IN RE MARRIAGE OF RECZEK

No. 80-184.

95 Ill. App.3d 220 (1981)

420 N.E.2d 161

In re MARRIAGE OF WALTER RECZEK et al. — (FACCHINI AND MINTON, Petitioner-Appellee, v. WALTER RECZEK, Respondent-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed April 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Steinbock Sinclair, of Oak Brook, for appellant.

William J. Harte, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD delivered the opinion of the court:

The essential question posed by this appeal is whether, following an agreed dismissal of dissolution of marriage proceedings, attorney's fees based upon a retainer agreement may be awarded to an attorney who has been replaced.

On August 21, 1979, the appellant, Walter Reczek, hired attorney Michael H. Minton of the firm of Facchini and Minton for the purpose...

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