DeYoung v. DeYoung

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STENGEL

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Karen DeYoung (Pieper) appeals from a decree of the Circuit Court of Peoria County wherein her petition to modify a child custody order was denied and plaintiff Robert DeYoung’s counterpetition for child support was granted.

After five years of marriage the parties were divorced in 1968, and defendant, who was then living in Ohio, was awarded custody of the couple’s two daughters while plaintiff was given a right to summer visitation. The divorce decree also ordered plaintiff to pay $20 per week child support while the…