755 ILCS 5/11-13.1

(755 ILCS 5/11-13.1)

Sec. 11-13.1. Duties of standby guardian of a minor.

(a) Before a standby guardian of a minor may act, the standby guardian must
be appointed by the court of the proper county and, in the case of a standby
guardian of the minor's estate, the standby guardian must give the bond
prescribed in subsection (d) of Section 11-5.3 and Section 12-2.

(b) The standby guardian shall not have any duties or authority to act until
the standby guardian receives knowledge of: (i) the death or consent of the
minor's
parent or parents or of the guardian of the person of the
minor; (ii)
the inability
of the minor's parent or parents
or of the guardian of the person of the minor
to make
and carry out day-to-day child care decisions concerning the minor for whom the
standby guardian has been appointed; or (iii) an administrative separation.  This inability to make and carry out day-to-day child care decisions may be
communicated either by the parent's
or the guardian's
own admission or by the written
certification of the parent's
or guardian's
attending physician.  Immediately upon receipt of
that knowledge, the standby guardian shall assume all duties as guardian of the
minor as previously determined by the order appointing the standby guardian,
and as set forth in Section 11-13, and the standby guardian of the person shall
have the authority to act as guardian of the person without direction of court
for a period of up to 60 days, provided that the authority of the standby
guardian may be limited or terminated by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(c) Within 60 days of the standby guardian's receipt of knowledge of (i)
the
death or consent of the minor's parent or parents
or guardian or (ii)
the inability of the
minor's parent or parents
or guardian
to make and carry out day-to-day child care decisions
concerning the minor, the standby guardian shall file or cause to be filed a
petition for the appointment of a guardian of the person or estate, or both, of
the minor under Section 11-5.

(Source: P.A. 101-120, eff. 7-23-19.)