In Re Marriage of Bower

Petitioner, Sidney Bower, brought a petition pursuant to section 72 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 110, par. 72), seeking to vacate a judgment of divorce which incorporated an oral property settlement agreement. Petitioner claimed that respondent, Ann Bower, made a fraudulent misrepresentation which induced him to enter into the property settlement agreement. The trial court dismissed the section 72 petition and petitioner appeals. We affirm.

Pursuant to a stipulation between the parties, a hearing on the complaint for divorce proceeded as a default matter. At the…