1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Ill.
  4. 54 Ill.
  5. 54 Ill. App.2d 51 (1964)
 

SMITH v. ANDREWS

Gen. No. 11,891.

54 Ill. App.2d 51 (1964)

203 N.E.2d 160

Raymond J. Smith and Rosemarie A. Smith, Petitioners-Appellees, v. Harold Lee Andrews, Craig Patrick Andrews, by His Guardian ad Litem, and Marilyn Ann Andrews, by Her Guardian ad Litem, Defendants, Harold Lee Andrews, Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied January 8, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence A. Barden, Gerald F. Tuite, and John R. Snively, all of Rockford, for appellant.

Alford R. Penniman, of Rockford, for appellee.

MORAN, J.

The Illinois Adoption Statute, Ill Rev Stats ch 4, Secs 9.1-8, 9.1-1 (1961), provides that one of the grounds for the adoption of children without the consent of a natural parent is the unfitness of such parent by reason of "depravity." This is a case in which the lower court found that the defendant, Harold Lee Andrews, was an "unfit parent," by reason of "depravity," and entered a decree allowing the two minor children of the defendant to be adopted by...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases