People v. Reder

Respondent, Carol Reder, appeals the dispositional order of the Champaign County circuit court adjudicating her two minor children neglected, declaring them wards of the court, and granting custody and guardianship to the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Carol is the adoptive mother of S.R., a girl (born August 23, 1993), D.R., a boy (born May 20, 1996), and a third child not at issue in this appeal. S.R. and D.R. are half-siblings and have spent their childhoods together. Carol is divorced and appears from the record not to have any…