In Re Custody of Carter

The respondent, Barbara Ritz, formerly Barbara Carter, appeals from the August 21, 1984, judgment of the circuit court of Du Page County which transferred the custody of her two daughters, Joanne and Jeanette, to her former husband, David Carter, the petitioner. On appeal, respondent argues: (1) that the judgment was against the manifest weight of the evidence; (2) that she was denied a fair trial by the trial court’s numerous incorrect evidentiary rulings; and (3) that she was denied a fair trial in that the trial court abandoned its position of neutrality and became an advocate for…