Kristen Dumke v. Chicago & Vicinity Laborers’ District Council Pension Fund; Elizabeth Fischer; Estate of Jeffrey Dumke

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION KRISTEN DUMKE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 25 C 50328 ) CHICAGO & VICINITY LABORERS’ ) Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer DISTRICT COUNCIL PENSION FUND; ) ELIZABETH FISCHER; ESTATE OF ) JEFFREY DUMKE, ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Jeffrey Dumke died in March 2024, survived by his widow, Elizabeth Fischer, and his ex- wife, Plaintiff Kristen Dumke. Kristen Dumke filed a lawsuit in state court seeking to enforce provisions of a divorce agreement granting her a share of her former husband’s pension benefits.…