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IN RE ESTATE OF GRIFFIN

No. 5-85-0832.

160 Ill. App.3d 670 (1987)

514 N.E.2d 31

In re ESTATE OF JASON MICHAEL GRIFFIN, Deceased (Boyd H. McGathey, et al., v. Jason Michael Griffin et al.; Debra Ann McGathey, Petitioner-Appellee; Robert H. Griffin, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed September 17, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crowder & Scoggins, Ltd., of Columbia (Floyd E. Crowder and Mark R. Osland, of counsel), for appellant.

Cook, Shevlin & Keefe, Ltd., of Belleville (Joseph A. Bartholomew, of counsel), for appellee.

Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and reversed and remanded in part.

JUSTICE LEWIS* delivered the opinion of the court:

Jason Michael Griffin, age six, died intestate on July 22, 1985. The deceased child had been the subject of a contested adoption brought by his mother, Debra Ann McGathey (petitioner-appellee), and her second husband, Boyd H. McGathey. In the adoption proceeding, the trial court entered an order terminating the...

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