People v. Wheat

John and Paula Wheat’s judgment for divorce awarded to John sole custody of the couple’s minor child, Terry Wheat. Subsequently, a petition was filed under the Juvenile Court Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 37, par. 701 — 1 et seq.) against John Wheat, alleging that Terry was a neglected minor and requesting that Terry be adjudicated a ward of the court.

At the conclusion of adjudicatory and dispositional hearings, in which both John and Paula Wheat participated, the trial court: (1) found Terry to be a neglected minor; (2) adjudicated her a ward of the court; and (3) awarded Terry into the…