Lacey v. Lacey

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Roy Lacey, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing his petition to vacate or modify the child-support provisions of a decree of divorce awarded plaintiff, Lillie M. Lacey. Defendant’s petition for relief was brought under section 72 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 110, par. 72), or, in the alternative, under section 18 of the Divorce Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 40, par. 19). The pertinent facts are as follows.

In 1972 plaintiff instituted divorce proceedings against…