Burke v. Wallace’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. ““Petitioner’s contentions relative to the consents involve questions of fact which cannot be inquired into in a collateral proceeding. In re Estate of Harris, 339 Ill. App. 162, 166 , 89 N.E. 2d 197 (1949), held: ‘There is nothing in the record whatever to indicate that the defendant did not consent to the adoption, and nothing to indicate that the court did not fully inquire into the wishes of the defendant, or that the court was not guided by her wishes in the entry of the adoption decree. Whether the defendant consented to the adoption was a question of fact. As stated in Kennedy v. Borah, 226 Ill. 243 , at page 253, “Whether the facts proved justified the decree (of adoption) cannot be inquired into in this collateral proceeding.” ***’ ” ( 44 Ill. App. 2d 77, 84 , 194 N.E.2d 1 .)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 126 Ill. App. 3d 891 - Dahl v. Grenier