In re N.C.

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Abuse and Neglect
Citation
Case Number: 
2021 IL App (1st) 210141
Decision Date: 
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 2d Div.
Holding: 
Reversed in part and vacated in part; remanded with directions.
Justice: 
FITZGERALD SMITH

Juvenile court entered dispositional order finding Respondent motion fit, willing, and able to care for the minors and ordering their immediate return to her custody. Those portions of dispositional order are reversed and vacated, as against manifest weight of evidence and an abuse of discretion. Court is directed to enter a new dispositional order finding mother unable to parent the minors at this time and ordering them placed in custody of DCFS. Mother failed to seek medical treatment for infant and has uncertain relationship with father, who has failed to participate in any domestic violence services. Mother has failed to complete services and has alleged that father physically abused her and the minors. (LAVIN and COBBS, concurring.)