In re C.C.
State: Illinois
Court: 5th District Appellate
Docket No: 5-97-0401
Case Date: 10/20/1998
October 20, 1998
NO. 5-97-0401
IN THE
APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS
FIFTH DISTRICT
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In re C.C. and C.R., Minors ) Appeal from the
) Circuit Court of
(The People of the State of Illinois,) Massac County.
)
Petitioner-Appellee, )
)
v. ) Nos. 93-J-27 & 93-J-28
)
Rebecca R., ) Honorable
) Terry Foster,
Respondent-Appellant). ) Judge, presiding.
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JUSTICE RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:
Mother appeals from the order entered by the circuit court of
Massac County terminating her parental rights to both her daughter
and her son. We affirm.
Mother had two children, one daughter (C.R.), born in August
1988, and one son (C.C.), born in September 1991. Both children
have been in foster care since 1993, when their home environment
was found to be injurious to their welfare. According to the
petition for adjudication of wardship, the children had been left
with caretakers who had previously been convicted of sexual
offenses against children. At that time, the Department of
Children and Family Service (DCFS) recommended a service plan that
included such items as mother not having any contact with known sex
offenders, not having any overnight guests at her residence,
maintaining her house in proper order, and attending counseling and
parenting classes.
In 1995, mother filed a petition for the return of her
children. Mother had divorced her abusive husband (not the father
of either child) by this time and had moved out of low-income
housing. She had obtained employment and had begun residing with
another individual in his trailer. At the court's suggestion,
mother's new fianc
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