My question involves criminal law for the state of: Illinois
My question involves criminal law for the state of Illinois.
My stepdaughter was molested by her father when she was under two years old. This happened during January and February of 2008 when he had custody of the child while her mother was in the hospital.
His own sister turned him in to the DCFS when the child began to act in sexually inappropriate ways, including pulling her diaper down and touching herself whenever her father came home, into the room, etc.
At the third day of the adjudication hearing the defense lawyer asked for a summary judgement.
The judged told the state's attorney that she needs some case law to support the state's case that this be adjudicated and set the next court date for early September. The state has been told they need to present case law supporting adjudication when the state's case was built on the testimony of the sister and a DCFS worker that the child acted in inappropriate sexualized ways after going into her fathers care.
The child was too young to speak for herself other than through her actions. Does anyone know of any case law that could help?
Basically, there was no medical evidence of molestation. The only evidence has been the testimony about the child's (changed) behavior after going into her father's care.

