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IN RE LAWRENCE M.

No. 78678.

670 N.E.2d 710 (1996)

172 Ill.2d 523

219 Ill.Dec. 32

In re LAWRENCE M. et al., Minors (The Department of Children and Family Services et al., Appellants).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield (Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitor General, and Susan Frederick Rhodes, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, of counsel), for appellant Illinois Department of Children & Family Services.

Patrick T. Murphy and Margot Gordon, of the Office of the Cook County Public Guardian, Chicago, for minors-appellees Lawrence M. et al.

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender, Chicago (Robert C. Drizin, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for parents-appellees.

Diane Redleaf and Stacey Platt, Chicago, for amici curiae Illinois Action for Children et al.

Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

In these consolidated interlocutory appeals, we are asked to decide whether the circuit court has the authority under section 2-10 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (705 ILCS 405/2-10(2) (West 1994)) to enter orders requiring the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to provide and pay for inpatient drug treatment services for mothers whose children were removed from their custody due to their mothers...

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