Joseph v. Joseph

Plaintiff, Diane Joseph, filed a petition for post-decree relief challenging the distribution of an escrow account held by respondents, her former attorneys, under the terms of a property settlement contained in a decree of divorce. The circuit court of Cook County dismissed plaintiff’s petition and she prosecutes this appeal against respondents. Defendant, plaintiff’s former husband, is not a party to the appeal.

Plaintiff’s petition claimed that respondents had improperly disbursed funds which they held in escrow under the terms of the property settlement agreement. On March 25, 1970, the…