People Ex Rel. Johnson v. Payne

Defendant John Payne appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County denying his section 72 petition (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 110, par. 72), now section 2 — 1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 110, par. 2—1401), in which he sought to vacate a judgment for paternity and support entered against him almost three years earlier. Defendant also seeks to appeal directly from that initial judgment as well as from the denial of an amended section 72 petition and a petition to vacate the original judgment, both latter petitions having been filed after the denial…