IN RE R.K.

No. 3-92-0848.

617 N.E.2d 502 (1993)

247 Ill. App.3d 512

187 Ill.Dec. 294

In re R.K., S.K., V.W., J.W., and J.W., Jr., Minors (People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Martha Kennedy, a/k/a Martha Williams, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

July 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elaine Greek, argued, Peoria, for Martha Kennedy.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Kevin W. Lyons, State's Atty., Peoria, Nancy Rink Carter, argued, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for People.

Susan K. Lucas, argued, Guardian Ad Litem, Peoria, for R.K., S.K., V.W. and J.W.


Justice BARRY delivered the opinion of the court:

Martha Kennedy, also known as Martha Williams, (hereafter, Martha) appeals from an order of the circuit court of Peoria County terminating her parental rights as to four of five minor children on grounds of depravity.

In September of 1991 a Second Amended Supplemental Petition for the Termination of Parental Rights was filed in this cause. Count I alleged that Martha is an unfit person as defined in section...

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