People v. Nitz

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STOUDER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (hereinafter the Department) commenced this action by filing a supplemental petition in the circuit court of Rock Island County under the Juvenile Court Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 37, par. 701 — 1 et seq.) requesting that Douglas Nitz, Jr., be found a neglected minor and that his parents, Tammy Nitz and Douglas Nitz, Sr., be found unfit under the provisions of the adoption act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 40, par. 1501 et seq.). After an adjudicatory hearing, the trial…