IN RE M.M.

No. 5-92-0656.

634 N.E.2d 36 (1994)

261 Ill. App.3d 71

199 Ill.Dec. 436

In re M.M., Jr., and R.M., Minors (The Department of Children and Family Services ex rel. Sharon Kincaid, Petitioner-Appellee, v. R.H.M. and M.M., Sr., Respondents-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

May 10, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel M. Drury, P.C., Belleville, for respondents-appellants.

Robert Haida, State's Atty., St. Clair County, Belleville, and Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, and Rebecca Sanders, Staff Atty., Office of the State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for petitioner-appellee.

Brian A. Babka, Chatham & Babka, Belleville, for guardian ad litem.


Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The respondents, R.H.M. (mother) and M.M., Sr. (father), appeal from an order which found them to be unfit parents, terminated their parental rights, and granted the State the power to consent to the adoption of their minor children, R.M. and M.M., Jr. We affirm.

On April 15, 1991, the trial court entered a default judgment against the respondents and found that both minor children were neglected. Nine months...

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