Opinion ID: 2240008
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Heading: History of the MRAI

Text: The MRAI, through section 3-3 of the Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 37, par. 803-3), replaced section 2-3 of the Act, entitled Minors Otherwise in Need of Supervision (MINS) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 37, par. 702-3). The MINS provided: Those otherwise in need of supervision include (a) any minor under 18 years of age who is beyond the control of his parents, guardian or other custodian; (b) any minor subject to compulsory school attendance who is habitually truant from school; (c) any minor who is an addict   ; and (d)    any minor who violates a lawful court order made under this Act. (Emphasis added.) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 37, par. 702-3.) While the MINS applied to minors beyond the control of their parents, the MRAI applies not only to minors beyond parental control (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 37, par. 803-3(1)(b)), but also to minors absent from home without parental consent (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 37, par. 803-3(1)(a)). Under the MINS, therefore, the State had to prove that a runaway minor was beyond parental control before the State could intervene. For a runaway minor to come under the MRAI, the State must prove that the minor is either beyond parental control or absent from home without parental consent. On the other hand, both the MINS and the MRAI, through the beyond-parental-control provisions, apply to minors who are not runaways or absent from home, but who are nevertheless beyond the control of their parents.