In Re Marriage of Oleksy

The main issue in this appeal is whether a court order drafted by an attorney and presented to a judge for signature is within the scope of the “pleading, motion and other paper of a party” language of Supreme Court Rule 137 (155 Ill. 2d R. 137). The order contained dispositive language on an issue that was represented as agreed to by the parties. In fact, there was no agreement. The trial judge signed the order. When he later learned that there had not been an agreement, he imposed a sanction on the drafting attorney under Rule 137. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the sanction.

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