IN RE S.G.

No. 1-93-2390.

661 N.E.2d 437 (1996)

277 Ill. App.3d 803

214 Ill.Dec. 583

In re S.G., W.G., C.G., K.G., Minors (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee v. Pearlie G., Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County (Murray M. Coffey, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney, County of Cook (Renee Goldfarb, Wiliam D. Carroll, Tyra Taylor-Bell, Asst. State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

Patrick T. Murphy, Lee Ann Lowder, Susan S. Wigoda, Office of the Cook County Public Guardian, Chicago, IL, for minor appellees.


Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

This case contains the ingredients for an inevitable clash with the statutory call for prompt dispositions in juvenile court abuse and neglect cases: an unconscionably crowded court calendar, an abundance of lawyers vigorously representing their clients, the existence of a variety of statutory rights, and a conscientious but overworked trial judge.

Section 2-14 of the Juvenile Court Act (705 ILCS 405/2-14...

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