Petition of Filippelli

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• finding that parties not related to the child sought to be adopted could file a petition to adopt and allege therein that the natural parents were unfit
• finding that parties not related to the child sought to be adopted could file a petition to adopt and allege therein that the natural parents were unfit
• “The Adoption Act does not provide for the filing of a ‘petition for a determination of unfitness.’ ”
• appellate court lacked jurisdiction over certified question under Rule 308 where respondent filed petition for leave to appeal after the 14-day time limit

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).