Court Opinion

ID: 9745876
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 13:39:01.43802+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:05.618130
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE CARTER, specially concurring: I concur with the majority opinion. A person protected under the Act is any person abused by a family or household member (750 ILCS 60/201(a)(1) (West 2004)), and law enforcement has a duty to act whenever an officer has reason to believe that a person has been abused (750 ILCS 60/304(a) (West 2004)). I specially concur to add, although not necessary under the facts of this case, that the definition of a person protected under the Act would include those occasions when someone other than the victim alerts law enforcement of the abuse.