Patton v. Armstrong

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff-appellee Carl L. Patton was awarded a default divorce from defendant-appellant Stella R. Patton on March 18, 1969. The decree granted custody of the couple’s two children to the father with visitation rights given to the mother. The mother remarried and filed a petition for change of custody in 1971. On February 19, 1971, the trial court entered a verdict for the father denying Mrs. Armstrong the relief prayed for and she appealed. In Patton v. Armstrong (5th Dist. 1972), 6 Ill.App.3d 998, 286 N.E.2d 351, this…