In re J.L.

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Abuse and Neglect
Citation
Case Number: 
2016 IL App (1st) 152479
Decision Date: 
Friday, May 13, 2016
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 5th Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
REYES

Court entered adjudication orders finding that father abused and neglected 3 of his minor children, and a disposition order finding him unfit and adjudging the children wards of the court. Multiple hearsay statements may serve as corroboration of child's allegations of sexual abuse. Statements and diagnoses within child's medical records, which father successfully sought to be admitted, corroborate child's statements of abuse by father. Finding of sexual abuse was not against manifest weight of evidence. (GORDON and LAMPKIN, concurring.)