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MESSENGER v. EDGAR

Docket 75132.

623 N.E.2d 310 (1993)

157 Ill.2d 162

191 Ill.Dec. 65

Carrie MESSENGER, Appellee, v. Jim EDGAR, Governor of the State of Illinois, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland W. Burris, Attorney General, Springfield (Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Sol. Gen., and Jennifer A. Keller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, of counsel), for appellants.

Kaufman & Litwin, Chicago (Paul L. Feinstein, Stuart N. Litwin, Glen Kaufman and Darren K. Miller, of counsel), for appellee.

Larry R. Kane, Sandra R. Murphy (Errol Zavett and Larry R. Kane, Davis, Friedman, Zavett, Kane & McRae, of counsel), Chicago, for amicus curiae, Illinois Chapter of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

Peter H. Lousberg, Dennis A. Rendleman, Mary T. McDermott and David H. Hopkins, Schiller, DuCanto & Fleck, Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois State Bar Association.

Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendants, Jim Edgar, Governor of the State of Illinois, and Roland Burris, its Attorney General, bring a direct appeal, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 302(a) (134 Ill.2d R. 302(a)), from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County declaring unconstitutional that part of section 501.1 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (the Act) (750 ILCS 5/501.1 (West 1992)) providing for a "dissolution...

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