Chapter 705 — COURTS

(705 ILCS 405/5-7) (from Ch. 37, par. 805-7) Sec. 5-7. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 89-656, eff. 1-1-97. Repealed by P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)

(705 ILCS 405/5-701) Sec. 5-701. Social investigation report. Upon the order of the court, a social investigation report shall be prepared and delivered to the parties at least 3 days prior to the sentencing hearing. The written report of social investigation shall include an inv…

(705 ILCS 405/5-705) Sec. 5-705. Sentencing hearing; evidence; continuance. (1) In this subsection (1), "violent crime" has the same meaning ascribed to the term in subsection (c) of Section 3 of the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. At the sentencing hearing, the court …

(705 ILCS 405/5-710) Sec. 5-710. Kinds of sentencing orders. (1) The following kinds of sentencing orders may be made in respect of wards of the court: (a) Except as provided in Sections 5-805, 5-810, and 5-815, a minor who is found guilty under Section 5-620 may be: (i) put on p…

(705 ILCS 405/5-711) Sec. 5-711. Family Support Program services; hearing. (a) Any minor who is placed in the guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services under Section 5-710 while an application for the Family Support Program was pending with the Department of …

(705 ILCS 405/5-715) Sec. 5-715. Probation. (1) The period of probation or conditional discharge shall not exceed 5 years or until the minor has attained the age of 21 years, whichever is less, except as provided in this Section for a minor who is found to be guilty for an offens…

(705 ILCS 405/5-720) Sec. 5-720. Probation revocation. (1) If a petition is filed charging a violation of a condition of probation or of conditional discharge, the court shall: (a) order the minor to appear; or (b) order the minor's detention if the court finds that the detention…

(705 ILCS 405/5-725) Sec. 5-725. Protective supervision. If the sentencing order releases the minor to the custody of the minor's parents, guardian or legal custodian, or continues the minor in such custody, the court may place the person having custody of the minor, except for r…

(705 ILCS 405/5-730) Sec. 5-730. 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…

(705 ILCS 405/5-735) Sec. 5-735. 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 of the order and, where prot…

(705 ILCS 405/5-740) Sec. 5-740. 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,…

(705 ILCS 405/5-745) (Text of Section from P.A. 103-1061) Sec. 5-745. Court review. (1) The court may require any legal custodian or guardian of the person appointed under this Act, including the Department of Juvenile Justice for youth committed under Section 5-750 of this Act, …

(705 ILCS 405/5-750) Sec. 5-750. Commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this Section, when any delinquent has been adjudged a ward of the court under this Act, the court may commit the minor to the Department of Juvenile Just…

(705 ILCS 405/5-755) Sec. 5-755. Duration of wardship and discharge of proceedings. (1) All proceedings under this Act in respect of any minor for whom a petition was filed on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998 automatically terminate upon the minor attain…

(705 ILCS 405/5-7A-101) Sec. 5-7A-101. Short title. This Part may be cited as the Juvenile Electronic Monitoring and Home Detention Law. (Source: P.A. 100-431, eff. 8-25-17.)

(705 ILCS 405/5-7A-105) Sec. 5-7A-105. Definitions. As used in this Article: (a) "Approved electronic monitoring device" means a device approved by the supervising authority that is primarily intended to record or transmit information as to the minor's presence or nonpresence in …

(705 ILCS 405/5-7A-110) Sec. 5-7A-110. Application. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d), a minor subject to an adjudicatory hearing or adjudicated delinquent for an act that if committed by an adult would be an excluded offense may not be placed in an electronic monitoring o…

(705 ILCS 405/5-7A-115) Sec. 5-7A-115. Program description. The supervising authority may promulgate rules that prescribe reasonable guidelines under which an electronic monitoring and home detention program shall operate. These rules shall include, but not be limited to, the fol…

(705 ILCS 405/5-7A-120) Sec. 5-7A-120. Escape; failure to comply with a condition of the juvenile electronic monitoring or home detention program. A minor charged with or adjudicated delinquent for an act that, if committed by an adult, would constitute a felony or misdemeanor, c…

(705 ILCS 405/5-7A-125) Sec. 5-7A-125. Consent of the participant. Before entering an order for commitment for juvenile electronic monitoring, the supervising authority shall inform the participant and other persons residing in the home of the nature and extent of the approved el…

(705 ILCS 405/5-8) (from Ch. 37, par. 805-8) Sec. 5-8. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 85-601. Repealed by P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)

(705 ILCS 405/5-801) Sec. 5-801. Legislative declaration. The General Assembly finds that a substantial and disproportionate amount of serious crime is committed by a relatively small number of juvenile offenders. Part 8 of this Article addresses these juvenile offenders and, in …

(705 ILCS 405/5-805) Sec. 5-805. Transfer of jurisdiction. (1) (Blank). (2) Presumptive transfer. (a) If the State's Attorney files a petition, at any time prior to commencement of the minor's trial, to permit prosecution under the criminal laws and the petition alleges a minor 1…

(705 ILCS 405/5-810) Sec. 5-810. Extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecutions. (1)(a) If the State's Attorney files a petition, at any time prior to commencement of the minor's trial, to designate the proceeding as an extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution and the petition all…

(705 ILCS 405/5-815) Sec. 5-815. Habitual Juvenile Offender. (a) Definition. Any minor having been twice adjudicated a delinquent minor for offenses which, had the minor been prosecuted as an adult, would have been felonies under the laws of this State, and who is thereafter adju…

(705 ILCS 405/5-820) Sec. 5-820. Violent Juvenile Offender. (a) Definition. A minor having been previously adjudicated a delinquent minor for an offense which, had the minor been prosecuted as an adult, would have been a Class 2 or greater felony involving the use or threat of ph…

(705 ILCS 405/5-821) Sec. 5-821. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 94-574, eff. 8-12-05. Repealed by P.A. 99-258, eff. 1-1-16.)

(705 ILCS 405/5-822) Sec. 5-822. Data collection. On the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly: (1) The Clerk of the Circuit Court of every county in this State, shall track the filing, processing, and disposition of all cases: (a) initiated in crimin…

(705 ILCS 405/5-9) (from Ch. 37, par. 805-9) Sec. 5-9. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 85-1443. Repealed by P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)

(705 ILCS 405/5-901) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-459) Sec. 5-901. Court file. (1) The court file with respect to proceedings under this Article shall consist of the petitions, pleadings, victim impact statements, process, service of process, orders, writs and do…

(705 ILCS 405/5-905) Sec. 5-905. Law enforcement records. (1) Law Enforcement Records. Inspection and copying of law enforcement records maintained by law enforcement agencies that relate to a minor who has been investigated, arrested, or taken into custody before the minor's 18t…

(705 ILCS 405/5-910) Sec. 5-910. Social, psychological and medical records. (1) The social investigation, psychological and medical records of any juvenile offender shall be privileged and shall not be disclosed except: (a) upon the written consent of the former juvenile or, if t…

(705 ILCS 405/5-915) Sec. 5-915. Expungement of juvenile law enforcement and juvenile court records. (0.05) (Blank). (0.1)(a) The Illinois State Police and all law enforcement agencies within the State shall automatically expunge, on or before January 1 of each year, except as de…

(705 ILCS 405/5-920) Sec. 5-920. Petitions for expungement. (a) The petition for expungement for subsections (1) and (2) of Section 5-915 may include multiple offenses on the same petition and shall be substantially in the following form: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ......, ILLINOIS …

(705 ILCS 405/5-923) Sec. 5-923. Dissemination and retention of expunged records. (a) Upon entry of an order expunging the juvenile law enforcement record or juvenile court record, or both, the records or files for that offense shall be treated as if it never occurred. Law enforc…

(705 ILCS 405/5-925) Sec. 5-925. State Appellate Defender juvenile expungement program. (a) The State Appellate Defender shall establish, maintain, and carry out a juvenile expungement program to provide information and assistance to minors eligible to have their juvenile law enf…

(705 ILCS 405/6-1) (from Ch. 37, par. 806-1) Sec. 6-1. Probation departments; functions and duties. (1) The chief judge of each circuit shall make provision for probation services for each county in the chief judge's circuit. The appointment of officers to probation or court serv…

(705 ILCS 405/6-10) (from Ch. 37, par. 806-10) Sec. 6-10. State reimbursement of funds. (a) Before the 15th day of each month, the clerk of the court shall itemize all payments received by the clerk under Section 6-9 during the preceding month and shall pay such amounts to the co…

(705 ILCS 405/6-11) (from Ch. 37, par. 806-11) Sec. 6-11. Annual expenditures; limitation. Reimbursements under Section 6-10 for any fiscal year may not exceed 3% of the annual appropriation from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Children and Family Services for its o…

(705 ILCS 405/6-12) Sec. 6-12. Juvenile justice councils. (1) Each county, or any group of contiguous counties under an intergovernmental agreement or, in counties having a population of 3,000,000 or more, any township, or group of those townships, in the State of Illinois may, a…

(705 ILCS 405/6-2) (from Ch. 37, par. 806-2) Sec. 6-2. Probation districts; informal cooperation. (1) Any 2 or more counties in the same judicial circuit may form a joint probation district for the maintenance of a Probation Department or of both a Probation Department and a Psyc…

(705 ILCS 405/6-3) (from Ch. 37, par. 806-3) Sec. 6-3. Court Services Departments; counties over 1,000,000. (1) Any county having more than 1,000,000 inhabitants shall maintain a Court Services Department, which shall be under the authority and supervision of the chief judge of t…

(705 ILCS 405/6-4) (from Ch. 37, par. 806-4) Sec. 6-4. Psychiatric Departments; counties under 1,000,000. (1) Any county having less than 1,000,000 inhabitants or any group of counties constituting a probation district may maintain a Psychiatric Department to render clinical serv…

(705 ILCS 405/6-5) (from Ch. 37, par. 806-5) Sec. 6-5. Compensation and expenses of personnel. (1) The compensation of the several officers or grades of officers and other personnel of the Probation Department and the Psychiatric Department, if any, or the Court Services Departme…

(705 ILCS 405/6-6) (from Ch. 37, par. 806-6) Sec. 6-6. State share of compensation of probation Personnel. (1) Before the 15th day of each month, beginning with August, 1966, there shall be filed with the Supreme Court an itemized statement of the amounts paid, by the county, pro…

(705 ILCS 405/6-7) (from Ch. 37, par. 806-7) Sec. 6-7. Financial responsibility of counties. (1) Each county board shall provide in its annual appropriation ordinance or annual budget, as the case may be, a reasonable sum for payments for the care and support of minors, and for p…

(705 ILCS 405/6-8) (from Ch. 37, par. 806-8) Sec. 6-8. Orders on county for care and support. (1) Whenever a minor has been ordered held in detention or placed in shelter care under Sections 2-7, 3-9, 4-6 or 5-410, the court may order the county to make monthly payments from the …

(705 ILCS 405/6-9) (from Ch. 37, par. 806-9) Sec. 6-9. Enforcement of liability of parents and others. (1) If parentage is at issue in any proceeding under this Act, other than cases involving those exceptions to the definition of parent set out in item (11) in Section 1-3, then …

(705 ILCS 405/7-1) (from Ch. 37, par. 807-1) Sec. 7-1. Savings. Notwithstanding the repeal provided for in Section 7-2: (1) Any offense under the provisions of the Act thereby repealed which has been committed before the effective date of this Act may be prosecuted and punished a…

(705 ILCS 405/7A-120) (This Section was renumbered as Section 5-7A-120 in P.A. 97-333.) Sec. 7A-120. (Renumbered). (Source: P.A. 96-293, eff. 1-1-10. Renumbered by P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)