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IN RE ESTATE OF BECTON

No. 83-1944.

130 Ill. App.3d 763 (1985)

474 N.E.2d 1318

In re ESTATE OF JAMILA BEATRICE BECTON, a Minor (Stanley Becton, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mamie Sanders, Cross-Petitioner-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed February 1, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy Meltzer, Marilyn Johnson, and Sharron Pitts, all of Legal Assistance Foundation, of Chicago, for appellant.

Harvey Sussman, of Sussman & Hertzberg, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellee.

Affirmed in part, and vacated in part and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE MEJDA delivered the opinion of the court:

Appellant, Stanley Becton, the putative father of Jamila Beatrice Becton, and appellee, Mamie Sanders, the child's maternal grandmother, each filed a petition for guardianship of the estate and person of the child born on January 4, 1983. Following denial of appellant's petition, the court granted the grandmother's petition. Further orders awarded...

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