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IN RE MARRIAGE OF ZELLS

No. 70419.

572 N.E.2d 944 (1991)

143 Ill.2d 251

157 Ill.Dec. 480

In re MARRIAGE OF Myra Joyce ZELLS, Appellant, and Martin B. Zells, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn H. Berks, Des Plaines, for appellant.

Joel S. Ostrow, Chicago, for appellee.

Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

This case concerns the division and distribution of marital property between a lawyer and his spouse. There are two issues. The first is whether a lawyer's contingent fee contracts are subject to valuation, division and distribution as part of the marital estate. The second issue is whether professional goodwill is a marital asset and subject to division or distribution...

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