In re Mi.S.

Court found Respondent father to be an unfit parent and terminating his parental rights as to his minor children. Court found father unfit on basis of "extreme cruelty" under Section 1D(e) of Adoption Act, although father did not commit an act of physical cruelty directly to the minors. Parents had history of domestic violence in front of the children, and 4-year-old child witnessed father violently kill mother, after an argument and in act of rage, by repeatedly hitting her with a metal curling bar. This conduct , resulting in death of mother, was sufficient to be considered "extreme cruelty" to all 3 minor children, within meaning of Adoption Act.(LYTTON and SCHMIDT, concurring.)