People Ex Rel. St. Louis v. St. Louis

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent appeals from the entry of an order requiring him to pay $250 per month child support on the petition of the State of Wisconsin under the provisions of the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 40, pars. 1201 et seq.) 1 . He asserts that the trial court erred in not dismissing the petition and, alternatively, that the order should have credited him with child support payments made under prior court orders.

In 1975, respondent and his wife Cheri were divorced in the…