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
Continue Reading »From our experience as Chicago family law attorneys, prenuptial agreements between or involving millennials look different than prenuptial agreements from earlier generations. Millennials tend to focus closely on risk versus reward, and they are marrying later in life, which means they bring more of everything into the marriage, including both assets and debt. What has
Continue Reading »Divorce is complicated enough when all of your finances are in one place. When accounts, real estate, or business interests sit in another country, the process becomes far more difficult. That is true whether you are the spouse who just learned your partner has been holding assets overseas, or the spouse who has always managed
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