In re Marriage of Barnett

Respondent, Sol Barnett, appeals a judgment of dissolution of marriage entered by the circuit court of Champaign County on September 5, 2002. Respondent argues the trial court erred (1) in barring him from presenting certain evidence as a sanction for refusing to afford discovery and (2) in finding that his transfer of a joint tenancy Fidelity account to petitioner, Phyllis Jane Barnett, constituted a gift, rendering the account petitioner’s nonmarital property. We affirm.

Petitioner and respondent were married April 23, 1988. On February 29, 2000, petitioner filed a petition for dissolution…