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CourtListener opinion 2177673
Citation: domestic relations order · Date unknown · US
- Extracted case name
- In re MARRIAGE OF Tara MENKEN
- Extracted reporter citation
- domestic relations order
- Docket / number
- 2-01-0610. Appellate
Machine-draft headnote
Machine-draft public headnote: CourtListener opinion 2177673 is included in the LexyCorpus QDRO sample set as a public CourtListener opinion with relevance to QDRO procedure / domestic relations order issues. The current annotation is conservative: it identifies source provenance, relevance signals, and evidence quotes for attorney/agent retrieval. It is not a Willie-approved legal headnote yet.
Retrieval annotation
Draft retrieval summary: this opinion has QDRO relevance score 5/5, retirement-division score 5/5, and family-law score 5/5. Use the quoted text and full opinion below before relying on the case.
Category: QDRO procedure / domestic relations order issues
Evidence quotes
retirement benefits“f the court: After a trial, the trial court dissolved the marriage of petitioner, Tara Menken, and respondent, George Menken, awarded maintenance and child support, and divided the marital assets. The court awarded petitioner, among other things, 60% of the retirement benefits respondent earned as a member of the Rockford police department. On appeal, respondent contends that the trial court lacked the authority to order him to sign a consent form authorizing *282 petitioner to receive the retirement benefits directly pursuant to a qualified Illinois domestic relations order (QILDRO). See 40 ILCS 5/1-119(b)(1) (West 2000). We va”
domestic relations order“s a member of the Rockford police department. On appeal, respondent contends that the trial court lacked the authority to order him to sign a consent form authorizing *282 petitioner to receive the retirement benefits directly pursuant to a qualified Illinois domestic relations order (QILDRO). See 40 ILCS 5/1-119(b)(1) (West 2000). We vacate the order requiring respondent to sign the consent form and affirm in all other respects.”
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: domestic relations order · docket: 2-01-0610. Appellate
- Generated at
- May 14, 2026
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Clean opinion text
778 N.E.2d 281 (2002) 334 Ill. App.3d 531 268 Ill.Dec. 295 In re MARRIAGE OF Tara MENKEN, Petitioner-Appellee, and George Menken, Respondent-Appellant. No. 2-01-0610. Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District. October 3, 2002. Barbara Giorgi Vella, Vella, Sparkman, Wheeler & Lund, P.C., Rockford, for George Menken. Deron R. Benson, Rockford, for Tara Menken. Presiding Justice HUTCHINSON delivered the opinion of the court: After a trial, the trial court dissolved the marriage of petitioner, Tara Menken, and respondent, George Menken, awarded maintenance and child support, and divided the marital assets. The court awarded petitioner, among other things, 60% of the retirement benefits respondent earned as a member of the Rockford police department. On appeal, respondent contends that the trial court lacked the authority to order him to sign a consent form authorizing *282 petitioner to receive the retirement benefits directly pursuant to a qualified Illinois domestic relations order (QILDRO). See 40 ILCS 5/1-119(b)(1) (West 2000). We vacate the order requiring respondent to sign the consent form and affirm in all other respects.