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IN RE PARENTAGE OF J.W.

No. 114817.

2013 IL 114817

In re PARENTAGE OF J.W., a Minor (Steve Taylor, Appellee, v. Amy Wills-Merrill (Jason Wills, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Filed May 23, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Sotomayor , of Orl and Park, for appellant.

James A. Martinkus , of Erwin, Martinkus & Cole, Ltd., of Champaign, for appellee.

Robert F. Harris , Kass A. Plain and Christopher Williams , of the Office of the Cook County Public Guardian, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Cook County Public Guardian.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, and Diane Potts , Deputy Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services.

Camilla B. Taylor , of Chicago, for amicus curiae Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.

Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

JUSTICE THEIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The issue in this appeal concerns the proper standard to be applied when a biological father seeks visitation privileges after a determination of parentage under section 14(a)(1) of the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 (the Parentage Act) (750 ILCS 45/14(a)(1) (West 2010)). The circuit court of Vermilion County applied the best interests of the child standard set forth in section...

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