In re Interest of Davion R.

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Abuse and Neglect
Citation
Case Number: 
2019 IL App (1st) 170426
Decision Date: 
Friday, February 1, 2019
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 5th Div,
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
HALL

After adjudication and dispositional hearings, minor was adjudged to be abused and neglected based on a failure to thrive. Court's finding that natural father of the minor was found to be unable only to parent him was not against manifest weight of evidence. It was not error for court to vacate attorney's appointment to represent minor's father, who waived representation by counsel and appeared pro se, having refused several offers to be appointed other counsel. Throughout hearings, father was unemployed, had drug dependency, and was sometimes incarcerated, which are all factors supporting court's finding that he was unable to care for the minor.(ROCHFORD and LAMPKIN, concurring.)