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IN RE WOJTKOWIAK

Gen. No. 47,109.

14 Ill. App.2d 344 (1957)

144 N.E.2d 760

In the Matter of Petition of Edward Wojtkowiak and Marguerite Wojtkowiak, his wife, Appellees, to Adopt Kathleen Slush, sometimes described as Doree Marie Slush, a minor, Jean Meyerhoff, also known as Jean Slush, Natural Mother, Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Released for publication October 4, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen M. Quinn, of Chicago, for appellant.

Stanley S. Jasinski and Mitchell Kilanowski, of Chiago (Mitchell Kilanowski, of Chicago, of counsel) for appellees.

JUDGE SCHWARTZ delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs filed a petition for the adoption of Kathleen Slush, whose natural mother is Jean Meyerhoff, also known as Jean Slush, herein referred to as the defendant. Defendant had signed a consent to the adoption as required by the Adoption Act. (Ch. 4, Sec. 3-6, Ill. Rev. Statutes 1955.) An amendment to that Act passed in 1953 (Ch. 4, Sec. 3-7, Ill. Rev. Statutes 1955) provides that consent to adoption executed...

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