United States Seventh Circuit

The Department of Children and Family Services procedures for investigating and disclosing allegations of child abuse requires the factfinder to consider all available evidence that tends to show that abuse or neglect did or did not occur.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/03/2004
• Decided 02/03/2005
• Published 02/03/2005

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, RIPPLE and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Diane Redleaf (argued), Robert E. Lehrer, Lehrer & Redleaf, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Erik G. Light (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.