People v. Thornton

PRESIDING JUSTICE McMORROW

delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitions for the adjudication of wardship were filed in the circuit court alleging in pertinent part that respondent-mother (hereinafter respondent) had neglected her minor children, B.T., A.T., and T.T., in that the respondent had failed to provide the care necessary for the minors well-being and had provided the minors an environment injurious to their welfare (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 37, par. 802 — 3). After an adjudicatory hearing, the court found that the State had failed to establish that the respondent had neglected the…