IN RE APRIL C.

No. 1-99-2568.

760 N.E.2d 85 (2001)

326 Ill. App.3d 225

260 Ill.Dec. 6

In re APRIL C., Amy C., and Anna C., Minors and Respondents-Appellees (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Kathleen C., Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

November 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick T. Murphy, Charles P. Golbert, Deborah Pergament, Office of the Cook County Public Guardian, Chicago, for the Minors.

Richard A. Devine, Cook County State's Attorney (Renee Goldfarb, Nancy Grauer Kisicki, Peter Maltese, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellee.

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County (Denise R. Avant, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellant.


Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

The State filed petitions to adjudicate minors April C., Amy C., and Anna C. wards of the court. The circuit court found the minors were abused pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (705 ILCS 405/1-1 et seq. (West 1998)) due to physical abuse and excessive corporal punishment by their father, Ernie C., and due to a substantial risk of physical injury. A dispositional...

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