People ex rel. Director of the Department of Children & Family Services v. Illinois Protestant Children's Home, Inc.

This direct appeal from a Cook County circuit court decree permanently enjoining appellant from operating a child care agency questions the constitutionality of licensing provisions of the Child Care Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1963, chap. 23, par. 2301 et seq.

Appellant was first chartered as a child care agency in 1919. In 1956 its license to so operate was not renewed by the Department of Public Welfare. Appellant sought

review of this administrative decision and appealed a circuit court decree sustaining the refusal to renew. The Appellate Court affirmed (Illinois Protestant Children’s Home v.…