HAMILTON v. CEASAR

No. 1-90-2308.

578 N.E.2d 221 (1991)

218 Ill. App.3d 268

161 Ill.Dec. 94

Eva HAMILTON, on Behalf of Ricky Ceasar, a minor, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Ricky CEASAR, Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

August 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender, Cook County, Chicago, (Stephen L. Richards, of counsel), for respondent-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., Cook County, Chicago (Obyrietta Gammett Scott and Leonard N. Foster, of counsel), for petitioner-appellee.


Justice HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent Ricky Ceasar's (Ceasar's) jury demand in the underlying paternity suit was stricken because he failed to pay the statutory jury fee. Leave to appeal from this interlocutory order was granted pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308. (134 Ill.2d R. 308.) The issue certified by the circuit court is:

"Whether a respondent in a parentage action, under the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, as amended, who...

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