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<h3>Case</h3>
<strong>Caption:</strong> In re Marriage of Craig C. Pace and Catherine F. Pace<br>
<strong>Citation:</strong> 2025 IL App (2d) 240392-U (Order filed Aug. 14, 2025)<br>
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Case
Caption: In re Marriage of Craig C. Pace and Catherine F. Pace
Citation: 2025 IL App (2d) 240392-U (Order filed Aug. 14, 2025)
Court: Illinois Appellate Court, Second District
Rule: Filed under Supreme Court Rule 23(b) (non‑precedential)
Panel & Judge
Opinion by: Presiding Justice Kennedy
Concurring: Justices Schostok and Birkett
Held
Abuse of discretion: Trial court erred by not holding an evidentiary hearing on respondent’s petition to modify child support.
Due process violation: Trial court improperly found respondent in violation of the dissolution judgment without issuing a rule to show cause and without an evidentiary hearing.
Mootness: Postjudgment interest issue is moot because the modified child support judgment was vacated.
Disposition: Judgment vacated and remanded.
Procedural posture
Appellant: Catherine F. Pace (pro se).
Orders appealed: Feb. 16, 2024 order awarding Craig $1,593.41 for child‑related expenses (Count II of Craig’s Nov. 13, 2019 petition for rule to show cause) and the denial of Catherine’s motion to reconsider the trial court’s Nov. 14, 2019 order finding Craig in contempt (case description truncated in source).
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