Legal Opinion

In Re Marriage of Melton

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 18, 1981No. 16415PublishedCited by 16 opinions

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

  1. Richard v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1978
  2. Prince v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1979
  3. Hannas v. HannasIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Gordon v. GordonIllinois Supreme Court · 1955
  5. Martin v. McIntoshAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. In Re Marriage of SmithAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
  2. Teitelbaum v. Reliable Welding Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1982
  3. Kosten v. St. Anne's HospitalAppellate Court of Illinois · 1985
  4. In re Marriage of MillerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
  5. In re Marriage of MullinsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984

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