ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT OK'S GAY FOSTERING: From 365Gay.com

The Illinois Supreme Court Friday overturned a lower-court decision that ordered a foster child removed from the home of his lesbian foster mother and her partner.

In rendering its decision the lower court awarded the child, (known only as "Austin W." in court documents) place in the guardianship of grandparents even though they had been indicted for abuse against him.

The lower court ruling was appealed by both the foster mother, Rosemary Fontaine, and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

During the appeal the child, now 5, was allowed to remain with his foster mother.

Friday's unanimous Supreme Court ruling restores the foster mom as his legal guardian and allows the DCFS to resume its previously approved plan to allow adoption by Fontaine.

The Supreme Court said that 'serious errors' were made when the abuse the boy suffered was discounted by caseworkers and the lower court.

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