In re A.L.

State: Illinois

Court: Illinois Southern District Court

Docket No: 2110992

Case Date: 05/03/2012

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Appellate Court

In re A.L., 2012 IL App (2d) 110992

Appellate Court Caption

In re A.L., B.C., and E.C., Minors (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Lasaysha L., Respondent-Appellant).

District & No.

Second District Docket No. 2-11-0992 May 3, 2012 The trial court's adjudication of respondent's children as neglected and the order placing the children with the Department of Children and Family Services based on the finding that respondent was dispositionally unfit were affirmed, notwithstanding respondent's contentions that the adjudication of neglect was based only on her stipulation without an inquiry into the factual basis and that the dispositional order was not founded on a valid order of neglect, since the trial court's interest in whether the children were neglected warranted expediting the adjudicatory hearing, respondent's parental rights were not being terminated, she was afforded a full evidentiary hearing at the dispositional stage, the trial court expressly stated that the findings of neglect were based on the stipulation, the findings based on one father's drug abuse problem were not against the manifest weight of the evidence and were not cured by his subsequent death of an overdose, and the trial court properly proceeded to a dispositional hearing. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Nos. 11-JA-123, 11-JA-124, 11-JA-125; the Hon. Mary Linn Green, Judge, presiding.

Filed Held
(Note: This syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.)

Decision Under Review

Judgment Counsel on Appeal

Affirmed. Robert F. May, of Law Offices of Robert D. Lowe, of Rockford, for appellant. Joseph P. Bruscato, State's Attorney, of Rockford (Lawrence M. Bauer and Victoria E. Jozef, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Panel

JUSTICE HUTCHINSON delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justice Hudson concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Birkett dissented, with opinion.

OPINION

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