In re Marriage of Opas

── In re Marriage of Opas ── Court: Appellate Court of Illinois Date: April 14, 2026 Category: General 2026 IL App (1st) 242168-U SECOND DIVISION April 14, 2026 Nos. 1-24-2168, 1-24-2526 (cons.) NOTICE: This order was filed under Supreme Court Rule 23 and is not precedent except in the limited circumstances allowed under Rule 23(e)(1). IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT In re MARRIAGE OF HEATHER M. OPAS, ) Appeal from the Circuit Court of ) Cook County. Petitioner-Appellee, ) ) and ) No. 2021 D 000685 ) WESTON F. OPAS, ) ) Honorable Geri Pinzur Rosenberg, Respondent-Appellant. ) Judge, presiding. JUSTICE D.B. WALKER delivered the judgment of the court. Presiding Justice Van Tine and Justice Ellis concurred in the judgment. ORDER ¶1 Held: The trial court did not err in holding respondent in contempt for failing to pay child support and other amounts as ordered by the court. Appellant failed to include a report of proceedings or acceptable substitute to support his claims of error regarding the modification of parenting time and the allocation of decision making. Affirmed. ¶2 Petitioner Heather M. Opas filed a petition for the dissolution of her marriage with respondent Weston F. Opas, which the trial court granted. Heather subsequently filed a motion to modify parenting time and the allocation of decision making with respect to the parties’ child. The court granted this motion and also ordered the appointment of a guardian ad litem (GAL) to represent the parties’ child. Heather later filed a petition for rule to show cause seeking an indirect Nos. 1-24-2168, 1-24-2526 (cons.) civil contempt of court finding against Weston for Weston’s alleged failure to pay his share of the child support and other allocated expenses. Following a hearing, the court granted Heather’s petition, found Weston in indirect civil contempt of court, and ordered him committed to jail until he purged his contempt by paying the previously ordered amounts. Weston now appeals from the trial court’s orders granting Heather’s motion to modify parenting time and finding him in indirect civil contempt of court. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court. ¶3 BACKGROUND ¶4 Heather and Weston were married in December 2011. On January 26, 2021, Heather filed her petition for dissolution of marriage pursuant to the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (IMDMA) (750 ILCS 5/101 et seq. (West 2020)). Heather stated in her petition that the parties had one child, P.O., who was born in August 2015. On October 21, 2021, the trial court entered a judgment dissolving the parties’ marriage, which incorporated (1) a marital settlement agreement (MSA), concerning, inter alia, questions of child support and their child’s expenses and (2) a “Parental Allocation Judgment” (dated July 30, 2021) (Allocation Judgment), concerning the care and decision-making responsibility for their child. ¶5 The MSA provided in relevant part that child support was “set at $0” based upon Heather’s gross yearly income of $34,000 and Weston’s imputed gross yearly income of $19,000. The parties waived any claim of maintena