Kohl v. Murphy

ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the court is the motion of defendant Patrick T. Murphy (“Murphy”) to dis miss all four counts of plaintiffs’ complaint. For the reasons stated below, the motion is granted.

FACTS

This case is the epilogue to a lawsuit litigated in 1990 in the Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County (Case No. 90 J 3751). In that case, plaintiffs Pamela and Joseph Kohl executed a consent form relinquishing all parental rights and obligations to their adopted son, Anthony. The Kohls had cared for Anthony and his younger brother, Sam, since August 2, 1982, when the…