In re Curtis B.

Case Date: 12/31/1969
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 92010 NRel

Docket No. 92010, In re Curtis B. (Il. S. Ct.)

Docket No. 92010-Agenda 8-March 2002.

In re CURTIS B., a Minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Leola B. et al., Appellants).



CHIEF JUSTICE McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Section 2-28(3) of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (Act) (705 ILCS 405/2-28(3) (West 1998)) contains an appeal provision which states that permanency orders may be immediately appealed as a matter of right under Supreme Court Rule 304(b)(1) (155 Ill. 2d R. 304(b)(1)). At issue here is whether this appeal provision violates the separation of powers clause of the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const. 1970, art. II,