IN RE A.P.

No. 81022.

688 N.E.2d 642 (1997)

179 Ill.2d 184

227 Ill.Dec. 949

In re A.P., a Minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Anthony P., Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cook County Public Defender, Protase M. Tinka, Assistant Public Defender, Chicago, for Anthony P.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney Cook County, Jim Ryan, Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Div., Chicago, for the People.

Patrick T. Murphy, Public Guardian of Cook County, Chicago, for A.P.

Tyra Taylor-Bell, Assistant State's Attorney, Chicago, for Respondent/Appellee.


Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises out of a petition for adjudication of wardship filed by the State in the circuit court of Cook County requesting the court to adjudicate A.P., a four-year-old female child, a ward of the court and to remove A.P. from the home of her parents, Anthony P. and Louise B. After an adjudicatory hearing, the circuit court found that A.P. had been sexually abused by her father, the respondent. The circuit...

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