People Ex Rel. McGraw v. Mogilles

PRESIDING JUSTICE NASH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, People of the State of Illinois ex rel. Sadie McGraw, appeals from an order of the circuit court which granted a motion by defendant, Huey Mogilles, for relief from a judgment pursuant to section 2 — 1401 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 110, par. 2 — 1401) (formerly section 72 of the Civil Practice Act).

This is a paternity action brought on behalf of Sadie McGraw against defendant in March 1982. Defendant subsequently acknowledged he was the father of the infant child and on September 9,…