(Court opinion corrected 7/27/16.) In judgment for dissolution of 15-year marriage, court properly ordered husband to pay $2,000 per month in rehabilitative maintenance, reviewable in 3 years, and imputed income to him for farming in addition to income he earned from his regular job as a farmhand. Court found that husband's decision to quit independently farming was voluntary and the farming income would be imputed to husband for purpose of computing maintenance. Court properly set child support (for parties' one child) at $600 per month, and did not impute income to husband for purpose of that calculation. Overwithholding portion of wife's tax return, Additional Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit, and child support received, should not be considered as additional income to wife in calculating maintenance. Maintenance award was not excessive.(SCHMIDT and WRIGHT, concurring.)
Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Maintenance