IN RE MARRIAGE OF SMITH

No. 54284.

86 Ill.2d 518 (1981)

In re MARRIAGE of IONA SMITH, Appellee, and GAINES N. SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam S. Pessin, of Pessin, Baird & Wells, of Belleville, for appellant.

John R. Sprague, of Sprague, Sprague & Ysursa, of Belleville, for appellee.


Judgments affirmed in part and reversed in part; cause remanded.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Iona Smith, and defendant, Gaines N. Smith, ended their 22-year marriage with a 1978 decree of dissolution entered in the St. Clair County circuit court, followed by a property division order several months later. A post-trial motion by plaintiff resulted in a further hearing and an amended order which plaintiff appealed, urging...

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