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IN RE S.G.

No. 80688.

677 N.E.2d 920 (1997)

175 Ill.2d 471

222 Ill.Dec. 386

In re S.G. et al., Minors (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Pearlie G., Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Jack O'Malley and Richard A. Devine, State's Attorneys, Chicago (Arleen C. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry and Tyra Taylor-Bell, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Patrick T. Murphy, Public Guardian of Cook County (Lee Ann Lowder and Susan S. Wigoda, of counsel), Chicago, for S.G., W.G., C.G. and K.G.

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender (Cheryl K. Lipton, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), Chicago, for Pearlie G.

Justice NICKELS delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal, we decide whether section 2-14 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (705 ILCS 405/2-14 (West 1994)) requires that the circuit court dismiss a petition for adjudication of wardship where the adjudicatory hearing is not completed within the statutory time period. The State filed petitions for adjudication of wardship in the circuit court of Cook County alleging that each of Pearlie G.'s three daughters...

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