Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Abuse and Neglect
Court found that four minor children were neglected and/or abused and that the children's parents were dispositionally unfit. Three of the children consistently stated that Respondent-father had sexually abused them for several years and that he bribed them to not tell or to recant. Court properly found that Respondent-mother knew of allegations of sexual abuse and did not believe the children; and that there was ongoing domestic violence in the home. Court's finding that both parents were dispositionally unfit was not against manifest weight of evidence. (O'BRIEN, concurring; McDADE, specially concurring.)