IN RE CHEYENNE S.

No. 3-03-0047.

815 N.E.2d 1186 (2004)

351 Ill. App.3d 1042

287 Ill.Dec. 383

In re CHEYENNE S. and Andrew V., Minors (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Teresa R., Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

September 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Bernardi (argued)(Court-appointed), Pekin, for Teresa R.

Lawrence M. Bauer, Deputy Director (argued), Sabrina S. Henry, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Stewart Umholtz, State's Attorney, Pekin, for the People.

Dennis M. Sheehan (Court-appointed), Pekin, for Minors Cheyenne S. and Andrew V.


Justice SLATER delivered the opinion of the court:

The respondent-mother, Teresa R. (Teresa), appeals from the orders of the trial court finding her to be an unfit parent and subsequently terminating her parental rights to four-year-old C.S. and ordering subsidized guardianship for fifteen-year-old A.V. For the following reasons, we find that the State's evidence failed to establish that Teresa was an unfit parent as a matter of law. Therefore, we reverse the trial...

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