In re Marriage Lakin

Petitioner, L. Thomas Lakin, appeals from entry of a property settlement by the circuit court of Madison County. On appeal, petitioner raises for our consideration the following issues: (1) whether the trial court abused its discretion when it entered a judgment order based on an earlier oral property settlement agreement when both parties contested certain provisions of that agreement at the hearing on entry of the judgment order; and (2) whether petitioner was deprived of due process because notice of the June 17, 1994, hearing on entry of the judgment order was given June 16, 1994, when…