Legal Opinion
In Re Marriage of O'Brien
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 14, 2009No. 2-07-0264PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jorgensen
On November 1, 2006, the trial court entered judgment dissolving the marriage between petitioner, John O’Brien, and respondent, Lisa O’Brien. On February 6, 2007, the court denied petitioner’s posttrial motion. Petitioner appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in awarding respondent maintenance. Moreover, petitioner argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a substitution of judge. For the following reasons, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Petitioner and respondent were married on May 24, 1992; they have two children, born in 1992 and 1999.
In November 2003, petitioner was…
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