IN RE ADOPTION OF BABY GIRL CASALE

No. 1-92-0352.

639 N.E.2d 174 (1994)

266 Ill.App.3d 656

203 Ill.Dec. 135

In re ADOPTION OF BABY GIRL CASALE, a minor (John Doe and Jane Doe, Petitioners-Appellees, v. Hyman Kurnick, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

August 11, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene L. Armstrong, Derek G. Edens, Cichocki & Armstrong, Ltd., Oak Park, for appellant.

Richard A. Lifshitz, Kathleen Hogan Morrison, Carolyn E. Winter, Mandel, Lipton and Stevenson, Ltd., Chicago, for appellees.


Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the parental rights of respondent, Hyman Kurnick (hereinafter Hyman), were terminated regarding his biological daughter, baby girl Casale (hereinafter referred to by the fictional name "baby Caroline"). The trial court thereafter entered a judgment order of adoption for baby Caroline in favor of petitioners, John and Jane Doe (hereinafter the Does).

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