People Ex Rel. Donelson v. Cowling

Respondent appeals from an order denying his request that attorney’s fees be assessed against the State’s Attorney’s Office pursuant to section 2 — 611 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 110, par. 2 — 611), for statements made within a petition for rule to show cause and a motion to vacate which respondent alleged were untrue and made without reasonable cause.

We affirm and pertinent to our decision are the following.

Upon respondent’s stipulation that he was the father of petitioner Letitia Donelson’s children, Kyle and Jillian, he was ordered on October 5,…