In re R.R.

In this consolidated cause we are called upon to decide whether a minor’s contempt-of-court citation based on violation of a supervision order may stand when the order providing for supervision failed to specify a definite period of time. In view of our recent holding in In re T.E. (1981), 85 Ill. 2d 326, we conclude that it may not.

In cause No. 54805, R.R., who had tried to poison her mother and was beyond the control of her parents, was adjudicated a minor otherwise in need of supervision by the Peoria County juvenile court. Subsequently she was held in contempt of court and sentenced to 15…