In Re Marriage of Rogers

The issue in this case is whether cash gifts and “loans” received by a father from his family qualify as income under section 505 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (the Act) (750 ILCS 5/505 (West 2002)) for purposes of calculating the father’s statutory child support obligations. The circuit court of Cook County held that they do. It therefore took those gifts and “loans” into account when it granted the mother’s request for modification of the court’s judgment regarding child support. The appellate court affirmed. 345 Ill. App. 3d 77. We granted the father’s petition…