Title: In re J.M.A.
Citation: 2021 IL 125680
Docket Number: 125680
State: Illinois
Issuer: Illinois Supreme Court
Date: January 22, 2021

2021 IL 125680 
IN THE 
SUPREME COURT 
OF 
THE STATE OF ILLINOIS 
(Docket No. 125680) 
In re J.M.A., a Minor (The People of the State of Illinois, 
Appellee, v. J.M.A., Appellant). 
Opinion filed January 22, 2021. 
PER CURIAM 
OPINION 
¶ 1 
In this case, one Justice of this court has recused himself, and the remaining 
members of the court are divided so that it is not possible to secure the 
constitutionally required concurrence of four judges for a decision (see Ill. Const. 
1970, art. VI, § 3). Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. The effect of this dismissal 
is the same as an affirmance by an equally divided court of the decision under 
review but is of no precedential value. See Perlman v. First National Bank of 
Chicago, 60 Ill. 2d 529, 530 (1975). 
¶ 2 
CARTER, J., took no part.