Reid v. Reid

HOGAN, Judge.

In this proceeding for dissolution of marriage, respondent Janice Reid (to whom we shall refer as the defendant) appeals from the provisions of the decree awarding principal custody of the children to the petitioner (to whom we shall refer as the plaintiff) and further appeals from the division of marital property.

The parties were married March 23, 1973, at Alton, Illinois, and were finally separated June 18, 1985. They are the parents of two children, a female child born April 13,1976, and a male child bom March 23, 1980.

The parties are relatively young people. At the time of…