In re Marriage of Best

Docket No. 104002. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS In re MARRIAGE OF STEVEN RICHARD DEVORE BEST, Appellant, and ANGELA K. FARLOW BEST, Appellee. Opinion filed March 20, 2008. JUSTICE KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Thomas and Justices Freeman, Fitzgerald, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION In this opinion, we first consider whether the appellate court erred by sua sponte reversing the trial court’s declaratory judgment order addressing the validity and effect of a premarital agreement because the…