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90_SB0725
705 ILCS 405/1-4 from Ch. 37, par. 801-4
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes a technical
change in the Section concerning limitations on the scope of
the Act.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Juvenile Court Act by changing
2 Section 1-4.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
6 changing Section 1-4 as follows:
7 (705 ILCS 405/1-4) (from Ch. 37, par. 801-4)
8 Sec. 1-4. Limitations of scope of Act. Nothing in this
9 Act shall be construed to give: (a) any guardian appointed
10 hereunder the guardianship of the estate of the minor or to
11 change the age of minority for any purpose other than those
12 expressly stated in this Act; or (b) any court jurisdiction,
13 except as provided in Sections 2-7, 3-6, 3-9, 4-6 and 5-7,
14 over any minor solely on the basis of the minor's (i)
15 misbehavior which does not violate any federal or state law
16 or municipal ordinance, (ii) refusal to obey the orders or
17 directions of a parent, guardian or custodian, (iii) absence
18 from home without the consent of his or her parent, guardian
19 or custodian, or (iv) truancy, until efforts and procedures
20 to address and resolve such actions by a law enforcement
21 officer during a period of limited custody, by crisis
22 intervention services under Section 3-5, and by alternative
23 voluntary residential placement or other disposition as
24 provided by Section 3-6 have been exhausted without
25 correcting those such actions.
26 (Source: P.A. 85-601.)