In a divorce proceeding, wife filed an emergency motion for injunctive relief. She alleged that husband secretly amended his revocable trust to remove her as successor trustee and beneficiary. A few months before he filed a divorce petition. Wife alleged that this trust had been part of the parties’ agreed estate plan and contained substantial [...]
The trial court granted husband a reduction in the amount of maintenancehe was obligated to pay wife. It denied wife’s requests for an increase inthe monthly award based on the statutory maintenance guidelines. And it denied a retroactive increase for the time period the case was pending. Wife appealed. The Appellate Court affirmed. The wife [...]
The Court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion of husband. He is disabled, has MS, and receives social security benefits. He seeks to modify the maintenance amount he receives from wife. Husband did not offer any evidence showing that his MS had progressed in a way that was not anticipated in the [...]
The Marital settlement agreement (MSA) provided that husband owed wife a child support arrearage in the amount of $79,301.44. He would repay that debt by reimbursing each of the 3 children's section 529 plans accordingly. The parties would jointly bear the children's higher education expenses. The MSA did not provide that husband's repayment of the [...]
Pursuant to the terms of the divorce judgment, husband was to make three $5,000 payments to wife over a one-year period. Wife was also to receive specified marital property. Husband was to receive the remainder of the property. Each of the parties subsequently filed petitions for rule to show cause. Each alleged that the other [...]
After court entered judgment of dissolution. Husband died. Then, wife (Jodi) filed 3rd-party complaint against Mary. Mary was husband's wife at the time of his death. Jodi alleged that Mary was unjustly enriched because she was receiving a pension as surviving spouse of a disabled firefighter under Section 4-114 of Pension Code. The Trial Court [...]
Husband incorporated JDS Homes, a construction business. In 2006, JDS Homes purchased a parcel of land in Burr Ridge known as the Crosscreek Subdivision. The land was divided into 10 separate lots. With the exception of Lot 7, all of the lots were developed and sold. In 2012, respondent incorporated JDS Home Builders. Lot 7 [...]
The parties divorce. In their agreement, they are each to make and keep in full force and effect a valid will. It is to provide that each of them will give and bequeath at least 50% of their net estate to their six children in equal shares. They also agreed to a remedy in [...]
Neither party presented the trial court with expert opinion testimony as to the value of the marital residence and a piece of rental property. The husband testified as to his own personal knowledge of what he believed the combined values of the two properties were worth. The wife presented evidence as to the assessed value [...]
At trial, the wife testified about and introduced into evidence several spreadsheets. She argued that they made a basic showing that the husband had dissipated over $160,000. In unaccounted cash withdrawals from his bank accounts from 2010 through the first half of 2016. Dissipation is the use of marital assets for the benefit of one [...]