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IN RE HALEY D.

No. 110886.

959 N.E.2d 1108 (2011)

355 Ill. Dec. 375

In re HALEY D. (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Ralph L., Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 1, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield, and Joseph E. Birkett , State's Attorney, of Wheaton ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, and Brett E. Legner , Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Patrick Delfino , Lawrence M. Bauer and David A. Bernhard , of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Elgin, of counsel), for the People.

Michael V. Ohlman , Forrest L. Ingram and Philip Groben of Chicago, for appellee.

Robert F. Harris , Kass A. Plain and Christopher Williams , of the Office of the Cook County Public Guardian, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Cook County Public Guardian.

OPINION

Justice KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The central issue in this case is whether the circuit court of Du Page County erred when it denied Ralph L.'s motion to set aside a finding that he had defaulted on a petition by the State to terminate his parental rights to his daughter, Haley D., and entered a default judgment terminating Ralph's parental rights over the child. The appellate court held that the proceedings...

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