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.Judge of said Court.

This matter coming on to be heard upon the duly verified petition filed by...... a reputable person being a resident in said County; and it appearing to the Court that all persons interested herein have due notice of this proceeding, according to the Statute, in such cases made and provided; and ...

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the..... ...of said child, and the said child being present a....

It is ordered that a Jury come, whereupon come the Jur ors of a Jury of six good and lawful men, to-wit:...

who are duly elected, tried and sworn well and truly to try the issues joined and a true verdict render, according to the evidence; and after hearing all the evidence adduced and the arguments of counsel, say: We, the Jurors in the case of.... who is alleged to be a dependent..

find that the said...

. ; that...

..day of .

....is a dependent

was born on or about the .and that the other material

facts sets forth in the petition filed herein are true.

And Thereupon the Court Finds that the said child, being under the age of sixteen years, is a neglected (dependent) child for the reason that b

And the Court Further Finds that the father of the said and who is said to reside at

child, named

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The Court further finds that all the allegations in the petition herein are true and proven as therein alleged. It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that said .be and he is hereby committed

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subject to the rules and laws that may be in force from time to time governing such Institution or Association, and that..... .. the of said child be and he is hereby appointed guardian over the person of said child and he is hereby ordered and directed to place such child in (with) said Institution, and to hold said child, care for, train and educate him until he arrive at the age of twenty-one years, or until sooner discharged according to law, and said...... as guardian over the person of said child is hereby authorized and empowered without any further order of this Court for that purpose, to assent to the legal adoption of said child, should any proceedings for his legal adoption be commenced in any Court, at any time during this guardianship, and that such assent be given without any notice to or consent by any other person other than such guardian.

It is further ordered, adjudged and decreed that the defendant... .....do pay to said guardian for said Institution the sum of $..... per..... .. each ...beginning with the......... day

and every.....

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190.. for the support, maintenance and education of said child until the further order of this Court or until by law..... ..is no longer liable to contribute to his support, maintenance or education.

And the Court hereby retains jurisdiction of this cause for the purpose of making such further or other orders herein for the welfare of said child as may from time to time be found to be in accordance with equity and in accordance with the statute in such case made and provided.

ENTER

Judge of the Circuit Court (Juvenile Court) of Cook County.

a If parent, guardian or relative was present in Court and waived notice, state that fact here.

b Here state the facts constituting dependency or neglect, in the exact words of the Statute, and also as alleged in the petition and proven, which must conform to the statute, e. g., he or she "is destitute;" or "is homeless;" or "is abandoned;" or "is dependent on the public for support;" or "has not proper parental care or guardianship;" or "habitually begs or receives alms;" or "was found living with a vicious or disreputable person," etc.

c Insert facts showing why the father is unable or unfit to care for the child; e. g., "dead;" or "a drunkard;" or "insane;" or "in prison."

d Insert facts showing why the mother is unable or unfit to care for the child; e. g., "an invalid;" or "in the County poor house;" "feeble-minded;" or "residing in a disreputable house;" etc.

e See Section 13 of an act to regulate the treatment and control of dependent, neglected or delinquent children, as amended in 1907.

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This cause now coming on to be heard upon the petition filed herein, taken as confessed by......

....and all whom it may concern and

the appearance and answer of the defendants...

and the child
being now here
in open Court in h― own proper person as well as by....
.h counsel, the person heretofore appointed

to repreesnt h— and.

being also herein in open Court, and the Court having heard all the evidence adduced and having heard the arguments of counsel and being fully advised in the premises, finds:

That it has jurisdiction of all the parties to this cause and the subject matter hereof, that the said petitioner is a reputable person, and a resident in the County of Cook and State of Illinois, and that..

is a

person under the age of eighteen years, and of the age of...

day of ..

years, on the

190.., now within

said County and not an inmate of a State Institution in-
corporated under the laws of this State and is a delinquent
child in this, that, in the County aforesaid, on the......
day of
A. D. 190.. said child....

.as alleged in the petition herein.

The Court further finds that the above named defendants

consent that said child be taken away from them and committed to the care, education and training of some suitable person or any Institution provided by the City, County or State or Association or Institution that has been accredited according to law by the State Commissioners of Public Charities of the State of Illinois and also placed under the guardianship of some suitable person to be appointed by this Court.

And the Court further finds that the above named defendants

of said child and each of them are unequal to the task and responsibility of controlling and correcting said child and preventing h— from repetitions of delinquency; that they and each of them suffered and permitted the said child to commit the acts herein above alleged against hwithout proper hindrance, interference or restraint on their part thereby suffering said child to become delinquent;

..that they and each of

them are unfit, improper guardians of said child, and are wholly unable and unwilling to care for, protect, train, educate, control and discipline said child.

The Court further finds that it is for the interest of said child and of the People of the State of Illinois that said child be taken from its parents, father, mother, guardian, custodian, or near relative and committed to the care, education and training of some suitable person or any Institution provided by the City, County or State or Association or Institution that has been accredited according to law by the State Commissioners of Public Charities of the State of Illinois and also that she be placed under the

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