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JARRETT v. JARRETT

No. 32660.

415 Ill. 126 (1953)

112 N.E.2d 694

NELLROSE JARRETT v. ROBERT JARRETT, Appellee. — (ADA BOGGESS et al., Appellants.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 20, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L.A. MEHRHOFF, of Carrollton, WISEMAN & CHAPMAN, of Alton, and ROBERTS & KEPNER, of Springfield, for appellants.

JOHN B. HARRIS, of Granite City, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

The sole question in this case concerns the jurisdiction of a circuit court to modify the custody provisions of a divorce decree after the death of the spouse to whom custody of the child was awarded by the decree.

A decree of the circuit court of Greene County entered on May 26, 1949, granted Nellrose Jarrett a divorce from her husband, Robert Nelson Jarrett, upon the...

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