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IN RE ESTATE OF K.E.J.

Nos. 1-06-2263, 1-06-3077, 1-07-0618.

887 N.E.2d 704 (2008)

In re ESTATE OF K.E.J., a Disabled Person (V.H., Petitioner-Appellant, v. K.E.J., Respondent-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

Rehearing Denied May 29, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester L. Barclay and Crystal L. Roberts, Barclay, Dixon & Smith, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

John W. Whitcomb, Cheryl R. Jansen, Byron Mason, Mariangela Monteiro, and Laura J. Miller, Equip for Equality, Chicago, IL, for Appellees.

Justice JOSEPH GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

Guardian V.H. petitioned the court below to allow involuntary sterilization of her ward K.E.J., a 29-year-old mentally disabled woman, by means of a tubal ligation.1 The court denied the petition, ruling that V.H. had not sufficiently demonstrated that a tubal ligation was in K.E.J.'s best interests.

The three key issues raised in this appeal are as follows: (1) whether...

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