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IN RE JOSEPH B.

No. 1-93-1950.

630 N.E.2d 1180 (1994)

258 Ill. App.3d 954

197 Ill.Dec. 56

In re JOSEPH B., Jr., a minor (People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Angela S., Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

February 25, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Annette R. Appell of Northwestern University Legal Clinic and Peter Koch, Senior Law Student, Chicago, for appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. (Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Sol. Gen., Gary T. Morgan, Guardian Adm'r, Deborah L. Ahlstrand, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel); and Patrick T. Murphy, Kass A. Plain, Office of the Cook County Public Guardian; Shelly Rice Weinberg, and Ann L. Gibson, Coffield Ungaretti & Harris, Chicago for appellee.

Justice GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

On July 12, 1991, Angela S. executed a document entitled "Final and Irrevocable Consent to Adoption" which provided that she did "consent and agree to the adoption" of her son, J.B. Pursuant to court order, J.B. was placed with his godmother (Z.S.) who initially agreed to adopt him. In April 1992, however, Z.S. changed her mind and that adoption did not proceed. At that time, DCFS took J.B. from Z.S.'s home and placed...

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