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IN RE ADOPTION OF HOFFMAN

No. 47321.

61 Ill.2d 569 (1975)

338 N.E.2d 862

In re ADOPTION OF NICOLE LEIGH HOFFMAN, a minor. — (Rose Allen Hoffman et al., Appellants, v. Bernard Allen Hoffman et al., Appellees.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 21, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a proceeding under section 72 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 110, par. 72) brought by the natural parents of a minor child to vacate a decree of adoption entered in the circuit court of De Witt County in favor of the adopted child's paternal grandparents. The petitioners alleged that consents to the adoption of their...

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