Weger v. Weger

Petitioners, Tom W. Weger and Cindy Weger, filed a petition for the custody of their granddaughter, T.W, under the custody provisions of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Marriage Act) (750 ILCS 5/601 et seq. (West 2004)). The circuit court of Crawford County granted the petition and awarded petitioners the custody of T.W On appeal, TW’s father, respondent Todd Smith, raises these issues: (1) whether the award of custody violated his due process rights in light of the recent opinion in In re R.L.S., 218 Ill. 2d 428, 844 N.E.2d 22 (2006), and (2) whether the trial court…