Graham v. Graham

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE KARNS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff-appellee Hazel L. Graham filed a petition seeking separate maintenance from her husband, defendant-appellant Kenneth E. Graham, in the Circuit Court of Shelby County. The petition alleged, inter alia, that the defendant had “willfully abandoned, deserted and absented himself from the plaintiff and the marital home in Shelby County, Illinois, without any reasonable cause or fault on the part of the plaintiff # 0 The defendant’s answer denied these allegations and affirmatively alleged that the plaintiff was barred from any…