People v. Moore

Delbert and Rosa McMullen appeal from a trial court order finding them unfit parents, terminating all parental rights, and adjudging their five children wards of the court.

Initially, the McMullens contend that the finding of unfitness on the grounds of substantial neglect and failure to protect the children from conditions within their environment harmful to their welfare is contrary to the manEest weight of the evidence.

The proceedings in this case were instituted after one of the McMullen children, 4-year-old Terry Moore, was brought to the emergency room of St. Mary’s Hospital, Quincy,…