What funds are fair game for child support?

The days when income to pay child support meant employment income are long gone. The 5th District Appellate Court recently decided a case that further expanded the definition, leaving virtually nothing outside the court’s reach to tap for child support. In In re The Marriage of Fortner, 2016 IL App (5th) 150246, the appellate court found that wrongful-death settlement proceeds received by an ex …

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