LYON v. DEP'T OF CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES

No. 95643.

807 N.E.2d 423 (2004)

209 Ill.2d 264

282 Ill.Dec. 799

Mark LYON, Appellee, v. The DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 18, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield (Gary S. Feinerman, Solicitor General, and Brian F. Barov, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, of counsel), for appellants.

Ralph H. Loewenstein, of Loewenstein, Hagen & Smith, P.C. Springfield, for appellee.

Frederick S. Rhine, of Gessler, Hughes, Socol, Piers, Resnick & Dym, Ltd., Chicago, for amicus curiae Chicago Teachers Union, Local 1, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO.


Justice GARMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) indicated a report of abuse against plaintiff, Mark Lyon, which was entered into the Department's State Central Register pursuant to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act (the Act) (325 ILCS 5/1 et seq. (West 1998)). Lyon sought reversal of the indicated report and expungement of the report from the central register through the administrative...

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