IN RE I.B.

No. 3-09-0547.

921 N.E.2d 797 (2009)

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

December 30, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip M. Pollock (Court-appointed), Peoria, for Appellant.

Terry A. Mertel, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Kevin W. Lyons, State's Attorney, Mark A. Austill, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, for Appellee.

Nick Owens (Court-appointed), East Peoria, for Guardian Ad Litem.


Justice HOLDRIDGE delivered the opinion of the court:

The trial court found the respondent father, M.L., unfit to care for the minor, I.B., and that it was in the best interest of the minor that the respondent's parental rights be terminated. The respondent appeals, arguing that: (1) the trial court was prohibited from finding him unfit because he was a minor, age 15 years old; (2) he was denied his right to procedural due process because the State sought to find...

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