People v. R.A.B.

In this case, we again confront the technical problems resulting from the failure to obtain service against a minor respondent to a delinquency petition filed in a proceeding under the Juvenile Court Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 37, par. 701 — 1 et seq.). (See In re Day (1985), 138 Ill. App. 3d 783, 486 N.E.2d 307 (applying the ancient precedent of Bonnell v. Holt (1878), 89 Ill. 71).) Here, proper service was obtained against the minor respondent as to an original petition but not as to a supplemental petition. The circuit court consolidated the matter for hearing and entered a single…