In re K.D., a Minor 

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Abuse and Neglect
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 1-09-2481
Decision Date: 
Friday, February 4, 2011
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 6th Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
GARCIA
Court appointed DCFS as guardian of minor, then age 16, in a delinquency proceeding after making minor a ward of court. Section 5-710(1)(a)(iv), as amended in 2008, of Juvenile Court Act confers authority upon court to determine that an independent basis of abuse, neglect, or dependency exists, without a neglect petition having been filed. Court had authority to find that minor was neglected based on social investigation report that neither parent would allow minor to live with him and minor had no known residence, which was independent basis for neglect finding apart from facts underlying delinquency petition, and thus court had authority to place minor in guardianship of DCFS as a condition of his probation. (R.E. GORDON, concurring; CAHILL, dissenting.)