IN RE YOLAINE J.

No. 1-93-1777.

653 N.E.2d 909 (1995)

274 Ill.App.3d 208

210 Ill.Dec. 714

In re YOLAINE J., a minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Respondent-Appellant; Yolande J. et al., Respondents-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

July 19, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Murphy, Public Guardian of Chicago; Pretzel & Stouffer, Chtd., Chicago; Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago (Kathleen G. Kennedy, Anne Scheitlin Johnson, Diane I. Jennings, Kathryn C. Wyatt, of counsel), for appellant.

Marshall J. Schmitt, William E. Meyer, Jr., Jenner & Block, Chicago, for appellees.


Justice RIZZI delivered the opinion of the court:

Pursuant to juvenile court proceedings, on September 17, 1990, Yolaine J. was removed from her home in Chicago and placed in foster care with a family in Evanston. She was three years old. On October 1, 1990, she was adjudged a ward of the court and placed in the custody and guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). The court based its ruling on findings that Yolaine's father, Saurel J...

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