IN RE MARRIAGE OF MAY

No. 3-96-0588.

678 N.E.2d 71 (1997)

286 Ill. App.3d 1060

222 Ill.Dec. 664

In re the MARRIAGE OF Tamera Sue MAY, Petitioner-Appellee, and Tommy Joe May, Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

March 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick P. Kopp (argued), Peter H. Lousberg, Lousberg, Kopp, Kutsunis & Weng, Rock Island, for Tommy Joe May.

James L. Tappa (argued), Spector, Tappa & Nathan, Rock Island, for Tamera Sue May.


Justice BRESLIN delivered the opinion of the court:

In this case, we are confronted with the intriguing issues of bigamy and deceit. But the fundamental question we must answer is whether a second husband may have his marriage declared void after his wife's prior marriage has been dissolved, despite the fact that he lived in a conjugal relationship with his wife for almost four years thereafter. We hold that he cannot.

FACTS

Tamera and Tommy were...

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