Even if a court meets jurisdictional criteria, it may decline to exercise its jurisdiction, and it must in some cases if it finds that it is an inconvenient forum for making such determinations under the circumstances of the case and that a court of another state is a more appropriate forum. Klumpner v. Klumpner.
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Atty. No.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT - SECOND DISTRICT
Z AN ILLINOIS
CORPORATION,
Plaintiff, v.
No. 2002
TAMMY
Defendant.
AFFIDAVIT REGARDING ATTORNEY’S FEES
I, Attorney of Record, being duly sworn on oath, having personal knowledge of the relevant herein, and if called as a witness would competently testify as follows:
1. That Affiants are attorneys, licensed to practice law in [...]
Gift
The circuit court’s conclusion that the bracelet given to petitioner by respondent’s mother, who carried insurance on it, belonged to the petitioner was contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence; therefore, bracelet was not included in marital property. In re Simmons
The trial court erred in awarding gold cross to petitioner wife as her separate [...]
The court abused its discretion in dividing military pension by failing to comply with § 401(b) of the Marriage Act (750 ILCS 5/401(b)) to preserve jurisdiction for the distribution of military pension benefits. In re Burkhart
Military pensions may be treated as marital property under Illinois law and are subject to the division provisions of this [...]
Purpose of Requests for Admission
Under Supreme Court Rule 216, a party can serve on any other party a written request for the admission of the truth of any fact or the genuineness of any document. While the scope of a request is limited only by the imagination of the trial lawyer, the most common use [...]
