Legal Opinion

In Re Custody of Stearns

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided May 21, 1980No. 79-824PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

On September 27,1976, David and Joyce Steams were divorced. The divorce decree incorporated an agreement of the parties as to, inter alia, the custody of the couple’s three minor children. Mrs. Steams received custody of the children. David Steams was granted visitation for three weekends each month and for a period of up to one month during the summer school vacation of the children, “if the children are willing.” The later provision was made, in part, because David Steams, a physician, had moved from the site of the marital home,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re Custody of HarneIllinois Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Gray v. GrayAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
  3. In Re Custody of BurnettAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. In Re Marriage of PeaseAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
  2. In Re Marriage of WechselbergerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
  3. People Ex Rel. Bukovic v. SmithAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
  4. In re Marriage of BaltierraAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
  5. In Re Marriage of PeaseAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982

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