GALVEZ v. RENTAS

No. 1-09-2231.

934 N.E.2d 557 (2010)

Guadalupe GALVEZ, Petitioner, v. Jose RENTAS, Respondent-Appellant (The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Intervenor-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

August 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Moran , Chicago, for Appellant.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General of the State of Illinois, and Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General ( Jan E. Hughes , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for Appellee.


KARNEZIS, J., delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from an order of the circuit court denying respondent Jose Rentas' petition for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing filed pursuant to section 11(a) of the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 (Parentage Act or Act) (750 ILCS 45/11(a) (West 2008)). Rentas filed his petition for genetic testing in response to a 2008 petition filed by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (the Department...

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