IN RE BREDENDICK

No. 78-1136.

74 Ill. App.3d 946 (1979)

393 N.E.2d 675

In re OTTO BREDENDICK et al., Minors. — (THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. OTTO BREDENDICK et al., Respondents-Appellants.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed July 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Gary Jay Ravitz, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellants.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr and Rimas F. Cernius, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Sharon Bredendick1 appeals the trial court's appointment of a guardian with the power to consent to the adoption of her two minor children, Otto, Jr., and Karen, and contends that the State failed to show her unfitness as a mother by clear and convincing evidence.

It appears that Otto...

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