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ZOOK v. SPANNAUS

No. 39698.

34 Ill.2d 612 (1966)

217 N.E.2d 789

MAX ZOOK et al., Appellants, v. RUBEN E. SPANNAUS, Executive Director, Lutheran Child Welfare Association of Illinois, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 16, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CARL D. SNEED, of Herrin, for appellants.

TATGE AND JERSILD, of Chicago, and WINTERS AND MORGAN, of Marion, (GEORGE E. MORGAN and GERHARDT S. JERSILD, of counsel,) for appellees.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a habeas corpus petition brought in the circuit court of Williamson County by Max and Clara Zook attacking the jurisdiction of that court in a prior dependency proceeding. Petitioners have appealed directly to this court from a judgment dismissing their petition.

Betty Jane Myrick, a widow, died on January 24, 1965, leaving four minor children surviving...

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