IN RE SCARLETT Z.-D.

No. 117904.

28 N.E.3d 776 (2015)

390 Ill. Dec. 123

2015 IL 117904

In re Parentage of SCARLETT Z.-D., a Minor (James R.D., Appellee, v. Maria Z., Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 19, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Schopp , of Aurora, for appellant.

Camilla B. Taylor , of Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., of Chicago, for appellee.

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

Winston & Strawn LLP ( Samuel S. Park , of Chicago, and K. Joon Oh , of San Francisco, California), and John Knight , of Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., of Chicago, for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union et al.

Hugh S. Balsam and Andy J. Miller , of Locke Lord LLP, of Chicago, for amici curiae Family Institute at Northwestern University et al.


OPINION

¶ 1 Scarlett Z.-D. is the adopted daughter of respondent, Maria Z. Petitioner, James R.D. (Jim), filed a petition in the circuit court of Du Page County seeking a declaration of parentage, custody, visitation, and child support regarding Scarlett. Prior to...

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