In re Marriage of Pace

JUSTICE WOLFSON,

specially concurring:

I agree with the result reached by the majority because I believe the trial judge actually used the analytical approach in determining whether the personal injury settlement was marital property. I write this specially concurring opinion because the majority leaves Cook County trial judges in doubt as to which approach to take. My own preference is the analytical approach of In re Marriage of Waggoner, 261 Ill. App. 3d 787, 634 N.E.2d 1198 (1994).

Waggoner departs from previous Illinois decisions on whether personal injury and worker's compensation claims…