IN RE H.C.

No. 4-98-0458.

713 N.E.2d 784 (1999)

305 Ill. App.3d 869

239 Ill.Dec. 253

In the Interest of H.C. and H.C., Minors, (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Lisa Head, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

June 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol A. Dison (Court-appointed), Beckett & Webber, P.C., Urbana, for Lisa Head.

John C. Piland, Champaign County State's Attorney, Urbana, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, James C. Majors, Staff Atty., State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.

Sherman J. Brown, Guardian Ad Litem (Court-appointed), Champaign, for H.C.


Justice COOK delivered the opinion of the court:

In January 1998, the circuit court of Champaign County adjudicated Lisa Head to be an unfit parent. In April 1998, the court terminated her parental rights to her two-year-old son, H.C., and her one-year-old daughter, Ha.C. Lisa appeals.

In January 1996, Lisa left her trailer home to do laundry, leaving three-month-old H.C. at home with his father, Terry C. When she returned, H.C. had multiple bruises on his...

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