DEPT. OF PUBLIC AID v. LIESMAN

No. 4-90-0733.

578 N.E.2d 310 (1991)

218 Ill. App.3d 437

161 Ill.Dec. 183

The DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID ex rel. Shaun SKELTON by his mother and next friend Patsy Skelton, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth LIESMAN, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

August 29, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen. State of Illinois, Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Sol. Gen., Tanya Solov, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, for plaintiff-appellant.

Patrick J. O'Hara, Petersburg, for defendant-appellee.


Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Illinois Department of Public Aid (DPA) on behalf of the minor Shaun Skelton (Shaun), appeals from the order of the circuit court dismissing the paternity action against defendant, Kenneth Liesman, as being barred by a prior judgment pursuant to section 2-619(a)(4) of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (Ill. Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 110, par. 2-619(a)(4)). Plaintiff contends that res judicata<...

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