PEOPLE EX REL. JONES v. JONES

No. 75-272.

39 Ill. App.3d 821 (1976)

350 N.E.2d 826

THE PEOPLE ex rel. TINA JONES et al., Minors, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ELGIN CHARLES JONES et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed June 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roscoe D. Cunningham, of Lawrenceville, for appellants.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Chicago (John D. Whitenack, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Lawrence County terminating the parental rights of defendants-appellants, Elgin and Nancy Jones, and ordering the appointment of the Department of Children and Family Services, an agency of the State of Illinois, as guardian of four minor children with power to consent to their adoption. On appeal defendants allege that...

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