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Department of Public Welfare v. Sevcik

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 22, 1960No. 35450PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hershey

The Department of Public Welfare of the State of Illinois filed a petition in the probate court of Cook County, seeking to obtain payment from John Sevcik, Conservator of Paul Sevcik, an incompetent, for certain accrued charges for care and maintenance of the incompetent, a patient confined to the Elgin State Hospital. By its petition the Department sought to recover accrued charges and to obtain a continuing order that would compel the conservator to pay monthly charges computed pursuant to statutory authorization for care and treatment of the incompetent.

The conservator resisted the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Lawrence v. ShawSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. In Re Lewis' EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1938
  3. State Department of Public Welfare v. DeBakerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1958
  4. In re SimpsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1946
  5. In re CervantesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1940

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Tressie Savoid, Committee of George David Savoid v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
  2. State Ex Rel. Eastern State Hospital v. BeardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1979
  3. Essex County Welfare Board v. PhilpottSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1971
  4. Gossett v. CzechCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
  5. Navickas v. Lawrence Hall, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1967

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