Legal Opinion
Fink v. Fink
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 16, 1976No. 75-12PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STENGEL
delivered the opinion of the court:
We are asked to decide whether the Circuit Court of Peoria County erred when it gave full faith and credit to a Nevada divorce obtained by the defendant Walter R. Fink. At the conclusion of the bench trial on plaintiffs suit to have the Nevada decree declared void, the trial court ruled in favor of defendant.
Walter and Mary Fink were married in 1943, and separated in 1970. At the time of trial, the youngest of their three children was 18 years of age. Plaintiff obtained a decree of separate maintenance against the defendant in…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Esenwein v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. EsenweinSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Keck v. KeckIllinois Supreme Court · 1974
- People v. Estate of MoirIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
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3Cited by6 opinions
- In Re Estate of ElsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
- Rosenshine v. RosenshineAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- Levy v. DicksteinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
- Geesbreght v. GeesbreghtAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- In Re Marriage of HanlonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
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