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Illinois Supreme Court· 5/18/2006

In re Donald A.G.

Citations

  • 221 Ill. 2d 234
  • 850 N.E.2d 172
  • 302 Ill. Dec. 735
  • 2006 Ill. LEXIS 622

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting a court is not bound by the literal language of the statute if it would lead to absurd or unjust results not contemplated
  • “[W]e are not bound by the literal language *** if that language produces absurd or unjust results not contemplated by the legislature.”
  • this court took judicial notice of Rule 23 order in underlying criminal case
  • “Although section 1(D) of the Adoption Act sets forth numerous grounds under which a parent may be deemed ‘unfit,’ any one ground, properly proven, is sufficient to enter a finding of unfitness.”
  • “Although section 1(D) of the Adoption Act sets forth numerous grounds under which a parent may be deemed ‘unfit,’ any one ground, properly proven, is sufficient to enter a finding of unfitness.”
  • “Although section 1(D) of the Adoption Act sets forth numerous grounds under which a parent may be - 14 - deemed ‘unfit,’ any one ground, properly proven, is sufficient to enter a finding of unfitness.”

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Judges: Fitzgerald

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