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SHAFER v. SMITH

No. 12993.

38 Ill. App.3d 232 (1976)

347 N.E.2d 304

LARRY JOE SHAFER et al., Petitioners-Appellees, v. CHRISTINA MARIE SMITH, a Minor, et al., Defendants-Appellees. — (GEORGE SMITH et al., Intervening Petitioners-Appellants.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed May 13, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hagin Harper, of Champaign, and Thomas R. Miller, of Monticello, for appellants.

Lawrence Eaton, of Eaton & Finson, of Monticello, for appellees Larry Joe Shafer and Judith Karen Shafer.

Frank J. Kopecky, of Springfield, for appellee Department of Children and Family Services.

Judgment reversed and decree vacated.

Mr. JUSTICE BARRY delivered the opinion of the court:

On May 16, 1974, Larry Jo Shafer and Judith Shafer filed a petition to adopt Christina Marie Smith, an unrelated child. Although there was pending at said time in Champaign County Circuit Court, as consolidated causes 71 J 116 and 72 A 135, a petition by George and Natalie Smith to adopt the same infant, no mention of this fact (of which the Shafers were aware), was...

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