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The vested right to a pension was correctly held to be marital property. 
Pension rights, whether matured, vested or not vested, contributory or non-contributory, are property under this section
The Illinois Pension Code (40 ILCS 5/14-147) does not prohibit consideration of husband’s public pension fund as marital property.

The circuit court, in distributing property pursuant to marriage dissolution, did not have the power to order the firemen’s retirement fund to refund money paid into it by a non-employee spouse; the claim itself was barred under the Firemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund Act.
Where the source of money in husband’s firemen’s retirement fund was proceeds from the sale of real estate petitioner owned prior to the marriage, the court did not abuse its discretion in classifying the money as non-marital property.

 When making a change in alimony (now maintenance), the court should take into consideration the property and income of the parties, their ages, health, and social conditions, and whether there are children dependent upon them for support.  Jacobs v. Jacobs