WITTENDORF v. WORTHINGTON

Nos. 4-12-0525, 4-12-0526.

980 N.E.2d 754 (2012)

2012 IL App (4th) 120525

366 Ill. Dec. 661

Geannette S. WITTENDORF, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth WORTHINGTON, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

November 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Hurst , Lisa M. Lukaszewski , and Samuel S. Park (argued), Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, for appellant.

Barbara K. Myers (argued), LaBarre, Young & Behnke, Springfield, for appellee.

Barry Levenstam , Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, Susan J. Kohlmann , Ali M. Arain , Jenner & Block LLP, New York, NY, for amici curiae.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 Petitioner, Geannette Wittendorf, and respondent, Kenneth Worthington, are the biological parents of L.W., born September 19, 2010. The parties were never married. On April 20, 2012, the trial court awarded Geannette residential custody of L.W. and Kenneth unsupervised visitation. The court also modified Geannette's order of protection against Kenneth to allow for personal,...

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