(705 ILCS 405/1-17) (from Ch. 37, par. 801-17)
Sec. 1-17.
With respect to any minor for whom the Department of
Children and Family Services Guardianship Administrator is appointed the
temporary custodian or guardian, the Guardianship Administrator may
designate in writing a private agency or an employee of a private agency to
appear at court proceedings and testify as to the factual matters contained in
the casework files and recommendations involving the minor. The private agency
or the employee of a private agency must have personal and thorough knowledge
of the facts of the case in which the appointment is made. The designated
private agency or employee shall appear at the proceedings. If the Court finds
that it is in the best interests of the minor that an employee or employees of
the Department appear in addition to the private agency or employee of a
private agency, the Court shall set forth the reasons in writing for their
required appearance.
(Source: P.A. 87-1147.)
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