Legal Opinion
Lyon v. Department of Children & Family Services
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided March 18, 2004No. 95643PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Garman
Defendant Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) indicated a report of abuse against plaintiff, Mark Lyon, which was entered into the Department’s State Central Register pursuant to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act (the Act) (325 ILCS 5/1 et seq. (West 1998)). Lyon sought reversal of the indicated report and expungement of the report from the central register through the administrative appellate process established by the Act, arguing that procedural violations by the Department violated his due process rights and that the indicated finding was against the…
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