IN RE MARRIAGE OF ROBERTS

No. 4-94-0638.

649 N.E.2d 1344 (1995)

271 Ill.App.3d 972

208 Ill.Dec. 683

In re the MARRIAGE OF Steven M. ROBERTS, Petitioner-Appellee, and Jennifer L. Roberts, Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided April 27, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holly W. Jordan, Meyer, Capel, Hirschfeld, Muncy, Jahn & Aldeen, P.C., Champaign, for Jennifer L. Roberts.

Reino C. Lanto, Wilson & Lanto, Rantoul, for Steven M. Roberts.

Harvey C. Welch, Urbana, for guardian ad litem Jonathan Roberts.


Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

This concerns a dispute between a former husband and wife as to the custody of a child born during their marriage but who is determined at the time of dissolution not to be the child of the husband. The decision requires consideration of the doctrine of the superior right of a natural parent and also the public policy of protecting the best interests of the child. No decision of a court of review of this State which...

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