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IN RE J.J.

No. 90539.

776 N.E.2d 138 (2002)

201 Ill.2d 236

267 Ill.Dec. 1

In re J.J. et al., Minors (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Phyllis J., Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied August 29, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Edward R. Danner, State's Attorney, Lewistown (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers, Mary Beth Burns, Lisa Hoffman, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, Norbert J. Goetten, John X. Breslin, Rita Kennedy Mertel, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Susan O. Johnson, Peoria, for appellee.

Justice KILBRIDE, delivered the opinion of the court:

The State filed a petition against the respondent, Phyllis J. (mother), alleging that her minor children were abused or neglected. It subsequently filed a petition in the circuit court of Fulton County to terminate the mother's parental rights under the Adoption Act (750 ILCS 50/1 et seq. (West 1998)). In part, the petition alleged that the mother exhibited habitual drunkenness for at least one year immediately...

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