Legal Opinion

Miller v. Miller

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 18, 1957No. Gen. 47,164PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE BRYANT

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a decree of the County Court of Cook county granting the petition of Lawrence L. Miller and Eleanor Miller, his wife, to adopt Robert Isaac Miller, a minor. The only defendant, who is the appellant, was Isabelle Miller, also known as Belle Miller, the mother of the minor son. She will be hereinafter more often referred to as the defendant.

Robert Isaac Miller was a young man, nearing his 21st birthday at the time of the proceedings. The petitioner Lawrence L. Miller was, at the time of filing the petition, already the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Cooper v. HinrichsIllinois Supreme Court · 1957
  2. People ex rel. Bowdry v. BowdryAppellate Court of Illinois · 1944

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Matter of Adoption of SchoffstallWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Wallace v. LougeeSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1966
  3. Huber v. HuberAppellate Court of Illinois · 1960
  4. In Re Dependency of BarthaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1969
  5. In RE ADOPTION OF REYNARD v. KellyIndiana Supreme Court · 1969

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