In re Marriage of Hawking

Petitioner Ronald Hawking appeals from a final order of the circuit court of Cook County which dismissed his petition to terminate maintenance. The petition asserted that his ex-wife, respondent Dawn Hawking, was engaging in a conjugal relationship on a resident, continuing basis.

The sole issue on appeal is whether the circuit court properly interpreted section 510(a) of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 40, par. 510(a)), which provides in relevant part that “the provisions of any judgment respecting maintenance or support may be…