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DI BELLA v. CUCCIO

No. 34986.

15 Ill.2d 580 (1959)

155 N.E.2d 645

MARTHA DI BELLA, Appellee, v. GEORGE CUCCIO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 23, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FIFIELSKI AND ZAK, and McKAY, SOLUM AND McGARR, both of Chicago, (KENNETH M. ZAK, THOMAS C. McKAY, and FREDERIC H. STAFFORD, of counsel,) for appellant.

JEROME BERKSON, and MILTON K. JOSEPH, both of Chicago, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1957 the General Assembly repealed the Bastardy Act of 1872, and in its place enacted the Paternity Act to govern the rights and liabilities of the parents of children born out of wedlock. Under the former act the maximum liability of the father of such child was $1,100, payable over a ten-year period. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap....

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