Court Opinion

ID: 9523269
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 02:38:00.294242+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:04:49.283626
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McNAMARA and McGLOON, JJ., concur. SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION UPON DENIAL OF REHEARING Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE MEJDA delivered the opinion of the court:  Following the filing of our original opinion, plaintiff has filed a petition for rehearing in this court alleging inter alia the existence of new evidence. Relative thereto, she alleges that defendant at the original trial failed to disclose certain facts to the court concerning the value and extent of his interest in the property before the court, that he committed perjury as to the evaluation of certain of the assets, and that he fraudulently concealed assets and income from the court. Plaintiff requests that in the event of remand she not be precluded from presenting evidence in support of the allegations nor from seeking an award of alimony in gross if warranted thereby. Our opinion was necessarily predicated upon the record before the court. If plaintiff is able to sustain her burden of proof, such new matters would bear directly upon the trustworthiness of the defendant and the determination whether the award of alimony should be in gross or in periodic payments. We have again carefully reviewed the record and reject all of the other claims made by the plaintiff in the petition for rehearing. Therefore, we adhere to our original opinion, provided, however, that the trial court on remand is expressly authorized to consider such new evidence as the parties may present, to conduct all further proceedings as may thereby be required, and in such event, to award alimony either in gross or in periodic payments as may then be appropriate, not inconsistent with the principles and view stated in this and the original opinion. McNAMARA and McGLOON, JJ., concur.