76 Ill. 2d 256 - In Re Workman’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. ““In short, there was ample evidence from which the court could and did conclude that the same regretable series of events which had prevented Cynthia from being able to fulfill the responsibilities of parenthood at the time of her original relinquishment of custody had not abated, but had in fact been aggravated by yet another unsuccessful marriage. We know from the record of the ‘rehearing’ that no successful reconciliation was achieved between Cynthia and her husband, and that the circuit court correctly analyzed Cynthia’s prospects for establishing any kind of a stable home fife, as she drifted through a succession of jobs and addresses. It therefore is largely irrelevant to the ultimate disposition of this case that Cynthia did not timely file her notice of appeal from the 1973 order terminating her parental rights, and her reasons for failing to perfect that appeal are equally irrelevant.” ( 76 Ill. 2d 256, 262-63 .)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 86 Ill. App. 3d 147 - Gillion v. Tieman