When you and your spouse decide to get a divorce, you need to divide your assets. Unfortunately, your spouse may not be happy with you or with the divorce itself. They may try to keep more of the assets for themselves, rather than dividing them fairly. One way that...
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Helping your children through your divorce
One of the most challenging situations that families may ever encounter is divorce. The entire divorce process is stressful and emotionally charged, and it affects the entire family, not just the divorcing couple. Often, some well-meaning person will remind you that...
Is your spouse hiding assets?
One of the most contentious aspects of divorce cases is property division. In Illinois, marital property has to be distributed equitably. This means that each spouse obtains their fair share based on their financial circumstances. Unfortunately, all parties may not...
Can you relocate with your child ?
Americans love having the freedom to pick up stakes and move somewhere else for a fresh start. That may be especially true for people in Illinois. A report from last year noted that our state has experienced 10 years in a row of population decline, a change driven...
Adapting to a new visitation schedule
For divorced parents, the biggest adjustment to get used to is usually child visitation and custody. Usually, one parent will have the children live with them permanently and the other parent has visitation rights. The extent of these visitations will largely depend...
Five reasons to stay off social media during your divorce
There are several social media outlets out there. If you’re like a lot of people, then you have multiple accounts that you turn to when you want to connect with friends and family, discuss things that are on your mind, and vent your frustrations. Although that might...
Co-parents, the holidays are almost here!
The holiday season can be a magical time for families, but for co-parents, it can also inspire unique challenges. Balancing the joys of the season with the complexities of shared parenting requires planning, communication and a spirit of cooperation. “But, wait!” you...
When can Illinois parents ask for more parenting time?
Both divorced and unmarried parents in Illinois may eventually be subject to a custody order. When adults living separately have minor children, the courts can approve a custody order dividing parental rights and responsibilities between the two adults. It is quite...
How do Illinois courts approach objections to child relocation?
When a parent sharing parenting time has to relocate with their child under acceptable circumstances, they have to follow the laws on parental relocation, one of which is providing notice to the other parent and the court about the move. If, upon notice, the other...
How does a spouse dissipate marital assets?
When a marriage disintegrates, it is often every spouse for themselves. Both parties typically fight tooth and nail to assert their individual interests. Unfortunately, some spouses even go the length of using marital properties for purposes unrelated to the marriage....