IN RE J.B.

No. 1-88-1358.

192 Ill. App.3d 837 (1989)

549 N.E.2d 716

In re J.B., a Minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Leslie Blackwell, Respondent-Appellant).

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

Opinion filed December 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender, of Chicago (Karen E. Tietz, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Cecil A. Partee, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund, William D. Carroll, and Diann Doppelt, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE COCCIA delivered the opinion of the court:

After an adjudicatory hearing, respondent Leslie Blackwell was found to have neglected her minor son. At the dispositional hearing the trial court awarded the guardian ad litem custody of the child. The issue on appeal is whether the trial court's determination of neglect was against the manifest weight of the evidence.

On May 12, 1987, the Illinois Department of Children...

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