People v. Edmonds

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

The respondent below, Ruth Belle Edmonds, appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Iroquois County, finding her an unfit parent and appointing a guardian to consent to the adoption of her seven-year-old son, David.

David Edmonds was born in August of 1972. The child’s mother, Ruth Edmonds, is unwed. She has a sixth grade education, having dropped out of school for failure to keep up. When tested on August 26, 1975, she was diagnosed as exhibiting “mild mental retardation.” “Part of this retardation is probably due to…