Illinois Bar Journal

2021 Articles

Written notification to parent or guardian required when students commit misconduct

November
2021
Illinois Law Update
, Page 16
The School Code was amended to require schools to provide written notifications to the parent or guardian when their student commits an act of misconduct.

A Year Like No Other

By Lisa M. Nyuli
August
2021
Column
, Page 46
In-person events this fall and IBF’s new website signal good days ahead.

Youth can have guardians appointed until age 21

November
2021
Illinois Law Update
, Page 16
This Act expands the age range for youth eligible to have an appointed guardian. Before the amendment, Illinois law only allowed children and youth under 18 to be appointed a guardian.

Zoning rules of the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act apply equally to all municipalities statewide

August
2021
Illinois Law Update
, Page 18
On May 20, 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed an Illinois Appellate Court decision holding that the Illinois Department of Agriculture (DOA) properly awarded Curative Health Cultivation, LLC (Curative) a permit for operating a medical cannabis cultivation center in Aurora.

Zoom video conferencing did not infringe respondents’ due-process rights in a termination proceeding

November
2021
Illinois Law Update
, Page 16
On Aug. 27, 2021, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that parental-rights termination hearings conducted by Zoom did not violate due-process rights.