Flatley v. Flatley

Plaintiff-appellee, Mary Louise Flatley, petitioned the circuit court of Rock Island County to modify the terms of a decree of divorce awarded to plaintiff in 1974 by the same court. Defendant-appellant, Robert Edward Flatley, also filed a petition seeking to modify the parties’ divorce decree. Both petitions were filed in May of 1975 and sought to establish what the other party’s reasonable contribution towards their child’s college education should be. Defendant’s petition was denied and the trial court modified the divorce decree as requested in plaintiff’s petition.

A decree of separate…