In re AL. S.

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Abuse and Neglect
Citation
Case Number: 
2016 IL App (4th) 160737
Decision Date: 
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
District: 
4th Dist.
Division/County: 
Champaign Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
KNECHT

Respondents, mother and father, admitted and stipulated to State's petition for adjudication of wardship of 2 minor children. Court entered adjudicatory order finding minors neglected. Court found father unfit to care for either minor, and found mother unfit to care for younger child (an infant); and found mother fit to care for older child. Respondent father has standing to contest court's finding as to mother's fitness to care for older child. Court's dispositional findings are not against manifest weight of evidence, as recent observations indicated mother made improvements in her parenting and safety of home. (TURNER and POPE, concurring.)