People Ex Rel. Drury v. Catholic Home Bureau

Marilyn Drury instituted this habeas corpus action in the Cook County circuit court against the Catholic Home Bureau, a corporate child placement agency licensed by the State of Illinois and operating under the auspices of the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Petitioner’s objective was to regain custody of her infant son previously surrendered by her to the agency for adoptive placement. Petitioner’s appeal comes directly here (Const, of Illinois, art. VI, sec. 5) from a final judgment finding the surrender to have been voluntarily made and from an order denying a petition to…