PEOPLE EX REL. MELENDEZ v. MELENDEZ

No. 41534.

47 Ill.2d 383 (1971)

266 N.E.2d 327

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Liza Jane Melendez, by her mother and next friend Phyllis Jane Roselle, Appellee, v. JULIO A. MELENDEZ, a/k/a JULIO CRUZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 25, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RUTH PACE COMROE, of Zimmerman and Comroe, of Chicago, for appellant.

JEROME FELDMAN, of Chicago, for appellee.


Vacated and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

On June 28, 1968, the respondent, Julio A. Melendez, was adjudged in criminal contempt of the circuit court of Cook County for his failure, after the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus, to produce Liza Jane Melendez, the minor child of him and the petitioner, Phyllis Jane Roselle. The circuit court ordered him committed to the county jail for

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