In re Marriage of Bychina, 2021 IL App (2d) 200303 (June 18, 2021), Elena, the Petitioner in this Illinois divorce case, had recently come to this country from Russia. On her immigration form, Boris, her husband, indicated a promise to support her if she came to this country. When Elena wanted to come into the
Continue Reading »Karyn Aspan was granted maintenance from her husband Thomas Aspan. Shortly after the divorce was granted, Tom filed a motion to terminate the spousal support (maintenance) award. In the motion, Tom argued that Karyn was living with a man, Ronald Hessa, and because of that living arrangement, his obligation to pay her maintenance should end.
Continue Reading »As Chicago family law attorneys, we are often asked by clients if a 50/50 parenting plan is possible for children following a divorce. Recently, the Appellate Court reversed a trial court’s ruling giving the parents a 50/50 schedule in the case In re Marriage of Rachael Virgin and Justin Virgin [2021 IL App (3d) 190650].
Continue Reading »parental-responsibilities-allocation-judgments Child support agreements addressing requests for “other expenses” can help avoid trips back to court. There is often a lot of litigation over setting a child support amount, mostly because the obligor claims he cannot afford it. What often comes as a shocker is when non-custodial parents realize financially supporting a child involves more
Continue Reading »Right before a divorce is filed, spouses are usually in a hurry to try and protect their assets from a possible distribution at the time of a divorce. Sometimes this is done clearly in a bad-faith manner, such as gifts or transfers of money to a sister or girlfriend’s account. However, other times, the parties
Continue Reading »One of the hardest things as a divorced/separated parent is knowing or suspecting that your child is being abused while visiting the other parent. You may know something is going on with your child, but if you cannot prove it, what do you do? You Need Some Kind of Evidence The rules do not allow
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