IN RE MARRIAGE OF HOPWOOD

No. 5-06-0660.

882 N.E.2d 205 (2008)

In re MARRIAGE OF Carol HOPWOOD, now known as Carol Williams, Petitioner-Appellant, and Tim Hopwood, Respondent-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

January 28, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry L. LeFevre, LeFevre, Oldfield, Myers, Apke & Payne Law Group, Ltd., Vandalia, IL, for Appellant.

Barbara Adams, Barbara Adams, P.C., Hillsboro, IL, for Appellee.


Presiding Justice STEWART delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from the trial court's denial of a petition filed by Carol Williams seeking to hold Tim Hopwood in contempt for failing to pay a debt assigned to him in the dissolution of their marriage. The trial court held that Carol lacked standing to enforce the payment of the debt since she has incurred no liability for the debt. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

On February 18, 1998, the circuit...

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