ILL. DEPT. OF PUBLIC AID v. WHITWORTH

No. 4-94-0523.

652 N.E.2d 458 (1995)

273 Ill. App.3d 156

209 Ill.Dec. 918

The ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID ex rel. Deborah L. MASINELLI, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeffrey Scott WHITWORTH, Defendant-Appellant (Brett Whitworth, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided June 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Richard Meno, Denby, Meno, Bloomer & Denby, Carlinville, for Jeffrey Scott Whitworth.

James E. Ryan, Atty. Gen., Barbara A. Preiner, Sol. Gen., Jessie A. Wang-Grimm (argued), Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, for Dept. of Public Aid, Deborah L. Masinelli.

William A. Mudge, Lucco, Brown & Mudge Law Offices, Erin E. Reilly (argued), Edwardsville, for Brett Whitworth.


Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a paternity action brought on September 1, 1988, by the Department of Public Aid (Department) on behalf of Deborah L. Masinelli against Jeffrey Scott Whitworth, whom Masinelli claimed was the father of her minor child. Jeffrey was permitted to implead his identical twin, Brett Whitworth, as a third-party defendant. After reviewing the results of blood tests and testimony of the parties, the trial court determined...

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