Supreme Court of Illinois

In a family law matter, reversal of decision terminating mother's parental rights of her six-year old and four-year old children is affirmed where the plain language of section 2-4(1) of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 prohibits termination of parental rights when children have been adjudged dependent under that provision.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/04/2008
• Published 12/04/2008

Judges

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Julia Rietz, State's Attorney, Urbana (Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, Rachel Hoover, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, and Norbert J. Goetten, Robert J. Biderman, Salena R. Young, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, of counsel), for the People.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel B. Kennedy, Champaign, for appellee.