Rey v. Rey

The plaintiff filed a complaint against his wife seeking a divorce on the grounds of mental cruelty (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 40, par. 1). The defendant submitted her answer denying the material allegations in the complaint. At the close of the plaintiffs testimony at the hearing before the court, the defendant’s motion for a directed finding in her favor was granted. The plaintiff appeals.

The defendant has not filed an appearance nor an answering brief in this court. We exercise our discretion to rule on the merits, however. Loucks v. Loucks (1971), 130 Ill.App.2d 961, 964.

The plaintiff…