Van Fleet v. Van Fleet

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Warren County directing plaintiff to pay certain sums as attorney’s fees and costs to defendant, with a cross-appeal assigning error on the part of the trial court in not allowing the complete amount of attorney’s fees requested by the attorney for defendant.

Fred Van Fleet commenced a proceeding for divorce against defendant Beverly Van Fleet on May 5,1975, and charged defendant with mental cruelty. In a discovery deposition taken on December 22, 1975, plaintiff admitted that…