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Department of Public Aid ex rel. Allen v. Dixson

Case Date: 07/09/2001
Court: 3rd District Appellate
Docket No: 3-00-0647 Rel


July 9, 2001

No. 3--00--0647

IN THE

APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

THIRD DISTRICT

A.D., 2001

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID,
ex rel. TAMARA ALLEN,

       Petitioner-Appellant,

       v.

FRED DIXSON,

       Respondent-Appellee.

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)		 Appeal from the Circuit Court
of the 9th Judicial Circuit,
McDonough County, Illinois


No. AO--F--26

Honorable
Patricia A. Walton
Judge, Presiding

JUSTICE BRESLIN delivered the opinion of the Court:


Fred Dixson executed a written acknowledgment of paternityadmitting that he was the biological father of Fred Dixson, Jr. However, when Dixson was subsequently faced with the prospect ofpaying child support and providing health insurance for Fred Jr.,he moved for genetic testing to determine whether Fred Jr. washis child. The judge granted the motion and ordered testing atthe State's expense. The State filed this interlocutory appeal,and we reverse.

The following provisions of the Illinois Parentage Act of1984 (the Act) (750 ILCS 45/1 et seq. (West 1998)) govern thisappeal.

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