People v. Baldwin

Respondent Lester Baldwin, Sr., appeals from the trial court’s finding that he is an unfit person based on his failure to maintain a reasonable degree of interest, concern or responsibility regarding the welfare of his three children. (See 750 ILCS 50/1(D)(b) (West 1992).) He maintains that the trial court’s finding was against the manifest weight of the evidence.

Two of respondent’s children, T.D. (Trissie) and L.B., Jr. (Lester), were born in 1987. Trissie was born at home on December 24, 1987, weighing 1 pound 11 ounces. Shortly after the birth, her mother, Irma Durdin, went to the hospital…