PEOPLE EX REL. COLEMAN v. ELY

No. 78-57.

71 Ill. App.3d 701 (1979)

390 N.E.2d 140

THE PEOPLE ex rel. BONNIE COLEMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROOSEVELT ELY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Rehearing denied May 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott D. Sherwin, of Sherwin & Sherwin, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Paul P. Biebel, Jr., and Rosalyn H. Kagan, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


Order affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE PERLIN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Roosevelt Ely, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County finding him in contempt of court for failure to submit to a supplemental blood test pursuant to the adjudication of a paternity action. The sole issue presented for review is whether a trial court in an action pursuant to the Paternity Act has authority to order defendant to submit to a supplemental blood...

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