IN RE MARRIAGE OF ELBLKASY

No. 3-92-0520.

610 N.E.2d 139 (1993)

241 Ill. App.3d 662

182 Ill.Dec. 715

In re MARRIAGE OF Michelle ELBLKASY, Petitioner-Appellant, and Elsayed Elblkasy, Respondent-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

March 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Bursztynsky, Prairie State Legal Services, Ottawa and Bernard Shapiro, Prairie State Legal Services, Rockford, for Michelle Elblkasy.

Elsayed Elblkasy, pro se.


Justice BRESLIN delivered the opinion of the court.

The petitioner, Michelle Elblkasy, appeals from an order of the trial court declining to exercise jurisdiction over the petitioner's child custody petition. The issue presented on appeal is whether the trial court's decision to decline jurisdiction on the basis of forum non conveniens was an abuse of discretion. We affirm the trial court's decision.

We initially note that the respondent, Elsayed Elblkasy...

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