In re B.G., a Minor 

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Termination of Parental Rights
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 1-10-2893
Decision Date: 
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co.
Holding: 
Reversed.
Justice: 
HOFFMAN
Circuit court entered order vacating its prior decision terminating the parental rights of Respondent mother. Court had ordered termination after full evidentiary hearing, and affirmed judgment on merits in resolving the direct appeal. As substantive contentions asserted in mother's Section 2-1401 petition for postjudgment relief are identical to issues decided in termination proceeding, and parties to both proceedings are the same, res judicata precluded further litigation of mother's unfitness or the best interest of the minor. (LAMPKIN and ROCHFORD, concurring.)