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Co-Parenting for Success: The Executive’s Roadmap to Amicable Custody Agreements

Managing parenting responsibilities during a divorce can be challenging, particularly for high-level executives like CEOs or those in demanding roles.  Balancing demanding work schedules with parenting time might seem almost impossible.  However, there are strategies to help create a parenting time schedule that maximizes involvement and ensures both parents participate in decision-making for their children.

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Understanding Joint Tax Returns and Innocent Spouse Relief in Divorce

Filing joint tax returns during a divorce? Here’s what you need to know about protecting yourself from unexpected tax liabilities related to joint tax returns and Innocent Spouse Relief. In most divorce cases, filing joint tax returns proves more financially beneficial for both parties, whether it helps secure a refund or reduce tax liabilities. Any

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Can Drug Use Impact Child Custody?

When child custody, which the state of Illinois now calls parenting time and allocation of decision-making, is an issue before the Court, the primary consideration by the Court is always going to be the best interest of the child/children.  There are a variety of factors that the Court must consider when determining the best interests

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Warning! Tax Issues in a Chicago Divorce

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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Domestic Violence and its Impact on the Divorce Process

Domestic violence can impact every aspect of your life and the lives of your children, especially when going through divorce proceedings. There are two domestic violence situations that can occur while going through a divorce. One situation is going through a divorce proceeding, and there has been a long history of domestic violence throughout the

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BEWARE: Tips to Avoid Mistakes in a Custody Battle

Going through a divorce is difficult enough, but when you and your spouse are constantly arguing about the minor children, it makes the process twice as difficult and emotionally draining. Parenting time and decision-making for minor children (all of which used to be referred to as “custody” in Illinois) are frequently a source of emotional

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