Mother and father are the biological parents of L.W. The parties were never married. Father had been very abusive in their relationship. Mother filed a parentage petition. The child was a toddler. The facts include that father had successfully interviewed for a job that required frequent travel. As a result, father was sporadically present after [...]
Is permissive pension service credit based on time served in the military marital or nonmarital property? The court needed to look at the facts of the case, of course. The parties had purchased permissive service credit in the Illinois State Retirement System during their marriage. It was based on time the husband had served in [...]
Father filed a complaint to determine parentage in the trial court. He was initially granted supervised parenting time. Later, the court entered a parenting order that reserved parenting time for father. This was because of his incarceration at that time. The Trial Court entered a preliminary injunction. The father was stopped from any contact or [...]
Wife filed A verified petition for A plenary order of protection against her husband of 45 years. She alleged a history of verbal, emotional, and physical abuse that spanned decades. But, it recently increased in frequency and severity. Following a hearing on the petition, the court granted wife’s petition. It made several findings as to [...]
Parties are divorced already. The circuit court granted the wife’s Petition to increase child support. She also filed a Petition for contribution to her attorney’s fees. For most of the case, husband did not have an attorney. Husband appealed on a number of grounds. Husband’s first argument on appeal is that the circuit court lacked [...]
During trial, wife testified that the marital residence had been listed for sale at $279,000 with two outstanding mortgages, totaling $170,000. The parties agreed that the residence had roughly $100,000 in equity. To wife’s knowledge, husband had paid all mortgage and tax payments. He had not. Then, judgment for foreclosure and sale of the marital [...]
The court entered an order finding that Respondent father was unfit to parent his 4-year-old minor child. It was in the minor's best interest to terminate his parental rights. The juvenile court expressly found Respondent not to be credible. The court was permitted to take into account the fact that Respondent had knowingly remained uninvolved [...]
The Court refused to offset the father’s unallocated maintenance and child support arrearage by the amount he allegedly paid to third parties for the mother’s benefit. The support order was not modifiable by the father alone. The court refused to order mother to reimburse father for monies he had paid to third parties for her. [...]
The parties were divorced in North Carolina. Joint custody of the minor child was awarded to the parties by the North Carolina court. Later, the parties independently moved to Du Page County, Illinois. By agreement, the judgment of dissolution entered in North Carolina was registered and enrolled in the circuit court of Du Page County. [...]
Mother filed claims for a “child's awards” under the Probate Act of 1975. And for child support under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. This was in probate proceedings for the estate of the decedent, father. The circuit court granted the child's awards pursuant to the Probate Act. But, it denied a claim [...]