Full Text of HB3005 97th General Assembly
HB3005ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Michael J. Zalewski Filed: 3/15/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3005
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3005 by replacing | 3 | | the title with the following: | 4 | | "AN ACT concerning parentage."; and | 5 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 6 | | following:
| 7 | | "Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by | 8 | | changing Section 1-3 as follows:
| 9 | | (705 ILCS 405/1-3) (from Ch. 37, par. 801-3)
| 10 | | Sec. 1-3. Definitions. Terms used in this Act, unless the | 11 | | context
otherwise requires, have the following meanings | 12 | | ascribed to them:
| 13 | | (1) "Adjudicatory hearing" means a hearing to
determine | 14 | | whether the allegations of a petition under Section 2-13, 3-15 | 15 | | or
4-12 that a minor under 18 years of age is abused, neglected |
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| 1 | | or dependent, or
requires authoritative intervention, or | 2 | | addicted, respectively, are supported
by a preponderance of the | 3 | | evidence or whether the allegations of a petition
under Section | 4 | | 5-520 that a minor is delinquent are proved beyond a reasonable
| 5 | | doubt.
| 6 | | (2) "Adult" means a person 21 years of age or older.
| 7 | | (3) "Agency" means a public or private child care facility
| 8 | | legally authorized or licensed by this State for placement or | 9 | | institutional
care or for both placement and institutional | 10 | | care.
| 11 | | (4) "Association" means any organization, public or
| 12 | | private, engaged in welfare functions which include services to | 13 | | or on behalf of
children but does not include "agency" as | 14 | | herein defined.
| 15 | | (4.05) Whenever a "best interest" determination is
| 16 | | required, the following factors shall be considered in the | 17 | | context of the
child's age and developmental needs:
| 18 | | (a) the physical safety and welfare of the child, | 19 | | including food, shelter,
health, and clothing;
| 20 | | (b) the development of the child's identity;
| 21 | | (c) the child's background and ties, including | 22 | | familial,
cultural, and religious;
| 23 | | (d) the child's sense of attachments, including:
| 24 | | (i) where the child actually feels love, | 25 | | attachment, and a sense of
being valued (as opposed to | 26 | | where adults believe the child should
feel such love, |
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| 1 | | attachment, and a sense of being valued);
| 2 | | (ii) the child's sense of security;
| 3 | | (iii) the child's sense of familiarity;
| 4 | | (iv) continuity of affection for the child;
| 5 | | (v) the least disruptive placement alternative for | 6 | | the child;
| 7 | | (e) the child's wishes and long-term goals;
| 8 | | (f) the child's community ties, including church, | 9 | | school, and friends;
| 10 | | (g) the child's need for permanence which includes the | 11 | | child's need for
stability and continuity of relationships | 12 | | with parent figures and with siblings
and other relatives;
| 13 | | (h) the uniqueness of every family and child;
| 14 | | (i) the risks attendant to entering and being in | 15 | | substitute care; and
| 16 | | (j) the preferences of the persons available to care | 17 | | for the child.
| 18 | | (4.1) "Chronic truant" shall have the definition
ascribed | 19 | | to it in Section 26-2a of the School Code.
| 20 | | (5) "Court" means the circuit court in a session or | 21 | | division
assigned to hear proceedings under this Act.
| 22 | | (6) "Dispositional hearing" means a hearing to
determine | 23 | | whether a minor should be adjudged to be a ward of the court, | 24 | | and to
determine what order of disposition should be made in | 25 | | respect to a minor
adjudged to be a ward of the court.
| 26 | | (7) "Emancipated minor" means any minor 16 years of age or |
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| 1 | | over who has
been completely or partially emancipated under the | 2 | | Emancipation of
Minors Act or
under this Act.
| 3 | | (8) "Guardianship of the person" of a minor
means the duty | 4 | | and authority to act in the best interests of the minor, | 5 | | subject
to residual parental rights and responsibilities, to | 6 | | make important decisions
in matters having a permanent effect | 7 | | on the life and development of the minor
and to be concerned | 8 | | with his or her general welfare. It includes but is not
| 9 | | necessarily limited to:
| 10 | | (a) the authority to consent to marriage, to enlistment | 11 | | in the armed
forces of the United States, or to a major | 12 | | medical, psychiatric, and
surgical treatment; to represent | 13 | | the minor in legal actions; and to make
other decisions of | 14 | | substantial legal significance concerning the minor;
| 15 | | (b) the authority and duty of reasonable visitation, | 16 | | except to the
extent that these have been limited in the | 17 | | best interests of the minor by
court order;
| 18 | | (c) the rights and responsibilities of legal custody | 19 | | except where legal
custody has been vested in another | 20 | | person or agency; and
| 21 | | (d) the power to consent to the adoption of the minor, | 22 | | but only if
expressly conferred on the guardian in | 23 | | accordance with Section 2-29, 3-30, or
4-27.
| 24 | | (9) "Legal custody" means the relationship created by an
| 25 | | order of court in the best interests of the minor which imposes | 26 | | on the
custodian the responsibility of physical possession of a |
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| 1 | | minor and the duty to
protect, train and discipline him and to | 2 | | provide him with food, shelter,
education and ordinary medical | 3 | | care, except as these are limited by residual
parental rights | 4 | | and responsibilities and the rights and responsibilities of the
| 5 | | guardian of the person, if any.
| 6 | | (9.1) "Mentally capable adult relative" means a person 21 | 7 | | years of age or older who is not suffering from a mental | 8 | | illness that prevents him or her from providing the care | 9 | | necessary to safeguard the physical safety and welfare of a | 10 | | minor who is left in that person's care by the parent or | 11 | | parents or other person responsible for the minor's welfare. | 12 | | (10) "Minor" means a person under the age of 21 years | 13 | | subject to
this Act.
| 14 | | (11) "Parent" means the father or mother of a child and
| 15 | | includes any adoptive parent. It also includes a man (i)
whose | 16 | | paternity
is presumed or has been established under the law of | 17 | | this or another
jurisdiction or (ii) who has registered with | 18 | | the Putative Father Registry in
accordance with Section 12.1 of | 19 | | the Adoption Act and whose paternity has not
been ruled out | 20 | | under the law of this or another jurisdiction. It does not
| 21 | | include a
parent whose rights in respect to the
minor have been | 22 | | terminated in any manner provided by law , or any man who has: | 23 | | (a) been convicted or pled nolo contendere to any crime | 24 | | that resulted in the conception of the child, including, | 25 | | but not limited to, Sections 11-11, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, | 26 | | 12-15, and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar |
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| 1 | | statute in another jurisdiction; or | 2 | | (b) been charged with any of the offenses listed in | 3 | | subsection (a) of this item (11) or similar offenses in | 4 | | Illinois or another jurisdiction and
the Court finds, by a | 5 | | preponderance of the evidence, that the acts
occurred and | 6 | | those acts resulted in the conception of the child .
| 7 | | (11.1) "Permanency goal" means a goal set by the court as | 8 | | defined in
subdivision (2) of Section 2-28.
| 9 | | (11.2) "Permanency hearing" means a hearing to set the | 10 | | permanency goal and
to review and determine (i) the | 11 | | appropriateness of the services contained in
the plan and | 12 | | whether those services have been provided, (ii) whether | 13 | | reasonable
efforts have been made by all the parties to the | 14 | | service plan to achieve the
goal, and (iii) whether the plan | 15 | | and goal have been achieved.
| 16 | | (12) "Petition" means the petition provided for in Section
| 17 | | 2-13, 3-15, 4-12 or 5-520, including any supplemental petitions | 18 | | thereunder
in Section 3-15, 4-12 or 5-520.
| 19 | | (12.1) "Physically capable adult relative" means a person | 20 | | 21 years of age or older who does not have a severe physical | 21 | | disability or medical condition, or is not suffering from | 22 | | alcoholism or drug addiction, that prevents him or her from | 23 | | providing the care necessary to safeguard the physical safety | 24 | | and welfare of a minor who is left in that person's care by the | 25 | | parent or parents or other person responsible for the minor's | 26 | | welfare. |
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| 1 | | (13) "Residual parental
rights and responsibilities" means | 2 | | those rights and responsibilities remaining
with the parent | 3 | | after the transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the
| 4 | | person, including, but not necessarily limited to, the right to | 5 | | reasonable
visitation (which may be limited by the court in the | 6 | | best interests of the
minor as provided in subsection (8)(b) of | 7 | | this Section), the right to consent
to adoption, the right to | 8 | | determine the minor's religious affiliation, and the
| 9 | | responsibility for his support.
| 10 | | (14) "Shelter" means the temporary care of a minor in
| 11 | | physically unrestricting facilities pending court disposition | 12 | | or execution of
court order for placement.
| 13 | | (15) "Station adjustment" means the informal
handling of an | 14 | | alleged offender by a juvenile police officer.
| 15 | | (16) "Ward of the court" means a minor who is so
adjudged | 16 | | under Section 2-22, 3-23, 4-20 or 5-705, after a finding of the
| 17 | | requisite jurisdictional facts, and thus is subject to the | 18 | | dispositional powers
of the court under this Act.
| 19 | | (17) "Juvenile police officer" means a sworn
police officer | 20 | | who has completed a Basic Recruit Training Course, has been
| 21 | | assigned to the position of juvenile police officer by his or | 22 | | her chief law
enforcement officer and has completed the | 23 | | necessary juvenile officers training
as prescribed by the | 24 | | Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, or in
the | 25 | | case of a State police officer, juvenile officer
training | 26 | | approved by the Director of the Department of State Police.
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| 1 | | (18) "Secure child care facility" means any child care | 2 | | facility licensed
by the Department of Children and Family | 3 | | Services to provide secure living
arrangements for children | 4 | | under 18 years of age who are subject to placement in
| 5 | | facilities under the Children and Family Services Act and who | 6 | | are not subject
to placement in facilities for whom standards | 7 | | are established by the Department
of Corrections under Section | 8 | | 3-15-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
"Secure child care | 9 | | facility" also means a
facility that is designed and operated | 10 | | to ensure that all entrances and
exits
from the facility, a | 11 | | building, or a distinct part of the building are under the
| 12 | | exclusive control of the staff of the facility, whether or not | 13 | | the child has
the freedom of movement within the perimeter of | 14 | | the facility, building, or
distinct part of the building.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-168, eff. 8-10-09.)
| 16 | | Section 10. The Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 is amended | 17 | | by changing Section 6.5 and by adding Section 4.2 as follows: | 18 | | (750 ILCS 45/4.2 new) | 19 | | Sec. 4.2. Conception as a result of a crime. In any case in | 20 | | which a child has been conceived as a result of a crime as | 21 | | defined by Article 11 or 12 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or a | 22 | | similar statute in another jurisdiction, and the biological | 23 | | father of the child has: | 24 | | (1) been convicted of or pled nolo contendere to the |
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| 1 | | offense; or | 2 | | (2) been charged with any of the offenses identified in | 3 | | this Section or similar offenses in Illinois or another | 4 | | jurisdiction and the Court finds, by a preponderance of the | 5 | | evidence, that the acts occurred and those acts resulted in | 6 | | the conception of the child; | 7 | | then paternity and parental rights shall not be presumed or | 8 | | granted by any court. | 9 | | (750 ILCS 45/6.5) | 10 | | Sec. 6.5. Custody or visitation by sex offender prohibited.
| 11 | | A person found to be the father of a child under this Act, and | 12 | | who has : | 13 | | (1) been convicted of or who has pled guilty to a | 14 | | violation of Section 11-11 (sexual relations within | 15 | | families), Section 12-13 (criminal sexual assault), | 16 | | Section 12-14 (aggravated criminal sexual assault), | 17 | | Section 12-14.1 (predatory criminal sexual assault of a | 18 | | child), Section 12-15 (criminal sexual abuse), or Section | 19 | | 12-16 (aggravated criminal sexual abuse) of the Criminal | 20 | | Code of 1961 or a similar statute in Illinois or another | 21 | | jurisdiction for his conduct in fathering that child, or | 22 | | (2) been charged with any offense listed in item (1) or | 23 | | similar offense in Illinois or another jurisdiction and the | 24 | | Court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the | 25 | | acts occurred and those acts resulted in the conception of |
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| 1 | | that child, | 2 | | shall not be entitled to custody of or visitation with that | 3 | | child without the consent of the mother or guardian , other than | 4 | | the father of the child who has been convicted of or pled | 5 | | guilty to one of the offenses listed in this Section, or, in | 6 | | cases where the mother is a minor, the guardian of the mother | 7 | | of the child. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, | 8 | | nothing in this Section shall be construed to relieve the | 9 | | father of any support and maintenance obligations to the child | 10 | | under this Act.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 94-928, eff. 6-26-06.)".
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