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Area of Law: | Family Law |
Keywords: | ; Standard of Review; Marital Property; Distribution; Equitable; Division; Reason |
Jurisdiction: | Illinois |
Cited Cases: | None |
Cited Statutes: | None |
Date: | 03/01/2016 |
The touchstone of apportionment of marital property is whether the distribution is equitable and each case rests on its own facts. In re Marriage of Jones, 187 Ill. App. 3d 206, 222 (1989). We will not disturb a trial court’s division of marital property unless an abuse of discretion is shown. Id. A trial court does not abuse its discretion unless, in view of all of the circumstances, its decision so exceeded the bounds of reason that no reasonable person would take the view adopted by the trial court. Id.
In Re Marriage of Smith, 2016.IL.141091-U (Ill. App. Dist. 1 2016) (not precedential).
Date: March 1, 2016
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