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· 6/17/1924

Wiswell v. Simpson

Citations

  • 313 Ill. 49
  • 144 N.E. 463

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  • “the adoption statute creates a statutory proceeding unknown at common law,” requiring the court to “strictly construe the statute in favor of the rights of biological parents”

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