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Committee advances SB 141 to clarify child-welfare procedures and expand kinship rules
Summary
Sen. Harper told the House Judiciary Committee SB 141 is an annual 'cleanup' of child-welfare code to improve transparency, timeliness and safety in juvenile court, authorize DCFS rulemaking to broaden kinship definitions, and require filing certain findings with the court; the committee voted to favorably recommend the second substitute unanimously.
Sen. Harper introduced the second substitute of Senate Bill 141, calling it the chamber’s annual cleanup for child-welfare law and saying stakeholders — including Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS), guardian ad litem representatives, and parental-defense advocates — helped shape the changes.
The bill clarifies procedures in juvenile-court cases to…
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