Source: https://answers.uslegal.com/minors/placement-with-relatives/40610/
Timestamp: 2019-04-26 09:37:28+00:00

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Illinois addresses the issue of relatives, defines who are considered relatives to place a child with and other requirements.
(24) an offense in any other state the elements of which are similar and bear a substantial relationship to any of the foregoing offenses.
For purposes of this subsection, "fictive kin" means any individual, unrelated by birth or marriage, who: (i) is shown to have close personal or emotional ties with the child or the child's family prior to the child's placement with the individual; or(ii) is the current foster parent of a child in the custody or guardianship of the Department pursuant to this Act and the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, if the child has been placed in the home for at least one year and has established a significant and family-like relationship with the foster parent, and the foster parent has been identified by the Department as the child's permanent connection, as defined by Department rule.
History. Amended by P.A. 099-0836, §5, eff. 1/1/2017.
Amended by P.A. 099-0642, §60, eff. 7/28/2016.
Amended by P.A. 099-0143, §130, eff. 7/27/2015.
Amended by P.A. 098-0846, §5, eff. 1/1/2015.
Amended by P.A. 097-1150, §55, eff. 1/25/2013.
Amended by P.A. 097-1109, §15-5, eff. 1/1/2013.
Amended by P.A. 097-1076, §5, eff. 8/24/2012.
Amended by P.A. 096-1551, §§1-900, 2-920, eff. 7/1/2011.
Amended by P.A. 094-0880, §5, eff. 8/1/2006.
P.A. 89-21, eff. 7-1-95; 89-422; 89-428, eff. 12-13-95; 89-462, eff. 5-29-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-27, eff. 1-1-98; 90-28, eff. 1-1-98; 90-608, eff. 6-30-98; 92-192, eff. 1-1-02; 92-328, eff. 1-1-02; 92-334, eff. 8-10-01; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.

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