Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Abuse and Neglect
Court terminated parental rights of Respondent father to infant daughter, who failed to call police when mother threw infant, then age 3 months, into a crib while having argument with Respondent. Court found that Respondent had an inability to discharge parental responsibilities due to intellectual and developmental disability, and that this inability would extend beyond a reasonable period of time. Evidence supports court's finding of unfitness. Defense counsel's cross-examination of clinical psychologist was objectively reasonable.(HOLDER WHITE, concurring; DeARMOND, specially concurring.)