(A) (1) It is the policy of the city that a parent or legal guardian of a minor shall be notified and required to appear in court whenever that minor is charged with a violation of an ordinance or state statute which requires the minor’s appearance in court.
(2) A notice in substantially the following form shall be sent to the parents or legal guardians of the minor:
LEGAL NOTICE TO: (Parents’ Names) FROM: City of Blue Island You are hereby notified that (minor’s name) has been involved with a violation of an ordinance or state statute concerning vandalism, battery, curfew, littering, disorderly conduct, fireworks, obscene conduct, indecent exposure, trespass, possession of alcoholic liquor or any other offense of willful or malicious acts to persons or property and which requires the appearance of said minor in court. You are further notified that one of the parents of said minor must appear in court before the case will be tried or be disposed. If you fail to appear, the City Prosecutor has been directed to have issued a subpoena to bring you into court. Failure to obey a subpoena can result in contempt of court, with a fine or imprisonment as the penalty. |
(B) The City Prosecutor is directed to have subpoenas issued whenever a parent or legal guardian of a minor does not appear in court after the first two times the case has been before court.
(Prior Code, § 133.05) Penalty, see § 133.99