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Overview This Rule 23 order affirms the circuit court's dissolution judgment in a Cook County divorce. The appellate court upheld the 50/50 division of book royalties and advances from works written d...
Overview This Rule 23 order affirms the trial court's modification of a 2019 allocation judgment, awarding the mother sole decision-making authority over education, extracurricular activities, and med...
Overview This case involves post-decree litigation over the division of a husband's IBEW pension via QDRO. After multiple rejected QDROs, the wife filed a petition for attorney fees under Section 508(...
Overview This case involves a dispute over the classification of real property in a dissolution of marriage proceeding. The Fifth District Appellate Court affirmed the circuit court's judgment that th...
Overview This parentage case involves the allocation of parental responsibilities and parenting time for two minor children, A.C. (born 2012) and I.C. (born 2013). The Second District affirmed the tri...
Overview This Rule 23 order affirms the trial court's judgment limiting a mother's parenting time to brief electronic contact and awarding the father sole decision-making authority. The appellate cour...
Overview The First District Appellate Court affirmed the circuit court's judgment dissolving the marriage of Betty and Jon Hardeman, specifically upholding the equal (50/50) division of the marital ho...
Overview This case addresses modification of indefinite maintenance where the recipient spouse failed to seek employment. The Third District reversed the trial court's conversion of indefinite mainten...
This is one of 28 contempt cases from Illinois Appellate Court in the past 30 days. Overview This Rule 23 order addresses a mother's appeal from findings of indirect civil contempt for violating a 201...
This is one of 70 maintenance cases from Illinois Appellate Court in the past 30 days. Overview This appeal arises from post-dissolution proceedings where James Sowatzke challenged the trial court's h...
This is one of 16 parenting_time cases from Illinois Appellate Court in the past 30 days. Overview This Rule 23 order addresses a dissolution of marriage involving classification of farm property, chi...
This is one of 16 parenting_time cases from Illinois Appellate Court in the past 30 days. Overview This Rule 23 order affirms the trial court's dissolution judgment awarding respondent sole parental d...
This is one of 60 child_support cases from Illinois Appellate Court in the past 30 days. Overview This appeal arises from post-dissolution child support modification proceedings in In re Marriage of C...
This is one of 41 modification cases from Illinois Appellate Court in the past 30 days. Overview This case involves a father's appeal of post-judgment modifications to a parenting plan. The Third Dist...
This is one of 15 property_division cases from Illinois Appellate Court in the past 30 days. Overview This appeal concerns the enforceability of a premarital agreement executed in 2007. The Appellate ...
1) Case citation and parties - In re Adoption of Mariya N. and Seth N., No. 5-25-0586, 2025 IL App (5th) 250586‑U (Ill. App. Ct., 5th Dist., Dec. 16, 2025). - Petitioners/Appellees: Devon N. and Jessi...
1) Case citation and parties - In re Marriage of Spencer, 2025 IL App (4th) 250712-U (Dec. 12, 2025) (Rule 23 order; non‑precedential). - Petitioner‑Appellant: Aaron Justice Spencer. Respondent‑Appell...
- Case citation and parties In re Marriage of Scott, 2025 IL App (4th) 250776-U (Ill. App. Ct., 4th Dist. Dec. 9, 2025) (Rule 23 non‑precedential). Petitioner-Appellee: Stuart A. Scott. Respondent-App...
In re Marriage of Calcagno, 2025 IL App (3d) 250299 1) Case citation and parties - In re Marriage of Calcagno, 2025 IL App (3d) 250299 (Opinion filed Dec. 5, 2025). - Petitioner–Appellee: Michael Calc...
- Case citation and parties In re Marriage of Patel, 2025 IL App (3d) 240453 (Ill. App. Ct., 3d Dist. Dec. 3, 2025). Petitioner-Appellant: Deepak V. Patel. Respondent-Appellee: Binita Patel. - Key leg...
1. Case citation and parties - In re Marriage of Ziskind, 2025 IL App (1st) 241157-U (1st Dist. Nov. 26, 2025). - Petitioner-Appellee: Victoria Ziskind. Respondent-Appellant: Yuriy Ziskind (pro se on ...
1. Case citation and parties - In re Adoption of H.A., 2025 IL App (4th) 250345-U (Ill. App. Ct. 4th Dist. Nov. 21, 2025) (Sup. Ct. R. 23 order — not precedent except in limited circumstances). - Resp...
- Case citation and parties In re Marriage of Julin, 2025 IL App (1st) 241855-U. Petitioner-Appellant: Lisa Julin; Respondent-Appellee: Jonathon Siegel. - Key legal issues 1) Whether the trial court p...
1. Case citation and parties - In re Marriage of Jones, No. 1-25-0259, 2025 IL App (1st) 250259‑U (1st Dist. Nov. 19, 2025) (Rule 23 order; non‑precedential). - Petitioner‑Appellee: Ryan Jonathan Jone...
- Case citation and parties In re Marriage of Dalzell, No. 2-24-0658, 2025 IL App (2d) 240658-U (Ill. App. Ct. Nov. 17, 2025) (Rule 23 order). Petitioner/Appellee: Jennifer Dalzell (n/k/a Jennifer Joh...
1) Case citation and parties - In re Marriage of Groh, No. 2-25-0319, 2025 IL App (2d) 250319-U (Order filed Nov. 17, 2025) (Rule 23(b) non-precedential). - Petitioner-Appellant: Randy Groh. Responden...
In re Marriage of Hainds, 2025 IL App (4th) 250454‑U 1) Case citation and parties - In re Marriage of Hainds, No. 4‑25‑0454, 2025 IL App (4th) 250454‑U (Ill. App. Ct. 4th Dist. Nov. 7, 2025) (Rule 23 ...
- Case citation and parties In re Marriage of Stoltman, 2025 IL App (3d) 240687 (Nov. 7, 2025). Petitioner-appellant: James E. Stoltman Jr.; Respondent: Darice C. Lesure; third-party claimant/appellee...
1. Case citation and parties - In re Marriage of Bean-Oyler, No. 4-25-0319, 2025 IL App (4th) 250319-U (Ill. App. Ct. 4th Dist. Nov. 6, 2025). - Petitioner-Appellant: Heather M. Bean‑Oyler. Respondent...
- Case citation and parties In re Marriage of Kinsella, 2025 IL App (3d) 240144-U (Ill. App. Ct., 3d Dist. Oct. 30, 2025) (Rule 23 order). Petitioner-Appellee: Donielle Kinsella. Respondent-Appellant:...
- Case citation and parties In re Marriage of Werhun, 2025 IL App (3d) 250201‑U (Oct. 29, 2025) (Rule 23 order). Petitioner‑Appellant: Erin Werhun. Respondent‑Appellee: Jeffrey Werhun. Appeal from Du ...
- Case citation and parties In re Adoption of D.G., 2025 IL App (4th) 250392‑U (Ill. App. Ct., 4th Dist. Oct. 28, 2025) (Rule 23 order; not precedent). Petitioners/Appellees: Case M. & Brittney M. — R...
- Case: In re Marriage of Nadolski, 2025 IL App (3d) 240346-U (Ill. App. Ct., 3d Dist. Oct. 27, 2025) (Rule 23 order; non‑precedential). - Parties: James Nadolski (petitioner/appellant) v. Teresa Nado...
1. Case citation and parties - In re Marriage of Ito, 2025 IL App (3d) 240641-U (Ill. App. Ct., 3d Dist. Oct. 23, 2025) (Rule 23 order; non‑precedential). - Petitioner‑Appellant: Nina Ito. Respondent‑...
- Case citation and parties In re Marriage of Pond, 2025 IL App (3d) 240696-U (Ill. App. Ct., 3d Dist. Oct. 21, 2025) (Rule 23 order). Petitioner-Appellant: Michael D. Canulli (attorney). Respondent-A...
1. Case citation and parties In re Marriage of Neal, 2025 IL App (3d) 250101‑U (Ill. App. Ct. Oct. 20, 2025) (Rule 23 order). Petitioner‑appellee: Thomas Neal. Respondent‑appellant: Mario Neal. 2. Key...
- Case citation and parties In re Parentage of D.O., 2025 IL App (3d) 240645‑U (Oct. 15, 2025) (Rule 23 order; not precedent). Petitioner‑Appellee: Christie Capalety. Respondent‑Appellant: Dominic O’N...
In re Marriage of Tiffany A., 2025 IL App (5th) 250409‑U 1) Case citation and parties - In re Marriage of Tiffany A., No. 5‑25‑0409 (Ill. App. Ct., 5th Dist.), decision filed Oct. 14, 2025 (Rule 23 no...
- Case citation and parties In re Marriage of Kreid, 2025 IL App (5th) 250187-U (Ill. App. Ct., 5th Dist. Oct. 8, 2025). Petitioner-Appellee: Zelpha Kreid. Respondent-Appellant: Kaleb Kreid. - Key leg...
1. Case citation and parties - In re Marriage of Turner, 2025 IL App (3d) 250246-U (Ill. App. Ct., 3d Dist. Oct. 8, 2025) (Rule 23 order; non‑precedential). - Petitioner‑Appellant: Alexander Turner. R...
1. Case citation and parties - In re Marriage of Brosh, No. 5-23-0114, 2025 IL App (5th) 230114-U (5th Dist. Sept. 30, 2025) (Rule 23 order). Petitioner-Appellee: Donna Brosh. Respondent-Appellant: Ke...
In re Marriage of Lebovich, 2025 IL App (1st) 230576‑U 1) Case citation and parties - In re the Marriage of Alissa Lebovich (Petitioner‑Appellee) and Lenny Lebovich (Respondent‑Appellant). - Appellate...
1. Case citation and parties In re Marriage of May, 2025 IL App (5th) 241179-U. Petitioner-Appellee: William D. May Jr.; Respondent-Appellant: Amy May. 2. Key legal issues - Whether the appellate cour...
- Case citation and parties In re Marriage of Sanfilippo, No. 1-24-1794, 2025 IL App (1st) 241794-U (1st Dist. Sept. 29, 2025) (Rule 23 order; non-precedential). Petitioner–Appellee: Linda Sanfilippo....
- Case citation and parties In re Marriage of Sawyer, 2025 IL App (5th) 240481-U. Petitioner-Appellee: Toni Brooke Sawyer. Respondent-Appellant: Shawn Aaron Sawyer. (5th Dist.; Coles County No. 22-DN-...
- Case citation and parties In re Adoption of G.T., 2025 IL App (4th) 250232-U. Petitioner‑Appellant: Wesley E. (putative father). Respondent‑Appellee: Madalyn T. (mother); adoption by stepfather Alex...
- Case citation and parties In re Marriage of Springer, 2025 IL App (5th) 220378-U. Petitioner–Appellee: Angela Springer. Respondent–Appellant: Brett Alan Springer. Appeal from Vermilion County circui...
- Case citation and parties In re Marriage of Jessica A.S., 2025 IL App (5th) 250297-U (5th Dist. Sept. 8, 2025) (Rule 23 order, non-precedential). Petitioner‑Appellant: Jessica A.S.; Respondent‑Appel...
- Case citation and parties In re Marriage of McJoynt, 2025 IL App (3d) 240447-U (Ill. App. Ct. 3d Dist. Sept. 5, 2025). Petitioner-Appellee: Theodore McJoynt. Respondent-Appellant: Angela McJoynt. (R...
1. Case citation and parties - In re Marriage of Stallworth, 2025 IL App (4th) 250210-U (Ill. App. Ct., 4th Dist. Aug. 29, 2025) (Steigmann, J.; DeArmond & Vancil, JJ., concurring). - Petitioner-Appel...
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In re Marriage of Eckert establishes that a substantial change in circumstances affecting the child's best interests is required to modify custody. The change must be significant enough to warrant revisiting the allocation of parental responsibilities.
Illinois courts treat cryptocurrency as marital property subject to equitable distribution under 750 ILCS 5/503. Valuation typically occurs at or near the date of distribution. Forensic analysis may be required to trace and value digital assets, especially if one spouse suspects hidden wallets.
Under 750 ILCS 5/504, maintenance is calculated as 33.33% of the payor's net income minus 25% of the payee's net income, capped so the payee receives no more than 40% of combined net income. Duration depends on the length of the marriage.
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