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Enforcing your Judgment

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Categorized as Divorce Litigation

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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Using an Attorney for an Uncontested Divorce

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Categorized as Illinois Divorce

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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Same Sex Marriage is Official in Illinois

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Categorized as Illinois Family Law

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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