Court properly denied motion to substitute judge filed by parents of minors. Court had made a substantive ruling in entering a finding of paternity. Court's findings of abuse of minor, then age 6 months, who was diagnosed with fractures to both arms, and one arm being refractured, were diagnosed by ER physician as more likely than not caused by abuse. Mother was aware of problems with infant's arms for 3 days before she took her to ER. Juvenile Court Act does not require a finding as to who committed the abuse for finding of abuse to be made. FIndings of neglect as to infant, and anticipatory neglect as to her sibling, age 3, were not against manifest weight of evidence, based on mother's delay in seeking medical treatment for infant's injuries. (CONNORS and HARRIS, concurring.)
Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Abuse and Neglect