Deenis v. Deenis

Citations

• 79 Ill. 74

Syllabus

<p>1. Alimony—when it may be allowed. Alimony may be allowed, under the statute, notwithstanding the divorce is granted for the fault of the wife. ’’</p> <p>2. It is not the law that alimony must be given to the wife in all cases, but only in those cases where, from all the circumstances, it is equitable to do so.</p> <p>3. Same—not to be regulated by the pecuniary circumstances of the parties alone. In cases where the circumstances may justify a divorce under our statute, there may be a widely different degree of merit on the one side and censure on the other, which should very properly be considered in determining the question of alimony, quite independent of the pecuniary circumstances of the parties.</p>