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HELVEY v. REDNOUR

No. 79-145.

86 Ill. App.3d 154 (1980)

408 N.E.2d 17

DONALD HELVEY et al., Petitioners-Appellees, v. THERESA MARIE REDNOUR et al., Respondents-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed July 7, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Kennedy, III, of Legal Advocacy Services, of East St. Louis, and Herbert A. Eastman, of Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc., of Cairo, for appellants.

Wolff, Jones, Lawder & Elmore, of Murphysboro, for appellees.

Kent Hull and Ronald M. Soskin, both of National Center for Law and the Handicapped, Inc., of South Bend, Indiana, for amici curiae.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KASSERMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioners, Donald and Norma Helvey, brought an action to adopt the minor child of respondents, Charles and Marie Rednour, pursuant to section 1 et seq. of the Adoption Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 40, par. 1501 et seq.). Marie Rednour, respondent, filed a motion to dismiss the petition for adoption which was denied. A hearing was then held on the petition. At...

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