After obtaining a Judgment for Dissolution of Marriage, parties sometimes have issues with one party not following the Judgment. This is a very frustrating problem and can often leave the party following the Judgment feeling helpless. However, the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act provides methods of enforcing your Judgment. Section 511 of the
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The Ramifications on Your Custody Case I often hear that the courts are biased in favor of women retaining custody of the children, but I disagree. More often than not, fathers willingly move from the residence they once shared with their ex once the relationship breaks down. Whether they move because their ex asks them
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I found the following on Valerie DeLoach’s blog, Blended Family. It is a Christmas wish list for any family impacted by divorce: Faith Have faith that even if you and your former spouse have a high conflict relationship that you can put the anger aside for your children for the holidays. Because of the distrust
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Pursuant to the Illinois Income Withholding for Support Act, individuals owed child support have the option to have the child support owed to them directly withheld from the obligor’s paycheck. Child support is not the only way to utilize the money being withheld through a Notice to Withhold, you are also able to directly receive
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Many divorcing parties believe that if they involve lawyers in their divorce process things can get “messy” or “contested”, and thus they proceed towards an uncontested divorce without knowing (1) what their rights are and (2) if their divorce decree is drafted in a way that reflects the parties’ intentions. Hiring an attorney does not
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Although the Illinois civil union law has for the past 2 years provided that any couple, regardless of their gender could be provided a civil union, same-sex couples did not get part take in the benefits of marriage itself. Under the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) signed into law in 1996, the federal government did
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