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BLAND v. DEP'T OF CHILD. & FAMILY SERVICES

No. 3-85-0110.

141 Ill. App.3d 818 (1986)

490 N.E.2d 1327

DAVID L. BLAND et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Guardian of Stephanie Leonatti, a Minor, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Rehearing denied April 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary W. Wangler and Louis E. Olivero, of Peru, for appellants.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Jill Wine-Banks, Solicitor General, and Gabriel M. Rodriguez, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE STOUDER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from the La Salle County circuit court judgement denying petitioners-appellants' petition for adoption on the ground that the Department of Children and Family Services had withheld consent.

The child whom petitioners seek to adopt, their granddaughter, Stephanie Leonatti, was born on August 7, 1973. When Stephanie...

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