In Re Spiers

This is an appeal from an order of the Juvenile Court of Lake County denying appellant’s motion to set aside and modify an order made by said juvenile court placing Mary Spiers in the custody of the probation officer.

On July 18, 1936, a petition was filed in the Juvenile Court of Lake County, which contained the following allegations:

Thereafter, citation was duly issued to Estelle Spiers, mother of the minor mentioned in the petition, directing her to appear on the 30th day of July, 1,936, at which time the matter came on regularly for hearing in the juvenile court, and the court found that all the allegations in the petition were true. The court entered its judgment to the effect that said Mary Spiers was a person coming within the provisions of the Juvenile Court Law, adjudged her a ward of the court, and placed her in the care and custody of the probation officer of Lake 'County.

It is contended that the court had no jurisdiction in the case, because of the fact that there was no proof of service of citation upon the mother of the minor—Estelle Spiers. We have examined the record and find the contention is without merit. The probation officer, on the witness stand,…