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PARTINGTON v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILY SERV.

No. 80-372.

91 Ill. App.3d 205 (1980)

414 N.E.2d 540

TONI M. PARTINGTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed December 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce P. Bower, of Prairie State Legal Services, Inc., and Barry R. Bruhn, of Ottawa, for appellant.

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield (Jon E. Tweedt, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellees.

Reversed and remanded.

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

This appeal poses a narrow issue, whether a natural parent who has validly consented to the adoption of her child may, prior to the specific placement of the child for adoption by others, properly petition to adopt as the "parent" of a "related child." Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 40, par. 1501B, E.

Petitioner, Toni M. Partington, is the natural mother of the child...

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