ILLINOIS DEPT. OF HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY SER. EX REL. MARGARET WISZOWATY v. WISZOWATY

No. 109151.

942 N.E.2d 1253 (2011)

239 Ill.2d 483

The ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY SERVICES ex rel. Margaret WISZOWATY, n/k/a Margaret Mihaila, Appellant, v. Mark WISZOWATY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Atty. Gen., of Springfield ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor Gen., and Diane M. Potts , Deputy Atty. Gen., of Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.

Scott Wagner , amicus curiae pro se.


OPINION

Justice BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

At issue in this appeal is whether delinquent child support payments in Illinois began to bear mandatory interest in 1987 with the passage of Public Act 85-2 (eff. May 1, 1987). The appellate court concluded that they did not. 394 Ill.App.3d 49, 332 Ill.Dec. 748, 913 N.E.2d 680. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the judgment of the appellate...

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