IN INTEREST OF K.S.T.

No. 4-91-0114.

578 N.E.2d 306 (1991)

218 Ill. App.3d 431

161 Ill.Dec. 179

In the Interest of K.S.T., a Minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Florence Williams, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

August 29, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. McIntire, Public Defender, Danville, for respondent-appellant.

Craig H. DeArmond, State's Atty., Danville, Kenneth R. Boyle, Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Rebecca L. White, Staff Atty., Springfield, for petitioner-appellee.

Michael D. Clary, Danville, Guardian Ad Litem.


Justice KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

On January 10, 1991, the Vermilion County circuit court terminated Florence Williams' parental rights to her daughter, K.S.T., after a finding of unfitness and inability to discharge parental responsibilities due to mental illness. Florence appeals, arguing the State failed to establish unfitness. We affirm.

Florence is 37 years old and suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. She married Charles Williams and...

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