Partington v. Department of Children & Family Services

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal poses a narrow issue, whether a natural parent who has validly consented to the adoption of her child may, prior to the specific placement of the child for adoption by others, properly petition to adopt as the “parent” of a “related child.” Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 40, par. 1501B, E.

Petitioner, Toni M. Partington, is the natural mother of the child sought to be adopted, Jennifer Partington, who was born June 17, 1976. On March 21, 1978, petitioner signed a document entitled “Final and Irrevocable Surrender to an…