IN RE D.M.

No. 1-01-4020.

784 N.E.2d 304 (2002)

336 Ill. App.3d 766

271 Ill.Dec. 86

In the Matter of D.M. and D.M., Minors (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. E.M., Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

December 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Cook County Public Defender, Chicago (James S. Jacobs, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Nancy Grauer Kisicki and Jennifer K. Bagby, of counsel), for Appellee.

Office of the Cook County Public Guardian, Chicago (Patrick T. Murphy, Charles P. Golbert and Deborah Pergament, of counsel), for Minor-Appellees.


Justice HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a hearing, the circuit court found respondent, Erica M., to be an unfit parent and terminated the parental rights to her children, Deshante M. (born December 23, 1992) and Dreonte M. (born June 20, 1996).1 The court also held that it would be in the children's best interest that a guardian with the right to consent to their adoption be appointed. Respondent appeals, contending...

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