People v. R.D.S

In People v. R.D.S., 94 Ill. 2d 77, 78-79, 445 N.E.2d 293, 294, 67 Ill. Dec. 813 (1983), the supreme court dealt with the issue of whether the "jurisdiction of the circuit court is properly invoked when the State fails to name or notify a court-appointed guardian of a minor in a proceeding brought against a guardian's charge." The court held the trial court's jurisdiction was not properly invoked and its order void because the State had neither named nor notified the guardian of the proceeding. R.D.S., 94 Ill. 2d at 83, 445 N.E.2d at 296. The guardian in question in R.D.S. was the guardian administrator of the Department of Children and Family Services, who had been appointed when the court in previous unrelated proceedings found the parents were unable to care for the minor. R.D.S., 94 Ill. 2d at 79, 445 N.E.2d at 294.