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IN RE PETITION OF BALOTA

Term No. 55-M-2.

7 Ill. App.2d 178 (1955)

129 N.E.2d 234

In the Matter of Petition of John A. Balota and Beulah Balota, His Wife, to Adopt Michele Jean Handlon, a Minor Child. John A. Balota and Beulah Balota, His Wife, Petitioners, v. Michele Jean Handlon, a Minor Child, Gordon Gene Handlon and Helen Dean Handlon, Defendants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Released for publication October 24, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Snyder E. Herrin, of Herrin, and August L. Fowler, of Marion, for petitioners-appellants.

No brief filed for appellees.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE BARDENS delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an adoption case. The trial court denied the petition after a contested hearing, and petitioners bring this appeal contending that the court's finding was not supported by any competent evidence.

From the testimony, it appears that the petitioners, husband and wife, ages 35 and 27, respectively, live in St. Louis, Missouri, and have an income of $400 a month. Petitioners have been married...

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