Whether you have been ordered to pay maintenance to your spouse, or are in the process of determining how much to pay maintenance to your spouse, you probably know by now that your bonuses are included as part of the calculation. Maintenance calculations in Illinois are based on several factors, including the income of each
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Perhaps you or your spouse were trigger-happy after an ugly fight and one of you filed for divorce, and are now regretting it. Or perhaps you or your spouse were determined to get a divorce, but midway through the process you decided it was better to give it another try. The reality of divorce can
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Parties are often so engaged in the divorce or separation process that they fail to take notice of how the breaking apart of families can affect young, minor children. The truth of the matter is, frankly, that the minor children in a family where parents no longer reside in the same household can have difficulty
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Section 713 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (750 ILCS 5/713) addresses body attachments for failure to pay maintenance or child support. As used in this Section, “obligor” has the same meaning ascribed to such term in the Income Withholding for Support Act. The following provisions provides for the court’s authority to
Continue Reading »Oftentimes a spouse will call in stating that he/she wants a divorce and that both spouses have agreed on everything; all they need is someone to write it up so they could sign on the dotted line. The problem with this scenario, however, is that if the couple can agree on everything, they wouldn’t be
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Most people have heard of pre-nuptial agreements. What is not often discussed is a post-nuptial agreement. A post-nuptial agreement is an agreement that is made after a parties’ marriage. Pre-nuptial agreements are entered prior to the date of marriage in exchange for the marriage. For post-nuptial agreements, the exchange is the continuation of the marriage.
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