IN RE SPARROW

No. 76-110.

59 Ill. App.3d 731 (1978)

376 N.E.2d 236

In re HATTIE SPARROW et al., Minors. — (THE PEOPLE ex rel. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Petitioner-Appellee, v. VIRGIL WARREN SPARROW et al., Respondents-Appellants.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Supplemental opinion filed on denial of rehearing May 31, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Bastian, of Legal Aid Society of the City & County of St. Louis, for appellants.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (Joseph R. Hale, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondents-appellants, Virgil and Linda Sparrow, herein referred to as the parents, appeal from an order finding them to be unfit parents and awarding guardianship of their six minor children to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services with authority to consent to their adoption.

Two petitions were filed on May 28, 1975, by the Illinois Department of Children and...

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