In re Marriage of Rivera

FOURTH DIVISION September 30, 2016

2016 IL App (1st) 160552

No. 1-16-0552 In re MARRIAGE OF ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of JUAN A. RIVERA, ) Cook County. ) Petitioner-Appellee, ) ) and ) No. 14 D 4873 ) MELISSA SANDERS-RIVERA, ) Honorable ) Carole Kamin Bellows, Respondent-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE HOWSE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices McBride and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 This appeal comes to the court on a certified question concerning whether the proceeds of petitioner’s settlement of a lawsuit for a wrongful…