IN RE ADOPTION OF D.

No. 2-99-1245.

739 N.E.2d 109 (2000)

317 Ill.App.3d 155

250 Ill.Dec. 648

In re ADOPTION OF D., a Minor (D.Y. and E.Y., Petitioners-Appellees, v. L.W., Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

November 2, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Levy, Aurora, for appellant.

Bruce D. Strom and Jeffrey S. McCutchan, both of Strom, Repay & McCutchan, Elgin, for appellees.

Marmarie J. Kostelny, of Zimmerman, Smith & Kostelny, Elgin, guardian ad litem.


Justice McLAREN delivered the opinion of the court:

The respondent, L.W., appeals the trial court's orders finding the respondent in default, terminating his parental rights to D., and denying his motion to vacate these orders and the judgment of adoption. We vacate the trial court's order denying the respondent's motion to vacate and remand the case for further proceedings.

On April 1, 1999, D.Y., the natural mother of D., and E.Y., D.Y.'s husband, filed...

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