This Act establishes a pathway for families on the verge of seeking services for their child's serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance through relinquishment of parental custody to the Department of Children and Family Services, despite the absence of abuse or neglect, to receive services through the appropriate State child-serving agency. This pathway shall be outlined in an interagency agreement between all the relevant State agencies.
20 ILCS 540/5
Purpose
Known as the Custody Relinquishment Prevention Act
The act spans §§ 20-540-1 to 20-540-5 (8 sections).
P.A. 98-808, eff. 1-1-15.
Official source: Illinois General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Illinois statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.