People v. Demetrius H.

Minor B.H. was adjudicated a ward of the juvenile court of Cook County after the trial court found her adoptive mother, D.H., used excessive corporal punishment. On appeal, D.H. contends the trial court erred in finding she imposed excessive corporal punishment on B.H. We affirm.

FACTS

On February 9, 2008, D.H. went to the grocery store and instructed B.H., who was 15 years old at the time, and B.H.’s siblings to clean the house while she was gone. When she returned, D.H. found the house had not been cleaned. In response, D.H. told B.H. she could not participate in the monthly family dinner…