Holum v. Morgan

The guardian in the present case, appointed by the court under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 37, par. 801— 1 et seq.), seeks the authority to consent to the placement of a “do not resuscitate” (DNR) order on the medical charts of his ward, C.A., an infant adjudged abused and neglected who was born prematurely and diagnosed as infected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) when the baby was less than a year old. The majority holds that the guardian should consent to the placement of a DNR order on the medical charts of C.A. at such time as the treating…