FREEMAN v. SETTLE

No. 78-402.

75 Ill. App.3d 799 (1979)

393 N.E.2d 1385

JAMES BRYAN FREEMAN, JR., et al., Petitioners-Appellees, v. LEIGH ANN SETTLE et al., Defendants. — (RUSSELL LEE SETTLE, Defendant-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed August 31, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otto E. Funk, of Hillsboro, for appellant.

Meyer & Meyer, of Greenville, for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KASSERMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order of adoption entered by the Circuit Court of Montgomery County after it found (1) that the appellant, Russell Settle, is an unfit parent within the meaning of the Illinois Adoption Act, and (2) that the adoption of the appellant's daughter, Leigh Ann, by the appellees, her maternal grandparents, is for the best interests and welfare of the child. The...

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