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90_SB1099enr

      705 ILCS 405/5-1          from Ch. 37, par. 805-1
          Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.  Makes a technical
      change in Section relating to jurisdiction over delinquents.
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 1        AN ACT concerning juveniles, amending a named Act.
 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section  5.  The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
 5    changing Sections 1-3, 1-8, 2-10, 2-22, 2-28, and 2-28.1  and
 6    adding Section 2-28.01 as follows:
 7        (705 ILCS 405/1-3) (from Ch. 37, par. 801-3)
 8        Sec.  1-3.   Definitions.  Terms used in this Act, unless
 9    the context otherwise requires, have the  following  meanings
10    ascribed to them:
11        (1)  Adjudicatory hearing. "Adjudicatory hearing" means a
12    hearing  to  determine  whether the allegations of a petition
13    under Section 2-13, 3-15 or 4-12 that a minor under 18  years
14    of  age  is  abused,  neglected  or  dependent,  or  requires
15    authoritative  intervention,  or  addicted, respectively, are
16    supported by a preponderance of the evidence or  whether  the
17    allegations  of a petition under Section 5-13 that a minor is
18    delinquent are proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
19        (2)  Adult. "Adult" means a person 21  years  of  age  or
20    older.
21        (3)  Agency.  "Agency"  means  a  public or private child
22    care facility legally authorized or licensed  by  this  State
23    for placement or institutional care or for both placement and
24    institutional care.
25        (4)  Association.  "Association"  means any organization,
26    public or private, engaged in welfare functions which include
27    services to or on behalf of children  but  does  not  include
28    "agency" as herein defined.
29        (4.1)  Chronic  truant.   "Chronic truant" shall have the
30    definition ascribed to it in  Section  26-2a  of  The  School
31    Code.
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 1        (5)  Court.  "Court" means the circuit court in a session
 2    or division assigned to hear proceedings under this Act.
 3        (6)  Dispositional hearing. "Dispositional hearing" means
 4    a hearing to determine whether a minor should be adjudged  to
 5    be  a  ward  of  the  court,  and  to determine what order of
 6    disposition should be made in respect to a minor adjudged  to
 7    be a ward of the court.
 8        (7)  Emancipated  minor.   "Emancipated  minor" means any
 9    minor 16 years of age or over  who  has  been  completely  or
10    partially  emancipated  under  the  "Emancipation  of  Mature
11    Minors Act", enacted by the Eighty-First General Assembly, or
12    under this Act.
13        (8)  Guardianship  of  the  person.  "Guardianship of the
14    person" of a minor means the duty and authority to act in the
15    best interests of the minor,  subject  to  residual  parental
16    rights  and  responsibilities, to make important decisions in
17    matters having a permanent effect on the life and development
18    of the minor and to be concerned  with  his  or  her  general
19    welfare. It includes but is not necessarily limited to:
20             (a)  the   authority  to  consent  to  marriage,  to
21        enlistment in the armed forces of the United  States,  or
22        to  a major medical, psychiatric, and surgical treatment;
23        to represent the minor in  legal  actions;  and  to  make
24        other   decisions   of   substantial  legal  significance
25        concerning the minor;
26             (b)  the   authority   and   duty   of    reasonable
27        visitation,  except  to  the  extent that these have been
28        limited in the best  interests  of  the  minor  by  court
29        order;
30             (c)  the   rights   and  responsibilities  of  legal
31        custody except where legal custody  has  been  vested  in
32        another person or agency; and
33             (d)  the  power  to  consent  to the adoption of the
34        minor, but only if expressly conferred on the guardian in
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 1        accordance with Section 2-29, 3-30, 4-27 or 5-31.
 2        (9)  Legal   custody.    "Legal   custody"   means    the
 3    relationship  created  by  an  order  of  court  in  the best
 4    interests of the minor which imposes  on  the  custodian  the
 5    responsibility of physical possession of a minor and the duty
 6    to  protect, train and discipline him and to provide him with
 7    food, shelter, education and ordinary medical care, except as
 8    these  are  limited   by   residual   parental   rights   and
 9    responsibilities  and  the rights and responsibilities of the
10    guardian of the person, if any.
11        (10)  Minor. "Minor" means a person under the age  of  21
12    years subject to this Act.
13        (11)  Parents.   "Parent" means the father or mother of a
14    child and includes any adoptive parent.  It also includes the
15    father whose paternity is presumed or  has  been  established
16    under  the  law of this or another jurisdiction.  It does not
17    include a parent whose rights in respect to  the  minor  have
18    been terminated in any manner provided by law.
19        (11.1)  "Permanency  goal"  means a goal set by a service
20    plan or an administrative case review or in counties  with  a
21    population  of  3,000,000 or more, a goal ordered by a judge,
22    including, but not  limited  to,  (i)  remaining  home,  (ii)
23    returning  home  to  a  specified  parent  or guardian, (iii)
24    adoption, (iv) successor guardianship, (v) long-term relative
25    foster care, (vi) other long-term substitute  care,  when  no
26    other goal is appropriate, or (vii) emancipation.
27        (11.2)  "Permanency  review  hearing"  means a hearing to
28    review  and  determine  (i)  the   appropriateness   of   the
29    permanency goal in light of the permanency alternatives, (ii)
30    the  appropriateness  of  the plan to achieve the goal, (iii)
31    the appropriateness of  the  services  delivered  and  to  be
32    delivered  to  effectuate  the  plan  and  goal, and (iv) the
33    efforts being made by all the parties to achieve the plan and
34    goal.
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 1        (12)  Petition. "Petition" means  the  petition  provided
 2    for  in  Section  2-13,  3-15,  4-12  or  5-13, including any
 3    supplemental petitions thereunder.
 4        (13)  Residual  parental  rights  and   responsibilities.
 5    "Residual  parental  rights and responsibilities" means those
 6    rights and responsibilities remaining with the  parent  after
 7    the  transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person,
 8    including, but not  necessarily  limited  to,  the  right  to
 9    reasonable  visitation  (which may be limited by the court in
10    the best interests of the minor  as  provided  in  subsection
11    (8)(b)  of  this  Section), the right to consent to adoption,
12    the right to determine the minor's religious affiliation, and
13    the responsibility for his support.
14        (14)  Shelter. "Shelter" means the temporary  care  of  a
15    minor  in  physically  unrestricting facilities pending court
16    disposition or execution of court order for placement.
17        (15)  Station adjustment.  "Station adjustment" means the
18    informal handling of an alleged offender by a juvenile police
19    officer.
20        (16)  Ward of the court. "Ward  of  the  court"  means  a
21    minor  who  is  so adjudged under Section 2-22, 3-23, 4-20 or
22    5-22, after a finding of the requisite jurisdictional  facts,
23    and  thus is subject to the dispositional powers of the court
24    under this Act.
25        (17)  Juvenile police officer.  "Juvenile police officer"
26    means a sworn  police  officer  who  has  completed  a  Basic
27    Recruit Training Course, has been assigned to the position of
28    juvenile  police  officer by his or her chief law enforcement
29    officer and has completed  the  necessary  juvenile  officers
30    training  as  prescribed  by  the  Illinois  Law  Enforcement
31    Training  Standards  Board,  or in the case of a State police
32    officer, juvenile officer training approved by  the  Director
33    of the Department of State Police.
34    (Source:  P.A.  88-7,  Sec. 5; 88-7, Sec. 15; 88-487; 88-586,
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 1    eff. 8-12-94; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
 2        (705 ILCS 405/1-8) (from Ch. 37, par. 801-8)
 3        Sec. 1-8.  Confidentiality and accessibility of  juvenile
 4    court records.
 5        (A)  Inspection  and  copying  of  juvenile court records
 6    relating to a minor who is the subject of a proceeding  under
 7    this Act shall be restricted to the following:
 8             (1)  The  minor  who  is  the subject of record, his
 9        parents, guardian and counsel.
10             (2)  Law enforcement officers  and  law  enforcement
11        agencies  when such information is essential to executing
12        an arrest or search warrant or other compulsory  process,
13        or  to conducting an ongoing investigation or relating to
14        a minor who has been adjudicated delinquent and there has
15        been a previous finding that the  act  which  constitutes
16        the  previous  offense  was  committed  in furtherance of
17        criminal activities by a criminal street gang.
18             Before July  1,  1994,  for  the  purposes  of  this
19        Section,   "criminal   street  gang"  means  any  ongoing
20        organization, association, or group of 3 or more persons,
21        whether formal or informal, having as one of its  primary
22        activities  the  commission  of one or more criminal acts
23        and that has a common name or  common  identifying  sign,
24        symbol  or  specific  color  apparel displayed, and whose
25        members individually or collectively engage  in  or  have
26        engaged in a pattern of criminal activity.
27             Beginning   July  1,  1994,  for  purposes  of  this
28        Section, "criminal street gang" has the meaning  ascribed
29        to  it in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism
30        Omnibus Prevention Act.
31             (3)  Judges,    hearing    officers,    prosecutors,
32        probation officers, social workers or  other  individuals
33        assigned  by  the  court to conduct a pre-adjudication or
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 1        predisposition investigation, and individuals responsible
 2        for supervising or providing temporary or permanent  care
 3        and  custody  for  minors  pursuant  to  the order of the
 4        juvenile  court  when  essential  to   performing   their
 5        responsibilities.
 6             (4)  Judges, prosecutors and probation officers:
 7                  (a)  in  the course of a trial when institution
 8             of criminal proceedings  has  been  permitted  under
 9             Section 5-4 or required under Section 5-4; or
10                  (b)  when   criminal   proceedings   have  been
11             permitted  under  Section  5-4  or  required   under
12             Section  5-4  and  a  minor  is  the  subject  of  a
13             proceeding to determine the amount of bail; or
14                  (c)  when   criminal   proceedings   have  been
15             permitted  under  Section  5-4  or  required   under
16             Section  5-4  and  a  minor  is  the  subject  of  a
17             pre-trial  investigation, pre-sentence investigation
18             or fitness hearing, or proceedings on an application
19             for probation; or
20                  (d)  when a minor becomes 17 years  of  age  or
21             older,  and  is the subject of criminal proceedings,
22             including a hearing to determine the amount of bail,
23             a   pre-trial    investigation,    a    pre-sentence
24             investigation,  a fitness hearing, or proceedings on
25             an application for probation.
26             (5)  Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Boards.
27             (6)  Authorized military personnel.
28             (7)  Victims,    their    subrogees    and     legal
29        representatives;  however, such persons shall have access
30        only to the name and address of the minor and information
31        pertaining to the disposition or  alternative  adjustment
32        plan of the juvenile court.
33             (8)  Persons engaged in bona fide research, with the
34        permission  of  the presiding judge of the juvenile court
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 1        and the chief executive of the agency that  prepared  the
 2        particular  records;  provided  that  publication of such
 3        research results in no disclosure of a  minor's  identity
 4        and protects the confidentiality of the record.
 5             (9)  The Secretary of State to whom the Clerk of the
 6        Court  shall  report  the  disposition  of  all cases, as
 7        required in Section 6-204 of The Illinois  Vehicle  Code.
 8        However,  information reported relative to these offenses
 9        shall be privileged and available only to  the  Secretary
10        of State, courts, and police officers.
11             (10)  The  administrator  of  a  bonafide  substance
12        abuse  student  assistance program with the permission of
13        the presiding judge of the juvenile court.
14        (B)  A minor who is the victim in a  juvenile  proceeding
15    shall   be   provided   the  same  confidentiality  regarding
16    disclosure of identity as the minor who  is  the  subject  of
17    record.
18        (C)  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (C),
19    juvenile  court  records  shall  not be made available to the
20    general public but may be  inspected  by  representatives  of
21    agencies,  associations  and  news  media  or  other properly
22    interested persons by general or special order of the  court.
23    The  State's  Attorney,  the minor, his parents, guardian and
24    counsel shall at all times have the right  to  examine  court
25    files and records.
26             (1)  The  court  shall  allow  the general public to
27        have access to the name, address, and offense of a  minor
28        who  is  adjudicated  a  delinquent  minor under this Act
29        under either of the following circumstances:
30                  (A)  The adjudication of delinquency was  based
31             upon  the minor's commission of first degree murder,
32             attempt to commit first  degree  murder,  aggravated
33             criminal sexual assault, or criminal sexual assault;
34             or
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 1                  (B)  The  court  has  made  a  finding that the
 2             minor was at least 13 years of age at the  time  the
 3             act   was   committed   and   the   adjudication  of
 4             delinquency was based upon  the  minor's  commission
 5             of: (i) an act in furtherance of the commission of a
 6             felony  as  a  member  of or on behalf of a criminal
 7             street gang, (ii) an act  involving  the  use  of  a
 8             firearm  in the commission of a felony, (iii) an act
 9             that would be a Class X felony offense under or  the
10             minor's  second  or  subsequent  Class  2 or greater
11             felony offense under the  Cannabis  Control  Act  if
12             committed  by  an adult, (iv) an act that would be a
13             second or subsequent offense under  Section  402  of
14             the  Illinois Controlled Substances Act if committed
15             by an adult, or (v) an act that would be an  offense
16             under   Section   401  of  the  Illinois  Controlled
17             Substances Act if committed by an adult.
18             (2)  The court shall allow  the  general  public  to
19        have  access to the name, address, and offense of a minor
20        who is at least 13 years of age at the time  the  offense
21        is   committed   and   who   is  convicted,  in  criminal
22        proceedings permitted  or  required  under  Section  5-4,
23        under either of the following circumstances:
24                  (A)  The  minor  has  been  convicted  of first
25             degree  murder,  attempt  to  commit  first   degree
26             murder,   aggravated  criminal  sexual  assault,  or
27             criminal sexual assault,
28                  (B)  The court has  made  a  finding  that  the
29             minor  was  at least 13 years of age at the time the
30             offense was committed and the conviction  was  based
31             upon  the  minor's  commission of: (i) an offense in
32             furtherance of the  commission  of  a  felony  as  a
33             member  of  or  on behalf of a criminal street gang,
34             (ii) an offense involving the use of  a  firearm  in
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 1             the  commission  of a felony, (iii) a Class X felony
 2             offense under or a second or subsequent Class  2  or
 3             greater  felony  offense  under the Cannabis Control
 4             Act, (iv)  a  second  or  subsequent  offense  under
 5             Section  402  of  the Illinois Controlled Substances
 6             Act, or (v) an offense  under  Section  401  of  the
 7             Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
 8        (D)  Pending or following any adjudication of delinquency
 9    for  any  offense  defined in Sections 12-13 through 12-16 of
10    the Criminal Code of 1961, the victim  of  any  such  offense
11    shall  receive  the rights set out in Sections 4 and 6 of the
12    Bill of Rights for Victims and  Witnesses  of  Violent  Crime
13    Act; and the juvenile who is the subject of the adjudication,
14    notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of this Act, shall be
15    treated as an adult for the purpose of affording such  rights
16    to the victim.
17        (E)  Nothing  in this Section shall affect the right of a
18    Civil Service Commission or  appointing  authority  examining
19    the character and fitness of an applicant for a position as a
20    law  enforcement  officer to ascertain whether that applicant
21    was ever adjudicated to be a delinquent minor and, if so,  to
22    examine  the  records  of  disposition or evidence which were
23    made in proceedings under this Act.
24        (F)  Following any  adjudication  of  delinquency  for  a
25    crime  which  would  be a felony if committed by an adult, or
26    following any adjudication of delinquency for a violation  of
27    Section  24-1,  24-3, 24-3.1, or 24-5 of the Criminal Code of
28    1961, the State's Attorney shall ascertain whether the  minor
29    respondent  is enrolled in school and, if so, shall provide a
30    copy of the dispositional order to  the  principal  or  chief
31    administrative   officer  of  the  school.   Access  to  such
32    juvenile records shall be limited to the principal  or  chief
33    administrative   officer  of  the  school  and  any  guidance
34    counselor designated by him.
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 1        (G)  Nothing contained in this Act prevents  the  sharing
 2    or   disclosure   of   information  or  records  relating  or
 3    pertaining to juveniles subject  to  the  provisions  of  the
 4    Serious  Habitual  Offender Comprehensive Action Program when
 5    that  information  is   used   to   assist   in   the   early
 6    identification and treatment of habitual juvenile offenders.
 7        (H)  When  a  Court hearing a proceeding under Article II
 8    of this Act becomes aware that an  earlier  proceeding  under
 9    Article  II  had been heard in a different county, that Court
10    shall request, and the Court in which the earlier proceedings
11    were initiated shall transmit, an authenticated copy  of  the
12    Court  record, including all documents, petitions, and orders
13    filed  therein  and  the   minute   orders,   transcript   of
14    proceedings, and docket entries of the Court.
15        (I)  The  Clerk  of the Circuit Court shall report to the
16    Department of State Police, in the form and  manner  required
17    by  the  Department of State Police, the final disposition of
18    each minor who has been arrested or taken into custody before
19    his or her 17th birthday for those offenses  required  to  be
20    reported  under Section 5 of the Criminal Identification Act.
21    Information reported to the Department under this Section may
22    be maintained with records that the  Department  files  under
23    Section 2.1 of the Criminal Identification Act.
24    (Source: P.A.  88-45;  88-51;  88-344;  88-467;  88-548, eff.
25    1-1-95; 88-550, eff. 7-3-94;  88-614,  eff.  9-7-94;  88-670,
26    eff.  12-2-94;  89-198,  eff.  7-21-95;  89-235, eff. 8-4-95;
27    89-377, eff. 8-18-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
28        (705 ILCS 405/2-10) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-10)
29        Sec. 2-10.  Temporary custody hearing.  At the appearance
30    of the minor  before  the  court  at  the  temporary  custody
31    hearing,  all  witnesses present shall be examined before the
32    court  in  relation  to  any  matter   connected   with   the
33    allegations made in the petition.
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 1        (1)  If  the court finds that there is not probable cause
 2    to believe that the minor is abused, neglected  or  dependent
 3    it shall release the minor and dismiss the petition.
 4        (2)  If  the  court finds that there is probable cause to
 5    believe that the minor is abused, neglected or dependent, the
 6    court shall state in writing the factual basis supporting its
 7    finding and the minor, his or her parent, guardian, custodian
 8    and other persons able to give relevant  testimony  shall  be
 9    examined  before  the  court.  The Department of Children and
10    Family Services shall  give  testimony  concerning  indicated
11    reports  of  abuse  and  neglect,  of which they are aware of
12    through the central registry, involving the  minor's  parent,
13    guardian  or custodian.  After such testimony, the court may,
14    if it is in the best interests of the minor, enter  an  order
15    that  the minor shall be released upon the request of parent,
16    guardian or custodian if the parent,  guardian  or  custodian
17    appears  to  take custody. Custodian shall include any agency
18    of the State which has been given custody or wardship of  the
19    child. If it is in the best interests of the minor, the court
20    may  also  prescribe shelter care and order that the minor be
21    kept in a suitable place designated by  the  court  or  in  a
22    shelter   care  facility  designated  by  the  Department  of
23    Children and Family Services  or  a  licensed  child  welfare
24    agency;  however,  a  minor  charged  with a criminal offense
25    under the Criminal Code of  1961  or  adjudicated  delinquent
26    shall  not  be  placed  in the custody of or committed to the
27    Department of Children and  Family  Services  by  any  court,
28    except a minor less than 13 years of age and committed to the
29    Department of Children and Family Services under Section 5-23
30    of  this  Act  or  a  minor  for whom an independent basis of
31    abuse, neglect, or dependency exists, which must  be  defined
32    by departmental rule. In placing the minor, the Department or
33    other agency shall, to the extent compatible with the court's
34    order,  comply  with  Section  7  of  the Children and Family
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 1    Services Act. In determining that it is in the best interests
 2    of the minor to prescribe shelter care, the court  must  find
 3    that it is a matter of immediate and urgent necessity for the
 4    protection  of  the  minor  or  of  the person or property of
 5    another that the minor be placed in a shelter  care  facility
 6    or  that  he or she is likely to flee the jurisdiction of the
 7    court, and must further find  that  reasonable  efforts  have
 8    been  made  or  that,  in the best interests of the minor, no
 9    efforts reasonably can be made to prevent  or  eliminate  the
10    necessity  of  removal of the minor from his or her home. The
11    court shall require  documentation  from  the  Department  of
12    Children  and  Family  Services  as to the reasonable efforts
13    that were made to  prevent  or  eliminate  the  necessity  of
14    removal  of the minor from his or her home or the reasons why
15    no efforts reasonably could be made to prevent  or  eliminate
16    the  necessity of removal. When a minor is placed in the home
17    of a relative, the Department of Children and Family Services
18    shall complete a preliminary background review of the members
19    of the  minor's  custodian's  household  in  accordance  with
20    Section  4.3  of the Child Care Act of 1969 within 90 days of
21    that placement.  If the minor is ordered placed in a  shelter
22    care  facility  of  the  Department  of  Children  and Family
23    Services or a licensed child welfare agency, the court shall,
24    upon request of the appropriate Department or  other  agency,
25    appoint  the  Department  of  Children  and  Family  Services
26    Guardianship   Administrator   or  other  appropriate  agency
27    executive temporary custodian of the minor and the court  may
28    enter  such  other orders related to the temporary custody as
29    it deems fit and proper, including the provision of  services
30    to   the  minor  or  his  family  to  ameliorate  the  causes
31    contributing to the finding  of  probable  cause  or  to  the
32    finding  of  the existence of immediate and urgent necessity.
33    Acceptance of services shall not be considered  an  admission
34    of  any  allegation  in a petition made pursuant to this Act,
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 1    nor may a referral of services be considered as  evidence  in
 2    any  proceeding  pursuant to this Act, except where the issue
 3    is whether the Department  has  made  reasonable  efforts  to
 4    reunite  the family. In making its findings that it is in the
 5    best interests of the minor to prescribe  shelter  care,  the
 6    court shall state in writing (i) the factual basis supporting
 7    its  findings  concerning  the immediate and urgent necessity
 8    for the protection of the minor or of the person or  property
 9    of another and (ii) the factual basis supporting its findings
10    that reasonable efforts were made to prevent or eliminate the
11    removal  of the minor from his or her home or that no efforts
12    reasonably could be made to prevent or eliminate the  removal
13    of  the  minor  from his or her home.  The parents, guardian,
14    custodian,  temporary  custodian  and  minor  shall  each  be
15    furnished a copy of such  written  findings.   The  temporary
16    custodian  shall  maintain  a  copy  of  the  court order and
17    written findings in the case record for the child. The  order
18    together with the court's findings of fact in support thereof
19    shall be entered of record in the court.
20        Once the court finds that it is a matter of immediate and
21    urgent  necessity  for  the  protection of the minor that the
22    minor be placed in a shelter care facility, the  minor  shall
23    not  be  returned  to the parent, custodian or guardian until
24    the court finds that such placement is  no  longer  necessary
25    for the protection of the minor.
26        (3)  If  prior  to  the  shelter care hearing for a minor
27    described in Sections 2-3, 2-4, 3-3 and 4-3 the moving  party
28    is  unable  to  serve  notice  on  the  party respondent, the
29    shelter care hearing may proceed ex-parte.   A  shelter  care
30    order  from  an  ex-parte  hearing shall be endorsed with the
31    date and hour of issuance and shall be filed with the clerk's
32    office and entered of record. The order shall expire after 10
33    days from the time it is issued unless before its  expiration
34    it  is  renewed,  at  a  hearing upon appearance of the party
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 1    respondent, or upon an affidavit of the moving  party  as  to
 2    all diligent efforts to notify the party respondent by notice
 3    as  herein  prescribed.   The  notice  prescribed shall be in
 4    writing and shall be personally delivered to the minor or the
 5    minor's attorney and to the last known address of  the  other
 6    person  or persons entitled to notice.  The notice shall also
 7    state the nature of the allegations, the nature of the  order
 8    sought  by  the State, including whether temporary custody is
 9    sought, and the consequences of failure to appear; and  shall
10    explain the right of the parties and the procedures to vacate
11    or  modify  a shelter care order as provided in this Section.
12    The notice for a shelter care hearing shall be  substantially
13    as follows:
14                     NOTICE TO PARENTS AND CHILDREN
15                         OF SHELTER CARE HEARING
16             On   ................   at   .........,  before  the
17        Honorable ................, (address:) .................,
18        the State of Illinois  will  present  evidence  (1)  that
19        (name  of  child or children) ....................... are
20        abused, neglected or dependent for the following reasons:
21        ..............................................  and   (2)
22        that  there is "immediate and urgent necessity" to remove
23        the child or children from the responsible relative.
24             YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING MAY RESULT  IN
25        PLACEMENT of the child or children in foster care until a
26        trial  can be held.  A trial may not be held for up to 90
27        days.
28             At  the  shelter  care  hearing,  parents  have  the
29        following rights:
30                  1.  To ask the court to  appoint  a  lawyer  if
31             they cannot afford one.
32                  2.  To ask the court to continue the hearing to
33             allow them time to prepare.
34                  3.  To present evidence concerning:
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 1                       a.  Whether  or  not the child or children
 2                  were abused, neglected or dependent.
 3                       b.  Whether or not there is "immediate and
 4                  urgent necessity" to remove the child from home
 5                  (including:  their  ability  to  care  for  the
 6                  child,  conditions  in  the  home,  alternative
 7                  means  of  protecting  the  child  other   than
 8                  removal).
 9                       c.  The best interests of the child.
10                  4.  To cross examine the State's witnesses.
11        The  Notice  for  rehearings  shall  be  substantially as
12    follows:
13                NOTICE OF PARENT'S AND CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
14                    TO REHEARING ON TEMPORARY CUSTODY
15             If you were not present at and did not have adequate
16        notice of the Shelter Care  Hearing  at  which  temporary
17        custody     of    ...............    was    awarded    to
18        ................, you have the right to  request  a  full
19        rehearing  on  whether  the  State  should have temporary
20        custody of .................  To request this  rehearing,
21        you  must  file  with  the  Clerk  of  the Juvenile Court
22        (address):  ........................,  in  person  or  by
23        mailing  a  statement  (affidavit)  setting   forth   the
24        following:
25                  1.  That  you  were  not present at the shelter
26             care hearing.
27                  2.  That  you  did  not  get  adequate   notice
28             (explaining how the notice was inadequate).
29                  3.  Your signature.
30                  4.  Signature must be notarized.
31             The  rehearing  should  be scheduled within 48 hours
32        one day of your filing this affidavit.
33             At the rehearing, your rights are the same as at the
34        initial  shelter  care  hearing.   The  enclosed   notice
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 1        explains those rights.
 2             At  the  Shelter  Care  Hearing,  children  have the
 3        following rights:
 4                  1.  To have a guardian ad litem appointed.
 5                  2.  To be declared competent as a  witness  and
 6             to present testimony concerning:
 7                       a.  Whether  they are abused, neglected or
 8                  dependent.
 9                       b.  Whether there is "immediate and urgent
10                  necessity" to be removed from home.
11                       c.  Their best interests.
12                  3.  To  cross  examine  witnesses   for   other
13             parties.
14                  4.  To obtain an explanation of any proceedings
15             and orders of the court.
16        (4)  If    the   parent,   guardian,   legal   custodian,
17    responsible relative, minor age 8 or over, or counsel of  the
18    minor did not have actual notice of or was not present at the
19    shelter care hearing, he or she may file an affidavit setting
20    forth  these  facts,  and  the clerk shall set the matter for
21    rehearing not later than  48  hours,  excluding  Sundays  and
22    legal  holidays,  after  the  filing of the affidavit. At the
23    rehearing, the court shall proceed in the same manner as upon
24    the original hearing.
25        (5)  Only when there is reasonable cause to believe  that
26    the minor taken into custody is a person described in Section
27    5-3  may the minor be kept or detained in a detention home or
28    county or municipal jail.  This Section shall in  no  way  be
29    construed to limit subsection (6).
30        (6)  No  minor under 16 years of age may be confined in a
31    jail  or  place  ordinarily  used  for  the  confinement   of
32    prisoners  in a police station.  Minors under 17 years of age
33    must be kept separate from confined adults and may not at any
34    time be kept in the same cell,  room,  or  yard  with  adults
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 1    confined pursuant to the criminal law.
 2        (7)  If  the  minor  is  not  brought  before  a judicial
 3    officer within the time period as specified in  Section  2-9,
 4    the minor must immediately be released from custody.
 5        (8)  If neither the parent, guardian or custodian appears
 6    within  24  hours  to  take  custody of a minor released upon
 7    request pursuant to subsection (2) of this Section, then  the
 8    clerk  of  the  court  shall set the matter for rehearing not
 9    later than 7 days after the original order and shall issue  a
10    summons  directed  to  the  parent,  guardian or custodian to
11    appear.  At the same  time  the  probation  department  shall
12    prepare  a  report  on  the  minor.  If a parent, guardian or
13    custodian does not appear at such rehearing,  the  judge  may
14    enter  an  order  prescribing  that  the  minor  be kept in a
15    suitable place designated by the Department of  Children  and
16    Family Services or a licensed child welfare agency.
17        (9)  Notwithstanding  any other provision of this Section
18    any interested party,  including  the  State,  the  temporary
19    custodian,  an  agency  providing  services  to  the minor or
20    family under a service plan pursuant to Section  8.2  of  the
21    Abused  and  Neglected Child Reporting Act, foster parent, or
22    any of  their  representatives,  on  notice  to  all  parties
23    entitled  to notice, may file a motion that it is in the best
24    interests of the  minor  to  modify  or  vacate  a  temporary
25    custody order on any of the following grounds:
26             (a)  It  is  no  longer  a  matter  of immediate and
27        urgent necessity that the minor remain in  shelter  care;
28        or
29             (b)  There is a material change in the circumstances
30        of  the  natural family from which the minor was removed;
31        or
32             (c)  A person not a  party  to  the  alleged  abuse,
33        neglect  or  dependency,  including a parent, relative or
34        legal guardian, is capable of assuming temporary  custody
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 1        of the minor; or
 2             (d)  Services provided by the Department of Children
 3        and  Family  Services  or a child welfare agency or other
 4        service provider have been successful in eliminating  the
 5        need for temporary custody.
 6        In  ruling  on  the  motion,  the  court  shall determine
 7    whether it is in the best interests of the minor to modify or
 8    vacate a temporary custody order.
 9        The clerk shall set the matter for hearing not later than
10    14 days after such motion is filed.  In the  event  that  the
11    court  modifies or vacates a temporary custody order but does
12    not vacate its finding of probable cause, the court may order
13    that appropriate services be continued or initiated in behalf
14    of the minor and his or her family.
15        (10)  When the court finds or has  found  that  there  is
16    probable  cause  to  believe  a  minor  is an abused minor as
17    described in subsection (2) of Section 2-3 and that there  is
18    an  immediate and urgent necessity for the abused minor to be
19    placed in shelter care, immediate and urgent necessity  shall
20    be  presumed  for  any  other  minor  residing  in  the  same
21    household as the abused minor provided:
22             (a)  Such  other minor is the subject of an abuse or
23        neglect petition pending before the court; and
24             (b)  A party to the petition is seeking shelter care
25        for such other minor.
26        Once the presumption of immediate  and  urgent  necessity
27    has  been  raised,  the  burden  of demonstrating the lack of
28    immediate and urgent necessity shall be on any party that  is
29    opposing shelter care for the other minor.
30    (Source: P.A. 88-7; 88-491; 88-614, eff. 9-7-94; 88-670, eff.
31    12-2-94;  89-21,  eff.  7-1-95;  89-422; 89-582, eff. 1-1-97;
32    89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
33        (705 ILCS 405/2-22) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-22)
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 1        Sec. 2-22. Dispositional hearing; evidence; continuance.
 2        (1)  At  the  dispositional  hearing,  the  court   shall
 3    determine  whether  it  is in the best interests of the minor
 4    and the public that he be made a ward of the court,  and,  if
 5    he  is  to  be  made  a  ward  of  the court, the court shall
 6    determine the proper disposition best serving  the  interests
 7    of  the  minor  and the public. The court also shall consider
 8    the permanency goal set for the  minor,  the  nature  of  the
 9    service  plan for the minor and the services delivered and to
10    be  delivered  under  the  plan.  All  evidence  helpful   in
11    determining  these  questions,  including  oral  and  written
12    reports, may be admitted and may be relied upon to the extent
13    of  its  probative  value,  even though not competent for the
14    purposes of the adjudicatory hearing.
15        (2)  Notice in compliance with  Sections  2-15  and  2-16
16    must  be  given to all parties-respondent prior to proceeding
17    to a  dispositional  hearing.   Before  making  an  order  of
18    disposition  the court shall advise the State's Attorney, the
19    parents, guardian, custodian or responsible relative or their
20    counsel of the factual contents and the  conclusions  of  the
21    reports  prepared  for the use of the court and considered by
22    it, and afford fair opportunity, if requested, to  controvert
23    them.  The  court  may  order,  however,  that  the documents
24    containing such reports need not be submitted to  inspection,
25    or  that  sources  of  confidential  information  need not be
26    disclosed except to the attorneys for  the  parties.  Factual
27    contents, conclusions, documents and sources disclosed by the
28    court  under  this  paragraph  shall not be further disclosed
29    without the express approval of the court pursuant to  an  in
30    camera hearing.
31        (3)  A  record  of  a prior continuance under supervision
32    under Section 2-20, whether successfully completed or not, is
33    admissible at the dispositional hearing.
34        (4)  On its own motion or that of the State's Attorney, a
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 1    parent, guardian, custodian, responsible relative or counsel,
 2    the court may adjourn the hearing for a reasonable period  to
 3    receive  reports  or other evidence, if the adjournment is in
 4    the best interests of  the  minor,  but  in  no  event  shall
 5    continuances  be  granted  so  that the dispositional hearing
 6    occurs more than 12 months after the  initial  removal  of  a
 7    minor  from his or her home. In scheduling investigations and
 8    hearings, the court shall give  priority  to  proceedings  in
 9    which a minor has been removed from his or her home before an
10    order of disposition has been made.
11        (5)  Unless  already  set by the court, at the conclusion
12    of the dispositional hearing, the court shall  set  the  date
13    for  the  first  permanency  hearing,  to  be conducted under
14    subsection (2) of Section 2-28 or subsection (c)  of  Section
15    2-28.01,  which  shall  be held no later than 16 months after
16    the minor is taken into temporary custody or in counties with
17    a population over 3,000,000, no later than  12  months  after
18    the minor is taken into temporary custody.
19    (Source: P.A. 88-7; 88-487; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-17, eff.
20    5-31-95.)
21        (705 ILCS 405/2-28) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-28)
22        Sec.  2-28.  Court  review  in counties with a population
23    under 3,000,000.
24        (0.5)  This Section applies in counties with a population
25    under 3,000,000.
26        (1)  The  court  may  require  any  legal  custodian   or
27    guardian  of  the  person  appointed under this Act to report
28    periodically to the court or may  cite  him  into  court  and
29    require him or his agency, to make a full and accurate report
30    of  his  or its doings in behalf of the minor.  The custodian
31    or guardian, within 10 days after such citation,  shall  make
32    the report, either in writing verified by affidavit or orally
33    under  oath in open court, or otherwise as the court directs.
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 1    Upon the hearing of the  report  the  court  may  remove  the
 2    custodian  or  guardian  and  appoint another in his stead or
 3    restore the minor to the custody of  his  parents  or  former
 4    guardian  or  custodian.  However, custody of the minor shall
 5    not be restored to any parent, guardian or legal custodian in
 6    any case in which the minor  is  found  to  be  neglected  or
 7    abused  under  Section  2-3  of this Act, unless it is in the
 8    best interests of the minor, and if such neglect or abuse  is
 9    found  by  the  court  under paragraph (2) of Section 2-21 of
10    this Act to be the result of physical abuse inflicted on  the
11    minor by such parent, guardian or legal custodian, until such
12    time as an investigation is made as provided in paragraph (5)
13    and  a  hearing  is  held on the issue of the fitness of such
14    parent, guardian or legal custodian to care for the minor and
15    the court enters an order that such parent, guardian or legal
16    custodian is fit to care for the minor.
17        (2)  Permanency hearings shall be conducted by the court,
18    or by hearing officers appointed or approved by the court  in
19    the   manner  set  forth  in  Section  2-28.1  of  this  Act.
20    Permanency hearings shall be held every  12  months  or  more
21    frequently   if   necessary   in  the  court's  determination
22    following the initial permanency hearing, in accordance  with
23    the  standards  set  forth  in  this Section, until the court
24    determines that the plan and goal have been  achieved.   Once
25    the plan and goal have been achieved, if the minor remains in
26    substitute care, the case shall be reviewed at least every 12
27    months thereafter, subject to the provisions of this Section.
28        Notice  in  compliance  with  Sections 2-15 and 2-16 must
29    have been given to all parties-respondent  before  proceeding
30    to a permanency hearing.
31        The  public  agency  that is the custodian or guardian of
32    the minor, or another  agency  responsible  for  the  minor's
33    care,  shall  ensure  that  all  parties  to  the  permanency
34    hearings  are provided a copy of the most recent service plan
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 1    prepared within the prior  6  months  at  least  14  days  in
 2    advance  of  the  hearing.  If not contained in the plan, the
 3    agency shall also include a  report  setting  forth  (i)  any
 4    special   physical,   psychological,   educational,  medical,
 5    emotional, or other needs of the minor or his or  her  family
 6    that  are relevant to a permanency or placement determination
 7    and (ii) for any minor age 16 or over, a written  description
 8    of  the  programs  and services that will enable the minor to
 9    prepare for  independent  living.   If  a  permanency  review
10    hearing  has  not previously been scheduled by the court, the
11    moving party shall move  for  the  setting  of  a  permanency
12    hearing  and the entry of an order within the time frames set
13    forth in this subsection.
14        At the permanency hearing, the court shall determine  the
15    future  status  of the child.  The court shall review (i) the
16    appropriateness   of   the   permanency   goal,   (ii)    the
17    appropriateness  of  the  plan to achieve the goal, (iii) the
18    appropriateness of the services contained  in  the  plan  and
19    whether  those  services  have  been  provided,  (iv) whether
20    reasonable efforts have been made by all the parties  to  the
21    service  plan  to  achieve the goal, and (v) whether the plan
22    and goal  have  been  achieved.   All  evidence  relevant  to
23    determining  these  questions,  including  oral  and  written
24    reports,  may  be admitted and may be relied on to the extent
25    of their probative value.
26        In reviewing the permanency  goal  and  the  most  recent
27    service plan prepared within the prior 6 months, the standard
28    of  review  to  be employed by the court shall be whether the
29    Department of Children and Family Services,  in  setting  the
30    permanency  goal  and the service plan, abused its discretion
31    in light of the best interests of the child,  the  permanency
32    alternatives, and the facts in the individual case.
33        If  the  plan and goal are found to be appropriate and to
34    have been achieved, the court shall  enter  orders  that  are
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 1    necessary  to conform the minor's legal custody and status to
 2    those findings.
 3        If, after receiving evidence, the court  determines  that
 4    the  Department  of  Children  and Family Services abused its
 5    discretion in identifying services contained in the plan that
 6    are not reasonably calculated to  facilitate  achievement  of
 7    the  permanency  goal,  the  court  shall  put in writing the
 8    factual basis supporting the determination and enter specific
 9    findings based on the evidence.  The court also  shall  enter
10    an  order  for  the Department to develop and implement a new
11    service plan or to implement changes to the  current  service
12    plan  consistent  with the court's findings.  The new service
13    plan shall be filed with the court and served on all  parties
14    within  45  days  of  the date of the order.  The court shall
15    continue the matter until the  new  service  plan  is  filed.
16    Unless otherwise specifically authorized by law, the court is
17    not  empowered  under this subsection (2) or under subsection
18    (3) to  order  specific  placements,  specific  services,  or
19    specific service providers to be included in the plan.
20        If,  after  receiving evidence, the court determines that
21    the Department of Children and  Family  Services  abused  its
22    discretion  in  setting  a permanency goal that is not in the
23    best interests of the minor, the court shall  enter  specific
24    findings  in  writing  based on the evidence.  The court also
25    shall enter  an  order  for  the  Department  to  set  a  new
26    permanency  goal  and  to develop and implement a new service
27    plan that is consistent with the court's findings.   The  new
28    service  plan shall be filed with the court and served on all
29    parties within 45 days of the date of the order.   The  court
30    shall  continue  the  matter  until  the  new service plan is
31    filed.
32        A guardian or custodian appointed by the  court  pursuant
33    to  this  Act  shall  file  updated case plans with the court
34    every 6 months.
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 1        Rights  of  wards  of  the  court  under  this  Act   are
 2    enforceable  against  any  public  agency  by  complaints for
 3    relief by mandamus filed in  any  proceedings  brought  under
 4    this Act.
 5        (3)  Following  the  permanency  hearing, the court shall
 6    enter an order setting forth the following determinations  in
 7    writing:
 8             (a)  The  future  status of the minor, including but
 9        not limited to whether the minor should  be  returned  to
10        the  parent,  should  be  continued  in  the  care of the
11        Department of  Children  and  Family  Services  or  other
12        agency  for  a  specified  period,  should  be placed for
13        adoption, should be emancipated, or  should  (because  of
14        the  minor's special needs or circumstances) be continued
15        in the care of the  Department  of  Children  and  Family
16        Services  or  other  agency  on  a permanent or long-term
17        basis, and any orders necessary to  conform  the  minor's
18        legal custody and status to such determination; or
19             (b)  if  the  future  status  of the minor cannot be
20        achieved immediately, the specific reasons for continuing
21        the minor in the care of the Department of  Children  and
22        Family Services or other agency for short term placement,
23        and the following determinations:
24                  (i)  Whether the permanency goal is in the best
25             interests of the minor, or whether the Department of
26             Children  and  Family Services abused its discretion
27             in setting a goal that is not in the best  interests
28             of the minor.
29                  (ii)  Whether  the  services  required  by  the
30             court  and  by  any service plan prepared within the
31             prior 6 months have been provided  and  (A)  if  so,
32             whether  the  services were reasonably calculated to
33             facilitate the achievement of the permanency goal or
34             (B) if not  provided,  why  the  services  were  not
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 1             provided.
 2                  (iii)  Whether   the   minor's   placement   is
 3             necessary,  and  appropriate  to  the plan and goal,
 4             recognizing  the  right  of  minors  to  the   least
 5             restrictive (most family-like) setting available and
 6             in  close  proximity to the parents' home consistent
 7             with the best interest  and  special  needs  of  the
 8             minor  and,  if  the  minor  is placed out-of-State,
 9             whether the out-of-State placement continues  to  be
10             appropriate and in the best interest of the minor.
11                  (iv)  Whether,  because  of any of the findings
12             under   subparagraphs   (i)   through   (iii),   the
13             Department of Children and Family Services should be
14             ordered to set a new permanency goal or develop  and
15             implement  a  new  service plan consistent with such
16             findings.
17                  (v)  Whether  any  orders  to  effectuate   the
18             completion   of   a  plan  or  goal  are  necessary,
19             including conforming the minor's custody  or  status
20             to a goal being achieved.
21        Any  order  entered pursuant to this subsection (3) shall
22    be immediately appealable as a matter of right under  Supreme
23    Court Rule 304(b)(1).
24        (4)  The  minor or any person interested in the minor may
25    apply to the court for a change in custody of the  minor  and
26    the  appointment of a new custodian or guardian of the person
27    or for the restoration of the minor to  the  custody  of  his
28    parents or former guardian or custodian.  However, custody of
29    the  minor  shall  not be restored to any parent, guardian or
30    legal custodian in any case in which the minor is found to be
31    neglected or abused under Section 2-3 of this Act, unless  it
32    is  in the best interest of the minor, and if such neglect or
33    abuse is found by the court under paragraph  (2)  of  Section
34    2-21 of this Act to be the result of physical abuse inflicted
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 1    on  the  minor  by  such parent, guardian or legal custodian,
 2    until such time as an investigation is made  as  provided  in
 3    paragraph  (4)  and  a  hearing  is  held on the issue of the
 4    fitness of such parent, guardian or legal custodian  to  care
 5    for the minor and the court enters an order that such parent,
 6    guardian or legal custodian is fit to care for the minor.  In
 7    the event that the minor has attained 18 years of age and the
 8    guardian  or  custodian  petitions  the  court  for  an order
 9    terminating his  guardianship  or  custody,  guardianship  or
10    custody  shall  terminate  automatically  30  days  after the
11    receipt of the petition unless the  court  orders  otherwise.
12    No  legal  custodian or guardian of the person may be removed
13    without his consent until given notice and an opportunity  to
14    be heard by the court.
15        (5)  Whenever  a  parent,  guardian,  or  legal custodian
16    petitions for restoration of custody of the  minor,  and  the
17    minor  was  adjudicated  neglected  or  abused as a result of
18    physical  abuse,  the  court  shall  cause  to  be  made   an
19    investigation  as  to  whether  the  petitioner has ever been
20    charged with or convicted of any criminal offense which would
21    indicate the likelihood of any further physical abuse to  the
22    minor.   Evidence of such criminal convictions shall be taken
23    into account in determining fitness of the parent,  guardian,
24    or legal custodian.
25             (a)  Any  agency  of  this  State or any subdivision
26        thereof shall co-operate with the agent of the  court  in
27        providing any information sought in the investigation.
28             (b)  The  information derived from the investigation
29        and any conclusions or recommendations derived  from  the
30        information shall be provided to the parent, guardian, or
31        legal  custodian  seeking restoration of custody prior to
32        the hearing on fitness and the petitioner shall  have  an
33        opportunity  at  the hearing to refute the information or
34        contest its significance.
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 1             (c)  All information obtained from any investigation
 2        shall be confidential as provided in Section 1-10 of this
 3        Act.
 4    (Source: P.A. 88-7; 88-487; 88-614, eff. 9-7-94; 88-670, eff.
 5    12-2-94; 89-17, eff. 5-31-95;  89-21,  eff.  7-1-95;  89-626,
 6    eff. 8-9-96.)
 7        (705 ILCS 405/2-28.01 new)
 8        Sec. 2-28.01.  Court review in counties with a population
 9    of 3,000,000 or more.
10        (a)  This  Section  applies in counties with a population
11    of 3,000,000 or more.
12        (b)  The  court  may  require  any  legal  custodian   or
13    guardian  of  the  person  appointed under this Act to report
14    periodically to the court or may cite him or her  into  court
15    and  require him or her, or his or her agency, to make a full
16    and accurate report of his or her or its doings in behalf  of
17    the  minor.   The custodian or guardian, within 10 days after
18    the citation,  shall  make  the  report,  either  in  writing
19    verified  by affidavit or orally under oath in open court, or
20    otherwise as the court directs.   Upon  the  hearing  of  the
21    report,  the  court  may remove the custodian or guardian and
22    appoint another in his or her stead or restore the  minor  to
23    the  custody  of  his  or  her  parents or former guardian or
24    custodian.  However,  custody  of  the  minor  shall  not  be
25    restored  to  any parent, guardian, or legal custodian in any
26    case in which the minor is found to be  neglected  or  abused
27    under  Section  2-3  of  this  Act,  unless it is in the best
28    interests of the minor, and if the neglect or abuse is  found
29    by  the court under paragraph (2) of Section 2-21 of this Act
30    to be the result of physical abuse inflicted on the minor  by
31    the  parent, guardian, or legal custodian, until such time as
32    an investigation is made as provided in paragraph (g) of this
33    Section and a hearing is held on the issue of the fitness  of
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 1    the  parent,  guardian,  or  legal  custodian to care for the
 2    minor  and  the  court  enters  an  order  that  the  parent,
 3    guardian, or legal custodian is fit to care for the minor.
 4        (c)  The first permanency hearing shall be conducted by a
 5    judge.  Subsequent permanency hearings  may  be  heard  by  a
 6    judge  or  by  a hearing officer appointed or approved by the
 7    court in the manner set forth in Section 2-28.1 of this  Act.
 8    The  initial  hearing shall be held within 12 months from the
 9    date temporary custody was taken. Permanency  hearings  shall
10    be held every 6 months or more frequently if necessary in the
11    court's   determination   following  the  initial  permanency
12    hearing, in accordance with the standards set forth  in  this
13    Section,  until  the  court determines that the plan and goal
14    have been  achieved.   Once  the  plan  and  goal  have  been
15    achieved,  if  the minor remains in substitute care, the case
16    shall be reviewed at least every 6 months thereafter, subject
17    to the provisions of this Section, unless the minor is placed
18    in the guardianship of a suitable relative  or  other  person
19    and the court determines further monitoring by the court does
20    not further the best interest of the child and that this is a
21    stable  permanent  placement.   The  permanency hearings must
22    occur within the time frames set forth in this subsection and
23    may not be delayed in  anticipation  of  a  report  from  any
24    source,  or  due  to  the agency's failure to timely file its
25    written report (this written report means  the  one  required
26    under  the  next paragraph and does not mean the service plan
27    also referred to in that paragraph).
28             (1)  The public agency  that  is  the  custodian  or
29        guardian  of the minor, or another agency responsible for
30        the minor's care, shall ensure that all  parties  to  the
31        permanency  hearings  are  provided  a  copy  of the most
32        recent service plan prepared within the prior 6 months at
33        least  14  days  in  advance  of  the  hearing.   If  not
34        contained in the plan, the agency shall  also  include  a
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 1        report   setting   forth   (i)   any   special  physical,
 2        psychological, educational, medical, emotional, or  other
 3        needs of the minor or his or her family that are relevant
 4        to  a  permanency or placement determination and (ii) for
 5        any minor age 16 years or over, a written description  of
 6        the  programs  and services that will enable the minor to
 7        prepare for independent living.  If a  permanency  review
 8        hearing  has  not previously been scheduled by the court,
 9        the  moving  party  shall  move  for  the  setting  of  a
10        permanency hearing and the entry of an order  within  the
11        time frames set forth in this subsection (c).
12             (2)  At  the  permanency  hearing,  the  court shall
13        determine the future status  of  the  child.   The  court
14        shall set one of the following permanency goals:
15             (A)  The  minor  will be returned home by a specific
16        date within 5 months.
17             (B)  (1) The minor will be in short-term care with a
18        continued goal to return home  within  a  period  not  to
19        exceed  one  year,  when  the  progress  of the parent or
20        parents is substantial giving particular consideration to
21        the age and individual needs of the minor, or
22                  (2)  if the permanency  hearing  is  held  less
23             than 9 months after adjudication and the court finds
24             that the parent or parents have not made substantial
25             progress the court may:
26                       (i)  make  a  finding regarding reasonable
27                  progress or efforts at that point;
28                       (ii)  when   appropriate   identify   what
29                  actions  the  parent  or  the   Department   of
30                  Children and Family Services must take in order
31                  to  justify a finding of reasonable efforts and
32                  reasonable progress; and
33                       (iii)  enter  an  order   continuing   the
34                  permanency hearing to a date not earlier than 9
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 1                  months  from  the  date of the adjudication nor
 2                  later than 11  months  from  the  date  of  the
 3                  adjudication.
 4             (C)  The  minor  will  be in substitute care pending
 5        court determination on termination of parental rights.
 6             (D)  Adoption, provided that  parental  rights  have
 7        been terminated or relinquished.
 8             (E)  The   guardianship   of   the   minor  will  be
 9        transferred to an individual or  couple  on  a  permanent
10        basis provided that goals (A) through (D) have been ruled
11        out.
12             (F)  The  minor  over  age  12 will be in substitute
13        care pending independence.
14             (G)  The minor will be in substitute care because he
15        or she cannot be provided for in a home  environment  due
16        to   developmental  disabilities  or  mental  illness  or
17        because he or she is a danger to self or others, provided
18        that goals (A) through (D) have been ruled out.
19        In  selecting  any  permanency  goal,  the  court   shall
20    indicate in writing the reasons the goal was selected and why
21    the preceding goals were ruled out. If the court has selected
22    a  permanency  goal  other  than (A) or (B) the Department of
23    Children  and  Family  Services  shall  not  provide  further
24    reunification services, but shall provide services consistent
25    with the goal selected.
26        The court  shall  consider  the  following  factors  when
27    setting the permanency goal:
28             (i)  Age of the child.
29             (ii)  Options available for permanence.
30             (iii)  Current placement of the child and the intent
31        of the family regarding adoption.
32             (iv)  Emotional,  physical,  and  mental  status  or
33        condition of the child.
34             (v)  Types   of   services  previously  offered  and
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 1        whether or not the services were successful and,  if  not
 2        successful, the reasons the services failed.
 3             (vi)  Availability  of services currently needed and
 4        whether the services exist.
 5             (vii)  Status of siblings of the minor.
 6        (3)  The court shall consider  (i)  the  permanency  goal
 7    contained  in  the case plan, (ii) the appropriateness of the
 8    services contained in the plan  and  whether  those  services
 9    have  been  provided,  (iii)  whether reasonable efforts have
10    been made by all the parties to the service plan  to  achieve
11    the  goal,  and  (iv)  whether  the  plan  and goal have been
12    achieved.
13             (4)  All  evidence  relevant  to  determining  these
14        questions, including oral and  written  reports,  may  be
15        admitted  and  may  be  relied  on to the extent of their
16        probative value.
17        (d)  If the goal has been achieved, the court shall enter
18    orders that  are  necessary  to  conform  the  minor's  legal
19    custody and status to those findings.
20        If,  after  receiving evidence, the court determines that
21    the  services  contained  in  the  plan  are  not  reasonably
22    calculated to facilitate achievement of the permanency  goal,
23    the  court  shall put in writing the factual basis supporting
24    the determination and enter specific findings  based  on  the
25    evidence.   The  court  also  shall  enter  an  order for the
26    Department to develop and implement a new service plan or  to
27    implement changes to the current service plan consistent with
28    the  court's  findings.   The new service plan shall be filed
29    with the court and served on all parties within 45 days after
30    the date of the order.  The court shall continue  the  matter
31    until  the  new  service  plan  is  filed.   Unless otherwise
32    specifically authorized by law, the court  is  not  empowered
33    under  this  subsection (d) or under subsection (c) or (e) to
34    order specific placements,  specific  services,  or  specific
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 1    service providers to be included in the plan.
 2        A  guardian  or custodian appointed by the court pursuant
 3    to this Act shall file updated  case  plans  with  the  court
 4    every 6 months.
 5        Rights   of  wards  of  the  court  under  this  Act  are
 6    enforceable against  any  public  agency  by  complaints  for
 7    relief  by  mandamus  filed  in any proceedings brought under
 8    this Act.
 9        (e)  Following the permanency hearing,  the  court  shall
10    enter  an order setting forth the following determinations in
11    writing:
12             (1)  The future status of the minor,  including  the
13        permanency  goal, and any orders necessary to conform the
14        minor's legal custody and status to the determination; or
15             (2)  if the permanency goal  of the minor cannot  be
16        achieved immediately, the specific reasons for continuing
17        the  minor  in the care of the Department of Children and
18        Family Services or other agency for short term placement,
19        and the following determinations:
20                  (A)  Whether the services required by the court
21             and by any service plan prepared within the prior  6
22             months have been provided and (i) if so, whether the
23             services  were  reasonably  calculated to facilitate
24             the achievement of the permanency goal  or  (ii)  if
25             not provided, why the services were not provided.
26                  (B)  Whether    the    minor's   placement   is
27             necessary, and appropriate to  the  plan  and  goal,
28             recognizing   the  right  of  minors  to  the  least
29             restrictive (most family-like) setting available and
30             in close proximity to the parents'  home  consistent
31             with  the  best  interest  and  special needs of the
32             minor and, if  the  minor  is  placed  out-of-State,
33             whether  the  out-of-State placement continues to be
34             appropriate and in the best interest of the minor.
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 1        Any order entered pursuant to this subsection  (e)  shall
 2    be  immediately appealable as a matter of right under Supreme
 3    Court Rule 304(b)(1).
 4        (f)  The minor or any person interested in the minor  may
 5    apply  to  the court for a change in custody of the minor and
 6    the appointment of a new custodian or guardian of the  person
 7    or  for the restoration of the minor to the custody of his or
 8    her  parents  or  former  guardian  or  custodian.   However,
 9    custody of the minor shall not be  restored  to  any  parent,
10    guardian,  or  legal custodian in any case in which the minor
11    is found to be neglected or abused under Section 2-3 of  this
12    Act,  unless  it is in the best interest of the minor, and if
13    the neglect or abuse is found by the  court  under  paragraph
14    (2)  of Section 2-21 of this Act to be the result of physical
15    abuse inflicted on the minor  by  the  parent,  guardian,  or
16    legal  custodian, until such time as an investigation is made
17    as provided in paragraph (g) and a hearing  is  held  on  the
18    issue  of  the  fitness  of  the  parent,  guardian, or legal
19    custodian to care for the minor and the court enters an order
20    that the parent, guardian, or legal custodian is fit to  care
21    for  the  minor.  In the event that the minor has attained 18
22    years of age and the  guardian  or  custodian  petitions  the
23    court  for  an  order  terminating his or her guardianship or
24    custody,   guardianship   or    custody    shall    terminate
25    automatically  30  days  after  the  receipt  of the petition
26    unless the court orders otherwise.   No  legal  custodian  or
27    guardian  of  the  person  may  be removed without his or her
28    consent until given notice and an opportunity to be heard  by
29    the court.
30        (g)  Whenever  a  parent,  guardian,  or  legal custodian
31    petitions for restoration of custody of the  minor,  and  the
32    minor  was  adjudicated  neglected  or  abused as a result of
33    physical  abuse,  the  court  shall  cause  to  be  made   an
34    investigation  as  to  whether  the  petitioner has ever been
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 1    charged with or convicted of any criminal offense that  would
 2    indicate  the likelihood of any further physical abuse to the
 3    minor.  Evidence of these criminal convictions shall be taken
 4    into account in determining fitness of the parent,  guardian,
 5    or legal custodian.
 6             (1)  Any  agency of this State or any subdivision of
 7        the State shall cooperate with the agent of the court  in
 8        providing any information sought in the investigation.
 9             (2)  The  information derived from the investigation
10        and any conclusions or recommendations derived  from  the
11        information shall be provided to the parent, guardian, or
12        legal  custodian  seeking restoration of custody prior to
13        the hearing on fitness and the petitioner shall  have  an
14        opportunity  at  the hearing to refute the information or
15        contest its significance.
16             (3)  All information obtained from any investigation
17        shall be confidential as provided in Section 1-10 of this
18        Act.
19        (705 ILCS 405/2-28.1)
20        Sec.   2-28.1.  Permanency   hearings;   before   hearing
21    officers.
22        (a)  The chief judge of the  circuit  court  may  appoint
23    hearing officers to conduct the permanency hearings set forth
24    in  subsection  (2)  of  Section  2-28  or  subsection (c) of
25    Section  2-28.01  of  this  Act,  in  accordance   with   the
26    provisions  of  this  Section.  The hearing officers shall be
27    attorneys with at least 3 years experience in child abuse and
28    neglect or  permanency  planning,  and  in  counties  with  a
29    population  of 3,000,000 or more, admitted to practice for at
30    least 7 years.,  Once trained by the court, hearing  officers
31    shall be authorized to do the following:
32             (1)  Conduct  a  fair and impartial hearing in which
33        the strict rules of evidence need not apply.
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 1             (2)  Summon and compel the attendance of witnesses.
 2             (3)  Administer the oath  or  affirmation  and  take
 3        testimony under oath or affirmation.
 4             (4)  Require  the production of evidence relevant to
 5        the permanency hearing to be  conducted.   That  evidence
 6        may  include,  but  need  not  be  limited to case plans,
 7        social histories, medical and psychological  evaluations,
 8        child  placement histories, visitation records, and other
 9        documents and writings applicable to those items.
10             (5)  Rule on the admissibility of evidence using the
11        standard applied at a dispositional hearing under Section
12        2-22 of this Act or other information.
13             (6)  When necessary,  cause  notices  to  be  issued
14        requiring parties, the public agency that is custodian or
15        guardian  of the minor, or another agency responsible for
16        the minor's care to  appear  either  before  the  hearing
17        officer or in court.
18             (7)  Analyze  the  evidence presented to the hearing
19        officer and prepare written recommended orders, including
20        findings of fact, based on the evidence.
21             (8)  Prior to the hearing, conduct any  pre-hearings
22        that may be necessary.
23             (9)  Conduct in camera interviews with children when
24        requested by a child or the child's guardian ad litem.
25        In  counties  with  a  population  of  3,000,000 or more,
26    hearing  officers  shall  also  be  authorized  to   do   the
27    following:
28             (1)  Accept   specific   consents  for  adoption  or
29        surrenders of parental rights from a parent or parents.
30             (2)  Conduct hearings on the  progress  made  toward
31        the permanency goal set for the minor.
32             (3)  Perform other duties as assigned by the court.
33        (b)  The  hearing  officer  shall  consider  evidence and
34    conduct the permanency hearings as set forth  in  subsections
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 1    (2)  and  (3)  of  Section  2-28 or subsection (c) of Section
 2    2-28.01 of this Act in  accordance  with  the  standards  set
 3    forth  therein.   The  hearing  officer  shall  assure that a
 4    verbatim record of the proceedings is made and retained for a
 5    period of 12 months or until  the  next  permanency  hearing,
 6    whichever date is later, and shall direct to the clerk of the
 7    court  preserve  all documents and evidence for the record to
 8    be made part of the court file.  The  hearing  officer  shall
 9    inform  the  participants  of  their  individual  rights  and
10    responsibilities.   The  hearing  officer  shall identify the
11    issues to be reviewed under subsection (2) of Section 2-28 or
12    subsection (c) of  Section  2-28.01,  consider  all  relevant
13    facts,  and  receive  or  request  any additional information
14    necessary to make recommendations to the court.  If  a  party
15    fails  to  appear  at  the  hearing,  the hearing officer may
16    proceed to the permanency hearing with the parties present at
17    the hearing.  The hearing officer shall specifically note for
18    the court the absence of any parties.   If  all  parties  are
19    present  at  the  permanency hearing, and the parties and the
20    Department  are  in  agreement  that  the  service  plan  and
21    permanency goal are appropriate or are in agreement that  the
22    permanency  goal for the child has been achieved, the hearing
23    officer shall prepare a recommended order, including findings
24    of fact, to be submitted to the court, and  all  parties  and
25    the  Department  shall sign the recommended order at the time
26    of the hearing.  The recommended order will then be submitted
27    to the court for its immediate consideration and the entry of
28    an appropriate order.
29        The  court  may  enter  an  order  consistent  with   the
30    recommended  order  without  further hearing or notice to the
31    parties, may refer the matter  to  the  hearing  officer  for
32    further  proceedings, or may hold such additional hearings as
33    the court  deems  necessary.   All  parties  present  at  the
34    hearing  and  the  Department shall be tendered a copy of the
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 1    court's order at the conclusion of the hearing.
 2        (c)  If one or  more  parties  are  not  present  at  the
 3    permanency  hearing,  or  any  party  or  the  Department  of
 4    Children and Family Services objects to the hearing officer's
 5    recommended  order,  including  any  findings  of  fact,  the
 6    hearing   officer   shall  set  the  matter  for  a  judicial
 7    determination within 30 days of the  permanency  hearing  for
 8    the  entry  of  the  recommended  order or for receipt of the
 9    parties'  objections.   Any  objections  shall  identify  the
10    specific findings or recommendations that are contested,  the
11    basis  for the objections, and the evidence or applicable law
12    supporting the objection.  The hearing officer shall  mail  a
13    copy  of  the recommended order to any non-attending parties,
14    together with a notice of the date and place of the  judicial
15    determination and the right of the parties to present at that
16    time   objections   consistent  with  this  subsection.   The
17    recommended order and its contents may not  be  disclosed  to
18    anyone  other  than  the  parties and the Department or other
19    agency unless otherwise specifically ordered by  a  judge  of
20    the court.
21        Following  the receipt of objections consistent with this
22    subsection from any party or the Department of  Children  and
23    Family  Services to the hearing officer's recommended orders,
24    the court  shall  make  a  judicial  determination  of  those
25    portions  of  the  order  to  which objections were made, and
26    shall enter an appropriate order.  The court  may  refuse  to
27    review  any  objections that fail to meet the requirements of
28    this subsection.
29        (d)  The following are judicial functions  and  shall  be
30    performed only by a circuit judge or associate judge:
31             (1)  Review of the recommended orders of the hearing
32        officer and entry of orders the court deems appropriate.
33             (2)  Conduct of judicial hearings on all pre-hearing
34        motions  and other matters that require a court order and
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 1        entry of orders as the court deems appropriate.
 2             (3)  Conduct  of  judicial  determinations  on   all
 3        matters  in  which  the  parties  or  the  Department  of
 4        Children  and  Family  Services disagree with the hearing
 5        officer's recommended orders under subsection (3).
 6             (4)  Issuance of rules to  show  cause,  conduct  of
 7        contempt   proceedings,  and  imposition  of  appropriate
 8        sanctions or relief.
 9    (Source: P.A. 89-17, eff. 5-31-95.)
10        Section  99.  Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
11    September 1, 1997.

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