Opinion

Beyer v. City of Joliet

392 Ill. App. 3d 81
910 N.E.2d 621

Court: Appellate Court of Illinois
Filed: Jun 2, 2009
Status: Published
Author: Carter
On the bench: Schmidt, Carter
Cited by: 2 cases

The opinion

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.

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