In re Mar. S.

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Privacy
Citation
Case Number: 
2023 IL App (1st) 231349
Decision Date: 
Thursday, November 9, 2023
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
4th Div./Cook Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
ROCHFORD

Respondent filed an interlocutory appeal pursuant to SCR 307(a)(1) seeking vacatur of an order preventing her from copying transcripts from dispositional and permanency hearings for her minor children and sharing them on social media sites. The appellate court affirmed, finding that the trial court properly considered the confidentiality and privacy interests of the minor children in entering its order and, as a result, did not abuse its discretion. (HOFFMAN and MARTIN, concurring)