123 Ill. App. 2d 293 - Herhold v. Herhold’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. ““The divorce was uncontested only because the plaintiff and the defendant entered into an oral contract concerning the disposition of their property. If the contract had not been made, the trial would have continued, arid there is no certainty that the plaintiff would have prevailed. If she was dissatisfied with its terms she could have withdrawn from the contract and the divorce proceeding would have reverted to its contested status. But she did not withdraw; she obtained the divorce and is bound by her contract. She does not claim that the contract was the result of fraud, misrepresentation or coercion. It was negotiated by her attorneys and confirmed by her in open court. She could not unilaterally change its terms, nor could the court do so on its own accord and order something it was powerless to decree.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 42 Ill. App. 3d 522 - Pearson v. Pearson