People ex rel. Wider v. Johnson

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Madison County finding defendant-appellant to be the father of plaintiff-appellee’s illegitimate child pursuant to the provisions of the Paternity Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 160%, par. 51 et seq.). The case was tried before the court sitting without a jury. Appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient to establish his paternity of the child by a preponderance of the evidence.

Section 6 of the Paternity Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 106%, par. 56) provides that both plaintiff and defendant are competent witnesses in a…