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SCHUTTLER v. RUARK

No. 2-91-0419.

588 N.E.2d 478 (1992)

225 Ill. App.3d 678

167 Ill.Dec. 837

Scott G. SCHUTTLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Eugene H. RUARK et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

March 4, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger A. Ritzman, Peregrine, Stime, Newman, Ritzman & Bruckner, Ltd., Wheaton, David A. Novoselsky (argued), Linda A. Bryceland, David A. Novoselsky & Associates, Chicago, for Scott G. Schuttler.

James M. Huck, Jr. (argued), Huck, Bouma, Martin, Charlton & Zellner, P.C., Glen Ellyn, for Eugene H. Ruark and Joseph Butler.

Marvin S. Berz, Marvin S. Berz & Nathan N. Kessler, Chicago, Nathan N. Kessler, Kevin William Bloese (argued), Vescelus, Powell & Stock, Wheaton, for Joan Schuttler Hebson, Richard Raymond Hebson and Kathy M. Mottl.

Paul J. Bargiel (argued), David P. Schippers, Jonathan B. Gilbert, Schippers & Gilbert Chtd., Chicago, for Petrice S. Miller.

W. Thomas Powell, Vescelus, Powell & Stock, Wheaton, guardian ad litem.

Justice NICKELS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Scott Schuttler (Scott), appeals the circuit court's dismissal of his complaint seeking a declaration of his right to receive income as the "lawful issue" of his adoptive father, Ballard Schuttler, under the testamentary and inter vivos trusts of Ballard's grandfather, Peter Schuttler III. Scott asserted that the September 1989 amendment of the Instruments Regarding Adopted Children Act (Ill.Rev...

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