When a divorce or family law case is initially filed with the court, the filing party must provide the other party with notice. This is called Service of Process. This is done by serving the other party with a Summons and a copy of the document that was filed. (Example: Petition for Dissolution of Marriage).
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To initiate a case that is not initiated by agreement, the other party has to be served notice of process. The service itself is simple; the sheriff goes out to the person’s residence or place of employment and hands them copies of what has been filed in the case, including a Summons. This person is
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Discovery is the process in which litigants obtain information from the other party to be used at hearings or trials. Typically, discovery is done in three different forms: depositions (oral discovery), interrogatories (written discovery) and production of documents and/or items, recordings and the like. In addition to these, parties in domestic relations cases in Illinois
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Anyone with a valid child support order in Illinois has probably seen that there is a box in the order indicating that there is a $36.00 annual fee payable by the obligor for the processing of child support in the state of Illinois. I am not sure how many individuals remember to pay this annual
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More often than not, a divorce is uncontested. The parties amicably divide their property and resolve their differences. There is a limbo that these parties do, however, as they try to divide everything and finalize their divorce without “rocking the boat”, so to speak. Often in these scenarios, I personally find that clients hesitate to
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Many parties who are going through a break-up or a divorce reside in the same household for a period of time subsequent to the break up. Some parties are able to do this without issue, and it can be a great cost-saving mechanism to only have to utilize resources to pay for one residence. Some
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