IN RE MARRIAGE OF KEIP

No. 5-00-0341.

773 N.E.2d 1227 (2002)

332 Ill. App.3d 876

266 Ill.Dec. 157

In re MARRIAGE OF Sherry L. KEIP, Petitioner-Appellant, and Michael L. Keip, Respondent-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry D. Gibson, Law Office of Larry D. Gibson, P.C., Mt. Vernon, IL, for Appellant.

M. Keith Smith, Law Office of M. Keith Smith, Mt. Vernon, IL, for Appellee.


Justice MELISSA CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Sherry L. Keip appeals two portions of the final judgment dissolving her 22-year marriage to Michael L. Keip. She argues (1) that the trial court abused its discretion in awarding a small amount of maintenance for a short, fixed duration and (2) that the decision of the trial court specifying that each party would be responsible for his or her own attorney fees was error. We reverse the decision of the trial...

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