In Re Marriage of Evans

The petitioner, Rae A. Evans, filed a petition in the circuit court of Peoria County for the dissolution of her marriage to the respondent, Duane E. Evans. The circuit court entered a judgment dissolving the marriage on June 15, 1978, and on December 11 the court entered an order disposing of the property held by the parties. The petitioner appealed to the appellate court from the property disposition order. The appellate court, with one judge dissenting in part, reversed the order and remanded the cause (85 Ill. App. 3d 260), and we granted the respondent’s petition for leave to appeal under…