Illinois Code § 750 ILCS 62/70

Case eligible for review by regional review team.
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A case eligible for review shall include a fatality or near-fatality that occurred within the geographic boundaries of the judicial circuit covered by the regional review team and a qualifying relationship.
 
(a) A fatality or near-fatality includes at least one of the following:
 
 
(1) a homicide, as defined in Article 9 of the 
 
Criminal Code of 2012 in which:
 
 
 
(A) the offender causes the death of the victim, 
 
 
the deceased, or others; or
 
 
 
(B) the survivor causes the death of the 
 
 
offender, the deceased, or others; 
 
 
(2) a suicide or attempted suicide of the offender; 
 
 
(3) a suicide of the victim;
 
 
(4) a suicide attempt of the survivor;
 
 
(5) a familicide in which the offender causes the 
 
death of the victim and other members of the victim's family including, but not limited to, minor or adult children and parents;
 
 
(6) the near-fatality of a survivor caused by the 
 
offender; 
 
 
(7) the near-fatality of an offender caused by the 
 
survivor; or
 
 
(8) any other case involving domestic violence if a 
 
majority of the regional review team vote that a review of the case will advance the purposes of this Act.
 
(b) A qualifying relationship between the offender and the victim or survivor shall include instances or a history of domestic violence perpetrated by the offender against the victim or survivor and at least one of the following circumstances:
 
 
(1) the offender and the victim or survivor:
 
 
 
(A) resided together or shared a common dwelling 
 
 
at any time;
 
 
 
(B) have or are alleged to have a child in 
 
 
common; or
 
 
 
(C) are or were engaged, married, divorced, 
 
 
separated, or had a dating or romantic relationship, regardless of whether they had sexual relations; 
 
 
(2) the offender stalked the victim or survivor as 
 
described in Section 12-7.3 of the Criminal Code of 2012;
 
 
(3) the victim or survivor filed for an order of 
 
protection against the offender under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or Section 112A-2.5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
 
 
(4) the victim or survivor filed for a civil no 
 
contact order against the offender under the Civil No Contact Order Act or Section 112A-14.5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
 
 
(5) the victim or survivor filed for a stalking no 
 
contact order against the offender under the Stalking No Contact Order Act or Section 112A-2.5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963; 
 
 
(6) the offender violated an order of protection, 
 
civil no contact order, or stalking no contact order obtained by the victim or survivor;
 
 
(7) the deceased resided in the same household as, 
 
was present at the workplace of, was in the proximity of, or was related by blood or affinity to a victim or survivor; 
 
 
(8) the deceased was a law enforcement officer, 
 
emergency medical technician, or other responder to a domestic violence incident between the offender and the victim or survivor; or
 
 
(9) a relationship between the offender and the 
 
victim, survivor, or deceased exists that a majority of the regional review team votes warrants review of the case to advance the purposes of this Act.
 
(c) A case eligible for review does not require criminal charges or a conviction.
 
(d) Any criminal investigation, civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding, and appeals shall be complete for a case to be eligible for review.

Criminal Code of 2012 in which:
the deceased, or others; or
offender, the deceased, or others;
death of the victim and other members of the victim's family including, but not limited to, minor or adult children and parents;
offender;
survivor; or
majority of the regional review team vote that a review of the case will advance the purposes of this Act.
at any time;
common; or
separated, or had a dating or romantic relationship, regardless of whether they had sexual relations;
described in Section 12-7.3 of the Criminal Code of 2012;
protection against the offender under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or Section 112A-2.5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
contact order against the offender under the Civil No Contact Order Act or Section 112A-14.5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
contact order against the offender under the Stalking No Contact Order Act or Section 112A-2.5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;
civil no contact order, or stalking no contact order obtained by the victim or survivor;
was present at the workplace of, was in the proximity of, or was related by blood or affinity to a victim or survivor;
emergency medical technician, or other responder to a domestic violence incident between the offender and the victim or survivor; or
victim, survivor, or deceased exists that a majority of the regional review team votes warrants review of the case to advance the purposes of this Act.

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