No. 24-6877

Amanda M. v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2025-03-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-of-proof child-custody constitutional-rights due-process hearsay-evidence parental-rights
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-05-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can a state terminate a parent's constitutional right to raise her child based solely on hearsay evidence, where the state's burden of proof at a fitness hearing is clear and convincing evidence pursuant to Santosky v. Kramer

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Can a state terminate a parent's constitutional right to raise her child based solely on hearsay evidence, where the state's burden of proof at a fitness hearing to to prove unfitness by clear and convincing evidence pursuant to Santoskv v. Kramer .

Docket Entries

2025-06-02
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/29/2025.
2025-05-13
Waiver of People of the State of Illinois of right to respond submitted.
2025-05-13
Waiver of right of respondent People of the State of Illinois to respond filed.
2025-03-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 28, 2025)

Attorneys

Amanda M.
Amanda M. — Petitioner
Amanda M. — Petitioner
People of the State of Illinois
Jane Elinor NotzOffice of the Attorney General, State of Illinois, Respondent
Jane Elinor NotzOffice of the Attorney General, State of Illinois, Respondent