only  be
11        available  where the petition is brought by the mother or
12        the husband of the mother.
13             Contact or communication by a parent with his or her
14        child that does not  demonstrate  affection  and  concern
15        does not constitute reasonable contact and planning under
16        subdivision  (n).   In  the  absence  of  evidence to the
17        contrary, the ability  to  visit,  communicate,  maintain
18        contact,  pay  expenses  and plan for the future shall be
19        presumed.  The subjective intent of the  parent,  whether
20        expressed  or  otherwise,  unsupported by evidence of the
21        foregoing parental acts manifesting  that  intent,  shall
22        not preclude a determination that the parent has intended
23        to  forego  his  or  her parental rights.  In making this
24        determination, the  court  may  consider  but  shall  not
25        require  a  showing  of diligent efforts by an authorized
26        agency to  encourage  the  parent  to  perform  the  acts
27        specified in subdivision (n).
28             It shall be an affirmative defense to any allegation
29        under  paragraph (2) of this subsection that the father's
30        failure was due to circumstances beyond his control or to
31        impediments created by the mother  or  any  other  person
32        having legal custody.  Proof of that fact need only be by
33        a preponderance of the evidence.
34             (o)  repeated  or continuous failure by the parents,
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 1        although physically and financially able, to provide  the
 2        child with adequate food, clothing, or shelter.
 3             (p)  inability       to      discharge      parental
 4        responsibilities supported by competent evidence  from  a
 5        psychiatrist,   licensed   clinical   social  worker,  or
 6        clinical  psychologist  of  mental   impairment,   mental
 7        illness or mental retardation as defined in Section 1-116
 8        of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code,
 9        or  developmental  disability as defined in Section 1-106
10        of that Code, and there is  sufficient  justification  to
11        believe   that   the   inability  to  discharge  parental
12        responsibilities shall extend beyond  a  reasonable  time
13        period.   However,  this  subdivision  (p)  shall  not be
14        construed so as to  permit  a  licensed  clinical  social
15        worker  to  conduct  any  medical  diagnosis to determine
16        mental illness or mental impairment.
17             (q)  a finding of physical abuse of the child  under
18        Section  4-8 of the Juvenile Court Act or Section 2-21 of
19        the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and a criminal  conviction
20        of aggravated battery of the child.
21        E.  "Parent"  means  the father or mother of a legitimate
22    or illegitimate child.  For the purpose of this Act, a person
23    who has executed a final and irrevocable consent to  adoption
24    or   a  final  and  irrevocable  surrender  for  purposes  of
25    adoption, or whose parental rights have been terminated by  a
26    court,  is  not  a parent of the child who was the subject of
27    the consent or surrender.
28        F.  A person is available for adoption  when  the  person
29    is:
30             (a)  a  child  who has been surrendered for adoption
31        to an  agency  and  to  whose  adoption  the  agency  has
32        thereafter consented;
33             (b)  a  child  to whose adoption a person authorized
34        by law, other than his  parents,  has  consented,  or  to
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 1        whose adoption no consent is required pursuant to Section
 2        8 of this Act;
 3             (c)  a  child  who  is in the custody of persons who
 4        intend  to  adopt  him  through  placement  made  by  his
 5        parents; or
 6             (d)  an adult who meets the conditions set forth  in
 7        Section 3 of this Act.
 8        A  person  who  would otherwise be available for adoption
 9    shall not be deemed unavailable for adoption solely by reason
10    of his or her death.
11        G.  The singular  includes  the  plural  and  the  plural
12    includes  the  singular and the "male" includes the "female",
13    as the context of this Act may require.
14        H.  "Adoption  disruption"  occurs   when   an   adoptive
15    placement  does not prove successful and it becomes necessary
16    for the  child  to  be  removed  from  placement  before  the
17    adoption is finalized.
18        I.  "Foreign  placing  agency" is an agency or individual
19    operating in a country or territory outside the United States
20    that is authorized by  its  country  to  place  children  for
21    adoption  either  directly with families in the United States
22    or through United States based international agencies.
23        J.  "Immediate relatives" means the  biological  parents,
24    the  parents  of  the  biological parents and siblings of the
25    biological parents;
26        K.  "Intercountry adoption" is a process by which a child
27    from a country other than the United States is adopted.
28        L.  "Intercountry Adoption Coordinator" is a staff person
29    of the Department of Children and Family  Services  appointed
30    by  the  Director  to coordinate the provision of services by
31    the public and  private  sector  to  prospective  parents  of
32    foreign-born children.
33        M.  "Interstate  Compact on the Placement of Children" is
34    a law enacted by most states for the purpose of  establishing
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 1    uniform  procedures  for handling the interstate placement of
 2    children in foster homes, adoptive homes, or other child care
 3    facilities.
 4        N.  "Non-Compact  state"  means  a  state  that  has  not
 5    enacted the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
 6        O.  "Preadoption   requirements"   are   any   conditions
 7    established  by  the  laws  or  regulations  of  the  Federal
 8    Government or of each state that must be  met  prior  to  the
 9    placement of a child in an adoptive home.
10        P.  "Abused   child"   means  a  child  whose  parent  or
11    immediate family member, or any person  responsible  for  the
12    child's welfare,  or any individual residing in the same home
13    as the child, or a paramour of the child's parent:
14             (a)  inflicts,  causes to be inflicted, or allows to
15        be inflicted upon the child  physical  injury,  by  other
16        than  accidental means, that causes death, disfigurement,
17        impairment of physical or emotional health,  or  loss  or
18        impairment of any bodily function;
19             (b)  creates  a  substantial risk of physical injury
20        to the child by other than accidental means  which  would
21        be  likely  to  cause death, disfigurement, impairment of
22        physical or emotional health, or loss  or  impairment  of
23        any bodily function;
24             (c)  commits  or  allows  to  be  committed  any sex
25        offense against the child, as sex offenses are defined in
26        the Criminal Code of 1961 and extending those definitions
27        of sex offenses to include children  under  18  years  of
28        age;
29             (d)  commits  or  allows  to  be committed an act or
30        acts of torture upon the child; or
31             (e)  inflicts excessive corporal punishment.
32        Q.  "Neglected child" means any  child  whose  parent  or
33    other person responsible for the child's welfare withholds or
34    denies nourishment or medically indicated treatment including
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 1    food  or  care  denied  solely on the basis of the present or
 2    anticipated mental or physical impairment as determined by  a
 3    physician   acting   alone  or  in  consultation  with  other
 4    physicians or  otherwise  does  not  provide  the  proper  or
 5    necessary  support,  education as required by law, or medical
 6    or  other  remedial  care  recognized  under  State  law   as
 7    necessary  for  a child's well-being, or other care necessary
 8    for his or her well-being, including adequate food,  clothing
 9    and  shelter;  or  who  is abandoned by his or her parents or
10    other person responsible for the child's welfare.
11        A child shall not be considered neglected or  abused  for
12    the  sole  reason  that  the  child's  parent or other person
13    responsible for his or her  welfare  depends  upon  spiritual
14    means  through  prayer  alone  for  the  treatment or cure of
15    disease or remedial care as provided under Section 4  of  the
16    Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
17        R.  "Putative  father"  means  a man who may be a child's
18    father, but who (1) is not married to the child's  mother  on
19    or  before  the  date that the child was or is to be born and
20    (2)  has not established paternity of the child  in  a  court
21    proceeding  before  the filing of a petition for the adoption
22    of the child.  The term includes a male who is less  than  18
23    years of age.
24    (Source: P.A.   88-20;  88-550,  eff.  7-3-94;  88-691,  eff.
25    1-24-95; 89-235, eff. 8-4-95.)
26        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-704)
27        Sec. 1.  Definitions.  When used in this Act, unless  the
28    context otherwise requires:
29        A.  "Child"  means  a  person  under legal age subject to
30    adoption under this Act.
31        B.  "Related child" means a  child  subject  to  adoption
32    where either or both of the adopting parents stands in any of
33    the   following  relationships  to  the  child  by  blood  or
34    marriage: parent, grand-parent, brother, sister, step-parent,
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 1    step-grandparent,  step-brother,  step-sister,  uncle,  aunt,
 2    great-uncle, great-aunt, or cousin of first degree.  A  child
 3    whose  parent  has  executed  a  final irrevocable consent to
 4    adoption or a final irrevocable  surrender  for  purposes  of
 5    adoption,  or whose parent has had his or her parental rights
 6    terminated, is not a related child to that person, unless the
 7    consent is determined to be  void  or  is  void  pursuant  to
 8    subsection O of Section 10.
 9        C.  "Agency"  for  the purpose of this Act means a public
10    child welfare agency or a licensed child welfare agency.
11        D.  "Unfit person" means any person whom the court  shall
12    find  to  be  unfit  to  have  a child, without regard to the
13    likelihood that the child will be placed for  adoption.   The
14    grounds of unfitness are any one or more of the following:
15             (a)  Abandonment of the child.
16             (a-1)  Abandonment   of   a   newborn  infant  in  a
17        hospital.
18             (a-2)  Abandonment  of  a  newborn  infant  in   any
19        setting  where  the  evidence  suggests  that  the parent
20        intended to relinquish his or her parental rights.
21             (b)  Failure to  maintain  a  reasonable  degree  of
22        interest,  concern  or  responsibility  as to the child's
23        welfare.
24             (c)  Desertion of the child for more than  3  months
25        next   preceding   the   commencement   of  the  Adoption
26        proceeding.
27             (d)  Substantial neglect of the child if  continuous
28        or repeated.
29             (d-1)  Substantial   neglect,   if   continuous   or
30        repeated,  of  any  child residing in the household which
31        resulted in the death of that child.
32             (e)  Extreme or repeated cruelty to the child.
33             (f)  Two or more findings of physical abuse  to  any
34        children  under  Section 4-8 of the Juvenile Court Act or
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 1        Section 2-21 of the Juvenile Court Act of  1987, the most
 2        recent of which was  determined  by  the  juvenile  court
 3        hearing   the   matter  to  be  supported  by  clear  and
 4        convincing evidence; a criminal conviction or  a  finding
 5        of  not  guilty  by reason of insanity resulting from the
 6        death of any child by physical child abuse; or a  finding
 7        of  physical  child abuse resulting from the death of any
 8        child under Section 4-8 of  the  Juvenile  Court  Act  or
 9        Section 2-21 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
10             (g)  Failure  to  protect  the child from conditions
11        within his environment injurious to the child's welfare.
12             (h)  Other neglect  of,  or  misconduct  toward  the
13        child; provided that in making a finding of unfitness the
14        court  hearing the adoption proceeding shall not be bound
15        by any previous finding, order or judgment  affecting  or
16        determining  the  rights  of the parents toward the child
17        sought to be adopted in any other proceeding except  such
18        proceedings  terminating  parental rights as shall be had
19        under either this Act, the  Juvenile  Court  Act  or  the
20        Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
21             (i)  Depravity.
22             (j)  Open and notorious adultery or fornication.
23             (j-1)  Conviction of any one of the following crimes
24        shall  create  a  presumption  of  unfitness  that may be
25        overcome only by clear and convincing evidence: (1) first
26        degree murder  in  violation  of  paragraph  1  or  2  of
27        subsection  (a)  of  Section  9-1 of the Criminal Code of
28        1961 or conviction of second degree murder  in  violation
29        of  subsection (a) of Section 9-2 of the Criminal Code of
30        1961 of a parent of  the  child  to  be  adopted;  (2)  a
31        criminal  conviction  of  first  degree  murder or second
32        degree murder of any child in violation of  the  Criminal
33        Code  of  1961;  (3)  a criminal conviction of attempt or
34        conspiracy to commit first degree murder or second degree
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 1        murder of any child in violation of the Criminal Code  of
 2        1961; (4) a criminal conviction of solicitation to commit
 3        murder of any child, solicitation to commit murder of any
 4        child  for  hire, or solicitation to commit second degree
 5        murder of any child in violation of the Criminal Code  of
 6        1961; (5) a criminal conviction of accountability for the
 7        first  or  second degree murder of any child in violation
 8        of  the  Criminal  Code  of  1961;  or  (6)  a   criminal
 9        conviction  of  aggravated  criminal  sexual  assault  in
10        violation  of Section 12-14(b)(1) of the Criminal Code of
11        1961 shall create a presumption of unfitness that may  be
12        overcome only by clear and convincing evidence.
13             (k)  Habitual  drunkenness  or  addiction  to drugs,
14        other than those prescribed by a physician, for at  least
15        one  year  immediately  prior  to the commencement of the
16        unfitness proceeding.
17             (l)  Failure to demonstrate a reasonable  degree  of
18        interest,  concern or responsibility as to the welfare of
19        a new born child during  the  first  30  days  after  its
20        birth.
21             (m)  Failure  by a parent to make reasonable efforts
22        to correct the conditions that were  the  basis  for  the
23        removal  of  the  child  from  the  parent,  or  to  make
24        reasonable progress toward the return of the child to the
25        parent  within  9  12  months  after  an  adjudication of
26        neglected or minor, abused minor under Section 2-3 of the
27        Juvenile Court Act  of  1987  or  dependent  minor  under
28        Section  2-4  of  that  Act the Juvenile Court Act or the
29        Juvenile Court Act of 1987.  If a service plan  has  been
30        established  as  required under Section 8.2 of the Abused
31        and  Neglected  Child  Reporting  Act  to   correct   the
32        conditions  that  were  the  basis for the removal of the
33        child from the parent, then, for purposes  of  this  Act,
34        "failure to make reasonable progress toward the return of
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 1        the  child  to  the  parent" includes failure to complete
 2        that service plan within 9 months after the  adjudication
 3        under  Section  2-3  or  2-4 of the Juvenile Court Act of
 4        1987.
 5             (n)  Evidence  of  intent  to  forego  his  or   her
 6        parental  rights,  whether  or not the child is a ward of
 7        the court, (1) as manifested by his or her failure for  a
 8        period  of  12  months:  (i)  to visit the child, (ii) to
 9        communicate with the child or agency, although able to do
10        so and not prevented from doing so by  an  agency  or  by
11        court  order,  or  (iii) to maintain contact with or plan
12        for the future of the child, although physically able  to
13        do  so,  or  (2)  as  manifested by the father's failure,
14        where he and the mother of the child  were  unmarried  to
15        each  other  at  the  time  of  the child's birth, (i) to
16        commence legal proceedings  to  establish  his  paternity
17        under  the  Illinois  Parentage Act of 1984 or the law of
18        the jurisdiction of the child's birth within 30  days  of
19        being informed, pursuant to Section 12a of this Act, that
20        he  is  the  father or the likely father of the child or,
21        after being so informed where the child is not yet  born,
22        within  30  days  of the child's birth, or (ii) to make a
23        good faith effort to  pay  a  reasonable  amount  of  the
24        expenses related to the birth of the child and to provide
25        a  reasonable  amount  for  the  financial support of the
26        child, the court to consider  in  its  determination  all
27        relevant circumstances, including the financial condition
28        of both parents; provided that the ground for termination
29        provided  in  this  subparagraph (n)(2)(ii) shall only be
30        available where the petition is brought by the mother  or
31        the husband of the mother.
32             Contact or communication by a parent with his or her
33        child  that  does  not  demonstrate affection and concern
34        does not constitute reasonable contact and planning under
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 1        subdivision (n).  In  the  absence  of  evidence  to  the
 2        contrary,  the  ability  to  visit, communicate, maintain
 3        contact, pay expenses and plan for the  future  shall  be
 4        presumed.   The  subjective intent of the parent, whether
 5        expressed or otherwise, unsupported by  evidence  of  the
 6        foregoing  parental  acts  manifesting that intent, shall
 7        not preclude a determination that the parent has intended
 8        to forego his or her parental  rights.   In  making  this
 9        determination,  the  court  may  consider  but  shall not
10        require a showing of diligent efforts  by  an  authorized
11        agency  to  encourage  the  parent  to  perform  the acts
12        specified in subdivision (n).
13             It shall be an affirmative defense to any allegation
14        under paragraph (2) of this subsection that the  father's
15        failure was due to circumstances beyond his control or to
16        impediments  created  by  the  mother or any other person
17        having legal custody.  Proof of that fact need only be by
18        a preponderance of the evidence.
19             (o)  Repeated or continuous failure by the  parents,
20        although  physically and financially able, to provide the
21        child with adequate food, clothing, or shelter.
22             (p)  Inability      to      discharge       parental
23        responsibilities  supported  by competent evidence from a
24        psychiatrist,  licensed  clinical   social   worker,   or
25        clinical   psychologist   of  mental  impairment,  mental
26        illness or mental retardation as defined in Section 1-116
27        of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code,
28        or developmental disability as defined in  Section  1-106
29        of  that  Code,  and there is sufficient justification to
30        believe  that  the  inability   to   discharge   parental
31        responsibilities  shall  extend  beyond a reasonable time
32        period.  However,  this  subdivision  (p)  shall  not  be
33        construed  so  as  to  permit  a licensed clinical social
34        worker to conduct  any  medical  diagnosis  to  determine
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 1        mental illness or mental impairment.
 2             (q)  A  finding of physical abuse of the child under
 3        Section 4-8 of the Juvenile Court Act or Section 2-21  of
 4        the  Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and a criminal conviction
 5        of aggravated battery of the child.
 6             (r)  The  child  is  in  the  temporary  custody  or
 7        guardianship of the Department  of  Children  and  Family
 8        Services,  the  parent  is  incarcerated  as  a result of
 9        criminal conviction at the time the  petition  or  motion
10        for  termination  of  parental  rights is filed, prior to
11        incarceration the parent had little or  no  contact  with
12        the child or provided little or no support for the child,
13        and  the  parent's  incarceration will prevent the parent
14        from discharging his or her parental responsibilities for
15        the child for a period in excess of  2  years  after  the
16        filing  of  the  petition  or  motion  for termination of
17        parental rights.
18             (s)  The  child  is  in  the  temporary  custody  or
19        guardianship of the Department  of  Children  and  Family
20        Services,  the  parent  is  incarcerated  at the time the
21        petition or motion for termination of parental rights  is
22        filed,  the  parent has been repeatedly incarcerated as a
23        result of criminal convictions, and the parent's repeated
24        incarceration has prevented the parent  from  discharging
25        his or her parental responsibilities for the child.
26        E.  "Parent"  means  the father or mother of a legitimate
27    or illegitimate child.  For the purpose of this Act, a person
28    who has executed a final and irrevocable consent to  adoption
29    or   a  final  and  irrevocable  surrender  for  purposes  of
30    adoption, or whose parental rights have been terminated by  a
31    court,  is  not  a parent of the child who was the subject of
32    the consent or surrender, unless the consent is void pursuant
33    to subsection O of Section 10.
34        F.  A person is available for adoption  when  the  person
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 1    is:
 2             (a)  a  child  who has been surrendered for adoption
 3        to an  agency  and  to  whose  adoption  the  agency  has
 4        thereafter consented;
 5             (b)  a  child  to whose adoption a person authorized
 6        by law, other than his  parents,  has  consented,  or  to
 7        whose adoption no consent is required pursuant to Section
 8        8 of this Act;
 9             (c)  a  child  who  is in the custody of persons who
10        intend  to  adopt  him  through  placement  made  by  his
11        parents;
12             (c-1)  a child  for  whom  a  parent  has  signed  a
13        specific  consent pursuant to subsection O of Section 10;
14        or
15             (d)  an adult who meets the conditions set forth  in
16        Section 3 of this Act.
17        A  person  who  would otherwise be available for adoption
18    shall not be deemed unavailable for adoption solely by reason
19    of his or her death.
20        G.  The singular  includes  the  plural  and  the  plural
21    includes  the  singular and the "male" includes the "female",
22    as the context of this Act may require.
23        H.  "Adoption  disruption"  occurs   when   an   adoptive
24    placement  does not prove successful and it becomes necessary
25    for the  child  to  be  removed  from  placement  before  the
26    adoption is finalized.
27        I.  "Foreign  placing  agency" is an agency or individual
28    operating in a country or territory outside the United States
29    that is authorized by  its  country  to  place  children  for
30    adoption  either  directly with families in the United States
31    or through United States based international agencies.
32        J.  "Immediate relatives" means the  biological  parents,
33    the  parents  of  the  biological parents and siblings of the
34    biological parents;
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 1        K.  "Intercountry adoption" is a process by which a child
 2    from a country other than the United States is adopted.
 3        L.  "Intercountry Adoption Coordinator" is a staff person
 4    of the Department of Children and Family  Services  appointed
 5    by  the  Director  to coordinate the provision of services by
 6    the public and  private  sector  to  prospective  parents  of
 7    foreign-born children.
 8        M.  "Interstate  Compact on the Placement of Children" is
 9    a law enacted by most states for the purpose of  establishing
10    uniform  procedures  for handling the interstate placement of
11    children in foster homes, adoptive homes, or other child care
12    facilities.
13        N.  "Non-Compact  state"  means  a  state  that  has  not
14    enacted the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
15        O.  "Preadoption   requirements"   are   any   conditions
16    established  by  the  laws  or  regulations  of  the  Federal
17    Government or of each state that must be  met  prior  to  the
18    placement of a child in an adoptive home.
19        P.  "Abused   child"   means  a  child  whose  parent  or
20    immediate family member, or any person  responsible  for  the
21    child's welfare,  or any individual residing in the same home
22    as the child, or a paramour of the child's parent:
23             (a)  inflicts,  causes to be inflicted, or allows to
24        be inflicted upon the child  physical  injury,  by  other
25        than  accidental means, that causes death, disfigurement,
26        impairment of physical or emotional health,  or  loss  or
27        impairment of any bodily function;
28             (b)  creates  a  substantial risk of physical injury
29        to the child by other than accidental means  which  would
30        be  likely  to  cause death, disfigurement, impairment of
31        physical or emotional health, or loss  or  impairment  of
32        any bodily function;
33             (c)  commits  or  allows  to  be  committed  any sex
34        offense against the child, as sex offenses are defined in
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 1        the Criminal Code of 1961 and extending those definitions
 2        of sex offenses to include children  under  18  years  of
 3        age;
 4             (d)  commits  or  allows  to  be committed an act or
 5        acts of torture upon the child; or
 6             (e)  inflicts excessive corporal punishment.
 7        Q.  "Neglected child" means any  child  whose  parent  or
 8    other person responsible for the child's welfare withholds or
 9    denies nourishment or medically indicated treatment including
10    food  or  care  denied  solely on the basis of the present or
11    anticipated mental or physical impairment as determined by  a
12    physician   acting   alone  or  in  consultation  with  other
13    physicians or  otherwise  does  not  provide  the  proper  or
14    necessary  support,  education as required by law, or medical
15    or  other  remedial  care  recognized  under  State  law   as
16    necessary  for  a child's well-being, or other care necessary
17    for his or her well-being, including adequate food,  clothing
18    and  shelter;  or  who  is abandoned by his or her parents or
19    other person responsible for the child's welfare.
20        A child shall not be considered neglected or  abused  for
21    the  sole  reason  that  the  child's  parent or other person
22    responsible for his or her  welfare  depends  upon  spiritual
23    means  through  prayer  alone  for  the  treatment or cure of
24    disease or remedial care as provided under Section 4  of  the
25    Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
26        R.  "Putative  father"  means  a man who may be a child's
27    father, but who (1) is not married to the child's  mother  on
28    or  before  the  date that the child was or is to be born and
29    (2)  has not established paternity of the child  in  a  court
30    proceeding  before  the filing of a petition for the adoption
31    of the child.  The term includes a male who is less  than  18
32    years of age.
33    (Source: P.A.   88-20;  88-550,  eff.  7-3-94;  88-691,  eff.
34    1-24-95; 89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 89-704, eff. 1-1-98.)
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 1                             ARTICLE 90
 2        Section 90-95.  No acceleration or delay.  Where this Act
 3    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
 4    text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for  example,  a
 5    Section  represented  by  multiple versions), the use of that
 6    text does not accelerate or delay the taking  effect  of  (i)
 7    the  changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
 8    any other Public Act.
 9        Section 90-99.  Effective date.   This  Section  and  the
10    changes  to  subdivision  (D)(m) of Section 1 of the Adoption
11    Act take effect upon becoming law.

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