Respondent appealed from orders of the circuit court finding her minor son neglected due to a lack of care and injurious environment, adjudicating him as a ward of the court, and finding that respondent was unable to care for, protect, train, or discipline the minor child. Respondent argued that the State presented insufficient evidence of neglect, relying entirely on the minor’s medical records, and that the trial court erred in finding it was in the minor’s best interests to be placed in temporary custody. The appellate court affirmed, finding that the trial court’s findings were not against the manifest weight of the evidence or an abuse of discretion where the evidence indicated that respondent was unable to provide the recommended level of medical care for her minor child and where respondent had not completed necessary services and had refused to cooperate with DCFS. (ROCHFORD and OCASIO, concurring)
Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Child Abuse and Neglect