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IN RE D.L.

No. 86161.

727 N.E.2d 990 (2000)

191 Ill.2d 1

245 Ill.Dec. 256

In re D.L., A Minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Tawanda R., Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 23, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender, Chicago (James H. Reddy and William M. Brennan, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for Appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (William L. Browers, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry, Gunta Z. Hadac and Teresa A. Maganzini, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Patrick T. Murphy, Public Guardian, Chicago (Lee Ann Lowder, Assistant Public Guardian, of counsel), for minor Appellee.

Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following an evidentiary hearing in the circuit court of Cook County, the trial judge concluded that the respondent, Tawanda R., was not an unfit parent, and the court therefore denied a petition filed by the State that sought the termination of Tawanda's parental rights with respect to the minor child, D.L. The appellate court reversed, concluding that Tawanda's unfitness had been established, and remanded the cause...

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