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Illinois Compiled Statutes

Juvenile Court Act of 1987

705 ILCS 405/3-1 Jurisdictional  facts
705 ILCS 405/3-2 Venue
705 ILCS 405/3-3 Minor  requiring  authoritative  intervention
705 ILCS 405/3-4 Taking into limited custody
705 ILCS 405/3-5 Interim crisis intervention services
705 ILCS 405/3-6 Alternative voluntary residential placement
705 ILCS 405/3-7 Taking into temporary custody
705 ILCS 405/3-8 Duty of officer; admissions by minor
705 ILCS 405/3-9 Temporary custody; shelter care
705 ILCS 405/3-10 Investigation; release
705 ILCS 405/3-11 Setting of shelter care hearing; notice; release
705 ILCS 405/3-12 Shelter care hearing
705 ILCS 405/3-13 Medical and dental treatment  and  care
705 ILCS 405/3-14 Preliminary conferences
705 ILCS 405/3-15 Petition; supplemental petitions
705 ILCS 405/3-16 Date for adjudicatory  hearing
705 ILCS 405/3-17 Summons
705 ILCS 405/3-18 Notice by certified mail or publication
705 ILCS 405/3-19 Guardian ad litem
705 ILCS 405/3-20 Evidence
705 ILCS 405/3-21 Continuance under supervision
705 ILCS 405/3-22 Findings  and  adjudication
705 ILCS 405/3-23 Dispositional hearing; evidence;  continuance
705 ILCS 405/3-24 Kinds of dispositional orders
705 ILCS 405/3-25 Protective  supervision
705 ILCS 405/3-26 Order of protection
705 ILCS 405/3-27 Enforcement of orders of  protective  supervision  or  of protection.
705 ILCS 405/3-28 Placement; legal custody or guardianship
705 ILCS 405/3-29 Court review
705 ILCS 405/3-30 Adoption; appointment of guardian with power to consent
705 ILCS 405/3-31 Notice to putative father; service
705 ILCS 405/3-32 Duration of wardship and discharge of proceedings
705 ILCS 405/3-33    >>> Truant Minor in Need of Supervision

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   ARTICLE III.  MINORS REQUIRING AUTHORITATIVE INTERVENTION

    (705 ILCS 405/3-1)
    Sec. 3-1.  Jurisdictional  facts.   Proceedings  may  be  instituted
under  this  Article concerning boys and girls who require authoritative
intervention as defined in Section 3-3 or who are truant minors in  need
of supervision as defined in Section 3-33.
(Source: P.A. 85-1235.)

    (705 ILCS 405/3-2)
    Sec. 3-2.  (1) Venue under this Article lies in the county where the
minor resides or is found.
    (2)  If proceedings are commenced in any county other than  that  of
the minor's residence, the court in which the proceedings were initiated
may  at  any  time before or after adjudication of wardship transfer the
case to the county of the minor's residence by transmitting to the court
in that county an authenticated copy of the court record, including  all
documents, petitions and orders filed therein, and the minute orders and
docket entries of the court.  Transfer in like manner may be made in the
event  of  a  change  of residence from one county to another of a minor
concerning whom proceedings are pending.
(Source: P.A. 85-601.)

    (705 ILCS 405/3-3)
    Sec.  3-3.   Minor  requiring  authoritative  intervention.    Those
requiring authoritative intervention include any minor under 18 years of
age  (1) who is (a) absent from home without consent of parent, guardian
or custodian, or (b) beyond the control of his or her  parent,  guardian
or  custodian,  in  circumstances  which  constitute  a  substantial  or
immediate  danger  to  the  minor's  physical safety; and (2) who, after
being taken into limited custody for the period  provided  for  in  this
Section   and   offered  interim  crisis  intervention  services,  where
available, refuses to return home after the minor and his or her parent,
guardian or custodian cannot agree to an arrangement for an  alternative
voluntary   residential   placement  or  to  the  continuation  of  such
placement.  Any  minor  taken  into  limited  custody  for  the  reasons
specified in this Section may  not  be  adjudicated  a  minor  requiring
authoritative  intervention  until  the  following  number  of days have
elapsed from his or her having been taken into limited custody:  21 days
for the first instance of being taken into limited custody  and  5  days
for  the  second, third, or fourth instances of being taken into limited
custody.  For the fifth or any subsequent instance of being  taken  into
limited custody for the reasons specified in this Section, the minor may
be  adjudicated  as  requiring  authoritative  intervention  without any
specified period of time expiring after his  or  her  being  taken  into
limited  custody,  without  the  minor's  being  offered  interim crisis
intervention  services,  and  without  the  minor's  being  afforded  an
opportunity to agree to an  arrangement  for  an  alternative  voluntary
residential  placement.    Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this
Section, for the first instance in which a minor is taken  into  limited
custody  where one year has elapsed from the last instance of his having
been taken into limited custody, the minor  may  not  be  adjudicated  a
minor  requiring  authoritative  intervention  until 21 days have passed
since being taken into limited custody.
(Source: P.A. 85-601.)
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    (705 ILCS 405/3-4)
    Sec. 3-4.  Taking into limited custody.
    (a)  A law enforcement officer may, without  a  warrant,  take  into
limited  custody  a  minor  who  the  law enforcement officer reasonably
determines is (i) absent  from  home  without  consent  of  the  minor's
parent,  guardian or custodian, or (ii) beyond the control of his or her
parent, guardian or  custodian,  in  circumstances  which  constitute  a
substantial or immediate danger to the minor's physical safety.
    (b)  A  law  enforcement  officer  who  takes  a  minor into limited
custody shall (i) immediately inform the minor of the reasons  for  such
limited custody, and (ii) make a prompt, reasonable effort to inform the
minor's  parents,  guardian,  or custodian that the minor has been taken
into limited custody and where the minor is being kept.
    (c)  If the minor consents, the law enforcement officer shall make a
reasonable effort to transport, arrange for  the  transportation  of  or
otherwise  release the minor to the parent, guardian or custodian.  Upon
release of a minor who  is  believed  to  need  or  would  benefit  from
medical,   psychological,   psychiatric  or  social  services,  the  law
enforcement officer may inform the minor and  the  person  to  whom  the
minor is released of the nature and location of appropriate services and
shall,  if  requested, assist in establishing contact between the family
and an agency or association providing such services.
    (d)  If the law enforcement officer  is  unable  by  all  reasonable
efforts  to  contact  a parent, custodian, relative or other responsible
person; or if the person contacted lives an unreasonable distance  away;
or  if  the  minor  refuses  to  be  taken  to  his or her home or other
appropriate residence; or if the officer is otherwise unable despite all
reasonable efforts to make arrangements for  the  safe  release  of  the
minor taken into limited custody, the law enforcement officer shall take
or  make reasonable arrangements for transporting the minor to an agency
or  association  providing  crisis  intervention  services,  or,   where
appropriate,  to  a mental health or developmental disabilities facility
for screening for voluntary or involuntary admission under Section 3-500
et seq. of the Illinois Mental  Health  and  Developmental  Disabilities
Code;  provided  that  where  no crisis intervention services exist, the
minor may be transported for services to court  service  departments  or
probation departments under the court's administration.
    (e)  No  minor shall be involuntarily subject to limited custody for
more than 6 hours from the time of the minor's initial contact with  the
law enforcement officer.
    (f)  No  minor taken into limited custody shall be placed in a jail,
municipal lockup, detention center or secure correctional facility.
    (g)  The taking of a minor into limited custody under  this  Section
is not an arrest nor does it constitute a police record; and the records
of  law  enforcement  officers  concerning all minors taken into limited
custody under this Section shall be maintained separate from the records
of arrest and may not be inspected by or disclosed to the public  except
by  order  of  the court.  However, such records may be disclosed to the
agency or association providing interim crisis intervention services for
the minor.
    (h)  Any law enforcement  agency,  juvenile  officer  or  other  law
enforcement officer acting reasonably and in good faith in the care of a
minor  in  limited  custody  shall  be immune from any civil or criminal
liability resulting from such custody.
(Source: P.A. 87-1154.)

    (705 ILCS 405/3-5)
    Sec. 3-5.  Interim crisis intervention services.  (a)  Any minor who
is taken into limited custody,  or  who  independently  requests  or  is
referred for assistance, may be provided crisis intervention services by
an  agency  or  association,  as  defined  in  this  Act,  provided  the
association   or   agency   staff   (i)   immediately   investigate  the
circumstances of the minor and the facts  surrounding  the  minor  being
taken into custody and promptly explain these facts and circumstances to
the  minor,  and  (ii)  make  a  reasonable effort to inform the minor's
parent, guardian or custodian of the fact that the minor has been  taken
into limited custody and where the minor is being kept, and (iii) if the
minor  consents,  make a reasonable effort to transport, arrange for the
transportation of,  or  otherwise  release  the  minor  to  the  parent,
guardian  or  custodian.   Upon  release of the child who is believed to
need or benefit  from  medical,  psychological,  psychiatric  or  social
services,  the association or agency may inform the minor and the person
to whom the minor is released of the nature and location of  appropriate
services and shall, if requested, assist in establishing contact between
the  family  and other associations or agencies providing such services.
If the agency or association is unable  by  all  reasonable  efforts  to
contact  a  parent,  guardian  or  custodian, or if the person contacted
lives an unreasonable distance away, or if the minor refuses to be taken
to his or her home or other appropriate residence, or if the  agency  or
association  is  otherwise unable despite all reasonable efforts to make
arrangements for the safe return of the minor, the minor may be taken to
a temporary living arrangement which is in  compliance  with  the  Child
Care  Act  of 1969 or which is with persons agreed to by the parents and
the agency or association.
    (b)  An agency or association is authorized to permit a minor to  be
sheltered in a temporary living arrangement provided the agency seeks to
effect  the  minor's  return  home  or  alternative  living arrangements
agreeable to the minor and the parent, guardian or custodian as soon  as
practicable.  If the parent, guardian or custodian refuses to permit the
minor  to  return home, and no other living arrangement agreeable to the
minor and the parent, guardian, or custodian can  be  made,  the  agency
shall  file a petition alleging that the minor is neglected or abused as
described in Section 2-3 of this Act. No minor shall be sheltered  in  a
temporary   living   arrangement  for  more  than  48  hours,  excluding
Saturdays,  Sundays  and  court-designated  holidays,  without  parental
consent unless the agency documents its unsuccessful efforts to  contact
a  parent  or  guardian, including recording the date and time and staff
involved in  all  telephone  calls,  telegrams,  letters,  and  personal
contacts to obtain the consent or authority, in which case the minor may
be so sheltered for not more than 21 days.
    (c)  Any agency or association or employee thereof acting reasonably
and  in  good faith in the care of a minor being provided interim crisis
intervention services and shelter care shall be immune from any civil or
criminal liability resulting from such care.
(Source: P.A. 85-601.)
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    (705 ILCS 405/3-6)
    Sec. 3-6.  Alternative voluntary residential placement.  (a) A minor
and his or her parent, guardian or custodian may agree to an arrangement
for alternative voluntary residential placement, in compliance with  the
"Child  Care  Act  of  1969",  without  court order.  Such placement may
continue as long as there is agreement.
    (b)  If the minor and his  or  her  parent,  guardian  or  custodian
cannot  agree  to  an  arrangement for alternative voluntary residential
placement in the first instance, or cannot agree to the continuation  of
such  placement,  and the minor refuses to return home, the minor or his
or her parent, guardian or custodian, or a person properly acting at the
minor's request, may file with the court a petition  alleging  that  the
minor requires authoritative intervention as described in Section 3-3.
(Source: P.A. 85-601.)

    (705 ILCS 405/3-7)
    Sec. 3-7. Taking into temporary custody.
    (1)  A law enforcement officer may, without  a  warrant,  take  into
temporary  custody  a  minor  (a) whom the officer with reasonable cause
believes to be a minor requiring authoritative intervention; (b) who has
been adjudged a ward of the court and has escaped  from  any  commitment
ordered  by  the court under this Act; or (c) who is found in any street
or public place suffering from any sickness  or  injury  which  requires
care, medical treatment or hospitalization.
    (2)  Whenever  a  petition has been filed under Section 3-15 and the
court finds that the conduct and behavior of the minor may endanger  the
health,  person,  welfare,  or property of himself or others or that the
circumstances of his home environment may endanger his  health,  person,
welfare  or  property,  a  warrant may be issued immediately to take the
minor into custody.
    (3)  The taking of a minor into temporary custody under this Section
is not an arrest nor does it constitute a police record.
    (4)  No minor taken into temporary custody  shall  be  placed  in  a
jail,   municipal  lockup,  detention  center,  or  secure  correctional
facility.
(Source: P.A. 87-1154.)

    (705 ILCS 405/3-8)
    Sec. 3-8.  Duty of officer; admissions by minor.
    (1)  A law enforcement officer who takes a minor into custody with a
warrant shall immediately make a reasonable attempt to notify the parent
or other person legally responsible for the minor's care or  the  person
with  whom  the minor resides that the minor has been taken into custody
and where he or she  is  being  held;  and  the  officer  shall  without
unnecessary  delay take the minor to the nearest juvenile police officer
designated for such purposes in the county of venue or  shall  surrender
the  minor to a juvenile police officer in the city or village where the
offense is alleged to have been committed.
    The minor shall be delivered without unnecessary delay to the  court
or  to  the place designated by rule or order of court for the reception
of minors.  The court may not designate a place  of  detention  for  the
reception  of  minors,  unless  the  minor  is  alleged  to  be a person
described in subsection (3) of Section 5-105.
    (2)  A law enforcement  officer  who  takes  a  minor  into  custody
without a warrant under Section 3-7 shall, if the minor is not released,
immediately  make  a  reasonable  attempt  to notify the parent or other
person legally responsible for the minor's care or the person with  whom
the  minor  resides that the minor has been taken into custody and where
the minor is being held; and the law enforcement officer  shall  without
unnecessary  delay take the minor to the nearest juvenile police officer
designated for such purposes in the county of venue or  shall  surrender
the  minor to a juvenile police officer in the city or village where the
offense is alleged to have been committed, or upon determining the  true
identity  of  the  minor,  may  release the minor to the parent or other
person legally responsible for the minor's care or the person with  whom
the  minor  resides,  if  the minor is taken into custody for an offense
which would be a misdemeanor if committed by an adult.  If a minor is so
released, the law enforcement officer shall promptly notify  a  juvenile
police officer of the circumstances of the custody and release.
    (3)  The  juvenile  police  officer  may  take  one of the following
actions:
         (a)  station adjustment with release of the minor;
         (b)  station adjustment with release of the minor to a parent;
         (c)  station adjustment, release of the minor to a parent,  and
    referral of the case to community services;
         (d)  station  adjustment, release of the minor to a parent, and
    referral of the case to community services with informal  monitoring
    by a juvenile police officer;
         (e)  station  adjustment  and  release  of the minor to a third
    person pursuant to agreement of the minor and parents;
         (f)  station adjustment, release of the minor to a third person
    pursuant to agreement of the minor and parents, and referral of  the
    case to community services;
         (g)  station adjustment, release of the minor to a third person
    pursuant  to  agreement  of  the  minor  and parent, and referral to
    community services with informal monitoring  by  a  juvenile  police
    officer;
         (h)  release of the minor to his or her parents and referral of
    the case to a county juvenile probation officer or such other public
    officer designated by the court;
         (i)  release  of  the  minor  to school officials of his school
    during regular school hours;
         (j)  if the juvenile police officer  reasonably  believes  that
    there  is  an  urgent  and  immediate necessity to keep the minor in
    custody, the juvenile police officer shall deliver the minor without
    unnecessary delay to the court or to the place designated by rule or
    order of court for the reception of minors; and
         (k)  any other appropriate action with consent of the minor and
    a parent.
(Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)
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    (705 ILCS 405/3-9)
    Sec. 3-9.  Temporary custody; shelter care.  Any  minor  taken  into
temporary  custody  pursuant to this Act who requires care away from his
or her home but who does not require physical restriction shall be given
temporary care in  a  foster  family  home  or  other  shelter  facility
designated  by  the  court. In the case of a minor alleged to be a minor
requiring authoritative intervention, the  court  may  order,  with  the
approval of the Department of Children and Family Services, that custody
of  the minor be with the Department of Children and Family Services for
designation of temporary care as the  Department  determines.   No  such
child  shall  be  ordered  to the Department without the approval of the
Department.
(Source: P.A. 85-601.)

    (705 ILCS 405/3-10)
    Sec. 3-10.  Investigation; release. When a minor is delivered to the
court, or to the place designated by the court under Section 3-9 of this
Act, a probation officer or such other public officer designated by  the
court  shall  immediately investigate the circumstances of the minor and
the facts surrounding his or her being taken  into  custody.  The  minor
shall  be  immediately  released  to  the  custody of his or her parent,
guardian, legal custodian or responsible relative, unless the  probation
officer  or such other public officer designated by the court finds that
further shelter care is necessary  as  provided  in  Section  3-7.  This
Section shall in no way be construed to limit Section 5-905.
(Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)

    (705 ILCS 405/3-11)
    Sec. 3-11.  Setting of shelter care hearing; notice; release.
    (1)  Unless  sooner  released,  a  minor   requiring   authoritative
intervention,  taken  into  temporary  custody, must be brought before a
judicial officer within 48 hours, exclusive of  Saturdays,  Sundays  and
court-designated  holidays,  for  a  shelter  care  hearing to determine
whether he shall be further held in custody.
    (2)  If  the  probation  officer  or  such  other   public   officer
designated  by the court determines that the minor should be retained in
custody, he shall cause a petition to be filed as  provided  in  Section
3-15  of  this  Act, and the clerk of the court shall set the matter for
hearing on the shelter care hearing calendar. When a  parent,  guardian,
custodian  or  responsible  relative  is  present  and  so requests, the
shelter care hearing shall be  held  immediately  if  the  court  is  in
session, otherwise at the earliest feasible time. The petitioner through
counsel  or  such  other  public  officer  designated by the court shall
insure notification  to  the  minor's  parent,  guardian,  custodian  or
responsible  relative  of  the time and place of the hearing by the best
practicable notice, allowing for oral notice in place of written  notice
only   if   provision  of  written  notice  is  unreasonable  under  the
circumstances.
    (3)  The minor must be released from custody at  the  expiration  of
the 48 hour period, if not brought before a judicial officer within that
period.
(Source: P.A.  87-759.)
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    (705 ILCS 405/3-12)
    Sec. 3-12.  Shelter care hearing. At the  appearance  of  the  minor
before  the  court  at  the  shelter care hearing, all witnesses present
shall be examined before the court in relation to any  matter  connected
with the allegations made in the petition.
    (1)  If  the court finds that there is not probable cause to believe
that the minor is a  person  requiring  authoritative  intervention,  it
shall release the minor and dismiss the petition.
    (2)  If the court finds that there is probable cause to believe that
the  minor  is a person requiring authoritative intervention, the minor,
his or her parent, guardian, custodian and other persons  able  to  give
relevant  testimony  shall  be  examined  before  the  court. After such
testimony, the court may enter an order that the minor shall be released
upon the request of a parent,  guardian  or  custodian  if  the  parent,
guardian or custodian appears  to take custody.  Custodian shall include
any  agency of the State which has been given custody or wardship of the
child. The Court shall require documentation by representatives  of  the
Department  of  Children and Family Services or the probation department
as to the reasonable efforts that were made to prevent or eliminate  the
necessity  of  removal  of  the  minor  from  his or her home, and shall
consider the testimony of any person as to those reasonable efforts.  If
the  court  finds  that it is a matter of immediate and urgent necessity
for the protection of the minor or of the person or property of  another
that  the  minor be placed in a shelter care facility, or that he or she
is likely to flee the jurisdiction of the court, and further finds  that
reasonable  efforts  have  been  made  or  good cause has been shown why
reasonable efforts cannot prevent or eliminate the necessity of  removal
of  the minor from his or her home, the court may prescribe shelter care
and order that the minor be kept in a suitable place designated  by  the
court  or  in  a  shelter  care facility designated by the Department of
Children and  Family  Services  or  a  licensed  child  welfare  agency;
otherwise  it  shall  release  the  minor  from  custody.  If  the court
prescribes shelter care, then in placing the minor,  the  Department  or
other  agency  shall,  to  the extent compatible with the court's order,
comply with Section 7 of the Children and Family Services  Act.  If  the
minor  is ordered placed in a shelter care facility of the Department of
Children and Family Services or a licensed  child  welfare  agency,  the
court shall, upon request of the Department or other agency, appoint the
Department of Children and Family Services Guardianship Administrator or
other  appropriate agency executive temporary custodian of the minor and
the court may enter such other orders related to the  temporary  custody
as  it  deems fit and proper, including the provision of services to the
minor or his family to ameliorate the causes contributing to the finding
of probable cause or to the finding of the existence  of  immediate  and
urgent  necessity.  Acceptance  of  services  shall not be considered an
admission of any allegation in a petition made pursuant to this Act, nor
may a referral of services be considered as evidence in  any  proceeding
pursuant  to  this Act, except where the issue is whether the Department
has made reasonable  efforts  to  reunite  the  family.  In  making  its
findings  that  reasonable efforts have been made or that good cause has
been shown why  reasonable  efforts  cannot  prevent  or  eliminate  the
necessity  of removal of the minor from his or her home, the court shall
state in writing its findings concerning the nature of the services that
were offered or the efforts that were made to  prevent  removal  of  the
child  and  the apparent reasons that such services or efforts could not
prevent  the  need  for  removal.   The  parents,  guardian,  custodian,
temporary custodian and minor shall each be furnished  a  copy  of  such
written  findings.  The temporary custodian shall maintain a copy of the
court order and written findings in the case record for the child.
    The order together with the court's findings  of  fact  and  support
thereof shall be entered of record in the court.
    Once  the  court  finds  that it is a matter of immediate and urgent
necessity for the protection of the minor that the minor be placed in  a
shelter  care  facility,  the minor shall not be returned to the parent,
custodian or guardian until the court finds that such  placement  is  no
longer necessary for the protection of the minor.
    (3)  If  prior  to the shelter care hearing for a minor described in
Sections 2-3, 2-4, 3-3 and 4-3 the petitioner is unable to serve  notice
on  the party respondent, the shelter care hearing may proceed ex-parte.
A shelter care order from an ex-parte hearing shall be endorsed with the
date and hour of issuance and shall be filed with the clerk's office and
entered of record. The order shall expire after 10 days from the time it
is issued unless before its expiration it is renewed, at a hearing  upon
appearance  of  the party respondent, or upon an affidavit of the moving
party as to all diligent efforts  to  notify  the  party  respondent  by
notice  as herein prescribed.  The notice prescribed shall be in writing
and shall be personally delivered to the minor or the  minor's  attorney
and to the last known address of the other person or persons entitled to
notice.   The notice shall also state the nature of the allegations, the
nature of the order sought by the  State,  including  whether  temporary
custody  is sought, and the consequences of failure to appear; and shall
explain the right of the parties and the procedures to vacate or  modify
a  shelter  care  order  as  provided in this Section.  The notice for a
shelter care hearing shall be substantially as follows:
         NOTICE TO PARENTS AND CHILDREN OF SHELTER CARE HEARING
    On   ................   at   .........,   before    the    Honorable
................,  (address:)  .................,  the State of Illinois
will  present  evidence  (1)  that   (name   of   child   or   children)
.......................  are  abused,  neglected  or  dependent  for the
following reasons:
.............................................................  and   (2)
that  there  is  "immediate and urgent necessity" to remove the child or
children from the responsible relative.
    YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING MAY RESULT IN PLACEMENT of the
child or children in foster care until a trial can be held.  A trial may
not be held for up to 90 days.
    At the shelter care hearing, parents have the following rights:
         1.  To ask the court to appoint a lawyer if they cannot  afford
    one.
         2.  To ask the court to continue the hearing to allow them time
    to prepare.
         3.  To present evidence concerning:
              a.  Whether  or  not  the  child  or children were abused,
         neglected or dependent.
              b.  Whether  or  not  there  is  "immediate   and   urgent
         necessity"  to  remove  the  child  from home (including: their
         ability  to  care  for  the  child,  conditions  in  the  home,
         alternative means of protecting the child other than removal).
              c.  The best interests of the child.
         4.  To cross examine the State's witnesses.
    The Notice for rehearings shall be substantially as follows:
                NOTICE OF PARENT'S AND CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
                   TO REHEARING ON TEMPORARY CUSTODY
    If you were not present at and did not have adequate notice  of  the
Shelter  Care  Hearing at which temporary custody of ............... was
awarded to ................, you  have  the  right  to  request  a  full
rehearing  on  whether  the  State  should  have  temporary  custody  of
.................   To  request  this  rehearing, you must file with the
Clerk of the  Juvenile  Court  (address):  ........................,  in
person   or  by  mailing  a  statement  (affidavit)  setting  forth  the
following:
         1.  That you were not present at the shelter care hearing.
         2.  That you did not get adequate notice  (explaining  how  the
    notice was inadequate).
         3.  Your signature.
         4.  Signature must be notarized.
    The rehearing should be scheduled within one day of your filing this
affidavit.
    At the rehearing, your rights are the same as at the initial shelter
care hearing.  The enclosed notice explains those rights.
    At the Shelter Care Hearing, children have the following rights:
         1.  To have a guardian ad litem appointed.
         2.  To  be  declared  competent  as  a  witness  and to present
    testimony concerning:
              a.  Whether they are abused, neglected or dependent.
              b.  Whether there is "immediate and urgent  necessity"  to
         be removed from home.
              c.  Their best interests.
         3.  To cross examine witnesses for other parties.
         4.  To  obtain  an explanation of any proceedings and orders of
    the court.
    (4)  If the parent, guardian, legal custodian, responsible relative,
or counsel of the minor did not have actual notice of or was not present
at the shelter care hearing, he or she may  file  an  affidavit  setting
forth  these facts, and the clerk shall set the matter for rehearing not
later than 48 hours, excluding Sundays and  legal  holidays,  after  the
filing  of  the  affidavit. At the rehearing, the court shall proceed in
the same manner as upon the original hearing.
    (5)  Only when there is reasonable cause to believe that  the  minor
taken  into  custody  is a person described in subsection (3) of Section
5-105 may the minor be kept or detained in a detention home or county or
municipal jail.  This Section shall in no  way  be  construed  to  limit
subsection (6).
    (6)  No  minor  under  16  years of age may be confined in a jail or
place ordinarily used for the  confinement  of  prisoners  in  a  police
station.   Minors  under  17  years  of  age  must be kept separate from
confined adults and may not at any time be kept in the same cell,  room,
or yard with adults confined pursuant to the criminal law.
    (7)  If  the  minor  is not brought before a judicial officer within
the time period specified in Section 3-11, the minor must immediately be
released from custody.
    (8)  If neither the parent, guardian or custodian appears within  24
hours  to  take  custody  of  a  minor released upon request pursuant to
subsection (2) of this Section, then the clerk of the  court  shall  set
the  matter for rehearing not later than 7 days after the original order
and shall issue a summons directed to the parent, guardian or  custodian
to  appear.   At  the same time the probation department shall prepare a
report on the minor.  If a parent, guardian or custodian does not appear
at such rehearing, the judge may enter an  order  prescribing  that  the
minor  be  kept  in  a  suitable  place  designated by the Department of
Children and Family Services or a licensed child welfare agency.
    (9)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  this  Section,  any
interested party, including  the  State,  the  temporary  custodian,  an
agency  providing  services  to the minor or family under a service plan
pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act,
foster parent, or any of their representatives, on notice to all parties
entitled to notice, may file a motion to modify or  vacate  a  temporary
custody order on any of the following grounds:
         (a)  It is no longer a matter of immediate and urgent necessity
    that the minor remain in shelter care; or
         (b)  There  is  a  material  change in the circumstances of the
    natural family from which the minor was removed; or
         (c)  A person, including a parent, relative or legal  guardian,
    is capable of assuming temporary custody of the minor; or
         (d)  Services provided by the Department of Children and Family
    Services  or  a  child welfare agency or other service provider have
    been successful in eliminating the need for temporary custody.
    The clerk shall set the matter for hearing not later  than  14  days
after  such  motion  is  filed.  In the event that the court modifies or
vacates a temporary custody order but does not  vacate  its  finding  of
probable  cause,  the  court  may  order  that  appropriate  services be
continued or initiated in behalf of the minor and his or her family.
(Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)
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    (705 ILCS 405/3-13)
    Sec. 3-13.  Medical and dental treatment  and  care.  At  all  times
during  temporary  custody  or  shelter  care, the court may authorize a
physician, a hospital or any other appropriate health care  provider  to
provide  medical,  dental  or surgical procedures if such procedures are
necessary to safeguard the minor's life or health.
(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)

    (705 ILCS 405/3-14)
    Sec. 3-14.  Preliminary conferences.
    (1)  The court may authorize the probation officer to  confer  in  a
preliminary  conference with any person seeking to file a petition under
Section 3-15, the prospective respondents and other  interested  persons
concerning  the  advisability  of  filing  the  petition, with a view to
adjusting suitable cases without the filing of a petition.
    The probation officer should schedule a conference  promptly  except
where  the  State's  Attorney insists on court action or where the minor
has indicated that he or she will demand a judicial hearing and will not
comply with an informal adjustment.
    (2)  In any case of a minor who is in temporary custody, the holding
of preliminary conferences does not operate to prolong temporary custody
beyond the period permitted by Section 3-11.
    (3)  This Section does not authorize any probation officer to compel
any person to appear at any conference, produce any papers, or visit any
place.
    (4)  No statement  made  during  a  preliminary  conference  may  be
admitted  into  evidence at an adjudicatory hearing or at any proceeding
against the minor under the criminal laws of this State prior to his  or
her conviction thereunder.
    (5)  The  probation  officer  shall  promptly  formulate  a written,
non-judicial adjustment plan following the initial conference.
    (6)  Non-judicial adjustment plans include but are  not  limited  to
the following:
         (a)  up to 6 months informal supervision within family;
         (b)  up  to  6  months  informal  supervision  with a probation
    officer involved;
         (c)  up to 6 months informal  supervision  with  release  to  a
    person other than parent;
         (d)  referral  to  special  educational,  counseling  or  other
    rehabilitative social or educational programs;
         (e)  referral to residential treatment programs; and
         (f)  any other appropriate action with consent of the minor and
    a parent.
    (7)  The  factors  to  be  considered  by  the  probation officer in
formulating a written non-judicial adjustment plan shall be the same  as
those limited in subsection (4) of Section 5-405.
(Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)
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    (705 ILCS 405/3-15)
    Sec. 3-15.  Petition; supplemental petitions.  (1) Any adult person,
any agency or association by its representative may file, or  the  court
on  its own motion may direct the filing through the State's Attorney of
a petition in respect to a minor under this Act. The  petition  and  all
subsequent court documents shall be entitled "In the interest of ...., a
minor".
    (2)  The  petition  shall be verified but the statements may be made
upon information and belief. It shall allege  that  the  minor  requires
authoritative  intervention  and set forth (a) facts sufficient to bring
the minor under Section 3-3 or 3-33; (b) the name, age and residence  of
the minor; (c) the names and residences of his parents; (d) the name and
residence  of his legal guardian or the person or persons having custody
or control of the minor, or of the nearest known relative if  no  parent
or  guardian  can  be  found; and (e) if the minor upon whose behalf the
petition is brought is sheltered in custody, the date on  which  shelter
care  was  ordered  by  the  court  or  the  date set for a shelter care
hearing. If any of the facts  herein  required  are  not  known  by  the
petitioner, the petition shall so state.
    (3)  The  petition  must  allege that it is in the best interests of
the minor and of the public that he be adjudged a ward of the court  and
may  pray  generally  for  relief available under this Act. The petition
need not specify any  proposed  disposition  following  adjudication  of
wardship.
    (4)  If  appointment  of  a  guardian  of  the  person with power to
consent to adoption of the minor  under  Section  3-30  is  sought,  the
petition shall so state.
    (5)  At  any  time  before dismissal of the petition or before final
closing and discharge under  Section  3-32,  one  or  more  supplemental
petitions may be filed in respect to the same minor.
(Source: P.A. 85-1209; 85-1235; 86-1440.)

    (705 ILCS 405/3-16)
    Sec. 3-16.  Date for adjudicatory  hearing. (a)  Until  January  1,
1988:
    (1)  When a petition has been filed alleging that the minor requires
authoritative intervention, an adjudicatory hearing shall be held within
120 days.  The 120 day period in which an adjudicatory hearing shall  be
held  is tolled by: (A) delay occasioned by the minor; (B) a continuance
allowed pursuant to Section 114-4 of the Code of Criminal  Procedure  of
1963  after  a  court's determination of the minor's physical incapacity
for trial; or  (C)  an  interlocutory  appeal.   Any  such  delay  shall
temporarily  suspend  for  the time of the delay the period within which
the adjudicatory hearing must be held.  On the day of expiration of  the
delay,  the  said  period  shall  continue  at the point at which it was
suspended. Where no such adjudicatory hearing is held within  120  days,
the court may, on written motion of a minor's guardian ad litem, dismiss
the  petition  with  respect  to  such  minor.   Such dismissal shall be
without prejudice.
    Where  the  court  determines  that  the  State  exercised,  without
success, due diligence to obtain evidence material to the case, and that
there are reasonable grounds  to  believe  that  such  evidence  may  be
obtained  at  a  later  date,  the court may, upon written motion by the
State, continue the matter for not more than 30 additional days.
    (2)  In the case of a  minor  ordered  held  in  shelter  care,  the
hearing  on  the  petition must be held within 10 judicial days from the
date of the order of the court directing shelter care  or  the  earliest
possible  date in compliance with the notice provisions of Sections 3-17
and 3-18 as to the custodial parent, guardian or legal custodian, but no
later than 30 judicial days from the date of  the  order  of  the  court
directing  shelter  care.   Delay  occasioned  by  the  respondent shall
temporarily suspend, for the time of the delay, the period within  which
a respondent must be tried pursuant to this Section.
    Upon  failure  to  comply  with  the  time  limits specified in this
subsection (a)(2), the minor shall be immediately  released.   The  time
limits specified in subsection (a)(1) shall still apply.
    (3)  Nothing in this Section prevents the minor's exercise of his or
her right to waive any time limits set forth in this Section.

    (b)  Beginning January 1, 1988:
    (1)  (A)  When  a  petition  has  been filed alleging that the minor
requires authoritative intervention, an adjudicatory  hearing  shall  be
held within 120 days of a demand made by any party, except that when the
court  determines  that  the  State,  without success, has exercised due
diligence to obtain evidence material to the case  and  that  there  are
reasonable  grounds  to  believe that such evidence may be obtained at a
later date, the court may,  upon  motion  by  the  State,  continue  the
adjudicatory hearing for not more than 30 additional days.
    The 120 day period in which an adjudicatory hearing shall be held is
tolled  by:  (i)  delay  occasioned  by the minor; or (ii) a continuance
allowed pursuant to Section 114-4 of the Code of Criminal  Procedure  of
1963  after  a  court's determination of the minor's physical incapacity
for trial; or (iii) an interlocutory  appeal.    Any  such  delay  shall
temporarily  suspend, for the time of the delay, the period within which
the adjudicatory hearing must be held.  On the day of expiration of  the
delay,  the  said  period  shall  continue  at the point at which it was
suspended.
    (B)  When no such adjudicatory  hearing  is  held  within  the  time
required  by  paragraph (b)(1)(A) of this Section, the court shall, upon
motion by any party, dismiss the petition with prejudice.
    (2)  Without affecting the applicability of the tolling and multiple
prosecution provisions of paragraph  (b)(1)  of  this  Section,  when  a
petition  has  been filed alleging that the minor requires authoritative
intervention and the minor is in shelter care, the adjudicatory  hearing
shall  be  held  within  10  judicial  days  after the date of the order
directing shelter care, or the earliest possible date in compliance with
the notice provisions of Sections 3-17 and  3-18  as  to  the  custodial
parent,  guardian or legal custodian, but no later than 30 judicial days
from the date of the order of the court directing shelter care.
    (3)  Any failure to comply with the time limits of paragraph  (b)(2)
of  this  Section  shall require the immediate release of the minor from
shelter care, and the time limits of paragraph (b)(1) shall apply.
    (4)  Nothing in this Section  prevents  the  minor  or  the  minor's
parents or guardian from exercising their respective rights to waive the
time limits set forth in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 85-601.)
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    (705 ILCS 405/3-17)
    Sec. 3-17.  Summons. (1) When a petition is filed, the clerk of  the
court  shall  issue  a summons with a copy of the petition attached. The
summons shall be directed to the minor's legal guardian or custodian and
to each person named as  a  respondent  in  the petition,  except  that
summons  need not be directed to a minor respondent under 8 years of age
for whom the court appoints a guardian ad litem if the guardian ad litem
appears on behalf of the minor in any proceeding under this Act.
    (2)  The summons must contain a statement that the minor or  any  of
the  respondents  is entitled to have an attorney present at the hearing
on the petition, and that the clerk of  the  court  should  be  notified
promptly  if the minor or any other respondent desires to be represented
by an attorney but is financially unable to employ counsel.
    (3)  The summons shall be  issued  under  the  seal  of  the  court,
attested to and signed with the name of the clerk of the court, dated on
the  day  it  is issued, and shall require each respondent to appear and
answer the petition on the date set for the adjudicatory hearing.
    (4)  The summons may be served by any  county  sheriff,  coroner  or
probation officer, even though the officer is the petitioner. The return
of  the summons with endorsement of service by the officer is sufficient
proof thereof.
    (5)  Service of a summons  and  petition  shall  be  made  by:   (a)
leaving  a  copy thereof with the person summoned at least 3 days before
the time stated therein for appearance; (b) leaving a copy at his  usual
place of abode with some person of the family, of the age of 10 years or
upwards, and informing that person of the contents thereof, provided the
officer  or  other  person  making service shall also send a copy of the
summons in a sealed envelope with postage fully  prepaid,  addressed  to
the  person summoned at his usual place of abode, at least 3 days before
the time stated therein for appearance; or (c) leaving  a  copy  thereof
with  the  guardian  or custodian of a minor, at least 3 days before the
time stated therein for appearance.  If the guardian or custodian is  an
agency of the State of Illinois, proper service may be made by leaving a
copy  of  the  summons  and petition with any administrative employee of
such agency designated by such agency to accept service of  summons  and
petitions.  The  certificate  of  the officer or affidavit of the person
that he has sent the copy pursuant to this Section is  sufficient  proof
of service.
    (6)  When a parent or other person, who has signed a written promise
to appear and bring the minor to court or who has waived or acknowledged
service,  fails to appear with the minor on the date set by the court, a
bench warrant may be issued for the parent or other person,  the  minor,
or both.
    (7)  The appearance of the minor's legal guardian or custodian, or a
person named as a respondent in a petition, in any proceeding under this
Act  shall  constitute  a waiver of service of summons and submission to
the jurisdiction of the court.  A copy of the summons and petition shall
be provided to the person at the time of his appearance.
(Source: P.A. 86-441.)

    (705 ILCS 405/3-18)
    Sec. 3-18.  Notice by certified mail or publication.
    (1)  If service on individuals as provided in Section  3-17  is  not
made  on  any  respondent within a reasonable time or if it appears that
any respondent resides  outside  the  State,  service  may  be  made  by
certified  mail.   In  such  case the clerk shall mail the summons and a
copy of the petition to that respondent by  certified  mail  marked  for
delivery  to  addressee  only.   The  court  shall  not proceed with the
adjudicatory hearing until 5  days  after  such  mailing.   The  regular
return receipt for certified mail is sufficient proof of service.
    (2)  If  service upon individuals as provided in Section 3-17 is not
made on any respondents within a reasonable time or  if  any  person  is
made a respondent under the designation of "All whom it may Concern", or
if  service  cannot  be made because the whereabouts of a respondent are
unknown, service may be made by publication.  The clerk of the court  as
soon  as possible shall cause publication to be made once in a newspaper
of general circulation in  the  county  where  the  action  is  pending.
Notice  by  publication  is  not  required  in  any case when the person
alleged to have legal custody of the minor has been served with  summons
personally  or  by certified mail, but the court may not enter any order
or judgment against any person who cannot be served with  process  other
than by publication unless notice by publication is given or unless that
person  appears.   When a minor has been sheltered under Section 3-12 of
this Act and summons has not been served personally or by certified mail
within 20 days from the date of the order of the  court  directing  such
shelter care, the clerk of the court shall cause publication.  Notice by
publication shall be substantially as follows:
    "A,  B,  C,  D,  (here giving the names of the named respondents, if
any) and to All Whom It May Concern (if there is  any  respondent  under
that designation):
    Take  notice  that  on  (insert date) a petition was filed under the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987 by .... in the circuit court of  ....  county
entitled  'In the interest of ...., a minor', and that in .... courtroom
at .... on (insert date) at the hour of ...., or as soon  thereafter  as
this  cause  may be heard, an adjudicatory hearing will be held upon the
petition to have the child declared to be a ward of the court under that
Act.  The court has authority in this proceeding to take  from  you  the
custody  and  guardianship  of the minor, (and if the petition prays for
the appointment of a guardian with power to consent to adoption) and  to
appoint a guardian with power to consent to adoption of the minor.
    Now,  unless  you  appear  at the hearing and show cause against the
petition, the allegations of the petition may stand admitted as  against
you and each of you, and an order or judgment entered.
                                                  ......................
                                                          Clerk
Dated (insert the date of publication)"
    (3)  The  clerk  shall  also  at  the time of the publication of the
notice send a copy thereof by mail to each of the respondents on account
of whom publication is made at his  or  her  last  known  address.   The
certificate  of  the  clerk  that  he  or  she  has mailed the notice is
evidence thereof.  No  other  publication  notice  is  required.   Every
respondent  notified  by  publication under this Section must appear and
answer in open court at the hearing.  The court may not proceed with the
adjudicatory hearing until 10 days after service by publication  on  any
custodial  parent,  guardian  or  legal custodian in the case of a minor
requiring authoritative intervention.
    (4)  If it becomes necessary to change the date set for the  hearing
in order to comply with Section 3-17 or with this Section, notice of the
resetting  of  the  date  must  be  given,  by  certified  mail or other
reasonable means, to each respondent who has been  served  with  summons
personally or by certified mail.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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    (705 ILCS 405/3-19)
    Sec. 3-19.  Guardian ad litem.
    (1)  Immediately upon the filing of a  petition  alleging  that  the
minor  requires  authoritative  intervention,  the  court  may appoint a
guardian ad litem for the minor if
         (a)  such petition alleges that the  minor  is  the  victim  of
    sexual abuse or misconduct; or
         (b)  such petition alleges that charges alleging the commission
    of  any  of  the  sex  offenses defined in Article 11 or in Sections
    12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15 or 12-16 of the Criminal Code of  1961,
    as  amended,  have  been  filed against a defendant in any court and
    that such minor is the alleged victim of the acts of  the  defendant
    in the commission of such offense.
    (2)  Unless  the  guardian  ad litem appointed pursuant to paragraph
(1) is an attorney at law he shall be represented in the performance  of
his duties by counsel.
    (3)  Before  proceeding  with the hearing, the court shall appoint a
guardian ad litem for the minor if
         (a)  no parent, guardian, custodian or relative  of  the  minor
    appears at the first or any subsequent hearing of the case;
         (b)  the  petition prays for the appointment of a guardian with
    power to consent to adoption; or
         (c)  the petition for which  the  minor  is  before  the  court
    resulted  from  a  report  made pursuant to the Abused and Neglected
    Child Reporting Act.
    (4)  The court may  appoint  a  guardian  ad  litem  for  the  minor
whenever  it  finds that there may be a conflict of interest between the
minor and his parents or other custodian or that it is otherwise in  the
minor's interest to do so.
    (5)  The reasonable fees of a guardian ad litem appointed under this
Section  shall  be  fixed by the court and charged to the parents of the
minor, to the extent they are able to pay.  If the parents are unable to
pay those fees, they shall be paid from the general fund of the county.
(Source: P.A. 89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96.)

    (705 ILCS 405/3-20)
    Sec. 3-20.  Evidence.  At the adjudicatory hearing, the court  shall
first consider only the question whether the minor is a person requiring
authoritative  intervention.   The  standard  of  proof and the rules of
evidence in the nature of civil proceedings in this State are applicable
to Section 3-3.
(Source: P.A. 85-601.)

    (705 ILCS 405/3-21)
    Sec. 3-21.  Continuance under supervision.
    (1)  The court may enter an order of continuance  under  supervision
(a)  upon  an  admission or stipulation by the appropriate respondent or
minor respondent  of  the  facts  supporting  the  petition  and  before
proceeding  to  findings and adjudication, or after hearing the evidence
at the  adjudicatory  hearing  but  before  noting  in  the  minutes  of
proceedings  a finding of whether or not the minor is a person requiring
authoritative intervention; and (b) in the absence of objection made  in
open  court  by  the minor, his parent, guardian, custodian, responsible
relative, defense attorney or the State's Attorney.
    (2)  If the minor,  his  parent,  guardian,  custodian,  responsible
relative, defense attorney or State's Attorney, objects in open court to
any  such  continuance  and  insists  upon  proceeding  to  findings and
adjudication, the court shall so proceed.
    (3)  Nothing in this Section limits the power of the court to  order
a  continuance  of the hearing for the production of additional evidence
or for any other proper reason.
    (4)  When a hearing where a minor is alleged to be a minor requiring
authoritative intervention is continued pursuant to  this  Section,  the
court  may  permit  the  minor  to  remain  in  his home subject to such
conditions concerning his conduct  and  supervision  as  the  court  may
require by order.
    (5)  If  a  petition is filed charging a violation of a condition of
the continuance under supervision, the court shall conduct a hearing. If
the court  finds  that  such  condition  of  supervision  has  not  been
fulfilled  the  court  may  proceed  to  findings  and  adjudication and
disposition.  The filing of a petition for violation of a  condition  of
the  continuance  under supervision shall toll the period of continuance
under supervision until the final determination of the charge,  and  the
term  of  the  continuance  under  supervision  shall  not run until the
hearing and disposition of the petition for  violation;  provided  where
the  petition  alleges  conduct  that  does  not  constitute  a criminal
offense, the hearing must be held within 15 days of the  filing  of  the
petition  unless  a  delay  in  such  hearing has been occasioned by the
minor, in which case the delay shall continue the tolling of the  period
of continuance under supervision for the period of such delay.
    (6)  The   court  must  impose  upon  a  minor  under  an  order  of
continuance under supervision or an  order  of  disposition  under  this
Article III, as a condition of the order, a fee of $25 for each month or
partial  month  of  supervision  with a probation officer.  If the court
determines the inability of the minor, or the parent, guardian, or legal
custodian of the minor to pay the fee, the court  may  impose  a  lesser
fee.   The court may not impose the fee on a minor who is made a ward of
the State under this Act.  The fee may be imposed only upon a minor  who
is  actively  supervised by the probation and court services department.
The fee must be collected by the clerk of the circuit court.  The  clerk
of  the circuit court must pay all monies collected from this fee to the
county treasurer for deposit into the probation and court services  fund
under Section 15.1 of the Probation and Probation Officers Act.
(Source: P.A. 92-329, eff. 8-9-01.)
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    (705 ILCS 405/3-22)
    Sec. 3-22.   Findings  and  adjudication.   (1)  After  hearing  the
evidence  the court shall make and note in the minutes of the proceeding
a  finding  of  whether  or  not  the  person  is  a   minor   requiring
authoritative  intervention.   If  it finds that the minor is not such a
person, the court shall order  the  petition  dismissed  and  the  minor
discharged from any restriction previously ordered in such proceeding.
    (2)  If  the  court  finds  that  the  person  is  a minor requiring
authoritative intervention, the court shall note in its findings that he
or she does require authoritative intervention. The court shall then set
a time for a dispositional hearing to be conducted under Section 3-23 at
which hearing the court shall  determine  whether  it  is  in  the  best
interests  of  the  minor  and  the public that he be made a ward of the
court.  To assist the court in making this and other  determinations  at
the  dispositional hearing, the court may order that an investigation be
conducted and a dispositional report be prepared concerning the  minor's
physical   and  mental  history  and  condition,  family  situation  and
background,  economic  status,   education,   occupation,   history   of
delinquency  or  criminality, personal habits, and any other information
that may be helpful to the court.
(Source: P.A. 85-601.)

    (705 ILCS 405/3-23)
    Sec. 3-23.  Dispositional hearing; evidence;  continuance.   (1)  At
the  dispositional  hearing,  the court shall determine whether it is in
the best interests of the minor and the public that he be made a ward of
the court, and, if he is to be made a ward of the court, the court shall
determine the proper disposition best serving the interests of the minor
and the public. All evidence helpful  in  determining  these  questions,
including  oral  and  written reports, may be admitted and may be relied
upon to the extent of its probative value, even though not competent for
the purposes of the adjudicatory hearing.
    (2)  Notice in compliance with Sections 3-17 and 3-18 must be  given
to  all  parties-respondent  prior  to  proceeding  to  a  dispositional
hearing.   Before  making an order of disposition the court shall advise
the State's Attorney, the parents, guardian,  custodian  or  responsible
relative or their counsel of the factual contents and the conclusions of
the  reports prepared for the use of the court and considered by it, and
afford fair opportunity, if requested, to controvert them. The court may
order, however, that the documents containing such reports need  not  be
submitted  for  inspection,  or that sources of confidential information
need not be disclosed except to the attorneys for the  parties.  Factual
contents,  conclusions,  documents  and  sources  disclosed by the court
under this paragraph shall not be further disclosed without the  express
approval of the court pursuant to an in camera hearing.
    (3)  A record of a prior continuance under supervision under Section
3-21,  whether  successfully  completed  or  not,  is  admissible at the
dispositional hearing.
    (4)  On its own motion or that of the State's  Attorney,  a  parent,
guardian,  custodian,  responsible  relative  or  counsel, the court may
adjourn the hearing for a reasonable period to receive reports or  other
evidence.   In  scheduling  investigations and hearings, the court shall
give priority to proceedings in which a minor has been removed from  his
or her home before an order of disposition has been made.
(Source: P.A. 85-601.)
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    (705 ILCS 405/3-24)
    Sec. 3-24.  Kinds of dispositional orders.
    (1)  The following kinds of orders of disposition  may  be  made  in
respect   to  wards  of  the  court:  A  minor  found  to  be  requiring
authoritative intervention under Section 3-3 may be (a) committed to the
Department of Children and Family Services, subject to Section 5 of  the
Children  and  Family  Services  Act;  (b)  placed under supervision and
released to his or her parents, guardian or legal custodian; (c)  placed
in  accordance with Section 3-28 with or without also being placed under
supervision.  Conditions of supervision may be modified or terminated by
the court if it deems that the best  interests  of  the  minor  and  the
public  will  be  served  thereby;  (d)  ordered partially or completely
emancipated in accordance with the provisions  of  the  Emancipation  of
Mature  Minors Act; or (e) subject to having his or her driver's license
or driving privilege suspended for such time as determined by the  Court
but only until he or she attains 18 years of age.
    (2)  Any order of disposition may provide for protective supervision
under  Section 3-25 and may include an order of protection under Section
3-26.
    (3)  Unless the order of disposition expressly so provides, it  does
not operate to close proceedings on the pending petition, but is subject
to  modification  until  final  closing and discharge of the proceedings
under Section 3-32.
    (4)  In addition to any other order of disposition,  the  court  may
order   any   person   found  to  be  a  minor  requiring  authoritative
intervention under Section 3-3  to  make  restitution,  in  monetary  or
non-monetary  form,  under  the terms and conditions of Section 5-5-6 of
the Unified Code of Corrections, except that the  "presentence  hearing"
referred  to  therein shall be the dispositional hearing for purposes of
this Section.  The parent, guardian  or legal custodian of the minor may
pay some or all of such restitution on the minor's behalf.
    (5)  Any order for disposition  where  the  minor  is  committed  or
placed  in accordance with Section 3-28 shall provide for the parents or
guardian of the estate of such minor to pay to the  legal  custodian  or
guardian  of  the person of the minor such sums as are determined by the
custodian or guardian of the person of the minor as  necessary  for  the
minor's needs. Such payments may not exceed the maximum amounts provided
for by Section 9.1 of the Children and Family Services Act.
    (6)  Whenever  the order of disposition requires the minor to attend
school or participate in a program of training, the  truant  officer  or
designated  school  official  shall regularly report to the court if the
minor is a chronic or habitual truant under Section 26-2a of the  School
Code.
    (7)  The   court  must  impose  upon  a  minor  under  an  order  of
continuance under supervision or an  order  of  disposition  under  this
Article III, as a condition of the order, a fee of $25 for each month or
partial  month  of  supervision  with a probation officer.  If the court
determines the inability of the minor, or the parent, guardian, or legal
custodian of the minor to pay the fee, the court  may  impose  a  lesser
fee.   The court may not impose the fee on a minor who is made a ward of
the State under this Act.  The fee may be imposed only upon a minor  who
is  actively  supervised by the probation and court services department.
The fee must be collected by the clerk of the circuit court.  The  clerk
of  the circuit court must pay all monies collected from this fee to the
county treasurer for deposit into the probation and court services  fund
under Section 15.1 of the Probation and Probation Officers Act.
(Source: P.A. 92-329, eff. 8-9-01.)

    (705 ILCS 405/3-25)
    Sec. 3-25. Protective  supervision.  If  the  order  of  disposition
releases  the  minor  to  the  custody of his parents, guardian or legal
custodian, or continues him in such custody, the  court  may  place  the
person  having  custody  of  the  minor,  except  for representatives of
private  or  public  agencies   or   governmental   departments,   under
supervision  of  the  probation  office.  Rules or orders of court shall
define the terms and conditions of protective supervision, which may  be
modified  or  terminated when the court finds that the best interests of
the minor and the public will be served thereby.
(Source: P.A. 85-601.)
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    (705 ILCS 405/3-26)
    Sec. 3-26.  Order of protection.
    (1)  The court may make an order of protection in assistance  of  or
as  a  condition of any other order authorized by this Act. The order of
protection may  set  forth  reasonable  conditions  of  behavior  to  be
observed for a specified period. Such an order may require a person:
         (a)  To stay away from the home or the minor;
         (b)  To permit a parent to visit the minor at stated periods;
         (c)  To  abstain  from offensive conduct against the minor, his
    parent or any person to whom custody of the minor is awarded;
         (d)  To give proper attention to the care of the home;
         (e)  To cooperate in good faith with an agency to which custody
    of a  minor  is  entrusted  by  the  court  or  with  an  agency  or
    association to which the minor is referred by the court;
         (f)  To  prohibit  and  prevent any contact whatsoever with the
    respondent minor by a specified individual or  individuals  who  are
    alleged  in  either a criminal or juvenile proceeding to have caused
    injury to a respondent minor or a sibling of a respondent minor;
         (g)  To refrain from acts of commission or omission  that  tend
    to make the home not a proper place for the minor.
    (2)  The  court  shall  enter an order of protection to prohibit and
prevent any contact between  a  respondent  minor  or  a  sibling  of  a
respondent  minor and any person named in a petition seeking an order of
protection who has been  convicted  of  heinous  battery  under  Section
12-4.1,  aggravated  battery  of  a child under Section 12-4.3, criminal
sexual assault under Section 12-13, aggravated criminal  sexual  assault
under  Section 12-14, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child under
Section  12-14.1,  criminal  sexual  abuse  under  Section   12-15,   or
aggravated  criminal  sexual  abuse  under Section 12-16 of the Criminal
Code of 1961, or has been convicted of an offense that resulted  in  the
death  of  a child, or has violated a previous order of protection under
this Section.
    (3)  When the court issues an order of protection against any person
as provided by this Section, the court shall direct a copy of such order
to the Sheriff of that county.  The Sheriff shall furnish a copy of  the
order of protection to the Department of State Police within 24 hours of
receipt,  in  the  form  and  manner  required  by  the Department.  The
Department of State Police shall maintain a complete record and index of
such orders of protection and make this data available to all local  law
enforcement agencies.
    (4)  After  notice  and opportunity for hearing afforded to a person
subject to an order of protection, the order may be modified or extended
for a further specified period or both or may be terminated if the court
finds that the best interests of the minor and the public will be served
thereby.
    (5)  An order of protection may be sought at  any  time  during  the
course  of  any  proceeding  conducted pursuant to this Act.  Any person
against whom an order of protection is  sought  may  retain  counsel  to
represent him at a hearing, and has rights to be present at the hearing,
to  be  informed  prior to the hearing in writing of the contents of the
petition seeking a protective order and of the date, place and  time  of
such  hearing,  and  to cross examine witnesses called by the petitioner
and to present witnesses and argument in opposition to the relief sought
in the petition.
    (6)  Diligent efforts shall be made by the petitioner to  serve  any
person  or  persons  against whom any order of protection is sought with
written notice of the contents of  the  petition  seeking  a  protective
order  and  of  the  date,  place  and  time at which the hearing on the
petition is to be held.  When a protective  order  is  being  sought  in
conjunction  with  a  shelter  care hearing, if the court finds that the
person against whom the  protective  order  is  being  sought  has  been
notified  of  the  hearing  or  that  diligent efforts have been made to
notify such person, the court may conduct a hearing.   If  a  protective
order  is  sought  at  any time other than in conjunction with a shelter
care hearing, the court may not conduct  a hearing on  the  petition  in
the  absence  of  the person against whom the order is sought unless the
petitioner has notified such person by personal service at least 3  days
before  the  hearing  or  has sent written notice by first class mail to
such person's last known address at least 5 days before the hearing.
    (7)  A person against whom an order of protection  is  being  sought
who  is  neither  a  parent,  guardian,  legal  custodian or responsible
relative as described in Section 1-5 is not a  party  or  respondent  as
defined in that Section and shall not be entitled to the rights provided
therein. Such person does not have a right to appointed counsel or to be
present  at  any  hearing  other  than the hearing in which the order of
protection is being sought or a  hearing  directly  pertaining  to  that
order.    Unless the court orders otherwise, such person does not have a
right to inspect the court file.
    (8)  All protective orders entered under this Section  shall  be  in
writing.   Unless  the  person  against  whom the order was obtained was
present in court when the order  was  issued,  the  sheriff,  other  law
enforcement official or special process server shall promptly serve that
order  upon  that  person  and file proof of such service, in the manner
provided for service  of  process  in  civil  proceedings.   The  person
against  whom  the protective order was obtained may seek a modification
of the order by filing a written motion to modify  the  order  within  7
days after actual receipt by the person of a copy of the order.
(Source:  P.A. 89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96; 90-655, eff.
7-30-98.)

    (705 ILCS 405/3-27)
    Sec. 3-27. Enforcement of orders of  protective  supervision  or  of
protection..   (1)   Orders  of  protective  supervision  and  orders  of
protection may be enforced by citation to show  cause  for  contempt  of
court  by  reason  of any violation thereof and, where protection of the
welfare of the minor so requires, by the issuance of a warrant  to  take
the alleged violator into custody and bring him before the court.
    (2)  In  any case where an order of protection has been entered, the
clerk of the court may issue to the petitioner, to the minor or  to  any
other  person  affected by the order a certificate stating that an order
of protection has been made by the court  concerning  such  persons  and
setting  forth  its  terms  and  requirements.  The  presentation of the
certificate to any peace officer authorizes him to take into  custody  a
person  charged  with violating the terms of the order of protection, to
bring such person before the court and, within the limits of  his  legal
authority  as  such  peace  officer,  otherwise  to  aid in securing the
protection the order is intended to afford.
(Source: P.A. 85-601.)
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    (705 ILCS 405/3-28)
    Sec. 3-28.  Placement; legal custody or guardianship.
    (1)  If  the  court  finds  that  the  parents,  guardian  or  legal
custodian of a minor adjudged a ward of  the  court  are  unfit  or  are
unable,  for  some  reason  other than financial circumstances alone, to
care for, protect, train or discipline the minor or are unwilling to  do
so,  and  that  appropriate  services  aimed  at family preservation and
family reunification have been unsuccessful in rectifying the conditions
which have led to such a finding of unfitness or inability to care  for,
protect,  train  or  discipline  the  minor,  and that it is in the best
interest of the minor to take him  from  the  custody  of  his  parents,
guardian or custodian, the court may:
         (a)  place  him  in the custody of a suitable relative or other
    person;
         (b)  place him under the guardianship of a probation officer;
         (c)  commit him to an agency for care or placement,  except  an
    institution  under the authority of the Department of Corrections or
    of the Department of Children and Family Services;
         (d)  commit him to some licensed training school or  industrial
    school; or
         (e)  commit him to any appropriate institution having among its
    purposes   the  care  of  delinquent  children,  including  a  child
    protective  facility  maintained  by  a  Child  Protection  District
    serving the county from which commitment is made, but not  including
    any institution under the authority of the Department of Corrections
    or of the Department of Children and Family Services.
    (2)  When making such placement, the court, wherever possible, shall
select  a  person holding the same religious belief as that of the minor
or a private agency controlled by persons of like religious faith of the
minor and shall require the Department of Children and  Family  Services
to  otherwise  comply with Section 7 of the Children and Family Services
Act in placing the child. In addition, whenever  alternative  plans  for
placement  are available, the court shall ascertain and consider, to the
extent appropriate in the particular case, the views and preferences  of
the minor.
    (3)  When  a  minor  is  placed  with  a  suitable relative or other
person, the court shall appoint him the legal custodian or  guardian  of
the  person  of  the minor. When a minor is committed to any agency, the
court shall appoint the proper  officer  or  representative  thereof  as
legal custodian or guardian of the person of the minor. Legal custodians
and  guardians of the person of the minor have the respective rights and
duties set forth in paragraph (9) of Section  1-3  except  as  otherwise
provided  by  order  of  the  court;  but  no guardian of the person may
consent to adoption of the minor unless that authority is conferred upon
him in accordance with Section 3-30. An agency whose  representative  is
appointed  guardian  of  the  person or legal custodian of the minor may
place him in any child care facility, but such facility must be licensed
under the Child Care Act of 1969 or have been approved by the Department
of Children and Family Services as meeting the standards established for
such licensing. No agency may place such minor in a child care  facility
unless  such  placement  is in compliance with the rules and regulations
for placement under  this  Section  promulgated  by  the  Department  of
Children  and  Family  Services  under Section 5 of "An Act creating the
Department of Children and Family Services,  codifying  its  powers  and
duties,  and  repealing  certain  Acts  and Sections herein named". Like
authority and restrictions shall be conferred  by  the  court  upon  any
probation  officer  who  has  been appointed guardian of the person of a
minor.
    (4)  No  placement  by  any  probation  officer  or   agency   whose
representative is appointed guardian of the person or legal custodian of
a  minor  may  be made in any out of State child care facility unless it
complies with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
    (5)  The clerk of the court shall issue to such legal  custodian  or
guardian  of  the  person a certified copy of the order of the court, as
proof of his authority. No other process is necessary as  authority  for
the keeping of the minor.
    (6)  Custody  or  guardianship granted hereunder continues until the
court otherwise directs, but not after the minor reaches the age  of  19
years except as set forth in Section 3-32.
(Source: P.A. 89-422.)

    (705 ILCS 405/3-29)
    Sec. 3-29.  Court review.  (1)  The  court  may  require  any  legal
custodian  or  guardian of the person appointed under this Act to report
periodically to the court or may cite him into court and require him  or
his  agency,  to make a full and accurate report of his or its doings in
behalf of the minor.  The custodian or guardian, within  10  days  after
such  citation,  shall  make  the  report, either in writing verified by
affidavit or orally under oath in open court, or otherwise as the  court
directs.   Upon  the  hearing  of  the  report  the court may remove the
custodian or guardian and appoint another in his stead  or  restore  the
minor to the custody of his parents or former guardian or custodian.
    (2)  A guardian or custodian appointed by the court pursuant to this
Act  shall file updated case plans with the court every 6 months.  Every
agency which has guardianship of  a  child  shall  file  a  supplemental
petition  for  court  review,  or   review  by  an  administrative  body
appointed or approved by the court and further order within 18 months of
dispositional  order and each 18 months thereafter.  Such petition shall
state facts relative to  the  child's  present  condition  of  physical,
mental  and  emotional  health  as well as facts relative to his present
custodial or foster care.  The petition shall be set for hearing and the
clerk shall mail 10 days notice of the hearing by certified mail, return
receipt requested, to the person or agency having the  physical  custody
of  the  child,  the minor and other interested parties unless a written
waiver of notice is filed with the petition.
    Rights of wards of the court under this Act are enforceable  against
any  public  agency  by  complaints  for relief by mandamus filed in any
proceedings brought under this Act.
    (3)  The minor or any person interested in the minor  may  apply  to
the  court for a change in custody of the minor and the appointment of a
new custodian or guardian of the person or for the  restoration  of  the
minor to the custody of his parents or former guardian or custodian.
    In  the  event  that  the minor has attained 18 years of age and the
guardian or custodian petitions the court for an order  terminating  his
guardianship   or  custody,  guardianship  or  custody  shall  terminate
automatically 30 days after the receipt of the petition unless the court
orders otherwise.  No legal custodian or guardian of the person  may  be
removed  without his consent until given notice and an opportunity to be
heard by the court.
(Source: P.A. 85-601.)
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    (705 ILCS 405/3-30)
    Sec. 3-30.  Adoption; appointment of guardian with power to consent.
(1) A ward of the court under this Act, with the consent of  the  court,
may  be the subject of a petition for adoption under "An Act in relation
to the adoption of  persons,  and  to  repeal  an  Act  therein  named",
approved  July  17,  1959,  as  amended, or with like consent his or her
parent or parents may, in the manner required by such Act, surrender him
or her for adoption to an agency legally authorized or licensed to place
children for adoption.
    (2)  If the petition prays and the court finds that  it  is  in  the
best  interests  of the minor that a guardian of the person be appointed
and authorized to consent to the adoption of the minor, the  court  with
the  consent  of  the  parents,  if living, or after finding, based upon
clear and convincing evidence, that a non-consenting parent is an  unfit
person as defined in Section 1 of "An Act in relation to the adoption of
persons, and to repeal an Act therein named", approved July 17, 1959, as
amended,  may  empower  the  guardian of the person of the minor, in the
order appointing him or her as such guardian, to appear in  court  where
any proceedings for the adoption of the minor may at any time be pending
and  to consent to the adoption. Such consent is sufficient to authorize
the court in the  adoption  proceedings  to  enter  a  proper  order  or
judgment  of  adoption  without  further  notice  to, or consent by, the
parents of the minor. An order so empowering the guardian to consent  to
adoption  terminates  parental rights, deprives the parents of the minor
of all legal rights as respects the  minor  and  relieves  them  of  all
parental  responsibility  for  him  or her, and frees the minor from all
obligations of maintenance and obedience to his or her natural parents.
    If the minor is over  14  years  of  age,  the  court  may,  in  its
discretion,  consider the wishes of the minor in determining whether the
best interests of the minor would be promoted  by  the  finding  of  the
unfitness of a non-consenting parent.
    (3)  Parental  consent  to the order authorizing the guardian of the
person to consent to adoption of the Minor shall be given in open  court
whenever  possible  and  otherwise  must be in writing and signed in the
form provided in "An Act in relation to the adoption of persons, and  to
repeal an Act therein named", approved July 17, 1959, as amended, but no
names  of  petitioners  for  adoption need be included. A finding of the
unfitness of a nonconsenting parent must be made in compliance with that
Act and be based upon clear and convincing evidence.  Provisions of that
Act relating to minor parents and to mentally ill or mentally  deficient
parents  apply to proceedings under this Section and shall be based upon
clear and convincing evidence.
(Source: P.A. 85-601.)

    (705 ILCS 405/3-31)
    Sec. 3-31. Notice to putative father; service.
    1.  Upon the written request to any Clerk of any  Circuit  Court  by
any  interested  party,  including persons intending to adopt a child, a
child welfare agency with whom  the  mother  has  placed  or  has  given
written  notice  of  her  intention  to  place a child for adoption, the
mother of a child, or any attorney representing an interested  party,  a
notice  may be served on a putative father in the same manner as Summons
is served in other proceedings under this Act, or in  lieu  of  personal
service, service may be made as follows:
         (a)  The person requesting notice shall furnish to the Clerk an
    original and one copy of a notice together with an Affidavit setting
    forth  the putative father's last known address. The original notice
    shall be retained by the Clerk.
         (b)  The Clerk forthwith shall mail to the putative father,  at
    the  address  appearing  in  the  Affidavit, the copy of the notice,
    certified mail, return receipt requested; the  envelope  and  return
    receipt  shall bear the return address of the Clerk. The receipt for
    certified mail shall state the name and address  of  the  addressee,
    and  the  date  of  mailing,  and  shall be attached to the original
    notice.
         (c)  The return receipt, when returned to the Clerk,  shall  be
    attached  to  the  original  notice,  and  shall constitute proof of
    service.
         (d)  The Clerk shall note the fact of service  in  a  permanent
    record.
    2.  The  notice  shall  be signed by the Clerk, and may be served on
the putative father at any time after  conception,  and  shall  read  as
follows:
    "IN THE MATTER OF NOTICE TO ....., PUTATIVE FATHER.
    You  have  been identified as the father of a child born or expected
to be born on or about (insert date).  The mother of said child is .....
    The mother has indicated she intends to place the child for adoption
or otherwise have a judgment entered terminating her rights with respect
to such child.
    As the alleged father of said child, you have certain  legal  rights
with  respect to said child, including the right to notice of the filing
of proceedings instituted for the termination of  your  parental  rights
regarding  said child. If you wish to retain your rights with respect to
said child, you must file with the Clerk of this Circuit Court of  .....
County,  Illinois,  whose  address  is ....., ....., Illinois, within 30
days after the  date  of  receipt  of  this  notice,  a  declaration  of
paternity  stating  that  you are, in fact, the father of said child and
that you intend to retain your legal rights with respect to said  child,
or  request  to  be  notified of any further proceedings with respect to
custody, termination of parental rights or adoption of the child.
    If you do not file such a declaration of paternity, or a request for
notice, then whatever legal rights you have with respect to said  child,
including the right to notice of any future proceedings for the adoption
of said child, may be terminated without any further notice to you. When
your legal rights with respect to said child are so terminated, you will
not  be entitled to notice of any proceeding instituted for the adoption
of said child.
    If you are not the father of said child, you may file with the Clerk
of this Court, a disclaimer of paternity which  will  be  noted  in  the
Clerk's file and you will receive no further notice with respect to said
child.".

    The disclaimer of paternity shall be substantially as follows:
                      "IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
                 .......... JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ILLINOIS
                           .......... County
              )
              )
              ) No.              )
              )
              DENIAL OF PATERNITY WITH ENTRY OF APPEARANCE
                        AND CONSENT TO ADOPTION
I, .........., state as follows:
    (1)  That I am ..... years of age; and I reside at .......... in the
County of .........., State of ...........
    (2)  That  I  have  been  advised that .......... is the mother of a
.....male child named ..... born or expected to  be  born  on  or  about
.....  and  that  such  mother  has  stated that I am the father of this
child.
    (3)  I deny that I am the father of this child.
    (4)  I further understand that the mother of this  child  wishes  to
consent  to the adoption of the child.  I hereby consent to the adoption
of this child, and waive any rights, remedies and defenses  that  I  may
now  or in the future have as a result of the mother's allegation of the
paternity of this child.  This  consent  is  being  given  in  order  to
facilitate the adoption of the child and so that the court may terminate
what  rights  I  may  have  to  the child as a result of being named the
father by the mother.  This consent is not in any manner an admission of
paternity.
    (5)  I hereby enter my appearance in the above  entitled  cause  and
waive  service of summons and other pleading and consent to an immediate
hearing on a petition TO TERMINATE PARENTAL  RIGHTS  AND  TO  APPOINT  A
GUARDIAN WITH THE POWER TO CONSENT TO THE ADOPTION OF THIS CHILD.
                                  OATH
    I  have  been  duly  sworn and I say under oath that I have read and
understood this Denial of Paternity With Entry of Appearance and Consent
to Adoption. The facts it contains are true and correct to the  best  of
my  knowledge, and I understand that by signing this document I have not
admitted paternity.   I  have  signed  this  document  as  my  free  and
voluntary act in order to facilitate the adoption of the child.
                                                             ...........
                                                             (signature)
Dated (insert date).
Signed and sworn before me on (insert date).
                                                       .................
                                                       (notary public)".

    The  names of adoptive parents, if any, shall not be included in the
notice.
    3.  If the putative father files a disclaimer of paternity, he shall
be deemed not to be the father of the child with respect to any adoption
or other proceeding held to terminate the rights of parents as  respects
such child.
    4.  In  the event the putative father does not file a declaration of
paternity of the child or request for notice within 30 days  of  service
of  the  above notice, he need not be made a party to or given notice of
any proceeding brought for the  adoption  of  the  child.  An  Order  or
Judgment may be entered in such proceeding terminating all of his rights
with respect to said child without further notice to him.
    5.  If  the  putative  father  files a declaration of paternity or a
request for notice in accordance with subsection 2 with respect  to  the
child,  he  shall be given notice in the event any proceeding is brought
for the adoption of the child or for termination of parents'  rights  of
the child.
    6.  The  Clerk shall maintain separate numbered files and records of
requests and proofs of service and all other documents filed pursuant to
this article. All such records shall be impounded.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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    (705 ILCS 405/3-32)
    Sec. 3-32.  Duration of wardship and discharge of proceedings.
    (1) All proceedings under this Act in respect to any minor for  whom
a  petition was filed after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
1991 automatically terminate upon his attaining the  age  of  19  years,
except  that  a  court may continue the wardship of a minor until age 21
for good cause when there is  satisfactory  evidence  presented  to  the
court  that  the  best  interest of the minor and the public require the
continuation of the wardship.
    (2)  Whenever the court finds that the best interests of  the  minor
and  the  public  no longer require the wardship of the court, the court
shall order the wardship terminated and all proceedings under  this  Act
respecting  that  minor  finally closed and discharged. The court may at
the same time continue or terminate any  custodianship  or  guardianship
theretofore  ordered  but  termination  must  be made in compliance with
Section 3-29.
    (3)  The wardship of the minor and any custodianship or guardianship
respecting the minor for whom a petition was filed after  the  effective
date  of  this  amendatory  Act of 1991 automatically terminates when he
attains the age of 19 years except as set forth  in  subsection  (1)  of
this  Section.   The  clerk  of  the court shall at that time record all
proceedings under this Act as finally closed  and  discharged  for  that
reason.
(Source: P.A. 87-14.)
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    (705 ILCS 405/3-33)

    Sec. 3-33.  Truant Minor in Need of Supervision.

    (a)  Definition.   A  minor  who   is   reported   by   a   regional
superintendent  of schools, or in cities of over 500,000 inhabitants, by
the Office of Chronic Truant Adjudication, as a chronic truant shall  be
adjudged a truant minor in need of supervision.
    (a-1)  There  is a rebuttable presumption that a chronic truant is a
truant minor in need of supervision.
    (a-2)  There is a rebuttable presumption that school  records  of  a
minor's attendance at school are authentic.
    (a-3)  For  purposes  of  this  Section,  "chronic  truant"  has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 26-2a of the School Code.
    (b)  Kinds of dispositional orders.  A minor found to  be  a  truant
minor in need of supervision may be:
         (1)  committed  to  the appropriate  regional superintendent of
    schools  for  a  multi-disciplinary  case  staffing,  individualized
    educational plan or  service  plan,  or  referral  to  comprehensive
    community-based youth services;
         (2)  required to comply with an individualized educational plan
    or service plan as specifically provided by the appropriate regional
    superintendent of schools;
         (3)  ordered to obtain counseling or other supportive services;
         (4)  subject  to  a  fine in an amount in excess of $5, but not
    exceeding $100, and each day  of  absence  without  valid  cause  as
    defined in Section 26-2a of The School Code is a separate offense;
         (5)  required  to  perform  some reasonable public service work
    such as, but not limited to, the picking  up  of  litter  in  public
    parks  or  along  public  highways  or  the  maintenance  of  public
    facilities; or
         (6)  subject  to  having his or her driver's license or driving
    privilege suspended for a period of time as determined by the  court
    but only until he or she attains 18 years of age.
    A  dispositional  order  may  include  a  fine,  public  service, or
suspension of a driver's license or privilege only if the court has made
an express written finding that a truancy prevention  program  has  been
offered  by  the  school,  regional  superintendent  of  schools,  or  a
community  social  service  agency  to  the  truant  minor  in  need  of
supervision.
    (c)  Orders  entered  under this Section may be enforced by contempt
proceedings.
(Source: P.A. 90-143, eff. 7-23-97; 90-380, eff. 8-14-97;  90-590,  eff.
1-1-99; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)

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