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 750 ILCS 5/413(a) and 750 ILCS 5/504(c) do not create a substantive right to post-death maintenance pending appeal; they apply when a right to maintenance already exists and therefore, must be read in conjunction with the prohibition of subsection (c) of this section. Stacke v. Bates
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 Where respondent presented evidence that his income had decreased by 70%, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in reducing petitioner’s temporary maintenance by approximately 66%. In re Borg