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· 4/4/1986

In Re Custody of Peterson

Citations

  • 491 N.E.2d 1150
  • 112 Ill. 2d 48
  • 96 Ill. Dec. 690
  • 1986 Ill. LEXIS 238

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “nonparents must first show that the child is ‘not in the physical custody of one of his parents’ ”
  • noncustodial father did not relinquish physical custody of his child merely because child had resided with mother prior to her death

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Judges: Ward

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