People v. Frances W.

PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA

delivered the opinion of the court:

Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (134 Ill. 2d R. 308), on the basis that there was a substantial ground for a difference of opinion, we granted leave to Patrick T. Murphy, Cook County public guardian, to appeal the juvenile court’s grant of a motion allowing A.W., a 13-year-old minor, to substitute private counsel in his place, in an abuse and neglect proceeding. On March 24, 1986, the public guardian was appointed as guardian ad litem, and attorney for A.W., following an adjudication of wardship wherein the Department of Children…