People v. P.W.

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• trial court did not abuse its discretion in barring mother from calling her 15-year-old son as a witness at a best interest hearing based on evidence that requiring the son to testify would be detrimental to his best interest
• trial court did not abuse its discretion in preventing the mother from calling her 15-year-old son as a witness at a best interest hearing based on evidence that requiring the son to testify would be detrimental to his best interest
• trial court did not abuse its discretion in preventing the mother from calling her 15- year-old son as a witness at a best interest hearing based on evidence that requiring the son to testify would be detrimental to his best interest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re the Adoption of S.G.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-05-03· cited 22×
• In re J.B.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-11-26· cited 14×
• People v. Ralph L.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-07-27· cited 10×
• Doe 1 v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2017-05-01· cited 7×
• In re: Gennell C.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-05-03· cited 6×
• In re Marriage of Dea
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-01-21· cited 5×
• In Re Aw, Jr.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-01-13· cited 4×
• Adoption of Sg v. Sg
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-05-03· cited 4×
• In Re Haley D.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-07-27· cited 3×
• In re A.E.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2026-06-16

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mathews v. Eldridge
  Supreme Court· 1976-02-24· cited 16,859×
• People v. Brenda T.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-10-21· cited 659×
• People v. Patrick
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2009-01-23· cited 195×
• People v. Ernie C.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-11-06· cited 73×
• People v. P.W.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2008-10-17· cited 46×
• In re E.L.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-01-23· cited 35×
• In Re EL
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-01-23· cited 14×
• People v. Nancy L.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-05-27· cited 11×