People Ex Rel. Franks v. Franks

This is a proceeding for child support filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (Ill Rev Stats, c 68, § 50 et seq.). The basic support order was entered in a pending divorce action in Kansas.

On May 24,1968, the Cook County trial court dismissed the support petition “upon the finding of the Court that Respondent John Walter Franks, Jr. is not the father of the minor child of the Petitioner.” Respondent appeals from an order entered six months later under section 72 of the Civil Practice Act, which vacated the dismissal order…