· 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
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- 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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