In re N.T.

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Termination of Parental Rights
Citation
Case Number: 
2015 IL App (1st) 142391
Decision Date: 
Friday, April 10, 2015
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 5th Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
GORDON
Court's order terminating Respondent's parental rights to her four-year-old daughter, and finding that termination was in best interest of minor, was not against manifest weight of evidence. Respondent was not denied a fair hearing because court properly informed maternal grandmother, with whom minor was placed, as to the law when cautioning her that adoption was favored over guardianship. Court was not acting as advocate by asking four questions of maternal grandmother during best interest hearing. Respondent was not entitled to hearing on her fitness to stand trial prior to termination proceedings. (McBRIDE and REYES, concurring.)