Anderson Boback & Marshall

Anderson Boback & Marshall go to the United States Supreme Court

Published October 25, 2013

Categorized as Divorce Litigation, Military Divorce

The partners in the law firm of Anderson Boback & Marshall, Kimberly J. Anderson and Janice L. Boback, are both members of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. As practitioners in the area of family law, having a case presented for appeal before the US Supreme Court is unusual. However, because

Court Imputed Income Due to Bad Efforts to Find Employment

Published October 22, 2013

Categorized as Child Support, Child Support Modification

In a down economy, divorcing couples are frequently faced with the issue of calculating child support and maintenance based on income that is lower than it had been in previous years. Especially in a long-term marriage, where the income-earning spouse’s income dropped abruptly near the end of the marriage, this can be very frustrating for

You Are Entitled To Have Your Spouse Pay Your Attorney’s Fees In Certain Circumstances

Published October 22, 2013

Categorized as Divorce Attorney Fees, Divorce Litigation

The Trial Court in Patel awarded the wife $69,000 in interim fees because she could not afford to pay her own attorney’s fees. Under the Statute governing domestic relations, there is a way to seek for your spouse to pay attorney’s fees. Ask us to send you Sections 508 and 501(c-1) of the Illinois Marriage

Violating Court Orders…and you thought YOUR attorney’s fees were expensive!

Published October 10, 2013

Categorized as Divorce Litigation

It seems that it would be common sense to most litigants that violating a court order will have negative consequences. That being said, for whatever reason, there are still many, many litigants that purposefully or inadvertently violate court orders in their respective family law cases. What the litigants may not realize is that there may

Mom in Contempt For Preventing Visitation Between Daughter and Father

Published July 9, 2013

Categorized as Child Custody & Visitation

Holly Agers, the Illinois mom of the five year old in this case, entered into an agreed parenting schedule with the child’s father. Without any notice to the father, she stopped the parenting time and alleged that the father was sexually assaulting their daughter. Holly hired a therapist who agreed with the mom. The mother

Supreme Court Amends Rules to Expand Mediation in Child Custody Cases

Published July 2, 2013

Categorized as Child Custody, Mediation

The Illinois Supreme Court announced Monday that it has amended rules that would expand mediation for child custody cases to include requests by a custodial parent to move a minor child to another state. Mediation programs for child custody and visitation cases have been a requirement for each judicial circuit in Illinois through Supreme Court

Year: 2013