In Re Marriage of Whetstone

The petitioner, Carol Mae Good (formerly Carol Mae Whetstone), appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County which required the respondent, Richard P. Whetstone, to pay $309 as child support arrearages. On appeal Good argues that the trial court erred in its construction of the child support and alimony provisions of the divorce decree and should have required Whetstone to pay over $10,000 in child support and alimony arrearages.

The parties were divorced on March 11,1974. The parties’ settlement agreement was incorporated into the judgment of divorce. The relevant portion of that…