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CourtListener opinion 2158168

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Extracted case name
In re the MARRIAGE OF Jim E. NORFLEET
Extracted reporter citation
612 N.E.2d 939
Docket / number
4-92-0780. Appellate
QDRO relevance 5/5Retirement relevance 5/5Family-law relevance 5/5gold label pending
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Category: ERISA / defined contribution issues

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QDRO

as E. Griffith, Erickson, Davis, Murphy, Griffith & Walsh, Ltd., Decatur, Guardian ad Litem. Justice LUND delivered the opinion of the court: Respondent Diana L. Norfleet appeals from an order of the circuit court of Macon County denying her request for a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO), assigning her an interest in her deceased ex-husband's 401(k) deferred benefit plan (401(k)). FACTS Jim E. Norfleet and Diana L. Norfleet were married in 1978. One child, Carie L. Norfleet (born November 4, 1970), was adopted by Jim and Diana; and one child, Joshua J. Norfleet (born October 16, 1980), was born to Jim and Diana. Diana is disabl

401(k)

tice LUND delivered the opinion of the court: Respondent Diana L. Norfleet appeals from an order of the circuit court of Macon County denying her request for a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO), assigning her an interest in her deceased ex-husband's 401(k) deferred benefit plan (401(k)). FACTS Jim E. Norfleet and Diana L. Norfleet were married in 1978. One child, Carie L. Norfleet (born November 4, 1970), was adopted by Jim and Diana; and one child, Joshua J. Norfleet (born October 16, 1980), was born to Jim and Diana. Diana is disabled by multiple sclerosis. Jim filed a petition for dissolution of th

domestic relations order

fith, Erickson, Davis, Murphy, Griffith & Walsh, Ltd., Decatur, Guardian ad Litem. Justice LUND delivered the opinion of the court: Respondent Diana L. Norfleet appeals from an order of the circuit court of Macon County denying her request for a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO), assigning her an interest in her deceased ex-husband's 401(k) deferred benefit plan (401(k)). FACTS Jim E. Norfleet and Diana L. Norfleet were married in 1978. One child, Carie L. Norfleet (born November 4, 1970), was adopted by Jim and Diana; and one child, Joshua J. Norfleet (born October 16, 1980), was born to Jim and Diana. Diana is disabl

Source and provenance

Source type
courtlistener_qdro_opinion_full_text
Permissions posture
public
Generated status
machine draft public v0
Review status
gold label pending
Jurisdiction metadata
US
Deterministic extraction
reporter: 612 N.E.2d 939 · docket: 4-92-0780. Appellate
Generated at
May 14, 2026

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Clean opinion text

612 N.E.2d 939 (1993) 
 243 Ill. App.3d 925 
 184 Ill.Dec. 63 
 In re the MARRIAGE OF Jim E. NORFLEET, Petitioner (Diana L. Norfleet, Respondent-Appellant; Joshua Norfleet, a Minor by and through the Guardian of his Estate, and Person, Geneva Norfleet, Intervenor-Appellee). 
 No. 4-92-0780. 
 Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District. 
 Argued March 17, 1993. 
 Decided April 22, 1993. 
 Darrell E. Statzer, Jr., argued, Wilson, Dyar, Moss & Statzer, Decatur, for respondent-appellant. 
 Jerrold H. Stocks, argued, Armstrong, Winters, Prince, Featherstun & Johnson, Decatur, for intervenor-appellee. 
 Thomas E. Griffith, Erickson, Davis, Murphy, Griffith & Walsh, Ltd., Decatur, Guardian ad Litem. 
 Justice LUND delivered the opinion of the court: 
 Respondent Diana L. Norfleet appeals from an order of the circuit court of Macon County denying her request for a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO), assigning her an interest in her deceased ex-husband's 401(k) deferred benefit plan (401(k)). 
 
 FACTS 
 Jim E. Norfleet and Diana L. Norfleet were married in 1978. One child, Carie L. Norfleet (born November 4, 1970), was adopted by Jim and Diana; and one child, Joshua J. Norfleet (born October 16, 1980), was born to Jim and Diana. Diana is disabled by multiple sclerosis. 
 Jim filed a petition for dissolution of the marriage on August 14, 1991. The petition stated that Jim was employed at Caterpillar and Diana was not employed. On February 7, 1992, a judgment of dissolution of marriage, based upon a marital settlement agreement, was entered in the circuit court of Macon County. That judgment provided in relevant part: 
 \9. That said marital settlement agreement will settle all issues