Mitchell v. Henderson

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff appeals from an order denying him and granting defendant the custody of Tasha Daniell Mitchell, a minor. The issues presented are: whether the finding that he had not proved he was the father is against the manifest weight of the evidence and, if he had established parenthood, whether the court erred in not granting custody to him.

Tasha Daniell Mitchell was bom on October 6, 1975, to Patricia Henderson, an unmarried woman. Defendant, Patricia’s mother, took custody of Tasha immediately after Patricia’s death on…