IN RE ADOPTION OF J.R.G.

No. 1-91-3209.

617 N.E.2d 377 (1993)

247 Ill. App.3d 104

187 Ill.Dec. 169

In re ADOPTION of J.R.G. (John Doe and Jane Doe, Petitioners-Appellees, v. Henry Terwedow, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

May 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne V. Swanson, of counsel, Naperville, for respondent-appellant.

Mandel, Lipton & Stevenson Ltd., Chicago, Richard A. Lifshitz & Carolyn E. Winder, of counsel, for petitioners-appellees.


Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Henry Terwedow, biological father of JRG, appeals from an order declaring him an unfit parent under section 1(D) of the Adoption Act (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 40, par. 1501(D)) (hereinafter "the Act"), terminating his parental rights, and finding that his consent to JRG's adoption was thus not required under section 8 of the Act (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 40, par. 1510(a)(1), (3)).

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