People v. Green

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent appeals an order of the circuit court of Champaign County finding her an unfit parent (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 40, pars. 1501(D)(m), (D)(p)) and terminating her parental rights (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 37, par. 705 — 9(2)). Respondent argues, first, that the trial court’s orders were void because it lacked personal jurisdiction over the minor at all periods during the cause of action and, second, that the trial court’s findings were against the manifest weight of the evidence.

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