Joliet, IL
Family Lawyer at Joliet, IL
Practice Areas: Family, Divorce & Separation, Appeals
OUTCOME: Appellate court found trial court did not abuse its discretion when it refused to modify respondent's child support obligation.
Respondent filed a motion to modify his child support payments to his former wife. After a hearing, the trial court denied Respondent's motion and Respondent appealed.
OUTCOME: Appellate court affirmed entry of a joint custody order entered without a formal evidentiary hearing.
The trial court entered a joint custody order without a formal evidentiary hearing. The court did so after a pretrial conference during which the court heard not only from the parties' counsel, but als ... o the guardian ad litem. Husband appealed.
OUTCOME: Appellate court held that award of residential custody to the petitioner was supported by the record.
Respondent, appealed from an order granting residential custody of the parties' two minor children to the petitioner.
OUTCOME: Appellate court found trial court had authority to apply section 513 when it awarded an increase in child support.
In 1999, the trial court entered a judgment dissolving the marriage between petitioner and respondent. The judgment awarded petitioner primary physical custody of the minor children and child support. ... In post-judgment proceedings, petitioner sought a child support increase. Both parties appealed the trial judge's ruling.