Cooper v. Hinrichs

PRESIDING- JUSTICE DOVE

specially concurring:

The Adoption Act provides that no matters not germane to the distinctive purpose of the proceeding shall be introduced by joinder, counterclaim or otherwise. In Bachellor v. Dockterman, 291 Ill. App. 418, at page 4 21, it is said: “A party intervening must show that he has a substantial interest in the subject matter of the suit and of such a character that his rights will be directly affected by the decree entered.” In my opinion, the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rockford has no interest in the subject matter of this proceeding and its…