Court Opinion

ID: 9744019
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 21:52:15.209043+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:46.223391
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE RYAN, specially concurring: I concur with the holding of the opinion filed in this case. I point out, however, that pursuant to section 506 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 40, par. 506), in dissolution cases the court may appoint an attorney to represent the interests of a minor, or a guardian ad litem for the child. It appears that no such attorney or guardian ad litem was appointed in this case. By my concurrence I do not intend to convey the impression that I would have favored a similar holding had an attorney or guardian ad litem been appointed for the child in this dissolution proceeding. Such a case, in my mind, would have presented a different question, the resolution of which must be reserved for another day.