In Re Marriage of Flores

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE CAMPBELL

delivered the opinion of the court:

The petitioner, Fabiola Flores, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County entered November 16,1979, finding that petitioner and respondent Jesus Flores are first cousins of the half blood and that the marriage between petitioner and respondent is a prohibited marriage pursuant to section 212(a) (3) of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 40, par. 212(a)(3)), and void ab initio. On appeal, the petitioner contends that: (1) the trial court erred in entering a…