Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Abuse and Neglect
Court properly adjudicated two minor siblings wards of the State; siblings' half-sister reported that their father had sexually abused her multiple times over several years, and father confessed to abusing half-sister while 2 siblings were in his custody and living in his home. Thus, evidence was sufficient to prove allegations of petitions by preponderance of evidence in video recorded statement to the police. As father does not argue that substance of his video recorded statement was inaccurate, his argument that statement was inadmissible hearsay and that no proper foundation was laid to admit video fails. (McBRIDE and COBBS, concurring.)