Chicago, IL
Divorce and separation Lawyer at Chicago, IL
Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation, Child Custody ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Prevailed at Third District Court of Appeals
Prevailed on appeal which overturned the Circuit Court, and found that the lower Court erred in extending an award of maintenance to Appellee, wherein Appellee had failed to demonstrate that she took a ... dequate efforts at becoming self sufficient post-divorce.
OUTCOME: Prevailed on issue of classification of property
Multiple provisions of a Judgment for Dissolution of Marriage were appealed. While the First District Appellate Court affirmed one of the appealed issues, it reversed the ruling of the trial court that ... jewelry given to Appellant Wife during the marriage was marital property, and that the property would have otherwise been returned to Husband. The Appellate Court found that the property was a gift to Wife, making it her non-marital property.
OUTCOME: Prevailed at First District Appellate Court
Hurst, Robin & Kay successfully overturned the decision of the trial court awarding exclusive possession of the marital residence to the wife. The Appellate Court reversed the finding of the trial cour ... t relating to exclusive possession pursuant to 750 ILCS 5/701. It was held that trial court’s judgment granting wife’s petition for exclusive possession of the marital residence was unsubstantiated by the evidence. This matter addressed an issue without extensive precedent in case law. This was the first published case on this issue in eighteen years in Illinois.
OUTCOME: Prevailed at Illinois Supreme Court
Hurst, Robin & Kay prevailed on behalf of the petitioner. The Supreme Court held that in light of former wife’s pending contempt petition, an order terminating maintenance was not a final order that wa ... s immediately appealable, in the absence of a finding by the trial court that there was no just reason for delaying the appeal. This matter clarified conflicting case law regarding Illinois Supreme Court Rule 304(b).
OUTCOME: Prevailed at First District Appellate Court
HRK prevails in defense of appeal addressing maintenance in gross, valuation issues. The Appellate Court affirmed all of the trial court’s rulings. At issue on appeal was an order of maintenance “in gr ... oss”, valuation of the marital residence and interest in a business, the propriety of a nunc pro tunc order, and the award of attorney’s fees to Husband for the defense of the appeal
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