IN RE A.A.

Nos. 81711, 81800.

690 N.E.2d 980 (1998)

181 Ill.2d 32

228 Ill.Dec. 905

In re A.A., a Minor (The Department of Children and Family Services, Appellant, v. The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Ryan, Attorney General, Civil Appeals Div., Susan Frederick Rhodes, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for Illinois Department of Children and Family Service in Nos. 81711 and 81800.

Marshall M. Stevens, State Attorney Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for A.A. and the People in No. 81711.


Justice NICKELS delivered the opinion of the court:

These consolidated appeals concern the constitutionality of legislation preventing minors 13 years of age or older who have been charged with a criminal offense or adjudicated delinquent from being committed to or placed in the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). The two appeals arise from orders in separate proceedings in the circuit court...

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