Case Name: Mary Ann Standley, Appellant, v. Phillip Standley et al., Appellees
Court: Illinois Appellate Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1908-04-21
Citations: 143 Ill. App. 278
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mary Ann Standley, Appellant, v. Phillip Standley et al., Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Appellate Court Reports
Volume: 143
Pages: 278–279

Head Matter:
Mary Ann Standley, Appellant, v. Phillip Standley et al., Appellees.
Divorce—what sufficient to establish right to temporary alimony. A wife, a party to a divorce proceeding, in order to establish her right to temporary alimony, need only show probable grounds.
Divorce. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby county; the Hon. Truman E. Ames, Judge; presiding.
Heard in this court at the November term, 1907.
Reversed and remanded.
Opinion filed April 21, 1908.
Walter C. Headen and Le Forgee and Vail, for appellant.
No appearance for appellee.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Ramsay
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellant filed her bill against appellees in the Circuit Court of Shelby county in which she prayed for a divorce from Phillip Standley and for an injunction against him and Oliver M. Standley, and while said cause was pending presented her petition for tern porary alimony and solicitor's fees, which, on hearing, was denied and appellant ordered to take and have nothing for her support, etc. This appeal followed.
Upon the hearing a sharp conflict developed in regard to the merits of appellant's claim for divorce, appellee's financial ability to care for and support appellant, and in regard to the amount that he had actually expended in her behalf after their separation.
It would seem, from an inspection of the abstract, that the appellant showed probable grounds for her claim, which is all the law required upon such a hearing. Jenkins v. Jenkins, 91 Ill. 167; Johnson v. Johnson, 20 Ill. App. 495.
We do not deem it necessary to make examination in detail of the record, or to discuss the case at length, as appellees have failed to file any brief as required by rule 29 of this court.
The order of the trial court is reversed and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.