IN RE CUSTODY OF HARNE

No. 51676.

77 Ill.2d 414 (1979)

396 N.E.2d 499

In re CUSTODY OF GREGORY GENE HARNE et al. (Gene M. Harne, Appellant, v. Nancy Harne Johnson et al., Appellees).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Martenson of Martenson, Donohue & Alexander, P.C., of Rockford, for appellant.

John G. Hooley, Public Defender, of Rockford, for appellee Nancy Harne Johnson.

Richard J. Moriarty and Bernard H. Shapiro, of Prairie State Legal Services, Inc., of Rockford, for appellees Ray and Alpha McManus.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

This case concerns the custody of two minor children, Gregory Gene Harne, age 11, and Carrie Lynn Harne, age 9. Their parents, Nancy Harne Johnson and Gene M. Harne, were divorced on June 27, 1972, and Mrs. Harne was awarded legal custody of the children. In the fall of 1975, however, Mrs. Harne's parents took physical custody of the children when Mrs...

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