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 While 750 ILCS 5/508 provides that a court may order either spouse to pay attorney’s fees, and this section permits the court to award fees to an attorney who has been appointed by the court to represent the interest of a minor or dependent child, neither provides for the award of attorney fees to an adult child of the marriage.  In re Garrison
 Court properly assessed an appointed child guardian’s fees to the parents under the Marriage Act, because the guardian’s representation of the child was related to issues concerning the father’s parentage and sibling visitation, all of which were related to issues of custody, visitation, and parentage as required under his section.  In re Marriage of Nienhouse

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