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IN INTEREST OF M.Z.

No. 1-96-2040.

691 N.E.2d 35 (1998)

294 Ill. App.3d 581

229 Ill.Dec. 99

In the Interest of M.Z., a minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Esther Hernandez, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

January 21, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Northwestern University Legal Clinic, (Bruce A. Boyer and Jordon L. Kruse, Senior Law Students, of counsel), Chicago, for Respondent-Appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney of Cook County (Renee Goldfarb, Celeste Stewart Stack, Scott L. Clark, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), Chicago, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Justice BURKE delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent Esther Hernandez appeals from two orders of the circuit court finding that respondent's son, M.Z., was "abused or neglected," as defined in section 2-3 of the Juvenile Court Act (705 ILCS 405/2-3 (West 1996)), based on lack of care and injurious environment (705 ILCS 405/2-3(1)(a), (b)), and adjudging M.Z. a ward of the court and awarding custody of M.Z. to the...

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