IN RE K.D.

No. 1-09-2481.

943 N.E.2d 210 (2011)

In re K.D., a Minor (The Department of Children and Family Services, and D. Jean Ortega-Piron, Guardianship Administrator of the Department of Children and Family Services, Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

Rehearing Denied March 2, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, State of Illinois, Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, Paul Racette , Assistant Attorney General, for Appellants.

Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney ( Alan J. Spellberg , Michelle Katz , Nancy Faulls , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), County of Cook, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Andrea Lubelfeld , Evanston Community Defender, Inc., for Respondent-Appellee.


OPINION

Presiding Justice GARCIA delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

On July 9, 2009, the circuit court appointed the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) as guardian of minor K.D., then age 16, in a delinquency proceeding after making K.D. a ward of the court. DCFS contends the circuit court was without subject matter jurisdiction to enter such an order, rendering the order void. According to DCFS, the Juvenile Court...

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