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 [...]
The Trial Court entered a judgment of dissolution. It awarded permanent maintenance to the wife. The wife had spent several years raising their daughter rather than pursuing a career. The Trial Court ordered the husband to pay half of the daughter's private high school tuition. The husband argued that he should pay less than half [...]
Wife filed a petition for dissolution for marriage. Husband filed an answer and counterpetition. He also filed a declaratory judgment action. He was asking that their antenuptial agreement was valid and binding. At the conclusion of trial, husband's counsel requested the court to enter a judgment of dissolution. Wife objected. Husband had a serious medical [...]
The Trial Court found that ex-husband had to reimburse ex-wife for her marital share of funds used to purchase the enhancement. Ex-wife appealed. She argued that the permissive military service credit was marital property since the enhancement had been purchased with marital funds. The Appellate Court reversed the Trial Court. It found that the permissive [...]