In re Marriage of Eaton

PRESIDING JUSTICE KNECHT

delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner Lisa Eaton appeals from a denial by the circuit court of Adams County of her request to remove her three minor children from Illinois. Petitioner and respondent Timothy Eaton were granted a judgment of dissolution of marriage September 11, 1990. The parties were married in 1977 and during the course of the marriage had three children, ages 7, 10, and 12 at the time of the hearing on the petition for removal.

Pursuant to section 609 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Act) (750 ILCS 5/609 (West 1992))…