People ex rel. Department of Children & Family Services v. Buttram

This appeal involves the termination of the parental rights of the appellant Donald Buttram concerning his two minor sons, Troy Scott Buttram and Eric Flynn Buttram. The Circuit Court of Peoria County terminated the parental rights of Donald Buttram after he had refused to consent to the adoption of his two sons by declaring him to be an unfit parent within the definition of the Illinois Adoption Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1976 Supp., ch. 4, par. 9.1 — 10(b), (d) & (h)). The Department of Children and Family Services was granted the authority to consent to the adoption of Troy and Eric Buttram.

The…