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IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF NICHOLS

Gen. No. 10,706.

70 Ill. App.2d 376 (1966)

216 N.E.2d 690

In the Matter of the Guardianship of Clare Susan Nichols, Barbara Bair Nichols, Julia Marie Nichols, and Stanley Bair Nichols. Dorothy Bair Nichols, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Ira G. Nichols, Jr., Defendant. Ira G. Nichols, Jr., Defendant-Respondent-Appellee, v. Nancy Ann Nichols, Intervening Petitioner-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

May 9, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reno, O'Byrne & Kepley, of Champaign (J. Michael O'Byrne, of counsel), for appellant.

Summers, Watson & Kimpel, of Champaign, for appellee.

SMITH, J.

The mother of five children, to whom custody had been awarded in a divorce decree almost five years before, died on May 15, 1965. A little over 30 days later, the father filed his petition to modify the decree and sought custody of the four minor children. An adult daughter, then 19 years old, intervened and asked that she be named their guardian and be awarded their custody. The trial court awarded custody of the oldest minor daughter to her adult sister...

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