Legal Opinion

People Ex Rel. Bukovich v. Bukovich

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 19, 1968No. 40421PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Underwood

This is a direct appeal by the plaintiff, Joseph Bukovich, from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus by which he .sought to take custody of his 6-year-old son, Mark, from the boy’s mother, Sally Bukovich. The judgment appealed from is contrary to the prior rulings of the circuit court of Porter County, Indiana, and the Supreme Court of Texas, both of which declared the right to custody of Mark to be vested in the plaintiff, and we must determine whether the Indiana and Texas judgments were denied full faith and credit in violation of…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. May v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  2. New York Ex Rel. Halvey v. HalveySupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. Nye v. NyeIllinois Supreme Court · 1952
  4. Kovacs v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Giacopelli v. Florence Crittenton HomeIllinois Supreme Court · 1959

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Edwards v. LivingstonIllinois Supreme Court · 1969
  2. People v. StilleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
  3. People v. OvertonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
  4. Randolph v. DeanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975
  5. Christensen v. ChristensenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975

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