IN RE STELLA

No. 1-04-0592.

818 N.E.2d 824 (2004)

353 Ill. App.3d 415

288 Ill.Dec. 889

In re The Minor Child Alexis STELLA (Patrick Stella, Petitioner-Appellee v. Pearl Garcia, Respondent-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

October 19, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Sue Roberts-Kurpis, P.C. (Sue Roberts-Kurpis, of counsel); and Law Office of John A. Clark (John A. Clark, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellant.

Patrick Stella, Orland Park, for Appellee.


Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

This case illustrates the doctrine of unintended consequences. It arises out of In re Stella (Stella I), 339 Ill.App.3d 610, 274 Ill.Dec. 391, 791 N.E.2d 187 (2003), where we were asked to decide whether section 17 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 (Parentage Act), 750 ILCS 45...

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