· 12/17/1919
Ellsworth v. Industrial Commission
Citations
- 290 Ill. 514
- 125 N.E. 246
How courts have described this case
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- 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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