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IN RE J.H.

No. 1-07-2042.

893 N.E.2d 715 (2008)

In re J.H., a Minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Ruth H., Respondent (Alma Learetta Tyson, Counsel for Mother-Respondent, Appellant)).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

August 5, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alma Learetta Tyson, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Sara Dillery Hynes, Nancy Kisicki, of counsel), for Appellee.

Justice SOUTH delivered the opinion of the court:

Alma Learetta Tyson was appointed to represent an indigent mother in wardship proceedings and filed a petition for payment of her fees. Because it was filed after a deadline, which was established by a general order issued by the presiding judge of the child protection division of the circuit court of Cook County, that petition was denied, and Tyson is now appealing that decision. We reverse and remand.

The facts relevant to this appeal are undisputed. In July 1996...

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