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IN RE J.B.

No. 93453.

789 N.E.2d 1259 (2003)

204 Ill.2d 382

273 Ill.Dec. 827

In re J.B. et al., Appellees (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Wanda B., Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 24, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender, Chicago (Evelyn G. Baniewicz, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (William L. Browers, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, Renee Goldfarb, Nancy Grauer Kisicki and Annette Collins, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Patrick T. Murphy, Charles Perez Golbert, Deborah Pergament, Office of the Cook County Public Guardian, Chicago, for appellee minors.

Justice KILBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

The circuit court of Cook County found that the respondent, Wanda B. (mother), was an unfit parent based on section 1(D)(q) of the Adoption Act (750 ILCS 50/1(D)(q) (West 1998)). As amended, this section creates a presumption that a parent is unfit based on a conviction for any of the specified crimes. The mother had previously been convicted of aggravated battery of a child, one of the listed crimes. The circuit...

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