E.B. v. Department of Children & Family Services

E.B. appeals from an order adjudicating his stepchildren dependent based on the trial court’s finding that he sexually abused two of his five stepchildren. We affirm.

Two of E.B.’s stepdaughters, D.W. and T.W., made allegations that he had sexually abused them. Both girls recanted, and as a result, the criminal charges were dropped.

At the dependency hearing, D.W. testified that she had lied because she resented her stepfather’s authority. T.W., however, testified as to two incidents where the stepfather had sexually abused her. After a court break, when T.W.’s testimony continued, she once…