IN RE ADOPTION OF HOFFMAN

No. 12490.

24 Ill. App.3d 543 (1974)

321 N.E.2d 174

In re Adoption of NICOLE LEIGH HOFFMAN, a Minor. — (ROSE ALLEN HOFFMAN et al., Petitioners-Appellees, v. BERNARD ALLEN HOFFMAN et al., Defendants-Petitioners-Appellants.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

December 17, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuels, Miller, Schroeder, Jackson & Sly, of Decatur (William O. Martin, of counsel), for appellants.

Thomson, Thomson, Zanoni & Flynn, of Bloomington (Chester Thomson and Mike McElvain, of counsel), for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAVEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Bernard and Susan Hoffman, petitioners (herein parents), filed a motion under section 72 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 110, par. 72) to vacate the decree of adoption of the circuit court of De Witt County. The decree of adoption in question had been entered in favor of Robert and Rose Hoffman, respondents, the adopted child's paternal grandparents (herein grandparents...

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