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A Cook County judge on Thursday issued the order in the case of a 17-year-old boy who has been languishing in a psychiatric hospital since Sept. 10 because the state child welfare agency has nowhere to place him.
In an "unprecedented" move, the state child welfare agency could soon be fined up to $2,000 a day until Director Marc Smith complies with a judge’s orders to appropriately place two children into proper homes.