Stacke v. Bates

In this dissolution of marriage case, the circuit court of McHenry County entered an order directing James H. Stacke, as executor of the estate of George A. Bates, deceased (the estate), to pay Mary Luise Bates equitable maintenance during the estate’s appeal of a maintenance-in-gross order. George A. Bates, Mary Luise Bates’ former husband, had died three years prior to the entry of these orders. The estate petitioned the appellate court for a stay of the equitable maintenance order. The court granted the stay and Mrs. Bates then filed a petition for leave to appeal in this court contending…