IN RE ADOPTION OF SAMUEL E.

No. 1-09-2473.

937 N.E.2d 1142 (2010)

401 Ill. App.3d 250

In re ADOPTION OF SAMUEL E. (Sharon S., Petitioner-Appellee, v. Samuel E., a minor, Respondent-Appellee, and Ann H., Intervenor-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

March 31, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan S. Colen , Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Robert F. Harris , Kass A. Plain , Jean M. Agathen , Office of the Cook County Public Guardian, Chicago, IL, for Appellee.


Justice TOOMIN delivered the opinion of the court:

In this case, we review the circuit court's denial of intervenor-appellant Ann H.'s motion under section 2-619(a)(9) of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2-619(a)(9) (West 2008)) to dismiss petitioner Sharon S.'s petition to adopt the minor, Samuel E. Dismissal was grounded on the circuit court's determination that Ann's general consent to allow Samuel's adoption by another couple was a surrender of parental...

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