In re K.S.

This is an interlocutory appeal from a juvenile court finding that a document prepared by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) in connection with the death of K.S., a ward of the court, was not privileged and would be disseminated to the parties. We hold that the court was without jurisdiction when the order was entered and remand with directions that the underlying action be dismissed.

The court removed K.S. from the custody of his mother in October of 1990 because of her chronic drug abuse and her failure to provide adequate food and care to K.S. The court placed K.S. with…