Eades v. Capital Materials Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that juvenile court exceeded its statutory authority by conditioning guardian’s power to consent to an adoption
• holding that juvenile court exceeded its statutory authority by conditioning guardian's power to consent to an adoption
• recognizing that a circuit court's jurisdiction is constitutionally derived but noting that a \legislature may define the `justiciable matter' in such way as to preclude or limit the authority of the circuit court\
• recognizing that a circuit court’s jurisdiction is constitutionally derived but noting that a “legislature may define the ‘justiciable matter’ in such way as to preclude or limit the authority of the circuit court”
• noting that adoption proceedings and proceedings under the Act are creatures of statute, nonexistent at common law
• recognizing the circuit court’s “inherent plenary power to appoint -14- 1-20-1393 guardians of minors independent of any authority given to the courts by the legislature. [Citations.]”

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