Dept. of Public Aid ex rel. Davis v. Brewer

Docket No. 84330–Agenda 36–May 1998.

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID ex rel . LINDY DAVIS, now by marriage, Lindy Eddy, Appellee, v. JESSE BREWER,

Appellant.

Opinion filed October 22, 1998.

At issue in this appeal is whether, under section 610 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Act) (750 ILCS 5/610 (West 1996)), in order to modify a child custody judgment within two years of the judgment's entry, the circuit court must find child endangerment by clear and convincing evidence or whether the court need only find that there is “reason to believe” that the child's present…