Pedersen v. Pedersen

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DIERINGER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Shirley R. Pedersen, filed this action in the Circuit Court of Cook County on November 13, 1973, pursuant to section 72 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 110, § 72) to vacate the decree of divorce on the grounds that the property settlement incorporated in the decree of divorce had been procured by coercion and fraud on the part of the defendant, Lloyd A. Pedersen. The court denied the petition, and the plaintiff appeals from that judgment.

The issues presented for review by the plaintiff are…