In re Marriage Hannon

The respondent wife, Mary Lou Hannon, appeals from the court’s modified order dissolving her marriage with the petitioner husband, James J. Hannon. She challenges the order’s provision which precludes her receipt of survivor benefits from the intervenor-appellee City of Aurora Firefighters’ Pension Fund (the Fund).

The parties were married in 1956 and lived together until 1985. During the process of dissolving their marriage, they reached a negotiated settlement. On February 8, 1989, the court filed its original dissolution judgment including the parties’ agreed “Qualified Domestic Relations…