In Re Marriage of Carlson

Petitioner Nancy Carlson obtained a judgment for dissolution of marriage, which respondent Charles Carlson moved to vacate on the grounds of unconscionability and duress. The motion was denied. Charles appeals. For the reasons below, we affirm.

Charles and Nancy were married on July 16, 1977, and lived together until April of 1985, when Nancy moved to Lyons, Illinois. Charles remained at the marital residence in Berwyn, a two-flat in which the couple had lived in one apartment and rented the other. They had no children.

On May 7, 1985, Nancy filed a petition for dissolution of marriage. On May…