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IN RE MARRIAGE OF LUCHT

No. 1-97-2937.

701 N.E.2d 267 (1998)

299 Ill. App.3d 541

233 Ill.Dec. 624

In re MARRIAGE OF Wayne LUCHT, Petitioner-Appellee, and Errolyn Joyce Lucht, Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

September 30, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Arendt and Matthew J. Cozzi of Field Golan & Swiger, Chicago, for Respondent-Appellant.

William G. Clark, Jr. & Associates, Ltd., Chicago (William G. Clark, Jr. and Lisa Marie Zahn, of counsel), for Petitioner-Appellee.

Presiding Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

We are asked to deviate from the holding in Watson v. Watson, 335 Ill.App. 637, 82 N.E.2d 671 (1948), that an attorney may not file a petition for attorney fees in a divorce action after the case has been voluntarily dismissed, even though the petition is filed within 30 days of the dismissal. The trial court followed Watson and refused to entertain the petition. We affirm.

Wayne Lucht...

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