IN RE PETITION OF LEWIS v. LoCHIRCO

Gen. No. 46,030.

350 Ill. App. 394 (1953)

112 N.E.2d 917

In the Matter of the Petition of Constantine G. Lewis, and Norma Rose Lewis, his Wife, Appellants, v. To Adopt Baby Girl Bart, a Minor. Frances LoChirco, and Joseph LoChirco, Antoinette Bart, also Known as Frances Bartolotta, Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Released for publication June 24, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JESSE H. BROWN, of Chicago, for appellants.

FISHER, HASSEN & FISHER, of Chicago, for appellees; JOSEPH FISHER, and SAMUEL R. HASSEN, both of Chicago, of counsel.


MR. JUSTICE KILEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an adoption proceeding in which the trial court denied the prayer for adoption and ordered custody of the infant child turned over to defendants who were found to be the natural parents. Plaintiffs have appealed.

Defendants were married November 20, 1950. They separated June 30, 1951. On July 9, 1951 the wife sued for divorce on the ground of cruelty and October 19, 1951 a decree for divorce was...

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