IN RE Z.L.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, of Springfield ( Jane Elinor Notz , Solicitor General, and Priyanka Gupta , Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Sharone R. Mitchell Jr. , Public Defender, of Chicago ( Samuel M. Hayman and Jeremy Lemmons , Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellee.

Charles P. Golbert , Public Guardian, of Chicago ( Kass A. Plain , of counsel), guardian ad litem.

Lari A. Dierks and Jonathan K. Baum , of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, of Chicago, for amici curiae Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences et al.

Jamie Schulte , D'Laney Gielow , and Melissa Staas , of Legal Aid Chicago, Sara Gilloon , of Ascend Justice, Ryann Moran , of Cabrini Green Legal Aid, Patricia Nix-Hodes , of Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Aneel L. Chablani , of Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Barry C. Taylor and Laura J. Miller , of Equip for Equality, Denice Wolf Markham , of Life Span Center for Legal Services and Advocacy, Tanya Gassenheimer , of Shriver Center on Poverty Law, and Alexis Mansfield , of The Women's Justice Institute, all of Chicago, Sara Megan , of Prairie State Legal Services, Inc., of West Chicago, and Susan M. Simone , of Land of Lincoln Legal Aid Inc., of East St. Louis, amici curiae.