MATTER OF ADOPTION OF L.R.B.

No. 4-95-0508.

664 N.E.2d 347 (1996)

278 Ill. App.3d 1091

215 Ill.Dec. 950

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF L.R.B., a Minor (Helen R. Cranston and James R. Cranston, Petitioners-Appellants, v. L.R.B., a Minor, Donna Beckley, Randy Lassiter, and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Respondents-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided April 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul S. Braun (argued), John A. Krupa Jr., Krupa & Braun, Chartered, Flossmoor, for Helen R. Cranston.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General State of Illinois, Chicago, Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitor General, Chicago, William K. Blanchard, Asst. Atty. General, State of Illinois, Chicago, for Illinois Department Of Children & Family Services.

Thelma Thomas Davidson, Attorney at Law, Urbana, Guardian Ad Litem for L.R.B.


Presiding Justice COOK delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue in this case is whether a father can control the selection of the adoptive parents of his child by executing a specific consent in their favor, when that child is a ward of the court. We answer that question in the negative and affirm the decision of the trial court.

L.R.B. was born July 16, 1993. She resided with her mother until August 1994, when she was found to be neglected and was placed...

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