People v. Ybarra

This is an appeal from an order of the Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court finding the respondent, Juanita Ybarra, an unfit mother and empowering the guardian of her son, Raymond Ybarra, to consent to his adoption. The respondent contends that the section of the Adoption Act upon which the proceedings were based is unconstitutional (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 4, § 9.1—1 (D) (b)); that the court considered improper evidence by interviewing the child in private; and that the finding of unfitness is not supported by the evidence.

Raymond Ybarra was bom on April 11, 1962. On May 29, 1962, he was…