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IN RE M.W.

No. 104519.

905 N.E.2d 757 (2009)

232 Ill.2d 408

328 Ill.Dec. 868

In re M.W., a Minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. M.W., Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Michelle Katz, Tasha-Marie Kelly and Alan J. Spellberg, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellant.

Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, Joshua A. Tepfer, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, and Sanjay Nangia, law student, for appellee.

OPINION

Justice GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

Minor-respondent M.W. was adjudicated delinquent by the circuit court of Cook County. The appellate court vacated the order, finding that the circuit court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to make such a finding because the minor's father had not been served with a copy of the amended delinquency petition, as required by section 5-530 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987(Act) (705 ILCS...

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