In re Tyianna J.

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Termination of Parental Rights
Citation
Case Number: 
2017 IL App (1st) 162306
Decision Date: 
Monday, January 30, 2017
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 1st Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
MIKVA

Court's finding that minor was abused and neglected was not against manifest weight of evidence. Court properly made best interests finding, and terminated mother's parental rights as to minor at dispositional hearing, found mother unfit person as defined by Adoption Act, and appointed a guardian with right to consent to minor's adoption. Mother was given notice and a meaningful opportunity to object to expedited proceedings. Court's premature finding of her unfitness, prior to finding that minor was neglected and abused, did not deprive her of any due process right.(CONNORS and HARRIS, concurring.)