IN RE R.S.

No. 1-07-2785.

888 N.E.2d 542 (2008)

In re R.S., a Minor, Respondent-Appellee (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. L.S., Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

April 18, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (James Fitzgerald, Nancy Kisicki and Grace E. Zaya, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Petitioner-Appellee.

Edwin A. Burnette, Public Defender of Cook County (Henry L. Hams, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for Respondent-Appellant L.S.

Robert F. Harris, Kass A. Plain and Amy R. Kessler of the Office of the Cook County Public Guardian, for Respondent-Appellee R.S.


Presiding Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, L.S., appeals the September 2007 juvenile court order that adjudicated her minor son, R.S., to be neglected due to an injurious environment and dependent because of the physical or mental disability of respondent. Following this adjudication, the trial court conducted a dispositional hearing and found that it was in R.S.'s best interest and welfare to be adjudged a ward of the court because...

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