People v. Kathleen C.

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• finding these factors “significant” in the court’s determination that the respondent’s stipulation was intelligently and voluntarily given
• finding significant that the respondent was represented by counsel and “[h]er appeal contains no allegations that her counsel was ineffective or failed to explain the nature and ramifications of the proceedings to her”
• where the respondent did not object to stipulation during dispositional hearing, issue was forfeited
• in finding that the respondent entered into a stipulation knowingly, noting that the petition stated in the title and body that the State was seeking to have the respondent’s children adjudicated wards of the court
• standard for finding a parent dispositionally unfit is a preponderance of the evidence, less than the clear and convincing evidence required for a finding of unfitness in termination of parental rights proceedings under section 1(D)(m) of the Adoption Act (750 ILCS 50/1(D)(m
• one custodial parent’s stipulation held sufficient

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).