In Re Estate of Karas

An order was entered in the circuit court of Cook County, County Department, Probate Division, declaring that the deceased Louis Karas left him surviving Evangelia Karas, his widow, as his only heir at law and next of kin. Thereafter a petition, later amended, was filed by Mary Sodermark seeking to vacate that order. Upon motion of the widow the said amended petition was stricken and dismissed. The appeal now before us is from that order.

The petitioner states the two issues as follows:

“1. Does the Illinois Probate Act permit a child born out of wedlock and acknowledged by her father to…