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IN RE D.F.

No. 91556.

777 N.E.2d 930 (2002)

201 Ill.2d 476

268 Ill.Dec. 7

In re D.F. et al., Minors (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Nancy F., Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

September 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Charles G. Reynard, State's Attorney, Bloomington (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers, Michael M. Glick, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, Norbert J. Goetten, Robert J. Biderman, Linda Susan McClain, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

David W. Butler, Bloomington, for appellee.

Patrick T. Murphy, Charles Perez Golbert, Chicago, for amicus curiae the Office of the Cook County Public Guardian.

Justice GARMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

In December 1999, the State filed a petition to terminate respondent mother's parental rights, pursuant to the Adoption Act (Act) (750 ILCS 50/1 et seq. (West 1998)). The petition, as amended in May 2000, alleged six separate grounds for a finding of unfitness: (1) substantial neglect of the children that was continuous or repeated (750 ILCS 50/1(D)(d) (West Supp.1999)); (2) other neglect of, or misconduct...

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