Butler v. Butler

Opinion

KATZ, J.

The plaintiff, Laura B. Gary, formerly Laura B. G. Butler, appeals1 from the judgment of the trial court that terminated an Illinois order of joint custody and awarded sole custody of her two minor children to the defendant, Piers J. R. Butler. The plaintiff claims that the trial court improperly failed to apply the clear and convincing burden of proof required to modify joint custody under the custody provisions of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act; 750 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. § 5/601 et seq. (West 1999); and that its decision to award sole custody to the…