People v. Floyd F. (In Re N.G.)

*110 *555 ¶ 1 At issue in this appeal is whether the circuit court of Will County erred when it terminated Floyd F.'s parental rights to his minor child, N.G., on the grounds that he was an unfit person within the meaning of section 1(D) of the Adoption Act ( 750 ILCS 50/1(D) (West 2010) ) because, prior to N.G.'s birth, he had been convicted of at least three felonies under the laws of this state and was therefore "depraved" ( id. § 1(D)(i) ).

¶ 2 The appellate court held that because one of the three felonies on which the circuit court had relied in making its finding of depravity-a 2008 conviction…