IN RE PARENTAGE OF JOHN M.

Nos. 97227, 97327.

817 N.E.2d 500 (2004)

212 Ill.2d 253

288 Ill.Dec. 142

In re The PARENTAGE OF JOHN M., a Minor (Javier Valdivia v. Maria Matias Izaguirre et al. (Maria Matias Izaguirre, Appellant; Dennis Dean Malkowski, Appellee; Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, Appellant)).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

September 23, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard S. Shapiro, Kathryn McGowan Bettcher, Batavia, for appellant Maria Matias Izaguirre.

Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Diane M. Potts, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for appellant Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield.

Steven N. Peskind, Geneva, appellee.


Chief Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Intervenor, Lisa Madigan, in her capacity as Attorney General of the State of Illinois, and defendant Maria Izaguirre1 (Maria) appeal directly to this court from an order of the Kane County circuit court holding the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 (the Act) (750 ILCS 45/1 et seq. (West 2000)) unconstitutional and dismissing with prejudice the "Petition to Determine a Father...

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