Neal v. Burton

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE KARNS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Lily Mae Burton Badger, the natural mother of Sandra Fay and Martha Jean Burton, appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of Massac County finding her an unfit mother, and from that court’s decree adjudging Sandra and Martha to be the adopted children of petitionersappellees, Samuel and Freeda Neal. Mrs. Badger argues that her unfitness was not proved by clear and convincing evidence, and that the trial court’s evidentiary rulings denied her a fair hearing. Although we feel that sufficient evidence of unfitness on one…