There are many reasons why someone would need to create an estate for a minor child. One reason may be that a parent has passed away and named the child as a direct beneficiary, or has been killed in a wrongful death action and has left this child with large sums of money as a
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Often times clients will have issues which arise that would cause them to be unavailable for Court. If the case is set for a hearing or a trial, or the last court order otherwise says that the parties must appear on the next court date, the parties have to appear. They cannot just not attend
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This is a common question asked by many mothers who get served with a motion for DNA test by their ex. The first reaction may be shock, which shortly turns into anger and disbelief at the implication that the mother was likely sleeping around with someone else at the time the child was conceived. It
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It seems like in every case there comes a time where the holiday parenting time schedule is modified by the parties by agreement, for one reason or another. Perhaps there is a Family Reunion over July 4th weekend on Mom’s side of the family and it is during Dad’s year, so they agree to switch.
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By now you have probably heard some rumors that the Illinois child support law will officially change on July 1, 2017. If you are currently under an obligation to pay child support, or you are the recipient of child support, you may naturally be very curious as to whether this law will affect your current
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In domestic relations cases, particularly in those that involve domestic violence and/or children, parties will want to obtain copies of police reports which don’t necessarily name them within them. For example, maybe there was a domestic violence incident at your child’s other parent’s home between the other parent and a third party. People often wonder
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