• 2 It is a well-settled rule of law that under the Dramshop Act "means of support" has been construed as requiring that the person injured did in fact render support and that no damage award can be based on a future potentiality of support not presently provable. ( Shiflett v. Madison, 105 Ill. App.2d 382, 245 N.E.2d 567; Robertson v. White, 11 Ill. App.2d 177, 136 N.E.2d 550; Lowrey v. Malkowski, 23 Ill. App.2d 371, 163 N.E.2d 528, aff'd, 20 Ill.2d 280, 170 N.E.2d 147, cert. denied, 365 U.S. 879, 6 L.Ed.2d 191, 81 S.Ct. 1029.) Thus, in Robertson v. White, the court affirmed the dismissal of an action for loss of "means of support" brought by the parent of a deceased four-year-old boy who had not been contributing to her support at the time of his death.
Bowman v. County of Lake, 29 Ill.2d 268, 281. • 7 The proposed amendment also mentions injury to the father's means of support, but this would require that support had previously been provided by the son ( Shiflett v. Madison, 105 Ill. App.2d 382, 387; Lowrey v. Malkowski, 23 Ill. App.2d 371, 375; Robertson v. White 11 Ill. App.2d 177; see Annot., 4 A.L.R.3d 1332), and the point was not urged on this appeal. Accordingly we will not disturb the trial judge's ruling on the motion for leave to amend.