Musa v. Shaltoni

── Musa v. Shaltoni ── Court: Appellate Court of Illinois Date: May 08, 2026 Category: General 2026 IL App (1st) 251946-U SIXTH DIVISION May 8, 2026 No. 1-25-1946 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 DISTRICT ______________________________________________________________________________ RIMA MUSA, ) Appeal from the Circuit Court ) of Cook County. Petitioner-Appellee, ) ) ) v. ) No. 20 D 929 ) MOHAMMED SHALTONI, ) Honorable ) Andrea M. Webber, Respondent-Appellant. ) Judge, presiding. PRESIDING JUSTICE C.A. WALKER delivered the judgment of the court. Justices Pucinski and Gamrath concurred in the judgment. ORDER ¶1 Held: We affirm the circuit court’s modification of a parenting plan to adjust a travel bond and increase electronic communication between appellant and his children. ¶2 This case arises from a modification of the parenting plan between appellant Mohammed Shaltoni and appellee Rima Musa involving their three minor children. Through a series of motions No. 1-25-1946 in early summer 2025, Shaltoni sought to amend the plan to increase the travel bond Musa had to pay to travel with the children to Jordan, require Musa to drop a case she had pending against Shaltoni in Jordan, and to facilitate greater electronic communication between Shaltoni and the children. Across two orders, the circuit court agreed to increase the bond, but only from $2500 to $3500 and not until 2026, and granted Shaltoni increased communication, but not to an extent satisfactory to Shaltoni. Shaltoni appeals, and we affirm. ¶3 BACKGROUND ¶4 Musa filed her “verified petition for legal separation” on January 31, 2020, wherein she represented that she and Shaltoni were married in Jordan in 2008 and had three minor children, ages nine, seven, and two. She cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the separation. ¶5 On June 14, 2022, the circuit court entered a “Parenting Plan and Allocation of Parental Responsibilities Judgment (the Plan),” pursuant to which Musa was “designated as the parent having substantial parenting time.” The Plan prohibited relocating the children more than 25 miles from Shaltoni’s residence in Orland Park, Illinois, without court approval or the written consent of both Musa and Shaltoni. As to electronic communication, the Plan stated, “Musa may contact the minor children on Saturdays at 1:00 pm when they are in the physical possession of Shaltoni. Shaltoni may contact the minor children on Saturday’s at 11:00 a.m. when they are in the physical possession of Musa. If a parent needs to adjust a time for the communication, that parent shall contact the other parent by 9:00 p.m. on Friday.” The Plan also noted that the court would resolve the issue of travel to Jordan, the couple’s home country, at a later date. ¶6 Following a trial, the circuit court en