Ayala v. Fox

Plaintiff, Anita Ayala, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Du Page County dismissing her five-count complaint against defendants, Lawrence Fox and NED Wheaton Bank (Bank). Plaintiff contends that the trial court erroneously dismissed her complaint based on Hewitt v. Hewitt (1979), 77 Ill. 2d 49. We disagree with plaintiff and therefore affirm the trial court’s order.

On June 20, 1989, plaintiff filed her complaint, the underlying factual allegations of which are as follows. Plaintiff and Fox met in July 1976 and began residing together shortly thereafter. In August 1976, Fox…