People v. Hall

J.H. and M.H. are the minor children of Diane Hall and respondent Jack Ray Hall, Jr. Diane Hall died sometime prior to 1988, and respondent was sentenced to prison in Iowa for arson on October 3, 1988. In December of 1988, Diane Wilson, the children’s aunt with whom they had been living since August or September of 1988, requested that J.H. and M.H. be placed in foster care. A petition for adjudication of wardship was filed on May 30, 1989, seeking to have the children declared dependent pursuant to section 2 — 4 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 37, par.…