In Re Marriage of Sawyer

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• noting that “[u]pon filing a notice of appeal, the trial court is divested of jurisdiction to enter any order involving a matter of substance, and the jurisdiction of the appellate court attaches instanter”
• finding that husband was unable to pay his support obligation where his income amounted to $253 a week after garnishment by the IRS and, therefore, was not in contempt for nonpayment was not against manifest weight of the evidence
• finding that husband was unable to pay his support obligation where his income amounted to $253 a week after garnishment by the IRS and, therefore, was not in -28- No. 1-10-1452 contempt for nonpayment was not against manifest weight of the evidence
• court considers the circumstances and context of the party’s actions rendering its contempt judgment

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