705 ILCS 405/2-22
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 705 - COURTS|705 ILCS 405/ - Juvenile Court Act of 1987.|Article II - Abused, Neglected Or Dependent Minors

 (from Ch. 37, par. 802-22)Sec. 2-22.     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 health, safety and interests of the  minor and the public.  The court also shall consider the permanency goal set for the minor, the  nature of the service plan for the minor and the services delivered and to be  delivered under the plan. 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) Once all parties respondent have been served in compliance with  Sections 2-15 and 2-16, no further service or notice must be given to a party  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 to 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  2-20, whether successfully completed with regard to the child's health,  safety and best interest, 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, if the  adjournment is consistent with the health, safety and best interests of the  minor, but in no event shall continuances be granted so that the dispositional  hearing occurs more than 6 months after the initial removal of a minor from his  or her home.  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.(5) Unless already set by the court, at the conclusion of the dispositional  hearing, the court shall set the date for the first permanency hearing, to be  conducted under subsection (2) of Section 2-28, which shall be held: (a) within 12 months from the date temporary  custody was taken, (b) if the parental rights of both parents have been  terminated in accordance with the procedure described in subsection (5) of  Section 2-21, within 30 days of the termination of parental rights and  appointment of a guardian with power to consent to adoption, or (c) in  accordance  with subsection (2) of Section 2-13.1.(6) When the court declares a child to be a ward of the court and awards  guardianship to the Department of Children and Family Services, (a) the  court shall  admonish the parents, guardian, custodian or responsible relative that the  parents must cooperate with the Department of Children and Family Services,  comply with the terms of the service plans, and correct the conditions which  require the child to be in care, or risk termination of their parental  rights; and (b) the court shall inquire of the parties of any  intent to proceed with  termination of parental rights of a parent:(A) whose identity still remains unknown;(B) whose whereabouts remain unknown; or(C) who was found in default at the adjudicatory     hearing and has not obtained an order setting aside the default in accordance with Section 2-1301 of the Code of Civil Procedure.   (Source: P.A. 92-822, eff. 8-21-02.)