In re Marriage of Stone

Petitioner, Nancy M. Stone, sought a court order permitting her to remove her three minor children from Illinois to Colorado. Her ex-husband, respondent Frederick W. Stone, objected to the petition. The trial court denied the petition, and petitioner appeals. She contends that the court’s order is against the manifest weight of the evidence.

The parties were married on September 13, 1975. The marriage was dissolved in April 1985 in the State of Idaho. On July 27, 1988, the petition to remove the children from Illinois to Colorado was filed.

At the August 19, 1988, hearing on the petition,…