1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.E.2d
  4. 656 N.E.2d
  5. 656 N.E.2d 773 (1995)
 

IN RE ESTATE OF AUSTWICK

No. 1-94-0885.

656 N.E.2d 773 (1995)

275 Ill.App.3d 665

212 Ill.Dec. 176

In re the ESTATE OF Lucille AUSTWICK, a Disabled Person (Patrick T. Murphy, Cook County Public Guardian, Petitioner-Appellee, v. John B. Lower, Director, Legal Advocacy Service, Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

September 7, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Advocacy Service, Guardianship and Advocacy Com'n, Chicago (Ellen Holden Clark, Barbara J. Sosin, Laurel Whitehouse Spahn, of counsel), for appellant.

Patrick T. Murphy, Public Guardian of Cook County, Chicago, for appellee.

Justice SHEILA M. O'BRIEN delivered the opinion of the court:

The Cook County Public Guardian (hereinafter Public Guardian) appeals from the trial court's order removing a Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR) from the medical chart of the Public Guardian's ward, Lucille Austwick. Mrs. Austwick cross-appeals from the trial court's order denying her petition to remove the Public Guardian for cause. We affirm.

On October 18, 1991, the probate court adjudicated 81-year...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases