Younkins v. Younkins

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE BURMAN

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from an order entered in the Circuit Court denying the verified petition of the plaintiff, Lucille Younkins, to vacate and set aside a default divorce decree.

We will briefly outline the course of the litigation leading up to this issue. The plaintiff, Lucille Younkins, filed a complaint for divorce on February 27, 1967, on the grounds of cruelty. After a trial held on July 7,1967, she was denied a divorce and her complaint was dismissed.

On July 26, 1967, the Illinois Divorce Act, Ill Rev Stats, c 40, § 1, was…