Slagel v. Wessels

PRESIDING JUSTICE COOK

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Tamra S. Slagel had three children by her marriage. On the death of her husband, Slagel received life insurance proceeds in the amount of $215,341.76, which she invested.

Sometime later, Slagel began a relationship with defendant, Dale Wessels. As a result of that relationship, two children were born. This litigation began in 1995, when Slagel filed a petition to determine the existence of a father-child relationship between Wessels and the two children. Custody of the two children was originally awarded to Slagel, and Wessels…