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their marriage. In September 1988, Edward ceased paying Irene's
expenses, other than the mortgage payments and real estate taxes
for the marital residence. In December 1988, Edward ceased all
payments to Irene except the real estate expenses.
In January 1989, Irene filed an emergency petition for
temporary maintenance and other emergency relief with the circuit
court. By Memorandum Opinion dated October 3, 1989, the circuit
court established temporary maintenance payments to Irene of
$29,000 per month, retroactive to February 1, 1989, and directed
Edward to continue paying the mortgage installments and real
estate taxes for the marital residence. On December 15, 1989,
the circuit court modified its order and reduced the temporary
maintenance payments to $26,700 per month.
On November 13, 1990, the circuit court held that
petitioners' March 17, 1983, agreement was valid and enforceable
and on December 4, 1990, the circuit court entered judgment
dissolving petitioners' marriage.
Irene appealed the circuit court's decision. On
September 11, 1992, the First District of the Appellate Court of
Illinois (hereinafter the appellate court) upheld the judgment
dissolving petitioners' marriage but held that the separation
agreement was "procedurally and substantively unconscionable" and
remanded the case to the circuit court for a hearing on the issue
of property settlement. In re Marriage of Richardson, 179 Ill.
Dec. 224, 236, (1992).
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