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IN INTEREST OF J.P.

Nos. 1-96-3323, 1-97-0003 and 1-97-0024.

692 N.E.2d 338 (1998)

294 Ill. App.3d 991

229 Ill.Dec. 565

In the Interest of J.P., a Minor. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. KAREN P., Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

February 26, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schiller, Ducanto and Fleck, Chicago; Donald Dorman, Chicago (Sarane C. Siewerth, of counsel), for Karen P.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook (Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry, Nancy L. Grauer, Asst. State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Courts, as they should, tread carefully when dealing with claims of child abuse. This case concerns such a claim, and it raises other compelling questions that must be addressed: When is it legally appropriate for the State to exercise a degree of power that removes a child from the custody of her mother, making the child a ward of the court? What facts are required to...

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