IN RE MARRIAGE OF CLARKE

No. 4-83-0695.

125 Ill. App.3d 432 (1984)

465 N.E.2d 975

In re MARRIAGE OF JOHN P. CLARKE, Petitioner-Appellee, and ROBERTA J. CLARKE, Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed June 25, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Metnick, of Metnick & Barewin, of Springfield, for appellant.

Henry C. Hagen, of Drach & Deffenbaugh, P.C., of Springfield, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

• 1 We hold here that in a proceeding under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 40, par. 101 et seq.) a court does not have authority either (1) to order a spouse or the estate of that spouse to make maintenance payments for a period extending beyond the death of that spouse, or (2) to require that spouse to secure income in lieu...

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