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225 ILCS 10/2.18 (2026)

"Day care homes" means family homes which receive more than 3 up to a maximum of 12 children for less than 24 hours per day

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(225 ILCS 10/2.18) (from Ch. 23, par. 2212.18)
    Sec. 2.18. "Day care homes" means family homes which receive more than 3 up to a maximum of 12 children for less than 24 hours per day. The number counted includes the family's natural or adopted children and all other persons under the age of 12. The term does not include facilities which receive only children from a single household.
(Source: P.A. 87-674.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2002–2024 · leading case: Hawthorne v. Vill. of Olympia Fields, 790 N.E.2d 832 (Ill. 2003).
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Hawthorne v. Vill. of Olympia Fields, 790 N.E.2d 832 (Ill. 2003). · cites it 5× “" 225 ILCS 10/2.18 (West 2000). The specified number of children includes the family's own natural or adopted children and all other persons under the age of 12.”
Kopf v. Kelly, 2024 IL 127464 (Ill. 2024). · cites it 3× “” See 225 ILCS 10/2.18 (West 2018) (defining “day care home” as “family homes which receive more than 3 *** children for less than 24 hours per day” including “the -4- family’s natural or adopted children and all other persons under the age of 12,” not including “facilities…”
Hawthorne v. Vill. of Olympia Fields, 765 N.E.2d 475 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 3× “The Child Care Act of 1969, 225 ILCS 10/2.18 et seq. provides: § 2.18.”
Kopf v. Kelly, 2024 IL 127464 (Ill. 2024). · cites it 3× “” See 225 ILCS 10/2.18 (West 2018) (defining “day care home” as “family homes which receive more than 3 *** children for less than 24 hours per day” including “the family’s natural or adopted children and all other persons under the age of 12,” not including “facilities which…”
Hawthorne v. Vill. of Olympia Fields (Ill. 2003). · cites it 3× “” 225 ILCS 10/2.18 (West 2000). The specified number of children includes the family’s own natural or adopted children and all other persons under the age of 12.”
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