In re Custody of K.N.L.

Court properly dismissed Petitioners' petition for allocation of temporary and permanent parental responsibilities as to the minor, for lack of standing. Petitioners had physical possession of minor for a 2 1/2 year period and maintained responsibility for her daily welfare during that time. One petitioner was the mother of minor's father, who had died by suicide while in county jail. Court properly determined that minor's mother did not voluntarily and indefinitely relinquish physical custody, under meaning of the statute, as understood that if she cooperated with DCFS and successfully participated in her service plan, permanency goal was for her to regain custody of minor within 12 months. (OVERSTREET and CHAPMAN, concurring.)