In re D.D.H.

State: Illinois

Court: 5th District Appellate

Docket No: 5-99-0716 Rel

Case Date: 03/30/2001

Notice
Decision filed 03/30/01. The text of
this decision may be changed or corrected prior to the filing of a Petition for Rehearing or the disposition of the same.

NO. 5-99-0716

IN THE

APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

FIFTH DISTRICT

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In re D.D.H., A Minor		)	Appeal from the
		)	Circuit Court of
(The People of the State of Illinois,		)	Jefferson County.
		)
	Petitioner-Appellee,	)
		)
v.		)	No. 95-J-59
		)
T.H.,		)	Honorable
		)	James M. Wexstten,
	Respondent-Appellant).	)	Judge, presiding.

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PRESIDING JUSTICE CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The respondent-appellant, T.H., is the natural mother of D.D.H., a daughter, bornJanuary 2, 1992. On October 4, 1999, the trial court entered a permanency hearing orderthat changed the permanency goal for D.D.H. Section 2-28(3) of the Juvenile Court Act of1987 (705 ILCS 405/2-28(3) (West 1998)) allows parties to appeal such orders: "Any orderentered pursuant to this subsection *** shall be immediately appealable as a matter of rightunder Supreme Court Rule 304(b)(1) [155 Ill. 2d R. 304(b)(1)]." T.H. appeals under theauthority of this section. The State disagrees with her on the merits of the appeal, but theState also challenges our jurisdiction. The State contends that this provision of section 2-28(3) is an unconstitutional violation of the separation-of-powers clause of our constitution(Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI,