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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
§ 70. Case eligible for review by regional review team. A case eligible for review shall include a fatality or near-fatality that occurred within the geographic boundaries of the judicial circuit covered by the regional review team and a qualifying relationship.
(a) A fatality or near-fatality includes at least one of the following:
(1) a homicide, as defined in Article 9 of the Criminal Code of 2012 in which:
(A) the offender causes the death of the victim, the deceased, or others; or
(B) the survivor causes the death of the offender, the deceased, or others;
(2) a suicide or attempted suicide of the offender;
(3) a suicide of the victim;
(4) a suicide attempt of the survivor;
(5) a familicide in which the offender causes the death of the victim and other members of the victim's family including, but not limited to, minor or adult children and parents;
(6) the near-fatality of a survivor caused by the offender;
(7) the near-fatality of an offender caused by the survivor; or
(8) any other case involving domestic violence if a majority of the regional review team vote that a review of the case will advance the purposes of this Act.
(b) A qualifying relationship between the offender and the victim or survivor shall include instances or a history of domestic violence perpetrated by the offender against the victim or survivor and at least one of the following circumstances:
(1) the offender and the victim or survivor:
(A) resided together or shared a common dwelling at any time;
(B) have or are alleged to have a child in common; or
(C) are or were engaged, married, divorced, separated, or had a dating or romantic relationship, regardless of whether they had sexual relations;
(2) the offender stalked the victim or survivor as described in Section 12-7.3 of the Criminal Code of 2012;
(3) the victim or survivor filed for an order of protection against the offender under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or Section 112A-2.5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
(4) the victim or survivor filed for a civil no contact order against the offender under the Civil No Contact Order Act or Section 112A-14.5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
(5) the victim or survivor filed for a stalking no contact order against the offender under the Stalking No Contact Order Act or Section 112A-2.5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
(6) the offender violated an order of protection, civil no contact order, or stalking no contact order obtained by the victim or survivor;
(7) the deceased resided in the same household as, was present at the workplace of, was in the proximity of, or was related by blood or affinity to a victim or survivor;
(8) the deceased was a law enforcement officer, emergency medical technician, or other responder to a domestic violence incident between the offender and the victim or survivor; or
(9) a relationship between the offender and the victim, survivor, or deceased exists that a majority of the regional review team votes warrants review of the case to advance the purposes of this Act.
(c) A case eligible for review does not require criminal charges or a conviction.
(d) Any criminal investigation, civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding, and appeals shall be complete for a case to be eligible for review.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Illinois Statutes Chapter 750. Families § 62/70. Case eligible for review by regional review team - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-750-families/il-st-sect-750-62-70/
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