IN RE MARRIAGE OF COTTON

No. 58813.

103 Ill.2d 346 (1984)

469 N.E.2d 1077

In re MARRIAGE OF CLAUDIA COTTON, Appellee, and JACKIE COTTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Celani and Gerald W. Korey, of Lansing, for appellant.

Vincent F. Vitullo, of Chicago, and John L. Cifelli & Associates, Ltd., of Chicago Heights, for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed in part and reversed in part.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal requires us to determine whether the trial judge abused his discretion when he modified a child-custody decree after the divorce decree had become final. More specifically, we are asked to decide if the evidence of neglect and child abuse was sufficient to warrant a change in custody of the parties' three-year-old daughter...

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