UNIT III - MINORS REQUIRING AUTHORITATIVE INTERVENTION ARTICLE III - 705 ILCS 405/3)

A. Minor Requiring Authoritative Intervention (MRAI) (705 ILCS 405/3-3) is any minor under 18 years of age who:

Is absent from home without consent of a parent or guardian.

Is beyond the control of a parent or guardian, which may constitute a danger to his/her physical safety.

Refuses, after being taken into limited custody and offered interim crisis intervention services, to return home after he/she and his/her parent or guardian cannot agree to an arrangement for an alternative residential placement.

Involved in sexting with another minor.

Any minor taken into limited custody for reasons specified in this Section may not be adjudicated a MRAI until 21 days have elapsed since the first instance of being taken into limited custody and 5 days have elapsed since the second, third, or fourth instances. Minors may be adjudicated a MRAI immediately after a fifth instance or for being taken into limited custody for other reasons specified in this section.

If a minor is taken into limited custody, a year elapses, and then he is taken into limited custody again, he may not be adjudicated a MRAI until 21 days have passed.

When handling minors who are chronic runaways, it is recommended that Law Enforcement Officers make referrals to agencies that can provide counseling and/or crisis intervention services. Doing so can possibly avoid subsequent situations in which minors may refuse to go home or end up being locked-out by their parents/guardians.