In my many years as a family law attorney in Illinois, most clients come to me ready to divorce—preferably yesterday. They are coming from unhappy, but not overly acrimonious, marriages. No one is throwing clothes out the window, crashing cars, or setting anything on fire. For most couples, splitting up isn’t about drama. Rather, it’s
Continue Reading »Divorce can take a financial toll on any family that goes through it. Post-divorce, families are essentially required to run two households on the same amount of income with which they used to only run one household. So, logically, it makes sense that expenses and spending would be different post-divorce. This is why it is
Continue Reading »In Illinois, the laws surrounding custody and visitation rights extend beyond just parents. Third parties, such as grandparents, stepparents, or other family members, may also seek custody or visitation rights under certain circumstances. The applicable laws are designed to prioritize the best interests of the child while also recognizing the importance of maintaining familial relationships.
Continue Reading »There are a lot of moving parts going on at once in a divorce case – calculating child support and maintenance, determining a parenting time schedule and who makes decisions for the children, figuring out how to divide assets and debts, selling real estate, determining dissipation, and so many other variables. The last thing on
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