Plant v. Plant

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Bond County in a separate maintenance proceeding denying- the wife a retroactive allowance for child support furnished by her from the time of the original decree up to the filing of her petition for reimbursement 4Pk years later.

The separate maintenance decree, entered December 5, 1967, awarded custody of the couple’s minor child to the wife. It did not make any allowance to her for child support or attorney’s fees, but instead specifically reserved such question “for future ruling by the court.” Admittedly, at the time of entry of the…