Lutz v. Lutz

This is an appeal from an order entered pursuant to a petition brought under section 72 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 110, par. 72), which vacated, in part, a default judgment for divorce and other relief entered against defendant.

Plaintiff commenced the action for divorce against defendant after approximately two years of marriage during which the parties had resided in plaintiff*s home in Lake County, Illinois, while defendant, who was in the Army, was stationed nearby at Fort Sheridan. He subsequently was assigned to duty in Virginia, to which he transferred, leaving…