The trial court held that the home in which parties resided for their 28–year marriage was marital property. It awarded the home and its furnishings to wife. Husband appealed. The marital home, located in Winnetka was acquired by the parties after their marriage. It was acquired and built from the proceeds from the sale of [...]
At the divorce trial, the Trial Court held that the marital residence was husband’s non marital property. It ordered husband to reimburse the marital estate for monies it had contributed to build the marital residence. Wife argued that the residence was marital property. Wife appealed. Husband had contributed a substantial amount of non-marital funds towards [...]
The trial court entered a judgment of dissolution. A few days before trial, wife’s attorney was allowed to withdraw from representing her. On the same date that the attorney had filed the motion to withdraw. Wife was awarded a condo owned by the parties. Wife was required to pay all expenses associated with the condo. [...]
The Trial Court denied ex-husband's petition to modify or terminate maintenance. It granted ex-wife's motion to modify maintenance. It calculated maintenance to wife based on the amended guidelines. The parties’ divorce had taken place before the new guidelines were in effect. The Trial Court increased ex-husband's obligation based on its calculation of his income. Husband [...]
The parties are in court for a hearing for a two year order of protection. The mother testified to two specific fact patterns that did not appear in her underlying petition. (1) that the father had pushed their son into a wall. And, (2) that the father hit their son in thehead with a cell [...]
There were allegations of abuse by their father, Jaime D. A 5-year-old boy, J.D., and his 2 sisters were placed in temporary custody of DCFS. A DNA test then showed that Jaime D. was not the boy’s father. Mother testified that a different man, Alejandro A., was the boy's father. Jaime D. had signed a [...]
The trial court held a hearing on the status of the discovery of this case. Plaintiffs stated that as of that date, the defendant had still not produced all of the requested documents. Defendant's counsel stated that his client was in good-faith compliance with the spirit of discovery. He complained that most of the documents [...]
Defendant appeals from the order of the Circuit Court compelling her answers to certain questions. They had been asked during the taking of her discovery deposition. Plaintiff was awarded his costs for the noncompliance by defendant. Plaintiff's attorney had requested that the defendant produce certain documents within 28 days. It was now a day or [...]