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· 10/22/1982

In Re Marriage of Cohn

Citations

  • 443 N.E.2d 541
  • 93 Ill. 2d 190
  • 66 Ill. Dec. 615
  • 1982 Ill. LEXIS 377

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that bifurcation involves many potential complications and that the trial court’s lack unfettered discretion to bifurcate a dissolution judgment
  • the legislature “cannot retroactively alter a statute to overrule a decision of a reviewing court”
  • the legislature “cannot retroactively alter a statute to overrule a decision of a reviewing court”
  • sound policy reasons will justify bifurcating a judgment
  • sound policy reasons will justify bifurcating a judgment
  • currently codified at 750 ILCS 5/401(b) (West 2018)

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Judges: Moran

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