In re Marriage of Jones

Mme JUSTICE SPOMER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The parties involved in this case have been married for more than 25 years and have raised five children. They have lived separate and apart since August 22,1978, when Billy Jones absented himself from the marital home. Both of them have appealed from the denial by the Circuit Court of St. Clair County of both their petitions: that of Rita Jones for legal separation, and that of Mr. Jones for dissolution of marriage.

After a careful review of the lengthy record, we are unable to declare the trial court’s decision that neither party had…