As a Chicago family law attorney, I am often asked what it takes to get an Illinois Order of Protection. If you need protection from abuse or harassment from someone you have a relationship with then you could qualify for an Order of Protection. However, if you need protection from abuse or harassment from someone
Continue Reading »During a divorce, clients often ask about using psychological or mental health evaluations to assess the mental health of the other party. While some people believe their ex is “crazy”, only in extreme cases is a mental health evaluation granted or allowed by Chicago family courts, or even relevant. Usually, mental health comes into play when
Continue Reading »Should you get a legal separation or divorce? As Chicago divorce attorneys, we receive many questions from people who are weighing whether they should pursue legal separation or divorce. So how do you choose? Unless there is a religious reason that bars divorce, or some other reason that makes divorce not an option, I would elect
Continue Reading »From our experience as Chicago family law attorneys, millennial prenuptial agreements tend to look a little different than prenuptial agreements from earlier generations. For one, Millenials have a particular focus on finances. People are getting married later in life than previous generations used to, which means that they have more assets to protect. On the
Continue Reading »Advice for Divorced and Non-married Parents August is already here and that means that a school year will be starting before we know it! It seems that there has been no universal “return to school” plan. In the United States, let alone in Illinois or the Chicagoland Metropolitan Area. It appears that the return to
Continue Reading »The process of a divorce is one unlike anything else you will ever go through. It is intimate and personal to you, but also has a huge financial component that can affect your life in a huge way. It is imperative that you are comfortable with your legal representation. That being said, the divorce attorney
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