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 To have justified a conveyance of property owned by one spouse to the other under former section 17 of the Divorce Act, the party seeking the conveyance must have pleaded and proved special circumstances and equities which entitled that party to an interest in the property; the spouse claiming special equities in property had to show that he or she had contributed money or services other than those normally performed in the marriage relationship which directly or indirectly were used to acquire or enhance the value of the property.  In re LaSusa
 Under former section 17 of the Divorce Act, a court could compel a conveyance of property owned by one spouse to the other only where the party seeking such a conveyance proved special circumstances entitling that party to an equitable interest in the property.  Hogan v. Hogan
 Where a wife did not allege, nor did she adduce by proof, any equitable ownership, special circumstances, or existing equities relative to the household goods, under the authority of former section 17 of the former Divorce Act, the court had no power to invest her with the property rights of her consort.  Schouten v. Schouten
 In order to justify a conveyance of property under former Ill.Rev.Stat., ch. 40, para. 18 special circumstances and equities were required to be alleged and established by the evidence.  Stevens v. Stevens