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Full Text of HB2404  98th General Assembly

HB2404ham003 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

Filed: 4/12/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2404

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2404, AS AMENDED, by
3replacing the introductory clause of Section 5 with the
4following:
5    "Section 5. The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
6changing Sections 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 2-10, 3-12, 4-9, 5-105, 5-120,
75-130, 5-401.5, 5-410, 5-901, 5-905, and 5-915 as follows:";
8and
 
9by inserting after the last line of Sec. 1-8 of Section 5 the
10following:
 
11    "(705 ILCS 405/1-9)  (from Ch. 37, par. 801-9)
12    Sec. 1-9. Expungement of law enforcement and juvenile court
13records.
14    (1) Expungement of law enforcement and juvenile court
15delinquency records shall be governed by Section 5-915.
16    (2) This subsection (2) applies to expungement of law

 

 

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1enforcement and juvenile court records other than delinquency
2proceedings. Whenever any person has attained the age of 18 17
3or whenever all juvenile court proceedings relating to that
4person have been terminated, whichever is later, the person may
5petition the court to expunge law enforcement records relating
6to incidents occurring before his 18th 17th birthday or his
7juvenile court records, or both, if the minor was placed under
8supervision pursuant to Sections 2-20, 3-21, or 4-18, and such
9order of supervision has since been successfully terminated.
10    (3) The chief judge of the circuit in which an arrest was
11made or a charge was brought or any judge of that circuit
12designated by the chief judge may, upon verified petition of a
13person who is the subject of an arrest or a juvenile court
14proceeding pursuant to subsection (2) of this Section, order
15the law enforcement records or juvenile court records, or both,
16to be expunged from the official records of the arresting
17authority and the clerk of the circuit court. Notice of the
18petition shall be served upon the State's Attorney and upon the
19arresting authority which is the subject of the petition for
20expungement.
21    (4) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act
22of the 98th General Assembly apply to law enforcement and
23juvenile court records of a minor who has been arrested or
24taken into custody on or after the effective date of this
25amendatory Act.
26(Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)
 

 

 

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1    (705 ILCS 405/2-10)  (from Ch. 37, par. 802-10)
2    Sec. 2-10. Temporary custody hearing. At the appearance of
3the minor before the court at the temporary custody hearing,
4all witnesses present shall be examined before the court in
5relation to any matter connected with the allegations made in
6the petition.
7    (1) If the court finds that there is not probable cause to
8believe that the minor is abused, neglected or dependent it
9shall release the minor and dismiss the petition.
10    (2) If the court finds that there is probable cause to
11believe that the minor is abused, neglected or dependent, the
12court shall state in writing the factual basis supporting its
13finding and the minor, his or her parent, guardian, custodian
14and other persons able to give relevant testimony shall be
15examined before the court. The Department of Children and
16Family Services shall give testimony concerning indicated
17reports of abuse and neglect, of which they are aware of
18through the central registry, involving the minor's parent,
19guardian or custodian. After such testimony, the court may,
20consistent with the health, safety and best interests of the
21minor, enter an order that the minor shall be released upon the
22request of parent, guardian or custodian if the parent,
23guardian or custodian appears to take custody. If it is
24determined that a parent's, guardian's, or custodian's
25compliance with critical services mitigates the necessity for

 

 

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1removal of the minor from his or her home, the court may enter
2an Order of Protection setting forth reasonable conditions of
3behavior that a parent, guardian, or custodian must observe for
4a specified period of time, not to exceed 12 months, without a
5violation; provided, however, that the 12-month period shall
6begin anew after any violation. Custodian shall include any
7agency of the State which has been given custody or wardship of
8the child. If it is consistent with the health, safety and best
9interests of the minor, the court may also prescribe shelter
10care and order that the minor be kept in a suitable place
11designated by the court or in a shelter care facility
12designated by the Department of Children and Family Services or
13a licensed child welfare agency; however, a minor charged with
14a criminal offense under the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
15Criminal Code of 2012 or adjudicated delinquent shall not be
16placed in the custody of or committed to the Department of
17Children and Family Services by any court, except a minor less
18than 15 years of age and committed to the Department of
19Children and Family Services under Section 5-710 of this Act or
20a minor for whom an independent basis of abuse, neglect, or
21dependency exists. An independent basis exists when the
22allegations or adjudication of abuse, neglect, or dependency do
23not arise from the same facts, incident, or circumstances which
24give rise to a charge or adjudication of delinquency.
25    In placing the minor, the Department or other agency shall,
26to the extent compatible with the court's order, comply with

 

 

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1Section 7 of the Children and Family Services Act. In
2determining the health, safety and best interests of the minor
3to prescribe shelter care, the court must find that it is a
4matter of immediate and urgent necessity for the safety and
5protection of the minor or of the person or property of another
6that the minor be placed in a shelter care facility or that he
7or she is likely to flee the jurisdiction of the court, and
8must further find that reasonable efforts have been made or
9that, consistent with the health, safety and best interests of
10the minor, no efforts reasonably can be made to prevent or
11eliminate the necessity of removal of the minor from his or her
12home. The court shall require documentation from the Department
13of Children and Family Services as to the reasonable efforts
14that were made to prevent or eliminate the necessity of removal
15of the minor from his or her home or the reasons why no efforts
16reasonably could be made to prevent or eliminate the necessity
17of removal. When a minor is placed in the home of a relative,
18the Department of Children and Family Services shall complete a
19preliminary background review of the members of the minor's
20custodian's household in accordance with Section 4.3 of the
21Child Care Act of 1969 within 90 days of that placement. If the
22minor is ordered placed in a shelter care facility of the
23Department of Children and Family Services or a licensed child
24welfare agency, the court shall, upon request of the
25appropriate Department or other agency, appoint the Department
26of Children and Family Services Guardianship Administrator or

 

 

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1other appropriate agency executive temporary custodian of the
2minor and the court may enter such other orders related to the
3temporary custody as it deems fit and proper, including the
4provision of services to the minor or his family to ameliorate
5the causes contributing to the finding of probable cause or to
6the finding of the existence of immediate and urgent necessity.
7    Where the Department of Children and Family Services
8Guardianship Administrator is appointed as the executive
9temporary custodian, the Department of Children and Family
10Services shall file with the court and serve on the parties a
11parent-child visiting plan, within 10 days, excluding weekends
12and holidays, after the appointment. The parent-child visiting
13plan shall set out the time and place of visits, the frequency
14of visits, the length of visits, who shall be present at the
15visits, and where appropriate, the minor's opportunities to
16have telephone and mail communication with the parents.
17    Where the Department of Children and Family Services
18Guardianship Administrator is appointed as the executive
19temporary custodian, and when the child has siblings in care,
20the Department of Children and Family Services shall file with
21the court and serve on the parties a sibling placement and
22contact plan within 10 days, excluding weekends and holidays,
23after the appointment. The sibling placement and contact plan
24shall set forth whether the siblings are placed together, and
25if they are not placed together, what, if any, efforts are
26being made to place them together. If the Department has

 

 

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1determined that it is not in a child's best interest to be
2placed with a sibling, the Department shall document in the
3sibling placement and contact plan the basis for its
4determination. For siblings placed separately, the sibling
5placement and contact plan shall set the time and place for
6visits, the frequency of the visits, the length of visits, who
7shall be present for the visits, and where appropriate, the
8child's opportunities to have contact with their siblings in
9addition to in person contact. If the Department determines it
10is not in the best interest of a sibling to have contact with a
11sibling, the Department shall document in the sibling placement
12and contact plan the basis for its determination. The sibling
13placement and contact plan shall specify a date for development
14of the Sibling Contact Support Plan, under subsection (f) of
15Section 7.4 of the Children and Family Services Act, and shall
16remain in effect until the Sibling Contact Support Plan is
17developed.
18     For good cause, the court may waive the requirement to
19file the parent-child visiting plan or the sibling placement
20and contact plan, or extend the time for filing either plan.
21Any party may, by motion, request the court to review the
22parent-child visiting plan to determine whether it is
23reasonably calculated to expeditiously facilitate the
24achievement of the permanency goal. A party may, by motion,
25request the court to review the parent-child visiting plan or
26the sibling placement and contact plan to determine whether it

 

 

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1is consistent with the minor's best interest. The court may
2refer the parties to mediation where available. The frequency,
3duration, and locations of visitation shall be measured by the
4needs of the child and family, and not by the convenience of
5Department personnel. Child development principles shall be
6considered by the court in its analysis of how frequent
7visitation should be, how long it should last, where it should
8take place, and who should be present. If upon motion of the
9party to review either plan and after receiving evidence, the
10court determines that the parent-child visiting plan is not
11reasonably calculated to expeditiously facilitate the
12achievement of the permanency goal or that the restrictions
13placed on parent-child contact or sibling placement or contact
14are contrary to the child's best interests, the court shall put
15in writing the factual basis supporting the determination and
16enter specific findings based on the evidence. The court shall
17enter an order for the Department to implement changes to the
18parent-child visiting plan or sibling placement or contact
19plan, consistent with the court's findings. At any stage of
20proceeding, any party may by motion request the court to enter
21any orders necessary to implement the parent-child visiting
22plan, sibling placement or contact plan or subsequently
23developed Sibling Contact Support Plan. Nothing under this
24subsection (2) shall restrict the court from granting
25discretionary authority to the Department to increase
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1contacts, without further court orders. Nothing in this
2subsection (2) shall restrict the Department from immediately
3restricting or terminating parent-child contact or sibling
4contacts, without either amending the parent-child visiting
5plan or the sibling contact plan or obtaining a court order,
6where the Department or its assigns reasonably believe that
7continuation of the contact, as set out in the plan, would be
8contrary to the child's health, safety, and welfare. The
9Department shall file with the court and serve on the parties
10any amendments to the plan within 10 days, excluding weekends
11and holidays, of the change of the visitation.
12    Acceptance of services shall not be considered an admission
13of any allegation in a petition made pursuant to this Act, nor
14may a referral of services be considered as evidence in any
15proceeding pursuant to this Act, except where the issue is
16whether the Department has made reasonable efforts to reunite
17the family. In making its findings that it is consistent with
18the health, safety and best interests of the minor to prescribe
19shelter care, the court shall state in writing (i) the factual
20basis supporting its findings concerning the immediate and
21urgent necessity for the protection of the minor or of the
22person or property of another and (ii) the factual basis
23supporting its findings that reasonable efforts were made to
24prevent or eliminate the removal of the minor from his or her
25home or that no efforts reasonably could be made to prevent or
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1parents, guardian, custodian, temporary custodian and minor
2shall each be furnished a copy of such written findings. The
3temporary custodian shall maintain a copy of the court order
4and written findings in the case record for the child. The
5order together with the court's findings of fact in support
6thereof shall be entered of record in the court.
7    Once the court finds that it is a matter of immediate and
8urgent necessity for the protection of the minor that the minor
9be placed in a shelter care facility, the minor shall not be
10returned to the parent, custodian or guardian until the court
11finds that such placement is no longer necessary for the
12protection of the minor.
13    If the child is placed in the temporary custody of the
14Department of Children and Family Services for his or her
15protection, the court shall admonish the parents, guardian,
16custodian or responsible relative that the parents must
17cooperate with the Department of Children and Family Services,
18comply with the terms of the service plans, and correct the
19conditions which require the child to be in care, or risk
20termination of their parental rights.
21    (3) If prior to the shelter care hearing for a minor
22described in Sections 2-3, 2-4, 3-3 and 4-3 the moving party is
23unable to serve notice on the party respondent, the shelter
24care hearing may proceed ex-parte. A shelter care order from an
25ex-parte hearing shall be endorsed with the date and hour of
26issuance and shall be filed with the clerk's office and entered

 

 

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1of record. The order shall expire after 10 days from the time
2it is issued unless before its expiration it is renewed, at a
3hearing upon appearance of the party respondent, or upon an
4affidavit of the moving party as to all diligent efforts to
5notify the party respondent by notice as herein prescribed. The
6notice prescribed shall be in writing and shall be personally
7delivered to the minor or the minor's attorney and to the last
8known address of the other person or persons entitled to
9notice. The notice shall also state the nature of the
10allegations, the nature of the order sought by the State,
11including whether temporary custody is sought, and the
12consequences of failure to appear and shall contain a notice
13that the parties will not be entitled to further written
14notices or publication notices of proceedings in this case,
15including the filing of an amended petition or a motion to
16terminate parental rights, except as required by Supreme Court
17Rule 11; and shall explain the right of the parties and the
18procedures to vacate or modify a shelter care order as provided
19in this Section. The notice for a shelter care hearing shall be
20substantially as follows:
21
NOTICE TO PARENTS AND CHILDREN
22
OF SHELTER CARE HEARING
23        On ................ at ........., before the Honorable
24    ................, (address:) ................., the State
25    of Illinois will present evidence (1) that (name of child
26    or children) ....................... are abused, neglected

 

 

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1    or dependent for the following reasons:
2    .............................................. and (2)
3    whether there is "immediate and urgent necessity" to remove
4    the child or children from the responsible relative.
5        YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING MAY RESULT IN
6    PLACEMENT of the child or children in foster care until a
7    trial can be held. A trial may not be held for up to 90
8    days. You will not be entitled to further notices of
9    proceedings in this case, including the filing of an
10    amended petition or a motion to terminate parental rights.
11        At the shelter care hearing, parents have the following
12    rights:
13            1. To ask the court to appoint a lawyer if they
14        cannot afford one.
15            2. To ask the court to continue the hearing to
16        allow them time to prepare.
17            3. To present evidence concerning:
18                a. Whether or not the child or children were
19            abused, neglected or dependent.
20                b. Whether or not there is "immediate and
21            urgent necessity" to remove the child from home
22            (including: their ability to care for the child,
23            conditions in the home, alternative means of
24            protecting the child other than removal).
25                c. The best interests of the child.
26            4. To cross examine the State's witnesses.
 

 

 

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1    The Notice for rehearings shall be substantially as
2follows:
3
NOTICE OF PARENT'S AND CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
4
TO REHEARING ON TEMPORARY CUSTODY
5        If you were not present at and did not have adequate
6    notice of the Shelter Care Hearing at which temporary
7    custody of ............... was awarded to
8    ................, you have the right to request a full
9    rehearing on whether the State should have temporary
10    custody of ................. To request this rehearing,
11    you must file with the Clerk of the Juvenile Court
12    (address): ........................, in person or by
13    mailing a statement (affidavit) setting forth the
14    following:
15            1. That you were not present at the shelter care
16        hearing.
17            2. That you did not get adequate notice (explaining
18        how the notice was inadequate).
19            3. Your signature.
20            4. Signature must be notarized.
21        The rehearing should be scheduled within 48 hours of
22    your filing this affidavit.
23        At the rehearing, your rights are the same as at the
24    initial shelter care hearing. The enclosed notice explains
25    those rights.

 

 

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1        At the Shelter Care Hearing, children have the
2    following rights:
3            1. To have a guardian ad litem appointed.
4            2. To be declared competent as a witness and to
5        present testimony concerning:
6                a. Whether they are abused, neglected or
7            dependent.
8                b. Whether there is "immediate and urgent
9            necessity" to be removed from home.
10                c. Their best interests.
11            3. To cross examine witnesses for other parties.
12            4. To obtain an explanation of any proceedings and
13        orders of the court.
14    (4) If the parent, guardian, legal custodian, responsible
15relative, minor age 8 or over, or counsel of the minor did not
16have actual notice of or was not present at the shelter care
17hearing, he or she may file an affidavit setting forth these
18facts, and the clerk shall set the matter for rehearing not
19later than 48 hours, excluding Sundays and legal holidays,
20after the filing of the affidavit. At the rehearing, the court
21shall proceed in the same manner as upon the original hearing.
22    (5) Only when there is reasonable cause to believe that the
23minor taken into custody is a person described in subsection
24(3) of Section 5-105 may the minor be kept or detained in a
25detention home or county or municipal jail. This Section shall
26in no way be construed to limit subsection (6).

 

 

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1    (6) No minor under 16 years of age may be confined in a
2jail or place ordinarily used for the confinement of prisoners
3in a police station. Minors under 18 17 years of age must be
4kept separate from confined adults and may not at any time be
5kept in the same cell, room, or yard with adults confined
6pursuant to the criminal law.
7    (7) If the minor is not brought before a judicial officer
8within the time period as specified in Section 2-9, the minor
9must immediately be released from custody.
10    (8) If neither the parent, guardian or custodian appears
11within 24 hours to take custody of a minor released upon
12request pursuant to subsection (2) of this Section, then the
13clerk of the court shall set the matter for rehearing not later
14than 7 days after the original order and shall issue a summons
15directed to the parent, guardian or custodian to appear. At the
16same time the probation department shall prepare a report on
17the minor. If a parent, guardian or custodian does not appear
18at such rehearing, the judge may enter an order prescribing
19that the minor be kept in a suitable place designated by the
20Department of Children and Family Services or a licensed child
21welfare agency.
22    (9) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section any
23interested party, including the State, the temporary
24custodian, an agency providing services to the minor or family
25under a service plan pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Abused and
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1representatives, on notice to all parties entitled to notice,
2may file a motion that it is in the best interests of the minor
3to modify or vacate a temporary custody order on any of the
4following grounds:
5        (a) It is no longer a matter of immediate and urgent
6    necessity that the minor remain in shelter care; or
7        (b) There is a material change in the circumstances of
8    the natural family from which the minor was removed and the
9    child can be cared for at home without endangering the
10    child's health or safety; or
11        (c) A person not a party to the alleged abuse, neglect
12    or dependency, including a parent, relative or legal
13    guardian, is capable of assuming temporary custody of the
14    minor; or
15        (d) Services provided by the Department of Children and
16    Family Services or a child welfare agency or other service
17    provider have been successful in eliminating the need for
18    temporary custody and the child can be cared for at home
19    without endangering the child's health or safety.
20    In ruling on the motion, the court shall determine whether
21it is consistent with the health, safety and best interests of
22the minor to modify or vacate a temporary custody order.
23    The clerk shall set the matter for hearing not later than
2414 days after such motion is filed. In the event that the court
25modifies or vacates a temporary custody order but does not
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1appropriate services be continued or initiated in behalf of the
2minor and his or her family.
3    (10) When the court finds or has found that there is
4probable cause to believe a minor is an abused minor as
5described in subsection (2) of Section 2-3 and that there is an
6immediate and urgent necessity for the abused minor to be
7placed in shelter care, immediate and urgent necessity shall be
8presumed for any other minor residing in the same household as
9the abused minor provided:
10        (a) Such other minor is the subject of an abuse or
11    neglect petition pending before the court; and
12        (b) A party to the petition is seeking shelter care for
13    such other minor.
14    Once the presumption of immediate and urgent necessity has
15been raised, the burden of demonstrating the lack of immediate
16and urgent necessity shall be on any party that is opposing
17shelter care for the other minor.
18    The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of
19the 98th General Assembly apply to a minor who has been
20arrested or taken into custody on or after the effective date
21of this amendatory Act.
22(Source: P.A. 97-1076, eff. 8-24-12; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
23    (705 ILCS 405/3-12)  (from Ch. 37, par. 803-12)
24    Sec. 3-12. Shelter care hearing. At the appearance of the
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1witnesses present shall be examined before the court in
2relation to any matter connected with the allegations made in
3the petition.
4    (1) If the court finds that there is not probable cause to
5believe that the minor is a person requiring authoritative
6intervention, it shall release the minor and dismiss the
7petition.
8    (2) If the court finds that there is probable cause to
9believe that the minor is a person requiring authoritative
10intervention, the minor, his or her parent, guardian, custodian
11and other persons able to give relevant testimony shall be
12examined before the court. After such testimony, the court may
13enter an order that the minor shall be released upon the
14request of a parent, guardian or custodian if the parent,
15guardian or custodian appears to take custody. Custodian shall
16include any agency of the State which has been given custody or
17wardship of the child. The Court shall require documentation by
18representatives of the Department of Children and Family
19Services or the probation department as to the reasonable
20efforts that were made to prevent or eliminate the necessity of
21removal of the minor from his or her home, and shall consider
22the testimony of any person as to those reasonable efforts. If
23the court finds that it is a matter of immediate and urgent
24necessity for the protection of the minor or of the person or
25property of another that the minor be placed in a shelter care
26facility, or that he or she is likely to flee the jurisdiction

 

 

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1of the court, and further finds that reasonable efforts have
2been made or good cause has been shown why reasonable efforts
3cannot prevent or eliminate the necessity of removal of the
4minor from his or her home, the court may prescribe shelter
5care and order that the minor be kept in a suitable place
6designated by the court or in a shelter care facility
7designated by the Department of Children and Family Services or
8a licensed child welfare agency; otherwise it shall release the
9minor from custody. If the court prescribes shelter care, then
10in placing the minor, the Department or other agency shall, to
11the extent compatible with the court's order, comply with
12Section 7 of the Children and Family Services Act. If the minor
13is ordered placed in a shelter care facility of the Department
14of Children and Family Services or a licensed child welfare
15agency, the court shall, upon request of the Department or
16other agency, appoint the Department of Children and Family
17Services Guardianship Administrator or other appropriate
18agency executive temporary custodian of the minor and the court
19may enter such other orders related to the temporary custody as
20it deems fit and proper, including the provision of services to
21the minor or his family to ameliorate the causes contributing
22to the finding of probable cause or to the finding of the
23existence of immediate and urgent necessity. Acceptance of
24services shall not be considered an admission of any allegation
25in a petition made pursuant to this Act, nor may a referral of
26services be considered as evidence in any proceeding pursuant

 

 

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1to this Act, except where the issue is whether the Department
2has made reasonable efforts to reunite the family. In making
3its findings that reasonable efforts have been made or that
4good cause has been shown why reasonable efforts cannot prevent
5or eliminate the necessity of removal of the minor from his or
6her home, the court shall state in writing its findings
7concerning the nature of the services that were offered or the
8efforts that were made to prevent removal of the child and the
9apparent reasons that such services or efforts could not
10prevent the need for removal. The parents, guardian, custodian,
11temporary custodian and minor shall each be furnished a copy of
12such written findings. The temporary custodian shall maintain a
13copy of the court order and written findings in the case record
14for the child.
15    The order together with the court's findings of fact and
16support thereof shall be entered of record in the court.
17    Once the court finds that it is a matter of immediate and
18urgent necessity for the protection of the minor that the minor
19be placed in a shelter care facility, the minor shall not be
20returned to the parent, custodian or guardian until the court
21finds that such placement is no longer necessary for the
22protection of the minor.
23    (3) If prior to the shelter care hearing for a minor
24described in Sections 2-3, 2-4, 3-3 and 4-3 the petitioner is
25unable to serve notice on the party respondent, the shelter
26care hearing may proceed ex-parte. A shelter care order from an

 

 

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1ex-parte hearing shall be endorsed with the date and hour of
2issuance and shall be filed with the clerk's office and entered
3of record. The order shall expire after 10 days from the time
4it is issued unless before its expiration it is renewed, at a
5hearing upon appearance of the party respondent, or upon an
6affidavit of the moving party as to all diligent efforts to
7notify the party respondent by notice as herein prescribed. The
8notice prescribed shall be in writing and shall be personally
9delivered to the minor or the minor's attorney and to the last
10known address of the other person or persons entitled to
11notice. The notice shall also state the nature of the
12allegations, the nature of the order sought by the State,
13including whether temporary custody is sought, and the
14consequences of failure to appear; and shall explain the right
15of the parties and the procedures to vacate or modify a shelter
16care order as provided in this Section. The notice for a
17shelter care hearing shall be substantially as follows:
18
NOTICE TO PARENTS AND CHILDREN OF SHELTER CARE HEARING
19    On ................ at ........., before the Honorable
20................, (address:) ................., the State of
21Illinois will present evidence (1) that (name of child or
22children) ....................... are abused, neglected or
23dependent for the following reasons:
24.............................................................
25and (2) that there is "immediate and urgent necessity" to
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1    YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING MAY RESULT IN
2PLACEMENT of the child or children in foster care until a trial
3can be held. A trial may not be held for up to 90 days.
4    At the shelter care hearing, parents have the following
5rights:
6        1. To ask the court to appoint a lawyer if they cannot
7    afford one.
8        2. To ask the court to continue the hearing to allow
9    them time to prepare.
10        3. To present evidence concerning:
11            a. Whether or not the child or children were
12        abused, neglected or dependent.
13            b. Whether or not there is "immediate and urgent
14        necessity" to remove the child from home (including:
15        their ability to care for the child, conditions in the
16        home, alternative means of protecting the child other
17        than removal).
18            c. The best interests of the child.
19        4. To cross examine the State's witnesses.
20    The Notice for rehearings shall be substantially as
21follows:
22
NOTICE OF PARENT'S AND CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
23
TO REHEARING ON TEMPORARY CUSTODY
24    If you were not present at and did not have adequate notice
25of the Shelter Care Hearing at which temporary custody of
26............... was awarded to ................, you have the

 

 

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1right to request a full rehearing on whether the State should
2have temporary custody of ................. To request this
3rehearing, you must file with the Clerk of the Juvenile Court
4(address): ........................, in person or by mailing a
5statement (affidavit) setting forth the following:
6        1. That you were not present at the shelter care
7    hearing.
8        2. That you did not get adequate notice (explaining how
9    the notice was inadequate).
10        3. Your signature.
11        4. Signature must be notarized.
12    The rehearing should be scheduled within one day of your
13filing this affidavit.
14    At the rehearing, your rights are the same as at the
15initial shelter care hearing. The enclosed notice explains
16those rights.
17    At the Shelter Care Hearing, children have the following
18rights:
19        1. To have a guardian ad litem appointed.
20        2. To be declared competent as a witness and to present
21    testimony concerning:
22            a. Whether they are abused, neglected or
23        dependent.
24            b. Whether there is "immediate and urgent
25        necessity" to be removed from home.
26            c. Their best interests.

 

 

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1        3. To cross examine witnesses for other parties.
2        4. To obtain an explanation of any proceedings and
3    orders of the court.
4    (4) If the parent, guardian, legal custodian, responsible
5relative, or counsel of the minor did not have actual notice of
6or was not present at the shelter care hearing, he or she may
7file an affidavit setting forth these facts, and the clerk
8shall set the matter for rehearing not later than 48 hours,
9excluding Sundays and legal holidays, after the filing of the
10affidavit. At the rehearing, the court shall proceed in the
11same manner as upon the original hearing.
12    (5) Only when there is reasonable cause to believe that the
13minor taken into custody is a person described in subsection
14(3) of Section 5-105 may the minor be kept or detained in a
15detention home or county or municipal jail. This Section shall
16in no way be construed to limit subsection (6).
17    (6) No minor under 16 years of age may be confined in a
18jail or place ordinarily used for the confinement of prisoners
19in a police station. Minors under 18 17 years of age must be
20kept separate from confined adults and may not at any time be
21kept in the same cell, room, or yard with adults confined
22pursuant to the criminal law.
23    (7) If the minor is not brought before a judicial officer
24within the time period specified in Section 3-11, the minor
25must immediately be released from custody.
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1within 24 hours to take custody of a minor released upon
2request pursuant to subsection (2) of this Section, then the
3clerk of the court shall set the matter for rehearing not later
4than 7 days after the original order and shall issue a summons
5directed to the parent, guardian or custodian to appear. At the
6same time the probation department shall prepare a report on
7the minor. If a parent, guardian or custodian does not appear
8at such rehearing, the judge may enter an order prescribing
9that the minor be kept in a suitable place designated by the
10Department of Children and Family Services or a licensed child
11welfare agency.
12    (9) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
13any interested party, including the State, the temporary
14custodian, an agency providing services to the minor or family
15under a service plan pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Abused and
16Neglected Child Reporting Act, foster parent, or any of their
17representatives, on notice to all parties entitled to notice,
18may file a motion to modify or vacate a temporary custody order
19on any of the following grounds:
20        (a) It is no longer a matter of immediate and urgent
21    necessity that the minor remain in shelter care; or
22        (b) There is a material change in the circumstances of
23    the natural family from which the minor was removed; or
24        (c) A person, including a parent, relative or legal
25    guardian, is capable of assuming temporary custody of the
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1        (d) Services provided by the Department of Children and
2    Family Services or a child welfare agency or other service
3    provider have been successful in eliminating the need for
4    temporary custody.
5    The clerk shall set the matter for hearing not later than
614 days after such motion is filed. In the event that the court
7modifies or vacates a temporary custody order but does not
8vacate its finding of probable cause, the court may order that
9appropriate services be continued or initiated in behalf of the
10minor and his or her family.
11    The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of
12the 98th General Assembly apply to a minor who has been
13arrested or taken into custody on or after the effective date
14of this amendatory Act.
15(Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)
 
16    (705 ILCS 405/4-9)  (from Ch. 37, par. 804-9)
17    Sec. 4-9. Shelter care hearing. At the appearance of the
18minor before the court at the shelter care hearing, all
19witnesses present shall be examined before the court in
20relation to any matter connected with the allegations made in
21the petition.
22    (1) If the court finds that there is not probable cause to
23believe that the minor is addicted, it shall release the minor
24and dismiss the petition.
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1believe that the minor is addicted, the minor, his or her
2parent, guardian, custodian and other persons able to give
3relevant testimony shall be examined before the court. After
4such testimony, the court may enter an order that the minor
5shall be released upon the request of a parent, guardian or
6custodian if the parent, guardian or custodian appears to take
7custody and agrees to abide by a court order which requires the
8minor and his or her parent, guardian, or legal custodian to
9complete an evaluation by an entity licensed by the Department
10of Human Services, as the successor to the Department of
11Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, and complete any treatment
12recommendations indicated by the assessment. Custodian shall
13include any agency of the State which has been given custody or
14wardship of the child.
15    The Court shall require documentation by representatives
16of the Department of Children and Family Services or the
17probation department as to the reasonable efforts that were
18made to prevent or eliminate the necessity of removal of the
19minor from his or her home, and shall consider the testimony of
20any person as to those reasonable efforts. If the court finds
21that it is a matter of immediate and urgent necessity for the
22protection of the minor or of the person or property of another
23that the minor be or placed in a shelter care facility or that
24he or she is likely to flee the jurisdiction of the court, and
25further, finds that reasonable efforts have been made or good
26cause has been shown why reasonable efforts cannot prevent or

 

 

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1eliminate the necessity of removal of the minor from his or her
2home, the court may prescribe shelter care and order that the
3minor be kept in a suitable place designated by the court or in
4a shelter care facility designated by the Department of
5Children and Family Services or a licensed child welfare
6agency, or in a facility or program licensed by the Department
7of Human Services for shelter and treatment services; otherwise
8it shall release the minor from custody. If the court
9prescribes shelter care, then in placing the minor, the
10Department or other agency shall, to the extent compatible with
11the court's order, comply with Section 7 of the Children and
12Family Services Act. If the minor is ordered placed in a
13shelter care facility of the Department of Children and Family
14Services or a licensed child welfare agency, or in a facility
15or program licensed by the Department of Human Services for
16shelter and treatment services, the court shall, upon request
17of the appropriate Department or other agency, appoint the
18Department of Children and Family Services Guardianship
19Administrator or other appropriate agency executive temporary
20custodian of the minor and the court may enter such other
21orders related to the temporary custody as it deems fit and
22proper, including the provision of services to the minor or his
23family to ameliorate the causes contributing to the finding of
24probable cause or to the finding of the existence of immediate
25and urgent necessity. Acceptance of services shall not be
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1pursuant to this Act, nor may a referral of services be
2considered as evidence in any proceeding pursuant to this Act,
3except where the issue is whether the Department has made
4reasonable efforts to reunite the family. In making its
5findings that reasonable efforts have been made or that good
6cause has been shown why reasonable efforts cannot prevent or
7eliminate the necessity of removal of the minor from his or her
8home, the court shall state in writing its findings concerning
9the nature of the services that were offered or the efforts
10that were made to prevent removal of the child and the apparent
11reasons that such services or efforts could not prevent the
12need for removal. The parents, guardian, custodian, temporary
13custodian and minor shall each be furnished a copy of such
14written findings. The temporary custodian shall maintain a copy
15of the court order and written findings in the case record for
16the child. The order together with the court's findings of fact
17in support thereof shall be entered of record in the court.
18    Once the court finds that it is a matter of immediate and
19urgent necessity for the protection of the minor that the minor
20be placed in a shelter care facility, the minor shall not be
21returned to the parent, custodian or guardian until the court
22finds that such placement is no longer necessary for the
23protection of the minor.
24    (3) If neither the parent, guardian, legal custodian,
25responsible relative nor counsel of the minor has had actual
26notice of or is present at the shelter care hearing, he or she

 

 

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1may file his or her affidavit setting forth these facts, and
2the clerk shall set the matter for rehearing not later than 24
3hours, excluding Sundays and legal holidays, after the filing
4of the affidavit. At the rehearing, the court shall proceed in
5the same manner as upon the original hearing.
6    (4) If the minor is not brought before a judicial officer
7within the time period as specified in Section 4-8, the minor
8must immediately be released from custody.
9    (5) Only when there is reasonable cause to believe that the
10minor taken into custody is a person described in subsection
11(3) of Section 5-105 may the minor be kept or detained in a
12detention home or county or municipal jail. This Section shall
13in no way be construed to limit subsection (6).
14    (6) No minor under 16 years of age may be confined in a
15jail or place ordinarily used for the confinement of prisoners
16in a police station. Minors under 18 17 years of age must be
17kept separate from confined adults and may not at any time be
18kept in the same cell, room or yard with adults confined
19pursuant to the criminal law.
20    (7) If neither the parent, guardian or custodian appears
21within 24 hours to take custody of a minor released upon
22request pursuant to subsection (2) of this Section, then the
23clerk of the court shall set the matter for rehearing not later
24than 7 days after the original order and shall issue a summons
25directed to the parent, guardian or custodian to appear. At the
26same time the probation department shall prepare a report on

 

 

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1the minor. If a parent, guardian or custodian does not appear
2at such rehearing, the judge may enter an order prescribing
3that the minor be kept in a suitable place designated by the
4Department of Children and Family Services or a licensed child
5welfare agency.
6    (8) Any interested party, including the State, the
7temporary custodian, an agency providing services to the minor
8or family under a service plan pursuant to Section 8.2 of the
9Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, foster parent, or any
10of their representatives, may file a motion to modify or vacate
11a temporary custody order on any of the following grounds:
12        (a) It is no longer a matter of immediate and urgent
13    necessity that the minor remain in shelter care; or
14        (b) There is a material change in the circumstances of
15    the natural family from which the minor was removed; or
16        (c) A person, including a parent, relative or legal
17    guardian, is capable of assuming temporary custody of the
18    minor; or
19        (d) Services provided by the Department of Children and
20    Family Services or a child welfare agency or other service
21    provider have been successful in eliminating the need for
22    temporary custody.
23    The clerk shall set the matter for hearing not later than
2414 days after such motion is filed. In the event that the court
25modifies or vacates a temporary custody order but does not
26vacate its finding of probable cause, the court may order that

 

 

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1appropriate services be continued or initiated in behalf of the
2minor and his or her family.
3    The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of
4the 98th General Assembly apply to a minor who has been
5arrested or taken into custody on or after the effective date
6of this amendatory Act.
7(Source: P.A. 89-422; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-590, eff.
81-1-99.)"; and
 
9by inserting after the last line of Sec. 5-120 of Section 5 the
10following:
 
11    "(705 ILCS 405/5-130)
12    Sec. 5-130. Excluded jurisdiction.
13    (1) (a) The definition of delinquent minor under Section
145-120 of this Article shall not apply to any minor who at the
15time of an offense was at least 15 years of age and who is
16charged with: (i) first degree murder, (ii) aggravated criminal
17sexual assault, (iii) aggravated battery with a firearm as
18described in Section 12-4.2 or subdivision (e)(1), (e)(2),
19(e)(3), or (e)(4) of Section 12-3.05 where the minor personally
20discharged a firearm as defined in Section 2-15.5 of the
21Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, (iv) armed
22robbery when the armed robbery was committed with a firearm, or
23(v) aggravated vehicular hijacking when the hijacking was
24committed with a firearm.

 

 

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1    These charges and all other charges arising out of the same
2incident shall be prosecuted under the criminal laws of this
3State.
4    (b) (i) If before trial or plea an information or
5indictment is filed that does not charge an offense specified
6in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) the State's Attorney
7may proceed on any lesser charge or charges, but only in
8Juvenile Court under the provisions of this Article. The
9State's Attorney may proceed on a lesser charge if before trial
10the minor defendant knowingly and with advice of counsel
11waives, in writing, his or her right to have the matter proceed
12in Juvenile Court.
13    (ii) If before trial or plea an information or indictment
14is filed that includes one or more charges specified in
15paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) and additional charges
16that are not specified in that paragraph, all of the charges
17arising out of the same incident shall be prosecuted under the
18Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
19    (c) (i) If after trial or plea the minor is convicted of
20any offense covered by paragraph (a) of this subsection (1),
21then, in sentencing the minor, the court shall have available
22any or all dispositions prescribed for that offense under
23Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections.
24    (ii) If after trial or plea the court finds that the minor
25committed an offense not covered by paragraph (a) of this
26subsection (1), that finding shall not invalidate the verdict

 

 

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1or the prosecution of the minor under the criminal laws of the
2State; however, unless the State requests a hearing for the
3purpose of sentencing the minor under Chapter V of the Unified
4Code of Corrections, the Court must proceed under Sections
55-705 and 5-710 of this Article. To request a hearing, the
6State must file a written motion within 10 days following the
7entry of a finding or the return of a verdict. Reasonable
8notice of the motion shall be given to the minor or his or her
9counsel. If the motion is made by the State, the court shall
10conduct a hearing to determine if the minor should be sentenced
11under Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections. In making
12its determination, the court shall consider among other
13matters: (a) whether there is evidence that the offense was
14committed in an aggressive and premeditated manner; (b) the age
15of the minor; (c) the previous history of the minor; (d)
16whether there are facilities particularly available to the
17Juvenile Court or the Department of Juvenile Justice for the
18treatment and rehabilitation of the minor; (e) whether the
19security of the public requires sentencing under Chapter V of
20the Unified Code of Corrections; and (f) whether the minor
21possessed a deadly weapon when committing the offense. The
22rules of evidence shall be the same as if at trial. If after
23the hearing the court finds that the minor should be sentenced
24under Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections, then the
25court shall sentence the minor accordingly having available to
26it any or all dispositions so prescribed.

 

 

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1    (2) (Blank).
2    (3) (a) The definition of delinquent minor under Section
35-120 of this Article shall not apply to any minor who at the
4time of the offense was at least 15 years of age and who is
5charged with a violation of the provisions of paragraph (1),
6(3), (4), or (10) of subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of the
7Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 while in
8school, regardless of the time of day or the time of year, or
9on the real property comprising any school, regardless of the
10time of day or the time of year. School is defined, for
11purposes of this Section as any public or private elementary or
12secondary school, community college, college, or university.
13These charges and all other charges arising out of the same
14incident shall be prosecuted under the criminal laws of this
15State.
16    (b) (i) If before trial or plea an information or
17indictment is filed that does not charge an offense specified
18in paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) the State's Attorney
19may proceed on any lesser charge or charges, but only in
20Juvenile Court under the provisions of this Article. The
21State's Attorney may proceed under the criminal laws of this
22State on a lesser charge if before trial the minor defendant
23knowingly and with advice of counsel waives, in writing, his or
24her right to have the matter proceed in Juvenile Court.
25    (ii) If before trial or plea an information or indictment
26is filed that includes one or more charges specified in

 

 

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1paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) and additional charges
2that are not specified in that paragraph, all of the charges
3arising out of the same incident shall be prosecuted under the
4criminal laws of this State.
5    (c) (i) If after trial or plea the minor is convicted of
6any offense covered by paragraph (a) of this subsection (3),
7then, in sentencing the minor, the court shall have available
8any or all dispositions prescribed for that offense under
9Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections.
10    (ii) If after trial or plea the court finds that the minor
11committed an offense not covered by paragraph (a) of this
12subsection (3), that finding shall not invalidate the verdict
13or the prosecution of the minor under the criminal laws of the
14State; however, unless the State requests a hearing for the
15purpose of sentencing the minor under Chapter V of the Unified
16Code of Corrections, the Court must proceed under Sections
175-705 and 5-710 of this Article. To request a hearing, the
18State must file a written motion within 10 days following the
19entry of a finding or the return of a verdict. Reasonable
20notice of the motion shall be given to the minor or his or her
21counsel. If the motion is made by the State, the court shall
22conduct a hearing to determine if the minor should be sentenced
23under Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections. In making
24its determination, the court shall consider among other
25matters: (a) whether there is evidence that the offense was
26committed in an aggressive and premeditated manner; (b) the age

 

 

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1of the minor; (c) the previous history of the minor; (d)
2whether there are facilities particularly available to the
3Juvenile Court or the Department of Juvenile Justice for the
4treatment and rehabilitation of the minor; (e) whether the
5security of the public requires sentencing under Chapter V of
6the Unified Code of Corrections; and (f) whether the minor
7possessed a deadly weapon when committing the offense. The
8rules of evidence shall be the same as if at trial. If after
9the hearing the court finds that the minor should be sentenced
10under Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections, then the
11court shall sentence the minor accordingly having available to
12it any or all dispositions so prescribed.
13    (4) (a) The definition of delinquent minor under Section
145-120 of this Article shall not apply to any minor who at the
15time of an offense was at least 13 years of age and who is
16charged with first degree murder committed during the course of
17either aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual
18assault, or aggravated kidnaping. However, this subsection (4)
19does not include a minor charged with first degree murder based
20exclusively upon the accountability provisions of the Criminal
21Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
22    (b) (i) If before trial or plea an information or
23indictment is filed that does not charge first degree murder
24committed during the course of aggravated criminal sexual
25assault, criminal sexual assault, or aggravated kidnaping, the
26State's Attorney may proceed on any lesser charge or charges,

 

 

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1but only in Juvenile Court under the provisions of this
2Article. The State's Attorney may proceed under the criminal
3laws of this State on a lesser charge if before trial the minor
4defendant knowingly and with advice of counsel waives, in
5writing, his or her right to have the matter proceed in
6Juvenile Court.
7    (ii) If before trial or plea an information or indictment
8is filed that includes first degree murder committed during the
9course of aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual
10assault, or aggravated kidnaping, and additional charges that
11are not specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection, all of
12the charges arising out of the same incident shall be
13prosecuted under the criminal laws of this State.
14    (c) (i) If after trial or plea the minor is convicted of
15first degree murder committed during the course of aggravated
16criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, or
17aggravated kidnaping, in sentencing the minor, the court shall
18have available any or all dispositions prescribed for that
19offense under Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections.
20    (ii) If the minor was not yet 15 years of age at the time of
21the offense, and if after trial or plea the court finds that
22the minor committed an offense other than first degree murder
23committed during the course of either aggravated criminal
24sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, or aggravated
25kidnapping, the finding shall not invalidate the verdict or the
26prosecution of the minor under the criminal laws of the State;

 

 

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1however, unless the State requests a hearing for the purpose of
2sentencing the minor under Chapter V of the Unified Code of
3Corrections, the Court must proceed under Sections 5-705 and
45-710 of this Article. To request a hearing, the State must
5file a written motion within 10 days following the entry of a
6finding or the return of a verdict. Reasonable notice of the
7motion shall be given to the minor or his or her counsel. If
8the motion is made by the State, the court shall conduct a
9hearing to determine whether the minor should be sentenced
10under Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections. In making
11its determination, the court shall consider among other
12matters: (a) whether there is evidence that the offense was
13committed in an aggressive and premeditated manner; (b) the age
14of the minor; (c) the previous delinquent history of the minor;
15(d) whether there are facilities particularly available to the
16Juvenile Court or the Department of Juvenile Justice for the
17treatment and rehabilitation of the minor; (e) whether the best
18interest of the minor and the security of the public require
19sentencing under Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections;
20and (f) whether the minor possessed a deadly weapon when
21committing the offense. The rules of evidence shall be the same
22as if at trial. If after the hearing the court finds that the
23minor should be sentenced under Chapter V of the Unified Code
24of Corrections, then the court shall sentence the minor
25accordingly having available to it any or all dispositions so
26prescribed.

 

 

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1    (5) (a) The definition of delinquent minor under Section
25-120 of this Article shall not apply to any minor who is
3charged with a violation of subsection (a) of Section 31-6 or
4Section 32-10 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code
5of 2012 when the minor is subject to prosecution under the
6criminal laws of this State as a result of the application of
7the provisions of Section 5-125, or subsection (1) or (2) of
8this Section. These charges and all other charges arising out
9of the same incident shall be prosecuted under the criminal
10laws of this State.
11    (b) (i) If before trial or plea an information or
12indictment is filed that does not charge an offense specified
13in paragraph (a) of this subsection (5), the State's Attorney
14may proceed on any lesser charge or charges, but only in
15Juvenile Court under the provisions of this Article. The
16State's Attorney may proceed under the criminal laws of this
17State on a lesser charge if before trial the minor defendant
18knowingly and with advice of counsel waives, in writing, his or
19her right to have the matter proceed in Juvenile Court.
20    (ii) If before trial or plea an information or indictment
21is filed that includes one or more charges specified in
22paragraph (a) of this subsection (5) and additional charges
23that are not specified in that paragraph, all of the charges
24arising out of the same incident shall be prosecuted under the
25criminal laws of this State.
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1any offense covered by paragraph (a) of this subsection (5),
2then, in sentencing the minor, the court shall have available
3any or all dispositions prescribed for that offense under
4Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections.
5    (ii) If after trial or plea the court finds that the minor
6committed an offense not covered by paragraph (a) of this
7subsection (5), the conviction shall not invalidate the verdict
8or the prosecution of the minor under the criminal laws of this
9State; however, unless the State requests a hearing for the
10purpose of sentencing the minor under Chapter V of the Unified
11Code of Corrections, the Court must proceed under Sections
125-705 and 5-710 of this Article. To request a hearing, the
13State must file a written motion within 10 days following the
14entry of a finding or the return of a verdict. Reasonable
15notice of the motion shall be given to the minor or his or her
16counsel. If the motion is made by the State, the court shall
17conduct a hearing to determine if whether the minor should be
18sentenced under Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections.
19In making its determination, the court shall consider among
20other matters: (a) whether there is evidence that the offense
21was committed in an aggressive and premeditated manner; (b) the
22age of the minor; (c) the previous delinquent history of the
23minor; (d) whether there are facilities particularly available
24to the Juvenile Court or the Department of Juvenile Justice for
25the treatment and rehabilitation of the minor; (e) whether the
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1the Unified Code of Corrections; and (f) whether the minor
2possessed a deadly weapon when committing the offense. The
3rules of evidence shall be the same as if at trial. If after
4the hearing the court finds that the minor should be sentenced
5under Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections, then the
6court shall sentence the minor accordingly having available to
7it any or all dispositions so prescribed.
8    (6) The definition of delinquent minor under Section 5-120
9of this Article shall not apply to any minor who, pursuant to
10subsection (1) or (3) or Section 5-805 or 5-810, has previously
11been placed under the jurisdiction of the criminal court and
12has been convicted of a crime under an adult criminal or penal
13statute. Such a minor shall be subject to prosecution under the
14criminal laws of this State.
15    (7) The procedures set out in this Article for the
16investigation, arrest and prosecution of juvenile offenders
17shall not apply to minors who are excluded from jurisdiction of
18the Juvenile Court, except that minors under 18 17 years of age
19shall be kept separate from confined adults.
20    (8) Nothing in this Act prohibits or limits the prosecution
21of any minor for an offense committed on or after his or her
2218th 17th birthday even though he or she is at the time of the
23offense a ward of the court.
24    (9) If an original petition for adjudication of wardship
25alleges the commission by a minor 13 years of age or over of an
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1minor, with the consent of his or her counsel, may, at any time
2before commencement of the adjudicatory hearing, file with the
3court a motion that criminal prosecution be ordered and that
4the petition be dismissed insofar as the act or acts involved
5in the criminal proceedings are concerned. If such a motion is
6filed as herein provided, the court shall enter its order
7accordingly.
8    (10) If, prior to August 12, 2005 (the effective date of
9Public Act 94-574), a minor is charged with a violation of
10Section 401 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act under the
11criminal laws of this State, other than a minor charged with a
12Class X felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances
13Act or the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection
14Act, any party including the minor or the court sua sponte may,
15before trial, move for a hearing for the purpose of trying and
16sentencing the minor as a delinquent minor. To request a
17hearing, the party must file a motion prior to trial.
18Reasonable notice of the motion shall be given to all parties.
19On its own motion or upon the filing of a motion by one of the
20parties including the minor, the court shall conduct a hearing
21to determine whether the minor should be tried and sentenced as
22a delinquent minor under this Article. In making its
23determination, the court shall consider among other matters:
24    (a) The age of the minor;
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1    (c) Any previous abuse or neglect history of the minor;
2    (d) Any mental health or educational history of the minor,
3or both; and
4    (e) Whether there is probable cause to support the charge,
5whether the minor is charged through accountability, and
6whether there is evidence the minor possessed a deadly weapon
7or caused serious bodily harm during the offense.
8    Any material that is relevant and reliable shall be
9admissible at the hearing. In all cases, the judge shall enter
10an order permitting prosecution under the criminal laws of
11Illinois unless the judge makes a finding based on a
12preponderance of the evidence that the minor would be amenable
13to the care, treatment, and training programs available through
14the facilities of the juvenile court based on an evaluation of
15the factors listed in this subsection (10).
16    The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of
17the 98th General Assembly apply to a minor who has been
18arrested or taken into custody on or after the effective date
19of this amendatory Act.
20(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)".