People v. Edwin Aadil J.

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOPKINS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Edwin Aadil J., appeals from the trial court’s order terminating his parental rights to his three minor children, C.M.J., M.M.J., and S.E.J., wherein the trial court found, pursuant to section l(D)(j — 1) of the Adoption Act (750 ILCS 50/l(D)(j — 1) (West 1994)), that respondent was unfit on the grounds that he murdered the children’s mother, Jeanie B.-J. On appeal, respondent argues that the State failed to prove a prima facie case, and that even if the State proved its prima facie case, the trial court erred in allowing…