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PEOPLE EX REL. SLAWEK v. COVENANT CHILD. HOME

No. 44386.

52 Ill.2d 20 (1972)

284 N.E.2d 291

THE PEOPLE ex rel. PAUL PETER SLAWEK, Appellant and Cross Appellee, v. COVENANT CHILDREN'S HOME et al., Appellees and Cross Appellants. — (Christopher Dana Stroh, Appellant.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 26, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

KENNETH J. BURNS, JR. and LYNNE E. McNOWN, both of Chicago (JENNER & BLOCK, of counsel), for appellant Paul Peter Slawek.

WILLIAM H. ALEXANDER, of Chicago, Guardian ad Litem for appellant Christopher Dana Stroh.

NICHOLAS STEVENSON and JOHN J. CASEY of GRAHAM, STEVENSON & CASEY, of Chicago (ISHAM, LINCOLN & BEALE and THOMAS, MAMER & HAUGHEY, of counsel), for appellees.

JERROLD N. OPPENHEIM and ANN G. LUTTERBECK, both of Chicago, for amicus curiae The Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc.

CAHILL & GALLAGHER, of Chicago, for other amici curiae.

Judgment vacated and cause remanded.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County denying a petition for habeas corpus filed by the petitioner, Paul Peter Slawek, who seeks to obtain the custody of a child from the adoptive parents, Larry and Eleanor Moreland, respondents herein. The child was born out of wedlock and placed for adoption through the Covenant Children...

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