SIMCOX v. SIMCOX

No. 87-2110.

175 Ill. App.3d 473 (1988)

529 N.E.2d 1032

LINSEY RENEE SIMCOX, by and through her Natural Guardian, Deborah Ann Dear, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHRISTOPHER ALLEN SIMCOX, Defendant-Appellee (Jeffrey Mitchell Dear, Defendant-Appellant).

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

Opinion filed September 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Mattenson and William J. Arendt, both of Kanter & Mattenson, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellants.

Helen Sigman, of Legal Aid Bureau, of Chicago, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises out of the dismissal of a petition to declare paternity brought by a four-year-old minor, Linsey Renee Simcox (Linsey), through her mother and natural guardian, Deborah Ann Dear (Deborah), under the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 40, par. 2501 et seq.). Christopher Allen Simcox (Christopher) is the "presumed" father because he was...

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