People v. J.W.M.

PRESIDING JUSTICE MILLS

delivered the opinion of the court:

The minor was committed as a delinquent.

His mother and father (with their addresses) were named in the petition.

Thé record does not reveal that notice was given to either parent of the hearings — adjudicatory and/or dispositional.

Only the mother was present at each.

The Juvenile Court Act provides that every parent, legal guardian, and custodian — or when necessary, the nearest relative — must be named as a respondent, and each is to be individually served unless that is not feasible, in which case service may be by publication. Ill.…