IN RE S.J.

No. 2-91-0955.

598 N.E.2d 456 (1992)

233 Ill. App.3d 88

174 Ill.Dec. 259

In re S.J., a Minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. T.J. et al., Respondents-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing September 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Kopsick, Staben & Kopsick, Waukegan, Ceckowski Venturi, Valerie Boettle Ceckowski, Ceckowski & Venturi Ltd., Gurnee, for N.B.

Ceckowski Venturi, Valerie Boettle Ceckowski, Ceckowski & Venturi Ltd., Gurnee, for T.J.

Michael J. Waller, Lake County State's Atty., Waukegan, William L. Browers, Deputy Director, Mary Beth Burns, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for People.


Justice BOWMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondents T.J., the mother, and N.B., the father, appeal from trial court orders finding them unfit parents, terminating their parental rights in their minor daughter S.J., and giving the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) custody of S.J. with the power to consent to her adoption.

The court held that both parents were unfit under the standards of the Adoption Act (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 40...

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