In the early nineteenth century, a single woman enjoyed the same rights as a man to enter contracts and manage property and to sue and be sued. However, when a woman married, those rights merged with the husband’s rights under the doctrine of coverture. Legally speaking, the man and woman became one—and he was the
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All about “disclosure statements” In almost every divorce case in the state of Illinois the divorcing parties are required to fill out some sort of “disclosure statement”. In Cook County, this document is referred to as a 13.3.1 Disclosure Statement, whereas in DuPage County it is a “comprehensive financial statement” or a “CFS”, for short.
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I wrote an article last week concerning a father’s ability to retain custody. I mentioned that the most important factor, in my opinion, was that the father needed to stay in the residence with the child (if possible) so that the mother of the child could not automatically assume the title of the primary caretaker.
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Protecting your Case as a Respondent Domestic relations cases are civil in nature. In every civil case filed in Illinois, there are at least two parties: the Petitioner and the Respondent. In a domestic relations case, the Petitioner is the party who initially files for divorce. In order to file for divorce in Illinois, the
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Divorce is hard. Dating after divorce might be harder. I recently saw in an article on CNN, that “hitting the market”, in Shanghai could be taken literally. Each weekend, in a park in Shanghai, family members of singles, determined to find their relative a mate, strike out to the marriage market. They are joined by
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