McKenna v. McKenna
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill, to set aside a former decree. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman
An order to pay temporary alimony or solicitor’s fees must be based upon a finding that the party so commanded to pay is the husband of the complainant. If such condition be admitted or not denied, it may, for the purpose of the order, be assumed.
In the view of the writer of this opinion, when the existence of. the .alleged' marriage is denied, no such order can properly be made until a hearing has been had and the court upon it finds and adjudges that the relation of wife and husband exists.
If, before hearing and without regard to the denials of the defendant, an order to pay temporary…
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