Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Abuse and Neglect
Court properly found minor, a 12-year-old boy, abused and neglected based on mother's abuse, by ramming boy's head against a tree; and excessive corporal punishment, by whipping boy with belt while uncle held boy down. That boy was almost as tall as his mother, and that he lashed back at her (but with no evidence that boy struck mother) did not justify excessive corporal punishment which resulted in police sending boy to hospital by ambulance for bruises and scratches on his neck and back. (CUNNINGHAM and ROCHFORD, concurring.)