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IN RE CHILEAN D.

No. 1-97-3811.

710 N.E.2d 24 (1999)

304 Ill. App.3d 580

237 Ill.Dec. 601

In re CHILEAN D. and Cassandra D., Minors (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Craig D., Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

March 29, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Rita A. Fry, Lester Finkle, of counsel), for appellant.

State's Attorney of County of Cook, Chicago (Richard A. Devine, Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry, Nancy Grauer Kisicki, of counsel), for appellee.

Justice GALLAGHER delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue in this case is whether a finding of parental unfitness, made during a proceeding to terminate parental rights, can stand when the petition to terminate parental rights is withdrawn. We conclude it cannot.

In August 1984, respondent was sentenced to prison after being found guilty of rape, deviate sexual assault and aggravated battery of a 78-year-old woman. In June 1986, petitions were filed...

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