Kiel v. People ex rel. Department of Children & Family Services

This is an appeal from an order denying a petition of Alice R. and Wayne Kiel which sought to vacate an order placing the minor in the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), and which also requests the placement of the minor with petitioners. The Kiels also appeal from the denial of their petition for change of venue.

The minor was bom out of wedlock on July 17, 1974. His mother, Mary Dively, had made friends with the Kiels at their mutual place of employment. In April of 1975, Mary Dively, who had for six months been unemployed, came to live with the Kiels. Two or…