In Re Marriage of Fleming

Petitioner, Jack Fleming (husband), appeals from a divorce decree entered by the Circuit Court of Du Page County which ordered the distribution of marital property, required him to pay a portion of respondent’s attorney’s fees and ordered him to contribute to his daughter’s educational expenses.

On December 8, 1962, husband married respondent, Elizabeth Fleming (wife). No children were born of the marriage, but husband adopted wife’s child, Kathy Jo, who was 19 years old at the time of trial. In November 1969, the parties purchased the marital home for *21,500. In August 1971, wife and Kathy Jo…