Collins v. Collins

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DOWNING

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Maggie Collins, brought an action for separate maintenance against defendant, Joseph Collins, who then counterclaimed for a divorce. Following a bench trial, the court awarded separate maintenance to plaintiff and denied defendant’s counterclaim. Defendant appeals from the denial of his divorce, the order of separate maintenance, and the order to pay a portion of plaintiff’s attorney’s fees. Plaintiff cross-appeals from the court’s finding that the child, Letitia Collins, was not born of the parties and from the…