IN RE ADOPTION OF SCRAGGS

No. 66386.

125 Ill.2d 382 (1988)

532 N.E.2d 244

In re ADOPTION OF THOMAS G. SCRAGGS (Dwight Scraggs, Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew A. Maloney, of Pierson, Maloney & Rayfield, of Princeton, for appellant.

Kevin R. Galley, of Pace, McCuskey & Galley, of Lacon, for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Dwight Scraggs appeals from a preliminary injunction order of the circuit court of Putnam County prohibiting him from having any contact with his son, Thomas G. Scraggs, prior to a hearing on a motion to terminate his rights as the natural father held pursuant to the Adoption Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 40, par. 1516(B)(d)). In a Rule 23 order (107 Ill.2d R. 23), the appellate court...

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