{"id":5034,"date":"2015-04-23T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=5034"},"modified":"2015-04-23T07:24:35","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T12:24:35","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-finds-that-dna-testing-is-valid-in-trust-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-finds-that-dna-testing-is-valid-in-trust-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Finds that DNA Testing is Valid in Trust Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The beneficiaries of the Barbara B. Kaull Trust included the biological children of Mark James Kaull\u2019s father, Mark Kaull, who died in 2010. Mary Kaull, acting as trustee of the Barbara B. Kaull Trust, petitioned the court for a ruling on whether Mark, the elder, was also the father of Ryan Donald Schrader. Mark James Kaull might be the brother of Ryan Donald Schrader. To determine whether they were in fact brothers, Mary Kaull asked the court for an order compelling Mark James Kaull to submit to a DNA test. Mark James Kaull refused and was held in contempt of court. Mark James Kaull argued that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.il.us\/Court\/SupremeCourt\/Rules\/Art_II\/ArtII.htm#215\">Illinois Supreme Court Rule 215<\/a> as revised and amended in 1996 is unconstitutional under the U.S. and Illinois Constitutions.<\/p>\n<p>Mark James claimed that the revised Rule 215 violated the prohibition on reasonable searches and seizures under the U.S. Constitution\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\">Fourth Amendment<\/a>, plus his right under Article 1, Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution to be free from unreasonable searches, seizures and invasions of privacy.<\/p>\n<p>This case, which was set in <a href=\"http:\/\/wincoil.us\/\">Winnebago County<\/a>, Ill., granted Mary\u2019s request for the DNA testing. Mark appealed from that order which fined him $100 and a dollar a day for declining to obey.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-finds-that-dna-testing-is-valid-in-trust-contest\/#more-5034\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The beneficiaries of the Barbara B. Kaull Trust included the biological children of Mark James Kaull\u2019s father, Mark Kaull, who died in 2010. Mary Kaull, acting as trustee of the Barbara B. Kaull Trust, petitioned the court for a ruling on whether Mark, the elder, was also the father of Ryan Donald Schrader. 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