In Re Marriage of Melton
Appellate Court of Illinois
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mills
Petitioner filed for a divorce and got it.
Now she wants it voided and nullified.
She can’t do it.
She got exactly what she asked for.
We affirm.
Petitioner-wife filed a motion to vacate a judgment of dissolution. The motion asserted that the trial court abused its discretion in denying her motion for continuance; that she did not in fact enter into the property settlement agreement upon which the judgment was based; that the court erred in not holding a bifurcated hearing on the question of property disposition; that the judgment was defective on its face; and, that the judgment was invalid since…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Martin v. McIntoshAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
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