PEOPLE EX REL. FILIPKOWSKI v. GUSTERINE

Gen. No. 47,320.

16 Ill. App.2d 336 (1958)

148 N.E.2d 1

People of the State of Illinois ex rel. Boleslaus Filipkowski and Catherine Filipkowski, his wife, Appellees, v. George Andrew Gusterine and Mildred Gusterine, his wife, Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

Released for publication March 7, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Goodman, of Chicago, for respondents-appellants.

Abel J. De Haan and Nathan Shefner, of Chicago, for petitioners-appellees.


JUSTICE FRIEND delivered the opinion of the court.

Petitioners sought by writ of habeas corpus in the Superior Court to regain custody of their minor son whom they had turned over to respondents for the purpose of adoption. Pursuant to hearing, the court found that the consents and appearances executed by petitioners consenting to the adoption were obtained by constructive fraud, granted the writ, and ordered that the...

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