IN RE PRONGER

No. 64553.

118 Ill.2d 512 (1987)

517 N.E.2d 1076

In re GABRIEL PRONGER, a Minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Elizabeth M. Green, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Thomas J. Difanis, State's Attorney, of Urbana (Roma J. Stewart, Solicitor General, and Mark L. Rotert and Terence M. Madsen, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago; Chase Leonhard, Assistant State's Attorney; and Robert J. Biderman, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

Thomas A. Bruno, of Thomas A. Bruno & Associates, of Urbana, for appellee.


Circuit court affirmed; appellate court reversed.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from an order of the circuit court of Champaign County, which terminated the parental rights of respondent Elizabeth Green, a/k/a Michelle Pronger, and appointed the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services as guardian of Gabriel Pronger, her son. On appeal, respondent challenged the circuit court's jurisdiction to terminate her...

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