Opinion ID: 2227445
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Heading Rank: 7

Heading: simpson's competency to marry

Text: In her cross-appeal, defendant asserts that the trial court's finding that Simpson was incompetent at the time of the marriage to defendant was against the manifest weight of the evidence. We disagree. We find that the appellate court's opinion thoroughly discussed the relevant evidence and applied the proper standard of review to hold that the trial court's finding was not against the manifest weight of the evidence. (197 Ill.App.3d at 844-46, 144 Ill. Dec. 309, 555 N.E.2d 428.) Consequently, we affirm the finding of the trial and appellate courts that Simpson lacked the requisite mental capacity to enter into the marriage with defendant. In view thereof and our prior finding that Pape's counterclaim for a declaration of invalidity of Simpson's marriage to defendant met the requirements of section 13-207 of the Code, we enter judgment for Pape thereon.