Legal Opinion
Evink v. Edwards
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 20, 1982No. 81-702PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD
delivered the opinion of the court:
Whether foster parents are entitled to bring an action for wrongful death of a child on theories of an agreement to adopt or “equitable adoption” is the question before us.
Dawn Marie Edwards, then 13, was struck by a car and killed on November 25,1980. Jerry Evink filed a petition seeking to open a probate estate and to be appointed her administrator in order to file a wrongful death action, alleging that he and his wife, Bonnie Evink, stood in the place of the natural parents of the decedent. The Evinks filed an additional…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Wilson v. TromlyIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
- Album Graphics, Inc. v. Beatrice Foods Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1980
- Steed v. Imperial AirlinesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
- In Re Marriage of ValleCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1975
- Hopkins v. GiffordIllinois Supreme Court · 1923
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Ray Lindley for David A. Lindley v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Holt v. Burlington Northern RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
- In Re Estate of EdwardsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
- Lankford v. WrightSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1997
- Opio v. WurrDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1995
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