This article examines the cases behind what I had referred to as “Illinois appellate courts’ ever-shrinking ability to review divorce and paternity cases when issues remain pending with the trial court.’ In light of the 2010 amendments that statement remains true with the major exception now involving custody judgments where other issues have not yet been resolved. The genesis for this article was an August 2000 Illinois Bar Journal article co-authored by Gunnar J. Gitlin. This article has now been updated and expanded.
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