Legal Opinion

In Re Marriage of Pitulla

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 19, 1986No. 84—271, 84—1299 consPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRESIDING JUSTICE RIZZI

delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Joanne Pitulla, appeals from an order of the circuit court dismissing her 2 — 1401 petition to vacate that part of a judgment of dissolution of marriage which provides for her to pay an attorney’s fee of $10,000 to her attorney, Richard Rinella. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 110, par. 2 — 1401.) Pitulla additionally appeals from a judgment of $3,500 entered against her pursuant to Rinella’s 2 — 611 petition for sanctions. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 110, par. 2 — 611.) We reverse the dismissal of Pitulla’s 2 — 1401 petition,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In Re KutnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1979
  2. In Re Marriage of AngiuliAppellate Court of Illinois · 1985
  3. Halas v. of Estate of HalasAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
  4. In Re Marriage of RifkinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Nottage v. JekaIllinois Supreme Court · 1996
  2. In Re McDonald Bros. Construction, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1990
  3. In Re Marriage of PaganoIllinois Supreme Court · 1992
  4. P.B. v. T.D.Indiana Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Ignarski v. HeubleinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1988

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