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IN RE ADOPTION OF McFADYEN

No. 81-1928.

108 Ill. App.3d 329 (1982)

438 N.E.2d 1362

In re ADOPTION OF ALEX J. McFADYEN III. — (LEON R. SHURE et al., Petitioners-Appellees, v. ALEX J. McFADYEN et al., Respondents-Appellants.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed August 3, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lake, Rosenberg & Associates and Beermann, Swerdlove, Woloshin, Barezky & Berkson, both of Chicago (Miles N. Beermann, Howard A. London, and Edward D. Rosenberg, of counsel), for appellants.

Mandel, Lipton and Stevenson, Ltd., of Chicago (Richard L. Mandel, Nicholas Stevenson, and Richard A. Lifshitz, of counsel), for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE DOWNING delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from the granting of a petition for adoption. Petitioners Leon and Marianne Shure filed a petition to adopt Alex J. McFadyen III ("Alex III"). The petition was contested by respondents Alex and Diane McFadyen. Two issues are presented on appeal: (1) whether the circuit court correctly construed the term "parents" in the Adoption Act to mean only biological and legally...

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