IN RE B.C.

No. 1-99-0616.

740 N.E.2d 41 (2000)

317 Ill. App.3d 607

251 Ill.Dec. 211

In re B.C., D.C., D.C., E.C., D.K., D.K., and D.K., Minors (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Bernadine C., Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Nunc Pro Tunc September 26, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cook County Public Defender Rita A. Fry (Assistant Public Defender Suzanne A. Isaacson, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellant.

Cook County State's Attorney Richard A. Devine (Assistant State's Attorneys Renee Goldfarb, Jennifer Streeter and Pavlina Kochankovska, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellee (State of Illinois).

Patrick T. Murphy, Lee Ann Lowder, Elizabeth A. Sunderland, Office of the Cook County Public Guardian, as attorney and guardian ad litem for the minors, Chicago, for Appellees (Minors).


Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a hearing, the trial court found that respondent Bernadine C. was an unfit parent, and that it was in the best interest of her seven minor children, Barna C., DeAngelo C., Detrice C., Eric C., Demetrius K., Desmetric K., and Dominitric K., to terminate her parental rights. On appeal, respondent contends that the trial court deprived her of due process when it sanctioned her for failing to appear at her...

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