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IN RE ADOPTION OF SMITH

No. 12735.

38 Ill. App.3d 217 (1976)

347 N.E.2d 292

In re ADOPTION OF CHRISTINA MARIE SMITH, a/k/a Christina Smith, a Minor. — (GEORGE SMITH et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. CHRISTINA MARIE SMITH, a/k/a Christina Smith, a Minor, et al., Respondents-Appellees.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed May 13, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hagin Harper, of Champaign, for appellants.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and James R. Burgess, Jr., State's Attorney, of Champaign (Frank J. Kopecky, Assistant Attorney General, and Anita Crawford, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellee Department of Children and Family Services.

Lawrence Eaton, of Eaton & Finson, of Monticello, and Burt Greaves, of Champaign, for appellee Christina Smith.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE BARRY delivered the opinion of the court:

On December 6, 1972, George and Natalie Smith, nonresidents of Illinois, filed in the Circuit Court of Champaign County, as cause 72-A-135, a petition to adopt their granddaughter, Christina Marie Smith, born March 29, 1970, in California as the daughter of William and Mary Smith. Attached to the petition were the executed consents...

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