People v. Kerwood

Respondent, the mother of three minor children who were wards of the circuit court, appeals from orders of the juvenile division of that court appointing a guardian for the children and giving him the authority to consent to their adoption.

It appears that on January 5,1973, respondent was found to be an unfit parent of the children, and they were declared to be wards of the court. Thereafter, on July 25, 1974, respondent executed documents for each child (hereafter called surrenders) which were entitled “Final and Irrevocable Surrender to an Agency for Purpose of Adoption of a Bom Child.”…