People v. J.B.

J.B., the minor-respondent, appeals from the circuit court’s order committing him to the Department of Corrections, Juvenile Division. He questions whether he is entitled to a new dispositional hearing because his mother, a named party-respondent, never received notice of the dispositional hearing as required by section 2 — 22(2) of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 37, par. 802 — 22(2) (now 705 ILCS 405/2 — 22(2) (West 1992)) (section 2 — 22(2))).

Respondent was born on June 23, 1976. His parents never married, but both participated in his upbringing. At the time…