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S. G. S. v. S. F.

Paid petition · Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District, No. 2-24-0390, 2-24-0440 · judgment December 24, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Whether a state court may completely remove a parent’s constitutionally protected right to the care, custody, and control of their child through a hearing held without prior notice, in violation of the parent’s fundamental rights under fourteenth and first amendments?

  2. Whether a state court may completely remove a parent’s constitutionally protected right to care, custody, and control of their child while simultaneously: (1) denying the parent access to the report relied upon by the court to do so; (2) denying the opportunity to rebut such report; and (3) prohibiting the parent from presenting exculpatory, inculpatory, rebuttal, and impeachment evidence?

  3. Whether a state court may issue an order of protection against a parent in the absence of any evidence of abuse, while simultaneously denying the parent access to the report used against her and prohibiting the presentation of exculpatory, rebuttal, inculpatory, and impeachment evidence, in violation of the parent’s fundamental rights under fourteenth and first amendments?

  4. Whether a court’s removal of a child with disabilities, recognized under the Americans with Disabilities Act, from a parent identified in medical records as her primary support system—based on an unrebutted opinion and without input from

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Sossamma George Sebastin

For respondent
Myra A. Foutris
Foutris Law Office, Ltd.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 16 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Jul 09 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent S.F. to respond filed.
  4. May 20 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 3, 2025)