Ottwell v. Ottwell

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• holding that the trial court erred in unilaterally modifying past-due and future child-support payments where the only petition before the court was a petition for citation alleging that the respondent was in arrears in his child support
• finding orders modifying child support were void for lack of subject matter jurisdiction when no petition to modify was filed
• Illinois courts may either summarily reverse or, if they so choose, determine appeal on its merits
• trial court erred by invoking subject matter jurisdiction to reduce and suspend wife’s right to child support payments without husband first filing a petition to modify child support

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