People v. R.D.S.

delivered the decision of the court and the following opinion in which JUSTICE WARD and JUSTICE CLARK join:

The respondent, represented by appointed counsel at all times, was adjudged a delinquent minor and committed to the Department of Corrections, Juvenile Division, by the circuit court of Peoria County. The appellate court, by order (100 Ill. App. 3d 1201), reversed, finding that the legal guardian did not receive proper notice of the proceedings. We allowed the State’s petition for leave to appeal.

This case presents one issue: Is the jurisdiction of the circuit court properly invoked when…