The Second District affirmed the trial court’s division of a $13 million marital estate, maintenance award, dissipation findings, fee contribution, and sanctions in a 25-year marriage dissolution, rejecting challenges from both parties.
The Fifth District held that Facebook messages obtained under a warrant lacking probable cause were admissible under the inevitable discovery doctrine, but found defense counsel ineffective for failing to move to dismiss a time-barred attempted murder charge.
The First District affirmed three predatory criminal sexual assault convictions as supported by sufficient evidence, but remanded for a proper preliminary Krankel inquiry where the circuit court failed to adequately examine the defendant’s pro se claims of ineffective assistance.
The Fifth District affirmed the maintenance award and debt allocation but vacated and remanded the portion of the judgment awarding petitioner the full value of respondent’s law firm partnership, finding it inconsistent with the remainder of the property division order.
The Fifth District affirmed the parenting time allocation but reversed the relocation order, finding the circuit court failed to adequately consider the parties’ limited resources, inability to cooperate, and the child’s need for stability.
The Second District vacated a domestic battery conviction where the evidence was insufficient to prove bodily harm, while affirming convictions for violating an order of protection.
The Fifth District modified the defendant’s conviction from aggravated fleeing to the lesser-included offense of resisting arrest, finding insufficient evidence that the defendant operated a ‘motor vehicle’ where he fled on a motorized bicycle.
The Fifth District reversed a circuit court order directing a veteran to pay his ex-spouse pension-equivalent amounts from non-disability sources after he converted part of his pension to VA disability benefits, holding federal preemption bars such orders.
The First District reversed dismissal of a resulting trust complaint, finding genuine disputes of material fact regarding whether funds contributed to a property purchase were intended as a gift or to create a beneficial interest.
The First District reversed the DFPR’s denial of a hearing on a physician’s petition challenging his license suspension, finding the agency unfairly deprived him of the opportunity to contest the merits.