In Re Wojtkowiak

JUDGE SCHWARTZ

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs filed a petition for the adoption of Kathleen Slush, whose natural mother is Jean Meyerhoff, also known as Jean Slush, herein referred to as the defendant. Defendant had signed a consent to the adoption as required by the Adoption Act. (Ch. 4, Sec. 3 — 6, Ill. Rev. Statutes 1955.) An amendment to that Act passed in 1953 (Ch. 4, Sec. 3 — 7, Ill. Rev. Statutes 1955) provides that consent to adoption executed and witnessed or acknowledged in accordance with the provisions of that Act shall be irrevocable unless obtained by fraud or…