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CourtListener opinion 3138617

Date unknown · US

Extracted case name
pending
Extracted reporter citation
pending
Docket / number
4-98-0690
QDRO relevance 5/5Retirement relevance 5/5Family-law relevance 5/5gold label pending
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Machine-draft headnote

Machine-draft public headnote: CourtListener opinion 3138617 is included in the LexyCorpus QDRO sample set as a public CourtListener opinion with relevance to pension / defined benefit 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: pension / defined benefit issues

Evidence quotes

QDRO

“Dissolution of Marriage Act (Act) (750 ILCS 5/503 (West 1996)). The trial court awarded Judith $17,643 as her share of the marital interest in the plan. The trial court ordered this amount to be paid to Judith under a quali­fied domes­tic rela­tions order (QDRO), effec­tive the date of dissolu­tion. We affirm. On January 12, 1998, the trial court held a hearing on property distribution issues. On August 5, 1998, the trial court entered the supple­men­tal proper­ty distri­bu­tion order. The trial court split the nonpension marital property fairly equally. The trial court awarded Judith her pension. Judith”

pension

“ial court held a hearing on property distribution issues. On August 5, 1998, the trial court entered the supple­men­tal proper­ty distri­bu­tion order. The trial court split the nonpension marital property fairly equally. The trial court awarded Judith her pension. Judith earns $13,036 per year working full-time as a high school secre­tary and part-time in a restau­rant. Judith has worked at the high school for 25½ years. Finally, the trial court awarded Judith $17,643 as her share of the marital interest in James' thrift plan, to be allocated accord­ing to a QDRO, effec­tive March 19, 1997. James had work”

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
docket: 4-98-0690
Generated at
May 14, 2026

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Clean opinion text

April 15, 1999 

 NO. 4-98-0690 

 IN THE APPELLATE COURT 

 OF ILLINOIS 

 FOURTH DISTRICT 

 In Re:  the Marriage of )  Appeal from 
 
 JUDITH E. WALKER, )  Circuit Court of 
 
 Petitioner-Appellant, )  Logan County 
 
 and )  No. 96D197 
 
 JAMES E. WALKER, ) 
 
 Respondent-Appellee. )  Honorable 
 
 )  Gerald G. Dehner, 
 
 )  Judge Presiding. 
 
 _________________________________________________________________ 

 JUSTICE McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court: 

 Judith and James Walker were married on May 7, 1994.  No children were born of the marriage.  The mar­riage was dis­solved on March 19, 1997.  On appeal, Judith and James dispute the trial court's disposition of James' thrift incentive plan under section 503 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Act) (750 ILCS 5/503 (West 1996)).  The trial court awarded Judith $17,643 as her share of the marital interest in the plan.  The trial court ordered this amount to be paid to Judith under a quali­fied domes­tic rela­tions order (QDRO), effec­tive the date of dissolu­tion.  We affirm. 
 
 On January 12, 1998, the trial court held a hearing on property distribution issues.  On August 5, 1998, the trial court entered the supple­men­tal proper­ty distri­bu­tion order.  The trial court split the nonpension marital property fairly equally.  The trial court awarded Judith her pension.  Judith earns $13,036 per year working full-time as a high school secre­tary and part-time 
 
 in a restau­rant.  Judith has worked at the high school for 25½ years. 
 
 Finally, the trial court awarded Judith $17,643 as her share of the marital interest in James' thrift plan, to be allocated accord­ing to a QDRO, effec­tive March 19, 1997.  James had worked for Prairie Farms Dairy (Prai­rie Farms) for about 20½ years and, at the time of the January 12, 1998, hearing was a trans­por­ta­tion coordi­na­tor.  Evi­dence regard­ing the value of the thrift plan was pre­sent­ed in testi­mony by James at the January 12, 1998, hearing and in testi­mo­ny given by Kris Rosentreter, Prairie Farms' payroll coordina­tor, at a separate hearing on February 9, 1998.  Accord­ing to James' August 4, 1997, financial affidavit, he earns approx­i­mately $48,012 per year.  According to Rosentreter, James earned $43,200 (gross) in the fiscal year ending on Septem­ber 30, 1994 (FY 1994); $43,800 for FY 1995; $46,680 for FY 1996; and $48,380 for FY 1997.   
 
 James testified that he has contributed 2% of his salary into an \employee account\" in the pension plan for 19 years