People v. Nitz

This is an appeal from the circuit court of Rock Island County which after an adjudicatory hearing found the minor child, Douglas Nitz, Jr., to have been neglected, and which further ordered the child placed in a licensed foster home under the guardianship of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

On January 12, 1976, a petition was filed pursuant to the provisions of the Juvenile Court Act which prayed that temporary custody of Douglas Nitz, Jr., a minor, be granted to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, hereinafter referred to as the Department. On the…