In re Marriage of Leon

The case comes to us on appeal from a decision of the circuit court of La Salle County. At issue is a question somewhat unique to the law of Illinois, to-wit, the jurisdictional effect of a remarriage of the parties to an action for dissolution. The question arises against a multistate geographical background.

Janice Leon and John L. Leon were first married on August 26,1972. That union did not endure, and the couple was divorced by the circuit court of La Salle County on April 19, 1976. Pursuant to the terms of the La Salle County decree, the determination of ownership of numerous items of…