In Re Marriage of Rogers

The parties to this appeal were married on December 1, 1956, and the marriage was dissolved in 1979 by order of the circuit court of Du Page County. Respondent, Robert Rogers, was ordered to pay petitioner, Mary Ann Rogers, maintenance of $500 per month for three years from the judgment date. The marital residence of the parties, owned in joint tenancy, was ordered to be sold within this same three-year period.

Petitioner was given the right to remain in possession of the residence until its sale and was given an option to purchase respondent’s interest in it. That interest was judged to be…