[DOWNLOAD] "Stanley v. Illinois" by Supreme Court of the United States ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Stanley v. Illinois
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 03, 1972
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
Description
Joan Stanley lived with Peter Stanley intermittently for 18 years, during which time they had three children. When Joan Stanley died, Peter Stanley lost not only her but also his children. Under Illinois law, the children of unwed fathers become wards of the State upon the death of the mother. Accordingly, upon Joan Stanleys death, in a dependency proceeding instituted by the State of Illinois, Stanleys children were declared wards of the State and placed with court-appointed guardians. Stanley appealed, claiming that he had never been shown to be an unfit parent and that since married fathers and unwed mothers could not be deprived of their children without such a showing, he had been deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed him by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Illinois Supreme Court accepted the fact that Stanleys own unfitness had not been established but rejected the equal protection claim, holding that Stanley could properly be separated from his children upon proof of the single fact that he and the dead mother