FINLEY v. FINLEY

No. 52446.

81 Ill.2d 317 (1980)

410 N.E.2d 12

ETHEL FINLEY, Appellee, v. BILL FINLEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Letvin, of Cohn, Carr, Korein, Kunin, Schlichter & Brennan, of East St. Louis, and Richard A. Cary, of Wham & Wham, of Centralia, for appellant.

David L. Sauer, of Lackey & Lackey, of Centralia, for appellee.


Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed in part and vacated in part; cause remanded.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The primary question presented by this appeal is whether a parent who has been ordered by a divorce decree to pay a collective or lump sum weekly for the support of four minor children may unilaterally reduce the amount of such payments

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