Juvenile law treats criminal offenders under age 18 at the time of their offenses differently from adult offenders. Although each state's juvenile process is different, the following steps are common to most state juvenile justice systems: intake, consent decree, fitness hearing, adjudicatory hearing, disposition plan, disposition hearing, probation review hearings, and case termination. Find juvenile law legal articles and contact a Big Rock, Illinois juvenile law law firm from the list of results on this page provided by Lawyers.com.