FAMILY LAW FLASH POINTS (June 2024)

By: Donald C. Schiller
Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP
Chicago, Lake Forest and Wheaton, Illinois
Telephone: (312) 641-5560; Facsimile: (312) 641-6361:
www.sdflaw.com; dschiller@sdflaw.com

Michelle A. Lawless
The Law Office of Michelle A. Lawless LLC
161 N. Clark St. Suite 1700 Chicago, Illinois
Telephone: (312) 741-1092
www.malfamilylaw.com; michelle@malfamilylaw.com.

  1. Trial court’s refusal to conduct in camera interview of minor child affirmed.In a post-judgment matter, husband appealed the trial court’s ruling which granted wife’s petition to modify the parenting plan for their minor child, who was a ten-year old boy, at the time of the trial.  Husband had filed a motion for in camera interview of the minor child in order for the court to
  2. Trial court’s post-judgment modification of parenting time affirmed.  In a post-judgment parenting time modification proceeding, the trial court modified the parenting schedule from a schedule where husband had three out of four weekends per month to an every-other-weekend schedule with opportunities for additional time and a larger block of time during the
  3. Second District addresses putative spouse statute.In a procedurally complex probate action which has been addressed once in the Illinois Supreme Court, following the death of purported husband over whom guardianship had been established, purported wife lost the argument that the validity of the marriage had been established. Thereafter,purported wife sought.
    In re Estate of John W. McDonald III
    IRMO Gorr 2024 IL App (3d) 230412
    IRMO Gualandi 2024 IL (5th) 240238
    Hush v. Hush 2024 IL App (1st) 221521