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· 2/5/1999

People v. A.S.

Citations

  • 302 Ill. App. 3d 998
  • 706 N.E.2d 524
  • 235 Ill. Dec. 969
  • 1999 Ill. App. LEXIS 66

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the State need prove only one ground of parental unfitness by clear and convincing evidence in a termination of parental rights case
  • holding that circuit court properly exercised jurisdiction over a proceeding to terminate parental rights where the court was presented, in an eleventh-hour motion, with only the unsubstantiated assertion by respondent-mother that children were of Native American heritage
  • using abuse of discretion standard for this stage of the proceedings

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Judges: Hutchinson

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