People Ex Rel. Jones v. Jones

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE KARNS

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Lawrence County terminating the parental rights of defendants-appellants, Elgin and Nancy Jones, and ordering the appointment of the Department of Children and Family Services, an agency of the State of Illinois, as guardian of four minor children with power to consent to their adoption. On appeal defendants allege that the petition for adjudication of wardship failed to state a cause of action under the Juvenile Court Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 37, par. 701 — 1 et…