In Re Marriage of Donley

In 1977, after 11 years of marriage, petitioner Dennis L. Donley filed a complaint for divorce from Marilyn A. Donley, and in June of 1978, after the effective date of the new Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 40, par. 101 et seq.), a hearing was held solely to determine whether grounds existed for dissolving the marriage. The trial court entered an order dissolving the marriage and giving temporary custody of the parties’ three children to Marilyn. Thereafter, a hearing was held to determine questions of support, maintenance, division of property,…