In re C.C.
Case Date: 10/20/1998
Court: 5th District Appellate
Docket No: 5-97-0401
NO. 5-97-0401 IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FIFTH DISTRICT _________________________________________________________________ In re C.C. and C.R., Minors ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of (The People of the State of Illinois,) Massac County. ) Petitioner-Appellee, ) ) v. ) Nos. 93-J-27 & 93-J-28 ) Rebecca R., ) Honorable ) Terry Foster, Respondent-Appellant). ) Judge, presiding. _________________________________________________________________ JUSTICE RARICK delivered the opinion of the court: Mother appeals from the order entered by the circuit court of Massac County terminating her parental rights to both her daughter and her son. We affirm. Mother had two children, one daughter (C.R.), born in August 1988, and one son (C.C.), born in September 1991. Both children have been in foster care since 1993, when their home environment was found to be injurious to their welfare. According to the petition for adjudication of wardship, the children had been left with caretakers who had previously been convicted of sexual offenses against children. At that time, the Department of Children and Family Service (DCFS) recommended a service plan that included such items as mother not having any contact with known sex offenders, not having any overnight guests at her residence, maintaining her house in proper order, and attending counseling and parenting classes. In 1995, mother filed a petition for the return of her children. Mother had divorced her abusive husband (not the father of either child) by this time and had moved out of low-income housing. She had obtained employment and had begun residing with another individual in his trailer. At the court's suggestion, mother's new fianc |