IN RE TERRELL L.

No. 1-06-1356.

859 N.E.2d 113 (2006)

307 Ill.Dec. 113

In re TERRELL L., a minor (Terrell L., Appellant v. The Department of Children and Family Services, Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

November 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Cozzola; Diana White, Adela Carlin, Steven Pick, Maureen Schmidt, Senior Law Student Licensed under Supreme Court Rule 711, The Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, for Appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, State of Illinois, Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Diane M. Potts, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for Appellee.


Justice O'MALLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent Terrell L., a minor, and his guardian sought to vacate his guardianship with his paternal grandmother and have the Guardianship Administrator (the Administrator) of the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) appointed as his guardian. The circuit court denied the motions based on a finding that the guardian was not unfit, unable or unwilling, for reason other than financial circumstances alone...

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