Legal Opinion
Van Dam v. Van Dam
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 21, 1960No. Gen. No. 47,827PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Schwartz
This is an appeal from an order denying defendant’s amended petition under Section 72 of the Civil Practice Act, [Ill Rev Stats 1959, c 110, § 72], seeking to set aside a divorce decree obtained by plaintiff. The principal question is whether there was a proper basis for the court’s order waiving the provisions of Sections 7b and 7c, Chapter 40, of the Illinois Revised Statutes, 1959, relating to the “cooling-off” period in divorce cases.
On August 9, 1958, plaintiff filed her praecipe for summons in a divorce suit. It was served August 10, 1958. On August 15, 1958, the following proceedings…
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