Imes v. Imes

I concur with my colleagues as to their determination of all the issues raised in this appeal with one exception. That exception pertains to the trial court’s order that the respondent father pay to the petitioner mother the sum of $750 as an award of attorney fees. I believe that this award should have been affirmed. The law in Illinois is clear that an award of attorney fees, and the amount thereof, lies in the discretion of the trial court and will not be set aside unless there is an abuse of discretion. Moses v. Moses (1971), 132 Ill. App. 2d 443, 270 N.E.2d 513.

The majority opinion sets…