IN INTEREST OF L.W.

No. 4-96-0667.

683 N.E.2d 1292 (1997)

291 Ill. App.3d 619

225 Ill.Dec. 629

In the Interest of L.W., Alleged to be an Abused Minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Chad Wheeler and Shannon Gibson, Respondents-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

August 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles G. Reynard, State's Attorney, Bloomington, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, David E. Mannchen, Staff Attorney, State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.

Thomas W. Brooks, Public Defender (Court-appointed), Bloomington, Guardian Ad Litem for L.W.


Justice GARMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On March 1, 1996, the State filed a petition for adjudication of wardship in the circuit court of McLean County, alleging that L.W., a male minor born on October 22, 1995, had been physically abused by his parents, respondents Chad Wheeler and Shannon Gibson. It was alleged that respondents had inflicted, or allowed to be inflicted, physical injury to the minor by other than accidental means, in that on February 2...

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