Morfey v. Ritchie

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

Micky Joe Morfey, the putative 1 father of male child Ritchie filed a petition under the Juvenile Court Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 37, pars. 702—1, 702—4). He alleged that he fathered the child, that the child was neglected, dependent and otherwise in need of supervision. He alleged that the child had been abandoned by his natural mother, Nancy Ritchie, the respondent. He sought the appointment of a guardian with power to consent to the adoption of the child by the petitioner and asked that he be granted custody. Following…