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· 12/17/1919

Ellsworth v. Industrial Commission

Citations

  • 290 Ill. 514
  • 125 N.E. 246

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that an appellant’s failure to provide us with cogent argument and authority to support a claim waives that argument on appeal
  • noting that this court will reverse a termination of parental rights “only upon a showing of ‘clear error’—that which leaves us with a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made”
  • noting that this court will reverse a termination of parental rights “only upon a showing of ‘clear error’—that which leaves us with a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made”
  • noting that this court will reverse a termination of parental rights “only upon a showing of ‘clear error’—that which leaves us with a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made”
  • “[C]aseworker Allen testified that the plan for the care and treatment of [the children] is adoption. This is a satisfactory plan.”
  • “‘[a]parent’s historical inability to provide adequate housing, stability and supervision coupled with a current inability to provide the same will support a finding that the continuation of the parent-child relationship is contrary to the child’s best interests.’”

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Judges: Thompson

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