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IN RE ADOPTION OF E.L.

Nos. 1-99-2070, 1-99-2465 and 1-99-2676.

733 N.E.2d 846 (2000)

315 Ill. App.3d 137

248 Ill.Dec. 171

In re the ADOPTION OF E.L., A Minor. J.L., Respondent-Appellant in the adoption case, Petitioner-Appellant on the Section 2-1401 Petition, v. F. & P.A., Petitioners-Appellees in the adoption case, Respondents-Appellees on the Section 2-1401 Petition.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

June 30, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Cozzola, Diana White, Emily Friedman, and Ruth Giles Ott, of the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Lifshitz, Uve R. Jerzy, of Mandel, Lipton and Stevenson Limited, Chicago, for Appellee.

Richard Lifshitz of Mandel, Lipton & Stevenson Limited; Michael P. Doyle, Assistant Attorney General; Edward J. O'Connell; and Maurice Albin, Chicago, Amici Curiae.

Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Appellant J.L. intervened in an adoption proceeding in which appellees F. and P.A. (the A.'s) had adopted J.L.'s biological daughter, E.L. J.L. filed verified petitions seeking to set aside the adoption based on lack of jurisdiction and fraud. After J.L. moved for summary judgment on the petitions, the trial court vacated the final judgment order of adoption and proceeded to hold a custody hearing pursuant to section...

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