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RANKIN EX REL. HEIDLEBAUGH v. HEIDLEBAUGH

No. 5-99-0615.

747 N.E.2d 483 (2001)

321 Ill. App.3d 255

254 Ill.Dec. 443

Alan RANKIN, Franklin-Williamson Human Services, on behalf of Joe C. HEIDLEBAUGH, Petitioner, v. John HEIDLEBAUGH, Respondent-Appellant (Darlene Heidlebaugh, Respondent; Equip for Equality, Inc. and Karen Kauffman, Appellees). In re Guardianship of Joe Heidlebaugh, a disabled person (John Heidlebaugh, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joe Heidlebaugh, Respondent; Equip for Equality, Inc. and Karen Kauffman, Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

April 13, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Kionka; Richard J. Habiger, Habiger & Associates; Katherine I. Black, Carbondale, for Appellant.

Diane I. Jennings, Anderson, Bennett & Partners; Karen I. Ward, Equip for Equality, Inc., Chicago, for Appellees.

Presiding Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Joe Heidlebaugh was born with severe cerebral palsy and spastic quadriplegia, and he has severe motor disabilities. When Joe was one year old, he was abandoned and placed in foster care. Approximately 10 years later, John and Darlene Heidlebaugh, a deeply religious couple from southern Illinois, saw Joe on a television program and felt called to adopt him. It took the Heidlebaughs a year to locate Joe,...

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