Jacobs v. Jacobs

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order modifying a decree of divorce.

Plaintiff and defendant were married in New York in 1963 in a Jewish religious ceremony. One child, Jennifer, was bom to them of this marriage. In December, 1969, plaintiff petitioned for and was awarded a divorce in the Circuit Court of Cook County. That decree awarded the sole care, custody, control and education of the minor child Jennifer, then 4 years of age, to plaintiff mother. Prior to the divorce, both plaintiff and defendant were of the Jewish religion.…