Hamilton ex rel. Ceasar v. Ceasar

Respondent Ricky Ceasar’s (Ceasar’s) jury demand in the underlying paternity suit was stricken because he failed to pay the statutory jury fee. Leave to appeal from this interlocutory order was granted pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308. (134 Ill. 2d R. 308.) The issue certified by the circuit court is:

“Whether a respondent in a parentage action, under the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, as amended, who had been determined by the branch court judge to be indigent, within the meaning of the Act, and hence, appointment of the Public Defender to represent him because of his indigency [sic], may…