Every August, I watch the same thing happen. Families who had an easy, well-organized summer schedule suddenly realize the transition into the school year isn’t going to sort itself out. I get it. Summer moves fast when you’re splitting it between two households. One week you’re coordinating camp drop-offs and vacation weeks, and the next,
Continue Reading »Whether a postnuptial agreement holds up in Illinois depends less on the language of the document than on the circumstances of how it was negotiated and signed. If your spouse has handed you one to sign, or you are thinking about asking for one, the central question is direct: will it protect you if the
Continue Reading »You stepped back from your career to raise your family, support your spouse’s business, or run the household. Much of what the family built rests on that work. It may not show up on the operating agreement or the equity grant, but it made the rest possible. For a spouse in that position, an Illinois
Continue Reading »If you are facing divorce in Illinois and have a prenuptial agreement you no longer want to be bound by, you are asking one of the most difficult questions in family law. The prenup you signed years ago was written for a future neither of you could fully predict, and now that future has arrived.
Continue Reading »Everyone who has ever considered marriage in Illinois has heard the advice: get a prenuptial agreement. Almost no one explains what separates an Illinois prenuptial agreement that holds up in court from one that falls apart when a client needs it most. That gap is where most of the damage happens. At Anderson Boback and
Continue Reading »For many couples, the marital home is the most valuable asset they acquire during their marriage. Besides its financial worth, the home often holds significant emotional value as the place where you raise your family and make memories. Deciding what to do with the family home during a divorce presents one of the most
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