705 ILCS 405/3-18
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 705 - COURTS|705 ILCS 405/ - Juvenile Court Act of 1987.|Article III - Minors Requiring Authoritative Intervention

 (from Ch. 37, par. 803-18)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.)